He was selling gashapon toys in Marvel Studios, and at the beginning, Tony turned into Kuuga.

The battle has entered its twenty-third minute.

The golden sky finally reached its limit.

Zhang Zhiwei's forehead was covered in sweat, and more than 30 of his 100 disciples behind him had already fallen to the ground due to exhaustion of their Qi.

The old celestial master's palms trembled slightly, and the brightness of the golden sphere faded into a dim light.

"Master!" Lu Jin's voice came from below, "If you continue, your meridians will break!"

Zhang Zhiwei didn't reply, but only glanced at the battlefield out of the corner of his eye.

The ground defenses beneath the canopy remain steadfast.

Five hundred suits of armor wove an interception net in the air, Loki's five-man team reaped a frenzied harvest near the rift, Superman swept across the stars high in the sky...

With three layers of firepower combined, the breakthrough rate of the second wave of 30,000 Parademons was reduced to below 10%.

Those who escaped were all caught by ground troops.

enough.

Zhang Zhiwei withdrew his palms, and the golden light in the sky shattered into countless golden dust particles.

The old Celestial Master's body fell from the sky, but was caught by Lu Jin who arrived just in time.

"Take a break, old man," Li Ang's voice came through the communicator, his tone relaxed. "Leave the rest to the young people."

Zhang Zhiwei had his eyes closed, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.

The vacuum period after the celestial curtain disappeared lasted less than ten seconds before the plasma defenses filled in.

The base vehicle's missile turrets fired in unison, and twenty-four high-explosive warheads, trailing white flames, plunged into the swarm of Parademons and exploded, each capable of clearing an area within a fifty-meter radius.

But the real trouble isn't those cannon fodder.

Seven purple lights finally stood out from the group of demons.

They are three times the size of ordinary Parademons, covered in dark purple crystalline carapaces, and their compound eyes burn with the light of intelligence.

Unlike those cannon fodder creatures that only charge blindly, these seven high-level Parademons did not dive directly after passing through the atmosphere, but stopped in mid-air.

Suspended.

They can fly.

Even more deadly, one of the high-ranking parademons opened its mouth.

"Target locked." Jarvis translated the sound wave and transmitted it into everyone's earpieces. "The source of purification... must... be eliminated."

They're talking about Banner.

Seven high-ranking Parademons simultaneously turned towards the east side of the valley, Banner's golden Super Saiyan light serving as the most conspicuous signal light on the entire battlefield.

"They're coming for Banner!" Tony changed direction high in the air, a miniature black hole condensing in his palm. "Attention everyone, a high-level entity is advancing!"

"receive."

Clark's figure left an orange-red afterimage from the crack, closing in on the two high-level demonoids at the front within two seconds.

The solar core furnace was operating at full power, and a celestial-level beam of radiation blasted directly at the purple shell.

The crystalline shell... actually held up.

Its surface was burned red and cracked, but it did not evaporate like a normal Parademon.

The two high-level parademons struggled forward within the pillar of light, their purple claws reaching for Superman's face.

Clark dodged to the side and threw a right punch, denting the head of one of them.

But the other one took the opportunity to bypass his blockade and continued to rush towards Banner.

"I'll do it!"

The Flash's red lightning traced a zigzag pattern on the ground, while the Hermit Purple behind him glowed with pale purple lines.

He had seen the attack trajectory of the high-level parademons three seconds ago and intercepted it in the predicted path.

The speed is sufficient.

But the strength is insufficient.

The Flash's fist struck the purple crystalline shell, and a layer of the shell cracked.

However, the Parademon's massive body was merely deflected, not repelled.

"These ones are really tough." Barry shook his numb right hand. "They're not even in the same league as the average ones."

"Don't get entangled with them," Wayne's voice came through the command channel. "Flash, take care of the disruption and delay. Don't engage them head-on. Let Tony and Superman finish them off together."

The battle heats up.

The seven high-ranking Parademons were entangled by Superman, Tony, the Flash, and Loki himself, while the remaining cannon fodder Parademons were continuously slaughtered by the ground defenses and the air formation.

The thirtieth minute.

Thirty-fifth minute.

Fortieth minute.

"The last ordinary Parademon of the second wave has been killed," Jarvis reported. "There are three high-level Parademons remaining, and the other four have been eliminated."

Tony's miniature black hole devoured half the body of the fifth high-ranking Parademon, and Superman's stellar radiation evaporated the sixth. The seventh was sealed into a spatial fold by the combined efforts of the five Lokis, disappearing forever into the chaos.

The last three.

Superman and Tony exchanged a glance, and both accelerated simultaneously.

Orange-gold and dark red light converged in the night sky as two heavy blows struck the chest of a high-level Parademons simultaneously, piercing through the purple crystalline carapace and shattering the entire body.

The remaining two seemed to realize something and turned to run away...

But Diana's arms extended out in mid-air, precisely wrapping around their necks, and with all her might, she twisted them with both hands.

click.

"The second wave... wiped out completely." Jarvis's voice carried a hint of relief.

The sky above Longhu Mountain finally quieted down.

On the podium, Li Ang's system panel was displaying numbers rapidly.

The causal points generated by the fusion of the other worlds are increasing wildly.

System upgrade progress: 25.4% → 31.8%!

"A six-point jump in one go." Li Ang stretched, his joints making a comfortable cracking sound. "This kind of increase is awesome."

He pulled a can of iced cola from his system space, unzipped it, and took a big gulp.

The moment the cool carbonated liquid slid down his throat, he felt completely relaxed.

"If Darkseid were to deliver this many experience packs every day..."

Li Ang leaned against the railing, raising his Coke can towards the sky filled with golden dust fragments.

"I should be able to upgrade the system in about a week."

The battlefield cleanup took forty minutes.

The corpses of the Parademons were piled up like mountains, their black carapace fragments mixed with grayish-green bodily fluids, emitting a pungent, burnt stench.

The logistics personnel from Nadutong, dressed in protective suits, moved through the ruins, using specially made containers to recover the demon cores.

"One costs 300,000. I counted, and there are more than 4,000 complete cores on the ground alone."

Gong Qing pushed up his cracked glasses, his sharp gaze sweeping over the hands of the recycling workers.

"1.2 billion, two waves."

"This business is much better than running around to other worlds."

"Sect Leader, how do we calculate these two?"

Gao Ning squatted beside a pile of purple carapace fragments, holding two high-level paranormal cores in his hand. He weighed them in his hand and grinned.

Gong Qing held out his hand. "Give it to me, we'll exchange them all later."

Gao Ning stuffed the core into his pocket, shrank back, and ran away.

Gong Qing didn't chase after them. That's the rule of the Quanxing sect: whoever gets to keep what they grab, as long as they can pay the protection fee.

The atmosphere in the command post was not as relaxed as on the ground.

"The cracks are still widening."

Tony deactivated his transformation, looking exhausted, and was stuffing a Senzu Bean into his mouth.

"Darkseid isn't going to stop," Wayne said, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. "He's just adjusting his strategy."

"The first two waves were probes, testing our defensive configuration and firepower levels."