The Blackbird was hurtling toward New York at Mach 3.5.
During the flight, Jean Grey briefed everyone on the situation in New York. Ten minutes earlier, a massive black cloud had suddenly appeared over New York. Then, three red rays of light shot up into the sky. Then, the sky itself seemed to break apart.
Surrounding the three rays of light, endless hellfire fell from the heavens, and countless demons rushed out like a demonic downpour. New York City had transformed into a living hell.
But suddenly, the sky seemed to come alive, desperately enveloping the hellfire and demons. One of the lights went out instantly.
But just as the second ray of light was about to fail and go out, a crack suddenly appeared in the sky, spanning the entire city of New York. On the other side of the crack was the deep black and purple void of the universe. A huge, terrifying eye appeared in the crack, gazing down at New York with malevolent intent!
Although the crack disappeared quickly, of the three red rays that had lit up before, one disappeared and two remained! And among the remaining two, one was right next to the Avengers' base!
When Jason heard this news, he couldn't hold back.
Shit, this is definitely directed at me! Who the hell is it! I'm going to kill them!
According to Jean's communication with the base, a massive number of demons had now poured into the city. Although the mutants and agent who stayed behind had jointly established a defensive line, they were unable to stop the enormous demonic army!
Fortunately, at the critical moment, Dr. Banner resolutely transformed into Hulk! With this powerful combatant joining the fight, the situation was temporarily stabilized.
But even so, they couldn't hold out for much longer. The number of demons in the army was simply too massive!
This was the first time Jason's eyes were filled with such murderous intent. In the Avengers base, there were David and his family who had been with him throughout his journey, Vanessa, who he had promised Wade he would take good care of, his subordinates such as Alessa and Alektra, and several of his most important research facilities.
This time, no matter who it was, they had become his enemy!
The Blackbird cut through the night sky at maximum speed, its engines roaring so loudly they shook everyone's eardrums. But it was still too damn slow!
Jason suddenly walked to the front dashboard and reached out his hand.
"Jason?"
Storm and Jean, who were piloting the aircraft, looked at him in confusion.
He flashed a predatory smile. "Let me borrow your plane."
As soon as he finished speaking, massive amounts of crimson light suddenly surged out from between his palms. Everyone watched him in surprise, not understanding what he was about to do.
However, the flames didn't hurt anyone, but instead penetrated directly into the cockpit and throughout the entire aircraft!
In an instant, everyone felt the entire plane beginning to tremble.
No, not trembling! But... it seemed to come alive and evolve!
In the vast night sky, a flash of fire suddenly appeared in the heavens, and then the speed of the fiery streak instantly doubled, flying as fast as a meteor blazing across the darkness!
After the Hellfire transformation, the Blackbird had become larger and longer, and even the seats had been converted into the most ergonomically designed semi-enclosed pods. All the control joysticks disappeared, and Jason only needed to think about it, and the aircraft could complete all flying maneuvers according to his will.
As for the speed, it had increased dramatically. Now, it was flying at high altitudes where the air was thin, with velocity reaching Mach 10! They were expected to arrive in New York City within just a few minutes!
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In another dimension.
Master Ancient One looked at Dormammu in front of her with an expression full of headache. She knew that the demons from Hell were invading New York, but she truly didn't have any energy left to deal with them.
Mephisto's invasion was obviously meticulously calculated and cost him a fortune. Not only did he and Dormammu come, but Cyttorak also showed his presence. Although he didn't take action, he made the mages of Kamar-Taj fully alert for any movement.
Supporting New York City was simply impossible under these circumstances!
"Ancient One, you should have returned what you owe me long ago!"
The Ancient One regarded him with a calm yet piercing gaze. "I took what was necessary through my own means. Why, then, should I return it? You command an entire dark dimension, and yet you fret over a mere fragment of power? How petty."
"You bastard!"
Dormammu roared, and the surging dark power transformed into a tsunami, overwhelming and attacking Ancient One with devastating force.
After the energy tsunami passed, Ancient One's face was pale and her robes were torn, but there was no emotion on her face. She uttered a short spell, and instantly, several black tattoo-like lines appeared on her face, and borrowed power manifested out of nowhere.
Her clothes and injuries were all restored instantly, and her condition was even better than before!
"Damn you, Ancient One! Even now, you dare siphon my power—before my very eyes! Do you crave oblivion?"
An even larger wave of black energy gushed out...
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The people of New York once again found themselves caught in a terrible disaster.
The remaining two red rays, one was located at the Avengers Base, and the other was situated at the Midtown Financial Building in Manhattan.
Near the two rays of light, raging hellfire almost devoured everything in its path. From the flames, the demons of hell walked out with hideous grins, and couldn't wait to attack any living thing they encountered!
The residents tried frantically to escape further, but the streets were already completely blocked with traffic. Although some police officers set up defensive positions and fought desperately, they only had small-caliber pistols and rifles as weapons.
Facing the demons from hell was as ridiculous as using a water gun against an inferno. In just a few minutes, thousands of people died and became bloody meals in the mouths of the devils.
Some people were calling the police, some were calling the army, and even more people were desperately calling for the Avengers to help!
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In the White House, President Freeman's heart stopped again.
He couldn't count how many times he had experienced such terrible news recently. In the large conference room, all the senior government officials had gathered. Looking at the images on television and satellite surveillance, he gritted his teeth and demanded, "Where are the Avengers?"
Someone immediately responded: "Yesterday afternoon, they went to Texas to deal with a demon incident, and now they're returning at full speed!"
He instantly flew into a rage: "What bullshit demon, what bullshit Texas, the biggest demon is in New York City, okay?"
Someone shook their head gravely. "Mr. President, I suspect they were deliberately led away. The demon in Texas was just a pawn to distract the Avengers from the real threat. The real target is New York!"
Freeman calmed down slightly: "How long will it take for them to return?"
"Two minutes!"
Someone hesitated before speaking. "Mr. President, an invasion of this massive scale..."
Freeman glanced at the man sharply. "You think the Avengers can't handle it?"
"...Yes, sir."
Looking at the fire slowly spreading across New York under satellite monitoring, Freeman sighed tiredly.
"What's the backup plan?"
"..."
No one answered.
Freeman raised his eyebrows and glared around the room: "I'm asking you, what's your backup plan? Don't you understand?"
After a long while, someone stammered nervously, "Mr. President, we... we don't have a backup plan for this situation!"
Freeman suddenly took off his shoe and slammed it on the table: "I remember you even had a backup plan for alien invasion! There's no plan for this? You goddamn worthless parasites who eat but do nothing useful! I should kill you all and send you to Alaska to plant potatoes. If you can't grow any, don't even think about coming back!"
The man protested tearfully, "We didn't know... the demon really exists in our world!"
"Then think of something right now, you useless bastard!"
After Freeman finished roaring, he stared at everyone with his bloodshot eyes. The entire conference room fell into an uncomfortable silence. Everyone could see that this president, who had experienced several catastrophic disasters, had become somewhat hysterical.
Everyone looked at each other with worried expressions.
Finally, the Pentagon official tentatively asked: "How about... a nuclear bomb?"
Instantly, every eye in the room turned to stare at him.
Then, a leather shoe flew through the air and hit him directly in the face.
Freeman put his hands on his hips and shouted: "You want me to drop a nuclear bomb on New York City? How do you expect me to survive after that decision?"
The official covered his injured nose and insisted, "Mr. President, we have no other viable option left!"
"Go to hell!"
Freeman started to reach for his other leather shoe, but fortunately someone grabbed his arm to stop him.
At this moment, Vice President Barden suddenly sighed heavily and said quietly but firmly: "Mr. President, maybe... he's actually right about this."
Freeman was stunned, and suddenly seemed to lose all his strength and fell into the chair.
"Then let's..."
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There were more and more demons pouring through from hell.
The security guards were almost completely out of ammunition. Even the mighty Hulk was drowning in the dense army of demons, with all kinds of hellspawn hanging on his massive body.
He felt like he was being swallowed by quicksand, fighting his way out of the demon pile countless times, only to fall back into their clutches repeatedly. The demons besieging him had actually piled up into a small mountain of twisted bodies.
Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko), Alessa, Elektra, Iceman, and Pyro all rushed to the front line of defense.
Even Anton and his son Ivan joined the battle with the weapons and technology they had invented.
But in this escalating battle, they all saw absolutely no hope of victory!
The demon army had occupied more than half of the base's territory, with only a few research institute buildings still standing precariously.
"Woooooo~"
A horn sounded through the air, and the demons seemed to hear some unseen command and suddenly became extremely restless. They roared to the sky, excitement flashing in their crimson eyes, looked at the defenders, and charged!
"Click click click...click click...click!"
The guns ran completely out of ammunition.
Looking at the demons approaching rapidly, everyone prepared themselves to die fighting, and some people instinctively closed their eyes.
"CRACK!"
An extremely blinding light suddenly appeared in everyone's vision. Thunder fell from the heavens!
At the same time, a figure slammed into the demon mountain, sending the hellspawn flying in all directions, and Hulk was instantly freed from his prison of bodies.
Everyone saw this scene and shouted excitedly—
"Jason, the savior of millions!"
Jason released his thunder without any hesitation, hundreds upon hundreds of lightning bolts almost completely covered the entire battlefield!
From behind, Anton saw this spectacular scene and suddenly grabbed Ivan, who was laughing maniacally and firing his palm cannon at the demons.
He spat out two words: "The armor!"
Ivan was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "Although it's still a little short of completion, it can be used in combat!"
The two of them immediately hurried towards the underground laboratory.
In just a few violent releases, Jason had depleted all the thunder stored in his body, but it didn't matter at all—he still had the Hellfire!
With just a single thought, a huge ball of fire erupted instantly around him!
The burning skull officially appeared in everyone's sight for the first time!
He opened his arms wide, and the hellfire covering his body suddenly surged and expanded, and two massive flaming wings grew from behind his back!
Hellfire: Wings of Infernal Flame!
With just a slight wave, the huge wings became like two sharp fire blades, cutting the demons in half effortlessly!
Without even needing to flap his fiery wings, he had already soared into the air dramatically.
In the next moment, he dove down like a low-altitude bomber, sweeping his wings of fire through the enemy ranks!
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