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Chapter 178 - Wearing fine clothes to welcome guests

"Alright, Tony."

Chen Tian's lips curled into a grin, a smile as ghastly as a rift to hell, yet imbued with the intent to destroy all.

Buzz—!

The deathly silence was instantly shattered! The battlefield was like water poured into boiling oil!

All the villains, who had been pinned in place by the invisible pressure, let out desperate roars the moment Chen Tian's words fell! The instinct for survival overwhelmed their fear!

Green Goblin's glider spewed its maximum tail flame, Abomination frantically clawed at the ground, Magneto desperately propelled magnetic forces to pull metal from the ground as a means of escape…

'Escape! Must escape this place!'

Countless figures, like startled locusts, scattered in all directions, flying desperately!

"Escape? Is that useful?" Chen Tian chuckled, even with a hint of mockery.

His index finger, ever so slightly—flicked downwards.

Thump.

Though the sound was faint, it was as if an invisible bomb core had detonated in the heart of every villain!

Buzz—!!!

A dazzling, deep, ethereal blue halo, centered on Chen Tian, expanded like a Death Domain at light speed, instantly covering the entire bloody battlefield!

All the fleeing figures, no matter how high they flew or how far they rushed, instantly froze! Invisible shackles replaced the previous pressure—that was… gravity! A terrifying gravity so violent it warped space!

"Ugh ah—!"

"No—!"

The screams abruptly ceased!

All the villains fleeing in all directions were as if their ankles had been grabbed, and they were brutally, forcefully dragged back to the spot they had stood a second ago, at ten, even a hundred times the speed of their escape!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Countless figures slammed heavily onto the ground, raising clouds of dust! Even Magneto, strong as he was, his metal disc beneath him emitting a harsh wail, was forcefully pressed back into place, his withered face contorted from the effort of resisting!

Ordinary villains had their bones on the verge of shattering, unable even to struggle!

The center of the battlefield instantly became incredibly "clean."

All enemies were precisely "returned to their positions," like chess pieces nailed to the board!

Chen Tian raised his right hand, which had just flicked his finger. The clothing covering his arm silently tore apart inch by inch, turning to ash.

A hideous, dark-red, scaly armored demon arm, different from the usual blue demonic flames, now wreathed in crimson demonic flames, was exposed in the smoke-filled air!

He opened that demonic claw towards the sky!

Fingers splayed wide!

Boom—!!!!

A tangible, visible, viscous, blood-red repulsion field covered the entire battlefield.

This scarlet repulsion field did not descend from the sky, but rather erupted violently and comprehensively from Chen Tian's open demonic claw, outwards in all directions—towards the sky and towards the earth—with no blind spots!

It was as if billions of planets had slammed down simultaneously!

"Stand still obediently," Chen Tian's smiling voice pierced through the roar of shattering space, clear and distinct, "And then, accept Death."

Bang! Splat! Crackle crackle—!!!

The sound was no longer a singular explosion! It was a terrifying mixed symphony of countless flesh and bones being instantly crushed, pulverized, and turned into pulp and gore!

As far as the eye could see, wherever the scarlet light swept—

The weaker Lizardmen, Sandmen, Mutants, Green Goblin, and even Kingpin… exploded instantly like tomatoes crushed by a giant hydraulic press! Turning into clumps of viscous blood mist and shattered bone and rotten flesh! They didn't even have time to scream!

The slightly stronger Abomination, his thick skin and muscles caved in and tore like fragile paper, his bones shattered inch by inch, his massive body was flattened onto the ground and pressed into the scorched earth!

Mordo and Kaecilius's magic shields, roared into existence, burst like soap bubbles with a "pop," their entire bodies, along with their internal bones and organs, were flattened into thin human pancakes!

Magneto's swirling metal storm, at the moment the scarlet repulsion reached him, emitted a harsh metallic groan, and his heavy armor twisted and deformed like butter!

He spewed blood, his metal disc beneath him completely shattered, and he was pressed firmly to the ground like a broken sack, unable to move!

The entire battlefield was completely cleansed in less than a second!

The scorched earth, once densely packed with villains, was now covered only by a sticky, dark-red carpet of blood and shattered flesh!

Countless twisted metal fragments, broken weapons, and shattered armor were embedded in this mire of flesh and blood!

The nauseating stench of blood, so thick it was almost tangible, instantly overwhelmed the gunpowder smoke!

The scarlet light slowly dissipated.

The battlefield fell into an eerie silence.

Only the white-haired, black-clad figure remained amidst the central ruins.

He slowly lowered his hideous demonic hand, the crimson demonic flames on his arm gradually receding.

Tony stood in place, his lips moving beneath his broken mask, but no sound came out.

He looked at the area that had instantly turned into a purgatory, at the scarlet carpet, at Hulk in the distance, who was on one knee from the aftershock and angrily getting up… A chill, mixed with an indescribable shock and lingering fear, swept through his entire body.

This… was Chen Tian's wrath?

'Just one strike!'

The villain army that had just been boisterous and proclaiming their victory…

Had vanished into thin air!

As the scarlet light faded, gunpowder smoke mixed with an unbearable, thick smell of blood permeated the air. The battlefield was deathly silent, with only the thick, viscous mire of flesh and blood on the scorched earth sizzling.

Chen Tian glanced indifferently. The enemies who had been like a tide just moments ago were now reduced to a few lucky (or unlucky) survivors still clinging to life: Magneto lay paralyzed in a pile of metal fragments, covered in blood, unable to move;

And Abomination had half his body pressed into the ground, his sole remaining eye wide with terror; and an unknown sorcerer, his protective magical artifacts shattered on the ground, sat panting heavily.

Chen Tian didn't even bother to look at them again.

"Snap!"

A crisp snap of fingers.

The space behind him instantly twisted and tore, and several figures radiating powerful auras stepped out from within.

Dante, carrying his greatsword and chewing on a rose from who-knows-where, surveyed the hellish battlefield and let out a loud whistle: "Whoa~ Nephew, the party ended too fast? You didn't even call us out!"

Beside him, Vergil held Yamato, his eyes as cold as ice, only slightly furrowing his brow, clearly displeased with the unclean environment.

2B stood quietly to the side, her combat suit spotless, the Pure White Pact on her back emanating a chilling killing intent.

Kiana, as soon as she stepped out, her small face turned pale from the sight of the carnage: "Whoa! This is… huh?!" Her words abruptly ceased.

Chen Tian's hand was already on her head, gently rubbing it with a comforting power. "Good girl, stand back a bit." His voice was gentle.

Kiana obediently said "Oh" and hid behind Chen Tian.

Chen Tian's gaze turned to the remaining few stragglers, and he casually waved his hand at Dante, Vergil, Saitama, and Goku: "The rest, take care of them."

"Got it!" "Hmm." "…." "Leave it to me!"

Before the words finished—

Swish!

Vergil's figure vanished from his spot, and the next moment he appeared before the slumped sorcerer.

The scabbard moved slightly, Yamato didn't even fully unsheathe, and a blade light so cold it froze space flashed by! The sorcerer's terrified expression solidified, and he was smoothly sliced in half along with his body.

Thump!

Saitama simply aimed a seemingly unremarkable normal punch at Abomination, who was embedded in the ground.

The roar of extremely compressed air! The terrifying invisible punch pressure arrived instantly! Abomination, along with the large patch of scorched earth beneath him, vanished with a crash, as if erased by an eraser!

Only a bottomless giant pit remained in its place!

"Ha!" Goku's roar carried excitement, and he appeared above Magneto as if teleporting, an Impact striking down with immense force!

The despairing Magneto only had time to conjure a small, twisted piece of scrap metal to block.

Boom!!! The metal fragments were completely pulverized, and everything below them was annihilated by this strike, leaving only a massive deep pit in the ground!

The entire process happened in milliseconds! The three villain bigwigs who had miraculously survived the scarlet repulsion were utterly annihilated the moment the four formidable individuals made their move, without even putting up a decent resistance!

At the same time, Chen Tian raised his hand again and grabbed at the void.

Buzz!

Strange spatial ripples spread out.

Tony, Steve, Hulk, Natasha, Peter, Wolverine, Wanda, Pietro, and all other surviving heroes who had been fighting valiantly on the battlefield… wherever they were, were instantly pulled by a gentle yet irresistible force, gathering around Chen Tian as if teleported.

Tony stumbled and steadied himself, rolling his eyes exasperatedly: "Damn… do you always have to make such a grand entrance? And treat us like sandbags, pulling us around?"

Chen Tian's lips curled into a playful smile, his gaze sweeping over their disheveled, blood-stained appearances, and he chuckled: "I saw you all fighting quite hard, and you almost got wiped out. Tsk tsk, how tragic."

These words, like a cold needle, instantly pierced the slight relief that had just risen with the arrival of reinforcements.

Steve, a warrior who never bowed his head on the battlefield, now clenched his fists tightly, his body trembling uncontrollably.

His gaze painfully turned towards the lingering pool of blood in the distance—where Daredevil (Matt), Alexei (Red Guardian), and Sam (Falcon) had fallen.

A massive sorrow, like a tangible weight, pressed down on him, almost suffocating him.

Wanda's lips were tightly pressed, red light flickering in her eyes, tears welling up; Barton (Hawkeye) slammed his fist on the ground, blood instantly seeping from his knuckles. Even Hulk fell silent, letting out a low whimper.

A heavy atmosphere instantly enveloped everyone.

Chen Tian saw the tears in Wanda's eyes and opened his arms to her. Wanda threw herself into his embrace.

Facing this painful atmosphere, Chen Tian merely comforted her softly, "Don't worry, haven't I arrived?"

With a casual flick of his wrist, a gem radiating a soft green light appeared out of thin air in his palm—the Time Stone!

Chen Tian pinched the gem with two fingers, and facing the three locations in the distance that marked the fall of his comrades, he casually, slowly—rotated it counter-clockwise.

Buzz…

The Time Stone burst forth with a strong green light, instantly covering the target areas!

Time began to flow backward!

Everyone's eyes widened, holding their breath, watching the miracle unfolding before them in disbelief!

Daredevil's Position: The bursting skull fragments flew back from all directions like fireworks in reverse, reassembling; torn limbs materialized from the blood, precisely rejoining the broken torso; splattered blood reversed its flow back into the body.

Matt's body, as if pulled by invisible threads, rapidly reverted from a prone, mangled state to the standing posture it held before being torn apart; even the triangular dart that had pierced his thigh appeared out of thin air, then was "spit" out by his now-whole body, clattering to the ground!

Finally, the helmet reappeared, completely intact, on his head.

Alexei's Position: The red Guardian's flesh, deeply embedded in the scorched earth and unrecognizable as human, rapidly expanded as if inflated, bones reshaping, muscles and skin covering, and a torn uniform reappearing—the tall and burly Alexei stood on the ground once more, a bewildered expression on his face.

Falcon's Position: The dark red sludge, mixed with metal fragments and uniform fibers, also began an incredible reconstruction!

Bone fragments reconnected, muscle fibers regenerated, skin covered, shattered wings reassembled…

Sam Wilson hovered in the air, maintaining the last pose he held before being swallowed by the sandstorm, staring dumbfounded at his perfectly intact body and wings.

The green light receded.

The Time Stone's glow faded.

Matt, Alexei, and Sam stood alive and whole in the places where they had fallen, their faces filled with utter bewilderment and disbelief, as if they had just awakened from the most absurd nightmare.

The battlefield was silent.

Only the sizzling sound of the blood-soaked carpet evaporating in the distance remained, and the heavy, shocked breaths of the onlookers.

Tony's mouth hung open, his face mask completely split, his jaw nearly hitting the ground: "Holy Shit…"

Tony's "Holy Shit!" seemed to flip a switch.

Steve Rogers, the moral beacon of the United States, now had his eyes wide, his mouth slightly agape, his mind blank, with only his three living comrades and the world-shattering sight before him.

A pure, heartfelt curse, uncontrolled, burst from his lips:

"Motherfucker!!"

This expletive was like a massive stone thrown into a calm lake!

The heavy sorrow and shock were instantly shattered!

"Matt?! Alexei! Sam!!!" Peter was the first to roar, his Spider-Sense wildly jumping but unable to suppress his ecstasy, he was about to rush over, tears in his voice.

"Oh my god… they…" Natasha gasped, a huge ripple of emotion crossing her face.

Wolverine Logan's cigar dropped to the ground, and he rubbed his eyes hard: "Did I see that right?!"

Tony slapped his cracked face mask: "I knew it! I knew this kid was hiding something! The Time Stone! It's the Time Stone!"

The euphoria of surviving a catastrophe swept over every hero like a tsunami!

Wanda broke into a smile through her tears, clutching Chen Tian's sleeve tightly; Clint laughed and punched Pietro beside him; Hulk grinned widely, letting out a deafening roar of cheers!

Even Steve couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh, his shoulders relaxing, a curve of immense surprise and relief gracing his lips.

"Hahaha! Guys!" Sam suddenly flapped his wings, excitedly doing a roll in the air, "I'm back! It feels great!"

Matt instinctively touched his intact helmet and arm, his face a mix of post-catastrophe bewilderment and disbelief.

Alexei pounded his sturdy chest hard, making muffled thuds: "Damn it! I thought I was really done for this time!"

The joyful atmosphere had just begun to spread—

"Don't celebrate too soon," Chen Tian's voice, like ice water, instantly froze everyone's smiles.

He still had that playful smile on his lips, but his gaze was sharp as a sword, sweeping past the cheering crowd and fixing on the distant horizon.

He didn't even turn his head, merely tilted his chin slightly in that direction.

"There."

One word, heavy as a thousand pounds.

Everyone's hearts sank, the euphoria instantly replaced by an ominous premonition!

Tony reacted the fastest, his helmet scanner instantly going to full power!

Steve, Natasha, Thor, Clint… all the experienced warriors, almost instinctively, twisted their heads sharply in the direction Chen Tian indicated!

The next second, everyone's hearts grew heavy again!

Hum—! Rip—!!!

In the distance, it was no longer the smoke-filled edge of the battlefield, but an even more distant, deeper sky!

Over a dozen suffocatingly massive rifts, like the demonic eyes of cosmic beasts opening, were forcibly torn open without warning!

Unstable energy arcs flickered along the rift edges, emitting a teeth-grinding, dimension-tearing shriek!

Then, from those dark, deep rifts, seemingly connected to endless void, colossal objects slowly extended their menacing prows!

One!

Two!

Ten!

A full twenty! Super-massive ships, far exceeding the size of ordinary cosmic battleships!

They were entirely covered in cold, thick, dark purple armor etched with energy patterns, their hull lines rugged and menacing, like steel beasts crawling out of the cosmic abyss!

Each one exuded a despair-inducing sense of oppression; their mere presence in that sky seemed to crush the very space around them!

Giant muzzles, like black holes of Death, densely covered every part of the ships, silently rotating and charging, cold, eerie light flickering deep within them, locking onto the minuscule figures below, small as dust!

On the side of the hulls, the massive, dark gold circular emblem symbolizing conquest and annihilation—the insignia of Thanos's Legion—reflected a cold metallic sheen under the dim sky!

A full twenty Sanctuary-class Super Flagships! From twenty different cosmic dimensions!

Their enormous shadows fell like night, instantly covering the entire bloody scorched earth! The temperature, which had just risen due to their comrades' revival, plummeted to freezing point!

"Heh," Chen Tian chuckled softly, flexing his wrist, which had just shed its demonic flames, and looked at the Death fleet obscuring the sky. There was no fear in his eyes, only a pure, flame-like battle intent.

"The party has just begun."

He withdrew his gaze from the sky and turned to the solemn, battle-ready figures beside him.

"Why the long faces?" Chen Tian's voice was not loud, but it clearly cut through the pressure of the fleet's roar, carrying a lightness, "Guests have come from afar, as hosts, how can we not greet them in grand attire?"

All eyes instantly focused on him! With incomprehension, and a spark ignited by his insane words.

As his words fell, Chen Tian casually waved his right hand backward!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Several golden spatial vortices suddenly unfolded behind him, like the opening doors of a treasure vault!

Immediately after, several ancient, heavy, and dazzling golden boxes crashed onto the scorched earth with a clatter!

On the surface of the boxes, stars swirled, and vivid zodiac reliefs of lions roaring, golden bulls, scorpion tails, scales, and goats radiated a sacred and powerful aura—these were the Saint Cloth boxes that Captain America and the others hadn't had time to bring!

At the same time, several streaks of light shot out from the vortices, flying precisely towards Tony, Matt, Alexei, Scott, Sam, Barton, and Peter!

Seven cards of varying shapes and extraordinary materials hovered before the six individuals:

Before Tony: A card burning with golden flames, with a majestic lion's head phantom in the center, a golden Sun halo burning fiercely behind its head.

Before Matt: A card imbued with the essence of Eastern martial arts, depicting a martial monk with closed eyes, surrounded by the phantom of a divine dragon.

Before Alexei: A card seemingly composed of scorching molten lava, with a core of boiling magma in its center.

Before Scott: A card covered in ancient ice and rough fur, with the faint phantom of a mammoth appearing and disappearing.

Before Sam: A card with wild golden lightning jumping across it, forming the shape of a roaring thunder dragon.

Before Barton: A longbow of fire drawn, an arrow like a golden crow burning on the bowstring.

Before Peter: A card purely condensed from extreme light, shining like a miniature Sun.

Chen Tian scanned the group, whose expressions varied but all clearly showed shock, and his voice suddenly rose, carrying a wildness:

"What are you waiting for?"

"Put on your most magnificent 'attire,' and adopt your most 'enthusiastic' demeanor—"

He suddenly turned, facing the fleet that obscured the sky, his white hair wildly dancing, a battle intent that sought to tear through the firmament soaring into the sky:

"—To welcome our 'guests'!"

(Extra: Off-screen, Strange looked at Captain Marvel Carol floating beside him, pointing at his nose: "Did Chen Tian forget me? I shouldn't be as powerful as you, I need a little buff, right?" Carol heard Strange's words and scoffed: "Useless.")

(Extra Two: Loki, hiding in a corner, secretly looked at Chen Tian and the others, then shrank back into his corner, clasping his hands in prayer: "They can't see me, they can't see me.")

(Extra Three: 'Cyclops' Scott roared loudly, laser beams erupting from his eyes, piercing the earth that covered his body. He leaped out from underground, then shouted, "Come on! Come…" His words trailed off. Where was this? Why was it a desert? Iceman, who had also climbed out from underground, looked around in bewilderment. The two exchanged glances… "You…" "Have…" Then they sighed heavily. It seemed the location they were teleported to was not the same battlefield as Tony and the others…)

(Extra Four: Just as Cyclops and Iceman looked at each other, a shadow in the sky covered them. They quickly looked up, and a spaceship hovered in mid-air. A raccoon poked its head out, "Hey! You two freaks down there! Do you know where this is?")

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