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Chapter 36 - Chapter 36: My Power Level is 530,000!

Hovering above Madison Square Garden.

Frieza floated effortlessly in the air, looking down at the dense crowd of superheroes below as if they were nothing more than a few busy ants scrambling to move house.

Behind him, The Ginyu Force, including Apocalypse and Magneto, stood frozen in their signature, spectacularly embarrassing poses.

"Oh dear me..."

Frieza cleared his throat. His voice, amplified telepathically, pierced the ears of everyone below and was broadcast globally through the cameras.

"My dearest Earthlings..."

Frieza performed an exaggerated, ninety-degree, gentlemanly bow in the air, one hand elegantly pressed to his chest.

His face held that signature, utterly chilling smile.

"It's been too long!"

"Forgive me if this is rude for a second meeting." Frieza straightened up, his crimson eyes narrowing slightly.

"Just in case you primitives from this backwater planet are unaware of the great me's title, I shall introduce myself again."

"I am Frieza."

"The Emperor of the Universe, who is about to rule you all and own all the property on this planet—Lord Frieza, if you please!"

"Hee hee hee..."

His smug laughter echoed over the ruins, stiffening the fists of the superheroes gathered below.

Especially the young man engulfed in flames, Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, of the Fantastic Four.

It's like when you're playing a ranked match and the cheating hacker on the other team starts trash-talking in the chat—who could stay calm?

"Emperor of the Universe, my butt!"

Johnny was hot-tempered. His flames instantly exploded, the temperature soaring. The air around him warped from the intense heat.

"Johnny! Don't be rash!" his sister, Sue Storm (the Invisible Woman), shouted desperately, but she was already too late.

"Die, you monster!"

Johnny roared, turning his entire body into a blinding miniature sun, instantly entering his Supernova Flame mode!

CRASH!

He shot upward like a fiery meteorite, carrying heat enough to melt steel, streaking straight toward Frieza in the air.

The sheer power of the attack created visible ripples in the surrounding space.

However.

Frieza didn't even shift his posture when faced with the massive assault.

"Hmm?"

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes coldly glancing at Johnny.

It was the look a person gives a buzzing mosquito during a picnic. No fear, just the annoyance of being interrupted.

"What are you looking at? You glowing little insect?"

Frieza's voice was soft, yet it instantly drowned out the roar of the flames.

The next second, a paralyzing, terrifying pressure instantly enveloped Johnny's entire body.

Frieza slowly raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and focused a pinpoint of searing purple light at the tip.

Though small, that light seemed to hold the power to pierce stars.

"Time to kill you now!"

The tone was light, like a joke, but the killing intent was bone-chillingly real.

"Johnny! Get out of the way!!!"

From the ground, Sue Storm screamed hysterically, desperately pushing her invisible force field out to try and save him.

But it was too slow!

WHOOSH—!

The purple Death Beam shot forth instantly!

Fast! Too fast!

It was so quick that Johnny's brain didn't even have time to register the command to dodge before the purple light reached his brow!

In the nick of time!

KA-THOOM!

The clear sky instantly blackened with storm clouds, and a massive column of rainbow light Bifrost energy crashed down!

Accompanied by deafening thunder, a battle-axe wreathed in wild lightning spun through the air!

CLANG!

The axe struck the side of the Death Beam with pinpoint accuracy.

Though it didn't completely block the attack, it forcibly altered the beam's trajectory.

PSSHHT!

The beam, originally aimed for Johnny's forehead, grazed slightly and tore straight through his thigh!

"AAAAH!!!"

A piercing scream echoed across the sky.

The flames around Johnny instantly extinguished, and his body plummeted.

A charred, bloody hole was left clean through his thigh, and blood gushed out.

"Johnny!"

Below, Ben Grimm, The Thing, reacted instantly, catching the falling Human Torch.

Sue Storm sobbed as she rushed over, staring helplessly at her brother's horrific wound.

"Are you okay, Johnny! Hold on!"

"Let me."

The Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme, quickly stepped forward, a glowing green magic circle appearing in her hand, which she pressed to the wound, staunching the terrifying blood loss for now.

High above.

Frieza didn't press his attack.

He simply watched the axe fly back to Thor's hand, then blew on his index finger as if clearing non-existent smoke.

"Tch, missed, did I?"

"That tiresome Thor is so rude, always sticking his nose into other people's games."

Frieza shook his head, his gaze sweeping over the defensive superheroes below.

He saw The Ancient One healing, the furious look on Thor's face as he gripped his new axe, and the defensive stances of everyone else.

This was Earth's last line of defense?

The all-star lineup?

"Ohohoho..."

He started laughing.

He laughed so hard he bent over, tears nearly streaming from his eyes.

"Ohohoho... This is rich."

Frieza wiped his eyes, regaining his superior composure.

He held up a single finger and gently shook it.

"What Captain Marvel, what Stormbreaker, what Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme..."

"Are you all missing the point?"

"Do you think having more people, or getting a shiny new axe, means you can win against me?"

"Against the great me, the Emperor of the Universe, Frieza, all your struggles are utterly meaningless!"

"Just so you can understand what you're dying for, and so you can feel a deeper despair..."

Frieza kept his finger raised, and under the gaze of every hero, and especially the streaming cameras, he spoke softly:

"I shall be merciful and tell you my current Power Level."

In that moment, the entire world held its breath.

Though they didn't know the exact conversion rate for the term "Power Level," judging by the monster's destructive force, it had to be an astronomical number.

Frieza's mouth curled into an extremely arrogant smirk.

"Listen closely, you lower life forms."

"My Power Level is—"

"Five hundred and thirty thousand!"

A brief, terrifying silence was followed by infinite dread.

The people of Earth didn't understand the Dragon Ball power scale.

But watching Frieza's expression—the look that said, "I haven't even gone full power yet and you're already collapsing"—a fear born deep within their souls began to spread.

"Heh heh heh heh...!"

"Ho ho ho ho ho...!"

That maniacal, three-stage laugh was broadcast worldwide via the live feed.

In the corner of the stadium, the captured reporters were weak-kneed with terror; some could barely hold their cameras steady.

Viewers at home were trembling. This oppressive presence felt a million times more horrifying than the Chitauri invasion!

\[Ding! Extreme global panic detected! Fear Value +1000!\]

\[Ding! Fear Value +2000!\]

...

Frieza was delighted, watching the numbers flash wildly across his system panel.

Yes! That's it!

Be afraid! Be very afraid!

My Third Form depends on you pathetic fools!

However, not everyone was paralyzed by fear.

On the ground.

Thor, the God of Thunder, gripped Stormbreaker.

He looked at the laughing white demon in the sky, then down at the Human Torch, who was lying nearly crippled.

New hatred and old rage boiled up inside him.

The humiliation of Mjölnir being crushed, the fury over Earth's destruction, and that sickening laugh now.

"I don't care about your 'five hundred and thirty thousand' Power Level..."

Lightning exploded around Thor, his eyes flashing with blue-white electricity, his voice a deep roar of thunder.

"All I know is that you, you pathetic clown with the high-pitched laugh..."

"Need to shut up!"

"Thor! Don't be rash! Stick to the plan!" Cap yelled.

But Thor was beyond listening.

He was the God of Thunder! He was Thor Odinson!

"For the glory of the Norse Gods! Prepare to die, monster!"

BOOM!

Thor took a few powerful running steps, engaged all his godly strength, and hurled Stormbreaker with world-shattering force!

"Take that, you bastard!!!"

The divine weapon, forged by the Dwarf King, flew spinning through the air, charged with devastating lightning, aimed right at Frieza!

Thor himself followed immediately, riding the trail of the axe like a missile, launching himself into the sky!

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