Inside the Mirror Dinsion, Ancient One prepared to leave. She knew she could not defeat him, so her only option had been to trap Zhou Tianyu there forever.
A brilliant sword light surged forward, yet the space stretched endlessly. With his current strength, Zhou Tianyu could not forcibly break through or tear open a rift in the Mirror Dinsion.
"I hope you can calm down."
Ancient One left those final words before instantly returning to the real world, but she did not leave the area. She stood above the suburban farm, watching the occasionally distorted space as she attempted to stabilize it with magic.
At that mont, a fighter jet appeared on the horizon.
After landing, Nick Fury, Tony Stark, and Thor stepped out. All of them looked up at Ancient One.
"Supre Mage, what's the situation now?" Nick Fury spoke first, his tone asured as he tried to close the distance between them. If the stories were true, then this woman had always protected Earth. That made her an ally, not an enemy.
"This is not sothing you can solve." Ancient One frowned slightly.
These people were ant to be the hope of the future. But now, with the arrival of those outsiders, that future had begun to fracture. Everything was changing, unstable and unpredictable.
"You really use magic?" Stark asked, curiosity clear even through his Iron Man armor.
"Is this the strongest person on Earth you ntioned?" Thor said with a trace of arrogance, clearly unimpressed. After all, he was a god.
"Not good."
Ancient One's expression suddenly shifted as she sensed sothing.
At that sa mont, within the Mirror Dinsion, Zhou Tianyu raised the Xuanyuan Sword high. The engravings along its blade, mountains and trees, seed to co alive.
"Second layer seal, released."
A vast divine pressure erupted, expanding a hundredfold. The entire sword glowed gold, radiating a terrifying aura. At its tip, light gathered again, forming a rotating stream that carried the sun, moon, stars, and mountains within it.
"Cut."
Zhou Tianyu pressed down on the space before him.
Instantly, the massive pillar of sword energy shattered the Mirror Dinsion with overwhelming force and erged into the real world. It surged forward like a torrent, spreading outward as if to erase everything in its path.
New York trembled.
Buildings collapsed in an instant.
Ancient One moved imdiately, appearing in front of Nick Fury and the others. A cross-dinsional portal opened, swallowing the incoming storm of destruction.
Even so, the aftermath left everyone frozen in place.
When the light faded, what remained was a massive chasm. Thousands of ters wide, stretching endlessly toward the horizon, bottomless and absolute. Everything in its path had been annihilated.
If that strike had landed in the heart of New York, the entire city would have been split in two.
Even so, vast areas had already been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands were dead.
Screams, panic, and despair filled the night.
Everyone present understood one thing clearly. Most of the power had already been absorbed by the Mirror Dinsion. If not, the damage would have been far worse.
Crack.
Space itself fractured.
Zhou Tianyu stepped out calmly, holding the Xuanyuan Sword. Golden light surrounded him, the illusion of sun, moon, stars, and mountains circling his figure.
His gaze toward Ancient One and the others was utterly indifferent.
"You went too far."
Ancient One's voice was cold, her killing intent unmistakable. The scale of death could not be forgiven.
Nick Fury clenched his fists, his expression dark.
Thunder roared across the sky.
Thor moved first, gripping Mjolnir as lightning surged around him. Stark followed closely, both hands gathering energy for a full-power blast.
They were furious.
But they were also insignificant.
Zhou Tianyu did not even bother to take them seriously. Only Ancient One held any real threat.
With a casual swing of his sword, a destructive arc tore through the air toward them.
Death.
That was the only thought in both Thor and Stark's minds.
At the last mont, Ancient One intervened. A portal opened, barely swallowing the attack. Even so, the force shattered the portal and struck her directly, sending her flying.
That brief opening was enough.
Thor unleashed lightning. Stark fired a concentrated energy beam.
Zhou Tianyu raised his left hand and flicked his finger.
Two sharp slashes cut through both attacks instantly.
Stark's armor was ripped apart. A deep wound split across his chest, exposing flesh beneath as blood poured out.
Thor fared no better. His chest was torn open, blood spilling as he staggered backward.
Zhou Tianyu did not even look at them again.
He raised the Xuanyuan Sword high once more.
A massive pillar of golden light erupted skyward, piercing through the atmosphere and into space. Within it, the sun, moon, stars, and mountains revolved like a world of their own.
The entire Earth trembled.
Across cities, from New York to Washington and beyond, countless people looked up at the sky.
The golden pillar shone like a second sun, turning night into day.
"What is that?"
"Is this real?"
"Is it so kind of miracle?"
Panic spread far beyond the battlefield.
Governnts and organizations descended into chaos.
"Energy levels are still rising."
"My God, if that thing falls, half the planet will be destroyed."
"If it rotates, the Earth could be split apart."
"What is happening?"
No one had answers.
Zhou Tianyu remained calm.
With two seals released, the Xuanyuan Sword had more than enough power to destroy the planet.
"Shit..."
Stark lay on the ground, his helt fallen away. Blood stread from his nose and mouth, staining his chest.
"Jarvis... call Pepper..."
He stared at the pillar of light, knowing exactly what it ant.
"Severe damage... unable..."
The system shut down completely.
Tony Stark fell silent.
Elsewhere, atop Stark Tower, Pepper stood by the window, staring at the distant pillar. She kept dialing, but every call failed to connect.
The city was collapsing into chaos.
Amid it all, a figure moved swiftly toward the light.
Captain Arica.
"How can Earth have soone this powerful?" Thor muttered as he forced himself to stand, his godly resilience barely keeping him upright.
"Wait, I can give you the Tesseract!" Nick Fury shouted, desperation in his voice.
Against absolute power, strategy ant nothing.
Zhou Tianyu looked at him as one would look at an insect.
"He doesn't just want the Tesseract," Ancient One said coldly as she rose again, despite her injuries. "He also wants the Mind Stone and the Ti Stone."
Nick Fury and the others froze.
"Even if you give him all three, Earth could still be destroyed at any mont."
Silence followed.
"The other two are also targeting the stones," Ancient One continued. "And they possess the sa ability to destroy this world."
That truth crushed whatever hope remained.
"Nick Fury," she said, bringing her hands together as the Eye of Agamotto opened. A green gem hovered in the air. "You can trust the Savior two tenths, but Whitebeard and the Sword God only one tenth."
(You guys should know who she's referring to as 'Savior')
"You can't stop ."
Zhou Tianyu's voice was cold.
The mont he saw the Ti Stone activate, he brought the Xuanyuan Sword down.
The massive pillar of light descended.
Ancient One turned back one last ti, speaking to Nick Fury with absolute seriousness.
Then, green light consud everything.
In an instant, the descending sword vanished.
The battlefield fell silent.
The destroyed suburban land remained, the massive chasm the only proof that any of this had ever happened.
And Ancient One's final words lingered in the minds of those who survived.
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