Boom!!
Before anyone could react or delve deeper, a deafening roar erupted.
The stone pillar that had trapped the Mummy General shattered in an instant, crushed by a terrifying, immense force!
A towering, massive figure appeared, his size rivaling that of Zhong Su, nearly five meters tall, limbs muscular and powerful, clad in a yellow prison uniform, wearing a round metallic helmet!
This was…
Red Tank!Kane Marco!
An Alpha-level mutant!Possessing copper skin and iron bones, impervious to blades and bullets, with extraordinary endurance and inexhaustible strength.
Even Wolverine's adamantium claws or Thor's war hammer Mjolnir posed no threat to him!
During the Korean War, Kane Marco had wandered deep into the mountains and, within an ancient temple, discovered a radiant crimson gem. From that, he gained the power to dominate human destiny!The true owner of the crimson gem was powerful, enigmatic, and divine—a uniquely mighty demon god!
Setorak!
"A messenger of a singular Demon God?"
"Tara actually convinced Red Tank to wear the Phantom Mask?!"
Shen Du's pupils constricted as he sensed trouble.
Red Tank wore a green mask, with a green face and fangs, fierce and menacing.
He was the commander of the Troll Legion—General Sommer.
Able to summon hulking, massively built shadows, with defense and resilience rivaling the Hulk's physique!The only drawback: slightly slower movement.
The nine legions each had their unique strengths—there was no perfect, all-powerful unit.
The key point:
Red Tank, as the representative of the Crimson Overlord, possessed an indestructible physique and extreme vitality!
Once he ran, no one could stop him!Anything in his path would be crushed and obliterated.
Only now did Shen Du begin to truly take the Mummy General manipulated by Tara seriously.
He recognized several familiar figures:
A slender Eastern woman in a form-fitting leather suit, her long hair tied up, nails sharp as steel needles, about half a meter long.
They gleamed with the sheen of adamantium.Sharper than anything.Even Red Tank could not resist their damage and would be breached!
Death Woman!Yamamoto Yuriko!Nickname: Lady Death.
Descendant of the Kamikaze Squad, loyal to General William Strick.
Originally undercover in Ginosha, transmitting information to aid a larger plan.But who expected Shingen Yajida would appear, persuading Lady Death to ally, personally donning the Lazo mask, commanding the Assassin Blade Corps!
Crimson eyes, purple face.Symmetrical horns on the forehead.Fangs densely packed.A living fiend!
"Holy Lord?"
"Kusa General's wanted target?"
A strange, magical tone echoed.
A burly green-skinned monster suddenly leaped, like a speeding cannonball, appearing before Shen Du!
Abomination!
A biochemically engineered creature rivaling Hulk!
Muscles coiled, veins outlined sharply, stature rivaling Red Tank, wearing a black mask.Fierce and sinister face!
"Kusa?""Commander of the California garrison?"
Shen Du's gaze flickered with reminiscence.
He ignored the Abomination.
"This Holy Lord has endured the bombardments and shelling of peacekeeping forces."
A bald figure in Western monk robes, eyes shining, again spoke in a sonorous, narrator-like voice.Like a voiceover in a drama.
"All villains will gain the upper hand briefly, then be defeated by superheroes representing justice."
"Holy Lord.""He probably never expected an unprecedented anti-crime storm is approaching, one that will exact a heavy price!"
Youatu exhaled and continued his observation duties.
Observing. Watching.
The rise and fall of multiversal civilizations, the fates of heroes and villains.
Never intervening.Never participating!Even after witnessing countless apocalypses, worlds on the brink of destruction, he did not act.
Even if a few beings noticed him and begged Youatu to intervene, he still adhered to the Observers' highest law:
Stay detached.
"Murmurs…""Again!""An anti-crime storm is coming?!"
Shen Du frowned, suddenly understanding.
Could it be…The high-dimensional being that has been observing him all along is the Observer—Youatu!
"It seems he is about to reach the apex of the universe.""Or he has found a way to perceive me."
Through the cosmic barriers, Youatu, detecting all natural phenomena, spoke again.His expression was calm.
Without collecting all six gems, lowly beings were insignificant to high-dimensional life.
Even perceiving the whispers of a high-dimensional being could bring disaster, mental distortion, and calamity.
Observers, however, were benign.They caused no negative impact on life.
Outer gods?Old Ones?…Completely different!
"I could warn him, stop this Holy Lord… but his fate is already sealed.""Besides, he wouldn't listen to me anyway."
Youatu finished speaking and vanished.
Fate? Sealed?
Shen Du caught these words, increasingly certain of his suspicions.
Of course, up to now, it meant nothing.He had to quickly deal with the immediate threat!
"Die!"
Red Tank planted his back feet and surged forward like a launched arrow.Even the iron fortress ruins could not stop him, instantly shattered by his monstrous force!
At the same time, Death Woman and Abomination sprang into action.
Adamantium-forged nails, nearly half a meter long, cutting through steel like mud, hardness rivaling Japan's national treasures—Tōjisetsu Anakuni!
"Holy Lord.""The era of ancient demons has ended!""You cannot stop us from ruling Earth!"
Shingen Yajida, wearing the Ika mask, armored to the teeth, brandished the ancestral demon sword Tōjisetsu Anakuni, charging to strike!
"I'll hold him!"
The hiss of a snake pierced the air.
Snake-Walker, wearing an orange cat-faced mask, stretched his hands like ropes, suddenly binding Zhong Su!A member of the Venom Snake Gang.Elastic skin, extreme toughness, greatly reduces lightning damage, regenerates, subdues targets through entanglement, causing fainting and shock!A perfect match for Abomination of the Alien Legion!
"Hippo?""Your entire family is hippos!!"
Zhong Su fumed.
Crack! Crack!
Electric arcs leaped, lightning surged, forming a spear-like weapon of tremendous heat, slicing toward Changzu!Even Snake-Walker's tough skin could not withstand the scorching lightning!
Hissss!!
Acidic fumes rose. Snake-Walker screamed in pain, retracting his limbs.
But Zhong Su was relentless.
"Raikiri!!"
Furious currents gathered in his palms, forked lightning dancing, as if thousands of insects and birds screamed, penetrating, igniting the omnipresent Phantom Energy, striking the culprit—Snake-Walker!
A burnt smell spread. The enemy collapsed in shock.
Lightning—always the bane of the Vine Monster!Even lightning-struck wood repels evil!
"Don't hurt my Fourth Brother."
A straightforward voice rang out.Like pillars, powerful feet stomped the ground!
Buzz!!
Within a kilometer radius, the solid earth beneath everyone liquefied, becoming a bottomless, sticky swamp!It trapped the charging Shingen instantly!
Abomination! Death Woman! Red Tank!All the Mummy Generals!
No matter how they struggled, they sank deeper, immobilized!
"Perfect."
"Now I can remove the Phantom Masks."
Shen Du's lips curled.He silently chanted a spell:
"Akudotru. Akudotru. Akudotru."
Buzz!!
A brilliant emerald light erupted from his hands. Modified by Shen Du, it could remove all Phantom Masks—a universal spell!
Swish, swish, swish!!
In lightning speed, he removed the masks from Shingen, Death Woman, Abomination, Red Tank, Snake-Walker…Seven Mummy Generals.
Only Angel—Warren Worthington III—escaped.Shen Du needed him to guide the way!To explore the Shadow Realm!
The Shadow Realm.Shen Du's sole objective.To occupy it meant transcendence of life, a path free of obstacles, rivaling Chiyou, Eye Demon, Setorak, becoming a mighty demon god!
"Ah!""Mask!""My power!"
Shingen Yajida screamed in anguish as he lost his mask.Tears poured like springs.The plans for East Asian Co-Prosperity, global domination—all shattered!
He no longer had the power to fulfill his ancestors' ambitions.Even the omnipresent Phantom Energy, like sharks sensing blood, swarmed in, gnawing at his consciousness!
Sight plunged into darkness!
The unmasked Mummy Generals were ravaged by Phantom Energy, becoming mindless monsters, their power surging instead of declining!
"In my domain, you have no right to act arrogantly."
"Holy Lord."
Towering Tara's smile was sinister and cold.Strictly speaking, Tara was a Dimension Lord!
Though the Shadow Kingdom had not reached its imagined scale, serving merely as the entrance to the Shadow Dimension,it was still not to be underestimated!
Tara had absolute control over the Shadow Kingdom!
Buzz!!
The ground restored itself, smooth.Monsters, gray and corpse-like, appeared.Ancient demons controlling elements, within the realm governed by Dimension Lord Tara…
The situation seemed extremely unfavorable!
"Almost impossible to destroy a Dimension Lord.""Even the Celestial Gods cannot do it.""Because the Book of Seeing mentions…""If one cannot find the Time Tome recording all of history and write one's name upon its pages…""The Dimension Lord will forever stand undefeated."
Youatu continued his narration, revealing key info to those beyond the fourth wall.
The Book of Seeing?The Time Tome recording all of history?
Was Youatu foreshadowing?It sounded exactly like a historical chronicle!
Shen Du's gaze deepened, silent.His contemplative hesitation appeared utterly helpless to the Observer Youatu.
"The battle ends here.""Soon to conclude.""It seems Earth #996 will fall into eternal night, even the mysterious Fire Demon Holy Lord must accept fate…"
"Watt?!"
Youatu's narration abruptly paused.
Shen Du activated the Chicken and Rabbit talismans, manifesting a blurred rainbow light, escaping past the Mummy Generals, racing toward the magnificent palace at the edge of sight!
Inside the iron-forged palace lay countless treasures.A distant solemn hall, strongly influenced by Japanese architecture.Tiered eaves, flowing corners.A golden plaque hung above the door.
[Golden Hall]!
Here Tara stored his treasured artifacts.No doubt, the Time Tome recording all of history would be here!Including Tara's own mask!
"He's discovered the location of the Time Tome…""The Holy Lord truly possesses unspeakable secrets!"
Youatu marveled.
Indeed.The secret allowed him to hear the Observer's narration!
Perhaps, after centuries of detached observation, Youatu loved embellishing lines, recounting them to beings outside the wall.
The Fourth Wall.Encompassing the multiverse.Dividing the inside world from the outside.
Even the Observers, or the Celestial Gods, aware of the Fourth Wall, cannot cross it.
"Stop the Holy Lord!!"
Tara shouted, whiskers bristling!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!
The Mummy Generals sprang into action.Red Tank planted his back feet, charging like a speeding train toward Shen Du again!
"The Holy Lord intends to rewrite the Time Tome?"
Great Tengu repelled Bogan, eyes narrowed.Wings flapped, creating an unprecedented feather-blade storm, swirling Phantom Energy, mixing with wind and thunder, barreling forward!
"It should be called the Chronicle of Ages!"
Bogan's voice was low.
Before finishing, she opened her gaping mouth, resembling an abyss, wormholes swirling within, as if leading into incomprehensible space-time!A powerful pull redirected the feather-blade storm toward her!
"Don't even think to stop Fourth Brother!"
The Earth Demon roared.Fangs gleaming with chilling light.Countless soil clumped, enveloping his arms, forming a solid rock armor, size doubling.
Rock Fist!
Earth Colossus slammed his fist!
The cement-generated gauntlet collided with Red Tank.
Boom!!
A deafening explosion shook the dimension!Edges began cracking!
"This!""It can even stop Red Tank?!"
Angel was stunned.
Red Tank, with flawless skin and unstoppable force, even Magneto would avoid confronting him!Even Steel of X-Academy dared not face Kane Marco directly!
Yet…The demon stopped him!Even flipped him!
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