Arbitrators vs. Atlantis

Under a sky thick with dark clouds, the sea was like a giant boiling cauldron, with rolling waves creating walls of water tens of meters high.

The once tranquil sea now resembled the Descent, with the sea breeze carrying salty, fishy vapors and a suffocating atmosphere of oppression and death filling the air.

Natasha stood on the rocks along the coastline, squinting as she gazed at the enormous shadow that was gradually appearing in the distance. She murmured, "Looks like our Sea King friend doesn't like taking detours."

Steve gripped his Vibranium Shield, his brow furrowed. "Stop him. We can't let him control the ocean and flood Washington District."

Banner pushed up his glasses, the lenses reflecting the shimmering light of the sea. "Hulk said he wants to swim."

Quicksilver curled his lip. "Swimming in giant waves? Hulk has some unique taste."

Sam deployed his mechanical wings and hovered in mid-air. "Guys, I suggest we don't rush into jokes—that thing doesn't look like it'll be easy to deal with."

As his words fell, the sea suddenly exploded, and dozens of giant warships burst forth from the water, their metal armor flowing with seawater and their hulls engraved with ancient Atlantis runes.

On the flagship's central deck, a golden throne stood majestically, upon which Sea King Arthur Curry sat, his golden Trident resting casually on his shoulder, his eyes burning with icy fury.

Behind him, the waves seemed to be parted by an invisible force, and countless Atlantis Warrior lined up, wielding energy spears and wearing deep-sea armor, their murderous aura sweeping across the entire sea.

"Arbitrators," Aquaman's voice echoed like the deep sea, piercing through the gale, "Perfect, so you've chosen this place as your Burial Grounds?"

"Ha, sea fish should stay in the sea." Natasha sneered and slapped the Scorpio Cloth box next to her.

Steve shook his head. "Looks like we still have to fight." As he spoke, he patted the Leo Cloth box next to him.

Banner took off his glasses. "Hulk has always wanted to wear new clothes." As he finished speaking, Banner's skin began to turn green, and he grew taller and taller, while simultaneously patting the Taurus Cloth beside him.

Quicksilver bounced around, "Ha, I've always wanted to wear that too!" He quickly slapped the Libra box next to him.

The battlefield, where the sea was churning, was instantly pierced through the sky by four golden beams of light.

Natasha's Scorpio Cloth wrapped around her body as if it were alive, with scarlet stingers moving around her waist, and crystals on her visor refracting an eerie purple light.

Steve's Leo Cloth roared with a thunderous roar, its shoulder armor radiating energy like the sun, and its Vibranium Shield perfectly integrated with the Cloth's arm guards.

The moment Banner completed his transformation, the heavy armor of the Taurus Cloth automatically adapted to Hulk's swollen physique. The three-meter-tall green giant donned golden armor, and the energy horns on his shoulders glowed with a molten red light. "Roar--!" The roar unleashed a ring of air, shattering nearby reefs into dust.

Quicksilver's Libra Cloth transformed into a stream of light, enveloping his entire body, with the phantom images of his twelve weapons forming a sacred halo behind him. He playfully blew away the golden stardust from his fingertips. "This is way cooler than the uniform."

"Iceman, freeze the sea!" Steve's voice, amplified by his Cloth, resounded across the battlefield. "Sam, Cyclops, provide long-range cover!"

He gripped his wrist guard with his right hand, ancient runes lighting up one by one, his gaze fixed on the overwhelming Atlantis army, and he hissed, "Arbitrators!!"

His comrades-in-arms all assumed combat stances.

"Attack!"

Four golden shooting stars streaked through the storm.

The Iceman spewed out extremely cold air from his hands, instantly freezing the sea surface into an ice field.

Hulk roared, the energy horns of his Taurus Cloth glowing red, and he leaped into the enemy ranks like a cannonball.

"Hulk —Horn!" He slammed his fists into the ice, the shockwave knocking over dozens of Atlantis Warrior, and molten energy erupted from the cracks in the ice.

Natasha moved across the battlefield like a golden afterimage, her scorpion stinger as fast as lightning.

"Scarlet Needle!" Fifteen crimson rays pierced the enemy ship's energy core with pinpoint accuracy, causing the hit warships to explode one after another, the Kakkō illuminating her cold smile beneath her visor.

Steve's Leo Cloth shone like the sun, and "Lightning Plasma!" The super-fast attack of a hundred punches per second formed a storm of light. The Vibranium Shield and the pressure of the punches worked perfectly together to shatter the energy spears of the Neptune's Royal Guard.

Quicksilver's speed was too fast for the naked eye to perceive. His Libra Cloth weapons spun, suddenly freezing in the form of Holy Sword. "Rozan Shoryuha!" A golden dragon-shaped aura shot into the sky, cleaving through three warships. He flashed into the midst of the army, and all twelve weapons simultaneously unleashed a saturation attack.

Sam's Falcon Wing Blades and Cyclops's Omega Beams intertwined in the air, providing fire support for their comrades on the ground.

Aquaman, of course, wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die. He raised his Trident and slammed it heavily onto the ice, causing the entire sea to boil in response.

The kilometer-long ice field shattered instantly, and countless ice spikes shot out from the seabed. The main cannons of the Atlantis warships fired in unison, and blue-white energy beams tore through the sky, evaporating the ice layer into a cloud of water mist.

"Deep Sea Fury!" Sea King roared, his Trident unleashing a hundred-meter-high tsunami.

Hulk crashes headlong into the giant wave, the bull horn of the Taurus Cloth piercing through three warships. Natasha's poison needle pierces the water curtain, sparking as it strikes Neptune's mask. Steve's light-speed punch collides with the Trident, the shockwave shattering ice within a kilometer radius.

The twelve warships disintegrated simultaneously, and the afterimage of the Libra Holy Sword lingered in the air.

Cyclops' Omega Beams swept across the sea surface, creating a corridor of death. Aquaman suddenly dived into the deep sea, and the entire area began to rotate, forming a whirlpool with a diameter of five kilometers.

The entire sea area exploded as if hit by a nuclear bomb, and Karathen's colossal body, comparable to a mountain, burst through the boiling seawater and soared into the sky.

Six tentacles, each over a hundred meters in diameter, swept across the battlefield like whips of divine punishment, each strike unleashing a tsunami hundreds of meters high.

Hulk's Taurus Cloth erupted with a blinding red light like lava, and he laughed wildly as he faced the ancient sea monster, "Hulk —the toughest!" The green giant's muscles swelled to their limit.

He grabbed a thousand-meter-long tentacle with one hand and, with a force that defied the laws of physics, swung the entire behemoth up, tracing a perfect parabola in the sky, before slamming it heavily into the main fleet of Atlantis.

The three warships twisted and deformed upon impact, and the fireballs formed by the chain explosions of their energy cores illuminated the entire battlefield, with mushroom clouds rising like nuclear explosions.

"For Asgard!" With a thunderous battle cry, Thor descended from the sky, accompanied by a bolt of divine lightning.

Mjolnir struck directly into the center of the vortex, and the lightning exploded outwards in a radial pattern.

Hundreds of elite Atlantis guards didn't even have time to scream before they were reduced to charred statues in a flash of blue-white lightning.

The entire sea was illuminated by the thunderstorm as if it were the middle of the night. Thor landed on a piece of floating iceberg, his hammer pointed directly at the flagship of Neptune: "Arthur Curry! Face the wrath of Thor!!" His voice, mixed with thunder, echoed across the battlefield.

Natasha's fingertips jabbed continuously in the air, causing the tail studs of the Scorpio Cloth to split into hundreds of deadly rays of light.

"Scarlet Needle - Hundred-Strike Combo!" Each needle pierced the deep-sea armor with pinpoint accuracy, striking the Atlanteans's vital points.

The struck Warrior fell in droves like harvested wheat, their pearl-encrusted energy spears clanging against the ice with a sharp, mournful sound.

Steve and Quicksilver formed a golden assault formation. The intense light from the Leo Cloth and Steve's lightning-fast punches, each a thousand punches per second, created a dense barrage of energy, blasting a breach in Atlantis's strongest shield.

Quicksilver's speed, combined with the weapons of the Libra Cloth, allowed him to wreak havoc on the army.

Aquaman Arthur roared and charged Charge aboard Karathen.

The behemoth spewed out a highly corrosive black mist, causing even the air in its path to rust.

Thor immediately spun Mjolnir to summon a hurricane barrier that surrounded the battlefield. Hulk seized the opportunity to leap onto the giant beast's head, and Taurus's Great Horn, accumulating molten energy, unleashed a full-force attack on Karathen's massive eye socket, which was thirty meters in diameter.

With a agonizing roar that shook the heavens and earth, this overlord, which had ruled the deep sea for millennia, crashed back into the ocean, creating a thousand-meter-high wave that capsized and sank the warship.

Karathen plunged into the towering waves of the deep sea, while Aquaman Arthur leaped from the crest of a wave like a cannonball. The seawater beneath his feet instantly solidified into a diamond-hard platform, Trident drew a dazzling golden light.

"The glory of Atlantis must not be desecrated!" His roar triggered an underwater volcanic eruption, sending dozens of columns of lava bursting from the sea surface.

Thor was enveloped in destructive lightning, Mjolnir spun rapidly in his hand.

"Then let the thunder of the Nine Realms judge your arrogance!" The Thor transformed into a bolt of lightning and charged straight at the Sea King. The moment their hammer and halberd collided, a shockwave comparable to a nuclear explosion erupted. The seawater within a ten-mile radius was completely drained, revealing the cracked seabed.

Aquaman manipulated tens of thousands of tons of seawater to form a high-pressure water blade, but it was all evaporated by the spherical lightning barrier summoned by Thor.

"Have you forgotten? Seawater conducts electricity!" Thor laughed as he raised Mjolnir towards the sky, and a super lightning bolt with a diameter of 100 meters descended from the dark clouds.

This Divine Punishment lightning bolt, transmitted through the seawater, instantly transformed the entire battlefield into a giant electrolytic pool, causing the armor of the Atlantis Warrior to burst forth with blinding sparks.

"Deep Sea Domain!" Aquaman, in a desperate move, plunged his Trident into the seabed, triggering an underwater earthquake.

Seven Tatsumaki, each a kilometer in diameter, rose from the Tatsumaki, Central City containing a giant deep-sea creature made of high-pressure water.

Thor slammed Mjolnir into the water, and the lightning imbued with Odinforce surged upstream along Tatsumaki, transforming it into a thunderous vortex.

Natasha's scorpion stinger pierced through the mist, striking Aquaman's trident-wielding wrist with pinpoint accuracy. Quicksilver swept across the battlefield at the speed of light, and the Libra Holy Sword severed the energy link between the Trident and the seawater.

Hulk leaped from the seabed, the bull horn of the Taurus Cloth striking Sea King directly in the chest, blasting him into the air.

"Now!" Steve's light-speed punch and Thor's lightning strike simultaneously hit Aquaman in mid-air.

The golden Trident broke free from Aquaman's control amidst a blinding white light, and Aquaman plummeted into the sea like a meteorite.

Just as the Arbitrators were about to deliver the final blow to Aquaman, a shimmering curtain of water suddenly rose from the sea, enveloping the heavily injured Arthur like the gentlest barrier.

The seawater refracts sunlight into a rainbow of colors, forming a perfect protective sphere.

"Stop!" Mera's voice pierced the battlefield as she slowly walked down the water steps, her fiery red hair dancing in the sea breeze.

"Let Arthur go!" she pleaded, spreading her arms to shield her husband. Her emerald eyes were filled with fervor.

"Atlantis had no intention of being enemies with the land; Arthur only started the war to fulfill a promise he made to his friends."

Steve turned to look at his companions; Thor's Mjolnir was still humming, but the lightning had subsided.

The Hulk's Taurus shoulder armor made a metallic scraping sound as the green giant tilted his head to examine the suddenly appearing sea queen.

Natasha's poison needle was still dripping scarlet Venom.

Quicksilver scratched his head. "I don't care. Although it was a lot of fun, using the Cloth is almost draining my stamina."

"We can let Arthur go, but you have to promise that Atlantis will never allow him to come ashore again." Steve looked at Mera.

Mera suddenly knelt on one knee on the sea surface and took off the pearl necklace around her neck—it was made from a deep-sea pearl from the heart of the First Aquaman.

"I swear by the honor of the Atlantis royal family." The pearl liquefied in her palm, forming ancient covenant runes. "If we ever invade the land again, the Seven Seas will reclaim all the power they have bestowed upon us."

Thor suddenly burst into laughter, spinning Mjolnir in his palm. "Ha! This oath is older than Odin's beard."

He winked at the Hulk, who grumbled in dissatisfaction but still lowered his fighting stance.

"Remember our agreement today, or it won't end so easily next time," Steve said in a deep voice.

The moment Steve finished speaking, the entire sea suddenly churned violently.

The remnants of Atlantis sank into the deep sea like the receding tide, their warship wreckage dragged into underwater fissures by an unseen force. Mera, supporting the unconscious Arthur, glanced one last time at the land heroes before transforming into a Mizukage and disappearing into the waves.

"Ha! This is too easy!" Thor laughed, swinging the Mjolnir around. "I haven't even warmed up yet--"

Suddenly, everyone's communicators simultaneously emitted a piercing electrical crackling sound.

Tony's voice, laced with a hint of mockery, interrupted, "Gentlemen, your ocean party is certainly lively. But now, I'd like you to join my land party—"

The sound of collapsing buildings could be heard in the background. "Because there are a few guys here claiming to be gods demolishing Washington District. Oh, and one of them, a lunatic, says he's Ares."

Tony's communication screen suddenly shook violently as a beam of lightning, over a hundred meters in diameter, descended from the sky, cleaving the Washington Monument in two, sending debris raining down on the street.

"Damn it!" Tony's nanotech armor quickly reassembled into a defensive form. "This old man is ten times more irritable than Thor!" Before he finished speaking, the dark clouds in the sky suddenly swirled into a huge vortex, and twelve bolts of lightning struck around the Linken Memorial Hall at the same time, forming an ancient Greek rune array.

Thor's Mjolnir, suddenly trembled violently. "Father God above... This is the aura of the Olympus Odin!" His cloak billowed without wind. "Tony! Get out of that area immediately!"

Zeus, with his white hair like a lion's mane, Descent lightning, his roar echoing through the heavens, "Mortals!!! How dare you use the divine power of my daughter to feed the monsters of hell!!"

Tony's teasing voice came through the communicator again, "Seriously, if you guys don't come soon, Batman and I alone can't stop this bunch of Greek gods."

On Titan, Chen Tian sneezed, looked at Bayonetta, whose fingertip touched Diana's forehead, and drew out a wisp of divine power, casting it into her purple magic circle.

"What are you doing, Bayonetta?"

"Ah, my little monster."

"Use divine power?"

"Of course, there are no Angel here."

"Isn't there energy feeding in the Summoning Space?"

"They said they're tired of the same old flavors and want something new."

"Okay, stop draining me."

"Darling~ Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Bayonetta winked at Chen Tian.

Chen Tian pursed his lips and sneezed again.

Who is insulting me?

In Washington District, Tony scrambled to avoid Zeus's lightning.

"Damn Chen Tian!!! What did he do to the little princess on Titan to make her father so furious?!"