Inside the bridge of the giant spaceship.
"Lord Boros, we have arrived at the prophesied planet," reported Melzargard, a tall figure with five heads.
"Life signs have already been scanned on this planet, and the densest area is directly below us," added Groribas, whose two arms were adorned with razor-sharp, gaping mouths.
One was known as Five-Heads, the other as Three-Heads, and alongside the octopus Geryuganshoop, they were the three leaders of the Dark Matter Pirates.
They were the three strongest combatants apart from Boros, each possessing immense fighting power and having made a fearsome name for themselves across the universe.
Upon his throne, the Cosmic Overlord Boros rested his head on one hand, his posture calm, but his single eye gleamed with an endless thirst for battle.
"Excellent. Twenty years of arduous travel, and we have finally reached our destination."
He slowly rose, his golden, ornate armor shimmering under the bridge's lights.
Looking down at the city below, which he considered fragile and insignificant, a cruel yet anticipatory smile spread across his lips.
"Then, let's offer a greeting gift first."
"Yes!"
With almost no hesitation, Geryuganshoop immediately understood.
After all, they had experienced similar events countless times during their raids, and were already adept at it.
His powerful telepathy directly connected to the spaceship's control room, ordering the Monsters within: "Target the city below, and destroy it with one strike!"
"Understood, Lord Geryuganshoop!"
...Meanwhile, on the surface of City A.
It was an ordinary afternoon; the sun was warm, and a gentle breeze blew.
The commercial street in the city center was bustling with people.
Giant electronic billboards displayed MVs of popular idols, couples enjoyed a leisurely time at outdoor cafe tables, and children chased pigeons in the square.
Everything seemed so peaceful and beautiful.
However, the anomaly occurred in a very short time.
One moment, people were enjoying the beauty of the afternoon sun; the next, the sky unexpectedly darkened.
The entire City A, one of the most prosperous cities in the world, abruptly plunged from daylight into night.
"Mommy, it's dark."
"Strange, what's going on?"
"Is it a total solar eclipse? The weather forecast didn't mention it!"
"..."
Pedestrians on the street stopped in their tracks, looking up at the sky in astonishment.
The next second, as they saw the source of the darkness, the astonishment on their faces gradually turned into fear.
A dark purple spaceship, so enormous it exceeded the limits of ordinary human imagination, hovered silently above City A like a continent suspended in the sky.
Its grotesque and complex structure was filled with the eerie beauty of non-human technology, and its cold metal shell reflected a chilling, ominous light.
The most prosperous human city appeared as tiny as a firefly before this aerial fortress.
"What... what the hell is that thing..."
A young office worker's coffee fell to the ground, the hot liquid splashing his trousers unnoticed.
"Al... Aliens! It's an alien invasion!"
Someone let out a piercing scream, instantly igniting panic in everyone.
Panic spread like a virus.
Screams, cries, and the piercing blare of car horns mingled together, and the peaceful city instantly transformed into a living hell.
People scattered like headless flies, and stampedes occurred everywhere.
The bustling commercial street became a battlefield, with countless people being knocked down and engulfed by the desperate crowd.
"Mommy! Mommy, where are you!"
"Run! It's the end of the world!"
At the Hero Association Headquarters, almost all the S-Class Heroes' faces were extremely grim.
The virtual screen displayed the terrifying, sky-obscuring spaceship and the completely out-of-control chaos in the city.
"Damn it! It's going to fire!"
Genos's electronic eyes flashed with warning red lights, analyzing just how terrifying the energy gathering at the bottom of the spaceship was.
"This strike... is enough to wipe the entire City A off the map!"
As the order was given, thousands of massive muzzles slowly opened at the bottom of the spaceship, revealing huge mass warheads.
Destructive energy, visible to the naked eye like blue-purple plasma, continuously gathered, enveloping the warheads and rapidly supplying power.
Buzz—
A deep hum reverberated through the heavens and earth, the air highly ionized, emitting a pungent ozone smell.
The terrifying energy fluctuation, capable of instantly vaporizing a city, made all life on the surface feel a tremor and despair from the depths of their souls.
"Tch!"
Tatsumaki could no longer hold back; her petite body erupted with unparalleled power.
She snorted coldly, golden light flickering in her emerald eyes.
A green Psychokinesis barrier, visible to the naked eye, spread outwards from her center, instantly piercing through the dome of the Hero Association Headquarters building, like an invisible giant bowl, expanding upwards at an incredible speed until it enveloped the entire imperiled city!
Seeing this, the Monsters in the giant ship's control room, including the octopus Geryuganshoop, who had been watching with a cruel smile and indifference, couldn't help but show surprise.
In so many planetary raids, this was the first time they had encountered such swift and strong resistance!
"What's going on...?!"
Geryuganshoop's expression gradually became solemn. He didn't need to look at the energy readings on the large screen to clearly perceive that the massive psychic defense layer below was not just for show, but a genuine, super-high-strength defense capable of withstanding a full volley from the Dark Matter Pirates' battleship's main cannons!
"This planet actually has a Psychic of this level?!"
"It doesn't matter," Boros said calmly from behind the three chief combatants, "Isn't it more interesting to conquer a planet like this?"
He could sense that the Psychic supporting this psychic defense below possessed strength no less than a cosmic-level powerhouse.
But for him, it wasn't strong enough.
Which meant that the person below was not the opponent prophesied for him.
Since that was the case, he might as well have a couple of appetizers before the main course.
Geryuganshoop and the other two exchanged glances: "Lord is wise!" x 3
...Just as the Psychokinesis barrier and the battleship's cannon volley were about to clash.
A brilliant light, like a supernova explosion, a tangible golden curtain of light, spread at an incomprehensible speed, instantly sweeping past the immensely vast cosmic battleship.
Buzz—!
The next second, under the gaze of countless citizens of City A, the cosmic battleship, as massive as a mountain range, rapidly twisted and collapsed.
Immediately after, as the dissipating golden light curtain vanished, it instantly disappeared from the sky above City A!!
The sky returned to clarity.
Warm sunlight once again bathed the earth, as if the doomsday shadow that had just covered the sky was nothing more than a terrifying nightmare.
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