"Insect, perish!"
The Old One's telepathic voice reverberated.
Syd frowned, clutching the Space Stone tightly in his hand as he forcibly drew upon its energy.
In an instant, the Space Stone in his palm emitted a faint blue glow.
However, the light was obscured by his hand and further dimmed by the platinum brilliance radiating from his body, making it inconspicuous to others.
Streams of spatial energy surged into him.
Syd felt his body filling with an intensely unstable energy.
Before it could wreak havoc, his innate affinity for spatial manipulation, inherited from Orochi, transformed the energy into something harmless.
During the process, Syd could feel the Space Stone growing increasingly unstable, as though it could erupt and cause massive destruction at any moment.
But he had no time to worry about that. The moment the spatial energy entered his body, Sunshine, which had been continuously absorbing light energy, switched its source to the spatial energy instead.
Fueled by the immense power of the Space Stone, Sunshine grew stronger than ever before.
Syd felt the sunlight overhead blaze intensely, and the platinum radiance around him surged, becoming dazzling beyond measure.
The crimson beam that had been mere centimeters away from engulfing him was suddenly pushed back!
The World Watches
The Old One, reveling in its impending victory, was caught off guard.
Tony Stark and the others, who had been mourning silently, froze in shock.
Within the supposedly all-consuming crimson beam, a resplendent white light emerged once more.
The crimson ray was forcefully pushed back.
Ten meters…
One hundred meters…
One thousand meters…
The reversal happened at an unimaginable speed.
In no time, the sky was again engulfed in blinding platinum light.
"What's happening?!"
The Old One was utterly stunned.
He wasn't the only one. Across the world, countless onlookers were left speechless.
Live Broadcast
Irina gaped, unable to form words.
Stark Tower
"What is going on?" murmured Tony Stark and his companions.
X-Mansion
Professor X and the others were equally stunned.
Military Command Base
"What just happened?!"
The officers couldn't believe their eyes.
Wasn't Messiah supposed to die? What was this now?
Hong Kong—The Battlefield
Ultron, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Li Shui, and others could barely comprehend what they were witnessing.
Dark Dimension
"???"
Dormammu, waiting eagerly for the Messiah's demise and the tentacled creature's assistance, froze mid-smile.
Even the Ancient One was momentarily stunned.
The Battlefield
Syd felt the energy within him surging uncontrollably. He unleashed it all.
An infinite flood of platinum light erupted from his body, consuming everything in its path.
Steel, concrete, vehicles—even people—were reduced to nothingness.
Buildings and objects alike turned to ash in the wake of his uncontrollable outburst.
Fortunately, Syd noticed Kaecilius and the others in Hong Kong and managed to restrain himself in time, directing the light away from the ground to spare those below.
Ascending into the sky, Syd's radiant form soared higher and higher.
Reaching a certain altitude, he seemed to merge with the sun itself.
His hair transformed into an ethereal silver, strange sun markings appeared on his body, and his form became semi-illusory—both real and unreal.
The dazzling platinum light intensified further.
The crimson beam, which had stretched over tens of kilometers, was instantly pushed back to the Old One.
"You?!"
The sight left the Old One utterly dumbfounded.
Across the globe, countless people were paralyzed with shock.
Under the radiance of Sunshine, the Old One's colossal body began to dissolve rapidly.
Feeling its form disintegrate, the Old One's crimson eye glowed with fury.
"You think this is enough to defeat me?"
"Wretched insect…"
In its rage, the Old One attempted to retaliate.
But then, it sensed something was amiss.
"What is this…"
To its horror, the platinum light not only neutralized its beam but continued to spread at an unimaginable speed.
Fifteen kilometers…
Fifty kilometers…
One hundred kilometers…
Two hundred kilometers…
In mere moments, the platinum light blanketed everything in sight, including the Old One itself.
Under the infinite radiance, the Old One felt its body rapidly dissolving.
"This… cannot be…"
The Old One's mind reeled in disbelief.
"How can a mere insect…"
It refused to accept that a lowly creature could destroy it.
In a frenzy of rage and despair, it unleashed waves of black and crimson energy from its body, trying to resist the terrifying light.
For a moment, it seemed to succeed, holding the radiance at bay.
From a distance, Syd observed this and recalled something the Old One had once said in a vision of death.
"Futile struggle. In the end, the result is the same—death."
His calm words echoed telepathically in the Old One's mind, driving it into a fit of rage.
"Damnable insect!"
In the next moment, Syd increased his absorption of the Space Stone's energy.
The radiance of Sunshine surged brighter still!
Syd could even feel Sunshine beginning to undergo a profound transformation, reaching a new and unprecedented level.
Unfortunately, likely due to his current Sunshine level being only four, the transformation stopped short.
Even without the final breakthrough, the enhanced Sunshine was already more than enough to deal with the Old One.
As if to confirm his thoughts, a psychic scream of agony reverberated.
"Ahhhhhh…"
The anguished cry wasn't just heard by Syd—it echoed in the minds of everyone in Hong Kong.
The ordinary survivors awaiting Messiah's death froze in place, hearing the harrowing scream.
Whether due to the Ancient One's magic or some other reason, the psychic cry didn't induce mutations in the listeners.
However, the sheer horror of the sound left them deeply unsettled.
Through the diminishing radiance, they could see the tentacled monstrosity's horrific state.
Its once-mighty body dissolved like snow under the blazing sun.
"No!"
"How does an insect wield such godlike power?"
"This power…"
(End of Chapter)
[Check Out My Patreon For +20 Extra Chapters On All My Fanfics!! For Only $5!!][www.p@treon.com/zaelum]
[+500 Power Stones = +1 Extra Chapter]
[Thank You For Your Support!]