The Fist That Destroyed a City

Above the sky, Chen Tian sat steadily in the "audience seats" in mid-air, while Nova next to him was frantically pounding his mind in the blue space cage, energy ripples exploding and then calming down, like an angry Smurf dancing in sparkling water.

The small square below was a scene of carnage, a bloodbath.

The situation is beginning to become clear.

Deadpool and Logan, these two indestructible mad dogs, used their healing factor to easily take down Nova's henchmen.

Deadpool slashes and sings off-key, while Logan is a raging meat grinder, his claws kicking up a cloud of blood every time they extend.

But the troublesome goods are still there.

Deathstrike, who also possesses Adamantium skeleton and superhuman healing abilities, fought Logan to a standstill, a pure war of attrition where neither could gain the upper hand.

Red Devil Azazel appears out of nowhere, flashing by with the smell of sulfur, and every time he shows up, he creates a new hole for Deadpool or Logan, which is incredibly annoying.

The most troublesome one is the Juggernaut! This guy is a mobile fortress, with incredible brute force, ignoring attacks, and charging around recklessly!

"Roar--!" Juggernaut roared, throwing a punch at the scrambling Johnny Human Torch!

Johnny dodged an Arc Light, not even having time to react!

Bang!!!

A heavy, muffled thud!

Johnny was sent flying like a rag doll, crashing heavily onto the edge of Ant-Man's cold, steel hand!

Puff--!

Blood mixed with fragments of internal organs gushed from his mouth and nose! His body twisted unnaturally, his eyes quickly became unfocused, and his chest visibly caved in.

"Johnny!!" Deadpool had just slain a henchman when he turned around, and his Byakugan behind his mask instantly widened. "Shhh! Johnny's going to die! Offal rice!!"

Logan's eye twitched, but he was held tightly by the Deathstrike and couldn't break free.

Just then--

Buzz!

A soft green light enveloped the dying Johnny without warning! Time reversed for him!

The collapsed chest instantly swelled up, the twisted bones snapped back into place, the gushing blood flowed back into the body, and the dilated pupils refocused!

The green light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Johnny lay unharmed on the ground, a bewildered expression on his face as he touched his shattered chest and then his intact face. "WTF?! I... I'm not dead?"

Deadpool paused for a moment, then burst into a deafening burst of maniacal laughter, pointing at Chen Tian, who was "watching the show" through his eyepatch in the sky:

"Hahahaha! Cheating! Chen Tian, you're cheating! The Time Stone rewinds?! That's too blatant! Referee! Someone's using cheats here!!" He laughed so hard he almost fell over, nearly getting caught in a sneak attack by the Red Devil.

Johnny jumped up abruptly, feeling his unharmed body, and looked at Chen Tian in the sky with a mixture of shock and anger.

"What... what did you do?"

Chen Tian completely ignored him, as if he had simply pressed a save/load button.

"Roar!!" Juggernaut was even angrier when he saw the "bug" he had punched out was alive and kicking again. He roared and smashed through a rock again before charging toward Johnny!

"Fu*k you! Big guy!" Johnny had learned his lesson this time. His adrenaline surged, and the flame that had been dormant before suddenly burst forth.

"Hahaha, it's done! My flames are back!"

"Flame!!!!"

The flames around Human Torch's body suddenly erupted, propelling him into the sky and dodging the Juggernaut's attack.

The Deathstrike, unable to break through his defenses, grew increasingly agitated. Logan's eyes hardened, and he bravely endured her claw attack, his steel claw plunging into her abdomen and twisting violently!

"Ugh!" the Deathstrike roared in pain, but her ferocity flared as she plunged her other steel claw into Logan's abdomen!

In an instant, the two became blood gourds strung together on each other's claws! Blood spurted out!

"F**k you!" "Bitch!!!" The two roared simultaneously, the granulation tissue at their wounds writhing wildly, and the self-healing factors began a bloody tug-of-war!

Deadpool was thoroughly annoyed by Red Devil's harassment. "Enough! Red Tomato! Are you a fly?!" He suddenly gave up resisting, letting Red Devil's claws pierce his heart.

Pfft!

Red Devil were taken aback.

Deadpool seized the opportunity to grab Red Devil tightly, his mask close to the bewildered face, grinning maliciously. "Got you, little darling! Now, let's go to hell for a sulfur bath!" Before he finished speaking, the bomb at his waist detonated with a bang!

Boom!!!

Kakkō and bits of flesh shot into the sky!

As the smoke cleared, Deadpool, his mangled body swaying, scrambled to his feet, grumbling, "Ouch... that fucking hurt! Next time I'll have to be gentler with my greetings..."

"Boss! Give me a time rewind!! I can't find my hands and legs!"

A green light enveloped Deadpool, then dissipated, revealing a perfectly intact Deadpool standing there, even his tattered uniform perfectly preserved.

"Hahaha, this is even more overpowered than self-healing ability!"

Meanwhile, the high-frequency sound waves emitted by the Mimic Bird gave Johnny and Logan splitting headaches.

The Arc Light seized the opportunity to gather a massive electric current, which struck Johnny!

"So noisy!" Deadpool muttered irritably, picked up a piece of gravel, and smashed it hard on the Mimic Bird's head with a motion comparable to a baseball home run!

The stone hit its mark perfectly!

The Mimic Bird didn't utter a sound before collapsing to its death, the sound waves abruptly ceasing.

Johnny dodged the Arc Light of electricity halfway through its strike with a clumsy roll.

The Juggernaut crashed into the bunker where Arc Light was hiding!

With a deafening roar, the Arc Light was buried alive by the collapsed boulders. The arc flickered a few times in the cracks between the rubble before going out.

"Yeah! A home run!" Deadpool flashed a victory sign.

Nova witnessed all of this from inside the blue cage, trembling with rage. His mental attacks bombarded the barrier like a torrential downpour, but to no avail.

Chen Tian didn't even change his posture.

On the ground, Nova's camp only has two tough nuts to crack left.

Logan and Deathstrike were still intertwined, competing to see who could heal faster.

Deadpool, brandishing his katana, grinned Earth Flow the Juggernaut: "Hey, big guy! Heard you've got a tough head? Want to try my blade?"

Johnny, hovering in mid-air, touched his chest with lingering fear. "Damn, this giant's healing factor is incredible!!!"

Chen Tian's blindfold swept across the battlefield, seemingly assessing the brilliance of this "show."

"I'm getting a little bored."

Chen Tian's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded like a pause button had been pressed.

Boom! The Juggernaut's angry roar got stuck in its throat, and it was forced back down.

Clang! Logan and Deathstrike's steel claws, which were stabbing each other, both stopped.

Even Nova's mental shock within the blue cage paused for a moment.

The whole world was left with only the mournful wail of the wind and sand.

Chen Tian stretched, the cracking sound of his joints particularly clear in the deathly silence.

He turned to Nova, whose face was ashen, in the cell next to him, and spoke:

When will Alioth arrive?

Nova's pupils contracted sharply, astonishment written all over his face, "Alioth? That... monster?"

She then scoffed, her words dripping with sarcasm. "You want to deal with it? Ha... Do you know how terrifying that thing is? Ignorant!"

She tried to see fear or hesitation on Chen Tian's face.

Chen Tian didn't get an answer and was too lazy to look at her anymore.

His gaze (or rather, his thoughts) "landed" on the ground, and he snapped his the Snap again.

Snap!

Three crimson streaks of light instantly enveloped Deadpool, Logan, and Johnny, forcefully pulling them up from the chaotic battlefield and dragging them like cannonballs to Chen Tian's side, where they hovered.

"Hey! Dad! I was just about to give him a Thousand Years of Death! I was so close! My chance to show off!" Deadpool protested, waving his arms and legs in mid-air.

Johnny, still looking shaken, stared down below.

Logan was somewhat displeased with Chen Tian forcibly removing him from the battlefield, and snorted angrily.

Chen Tian ignored Deadpool's incessant chatter.

He slowly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and then clenched them tightly.

Buzz--!

A blinding, destructive white light instantly condensed, compressed, and roared onto his clenched fist!

The terrifying energy fluctuations caused the surrounding space to groan and distort!

"Shattered."

Chen Tian softly uttered the name of the move.

The next second, his fist, enveloped in white light, was aimed at the ravaged open space below, at the menacingly erect Ant-Man corpse nest, at Deathstrike and Juggernaut...

He swept it down with a casual wave of his hand.

A piercing, demonic sound rang out—crack! hiss!

It was as if countless enormous, invisible pieces of glass had been crushed in the same instant!

Starting with Chen Tian's fist, the space itself, like fragile glass, was instantly covered with countless, crisscrossing, pale cracks!

These cracks spread wildly, swallowing the air and slicing through everything!

The Deathstrike.

She didn't even have time to show any expression other than terror. One second she was exchanging glances with Logan, the next, her eyes widened in horror, the form-fitting uniform, the hard Adamantium skeleton, and the flesh encasing the skeleton...

Everything, as it swept past the silently spreading spatial rift, was instantly disintegrated, like pieces of paper thrown into a shredder!

Thud! There was no scream, only a sickening, wet cracking sound.

All that remained was a pool of scarlet flesh, mixed with a metallic sheen, its original form unrecognizable!

Next up is the Juggernaut!

Sensing a deadly threat, the raging Beast let out a deafening roar, a roar filled with fear and resentment, "Roar--!!!"

His massive body, his seemingly indestructible skin, and his heavy helmet were instantly covered with spiderweb-like white cracks! The cracks spread and deepened wildly!

"No--" The Juggernaut's roar was only half-uttered.

Bang!

Like a rock giant being smashed to pieces! His entire massive body, along with that unwilling roar, was completely torn apart and crushed by the spatial rift!

Debris, flesh and blood, steel fragments... mixed with the residual energy from the white spatial cracks, exploded in a huge, devastating "firework" on the spot!

Rumble rumble rumble!!!

The Ant-Man's enormous corpse nest looked as if it had been violently kneaded.

The massive metal arm snapped and collapsed, and the sturdy helmet shell, like a fragile eggshell, became riddled with cracks, peeling away layer by layer and disintegrating!

The entire "hill"-like structure of corpses began a cataclysmic collapse in the aftershocks of the shattered space!

Smoke and dust mixed with the white light bursting from spatial fragments shot into the sky, engulfing everything.

Only three figures, enveloped in crimson halos, hovered above the destructive storm, silently overlooking the hellish scene below.

Deadpool whistled. "Wow... clearance sale! Everything's at rock-bottom prices!"

Logan and Johnny stared at the two pools of flesh, indistinguishable from one another, and the rapidly collapsing, enormous nest, feeling a chill run down their spines and straight to their heads.

The smoke and dust had not yet cleared.

Nova was trapped in a blue cage, her delicate, girlish face deathly pale, her lips slightly parted.

That scene just now completely shattered her arrogance— the Juggernaut, that brute who even gave her a headache, and the Deathstrike, that troublesome weapon...

Chen Tian crushed her like two insects with a single punch, turning her entire lair into an abstract work of art!

The lingering effects of the spatial rift still flickered in the ruins, emitting a hissing, mournful sound.

When will Alioth arrive?

Chen Tian's calm voice rang out again, like a bucket of ice water being poured on Nova.

This time, he "looked" at her. (Yes, he really looked at her.)

Chen Tian lifted one side of his blindfold, revealing a pale blue eye that stared at her without any emotion.

Buzz!

Nova felt a chill instantly shoot from his spine to the top of his head!

Her hair stood on end, and goosebumps rose all over her body! That gaze made her feel like she was being stared at from the abyss, and her very soul was screaming!

Her lips trembled uncontrollably a few times, and her jaw chattered.

"It... it should be soon... You've made such a commotion... it will sense it soon..."

"Hmm." Chen Tian nodded, seemingly satisfied with the answer.

He lowered the blindfold, covering his eyes.

Snap!

A crisp the Snap.

A blue teleportation beam instantly enveloped the four people (including Nova in the cage), and they vanished from the spot.

The next second, a blue circle of light flashed in front of the ruins, and several people appeared.

Before Deadpool could even complain about this "high-end teleportation," Chen Tian had already reached his hand into the distorted air in front of him.

Sizzle--

He tore a hole in the space like a rag.

Then, under the stunned gazes of Deadpool, Logan, and Johnny, and the Shocker stare of Nova, Chen Tian slowly emerged from the spatial rift...

First, they pulled out a huge beach umbrella!

Then they dragged out a beach chair that looked really 'kawaii?'!

Snap!

The parasol was firmly planted on the scorching sand.

Squeak--

The deck chair was placed under the umbrella, with its back to the smoking, gruesome ruins of the Ant-Man corpse.

Chen Tian strolled over leisurely, sat down in the recliner, adjusted his posture, and let out a comfortable sigh.

"Tsk," he tilted his head, as if talking to himself, "If only I had iced cola."

The words had barely left his mouth!

Sizzle--

The space right next to Chen Tian's recliner began to twist and turn eerily once again!

A slender, fair hand with dark red nail polish suddenly emerged from the distorted space!

In that hand, there was a can of cola still glistening with cold water droplets and a bag of potato chips!

"Here you go, my lord!" A slightly annoyed yet helpless female voice came from the distorted space. "Next time you take my recliner, just say so! I was lying on it watching a show! I fell right off! My butt almost got a bloody nose!"

She tossed the cola and potato chips into Chen Tian with her jade-like hand, then swiftly withdrew, instantly calming the spatial ripples.

Chen Tian caught the iced cola, snapped open the tab, tilted his head back, and took a big gulp, letting out a satisfied sigh, "Awesome!"

Deadpool's Byakugan widened in disbelief. "Holy crap?! A beach vacation?! Ice-cold cola?! And beautiful women delivering takeout?! Dad... Dad, your life is way too cyberpunk! Count me in! Get me a deck chair too! Share some chips with me!"

Logan's eyes twitched wildly as he looked at Chen Tian, who was lying in front of the ruins drinking cola, and then at Nova, whose expression had completely collapsed, in the blue cage next to him. A feeling of utter absurdity welled up in his heart.

He held back a low growl in his throat, "Protruding (艹艹艹)..."

Johnny stared, his mouth agape, feeling like his brain couldn't process what he was going through.

One second they were fighting to the death, the next they're at a beach party?

He subconsciously touched his intact chest, his eyes filled with awe and... a hint of fear as he looked at Chen Tian. This big shot's thought process was even more unfathomable than his flames!

Nova, trapped in the blue cage, stared at the absurd scene before him, listened to Deadpool's incessant chatter, and contemplated how his painstakingly built stronghold and his men had instantly turned to dust...

An unprecedented sense of humiliation and powerlessness, mixed with fear of Alioth, completely distorted her delicate face!

Chen Tian, however, seemed completely oblivious to his surroundings, comfortably leaning back in his recliner, one hand holding an iced cola, the other potato chips, and even his eyes closed.

They were like people enjoying a "sunbath" in the desert, leisurely waiting for the world-destroying "guest" to arrive.

The smoke and dust from the ruins were gradually dispersed by the wind, and the remains of Ant-Man twisted and deformed under the scorching sun.

The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder, blood, and... barbecued potato chips?

In the dead silence, an ominous shadow, seemingly devouring the light, seemed to begin to rise on the distant horizon.

Even the wind carried a chilling, decaying coldness.

Alioth is coming.

Chen Tian, meanwhile, was still drinking cola.