Chapter 466: Guests Watching the Battle
Through the porthole, Guo Jiping, the Earth Expeditionary Allied Forces' Commander-in-Chief for Asia and the Head of State of a Certain Country, saw thousands of Yellow Turban Warriors clad in golden armor lined up in the air not far away.
These Yellow Turban Warriors were all around nine feet tall, their bodies covered in muscles like they were carved by axes and blades, coupled with the ancient armor of a Certain Country they wore—
Clusters of white clouds surrounded these powerful soldiers and generals. Guo Jiping always felt like he was seeing Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals from Eastern Mythology. Well, it would be even more like it if these Heavenly Soldiers weren't holding Particle Cannons as thick as an adult's thigh!
This temporarily requisitioned Helicarrier, aside from the necessary crew and Security Personnel, carried dozens of true Earth High-level Staff, the veritable Authorities of Earth.
They had received an invitation from a Deity to attend a banquet here.
"Guo! How is it that these Deity's messengers look and are dressed so much like people from your country? Could this be your Certain Country's Deity?"
The Elder sitting opposite Guo Jiping looked out the porthole and said, half-jokingly, though his blue eyes were fixed on Guo Jiping's expression change, seemingly trying to discern something.
"If only that were true, I'd be overjoyed!" Facing the Head of State of the neighboring country, Guo Jiping smiled, looking at the white clouds drifting outside the porthole. "Let's go, they've invited us to the banquet!"
The Helicarrier slowly opened its cabin, and a Cloud Path made of white clouds extended to the Helicarrier's airstair. Under the watchful gaze of a large group of fully armed Special Forces Soldiers, four Yellow Turban Warriors clad in golden armor walked onto the Cloud Path, coming to welcome the invited Guests.
A Special Operative tentatively extended his high-top military boot to step onto the Cloud Path that seemed to be built of clouds, but his foot felt as if he were stepping on a solid Highway. He turned his head and nodded towards the World Security Council High-level Staff in charge of security work.
After this High-level Staff consulted with several leaders for their opinion, the Special Forces Soldiers finally cleared a path for the Yellow Turban Warriors.
"By the Command of the Venerable Sovereign, we invite the Guests to the banquet!"
The Yellow Turban Warriors with reddish-brown complexions nodded towards the crowd and said in a booming voice, then extended their hands, signaling everyone to follow.
Guo Jiping glanced left and right, then looked at the Yellow Turban Warriors in the distance, who resembled Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals from Eastern Mythology. He pondered for a moment, then was the first to follow the Yellow Turban Warriors. Under the gaze of the crowd, he tentatively stepped onto the white cloud.
After confirming that the Cloud Path beneath his feet was a physical form, he strode forward and followed directly behind the four Yellow Turban Warriors.
Several High-level Staff from a Certain Country saw this and followed suit, followed by the High-level Staff from Russia, the Master of the White House of the Federation and his team, and then the leaders from several countries in Europe...
The four Yellow Turban Warriors led the way, guiding the crowd along the Cloud Path towards Eternity Mountain Peak.
The Cloud Path was not wide, but it could accommodate five or six people walking side by side. Even though everyone present were Important Figures standing at the pyramid's peak on Earth, the feeling of stepping on the Cloud Top still made their feet feel weak.
Fortunately, the Master here seemed to have considered the feelings of these Guests. Along the Cloud Path, every two meters, stood an Angel with white wings on their back.
These Angels had halos above their heads, and the wings on their backs shimmered with milky white holy light. This appearance so terrified the Heads of State from several European Certain Countries that they nearly knelt directly on the ground and offered prayers of repentance.
Fortunately, the Bodyguards around them supported them in time, but some still made the sign of the Cross in front of them as they walked.
Looking at these Western Angels, several High-level Staff from a Certain Country exchanged gazes. Originally, they thought this Deity was from The East, but seeing these foreigners' worshipped Angels appear here left them momentarily confused about the situation.
Could this Deity somehow be a fusion of East and West?
Soon, the crowd followed the four Yellow Turban Warriors to the summit of Eternity Mountain Peak. On the Mountain Peak, it was a scene of flourishing beauty, with dozens of Long Tables, exquisitely crafted yet retaining an ancient charm, arranged in a scattered yet orderly manner.
Teams of Angels with wings on their backs and incredibly beautiful appearances were holding jade plates, presenting various rare fruits, aged fine wine, and roasted, glistening, fragrant exotic beasts onto the tables.
Several large incense burners stood at the four corners of the Mountain Peak. Intense exotic fragrance, accompanied by rolling green smoke, sprayed out from the incense burners, covering the runes all over the Mountain Peak and the faint bloody scent.
Smoke filled the Mountain Peak, the fragrance was intoxicating, and coupled with the Angels flitting about like butterflies, it truly felt like arriving in an Immortal realm.
The crowd walked down the Cloud Path and looked forward in unison. On the Master Seat, a White-clothed Figure was casually sitting behind a Long Table, gazing at The Void with great interest, seemingly watching something amusing.
How to describe the man before them? He was like a ball of light. When the crowd looked at him, they could clearly see his handsome, refined face, but when they shifted their gaze away, they couldn't recall his appearance in their minds at all.
Simply sitting there, he gave the feeling of a Sun hanging in the Sky. When the crowd looked at him, they all had the illusion of a child who had made a mistake facing their parent or Master, and they unconsciously wanted to avoid his gaze.
"Everyone's here! Please take your Seats! Everyone! How about this fireworks show? 'The east wind blows flowers on a thousand trees in the night, scattering down stars like rain!' Although it's not the Lantern Festival now, according to Earth Time, the New Year is approaching. Consider this an early fireworks celebration for you!"
The White-Robed Figure raised his head and chuckled softly. Angels naturally came forward to greet and guide the crowd to their respective Seats.
Guo Jiping sat upright. Sitting opposite him was the Federal President. To his right was the representative from Russia on the World Security Council, the second-ranked Russian President. Beside the Russian President was the Prime Minister of a Certain Country, while at the Long Table beside the Federal President sat the President of France.
The crowd followed Tang Song's gaze, their gaze passing over the white clouds condensed by the Yellow Turban Warriors, landing on the patches of fireworks.
Unbeknownst to them, the Sky had turned a hazy red. Within the Red Mist, countless red lights flickered faintly, like Ghost Fire, causing the crowd to feel a surge of Cold Qi rush straight up their spine to their forehead.
At this moment, tens of thousands of kilometers at high altitude from Titan, boundless Blood Clouds rose up, like a vast Expanse of Water. A Blood Sea formed by clusters of Blood Clouds enveloped an area of a hundred thousand miles—
Within the Blood Sea, Blood Shadows danced everywhere, densely packed!
The Warships caught within it felt as if they were submerged in viscous Mercury. They wanted to engage their engines at full power to break free, but the moment their engines moved, the Blood Shadows saw the light and immediately swarmed them.
The rising force fields of those Warships were like air to these Blood Shadows. These Blood Shadows surged into the warship's vessel, and no matter what armor or battle suit you wore, as long as you were a living being with flesh and blood, one pounce from a Blood Shadow would instantly leave only a human skin.
In just a moment, the entire Warship lost all power and floated in the Blood Sea, like Ghost Ships.
Within the Blood Sea, there were at least hundreds of thousands of Ghost Ships bobbing up and down.
The massive Fleet that had originally surrounded Titan fled Outside the solar system at super speed as if routed. A Black Mist covering tens of thousands of miles continuously pursued the fleeing Fleet.
The Blood Sea churned. After devouring the Alien life within hundreds of thousands of Warships, the massive Blood Sea contracted for a moment, transforming into a blood-colored long rainbow, which also pursued the fleeing Fleet.
On Eternity Mountain Peak, Tang Song, sitting on the central Master Seat, chuckled as he picked up a cup of fine wine from the Long Table before him and smiled at the crowd below. "Guests from afar, I am very happy that you could accept my invitation to this banquet. Come, let's drink a full cup."
Tang Song raised his wine glass and drained the fine wine within.
At this moment, the crowd behind the Long Tables looked at each other and also raised their wine glasses. As the alcohol entered their bellies, everyone felt the alcohol transform into a warm current flowing throughout their entire body, feeling wonderfully warm and comfortable Inside the Body.
Only then did the crowd realize this alcohol was good.
When the crowd finished a cup of alcohol, Angels who had retracted their wings came forward one by one to refill their wine glasses. Watching Angels from scripture pour wine for them, the Heads of State from several European Certain Countries trembled as they raised their wine glasses.
"His Divinity! May I ask if there is anything you require us to do by inviting us here?"
After a few cups of alcohol, the Federal President gave a look. Sitting below him, a Middle-Aged Man in his forties, who appeared particularly young among the high-ranking officials and politicians who were at least over fifty, stood up. He bowed slightly towards Tang Song and inquired.
Tang Song's gaze swept past the President of France. With a wave of his finger, a water droplet from his cup flew out and landed in the smoke. The smoke before him dispersed, and the water droplet transformed into a circular light mirror the size of a film screen. Inside was clearly a massive arena.
"I heard you devised a decapitation strike. I presume you are very concerned about the result of this operation. I also want to see what the result of this combat will be! After all, this might concern the fate of Earth! Therefore, I invite you to watch a show!"
The circular light mirror displayed the scene inside the Sanctuary (ship).
In the duel arena prepared for the Giant, tens of thousands of Black Order soldiers wearing black armor and holding energy guns were locked in fierce combat with a group of stout Golden Warriors wielding greatswords.
The numerous Golden Warriors endured the dense energy beam barrage from the many Black Order soldiers, charging towards them with greatswords in hand.
The two waves of crowd, one gold and one black, collided fiercely, engaging in exceptionally brutal combat. From time to time, Golden Warriors were shattered into piles of parts, and Black Order soldiers had their heads severed by greatswords imbued with magic.
However, compared to this combat, the gaze of everyone present was fixed on the purple giant in the circular light mirror.
Seven or eight figures surrounded the purple giant, constantly launching attacks, but they were all effortlessly repelled by him—
Cosmic Overlord—Thanos!
The crowd unanimously recognized the identity of this purple giant. He was the culprit behind Earth's current invasion. They all silently cheered on the Avengers, hoping this decapitation strike would succeed as planned.
Tang Song held his wine glass, watching the Avengers' third bout against Thanos through the circular light mirror with great interest.
On the Titan Duel Arena, a Reality Stone transformation within the Sanctuary (ship), Thor was once again sent flying by a punch from Thanos. He got up, panting, from the wreckage of Golden Warriors he had crushed into a pile of parts.
He lifted Stormbreaker and charged towards Thanos again.
"Mr. Stark! How can this enemy's strength be so vastly different from the data you told me!?"
Bruce Wayne, wearing the Batsuit reassembled by nanobots, entered Ant-Man transformation. He continuously flew around Thanos, shooting dozens of Batarangs smaller than ant eggs at him.
The moment the Batarangs were thrown, Bruce Wayne activated the Pym Particles on them. Instantly, dozens of Batarangs, comparable in size to door panels, flashed red light and struck directly at Thanos's back.
"Boom boom boom boom—"
The massive explosion smoke and dust dispersed. Thanos, completely unharmed, clenched his fist and grabbed the Lasso of Truth that Wonder Woman Diana Prince had thrown, trying to pull away his Infinity Gauntlet. With a large pull, Diana felt a great strength dragging her towards Thanos's fist.
Just as Thanos raised his left fist, intending to deliver a head-on impact to Diana, two large green figures suddenly darted out from the smoke and dust. One grabbed his waist, and the other grabbed his arm.
At the same time, several ant-sized figures suddenly grew larger in front of him—
Hawkeye released his bowstring, and an explosive arrow flashing red light shot directly towards Thanos's eyes—
Black Widow, holding a Wakanda War Spear in both hands, fiercely thrust it straight into Thanos's lower back.
Several laser launchers on Tony Stark's back fired at full power, sending several scorching white lasers directly at Thanos's chest—
Diana, using the pulling force from Thanos, leaped up, her Divine Sword slashing towards Thanos's right arm wearing the Infinity Gauntlet.
"Heh heh heh heh heh—is this all the strength you have?"
Thanos, who seemed to be in a deadlock, suddenly let out a mocking laugh. "I'm truly curious, with just this much strength, how did that fool die by your hands!"
The war spear in Black Widow's hands solidly hit Thanos's right waist. *Clang*. The war spear struck the golden armor on Thanos's body, but it was like a wooden spear hitting an iron plate. She couldn't pierce through even with all her strength.
Thanos's right hand suddenly released the Lasso of Truth. With a casual flick, the explosive arrow shot towards his eyes was swept aside.
Beep Beep Beep—Boom!
The explosive arrow's arrowhead flashed red light. This special arrow modified with Pym Particles instantly exploded into a Sun tens of meters wide. Thanos raised his left arm, exerted force, and instantly threw Dr. Banner, who was holding onto his arm, towards Diana in front of him—
Diana dodged aside, but lost the initiative to attack.
After throwing Dr. Banner away, Thanos turned and grabbed at Black Widow, who was rushing towards his waist with a spear.
Facing Thanos's grabbing large hand, Black Widow immediately activated the Ant-Man Suit, her figure instantly shrinking to the size of an ant, avoiding Thanos's attack.
Hiss hiss hiss—
At this moment, Tony Stark's laser attack also reached Thanos. Thanos wanted to dodge, but behind him, Hulk held onto his waist tightly.
(end of chapter)