"As expected, the so-called choice of kings, the crowning of justice... have nothing to do with me." Chen Xiao released his grip, abandoning the idea of forcibly pulling out the sword by brute force.
Even if he forcibly pulled out such a master-bound artifact, he would not be able to control it, and it would be a complete waste of effort.
but...
He spread his five fingers slightly and gently swept them across the surrounding void.
puff!
Several dark cracks appeared instantly, precisely slicing through the space within a three-meter radius around the Sword in the Stone; then, a layer of silver light quietly spread out, and the entire cleaved area began to tremble and peel away slightly.
If he couldn't pull it out, then he planned to uproot and completely seal off that space.
Buzz!
Sensing the spatial anomaly, the Sword in the Stone finally rebelled violently, unleashing immense power in an attempt to shatter the confinement and return to reality.
"Within one second, the sword spirit's power will be reduced to zero." Chen Xiao's tone was calm, and before he finished speaking, an invisible force of reality distortion washed over the sword like a tide.
In the blink of an eye, all struggles were Oblivion.
Almost at the same instant, the power within Chen Xiao's body also visibly stagnated, as if a portion of it had been drained away.
He seized this fleeting moment, formed hand seals, and completely sealed the space enveloped in silver light, storing it in his Storage Space.
boom!
A black hole several meters wide suddenly collapsed from the spot, its edges churning with destructive, swirling currents that swallowed everything in their path. Gale-force winds howled, and all debris within a radius of tens of meters was swept into it.
Just then, Chen Xiao suddenly swung his fist down.
Bang!
The black hole exploded, and the Berserk spatial shockwaves swept across a hundred meters, sending bricks and stones flying and building debris crumbling like pieces of paper.
In the chaos, a talisman broke free of its restraints and attempted to escape into the air.
"Still trying to run?"
In mid-air, Chen Xiao's figure suddenly appeared, his five fingers clenched, and the talisman was firmly grasped in his palm. That unruly force of resistance instantly dissipated under absolute suppression and was then stored in his Storage Space.
"Hmm?" He suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing through the clouds.
High in the heavens, a colossal magic array, imperceptible to mortals and impossible to look directly at, is quietly unfolding, blotting out the sky and its patterns penetrating deep into the void.
At this moment, it was silently releasing its gravitational pull, frantically absorbing the resentment, despair, and bloody aura permeating the entire city of London, causing the formation to glow with an increasingly intense dark red light.
A deep sense of foreboding, like a cold mist, quietly spread.
Chen Xiao's pupils contracted slightly, his gaze piercing through layers of magic arrays, vaguely revealing a huge, ferocious face emerging behind the arrays, obscuring the sky, with a half-smile.
A glint of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes. " Dormammu... after I finish dealing with this trivial matter, I'll see just how tough you, the Lord of Darkness, really are."
The battle just now, though seemingly thrilling, was actually just a warm-up.
If Brian hadn't had the Sword in the Stone and the Amulet of Life to protect him, he probably wouldn't have been able to withstand even the first blow, let alone exchange two moves with him. He would have been instantly turned to dust.
At this moment, Chen Xiao's strength had already far surpassed that of when he first arrived in London at dawn, by more than ten times, and had even exceeded the peak state of the Bronze Age.
The power of the Reality Stone, combined with Superman Vitas's overwhelming physique and will, unleashes a terrifying combat ability.
As long as the "reality" rewritten by Chen Xiao remains within the limits of the laws of physics, he will be invincible.
The London saga has ended, and the global internet is in an uproar. Countless people are calling for "severe punishment for Vitas," denouncing him as the "Bloody Butcher" and a "world-destroying madman."
Millions of netizens signed a petition urging superheroes from around the world to join forces and force him to pay the price for the lives lost in this catastrophe.
Compared to the Battle of Pochutla (tens of thousands dead and wounded) and the Battle of Qigela City (tens of thousands killed and over 100,000 wounded) six months ago, the London calamity was far more devastating.
Although official statistics have not yet been released, a group of self-proclaimed "authoritative" analysts, based on leaked images of the scene, satellite thermal imaging, and aerial photographs of the ruins, estimate that the death toll is very likely to exceed one million, approaching the two million mark.
The reason is simple: the aftershocks of energy released during their battle were terrifying.
In particular, Brian's two heaven-slaying sword beams and Chen Xiao's final strike, a powerful punch that tore through the protective barrier and pierced the enemy's heart, reduced almost a third of the buildings in London to dust.
This destruction was thorough and irreversible; and the Havok surged outwards in several waves, engulfing the entire city in continuous tremors.
Against this backdrop, it is fortunate that London, with a population density of nine million, suffered only a few million to two million casualties.
The losses were several times greater than the total number of Britain casualties in the last World War.
Coupled with Britain's pivotal position in global politics, economics, and culture, the shockwaves from this war far exceeded expectations, causing a global uproar and seemingly freezing the atmosphere.
The most intense reactions naturally came from the Britain public and some people in Western countries: anger, fear, shock, and grief intertwined like boiling water.
Countries on other continents, while condemning the "indiscriminate killing of civilians," were more intimidated by the power displayed by the two men.
In particular, the sword strike captured by the satellite camera soared into the sky, actually splitting a rift in the stratosphere that stretched for hundreds of kilometers and was difficult to heal for a long time.
If this weapon were to strike the earth, the entire island where Britain is located would likely be split in two, and tens of millions of casualties would be unavoidable.
And then there was the destructive trajectory of that punch: it traversed the heart of the city, carving out a deep ravine over ten kilometers long and a hundred meters wide, melting the rock layers and fracturing the earth's veins, as if divine punishment had descended.
At this moment, Magneto, far away in the African desert, and Professor X, presiding over Xavier's College in New York, both recalled the words Chen Xiao had spoken before departing for London:
"Don't worry, I shouldn't... sink Island of England."
Yes, he didn't sink the Island of England, nor did he wipe out Britain; he merely overturned London and took the lives of millions...
At the very moment Chen Xiao gripped the Reality Stone, in the Eternity Dark Realm at the edge of the solar system, a giant ship trembled violently, and its long-dormant energy core abruptly restarted.
As the ship awoke, the hibernation pods inside opened one by one, and countless ancient beings slowly opened their eyes.
Inside the main control room of the bridge, layers of obsidian-like armor peeled away, revealing the figure that had lain dormant for millennia: Malekith, the King of the Dark Elves.
He slowly raised his eyes, his gaze piercing through the heavy porthole and landing on the distant starry sky. His ferocious face was covered with frost, and his voice was low and hoarse, like a rusty blade scraping against an iron wall:
" Aether is calling."
"So... it had been hidden by Bor in the Midgard."
boom!
The giant ship broke free from the asteroid belt, its engines spewing out eerie blue flames, and suddenly soared into the sky, disappearing into the boundless darkness of the universe.
night.
With the water, electricity, and gas supply systems all paralyzed, most of London was plunged into deathly silence and darkness, with only a few scattered lights flickering among the ruins.
In a five-star hotel on the outskirts of the city, once exclusively for the wealthy to vacation in, Chen Xiao sat on a sofa, holding a palm-sized, shield-shaped talisman in his hand, examining it closely.
Mental energy probes into it like threads, reaching the atomic scale, analyzing the material structure and energy flow path layer by layer.
Suddenly, on the opposite sofa, Clarice's face darkened, and she let out a cold snort.
Chen Xiao glanced up slightly, a hint of a smile playing on his lips, "What infuriating news have you seen this time?"
The black-haired girl puffed out her cheeks and nodded. "I just saw this. Someone has started a crowdfunding campaign under the banner of 'Defeat Vitas the Destroyer,' and plans to form a lobbying team."
"We plan to visit heroes from various countries one by one, gather their strength, and form a united force to encircle and annihilate you."
"Puff!"
Yidileisi, standing by the French windows, laughed, her tone full of sarcasm. " Clarice, just a bunch of rabble, why bother with them?"
Chen Xiao nodded, his expression calm. "That's right, ignore it. In a few days, these voices will disappear on their own."
"Why?" the girl asked, frowning in confusion.
Right now, global online platforms are filled with voices condemning him.
Titles containing phrases like " Superman Vitas," " Destroyer Vitas," "Demon God Vitas," or "Mutant Supreme Vitas " instantly Mutants a surge in clicks.
There's no way around it; the impact of today's battle in London is simply too great.
The sheer scale displayed by Chen Xiao and Brian, the absolute violence capable of reshaping the landscape and tearing apart the atmosphere, has left the world speechless.
It's far more breathtaking than the scene of Jean Grey taking on two intercontinental ballistic missiles and leveling a mountain with a single blow.
Those sword marks stretching for kilometers, resembling natural canyons; that terrifying trajectory of a fist piercing through the city center, carving out a hundred-meter-wide destructive path; and that atmospheric rift that still hangs in the sky, unable to close...
The satellite images are crystal clear, and every frame exudes a despairing power that is beyond the reach of ordinary people, even surpassing the gods in most ancient myths.
"Because of strength."
In response to Clarice's question, Chen Xiao said calmly, "Haven't you noticed? The internet is in an uproar, but the governments of major countries have remained silent."
"Even within Britain itself, a wave of protests surged domestically, with various political parties loudly clamoring for retaliation and reckoning, yet the Britain government remained completely silent throughout."
"The reason is simple: I'm strong enough that they fear me, so much so that they dare to speak up."
"Without Brian, in my eyes, the fate of Britain hangs in the balance."
"They knew this, so they preferred to suppress their anger rather than provoke me in the slightest."
Just how strong is Chen Xiao? No one truly knows except himself. Even figures like Professor X and Magneto cannot fathom his limits.
Just when the world thinks it has seen his limits, he always appears with an even more fierce and unpredictable demeanor, crushing all predictions and resistance.
In fact, he had already restrained too much of his power in today's battle.
If he were to truly unleash his full power, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger. Simply releasing the Bio-Force Field from his body would be enough to tear everything around him apart with the naturally dissipating gravitational field.
Just how terrifying was the density of Chen Xiao's body at this moment? He himself couldn't say for sure, only that it was already tens of millions of times greater than that of an ordinary person.
This terrifying density, even if it hasn't reached the extreme density of neutron star matter, is already quite close.