Three Heroes Battle Dark Phoenix!

After years of silence, Ghost Rider, who had either vanished without a trace or hidden in the shadows while carrying out the justice in his heart, had actually arrived in the X-Men universe.

The moment he appeared, he joined the battle without a word, and immediately teamed up with the two adorable girls, Wanda and Mindy…

Three Heroes Battle Dark Phoenix!

Ghost Rider’s arrival instantly eased the Avengers’ pressure considerably. Although Hellfire was still nowhere near as heaven-defying as the Phoenix Force, it was not completely incapable of resisting the Phoenix Force. With him joining the battle, Mindy and Wanda, who had originally been suppressed by the Phoenix Force to the point of barely breathing, immediately felt their burden lighten.

Below the battlefield, Quicksilver had been extremely worried about Wanda. When he saw a new reinforcement appear on his sister’s battlefield—and that the newcomer seemed quite capable—he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief. After withdrawing his worried gaze, Quicksilver blurred and charged into the ranks of the mutant army, beginning to punch and kick his way through them.

His little sister was fighting Dark Phoenix so bravely. As her older brother, he obviously could not perform too poorly.

As the saying went: Among all martial arts under heaven, nothing was indestructible—except speed!

Although Quicksilver’s abilities were not especially powerful, to anyone who had not reached a certain level, he was an unsolvable existence.

In the blink of an eye, this man famed for his speed had already charged back and forth through the mutant army. Wherever he passed, he found no opponent capable of lasting even one exchange.

Everyone else’s movements looked like slow motion in his eyes. They posed no threat whatsoever.

He would prove to everyone through his actions that there were no useless members of the Maximoff family!

Just as he was feeling immensely pleased with himself and planning to knock down a few more enemies to further reduce the pressure on his comrades, a foot suddenly swept across the path of his leg as he landed. Its speed was not inferior to his in the slightest. The abruptly appearing foot tripped Quicksilver, instantly throwing the running man off balance. He rolled forward, crashed into several mutants, and finally came to a stop.

When he turned his head, he saw a boy with white hair like his own, though clearly much thinner, smiling at him. Seeing Quicksilver look over, the boy provocatively crooked a finger at him before transforming into a blur and racing a hundred meters away.

The meaning behind the boy’s expression and gesture before leaving could not have been clearer.

Come on, chase me! Catch me, and I’ll…

What kind of person was Quicksilver?

He was a true man who could take a dump in an outhouse while facing outward!

How could he tolerate that white-haired brat provoking him so brazenly? In an instant, he pushed his super speed to its limit. His entire body turned into a gust of breeze as he shot after the white-haired boy.

Quicksilver and the boy whose speed was no weaker than his left one after another, and the situation on the battlefield once again became extremely unfavorable for the Avengers.

Quicksilver’s attacks were fast, but they were still too merciful. The mutants he had knocked down earlier had not been killed. At that moment, those people once again became powerful enemies for the Avengers.

Immediately afterward, an even more astonishing scene unfolded on the battlefield.

On the Sword Tower, which the Avengers team had blocked behind them and guarded firmly, the Sky Cutter Divine Sword, radiating a soaring killing intent that inspired dread at a glance, suddenly vanished into thin air.

The killing intent that had blanketed the sky abruptly disappeared, causing both sides, who had been fighting desperately, to feel their hearts lighten. But right after that came shock and confusion.

The mutants were confused. They could not understand what these "Outer Realm Demons" were trying to do.

The ones who were shocked, meanwhile, were the members of the Avengers team.

Once the Sky Cutter Divine Sword combined with the cornerstone, even the Avengers could not approach it. In all the world, from ancient times to the present, throughout the entire multiverse, the only person capable of taking it away was Li Congxin!

The fact that even the Sky Cutter Divine Sword had been taken away showed that Li Congxin’s situation was no better than theirs.

Some people had even begun to hesitate. Since the Sky Cutter Divine Sword was already gone, what meaning was there in remaining here and fighting to the death?

Only Captain America, their leader, maintained the firmest conviction. As a frontline commander who had fought in World War II, he knew perfectly well that when two opponents met on a narrow path like this, victory went to the braver side. Whichever side first thought of retreating would inevitably pay an unimaginably terrible price!

Thus, the very next moment after the divine sword vanished, his voice rang in the ears of everyone present: "Protect the cornerstone!"

Following Captain America’s shout, the Avengers’ hot blood was ignited once more. To the sound of "The Avengers," they followed Captain America’s voice and shouted the slogan, "Protect the cornerstone!" Their fighting power erupted once again!

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The Dark Dimension.

Compared with the fervent battle atop the Himalayas, the battle here seemed especially strange.

Everyone present had the appearance of a superhero, and what they were doing was… beating themselves up!

That was right. Everyone was frantically unleashing their strongest attacks upon their own bodies.

The enemy’s concealment methods were simply too brilliant—so brilliant that even artificial intelligences such as Eris and Friday could not distinguish truth from falsehood. Even so, the Avengers in Tony’s team could still use their intelligence to accurately identify some of the enemies.

Take Tony, for example. He could not even tell which of the seven Little Peppers was real and which was fake.

But one thing could still be confirmed: anyone who looked exactly like him was definitely fake!

Since he could not determine the authenticity of the other enemies, he would first kill those he could identify. There could be no mistake in that.

Those enemies disguised as superheroes, in order not to expose themselves, could only cooperate by attacking the targets they had transformed into. Thus, the battlefield formed the strange scene before them, with several identical superheroes in each group beating one another up.

Suddenly, a sword beam shot out fiercely from Eris’s body, soaring straight into the sky before vanishing from everyone’s sight.

It was the Sky Breaking Sword!

Tony was startled when he saw this, then immediately said, "The Sky Breaking Sword was taken by Clark, which means he’s also run into trouble. We have to resolve the battle as quickly as possible and settle the cornerstone!"

Unexpectedly, that brief distraction gave a nearby fake Tony the opportunity to punch him in the face. Tony was startled and had just raised his arm to block when he saw the attacker become entangled in a strand of webbing. Taking advantage of the opening, Tony fired a palm repulsor blast and blew the fake apart.

After the enemy he killed fell to the ground, it transformed into a disgusting shape that looked like both deadwood and a dried corpse.

Tony turned toward Little Spider and saw the child he treated like a son. While manipulating six steel spider legs to block attacks from all directions, he said, "My Spider-Sense can distinguish which of these guys are real and which are fake!"

Tony could not help revealing a gratified smile. "Really? That’s wonderful!"

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Just like the situation encountered by Tony’s team and Captain America’s team, the Sky Punisher Six Swords held by Daisy’s team, the Sky Slaying Sword held by the Fantastic Four, the sword held by Hulk’s team, and the Sky Annihilator Sword held by Natasha’s team all vanished at the same time.

Everyone guessed that since Li Congxin needed to use these six divine swords to deal with the enemy, the situation was definitely far from optimistic.

Everyone understood that Li Congxin had gone to the Hyperdimensional Space to fight Dormammu simply to buy them time. As long as the six teams on their side completed the plan perfectly and built the cornerstone, Li Congxin could immediately return all six divine swords to their original positions and complete the final step in constructing the Sky Punisher Sword Array.

At that point, with the Sky Punisher Sword Array guarding this universe, Dormammu would no longer be able to continue infiltrating it with his dark power, nor control the Dark Energy drifting through the air in the Hyperdimensional Space.

Moreover, once the sword array formed, it could gather the universe’s original energy to encircle and suppress the Dark Energy, completely clearing the skies and earth!

Li Congxin would no longer need to fight Dormammu to the death in the Hyperdimensional Space, a battlefield highly disadvantageous to him. He could simply retreat into the singular universe and wait for his prey.

If Dormammu dared to pursue him into the singular universe, then things would become very interesting…

For Li Congxin, who was boosted by BGM, the singular universe was absolutely his home ground! Never mind Dormammu—even Galactus, who stood on a higher level, had still been beaten by Li Congxin in the singular universe until his actions paid tribute to his own name.

What was more, according to Li Congxin’s previous explanation, Dormammu’s situation was even more special than that of the other demons.

If he entered the singular universe, his combat power would at most be evenly matched with Thor and Daisy. Even Doctor Strange might have a chance to defeat him.

All they could do now was rapidly establish the cornerstone and eliminate Li Congxin’s worries.

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"Swallow wind, kiss rain, bury sunset, never hesitated. Bully mountains, chase seas, tread snowy paths, never despair. Pluck flowers, raise wine, yet still break the world’s passionate hearts. With these two eyes and a hundred arms—or a thousand hands—nothing can defend against me. The sky is vast, the snow endless; with whom shall I sail? This sand rolls, the water ripples, laughing and wandering. Greedy for one moment of pleasure, yet doomed to bury the daughter’s longing…"

In the Hyperdimensional Space, the situation Li Congxin faced was far worse than anyone else had imagined, because the enemy he had to face was not merely Dormammu.

Besides Dormammu, he also had to deal with an enemy a hundred times more troublesome than Dormammu—the Phoenix Body!

At this moment, both of Li Congxin’s opponents were veteran multiversal-level powerhouses. If one set aside his BGM advantage, each of them surpassed him in both rank and strength.

Dormammu was still manageable. After all, he was only at the mid-multiversal stage. Even if he was stronger than Li Congxin, the difference was limited.

But the Phoenix was completely different!

Her strength was far above that of Li Congxin and Dormammu. In the Marvel universe, she was a terrifying existence second only to the Living Tribunal. Even the Five Great Gods might not dare claim certain victory when facing her!

The BGM’s boost was indeed powerful, but it still had its limits.

It was like Lord Qiao. When the music began, he could single-handedly fight Murong Fu, You Tanzhi, and Ding Chunqiu, the three experts, and still battle with great flair. But if you replaced his opponents with Wu Xingyun, Li Qiushui, and a Sweeper Monk, try it then! Never mind "The Difficult Sutra"—even "The Broad and Spacious Heavenly Path" would be useless!

That was precisely the situation Li Congxin faced now. His enemies were simply too powerful. Even the BGM could not make up for the enormous gap between him and his opponents.

If that had been the only problem, he would not have needed to recall the six divine swords.

After all, doing so at this moment was tantamount to sending the Avengers a signal that the situation was critical, which was extremely disadvantageous for stabilizing their morale.

But misfortune never came alone! Just as Li Congxin was being besieged by two veteran multiversal-level powerhouses, Phoenix and Dormammu, when he could barely see any hope and could only do his utmost to stall them while striving to buy the Avengers more time, the BGM he relied upon suddenly developed a problem.

"The Difficult Sutra," which had been playing perfectly well, suddenly changed its tune…

"The wind rolls up dust and sand, clouds turn to rain and fall to earth. Countless heroes surge from all directions; righteous spirit exists through the ages. Swords and sabers shuttle urgently, love thoughts entwine the hero’s body. Tears of passion mingle with wine and scatter across heaven and earth; dipped full in hot blood, write the past!…"

The BGM, which had not appeared for a long time, suddenly sounded once more, but Li Congxin was not happy in the slightest.

Fung Wan 2

Level: 1 (Cannot be upgraded)

Effect: Has a chance to activate when the host encounters a life-or-death crisis. Once successfully activated, the host will temporarily control the power of one of the three great divine skills of "Fung Wan" for a certain period of time.

"Fung Wan 2" BGM activated successfully. One of the three great divine skills of Fung Wan activated: Not Beneath Me Divine Skill!

Not Beneath Me: Within one day after the current battle triggered by the BGM ends, the host may use it against an opponent they fought. By saying, "You are not beneath me," a curse effect will form, causing the opponent's ability in a certain aspect to rapidly decline, possibly leaving them unable to rise again.

Not Beneath Me!

Not Beneath Me again!

At this decisive moment, the system had suddenly pulled something like this. Li Congxin could not have been more depressed.

Everyone was fighting for their lives right now! Could this ability, which needed time to take effect, please stop coming out to cause trouble?

Even if it gave him "One Success of Power," that would have been fine!

The sudden change in background music also caused the two people attacking him to temporarily stop. Phoenix, in particular, asked with a strange hint in her voice, "Kid, wasn’t that previous music pretty intense? Why did you suddenly change it?"

"Ah…" Li Congxin let out a long sigh. While mentally summoning the Sky Punisher Six Swords, he asked the system in his heart, "What is the standard for determining that a battle has ended? Does temporarily stopping like this count?"