Darkseid's Destruction

Boom--Crack!!!

Apokolips, this steel planet that has been imbued with the power of the dark gods for billions of years, is now emitting a terrifying wail of unbearable strain!

The point of collision between Chen Tian and Darkseid has become the core of the storm.

The terrifying aftershocks, like a torrent of billions of exploding planetary fragments, raged outwards with unstoppable force!

The earth at the edge of the pit, which had just been briefly purified and solidified into a glassy state by the Platinum Flame, was instantly torn apart and vaporized again!

The sea of lava was whipped up by an invisible force, creating towering waves that sprayed like scalding blood thousands of kilometers into the sky, before turning into a devastating rain of fire that crashed down!

The shockwave created a ring-shaped spatial fold that visibly tore through the atmosphere and rock layers. Wherever it passed, the Apokolips War Machine that surged back—whether massive floating fortresses or Parademons —Legion were instantly crushed into cosmic dust!

Outside the ruins of the fortress, in the midst of a vast battlefield.

"Damn it!" Dante slammed the Rebellion into the ground, his trench coat fluttering wildly in the raging energy storm, carving a deep furrow before he could barely steady himself.

He spat out the dust from his mouth and stared intently at the destructive center in the distance, where even space itself was twisting and collapsing.

"Does my nephew intend to completely demolish this godforsaken place?!"

Buzz!

A dark blue blade of light sliced through the oncoming waves of lava and turbulent energy, and Vergil's figure solidified beside Dante.

The Yamato was stuck in front of him, its scabbard deeply embedded in the rock. His silver hair flew wildly, his face remained expressionless, but the knuckles of his fingers gripping the hilt were slightly white from the immense pressure.

"Retreat." Vergil's command was succinct and cold. "This is no longer our battlefield."

Boom!!!

Another surge of energy, a mixture of Platinum Flame and crimson divine power, swept across the sky like a runaway starship cannon, flattening a distant alloy mountain range thousands of meters high! The light from the explosion stung everyone's eyes.

"Wow!" Goku's golden aura erupted, negating the terrifying impact. He crossed his arms to block in front of him, his Super Saiyan aura fluctuating violently, but his eyes shone with pure excitement.

"Wow, that's amazing! Chen Tian's energy has surged again! That big guy is ridiculously strong too! I really want to rush over and fight him!"

"Tch." Madara Uchiha sneered from the side, his Rinnegan reflecting the scene of destruction in the distance, carrying a hint of resentment and solemnity at being forced back.

He hovered in mid-air, now in Six Paths Mode, with Truth-Seeking Orb rotating around him to form a barrier, resisting the continuous energy fragments.

"A mere aftershock... yet it could shake the Six Paths Power."

Saitama's bald head was even covered in lava ash. He simply hunched over slightly, letting the devastating storm batter his body, and muttered with a slight frown, "Tsk, the sandstorm is so strong... I can't see anything over there at all, this is so troublesome."

"Did you hear that? Brother Vergil said we're retreating!" Dante suddenly drew Rebellion and roared at the sky, his voice piercing through the storm.

"Leah! Leave this to your men! Men, get out of here! If we stay any longer, we'll get caught in the crossfire and killed by those two fighting bastards!"

"You people are really something," Leah said, looking at the Hell Demons who were still charging towards the Apokolips army without regard for their own lives.

Her lips parted slightly, and though her voice was soft, it entered the minds of every demon.

"Kill—never stop, even if it costs you your own lives."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Driven by Leah's will, the Hell Demons charged even more frantically at the Apokolips army.

"Go!" Vergil was the first to act, tearing a spatial rift with his Yamato and stepping into it without hesitation.

"Wait for me, brother!" Dante followed closely behind, his figure disappearing into the dark blue light.

Goku took one last, wistful look at the core of the battlefield, where even perception had been distorted, before transforming into golden light and vanishing instantly.

Ban took a deep breath. Although he was arrogant, he knew that Chen Tian had already shown him great mercy by allowing him to participate in a battle of this level. His eyes darted around.

"Damn it, after this battle, I'll make sure the Lord gives me even more towa!"

As Ban spoke, his body gradually faded away.

Saitama rubbed his bald head, looked around at the collapsed lava landscape with a blank expression, and then suddenly pushed off with his legs.

Boom!!!

The ground beneath his feet instantly transformed into a giant crater a hundred meters in diameter, and he was shot straight backward like a cannonball, so fast that he even briefly broke through the impact of the energy storm!

Thousands of kilometers away.

Six Paths figures appeared almost simultaneously on a relatively "calm" plain covered with cracked black rocks.

This place is far from the core battlefield, but the ground beneath our feet continues to fracture and bulge amidst constant, terrifying tremors.

As far as the eye could see, there was only a platinum pillar of fire that pierced the sky at the far end of the horizon. However, its light had been completely submerged by the destructive sea of light below, which was continuously erupting and mixed with platinum, dark red, and dark blue!

The space there was like a shattered mirror, riddled with dark cracks, where light was completely distorted and swallowed up, forming a huge, ever-expanding vortex of destruction!

Each intense flash of light was accompanied by an energy burst that shook the entire planet!

"Kaio-ken... thirty times..." Golden flames instinctively rose around Goku, his eyes burning with fierce fighting spirit, as he repeated Chen Tian's final roar in a low voice.

He could clearly sense that at the core of that destructive storm, an unimaginable, violent aura, like billions of stars igniting simultaneously, was burning wildly!

"Tsk, my nephew is a madman." Dante, despite his rebellious nature, had a hint of excitement in his smile.

Vergil silently held the Yamato, his gaze piercing through the vast distance, as if trying to discern the truth of the battlefield that transcended gods and demons.

Madara crossed his arms, a complex light flashing in his Rinnegan, his eyes revealing a sense of defeat.

Saitama scratched his bald head, facing the hot wind blowing from afar, carrying lava ash and the aura of destruction, his cloak flapping loudly.

"So... now all we can do is watch the show?"

He yawned, his tone a little bored, but in his dead fish eyes, the destructive light that tore the sky apart in the distance was reflected.

"Kaio-ken - Thirty times!!!"

Boom--!!!!

Chen Tian's roar erupted! The crimson aura of the Kaio-ken was no longer just an envelope, but rather like billions of volcanoes erupting simultaneously within his body!

The muscle fibers tore and swelled instantly, only to be repaired in an instant by the terrifying self-healing power of the Devil Trigger! The violent torrent of power crushed the planetary rock beneath their feet into dust!

Darkseid's crimson pupils suddenly contracted!

Fast! Incomprehensible speed!

The figure opposite him, wreathed in white, blue, and red flames, vanished from his sight!

Not high-speed movement! It's true spatial disappearance! It's Instant Transmission from Cang!

"Insect!!!"

Darkseid's roar carried a hint of shock and anger that even he himself didn't realize!

His body instinctively unleashed the thickest shield of dark divine power, the power instantly concentrating on all his vital points!

It's too late!

Buzz!!!

Chen Tian's figure disregarded spatial distance and appeared directly in front of Darkseid's enormous divine body, on its chest and abdomen!

At such close range, Darkseid's crimson eyes clearly reflected Chen Tian's ferocious demonic eyes—completely Devil Trigger, covered in hideous scales, and burning with nothing but flames!

No words! Only the purest, most violent violence!

Chen Tian's body was like a bowstring stretched to its limit! The muscles in his Devil Trigger right arm bulged like a mountain range, and three different colored flames intertwined and swirled wildly on his fist!

The space around that right fist, covered in Nightcrawler scales, seemed to be clenched and distorted!

Countless, deep, dark cracks appeared out of nowhere and spread! The air emitted a piercing shriek, as if the glass was about to shatter completely!

Tremor Power! Thirtyfold Kaio-ken! The ultimate burst of power from the Devil Trigger body! All three combined!

Chen Tian's smile grew increasingly ferocious; he was confident that this punch would shatter half of the Milky Way.

"Smash it!!!"

Chen Tian twisted his waist! He exerted his strength! His fist, pulled back to its limit, was unleashed like the first thunderclap at the dawn of the universe!

The target was Darkseid's chest and abdomen, the core area where dark power was concentrated!

Boom!!!!

The fist hasn't even landed yet!

The space in front of him, compressed to its limit, had already shattered! Dark Quake cracks, like a greedy giant net, instantly spread and covered Darkseid's entire chest and abdomen!

The dark divine power shield that had formed around his body cracked like a fragile eggshell when it came into contact with the Quake that shattered space! It lasted only a fraction of a second before collapsing with a deafening roar!

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An indescribably terrifying muffled thud!

It wasn't an explosion, but a bombardment of pure, extreme physical force that shattered a divine body!

Chen Tian's demonic fist slammed heavily onto Darkseid's chest and abdomen armor!

No stalemate! No resistance!

Click--snap--!!!

The seemingly indestructible armor, engraved with dark divine runes, was instantly covered with terrifying cracks!

From within the cracks, the viscous, magma-like dark divine blood, exuding a pungent sulfurous and destructive aura, gushed outwards like a high-pressure water jet!

Darkseid's massive, mountain-like divine body was slammed upwards by pure force for the first time! His feet instantly left the ground!

"Well--!!!"

A muffled roar, a mixture of excruciating pain and utter rage, erupted from the Dark Tyrant's throat!

His Red Eye, which once looked down upon the vast universe and regarded all living beings as ants, were once again completely overwhelmed by disbelief and primal pain!

Boom!!!!!!!!

Chen Tian's fist, carrying black cracks that shattered space, Platinum Flame that incinerated everything, and the crimson aura of the Kaio-ken, pierced through Darkseid's shattered chest armor without any hindrance!

It didn't explode!

Wherever the fist strikes, even a divine body is as rotten as wood!

The terrifying force of the punch did not leak out in the slightest; the power, concentrated to its extreme, was completely transformed into a spear of destruction that could pierce through everything!

Pfft--!!!

Thick, dark red divine blood, mixed with shattered bone and internal organ fragments, erupted violently from Darkseid's incredibly broad back in a radial pattern! The gushing blood column resembled the tail flame of a dark red comet falling in reverse, carrying destructive energy straight into the sky!

The force of the punch penetrated the body, and its momentum remained undiminished!

Boom--!!!!!!!

A destructive beam of light, its diameter immeasurable, erupted violently from the wound piercing Darkseid's back! Ignoring space and distance, it instantly traversed the entire continent of Apokolips!

Wherever the beam of light passed, everything was reduced to nothingness!

The endless dark mountain range? Instantly vaporized and flattened! The churning sea of lava? Vaporized in an instant! The reconstructed cluster of war fortresses? Like sandcastles hit by a tsunami, not even ashes were left behind!

This beam of light, like a red-hot cosmic blade, fiercely cleaved through the steel shell of Apokolips!

If viewed from the Universe 4...

Buzz--!!!

The entire massive, menacing Apokolips, covered in dark metallic hues, vanished instantly along the trajectory of the destructive beam of light—more than a third of its structure, including its continental shelf, crust, and even parts of the mantle deeper within it! It was as if a huge chunk had been bitten off!

At the cut edge, the molten superalloy and rock layers displayed a dazzling mixture of incandescent white and dark red luster, and a chaotic energy storm, like the lament of a planet, violently erupted from the enormous gap!

Driven by terrifying energy, countless fragments of shattered stars transformed into a devastating meteor shower, scattering into the frigid depths of space!

Apokolips... is incomplete!

"Uh... ah..." Darkseid's massive divine body froze in mid-air, his pupils flashing wildly and uncertainly, like the core of a star about to go out.

His supposedly Eternity dark god body had a huge, terrifying hole in his chest, open from front to back!

The muscle tissue at the edge of the cavity writhed frantically, attempting to regenerate, but was relentlessly scorched and torn apart by the remaining platinum flames and pitch-black Quake! Thick, dark divine blood gushed and dripped from inside and outside the cavity like a waterfall, corroding a highly poisonous abyss into the lava sea below!

Chen Tian's right arm pierced through the huge hole in Darkseid's chest and abdomen, and the three-colored flames of destruction that had not yet been extinguished were wrapped around his arm.

He slowly raised his head, the Platinum Flame burning in his demonic eyes piercing through Darkseid's massive body and locking onto those swaying crimson eyes.

He grinned at Darkseid.

"This is the last 'gift' for you, Darkseid."

Darkseid's body trembled almost imperceptibly.

Puff--!

He spit out a mouthful of thick blood, which poured directly onto Chen Tian's head!

Laugh--!!!

Without Chen Tian needing to make any move, the viscous blood was instantly incinerated into Void the moment it touched his skin, the boiling, burning Azure Demonic Flame, and the platinum embers.

Not a single drop could touch Chen Tian; only billowing, foul-smelling smoke filled, distorted, and dissipated in the space between them.

Darkseid's crimson eyes, which had plunged countless universes into an abyss of fear, now clearly reflected Chen Tian's ferocious face.

However, the scarlet light... went out.

"Oh..."

His soft chuckle contained no trace of resentment or anger.

"I look forward to the day when you and my true self meet."

Darkseid's battered divine body lost its last strength upon hearing these words.

His tall, crippled body remained standing even after he died!

He supported his body with his legs, preventing him from falling! His massive arms were firmly behind his back! His head was slightly lowered, as if he were merely taking a short rest on the cold throne.

Darkseid, the new god of Apokolips and lord of Darkseid.

Fallen!

He stood tall, in his most familiar and dignified posture, to meet the End!

Call--!

The surging Azure Demonic Flame on Chen Tian's body extinguished instantly, as if the tide were receding!

The giant demonic claw that had torn space apart behind them also vanished as blue sparks.

The Devil Trigger covering his entire body quickly faded, revealing his original face.

The raging flames in his eyes had died down, leaving only clean black pupils, as if the demon god who had pierced through divine bodies and shattered stars had never existed.

He hovered in front of Darkseid's remains, gazing at the still-standing, mountain-like dark god with his hands behind his back.

The fervent fighting spirit on his face had vanished without a trace, replaced by a radiant, even somewhat sunny smile.

"Well done, Darkseid," Chen Tian said softly to Darkseid's corpse.

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure vanished without warning.

Thousands of kilometers away, a plain of cracked, black rock.

Leah's blood-red pupils suddenly contracted! She abruptly turned her head.

Buzz!

Chen Tian appeared beside her without warning, with that familiar lazy expression on his face. His previously tattered clothes had been replaced with his usual hooded T-shirt.

"My lord!" Leah smiled at Chen Tian, but her sharp teeth hadn't returned to normal, making it a little creepy.

"Whoa! I'm back!" Goku's golden aura leaped, and he almost jumped for joy. "Where's Darkseid? Did you take him down? That aura was just too..."

"My lord." Madara Uchiha bowed slightly to Chen Tian, concealing the frustration in his eyes.

"Please be sure to give I Am Stronger support in the days to come."

"Tsk," Dante looked Chen Tian up and down, clicked his tongue, "Nephew, your 'visit' was a bit too noisy, wasn't it? You almost sent us old folks to our deaths!"

Vergil, holding the Yamato, softened his previously stern expression, revealing a sense of pride and joy in his son's growth. "Well done, son."

Saitama scratched his bald head, his dead fish eyes glancing at the massive gap in the distant planet that was still collapsing and spewing streams of destructive light, before looking at the clean-cut Chen Tian in front of him.

In the end, he just yawned boredly. "Finished? Can we go home for dinner now?"

Chen Tian glanced at the crowd, smiled at them, and then his gaze fell on the raging torrent of demons in the distance. His smile widened, but his words were cruel. "Bury them here, leave no one alive."

Leah's blood-red eyes flashed, and the crimson mist instantly boiled and churned. Diablo's phantom appeared behind her and then slowly merged into Leah's body!

But Chen Tian's hand was faster, casually placing it on her shoulder, and the boiling red mist subsided instantly, like a flame being extinguished.

"Can you handle this?" Chen Tian raised his chin at Saitama and Goku.

"This is such a hassle," Saitama said, picking at his ear, clearly reluctant.

"No problem! Super Saiyan God Blue!!" Goku roared excitedly, and his sapphire-like aura exploded forth!

Seeing this, Chen Tian snapped his the Snap, and the Space Stone appeared in his hand. He snapped his the Snap again, and everyone appeared outside Apokolips.

"Do it, Goku," Chen Tian said to Goku.

"Hahaha, leave it to me!!" Goku clasped his hands around his waist, and a massive amount of blue energy gathered wildly, compressing into an extremely dazzling energy ball, the light so bright it was blinding!

"Too slow!" Saitama frowned, his eyes instantly sharpening! He pulled his right fist back, tensed the muscles in his right arm, took a step forward, and threw a punch downwards without any fancy moves!

Buzz--!

There were no flashy visual effects, only pure, extreme fist pressure! The space suddenly caved in! A shockwave instantly pierced through the atmosphere!

"Space Cutting!" Vergil's voice rang out, and Yamato was instantly drawn!

Clang!

Countless streaks of azure light arrived before Chen Tian, as thin as hair, yet radiating a terrifying sharpness capable of cleaving through dimensions! They silently pierced into the depths of the massive wound that Chen Tian had pierced through the core of Apokolips!

Rumble rumble rumble--!!!!

At that very moment, Goku's Kamehameha, which had been building up to its peak, finally roared out! The incredibly thick blue torrent of destruction slammed into Saitama's compressed fist pressure shockwave!

Buzz...!!!

Three forces—the crushing pressure of a fist, the cleavage of space, and the Oblivion torrent of energy—converged violently at the core of Darkseid's ruins!

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

The next second.

Click! Click! Click-click-click--!!!

From the point where Vergil's blade pierced the core of Apokolips, spiderweb-like black cracks instantly spread across the entire planet!

Rocks, lava, metal, remnants of fortresses, savage demons, desperate Parademons... all the material structures simultaneously groaned under the unbearable strain!

The collapse has begun!

Boom--!!!!!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the mournful sound of the stellar structure being utterly crushed and disintegrated by absolute power!

Apokolips was reduced to Shockwave by Saitama's powerful punch and then completely vaporized and Oblivion by Goku's raging blue beam of light! Vergil's sword flashed briefly in the exploding Stardust, severing the connection between all the energy cores.

Just a breath!

That Apokolips, which once stretched across the universe, radiating endless dark pressure—

Along with its hundreds of millions of lives—(whether it's the Apokolips army or the Purgatory army)

It completely transformed into a silent, slowly spreading cloud of cosmic dust!

A massive spatial void has appeared in its original location, with its edges still twisting and collapsing.

Chen Tian glanced at the Void dust cloud and snapped his the Snap again.

Buzz!

A giant stargate, leading back to the Blue Planet universe, unfolded above everyone's heads.

"Let's go." He was the first to step into the starlight.

The others followed closely behind.

Saitama glanced back one last time at the empty expanse of space, his dead fish eyes blinking:

"Oh, really, that's all."

Step into the stargate.

The stargate closed instantly.

In the frigid depths of the Universe 4, only the silently spreading dust Nebula testify that a dark heart once existed here, known as Apokolips.

After the massive stargate disappeared, Uatu's phantom appeared in the Void, his eyes filled with fear. He had witnessed Chen Tian's entire attack on Apokolips from behind the dimensional wall.

His fear of Chen Tian's combat prowess escalated into terror. He didn't know whether Chen Tian's formidable strength was ultimately good or bad for the universe.

With that thought, he disappeared, leaving only a heavy sigh.

Buzz--

The blue glow of the Space Stone flickered like a breath. Chen Tian and the others only flashed for a moment against the backdrop of the vast Nebula of the XXXXX star system. Before the starlight could solidify on their outlines, Chen Tian's the Snap echoed crisply once again in this cold the Void.

Snap!

The Six Paths figures vanished once more.

The next second.

The hum turned into a deep buzz, no longer an echo of the vast universe, but filled with the background noise of the precise operation of man-made objects.

The solid, slightly springy feel of the floor came from underfoot, and bright, yet not glaring, artificial light replaced the darkness of deep space.

The air was filled with the aroma of coffee.

Blue Planet.

The top floor of the Arbitrator Tower.

"Welcome back, Mr. Chen." F.R.I.D.A.Y.'s voice rang out immediately, breaking the brief silence after the teleportation ended.

Chen Tian raised an eyebrow. "Awesome."

He looked around. The control panel was the same, the drinks behind the bar had changed, and even the quantum fern in the corner, which had looked droopy when he last left, was now full of life.

"How long have we been away from Blue Planet on F.R.I.D.A.Y.?"

"Based on Blue Planet's reference time, Mr. Chen, the exact time you and your team left is: 14 days, 7 hours, and 32 minutes," F.R.I.D.A.Y.'s voice announced the figures smoothly. "Should I inform the Boss and the other Arbitrators of your return?"

"Emm, okay, by the way, F.R.I.D.A.Y., has anything happened in the past two weeks?" Chen Tian walked over and sat down on the sofa.

"During these 14 days, the Arbitrators strictly followed the instructions before you left. The only problem is that the communication between Boss and Pym was not particularly pleasant. Pym is now unwilling to meet with Boss."

"That's normal. Pym has a conflict with Tony's father, so it's understandable that he doesn't like Tony." Chen Tian lazily sank into the sofa. "I'll find some time to go see Pym."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, is there anything I need you to do now?"

Chen Tian didn't speak, but looked at the others.

The blue flames around Goku had long since died down. He scratched his spiky head and said, "I'm hungry..."

"Mr. Goku, a large amount of food has been prepared for you. Please proceed to the restaurant to enjoy it."

"Wow! Thank you!" Goku vanished from the hall in a flash.

Madara's Six Paths Hagoromo and Truth-Seeking Orb disappeared silently, reverting to his signature red layered armor.

He crossed his arms, his Rinnegan scanning the hall as if assessing the changes on Blue Planet over the past two weeks, while temporarily suppressing the thought of "throwing away the tile."

Dante casually sheathed the Rebellion behind his back and Earth Flow the bar in the corner.

"F.R.I.D.A.Y., same old routine: a strong espresso, and a cup of black tea for Vergil, he needs energy to maintain his dignified air. Oh, and could you order me some pizza and strawberry pudding? You know my habits."

Vergil remained expressionless, simply holding the Yamato, and walked to the side, leaning against a smooth alloy pillar, closing his eyes to rest.

"Yes, Dante, fifteen Grimaldi's Italian pizzas have been ordered for you, without olives, with extra cheese and sausage."

"Hey, well done, F.R.I.D.A.Y.," Dante praised with a smile.

Saitama was the simplest one. He looked up at a corner of the ceiling and asked earnestly, "F.R.I.D.A.Y., what day of the week is it for the big sale? Are the half-price eggs sold out at the supermarket?"

"Mr. Saitama, today is Wednesday. There are 3 hours and 47 minutes left until your usual supermarket's evening special offer. Based on historical data and real-time foot traffic monitoring, egg inventory is expected to be sufficient."

"Hmm." Saitama nodded, his usually slacker expression turning serious, as if going to buy discounted eggs was the most formidable enemy he was facing.

(What Saitama didn't know was that Tony had already bought that supermarket, and the so-called discounted eggs were purely a hobby Tony set up to satisfy Saitama's little quirk.)

Chen Tian leaned back on the sofa, listening to how F.R.I.D.A.Y. had arranged everything perfectly, and felt much more relaxed.

"Chen Tian!"

Before Chen Tian could even close his eyes and rest for a moment, Tony's voice rang out from outside the hall door.

"Chen!" Tony's eyes immediately locked onto the figure sprawled on the sofa, his voice rising.

"A full fourteen days! Fourteen days, seven hours, and thirty-two minutes! F.R.I.D.A.Y. was pinpointed to the exact coordinates of the Blue Planet's air molecules you last breathed!"

He strode over, speaking rapidly like a machine gun, scanning Chen Tian up and down as he went.

"He's not missing any limbs, is he? F.R.I.D.A.Y.! Give him a full-body scan!"

He stopped in front of the sofa, hands on his hips, looking like a creditor demanding payment, but beneath the bloodshot eyes from working in the lab, there was a genuine sense of relief.

Chen Tian didn't even lift his eyelids, remaining lazily sunken in the sofa, only pointing a finger to the side. "Sit down, the noise is giving me a headache."

Tony, seeing Chen Tian's state, was itching with anger. He jumped up and delivered a WWE Flying Elbow that landed squarely on Chen Tian's stomach.

Chen Tian's eyes widened, and a "Whoa~~~~" came out from his throat. (Actually, it didn't hurt at all.)

Tony Strangle him again, "You brat! Don't you know you should show some respect when speaking to Lord Tony?!"

"Ouch~~~~" Chen Tian rolled his eyes in agreement, slapping Tony's arm wildly with both hands (in fact, it couldn't even hurt a hair on his skin).

"You brat! Don't you know how to respect your elders!" Tony tightened his grip, shaking Chen Tian's head dramatically.

"Let... let go... I'm breathing..." Chen Tian managed to squeeze out a sound, trying to look like he was about to suffocate.

Tony then abruptly released his grip on Chen Tian's chokehold, plopped down next to him, and casually wrapped his arm around Chen Tian's shoulder with considerable force, pulling Chen Tian slightly towards him.

The "fierceness" from before vanished without a trace, leaving only a relaxed smile, and she patted Chen Tian's shoulder forcefully.

"Alright, welcome home." The next second, Tony jumped up, his voice suddenly rising, and shouted energetically at the ceiling:

"F.R.I.D.A.Y.! Call everyone back! Oh, and especially 2B and Bayonetta who went skiing, tell them right now to send the Silverwing Fiendstar over there!"

"Then! Let's have a party! Volume up! Top priority! Bring out everything you can eat and drink! Tonight, we won't drink until we're drunk—"

Before he could even finish shouting "return," he had already responded with action on F.R.I.D.A.Y.:

Buzz--!

The lobby lights instantly switched to a psychedelic party mode!

The rousing music suddenly exploded!

The hidden freezer and bar pop out, automatically pouring drinks!

The conveyor belt in the corner hummed as tray after tray of delicate pastries, roasted meats, and pizzas began to arrive in a steady stream!

"--Return!!!!" Tony finally finished shouting the last word, looking with satisfaction at the rooftop living room that had instantly switched modes, and raised an eyebrow at Chen Tian.

The noise, colors, and aromas of food instantly overwhelmed the newly returned killers.