Chapter 233: The Decisive Strike, "Prelude of the Knife Society"!

As the Healing Hand, transformed into a sword, pierced through the Champion's back and emerged from his chest, it inflicted a chilling wound.

Such an injury would have been fatal for an ordinary person, but it hardly affected the Champion's combat capabilities.

Even exploiting a moment of vulnerability after Clark's strike, the Champion counterattacked with a heavy elbow blow to Clark's chest.

"Boom!"

With the full force of the Champion's elbow strike, Clark was sent flying backward, and the Champion too was thrown in the opposite direction due to the rebound from the Vibranium suit. They both crashed into buildings behind them, disappearing from sight.

This scene, witnessed by many Avengers and bystanders, was shockingly reminiscent of a live-action version of "Man of Steel."

Despite the shock, everyone remembered their roles in the chaos. Those meant to fight continued, and those escaping did so under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s guidance.

In the next moment, Clark and the Champion re-emerged from the rubble. Clark, protected by Vibranium, was unharmed, while the Champion's phenomenal recovery powers had already healed his wound.

His chest, apart from a torn shirt, showed no sign of injury, much like his previously healed fist wound. His super recovery ability was evidently even more formidable than Heberon's, preventing blood loss despite severe injury.

"What monstrous healing ability!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The clash between these two superpowers shook the earth. In moments, the surrounding buildings were leveled.

During the intense fight with the Champion, Clark quickly realized the destruction they were causing to the city.

This can't go on!

With this thought, Clark lunged at the Champion, grabbing his massive waist and hurling both of them into a portal, emerging over the open Atlantic Ocean.

Channeling furious energy into the "Ice Snow" ring, Clark created a massive ice platform on the ocean, far exceeding the size of the one previously formed by Laufey.

"Heh heh!"

Observing the changed surroundings, the Champion chuckled sinisterly: "Didn't expect you to care about this planet, kid."

Shaking his head slightly, Clark casually replied, "I just don't like being disturbed during a fight."

While speaking, Clark, with sword in hand, launched another lethal attack on the Champion, who fearlessly met it with a punch.

In terms of sheer power, the Champion was at least ten times stronger than Clark, possibly even a hundred times more powerful when considering total energy.

However, Clark's mastery of spatial abilities barely kept him at a stalemate.

Managing the battle without letting the Champion wreak havoc on New York was an enormous challenge.

Now, with the battlefield shifted to the empty ocean, Clark could fight without restraint. In just three moves, he gained the upper hand.

However, the Champion, though brutish, was no fool. He could see through Clark's concern for New York, contradicting his claims of indifference.

Under normal circumstances, the Champion, who loved a good fight, would've preferred a fair battle where both could unleash their full strength. But now, with his focus on obtaining the Cosmic Cube to seek revenge on Thanos, he was looking for any advantage.

After fighting for a while and realizing he couldn't defeat Clark in this location, the Champion immediately headed back towards New York City, riding the waves.

Clark tried to intercept, but against a near-immortal and more powerful Champion, he had no choice but to pursue fiercely, attacking with spatially cutting sword qi.

Unfortunately, for one with the Champion's immortal physique, vital points were irrelevant.

Thus, their battle returned to New York City.

Seeing the Champion deliberately destroying buildings, the military suffering heavy losses against the Chitauri, and even the Avengers showing signs of fatigue, the situation grew dire.

If things continued this way, the government might resort to nuking New York, as in the original plot, or a protracted war seemed inevitable, with endless Chitauri forces pouring from their "H" shaped motherships.

Even Dr. Banner had transformed into the Hulk, yet the battle remained grim.

As the situation worsened for the Avengers, Clark, amidst a fierce exchange with the Champion, asked Tony Stark flying by, "Where's Thanos? He promised to join us against the Chitauri."

"I don't know, haven't seen him since the battle started," Tony replied curtly, his Iron Man suit heading towards a giant beetle craft.

Reliable as always, that Thanos-relative...

Shaking his head, Clark surveyed the endless enemy forces in the sky and on the ground, sighed, and landed on the ground.

As Clark's feet touched the ground, a rapid suona melody erupted, stirring and intense, filling the air with an overwhelming spirit.

With this invigorating music, a mountain-like aura burst forth from Clark. His Healing Hand, now a cloth stick, radiated a sky-reaching killing intent under this magnificent tune.

"Prelude of the Knife Society"

Effect: Return of the Great Sage. With this background music, the host burns essence, energy, and spirit, gaining unimaginable power and fighting skills akin to the Victorious Fighting Buddha.

The song granted unimaginable combat power but with severe, potentially permanent side effects. When Clark first awakened it in the Quantum Realm under Dormammu's attack, he barely withstood its consumption thanks to the realm's peculiarities.

Despite dispersing Dormammu's avatar, the backlash was severe. Even in the Quantum Realm, his capillaries burst. Had his recovery ability not been extraordinary, he would've been crippled.

Now, although much stronger than before, Clark wasn't sure he could withstand the backlash outside the Quantum Realm.

But with the urgent situation, he had no choice.

Music rising, staff pointing to the heavens, even the Champion paused his attack, uncertain and wary of this formidable enemy.

With power and aura escalating, Clark thundered, his voice echoing through the skies:

"I want the heavens to no longer blind my eyes…"

"The earth to no longer bury my heart…"

"All beings to understand my will…"

"And that Dark Cult to vanish into smoke!"

With the final word, Clark vanished from the spot, reappearing in front of the stunned Champion, delivering a crushing blow. The strongest among the Cosmic Elders didn't even have time to react, sent hurtling into the sky by the strike.

The successful hit also propelled Clark into the air, the gusts from his rapid movement causing nearby skyscrapers to collapse.

For a moment, the fighting Avengers, Chitauri, and Earth's armies all stopped, turning towards the source of the explosive sound.

Clark's display of power was terrifyingly overwhelming.

Was this the true strength of Earth's strongest, Clark Lee?

His speed surpassed the limits of human perception. When they saw Clark again, he had caught up with the Champion in the sky, delivering another upward strike to his chest.

"Boom!"

The terrifying impact spread in all directions.

The Champion, the strongest among the Cosmic Elders, was obliterated into a mist of blood by the blow.

Received +999 impression points from the Champion!

Received from Tony...

Received...

Amidst a flood of impression points, Clark frowned at the Champion, who was reconstituting from his blood mist form. Swinging the cloth stick again, Clark struck the Champion with a different technique.

This time, instead of vaporizing, the Champion was sent flying like a baseball, crashing into a Chitauri "H" shaped mothership, causing it to explode into a stunning fireworks display in the sky.

Simultaneously, vast numbers of Chitauri soldiers and beetle crafts instantly lost all vitality, plummeting from the sky like dumplings.

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