The Battle Begins

"The army is here. Follow the plan."

Tony Stark spoke directly, and his words instantly reached the ears of the Avengers Initiative members, as well as Renoli and the others.

The Precognitor held a massive sniper rifle and pressed the trigger toward the huge opening above. Energy gathered into a single shot, then fired straight into the sky.

When it was still several hundred meters away from the vortex, it exploded with a thunderous boom, pouring countless energy beams upward.

Those energy beams seemed to have eyes, locking directly onto the Chitauri soldiers pouring out of the vortex in the sky.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The sky erupted like a dazzling fireworks display.

That single shot alone killed at least five hundred Chitauri soldiers.

But that number was naturally insignificant to the enormous Chitauri army.

The Chitauri soldiers at the front had barely died before even more flew out, immediately splitting into several groups.

They flew toward the city below and wherever people were gathered, launching indiscriminate attacks at the same time.

Countless energy blasts shot toward every living thing on the ground, destroying everything in sight.

The turrets mounted on the massive turtles also opened fire, launching one terrifying shell after another.

The Precognitor answered with shot after precise shot, detonating the shells in advance. The moment they were fired, they were struck and exploded.

The terrifying shockwaves spread outward, battering the giant turtles’ bodies and causing them to begin falling toward the ground.

If such enormous creatures crashed directly into the ground, they would cause massive destruction everywhere they passed.

That was the terrifying thing about war machines: every part of their bodies was a weapon capable of causing destruction.

The sight made the New Yorkers who had yet to flee scream and scatter in panic.

Just as a giant turtle was about to crash down, Kyle kicked off with both feet and launched himself into the air.

With that single stomp, the rooftop shook, and a visible shockwave rippled through the air.

Kyle shot toward the giant turtle like a launched rocket, driving a punch straight into its middle.

The instant the punch landed, the giant turtle’s terrifying armor caved in, and a visible shockwave exploded through the air.

The giant turtle let out a miserable howl as the punch sent it flying. Instead of falling toward the ground, it was hurled sideways.

A handsome silver-haired figure shot into the sky with a blade in hand. In an instant—

The giant turtle turned into heaps of bloody chunks, falling from the sky like meteors as blood sprayed everywhere.

Tony unleashed countless beams of light, melting the severed flesh into charred black residue that drifted down like black snow falling from the sky.

Since she was joining the battle, Lacey had changed into a tight leather outfit and soared into the air.

Like a black butterfly blooming in the sky, she slit the throats of one Chitauri after another wherever she passed.

One flying craft after another descended.

Thor raised the Thunder Hammer and unleashed massive bolts of lightning, blasting all the flying craft into scrap.

But no matter how terrifying their strength was, it was impossible for them to completely block the vast Chitauri army.

The Chitauri had only one goal: kill every living thing they could see. One after another, they charged toward the ground.

The army had already been waiting below, and countless armor-piercing rounds flew toward the Chitauri.

Though it was difficult to directly kill the armored Chitauri, their flying craft were not nearly as tough.

Under the terrifying barrage of firepower, some flying craft were still shot down.

On the ground, Banner, Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, who was providing cover from above, had been waiting for a long time.

After Tony’s guidance and his conversations with Renoli and the others, Banner had finally accepted the power within him.

He also knew exactly what he needed to do in this war.

So he charged directly at the Chitauri who had fallen to the ground, no longer suppressing the rage he had always held inside. His body began to grow larger.

Hulk threw a punch, killing a Chitauri on the spot. Then Hulk casually grabbed a nearby vehicle and hurled it at a flying craft overhead.

During Hulk’s previous fight with Tony Stark, Hulk could only take hits and could not fight back, leaving Hulk with a lot of pent-up anger.

If Hulk could not hit Tony Stark, hitting these enemies whose flying speed was not nearly as fast was effortless.

Even something very small, when thrown with Hulk’s full strength, became like a terrifying bullet fired from a barrel.

Not to mention that Hulk had thrown an entire car.

The car was like an enhanced shell. With a bang, it smashed three Chitauri on a flying craft to death.

Tony, Thor, Renoli, Kyle, Lacey, and the Precognitor handled the main force above.

The other Avengers Initiative members and the army handled the lower battlefield. Their roles were clearly divided.

In war, the simpler the plan, the more precisely and flawlessly it could be carried out.

But Hulk did not care about any of that. After killing dozens of Chitauri around him, Hulk leaped more than a hundred meters into the air and charged into the sky.

One Chitauri after another died under everyone’s combined attacks. Blood, flying-craft wreckage, and thick smoke covered every corner of New York.

Loki held a scepter embedded with the Mind Stone and created dozens of clones to attack the stragglers that slipped through from above.

When the Chitauri general saw from space that Loki was attacking his own side as well, he was nearly driven mad with rage.

"What is Loki doing?"

"Isn’t he afraid of provoking that being’s wrath?"

The Chitauri general’s face twisted viciously.

Yet compared to Loki’s betrayal, what enraged the general even more was that Loki had never provided any information about this.

Wasn’t Blue Star supposed to be inhabited entirely by humans? How could there be so many extraordinarily powerful superpowered beings protecting it?

Although his army had avoided the initial barrage and wreaked havoc below, killing many humans—

The losses suffered by his Chitauri army were far more severe. This was completely different from the situation he had originally anticipated.

Still, even if he had fallen into a trap, he would give Blue Star a vicious blow.

The thing that being wanted would not be so easily destroyed anyway. Since that was the case, he would deploy large-scale weapons and blow Blue Star apart.

Just as the general was about to do so—

"The enemy is indeed planning to deploy large-scale, disaster-level weapons. Prepare immediately."

On a New York skyscraper, the Precognitor stopped firing. The bandages around him began to unravel as he delivered a crucial message.

The fifth update was here.