Chapter 425: Great Battle
In her eyes, a firelight, like a meteorite ascending, collided with the light beam descending from the sky. The high-speed impact directly blasted into the interior of the light beam, leaving a hollow in the middle. Subsequently, the light beam directly burst open, transforming into scattered, broken firelight. The firelight from the bursting Sun Essence Fire, like scattered starlight, sprinkled a golden-red flow across the sky. The scene was ten times more dazzling than the world's most expensive fireworks... Even Diana, as Wonder Woman, was momentarily lost in thought, but she quickly regained her mind, casting a worried gaze towards the figure in the horizon.
"Clark!"
With a flick of her hand, a rope shimmering with golden light appeared in her palm. Just as she was about to throw out her Lasso of Truth and step forward to provide reinforcements for Clark, four or five people around her simultaneously surrounded her.
"Get out of the way!"
Diana frowned, looking at the several people surrounding her from all sides, and shouted.
*Crackle*—
Several Sentinels directly shed their humanoid disguises, revealing their silver-gray mechanical body. "Madam, you had best put down your weapons now, otherwise you will bear the consequences!" Horn's warning voice came from the Sentinels' mouths.
"Bear the consequences? With just this scrap metal!" The proud Amazonian warrior did not put these Sentinels in her eyes.
The next moment, one Sentinel burst into raging flames all over its body. As it raised its hand, a fire dragon with a temperature of several thousand degrees instantly swept towards Diana.
Diana flipped and leaped up, dodging the fire dragon's scorching heat. "Are you crazy? This is the Downtown Area!" Diana looked angrily at the several Sentinels! This was clearly their headquarters, yet they completely disregarded the lives of Ordinary People! "Madam, that is not something you, as an intruder, should be considering!" Even against an enemy, Horn, as a descendant of a Junker Noble, still maintained the proper etiquette.
"Last warning, do you confirm you will not surrender?"
"You try and see if you can defeat me!" Diana provocatively hooked a finger towards the several Sentinels.
"Take her down!" Seeing through the Sentinels' perspective that this woman had no intention of giving up resistance, Horn directly ordered the Sentinels to launch an attack.
*Boom*—
The Sentinels operating at full power had flames rising three to four *zhang* high around their body, as if they had transformed into fire demons and lunged towards Diana.
Behind Diana, one Sentinel's body seemed like silver liquid. Its hands transformed into the blade arm shape of a praying mantis's forelimbs. Bending its knees, it leaped over a dozen meters high. Its two blade arms tore through the air, bringing with them the sound of breaking air as they directly chopped towards Diana's head.
Facing the pincer attack, Diana remained fearless. With a flick of the shimmering Lasso of Truth in her hand, she tied it around the treetop of a roadside tree. Using the leverage, she leaped up, her foot stepping back down on the head of the Praying Mantis Form Sentinel... Dozens of tons of strength erupted from Diana's feet, instantly blasting the Praying Mantis Form Sentinel into the ground—
*Crackle*— The crushed highway presented a mirror image like shattering glass. Diana, in mid-air, saw this scene and immediately looked around, only to see that the surroundings had somehow turned into a Mirror Dimension! Space seemed to be inverted here; this Space and the area outside Raccoon City felt like two different worlds.
*Boom!* The Fire Human Form Sentinel, facing Diana who had soared into the sky, directly brought its arms together. A howling fire tornado swept towards Diana. Diana looked at the sky full of firelight, and with a backhand touch on her Bracelets of Submission, a sword instantly appeared in her hand! "Hiss!"
The Sword of the Fire God tore through the air, forming a dozens-of-meters-long sound of breaking air slash that directly split the fire tornado in two. The Sword Qi directly tore open an ugly hundreds-of-meters-long crack on the mirror-like ground... "Who exactly are you people?"
Diana stepped on the mirror-like ground, twirling the Sword of the Fire God in her hand. Looking at the Sentinel that had transformed from Fire Human Form to Colossus Form, raising its arms to forcefully withstand her slash, her eyes revealed astonishment!
With the force of the Sword of the Fire God in her hand, even a solid steel ingot could be split in two. However, her slash only left a white mark on this silver-gray robot. But this time, no sound came from the mouths of the several Sentinels...
*Crackle*—
From the shattered mirror ground, the Praying Mantis Form Sentinel leaped up, its arms high and low, assuming an attack stance.
In Diana's blind spot, the surface of one Sentinel's body gradually blended with the surrounding objects, its figure disappearing within this Mirror Dimension... The Sentinel that had transformed into Colossus Form was the first to launch an attack on Diana. Its attack method was also simple: it directly held its arm horizontally, charging towards Diana like a tank in a wild charge.
Diana gripped the longsword in her hand tightly. Facing the charging Sentinel, she slashed straight down. Just as the sword was swung out, her wrist suddenly twisted, blocking horizontally with the sword. Two crimson laser beams directly struck the spine of the Sword of the Fire God.
Just as Diana blocked this attack, the Sentinel, which had transformed into Colossus Form, had already charged in front of her like a truck moving at full speed. Its silver-gray elbow, as sturdy as a ram, directly struck towards her face.
Diana extended her left hand, her fair and slender palm blocking in front of her. *Crackle*—
Under the impact comparable to a large truck, Diana's body swayed. The heels of her high heels were directly snapped off, and the Mirror Ground cracked outwards in dozens of fissures like a spiderweb. "What the f*ck—"
In the Underground Security Center, the dangling light screen was broadcasting the scene of Wonder Woman battling the Sentinels in real-time. When they saw Diana blocking the Colossus Form Sentinel with a single hand and not retreating a single step, some Security Personnel couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
As employees of Tang Group's Security Company, they had tested the performance of various weapons in order to build Raccoon City's security system, which naturally included near-BUG weapons like the Sentinels.
The Sentinels, developed based on Mystique's ability, could not only simulate and replicate various mutant abilities, but because they did not possess human nerves or emotions, these Sentinels, fearless of death and pain, could better utilize the mutant abilities loaded onto their frames.
For example, the charging force of a Sentinel in Colossus Form could directly overturn a Federal M1A2 tank moving at full speed!
Diana's left hand tightly gripped the Sentinel's arm, and the Sword of the Fire God in her right hand burst forth with a chilling cold light. She slashed down with all her strength.
With a "Hiss" sound, the head of the Colossus Form Sentinel was directly severed by her sword. The exposed electrical wires at the broken neck erupted in dense sparks.
However, the headless Sentinel did not stop its action. After all, when the Weapons Research Department improved the Sentinels, although they still retained their human form, it didn't mean that the main control chip of this thing was placed in the head.
After all, everyone knew that for humanity, the head was always its weakness.
To ensure the Sentinels' survival ability, the freaks in the Weapons Research Department placed the Sentinels' main control chip in the position below their lower abdomen.
So even though Diana swung the longsword in her hand, almost hacking the Sentinel into a human swine, and its entire body was nearly twisted into a pretzel by her sword... the Sentinel still struggled in her hands like a dead fish unwilling to be fried—
It wasn't until she gathered strength for a sword strike and vertically split the Sentinel into two halves that the Sentinel finally stopped moving.
"Buzz!"
Just as Diana threw the Sentinel's arm in her hand aside, two crimson laser beams had already reached her. And behind her, the Praying Mantis Form Sentinel was already swinging two narrow, sharp arm blades towards her neck, which was as slender as a white swan's— Facing the incoming laser beams, Diana directly performed an iron bridge backbend, her fair yet strong waist under the red dress bending almost ninety degrees.
Two crimson laser beams flew past her belly, hitting the legs of the Praying Mantis Form Sentinel directly. With two loud bangs, its legs were almost blown off... The Praying Mantis Form Sentinel lost its balance, its legs bent, and it knelt straight to the ground. Meanwhile, Diana's longsword in her hand swept upwards, and the blade of the Sword of the Fire God directly pierced its head. The Sentinel whose head was pierced still did not have its performance affected. Its two arm blades brought out two afterimages and slashed towards Diana's body.
At the critical moment, Diana released the Sword of the Fire God in her hand, propped herself up with both hands on the ground, and slid out of the attack range of the Praying Mantis Sentinel's arm blades. Several crimson laser beams, arm blades, and a nearly transparent scorpion tail attack all missed simultaneously... Having escaped the Sentinels' encirclement, Diana did not move away after sliding out of the Praying Mantis Sentinel's attack range. Instead, she directly flipped over and stepped onto the back of the Praying Mantis Form Sentinel... A surge of strength instantly pressed the Praying Mantis Form robot, whose legs were blown off, face down onto the ground. She threw out the shimmering Lasso of Truth in her hand, looped it around the hilt of the Sword of the Fire God, and pulled. The sharp blade of the Sword of the Fire God directly cut the Sentinel's head in half. Stepping on the Sentinel with its head split open, preventing it from moving an inch, she looked at the other Sentinel with red eyes in the distance, and the several Sentinels closing in within the Mirror Dimension. With a backhand motion, Diana tore off the hem of her long dress, revealing her two toned and slender beautiful legs. She tossed aside the already tattered high heels on her feet. The barefoot Diana took out a Shield of Protection from her Bracelets of Submission. Holding the Sword in one hand and the Shield in the other, Diana slightly bent her waist, assuming the attack stance of an Amazonian warrior! The next moment, she exerted force with her feet, leaping dozens of meters into the air, covering hundreds of meters with a single leap. Holding the Shield in one hand, she blocked the continuous output of the Cyclops Form Sentinel's laser beams, leaping towards it. The Cyclops Form Sentinel's laser beams from its eyes continuously bombarded the flying Diana, but they were all blocked by the Shield in her hand. Leaping through the Air to the top of this Sentinel's head, Diana raised the Sword of the Fire God high. Hiss!
After landing, Diana immediately turned around, holding her sword towards the several converging Sentinels. Behind her, the Cyclops Form Sentinel had a uniform wound starting from the top of its head, along the Between the Eyebrows, splitting vertically into two halves with a dull thud, and falling to the ground.
"Is Dr. Banner okay!"
Raccoon City, several tiny figures the size of ants rode on several black flying ants, traversing the empty Inner District, heading straight for the Lake Heart Island Manor in the Inner District.
On one of the Flying Ants, Black Widow, wearing the Ant-Man Suit, frequently looked back with some concern.
"Don't worry, with Dr. Banner's strength, even if he's not victorious, he won't be harmed by them. So far, besides Thanos, I haven't seen any attack that can cause damage to Hulk! While Superman and Dr. Banner are buying time, let's rescue Tony as quickly as possible and formulate the next battle plan!" On another Flying Ant, Captain America said calmly.
"Ahead is where Tony's signal disappeared. Everyone be careful!"
Raccoon City, another battlefield. At this moment, Dr. Banner, wearing the Ant-Man Armor, had returned to his normal body size. Looking at the converging Sentinels, he repeatedly waved his hands:
"Hey, listen, no malice, I'm just here to find my friends!"
The Sentinels clearly wouldn't listen to his explanation before confirming he had given up resistance. Dr. Banner had received the Captain's order to create chaos, so it was naturally impossible for him to just surrender. Seeing a Sentinel about to reach him, he directly grabbed a small car nearby with his large green hand and smashed it towards the Sentinel in front of him!
"Hiss!"
The Sentinel raised its arm, and two light pink light wings, like butterfly wings, extended from its back, instantly slicing the car into eight pieces! Dr. Banner saw this Sentinel's ability and didn't hesitate for a moment, turning around and running... Several Sentinels immediately surrounded him from all directions.
"Don't come any closer, I'm very formidable, I'm Hulk, the Hulk!"
Dr. Banner, with the consciousness of Hulk and Banner fused into one, possessed the strength of Hulk, but when it came to fighting, Dr. Banner was completely clueless.
Facing the constantly approaching Sentinels, he could only swing wild punches, relying on his brute strength and the Ant-Man Armor on his body to delay time as much as possible.
However, facing the pursuit and interception of five or six Sentinels, Dr. Banner quickly fell into a disadvantage. As one Sentinel activated its own ability, Dr. Banner, who was swinging wild punches, completely failed to notice that the highway under his feet was softening, turning into muddy Swampland. It wasn't until his two legs sank in that he was startled. Just as he struggled desperately... a Sentinel walked up to him. As this Sentinel raised its Right Hand, a large amount of hallucinatory gas instantly sprayed from its palm. Having inhaled a large amount of gas, Dr. Banner's head spun, and he plunged headfirst into the Swampland in front of him. Ten thousand meters high in the Sky, Clark, after shattering the light beam of condensed Sun Essence Fire blasted out by the God Slaying Cannon, turned around and watched the scattered, broken firelight fall into that Expanse of Water.
After seeing that the scattered sparks did not pose a threat to the area below, he tore off the burnt and tattered cloak and armor on his body. His reddish gaze fixed on Tang Song.
Before coming to this universe, Clark had seen photos of Tang Song at Bruce Wayne's place. He recognized the target he was observing at a glance.
And almost at the same moment, Tang Song, who seemed to be integrated with the surrounding cloud layer, indistinguishable from it, showed a smile on his face the instant Clark's gaze penetrated the cloud layer and reached him, nodding towards him.
Under Tang Song's gaze, Clark suddenly felt a chill run down his body for some reason. Despite still being tens of thousands of meters away, he, who had just been scorched by the Sun Essence, couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling the moment he felt the other party's gaze.
This was a warning deep within the Kryptonian gene about a situation unfavorable to oneself, at least indicating how dangerous the young man standing far above the white clouds was.
As for Evil Gods or whatever, Clark didn't care. In his understanding, since they threatened Earth's safety, he would just take them down and lock them up in prison! He had dealt with countless superpowered criminals who claimed to be gods; most of them were now repenting in the Underwater Prison.
The next moment, the shirtless Clark raised both fists high and charged towards Tang Song below. His howling figure directly formed a white sonic boom at high altitude.
Clark, falling like a meteor, was so fast that air flames even spread around his entire body, like a meteorite smashing towards Tang Song.
If not for the fear that the storm stirred up by high-speed flight would cause damage to the surroundings, a distance of tens of thousands of meters would take less than a breath for Clark flying at high speed. Even reducing his speed to the supersonic stage, in less than ten seconds, Clark crossed tens of thousands of meters and arrived in front of Tang Song. Just as Clark, this humanoid meteor wrapped in firelight, cut through the sky and shot towards Tang Song, Tang Song, standing with his hands behind his back on the peak of the white clouds, wearing a white suit, had a faint cold laugh on his lips. He watched Clark's approaching figure without blinking, seemingly not putting this God Among Men in his eyes at all.
Just as the storm stirred up by Clark was about to sweep up the cloud layer under Tang Song's feet, and Bruce Wayne, hiding in the cloud layer, was feeling uneasy, a figure in a tuxedo had already blocked his path. Lane's palm grabbed downwards, and the sea waves covering the sky above Raccoon City instantly disappeared. When he retracted his hand again, there was a tear-sized gray water droplet spinning around in his hand.
A point of condensed water light shimmered with boundless coldness. The sound of crashing waves instantly echoed across the horizon.
As if a Heavenly River Inversion was occurring, amidst the majestic sword roar like a rushing waterfall, a sword light like a water ripple horizontally spanned a thousand zhang of The Void, instantly transforming into a longsword with shimmering water light, pointing towards the incoming Clark from afar and stabbing out.
Clark's howling figure looked at the sword light that seemed to stir up boundless sea waves. He had never seen such a magical attack method, but this did not prevent him from reacting in time! Facing the incoming sword light, he, flying at high speed, shot out two heated beams from his eyes towards this sword light. At the same time, he sprayed a mouthful of cold qi from his mouth. Regardless of whether the stirred-up boundless sea waves were an illusion, he was confident that his Frost Breath could freeze them.
The next moment, the thousand-zhang Water Light Sword Qi and Superman Clark collided head-on.
It was as if an incomparably huge curled white chrysanthemum bloomed in the cloud layer. The Sword Light instantly split into boundless sword shadows and light qi, like boundless giant waves surging out of thin Air. With just a forward pounce, it enveloped Clark's figure, twisting and turning in the Air.
Only the sound of rising and falling tides and giant waves crashing against giant stones was heard. Then, the sky full of water light converged back towards the center, condensing into a Sword Light three hundred zhang long, slashing towards Clark.
Clark's Frost Breath froze the surrounding cloud layer into an entire Ice Mountain several thousand meters high, but it could not freeze this boundless Sword Light.
The sky full of water light was cold and clear. Ice Shards, ground into dust, rained down towards Raccoon City below. Clark's eyes burst forth with the red light of heat ray, constantly intersecting with that Sword Light.
(end of chapter)