Avengers vs. Galactus’s Emissaries!

In the distant starry sky, the surrounding world was utterly empty. Only a massive, terrifying mass of energy was moving toward Earth at a speed that seemed slow but was actually astonishingly fast.

Four figures of unremarkable size circled around him.

Although their positions kept changing, they always guarded that enormous mass of energy at the center.

They were none other than Galactus and his four Emissaries!

Suddenly!

Galactus halted. His star-like eyes gazed ahead as he slowly said, "They’re here. They’ve arrived!"

As soon as Galactus spoke, the four Galactus’s Emissaries guarding him also stopped in unison. They lined up shoulder to shoulder, protecting Galactus from the front.

At that moment, the space before Galactus and his group suddenly changed. In the originally empty sky, hexagonal grids began to appear at a speed visible to the naked eye. The one at the center was deep and mysterious, clearly leading to another region of the universe.

In the next moment, they saw a gigantic spaceship, nearly half the height of Galactus’s head, emerge from that spatial wormhole and appear before Galactus and the others.

The massive hull of Congxin One, which had always been a source of pride, offered no advantage whatsoever before Galactus.

A beam of faint blue light descended from the spaceship. Six figures standing shoulder to shoulder appeared before Galactus and his group. They were…

Iron Man, Tony Stark, wearing the white-and-red Mark 85 armor;

Thor, the King of Asgard, representing the supreme glory of the Northern Gods;

Beta Ray Bill, Thor’s golden partner;

Mindy Macready, the Hit-Girl, astride an Eight-legged Divine Horse, wielding Gungnir, and wearing the Queen Knight Mindy suit;

Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff, wearing improved space-protection equipment, with pink Chaos Energy swirling around her;

Captain America, Steve Rogers, holding the Round Shield in his left hand and the Eight-Edged Plum Blossom Bright Silver Hammer in his right, wearing the Iron Man suit jointly created by Tony and Reed, and combining hammer, shield, and armor into one!

Directly above the six of them, Li Congxin, wearing the Boots of the Traveler and cloaked in Miraculous Hands, Spring Returns, stepped out of the void and appeared before Galactus, calmly meeting his gaze.

At that moment, Galactus was incomparably enormous. Galactus was so large that a single pot…

Ahem. In the eyes of the Avengers, his body was practically comparable in size to Earth itself. He was truly a colossal being beyond anything they had ever heard of or seen. In Li Congxin’s eyes, however, he was an extremely pure mass of high-purity Cosmic Energy. The total amount of his energy was comparable to Li Congxin’s current level, with both existing at the limit that a Singular Universe could contain!

If they compared only the "quantity" of energy between them, Galactus was still a great deal stronger than Li Congxin. But in terms of the quality of their divine power, Galactus fell far behind. The difference was like using the same amount of money to buy gold and silver. The amount of silver one could buy would certainly be greater than the amount of gold, but their total value would be exactly the same.

The restrictions that a Singular Universe placed on Multiversal Level gods were precisely restrictions on this "total value" of divine power.

As Li Congxin looked at Galactus, Galactus’s gaze also fell upon him. The two stared at each other unyieldingly for a long time before Li Congxin spoke first. "You seem to be in good shape, but I still hope you’ll leave. Don’t set your sights on Earth."

Seeing that Galactus remained unmoved, intense killing intent burst from Li Congxin. "Because I don’t want to kill you!"

"Impudent!" Li Congxin’s voice had barely fallen when Galactus had yet to react, but Stardust below could no longer suppress her fury. Her body transformed into a dazzling stream of light and shot straight toward Li Congxin. "How dare you speak to Galactus like that? You have no reverence for him whatsoever!"

As she spoke, Stardust pointed the spearhead of the strange weapon in her hand at Li Congxin. Its other end was an ax blade. Terrifying energy that made one’s heart tremble flowed from her body into the weapon. After being compressed within it, the energy finally gathered into a highly condensed ray that blasted straight toward Congxin’s chest.

"That’s right. Scram!"

With a cold snort, Li Congxin swept out one hand. Divine power containing the three rules of strength, space, and reality surged forth, instantly transforming into a massive vortex that enveloped the reckless Stardust.

Stardust’s body looked crystal clear, as if it had been carved from diamond. In reality, however, her entire body was composed of cosmic particles and Cosmic Energy countless times tougher than diamond. Even if she were caught in a planetary explosion or a cosmic black hole, she could still survive.

It could be said that she was the most difficult to kill and the strongest of Galactus’s four Emissaries!

Even so, the divine power Li Congxin casually unleashed contained three cosmic origin laws and was enough to threaten her life directly. If she were caught in it, she would suffer grievous injury even if she did not die!

Toward this half-human, half-fish female alien, Li Congxin had none of the patience he had shown Li Qianhuan. The moment he struck, he went straight for the killing blow!

"Stop!" Seeing that Stardust was about to perish beneath Li Congxin’s fierce attack, Galactus, who had remained silent all this time for fear of proving the saying that "villains die because they talk too much," finally could not hold back. He waved his massive hand, and a surging force of divine power cut in between Li Congxin’s power and Stardust at the critical moment.

"Boom!"

The divine powers of Li Congxin and Galactus, two Multiversal Level powerhouses, collided and instantly produced a world-shaking explosion. Stardust, who was right at the center of it, was sent flying half a galaxy away. Even the other three Galactus’s Emissaries farther away, as well as the Avengers brought by Li Congxin, were affected by the aftershock. Fortunately, they were far enough away and barely managed to steady themselves amid the massive explosion.

This clash of divine power between Li Congxin and Galactus became the fuse that ignited the entire battle. After that single exchange, Li Congxin and Galactus launched fierce attacks at each other once more, while the six Avengers also unleashed their killing moves and engaged Galactus’s three Emissaries in battle.

Both Li Congxin and Galactus were subject to the suppression of the Singular Universe’s energy limit. The strength they could unleash was evenly matched, so it was impossible for either of them to determine a victor in a short time.

The situation on the other side was much the same. The six Avengers Li Congxin had carefully selected were undoubtedly among Earth’s top combatants, but Galactus’s four Emissaries were among the top combatants in the universe. Compared with their opponents, the Avengers’ fighting strength still fell considerably short.

This was especially true because Li Congxin’s existence, while greatly enhancing the Avengers’ overall strength, also meant that he bore the brunt of every major incident. As a result, some promising candidates had not undergone the trials they had experienced on the original timeline.

Take Thor, for example. He had not experienced the pain of losing Asgard or the despair of seeing Mjolnir shattered. His fighting strength had therefore failed to undergo the transformation it had on the original timeline. Even now, he still had to join forces with Beta Ray Bill to display peak Skyfather-level combat strength. He could firmly suppress Flame Emperor, one of Galactus’s four Emissaries, but he could not completely eliminate him.

On the other side, Tony and Captain America, the two veterans who had joined the Avengers earliest, joined forces against Tyrant’s Emissary. They fully displayed the formidable strength of a Mortal body, comparable to gods. But being comparable was ultimately only being comparable. Perhaps because Captain America was one of the two, the pair could only barely fight Tyrant’s Emissary to a draw.

At the final battlefield, Mindy and Wanda, two great experts, joined forces against Silver Surfer. They could indeed rely on their own abilities to hold this "Terminator" down and batter him throughout space. However, after Wanda’s special training under Ancient One, although her lower limit had risen considerably, she still needed some emotional fluctuations to unleash the formidable power capable of tearing Thanos apart.

But in the current situation, Li Congxin did not want her to rely on emotional fluctuations to unleash any overwhelming combat power. It was enough for her to provide some support while ensuring that she suffered no injuries. The problem was that even with Mindy’s help, this level of output made it difficult to place lethal pressure on a powerhouse like Silver Surfer. For the moment, they could maintain an absolute advantage, but defeating him was not easy.

Judging from the battle situation, setting aside the ultimate confrontation between Li Congxin and Galactus, the battle between Galactus’s three Emissaries and the six Avengers stood at two advantages and one draw. The Avengers seemed to hold an absolute upper hand, and victory appeared to be only a matter of time.

But please do not forget that Galactus did not have only three Emissaries. He had four!

Earlier, Stardust had been blasted far away because she was at the center of the shock wave from Li Congxin and Galactus’s clash. But thanks to her formidable body, she had not been injured by the divine-power explosion’s aftershock. She had now returned and was preparing to rejoin the battle.

Just as the strongest of Galactus’s Emissaries was about to return and the battle situation was on the verge of reversing, two dazzling beams suddenly flew through the cosmic void. They stopped Stardust just before she could join the fight.

The two who suddenly joined the battle were women, one fair-skinned and one dark-skinned.

The fair-skinned woman had a somewhat square face, but paired with her short, jaw-length hair, it gave her a spirited and heroic appearance. She wore a red-and-blue skintight battle suit, with a golden five-pointed star on her chest that shone brilliantly.

The dark-skinned woman wore a white shirt bearing a symbol resembling mechanical wings on the chest. She had white gloves on both hands, while her pants and trench coat were dark green. She looked rather retro and conservative, but the radiance emanating from her body was several times more dazzling than that of the fair-skinned woman.

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