Sweeping the Field

The old lady’s words startled Danny. "You are?"

Just then, several Little Fire Crows came running over. A soldier hurriedly shouted, "Madam, watch out! Demons are coming!"

"Demons?"

The old lady turned to look at the Little Fire Crows, raised a hand, and clenched it through the air. The Little Fire Crows exploded instantly, dying on the spot! The soldiers stared in shock. Did this old lady have superpowers?

"Qi?"

Danny was startled. Her qi was incredibly abundant, even stronger than his!

"Danny Rand, think carefully about my suggestion!"

Madame Gao gave Danny a look but said nothing more. Then she turned to the commander and said, "The BOSS has granted me permission to come out for some fresh air and do my part for Manhattan. I’ll help you defend this place!"

"That’s wonderful, Madam. We’ll be counting on you!"

The commander was overjoyed. The more superpowered people, the better. Thinking of something, he called headquarters. "Send all the Super Heroes to the Frontlines. Stop having them help people in the rear; they’re needed here more!"

Chief George nodded. "All right. I’ll have Spider-Man and the others head over!"

Give up the title of Iron Fist? Compared to the one in the sky, I really am nothing!

Danny’s thoughts were in turmoil. Then he noticed Colleen Wing behind Madame Gao, his eyes lighting up as he stepped forward and asked, "Do you remember me? I saw you on the street once. You were putting up enrollment flyers!"

"I don’t know you."

Colleen said coldly, "And this is a time for battle. Please don’t abandon your post!"

Danny froze, wanting to say something else, but then he saw Colleen staring fixedly at the divine dragon in the sky, her eyes filled with admiration and love! Danny understood that her heart already belonged to someone else. Worse still, that person was someone he could never catch up to in his entire life.

He was a dragon, while Danny himself was, at best, a worm! Seeing Danny standing there in a daze, Coulson hurriedly pulled him back. "Danny, this isn’t the time to flirt!"

"I know."

Danny replied dejectedly. Perhaps he should never have betrayed K’un-Lun and returned to New York in the first place!

Leaving that aside, after swallowing the Earth Fire Crows, the divine dragon fixed its gaze on the pattern above the Hell Gate, where ten unusual skulls were located.

All the skulls on the Hell Gate looked different, except for these ten, which were almost identical. Their shapes were also very square, like platforms! "No wonder I couldn’t get out no matter how I ran. So there were ten Maze Demons. Mephisto, you think far too highly of me!"

The divine dragon snorted and spewed Dragon Fire above the Hell Gate. The ten Maze Demons tried to flee, but they had no time at all and were reduced to ashes on the spot.

Then space twisted, and Wang Bert appeared before the Hell Gate!

"Mephisto, you’ve truly angered me!"

Wang Bert rolled his neck. Flames flashed around him, and a stylish Scarlet Armor appeared over his body. The cape behind him billowed in the wind like blazing fire! Then Wang Bert thrust and withdrew his spear. Dozens of holes appeared simultaneously in the Chain Demon fighting Damon. The Chain Demon turned to ashes with utter disbelief on its face! "Cool!"

Damon shouted, relaxing completely. With Wang Bert here, nothing was a problem!

"Damon, go demonize the giant beast in the sky. It’s half biological and half mechanical, so you should be able to demonize it."

Wang Bert said, "Tony, Ivan, and everyone else, focus on the Chitauri. I’ll deal with the demons."

"Got it!"

No one wasted words. If Wang Bert said he could handle it, then he definitely could.

After everyone flew into the sky, Wang Bert turned into a streak of fire and darted through the city, leaving trails of light and shadow behind him. Wherever he passed, every demon had its blood drained before turning into ashes.

"What just happened?"

A beautiful woman who had nearly died in a demon’s jaws stared blankly at the demon before her, which had turned to ashes in a flash of fire. Then she noticed the fading streak of fire and hurriedly shouted, "Thank you! I, Skye, will definitely repay you!"

Perhaps it was an illusion, but Skye seemed to see the streak of fire stagger, nearly falling over! It must have been an illusion, right?

Skye shook her head. Thinking of something, she sighed inwardly. I wonder where Coulson ran off to. He won’t even answer his phone. It always feels like the people around me keep getting into accidents.

On the streets, inside buildings, at subway entrances… wherever the fire flashed, demons vanished swiftly. In less than ten minutes, every demon that had escaped earlier was eliminated. As for the new demons emerging from the Hell Gate, they were burned to ashes by Dragon Fire the instant they appeared.

The Minotaur fighting Hulk was also casually taken care of by Wang Bert. Hulk was deeply displeased and bared his teeth at Wang Bert!

Wang Bert gave Hulk a calm look. Hulk instantly backed down and jumped onto a Glider to deal with the Chitauri in the sky.

"Hulk, Minotaur—if I let you two keep fighting, who knows what would happen!"

Wang Bert stopped at the Hell Gate, planted his spear, and waved inside. "Come out! Come out! I haven’t killed enough yet!"

The Hell Gate fell deathly silent. Not a single demon came out. What a joke. They were demons, not idiots. Going out meant dying; they weren’t that stupid! "A bunch of trash. Mephisto, your demons are just as useless as you!"

Wang Bert laughed heartily. Everyone who witnessed this was filled with amazement. They knew the Blood God was powerful, but they had never imagined he was this powerful—so powerful that he had the demons of Hell too scared to even come out.

What terrifying power! Absorbing Man exclaimed, "No wonder Tony Stark is so afraid of him. I have to cling to this thigh!"

"With the Blood God here, we can rest easy!"

President Ellis laughed loudly and said to Senator Stern, "Call Councilor Malik and have him veto the World Security Council’s plan to launch a nuclear bomb. With the Blood God here, why the hell would we launch a nuke? That’s Manhattan!"

You were the one shouting about launching a nuke earlier, weren’t you?

Senator Stern complained inwardly, then got up and went out to call Councilor Malik. He put on an act by discussing official matters for a while before quietly asking, "Why are you against launching a nuclear bomb? Wouldn’t it be better to blow all those freaks to death?"

"Are you sure a nuclear bomb can kill the Blood God?"

Councilor Malik sneered. "If he survives, do you think he’ll spare whoever threw a nuclear bomb at his head?"

"Definitely not!"

Senator Stern smiled awkwardly. "Malik, will he affect our plan?"

"Don’t worry. He won’t."

Councilor Malik hung up, his face full of cold amusement. Launch a nuclear bomb? What a joke. With Osborn Corporation gone, who would help him build spaceships? Who would help him bring the gods back?

"Gods?"

Remembering Wang Bert’s earlier display, Councilor Malik’s eyes flickered before he returned to the council’s video conference. He righteously declared to the other four councilors, "America will never allow anyone to use a nuclear bomb to bomb Manhattan!"

Seeing this, the other councilors could only abandon their wonderful plan. Nick Fury secretly let out a sigh of relief, then frowned again. The Blood God was becoming stronger and stronger. If one day he wanted to rule humanity, how would S.H.I.E.L.D. stop him? In Wakanda, the king and elders stared at that incomparably majestic figure with deeply furrowed brows. They were not afraid of America, but this Blood God… they might not be able to withstand him!

Prince T’Challa, on the other hand, looked full of admiration. The thoughts in his mind could be summed up in one sentence—A true man should be like this!

In the Mirror Dimension, Ancient One smiled and asked Mephisto, "Mr. Mephisto, who prepared everything so thoroughly, where are your methods? Why not keep using them? At this rate, Hell’s morale will be gone!"

Mephisto’s face was dark as could be. He gritted his teeth and asked, "What is up with that dragon? Why did the Blood God suddenly summon a dragon?"

Ancient One said, "Isn’t it perfectly normal for the Blood God to have a dragon?"

"How is that normal?"

Mephisto snorted. He had calculated everything, except for that dragon. However, it was not yet time to admit defeat! As long as the Mind Scepter remains in my hand, I haven’t lost!

Mephisto pointed the scepter outward. The Hell Gate rapidly shrank, while the Space Vortex in the sky suddenly expanded. The Chitauri were overjoyed and immediately sent more forces to attack Earth! Mephisto said, "Let the Chitauri serve as cannon fodder first. Once I deal with you, I’ll go out and slowly play with the Blood God!"

"If you came in your true body, then with the Mind Stone, you might really be able to defeat me. But this projection of yours? Forget it."

Ancient One shook her head. "Mephisto, you are too cowardly!"

"If you were at your peak, I truly couldn’t deal with you. But Ancient One, do you think I haven’t noticed? You’re tied up with something else. Right now, you don’t even have half your strength!"

Mephisto sneered. "That’s why you’ve focused on nurturing the Blood God, to have him replace your duties, isn’t it?"

Ancient One said calmly, "Perhaps."

"Then let me see just how capable you still are!"

Mephisto swung the Mind Scepter at Ancient One. The battle between the Demon King of Hell and the Sorcerer Supreme had officially begun! Outside the Hell Gate, Wang Bert looked at the shrinking gate and frowned. It could be used like that? After thinking for a moment, Wang Bert swung his Vibranium Spear and rapidly slashed at the Hell Gate. But just as expected, even the Vibranium Spear could not damage it.

"I hate this damn gate!"

Wang Bert cursed and waved away the divine dragon behind him. The Dragon Soul was indeed powerful, but it consumed too much. He had to use it sparingly!

The disappearance of the Dragon Soul left many people feeling lost, as if they had lost something to rely on! In the sky, Tony fought the Chitauri while asking Wang Bert through the communicator, "Bert, where’s the Mind Scepter? Only the Mind Scepter can close the portal!"

"Wait for now. Mephisto isn’t as easy to deal with as Loki."

Wang Bert shook his head. "Sigh, if only the opponent were Loki! No matter what he did, I could crush him easily!"

Loki, hiding in the shadows, gritted his teeth. Am I really that pathetic?

At that moment, a ring of sparks appeared before Wang Bert. Then Wong hurried out and said, "Blood God, the master asked me to tell you that she will get the Mind Scepter to you as soon as possible. Guard the Hell Gate and don’t leave lightly!"

"Why?"

Wong said, "There may be a backup plan of Mephisto’s inside the Hell Gate. Before it is closed, you must keep watch at all times!"

"I understand!"

Wang Bert nodded immediately. Master Ancient One could foresee the future. If she said there was a backup plan, then there definitely was one!

Besides, he had just consumed the blood of so many demons. This was a good time to digest it—experiments had proven that devouring demons could also increase his number of lives. Wang Bert had accidentally gained another ten thousand lives! Seeing Wong in a hurry to leave, Wang Bert asked, "Wong, why aren’t you showing yourselves to help?"

"No time. The Defense Net of the Three Sanctuaries was riddled with holes after being struck by the Tesseract. Hell Demons and creatures from other realms have appeared in many places across Earth, and we’re desperately dealing with them!"

Wong said, "Damn Mephisto, he really knows how to cause trouble!"

"I see!"

Wang Bert nodded, then grabbed Wong and said, "Don’t rush off. Help me pick up three people. It won’t even take a minute!"

"This…"

Wong hesitated. Wang Bert said, "This isn’t some mundane matter. We’re fighting aliens and Hell Demons!"

Wong gritted his teeth and nodded. "All right, I’ll pick them up!"

Wang Bert had Frank turn on the video feed, and Wong opened a portal according to the images on it!

Looking at the glowing circle before him, Frank was somewhat bewildered. Wang Bert walked up to it and shouted, "Frank, get in here quickly! There’s no time to waste!"

"All right!"

At the sight of Wang Bert, Frank felt greatly reassured. He immediately led War Abomination through the portal, with War Machine close behind! "Blood God, I’ll be going!"

Wong returned to his own portal and turned his hand. Both portals vanished at the same time.

Frank asked in shock, "Bert, what kind of technology is that? That’s incredible! It sent us back to New York in an instant!"

"It’s called magic!"

Wang Bert pointed at the sky. "No more nonsense. You three, get up there. I’ve been waiting for you!"

"We’ve been waiting for this too!"

Frank said no more and charged into the sky with War Abomination and War Machine, joining the battle! "That’s not scientific!"

Tony shouted at Ivan, "Madman, what just happened? Why did Frank and the others suddenly appear in New York? They were still in the Atlantic Ocean a few seconds ago!"

"That’s called magic, you country bumpkin!"

Ivan sneered, drawing a Leviathan toward War Abomination as he excitedly shouted, "Chop it down, Abomination!"

War Abomination roared and brought his axe down hard on the Leviathan’s neck. The indestructible Vibranium axe cleaved halfway through the Leviathan’s neck, sending it screaming toward the ground! With a boom, the falling Leviathan crushed several shops into ruins! "Well done, Abomination!"

Ivan laughed loudly, but at that moment, three more Leviathans emerged from the sky. Ivan cursed and hurried forward to hold them back!

"Hulk, attack!"

Hulk excitedly jumped onto a Leviathan’s back and pounded it wildly. The Leviathan wailed as it fell, unable to withstand Hulk’s fists despite its thick hide and flesh.

"I never thought I’d be fighting aliens in Manhattan! Isn’t this private bodyguard job description getting a little too broad?"

Frank fired the Vulcan Cannon madly while cursing, "You bunch of bitches, come taste Uncle Frank’s Vulcan Cannon!"

"Frank, that’s gender discrimination!"

Natasha spoke as she took out two Chitauri soldiers with her daggers, then controlled the airship and sent it crashing into the other airships!