The deep, resonant voice of Arishem the Judge echoed through space, despite the absence of a dium for sound transmission—his words seemingly reverberating directly into the minds of every human on Earth.
At the sa ti, Arishem himself appeared sowhat surprised by the black-clad figure standing before him.
A mutant?
He pondered for a brief mont. After all, the birth of mutants was, to so extent, linked to the Celestials.
But soon, Arishem dismissed the thought.
A mutant is still just a mutant.
A re byproduct of their own evolutionary experints-how strong could one possibly be?
Hearing Arishem's words, Syd instantly picked up on the dismissive tone in the Celestial's voice.
He sharpened his focus.
Although this mont wasn't identical to the visions of his past deaths seen through the Black Stone Artifact, he wasn't surprised.
The butterfly effect was real, and his own actions had already altered the tiline-such deviations were to be expected.
But one thing remained constant.
In every vision, whenever Arishem expressed such indifference, an attack followed imdiately after.
And this ti was no different.
Without hesitation, Arishem raised his massive fist and unleashed a gigantic red energy beam toward Syd.
Watching from the shadows, Dormammu and the other cosmic entities revealed looks of schadenfreude.
"So he really is here to eliminate ssiah."
"It seems ssiah is in deep trouble."
"Earth just gained a powerful new figure... and now he's about to vanish?"
Simultaneously, satellites across the world captured the unfolding battle, broadcasting it in real ti.
Reporters like Irina widened their eyes in shock.
Syd instantly felt the surrounding space solidify, a formless force binding him in place- preventing any movent.
Ahead, the massive red energy beam surged toward him.
Behind, he was trapped by Celestial force.
This exact situation had occurred nurous tis in his Black Stone death visions, where he had no choice but to take the attack head-on using Sunshine.
But this ti, sothing was different.
The binding force around him...
Didn't seem as strong?
The Unexpected Breakthrough
In his visions, this force had completely immobilized him.
But now... he could feel that his movent wasn't entirely restricted.
A realization struck him.
"Is this because my spatial teleportation has reached Level 5?"
Surprised, Syd activated Spatial Shift.
In the next instant, the space around him warped-and he vanished.
Reappearing 30 kiloters away, he narrowly evaded the red energy beam.
Arishem, who had already turned to leave, paused.
A flicker of surprise appeared in his glowing eyes.
"Spatial abilities?"
"Even under my binding force, you were able to teleport?"
A mont of disbelief passed over him.
But before he could dwell on it further...
The red energy beam, originally ant for Syd, continued its trajectory-striking a city
below.
BOOM!
A massive shockwave erupted, obliterating everything in its path.
Buildings crumbled, streets shattered, and tens of thousands of lives were lost in an instant.
Screams of terror and agony filled the air.
Across the world, those watching through satellite feeds-including Irina, governnt officials, and civilians-stared in horror.
"What kind of power is this?"
"That red giant... destroyed an entire city with one attack?"
"And ssiah... actually provoked such a being?"
...
At Stark Tower, Tony Stark's face twitched uncontrollably.
Even with his nanotech armor, he doubted he would last even a second against such an
opponent.
"What the hell are these monsters?"
S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters
Inside his office, Nick Fury's expression darkened.
Beside him, Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, stood with a grim look.
"This is... unbelievable," she murmured.
She still rembered her past battle with ssiah-a fight that had ended with her
temporary retreat due to his Oga-level abilities.
Back then, she believed that if she was willing to sacrifice enough, she could take him down.
But now?
Looking at the scale of this battle, Carol wasn't sure anymore.
And Arishem...
With a single attack, he nearly wiped out an entire city.
"This is beyond anything I've faced before."
Unlike the stunned Earthlings, Dormammu and the other cosmic entities weren't surprised.
For Arishem, this level of power was casual.
If anything, he wasn't even taking the fight seriously yet.
Noticing Syd's successful teleportation, Arishem decided to get serious.
A surge of powerful spatial energy radiated outward, further restricting Syd's teleportation
ability.
While it didn't completely block him, it slowed down his ability to warp space.
Simultaneously, three golden rings materialized around Syd, binding his movents. This gave Arishem enough ti to attack again.
A deep crimson energy beam, far more concentrated than before, blasted toward Syd.
Realizing he couldn't dodge, Syd didn't even try.
Instead, he raised his left hand, palm facing forward.
Five invisible shields appeared in front of him.
BOOM!
The deep crimson beam slamd into the first shield, which disappeared instantly.
The second, third, and fourth shields collapsed one after another.
By the ti it reached the fifth shield, the attack had finally weakened slightly.
Still, Syd could tell that if Arishem continued pushing, even this last shield wouldn't last long.
Arishem's voice echoed through space.
"This energy is strong enough to pierce a planet's core... How are you stopping it?"
His tone held genuine confusion.
Could mutants really wield such power?
Hearing his words, the entire world reeled in shock.
"WHAT?!"
"He's withstanding an attack that can pierce a planet's core?!"
"This is insane!"
Syd ignored Arishem's words.
Instead, he released the stored energy inside the Void Realm-the sa deep crimson power
Arishem had unleashed.
Before the stunned eyes of Arishem, Earth's people, Asgard, and every cosmic observer...
A deep crimson beam-identical to Arishem's own-fired back at the Celestial!
BOOM!
The two beams collided in space.
A colossal shockwave spread outward, causing distortions in Earth's atmosphere.
Above the planet, a vast region of sky suddenly emptied, as the impact dispersed entire
sections of the atmosphere.
The battle between ssiah and Arishem...
Had officially begun.
(End of Chapter)
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