Annihilate, Inferior Creation

Li Chen nodded in satisfaction and led everyone into the teleportation chamber. As light flashed, the African branch base came into view. Waves of retching and the sour stench of vomit immediately filled the air.

Li Chen frowned, thinking that he had to send someone to thoroughly clean this place up. If they did not make it presentable, he would rather fly back than stay here any longer.

"We're here!" Yugi Mutou had been waiting outside for a long time. Hearing the commotion, he immediately rushed in. "President!" he shouted excitedly, only to be left speechless by the massive force behind Li Chen. "Th-this many reinforcements?!"

"Enough nonsense. Lead the way." Li Chen had no time for pleasantries. He dragged the overjoyed Yugi Mutou outside. "I heard you were barely holding on."

The moment they stepped out of the base, the thunderous sounds of battle crashed over them. "Damn! They've pushed all the way to our doorstep?!" Li Chen could not help swearing. "You could say that." Yugi Mutou looked bitterly toward Cairo City—where a colossal pyramid a thousand meters tall stood.

"Apocalypse's doing?" "How did you know, President?" Yugi Mutou's eyes widened. Li Chen gave a mysterious smile, thinking that he could hardly tell him he had watched X-Men.

Without warning, the earth shook and the mountains trembled! A gigantic centipede suddenly burrowed out of the dust-choked battlefield, its body stretching across the entire field with room to spare. "Elder Centipede again!" Yugi Mutou said through gritted teeth. This was the quasi-S-class monster he had reported earlier.

"Clang!" The Sacred Duel Disk unfolded. "Appear!" Yugi Mutou raised an arm and shouted. In an instant, the winds and clouds shifted as an immense pressure descended. "—Slifer the Sky Dragon!" A dragon's roar shook the heavens as the crimson divine dragon crashed into the centipede, and the battlefield instantly seemed to collapse.

"Justice will prevail!" Garen shouted as he spun his greatsword. Across from him, Darius swung his battle axe and laughed wildly. "Again!" The axe blade traced a savage arc straight for Garen's waist.

The rapidly spinning Garen suddenly swung his sword, striking Darius's battle axe in midair.

The collision of their full-powered weapons erupted with terrifying force! A compressed blast wave exploded outward from the two of them, cutting down everyone nearby, friend or foe, at the waist. Blood mist spread across the battlefield.

Clang, clang, clang—!

Amid the ongoing clash, no one noticed Elder Centipede's body falling from the sky.

"Watch out!" Reinhard's warning suddenly tore through the din. The knight wielding the Dragon Sword had just broken through Noxus's right flank alone. The moment he saw the danger, he raised his sword without hesitation. "Break!"

A dazzling giant sword aura shot into the sky, slicing cleanly through Elder Centipede's superalloy-like shell and body like a hot knife through butter.

"Roar—!!" The pain of its severed body drove the colossal beast completely mad. Its mountain-like body began to roll and twist, crushing the Monster Association army, Noxian soldiers, and Wakandan allied forces alike into bloody pulp wherever it passed.

"Fall back!" Reinhard grabbed Garen and retreated at once. An energy barrier was rising over the Wakandan position, and the two leaped inside at the very last instant before it sealed shut.

"Just made it." The red-haired knight stared at the flying dust and debris beyond the barrier, his Dragon Sword trembling faintly in his hand. Then golden light gathered, and Kizaru's lazy voice rang out. "How terrifying~"

As Elder Centipede's ** gradually subsided, the Sky Dragon that had faced it earlier came into view as well.

In an instant, a crimson streak tore across the sky and shot straight toward the branch base.

Reinhard watched the gathering Noxian Legion outside the barrier with a grave expression. Suddenly, a pale purple vortex of energy bloomed before the enemy formation. "Apocalypse!" he murmured the name of the blue giant stepping out of the vortex.

The communicator light on his wristwatch lit up. "Minister Mutou, the President's reinforcements still haven't..." Before the sentence could finish, the entire Wakandan defensive line shook violently. "Damn it! It's Magneto!" Garen drove his greatsword into the ground.

High above, Magneto floated within a magnetic field and spread his arms. "All metal is nothing more than a toy in my hands!" At his gesture, the devices sustaining the energy barrier began to shake violently. Countless metal weapons soared into the air, while even the core equipment was crushed into giant iron balls.

The instant the barrier collapsed, the forward position crumbled. "Everyone, fall back to the second line of defense! Now!" Reinhard roared his order. A black shadow flashed past, and Garen nearly swung his sword at it. "Wait! It's me!" The revealed Black Panther, T'Challa, promptly identified himself.

"All our metal weapons have been destroyed. We can only retreat!" T'Challa said anxiously. Reinhard gently stroked the Dragon Sword—this special weapon was among the few that had survived.

"Modern weapons are useless against Magneto. We've already lost!" Black Panther said despairingly. Yet Reinhard revealed a calm smile. "Don't worry. Look—our reinforcements are here."

Black Panther's ** brightened at the sudden news that reinforcements had arrived.

But when he saw Noxus's endless ranks, his blazing enthusiasm instantly turned to despair, and even the strength to grip his weapon drained away.

Just then, a * disturbance from behind caught his attention. When he turned around, the sight before him made him suck in a cold breath—

Though there were only a little over a hundred members of the Hero Association, swordsmen of the Gotei 13, and pirates under the Four Emperors, every one of them radiated imposing momentum.

Especially the figure walking at the front of the formation, who gave off an inspiring leader's presence. Under his lead, the hundred-man force carried the overwhelming momentum of an army capable of flattening cities and seizing fortresses!

"President!" "President!"

Amid the earth-shaking cheers, Li Chen slowly stepped forward. He ignored his subordinates behind him and fixed his gaze on the enemy formation.

As if by mutual understanding, five paths suddenly opened in the Noxian formation. Apocalypse, Swain, and four other top experts stepped forward one after another.

At the same time, four powerful figures behind Li Chen strode forward as well.

The confrontation appeared evenly matched, but victory had long been decided—apart from Apocalypse, who might put up some resistance, the rest were nothing but ants in Li Chen's eyes!

"Noxus needs new territory!" Swain revealed the Demon Claw and roared, "Anyone who stands in our way will be torn apart!"

"Like this?"

Li Chen snapped his fingers mockingly. Invisible telekinetic power suddenly condensed and tore the still-shouting Swain in half on the spot.

That bloody scene instantly set the battlefield ablaze.

"For the commander **!"

With Darius's deafening roar, the entire Noxian army went berserk and surged forward like a tidal wave!

Li Chen watched the rushing enemy army, a disdainful curve rising at his lips. He waved a hand sharply and gave the order. "Crush them!"

Garen responded first, raising his greatsword as his battle cry shook the heavens. "For the League—!!!"

"Hahaha! This welcome gift is exactly to my liking, President!"

"Hold on tight, Yachiru! Let's slaughter them!" Kaido and Kenpachi, the pair of battle-crazed maniacs, leaped into the battlefield right after him.

Once the following troops swept past like a flood, Li Chen simply took Yugi Mutou up a hill and watched the battle at leisure.

Wondering why he was not joining the fight?

What a joke!

If the President of the League of Heroes got serious, the entire Noxian army would not be enough for a few slaps from him. Instantly killing Swain earlier had only been to raise morale. Now that he had achieved that, there was naturally no need for him to act again.

And Yugi Mutou?

Just look up—

Slifer's crimson dragon silhouette coiled through the sky, the golden wings of the Sun God blazed brightly, and Obelisk the Tormentor stood towering beneath the heavens. With all three Egyptian Gods deployed, why would their master need to act personally?

"Blast Breath!"

Kaido, transformed into an azure dragon, circled above the enemy formation as dragon fire poured down. Wherever the blazing torrent passed, the Noxian ranks collapsed.

Just as he ran rampant, a black shadow launched a surprise attack!

Champion of the Monster Association swung a massive fist and smashed the azure dragon from the sky. "A mere ** dares to be arrogant!"

Whitebeard, watching the battle, burst into laughter. "Gurararara! There aren't many who can knock Kaido down head-on!" His naginata slashed out with a shockwave, and cracks instantly spread through Champion's entire body.

This power of vibration was enough to overturn oceans and tear apart the earth—

Though the strike cracked Champion's body, it failed to inflict a fatal wound. "Old man, you're not bad. Want to join the Monster Association?" "Gurararara—this old man has no interest in freaks!" Whitebeard's ** swung fiercely, blasting Champion out of the battle zone like a cannonball. The monster dug its four claws into the ground and forcibly halted its retreat, its four compound eyes locking onto the white-haired giant among the crowd with ferocious light.

"Your pitiful aging body is holding you back." Cold light flickered in Champion's four eyes. "If you were at your peak, that blow might truly have badly wounded me." Before he finished speaking, he had already charged back before Whitebeard. A plain, straightforward punch forced the world's strongest man to tense his muscles.

"Ha—!"

The veins on Whitebeard's arm bulged like enraged dragons as his iron fist, wrapped in rippling shockwaves, met the attack head-on. The instant their fists collided, the violent blast flattened everything within a hundred meters.

"Roar—!"

A roar of the dead suddenly rose from the other end of the battlefield. Sion raised his giant axe and launched a suicidal charge at Obelisk the Tormentor! Just as the blue giant assumed a fighting stance, Elder Centipede's thousand-meter-long body suddenly coiled around it.

"Hehehe... Taste death by a thousand cuts!"

Countless sharp legs became spinning blades, scraping dazzling sparks across Obelisk the Tormentor's surface.

"Screech—!"

A burning sun disk suddenly descended from the heavens as The Winged Dragon of Ra transformed into its phoenix form and dove to the rescue. Just as its sharp beak was about to pierce Elder Centipede's head, a rune-wrapped chain shot eerily from the void and tightly constricted the divine bird's neck.

"This chain is called... Eternal Bind~"

LeBlanc emerged from the shadows, swaying her slender waist. The other end of the chain coiled around her fingertips extended into a dimensional rift. Restrained by the Deceiver, The Winged Dragon of Ra could only watch as Sion leaped up, his bloodstained giant axe splitting Obelisk the Tormentor's head in two with mountain-cleaving force!

—The instant Obelisk the Tormentor fell, Yugi Mutou suddenly pressed down on his Duel Disk. "This is bad!"

"Noxus's methods..." Li Chen stroked his chin and sneered. "They've really opened my eyes."

Li Chen had seen Obelisk the Tormentor's thunderous collapse just now with perfect clarity.

Noxus's combat strength truly was ferocious beyond compare!

To split even a "god's" head in half—how domineering!

Li Chen had already made up his mind.

If he simply crushed Noxus here and now, it would be a terrible waste.

He solemnly swore!

This was absolutely not because seeing Raven had reminded him of some bunny-eared girl.

Would the dignified President of the League of Heroes really be distracted by beauty?

Absurd!

It was purely because he cherished talent!

"Ahem! Yugi, can you still hold on after losing an Egyptian God?"

"It's nothing. Thank you for your concern, President."

Yugi Mutou raised the Duel Disk and retrieved the damaged Obelisk the Tormentor. Li Chen saw sweat beading at the boy's brow and was about to tell him to rest when Yugi suddenly raised an arm and shouted:

"I offer my servant—Exodia!"

Li Chen raised an eyebrow.

Summoning a monster of that rank consumed the most energy, let alone beings like the three Egyptian Gods. Dueling was no game; one misstep could cost someone their life!

Brilliant golden light shot from the Sacred Duel Disk, and the radiance hanging over the battlefield suddenly ** into five.

The instant the five divine lights struck the ground, the entire earth trembled.

Five giant stones carved with ancient incantations burst from the earth, each inscribed with:

"Right Arm of the Forbidden One"

"Left Arm of the Forbidden One"

"Right Leg of the Forbidden One"

"Left Leg of the Forbidden One"

And the ** solemn—

"Sealed Exodia"

The instant the golden light intertwined into a pentagram formation, the void began to twist and crack apart.

Within a blinding radiance bright enough to burn the retina, a towering demonic body tore through the dimensional barrier and descended!

"Pathetic."

Apocalypse hovered in the sky, looking down at the demon god, his pale eyes brimming with mockery.

"A false god commanded by ants dares call itself a god?"

As he gently raised both palms, the laws governing the entire battlefield began to collapse.

"Annihilate, inferior creation."