Before he finished speaking, a ball of golden light condensed in his palm again, expanding to the size of a washbasin in the blink of an eye. Its surface trembled violently, emanating a suffocating aura of destruction.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
The golden sphere had just taken shape when Belasco's expression changed drastically. "Damn it!" Before he could finish speaking, a dark rift suddenly opened in the space beside him, and it vanished without a trace in an instant.
Almost simultaneously, the golden ball in Chen Xiao's palm shot out with a whoosh.
From afar, a golden streak pierced the sky, precisely striking the center of tens of thousands of demons.
boom!!!!
The sky cracked and the earth split open.
The golden fireball expanded wildly, and the light it emitted illuminated this perpetually gloomy alien land as bright as day.
Beneath the fireball, all the demons turned to ashes before they could even scream; the ground beneath their feet crumbled layer by layer like brittle clay, with hundreds and thousands of tons of rubble being thrown into the air; even the surrounding space could not withstand the pressure, cracking open with dark fissures, and the entire dimension groaned and trembled.
During the expansion, the fireball continuously spewed out scorching golden light, and the ground within a radius of more than ten kilometers burst into flames; the closer surface of the earth melted directly into crimson Magma, and the Heat Wave it generated was comparable to a super typhoon, sweeping across more than ten kilometers.
The golden fireball continued to surge, eventually stopping at a diameter of 1,500 meters and an altitude of over 3,000 meters.
Rings of crimson, blood-red apocalyptic Havok swept out from the sky, scattering the dark clouds and revealing a clear sky tens of kilometers wide; after the clouds dispersed, a dark red void slowly emerged tens of thousands of meters above the ground.
The rumble of the earth, the howling of the scorching wind, and the rampage of the destructive golden light lasted for more than ten minutes before gradually subsiding.
When the smoke and dust cleared, the five-kilometer-long plain where the small hill had once stood was completely gone, replaced by a huge, charred crater over a kilometer in diameter with no bottom in sight.
The pit walls were as smooth as a mirror, and the surrounding land undulated radially, covered with a black, glassy rock crust that had solidified after cooling.
Further away, an entire layer of the ground was eroded away, affecting an area of more than ten kilometers, forming a flat wilderness that stretched as far as the eye could see.
On this wasteland, only a small hill still stands.
Protected by Belasco's magic circle, the mountain was barely preserved, but half of its base was forcibly sheared off, exposing a steep, knife-cut black cliff; the magic barrier outside the castle at the top of the mountain was dim and lifeless, and many buildings inside had runes cracked and walls collapsed due to the violent tremors.
At this moment, several hundred meters away from Chen Xiao, the rubble exploded with a loud bang, and the steel-clad Colossus struggled to crawl out from the ground, spitting out a mouthful of saliva mixed with sand.
As he looked around at the upheaval, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he swallowed a mouthful of dry saliva.
That's terrifying.
If this attack were to strike the city center, the entire main urban area would be instantly vaporized, most of the city would be reduced to scorched earth, and millions of lives would perish in an instant.
A single blow that truly destroyed the city.
Whoosh!
Just then, ripples appeared in the distant sky, and Belasco slowly stepped out from a dark rift.
Witnessing the destruction of his lair and feeling the terrifying power of Chen Xiao's attack, Belasco was enraged, his eyes blazing with murderous intent, almost spitting fire.
"Human, I will..."
Before he could finish speaking, Chen Xiao had vanished without a trace in the distance.
The next instant, he stood abruptly in front of Belasco, his eyes as cold as frost and iron, his right fist wrapped in solid, steel-like energy, and he slammed out fiercely!
Just as the fist was about to strike, the hideous skull necklace around Belasco's neck suddenly lit up with a blinding light; the magical bracers on his wrists vibrated and hummed, bursting forth with surging magic power; several arcane rings on his fingers flashed simultaneously, and the azure Crystal in his bosom was also activated with a bang, instantly unfolding layer upon layer of defensive barriers, interlocking like glass rings.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The fist, imbued with tangible energy, shattered layer after layer of shields. With each layer broken, a burst of blazing light erupted, illuminating the entire sky with flickering light. The thirty-plus layers of magical barriers collapsed instantly, and the undiminished force of the fist slammed heavily into Belasco, unleashing unimaginable destructive power.
boom!
Belasco vanished into thin air like a kite with a broken string, and the mountains and earth below exploded in response, creating a huge crater and sending smoke and dust hundreds of feet into the air, blotting out the sun.
High in the sky, Chen Xiao stood motionless, his gaze cold and detached as he looked down at the ruins.
What about a magician who has lived for hundreds of years and received power bestowed by an ancient deity?
If you're fast enough and ruthless enough, you can defeat them on the spot—no, not quite kill them yet—without even giving them time to chant incantations.
At the edge of the deep pit at the foot of the mountain, Belasco slowly propped himself up. His Cloak was already torn to shreds, and his face was ashen. A hole the size of a washbasin had collapsed into his chest, the flesh rolled back, his internal organs throbbing slightly, and his pale spine was exposed, gleaming with a chilling light.
"Still alive?" Chen Xiao was slightly taken aback.
Although the power of that punch was diminished by the layers of more than thirty shields, its residual force was still enough to flatten a mountain peak, with an explosive power far exceeding ten million tons. An ordinary person would have been reduced to dust long ago.
Just as Chen Xiao was slightly surprised, Belasco in the pit was even more shaken. Its defensive magical artifacts, which it had accumulated over hundreds of years, were completely destroyed; even the Origin power bestowed by the ancient god was shaken to the point of collapse. If it had not had a deep resonance with this other-dimensional space, which allowed it to transfer most of the damage to this world, that attack would have been enough to make it disappear completely.
Hehehehehe...
A strange laugh escaped from Belasco's throat, and the wound on his chest was visibly healing. His sinister eyes were fixed on Chen Xiao in the sky.
"Mortal, you cannot kill me. I am the ruler of the Hell's Boundary. Unless you completely erase this world, I will never perish."
Though its words were firm, its heart was in turmoil. It was the supreme ruler of the dark realms; how could it show weakness?
"Is that so?" Chen Xiao replied indifferently, neither confirming nor denying.
He knew Belasco's words were true. As the creator and controller of this alternate dimension, its strength was closely linked to the survival of the world, much like Dormammu's role in the Dark Dimension. Here, it could hurl Oblivion orbs, erect energy barriers, teleport matter, tear apart the void, summon abyssal demons, and even summon the tentacles of evil gods. If Chen Xiao hadn't overwhelmingly surpassed it, even the X-Men wouldn't have been able to touch its hem.
Belasco soared into the air once more, his magical energy surging and subtly resonating with the entire world, seemingly intending to use this momentum to forcibly expel Chen Xiao and his group from the area.
"Since that's the case..."
Chen Xiao's voice was deep and thunderous, "I'll destroy it myself."
As soon as he finished speaking, an even more Berserk and primal destructive force exploded from his body!
boom!
The energy emanating from his body transformed from transparent to dazzling golden light. Wherever the surging energy passed, everything Oblivion, and the area within a radius of tens of meters instantly turned into a pitch-black vacuum that swallowed light.
The Second Awakening and Energy Fission have been activated, and the power amplification has soared from the original level eight times to twenty-seven times, and finally exploded by more than two hundred and ten times!
Just how strong is Chen Xiao right now?
Before the fist was even thrown, rocks within a ten-kilometer radius floated in the air, suspended and swirling as if weightless.
Before the breath was even exhaled, the air in the distant sky was violently pushed apart, condensing into rings of snow-white shockwaves, whipping up howling winds that ripped through eardrums;
Even the thick clouds scattered by the explosion rapidly converged under the pull of an invisible force, swirling overhead into a massive, dark vortex that blotted out the sky, with distant thunder rumbling and the world changing color...
His pupils had turned pure gold, every strand of his hair shone, and his entire body exuded a suffocating sense of oppression, like a calamity god who had broken through the void. His power was so immense that his body began to spontaneously distort light, and the surrounding space dented inch by inch, as if reality itself was groaning, unable to bear his existence.
At this moment, he was so powerful it was terrifying. If the berserk Jean Grey were to reappear, Chen Xiao would only need one punch to completely destroy her.
The vast alien world before him, stretching as far as the Asia continent and extending into the endless void, was as fragile as a sheet of paper in his eyes. With the slightest force, it could tear open a spatial rift and plunge into Eternity nothingness.
Several kilometers away, Colossus was already kneeling on the ground, his back pressed against the earth, pinned down by the overwhelming pressure that filled the heavens and earth, unable to even raise his hand.
Facing Chen Xiao directly, Belasco tasted the true flavor of death for the first time—cold, sharp, and inescapable.
Chen Xiao's gaze locked onto it, his golden eyes devoid of emotion, only displaying a chilling, judgmental will. In an instant, the space around Belasco froze completely, dimensional rifts could not be opened, teleportation runes became ineffective, and even breathing became difficult.
" Belasco..." Chen Xiao's voice was as cold as iron, "Show me your strongest trump card. Let me see just how much you, the legendary one who stands at the pinnacle of magic, really are."
"Otherwise..."
He paused, then slowly clenched his right hand into a fist. The golden-blue energy within his palm compressed and roared wildly, bursting forth with a dazzling light that eclipsed the sun and moon. "You and this world will return to zero."
Just as he was gathering his strength, preparing to annihilate the entire alternate dimension with a single punch,
A sharp, urgent shout suddenly pierced the air, "Stop! Stop it now!"
In the distant castle, which was filled with a magical aura, a slightly disheveled blonde girl suddenly leaped onto the towering city wall.
She held a jet-black rune in her palm, identical in design to the one Colossus held.
At that moment, both talismans emitted a faint glow, flickering as if they were responding to each other.
Colossus's heart sank. He instantly remembered the true purpose of his trip, cold sweat pouring down his back. He frantically shouted, "Wait! Vitas, don't do it! My sister! My sister is right there!"
Chen Xiao, who was about to throw a punch at the spatial barrier, abruptly stopped.
He suddenly realized: they weren't there to cause trouble, they were there to find someone.
In the heat of the moment, we were so focused on venting our fighting spirit and unleashing our power that we completely forgot about the important matter at hand.
If he were to shatter this otherworld with a single punch, wouldn't he also kill Colossus's sister?!
His golden pupils suddenly narrowed, and an oppressive aura surged forth like a tidal wave. His gaze coldly fell upon the girl atop the distant city wall, and his voice was deep and clear. "You are Illyana? Peter Rasputin's sister?"