The Great Battle - 1

Titan Battlefield - Sky

Kiana's pupils reflected a holographic projection of the Wing Gundam Zero EW cockpit, and her slender fingers traced an elegant arc on the neural control stick. The mechanical voice announced "Full system activation," and the four mechanical wings on the back of the Gundam suddenly burst into a dazzling blue light.

"Eternity Core, maximum output!" The girl's clear voice echoed in the cockpit.

(Modified, using Tony's Eternity Core.)

The four-winged Gundam soared into the sky like a fallen Angel, its wingtips leaving four plasma trails in the thin atmosphere. The Chitauri airship swarm immediately turned its guns, and hundreds of green energy beams intertwined to form a web of death. Kiana's lips curled into a cold smile that was incongruous with her age, and she pressed the red button at the top of the control stick with her thumb.

"Twin Beam Rifle - all bullets fired!"

The Gundam's dual-arm weapon systems roared simultaneously, unleashing two pink beams, each three meters in diameter, that pierced the sky. Wherever the beams passed, airships exploded one after another, bursting into dozens of fireballs in the orange sky. Burning debris rained down, creating a series of craters on the barren land.

"Warm-up complete!" Kiana yanked the control stick, and the Gundam made a right-angle turn that defied the laws of physics to evade the missile swarm. Its four mechanical wings fully deployed, and hundreds of miniature floating cannons scattered like a swarm of bees, forming a precise array under the girl's mental perception.

"Floating Cannon Matrix - Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers!"

Countless beams of light, as thin as hair, shot out, precisely piercing the engine cores of each airship. The sky was instantly dyed crimson, and burning metal fragments swept across the battlefield like a blizzard. The Gundam stood still in the center of the explosion, its outstretched wings resembling Angel of doom Descent deliver judgment.

At the same time--

Saitama's bald head stood out starkly against the Kakkō of the explosion. He squatted down, his yellow cape fluttering behind him.

"So..." he scratched his head, "Which side should we attack first?"

Before he finished speaking, the rock beneath his feet collapsed with a deafening roar. The bald, caped hero shot straight into the sky like a cannonball, and the shockwave generated by breaking the sound barrier instantly turned the Outriders Warrior within a hundred-meter radius into mincemeat. He casually threw a punch in mid-air, and a visible Vacuum Wave pierced through three Black Order warships lined up side by side, tearing their metal armor into spiral-shaped scrap metal like paper.

"Consecutive Normal Punches."

Saitama's figure suddenly flashed dozens of afterimages in space, each accompanied by a violent explosion of a warship. A Sovereign observation ship recorded that this bald man in a ridiculous uniform destroyed twenty-seven medium-sized warships in less than a second, averaging only one punch per ship.

Ground battlefield

Chen Tian gripped the Red Queen in his right hand, the greatsword's engine roaring like thunder, the blade tearing through the air in crimson afterimages. "EX! - Activate!" (Activate, release.) The engine speed instantly exceeded its limit, the high-frequency vibrating blade slashing towards the Outriders Warrior, flesh and armor being shredded into dust the instant they made contact.

"Bang!" Blue Rose fired, the magic bullet compressing the miniature "Zi," instantly unleashing a three-meter-diameter distorting force field upon impact. The five enemies didn't even have time to scream before their bodies collapsed into atomic dust within the purple sphere.

Bayonetta swept past like a phantom, her black bodysuit gleaming coldly in the explosion's Kakkō. "Looking for a dance partner?" she chuckled, kicking a Black Order elite towards Chen Tian.

"Limitless!" Chen Tian pushed forward with his left hand, combining magical power to form an absolute barrier, deflecting all the incoming energy blasts and blasting away an entire squad. He used the momentum to charge forward, and the Red Queen slashed from bottom to top—"EXCEED BURST!" The overloaded flames of the blade cleaved the behemoth in two from its groin to the top of its head, its internal organs and metal fragments raining down like a storm.

"Zi! Change!" Blue Rose turned, and Hercules' enhanced magic bullet pierced through three bunkers, blasting the sniper and his armor into a bloody mist. Chen Tian used the recoil to backflip, landing steadily beside Bayonetta. Enemy troops surged in from all sides. She licked her lips. "Darling, we have guests."

"Then let's give them a good show!" Chen Tian grinned as he charged forward, his greatsword dragging the ground and sparks flying. Blue Rose fired in rapid succession, each shot precisely shattering the enemy. Before the Charge Outriders could react, the Red Queen had already slashed across—dozens of heads flew off simultaneously, the fountains of blood gushing from their necks staining the sky red.

Looking at the overwhelming Thanos army, Chen Tian burst into laughter, which echoed across the battlefield. As his right fist retracted to his waist, the entire space began to emit a teeth-grinding cracking sound.

With a single punch, the space stretching for kilometers shattered like a mirror, spiderweb-like cracks instantly spreading to the horizon. On this death tunnel, three thousand Outriders Warrior didn't even have a chance to react before their bodies exploded into a bloody mist as space collapsed, crushing them into metal scrap along with three low-flying Chitauri Mothership.

"Hey~ Bayonetta, there's plenty of nourishment here to feed your baby monsters, what are you waiting for?"

Bayonetta's pupils contracted sharply to vertical slits, and her black bodysuit suddenly began to ripple and throb. "Since you've said so, darling..." She crossed her pistols to her lips, blowing a magical kiss, "Let's dance~"

In an instant, a giant magic circle with a diameter of a thousand meters appeared on the ground of the entire battlefield. Hundreds of giant magma pythons burst out of the ground, dragging the Outriders Warrior into the boiling abyss of hell. Bayonetta completed six Witch Time dodges the moment her high heels touched the ground, leaving afterimages with each movement, and twelve clones simultaneously assumed different shooting postures.

"Scarborough Fair!" The main body and the clone shouted in unison. A storm of demonic bullets formed a three-dimensional crossfire network, each bullet wrapped in hellfire. Enemies hit were either burned to a crisp or mutated into twisted chunks of flesh—signs of being corrupted by demonic energy.

(Scarborough Fair, the spectacular four-gun volley is known as the "Renaissance Gatling gun")

The sky suddenly darkened. Four Gothic Hell Gate rose from the ground at the four corners of the battlefield, each gate reaching a height of a hundred meters. Countless barbed tentacles extended from the cracks of the gates, drawing the entire Black Order phalanx inside. Faintly, chilling chewing sounds could be heard coming from behind the gates.

"Gomorrah, time for dessert~" Bayonetta leaped into the air the Snap. The dragon king rose from her shadow, its upper half alone exceeding three hundred meters in length. This abyss overlord spewed out a blackish-purple breath, instantly vaporizing the enemy forces in the fan-shaped area, along with three mountain peaks, and disappearing from the map.

Thanos's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, his purple face grim and terrifying. He had expected Chen Tian to confront him head-on, but he hadn't anticipated that Chen Tian would disdain a one-on-one fight and instead begin slaughtering his entire Legion.

What shocked him even more was that the destructive power displayed by Chen Tian and his companions far exceeded expectations— Bayonetta's summoning from the demon world, Kiana's Gundam-like firepower, Saitama's pure violence, and Chen Tian's terrifying power capable of tearing through space.

"Supergiant." Thanos's deep voice was filled with rage. "Join me in dealing with Chen Tian. We can't let him continue like this."

Supergiant nodded slightly. Her mental power had already been secretly weaving illusions, attempting to interfere with Chen Tian's perception. However, she found that her Mind Stone intrusion was repelled by some invisible magical barrier when it approached Chen Tian. "His mental defense is very strong..." she whispered.

Thanos scoffed, "Then crush him with physical means." He abruptly raised his double-edged sword, "All ground troops, hold that woman (Bayonetta) at all costs!"

"Yes!" The commanders of the Black Order immediately relayed the order, and the Outriders Warrior surged towards Bayonetta like a tide, attempting to restrict her movements with sheer numbers.

However, Bayonetta merely smiled dismissively, her high heels stomping the ground. "How enthusiastic~" Her figure instantly split into dozens of afterimages, each weaving through the enemy ranks, four guns spitting out deadly magic bullets.

"But unfortunately..." she suddenly stopped, crossing her arms over her chest, "You're not qualified to be my dance partners."

"Madama Butterfly"

The sky suddenly split open, and a gigantic Demon Hand emerged from the Void, its five fingers spread wide, slamming down on the ground. "Boom--!!" Enemy troops within a kilometer radius were crushed into mincemeat by this palm strike, and the shockwave even shattered distant rocks.

Thanos didn't turn around to look at the battle; his gaze was fixed on Chen Tian. "Now, it's your turn."

"Ha," Chen Tian grinned, and the Red Queen's engine roared like Beast. "I wasn't planning on finding you so soon. After all, it's pretty boring when the game boss dies too early."

"Arrogant!" Thanos roared, his sword slashing down at Chen Tian with destructive power.

"Clang--!!" The Red Queen clashed with the greatsword, sparks flew, and the shockwave cracked the surrounding ground.

"Not bad in terms of strength," Chen Tian sneered, "But still far from it."

"EX!" The Red Queen's engine instantly overloaded, and the blade erupted with blazing red flames.

"BURST!!"

"Boom--!"

The Red Queen's sword drew a crimson crescent, and Thanos's armor exploded with blinding sparks upon contact. The cosmic overlord was sent flying as if struck by a planet, his feet carving hundreds of meters long furrows in the ground.

"Supergiant! Now!" Thanos's roar echoed across the battlefield.

A glint of light flashed in the Supergiant's eyes. Her accumulated mental energy instantly condensed into a nearly tangible purple spike, which pierced straight at Chen Tian's brow at a speed exceeding the speed of light. 'Bang!' A mental ripple exploded in the air, and Chen Tian's head snapped back, his white hair flying wildly in the shockwave.

But the next second--

"Heh..." Chen Tian's neck cracked with a sickening sound as his head snapped back to its original position. He grinned menacingly, his eyes transforming into the azure sky. "You sneaky dog... I'll show you what true mental shock feels like."

"Domain Expansion-- "

The entire battlefield suddenly fell into an eerie silence. Supergiant was horrified to find her thoughts stretching infinitely, each second being split into millions of independent moments. Her proud mental barrier shattered like Utakata, and countless torrents of information flooded into her mind.

"Unlimited Void."

The Supergiant suddenly found her mind gripped by some higher-dimensional being. Her proud Mind Stone abilities became her most fatal weakness—the realm of Unlimited Void was pouring an infinite torrent of information into her brain through this connection.

In less than a second in the real world, the Supergiant saw himself begin to disintegrate at the cellular level, sensing that every neuron was overloaded with computation. He desperately wanted to scream but found that his vocal cords refused to execute the command. He consciously watched as the command to "stop thinking" collided back and forth between neural synapses but failed to take effect.

Thanos had barely regained his footing when he witnessed this horrifying scene. When the domain dissipated, the Obsidian General collapsed to the ground like a skinned corpse with its skeleton removed. Her pupils were dilated to their limit, drool uncontrollably dripped from the corners of her mouth, and her fingers twitched slightly.

"Boom--!"

Thanos's rage materialized into a shockwave. He crushed his left arm armor with his bare hands, and the metal fragments turned to dust in the shockwave. The Titan tyrant's muscles were bulging, and his veins bulged like writhing pythons under his skin. The ground cracked under his pure physical strength.

Chen Tian casually tossed the Red Queen sword around, the Hellfire on its blade incinerating the remaining spiritual energy of the Supergiant: "Don't rush, it'll be your turn soon." He suddenly turned to Bayonetta on the distant battlefield and shouted, "Darling, help me clear the area!"

The witch winked knowingly and suddenly began to dance the tango. Her twelve clones simultaneously raised their hands. "Artemis!" A rain of silver arrows, like moonlight, fell from the sky, each arrow triggering a magical explosion with a radius of a hundred meters upon landing. When the dust settled, there was no living thing within a kilometer of Thanos, leaving only him and Chen Tian staring at each other across the crater.

"Now..." Chen Tian shouldered the greatsword, black lightning formed from his magical power coursing around him, "Let's begin the second round, Purple Sweet Potato Spirit."

Kiana's Wing Gundam Zero EW broke through the atmosphere, the blue light of its Eternity Core leaving a dazzling trail in the vacuum. She looked down at the Sanctuary II — Thanos's flagship—on its orbit, its massive hull resembling a mobile steel fortress, its cannons flashing with destructive energy.

"Target locked, missile array - all missiles launched!"

The armor plates behind the Gundam unfolded, and hundreds of micro-missiles poured out like a swarm of bees, drawing countless eerie blue trajectories in the vacuum environment. The missile swarm accurately hit the shield nodes of the Sanctuary II, and the chain explosions caused the entire warship to tremble violently, with some areas even beginning to disintegrate.

"Hmph, nothing special~" Kiana raised the corners of her mouth smugly, preparing to launch a second attack, when suddenly—

"Boom!"

The gravitational field of the entire Titan suddenly became chaotic, Kiana's cockpit alarms flashed wildly. She jerked her head up, her pupils contracting sharply—

A colossal planet is approaching Titan at an incredible speed! Its surface isn't rock or ice, but some kind of living tissue, like writhing flesh. Even more terrifying, the planet's surface suddenly twists and caves in, eventually forming a gigantic human face—

Ego!

The colossal face, formed from mountains and canyons, slowly opened its eyes, its pupils shimmering with eerie blue Cosmic Energy. Its mouth slowly opened, and its voice boomed directly into Kiana's mind:

"Insignificant lives... how dare you challenge the will of the universe?"

Kiana's neural system instantly overloaded. She gritted her teeth and forcibly stabilized the Gundam's balance. "What... what the hell is this thing?!"

Meanwhile, Saitama, who was bouncing around in space, also noticed something amiss. He had just punched and destroyed a Chitauri Mothership when he suddenly felt the gravity beneath his feet change. Looking down, he saw that his footing—a wrecked warship—was being pulled by some invisible force, flying towards that strange planet.

"Hmm?" Saitama scratched his bald head. "The planet has grown a face?"

The next second, Ego's giant face turned towards him, and two energy beams several kilometers in diameter shot out from his eyes! Saitama instinctively raised his hand to block—

"Boom--!!"

The surge of energy engulfed his figure, and the aftershocks of the explosion even shattered dozens of nearby warships.