Through the scene on the other side of the portal, everyone in the world held their breath.
Over the skies of Country X.
At this time, the people of this nation were still watching the live broadcast from New York on TV, feeling fortunate that the disaster wasn't near them.
But then, the sky darkened.
A shiver originating from the depths of their souls instantly enveloped this country.
No warning, no air raid sirens.
Only that black energy ball, abruptly appearing above their heads.
"What is that?"
"Is it special effects? Or a meteor?"
Countless people looked up, their eyes instantly changing from confusion to extreme terror.
They felt death.
[Ding! Detecting extreme collective panic among Country X's populace! Fear Points +1000!]
[Ding! Fear Points +1000!]
[Ding! Fear Points +1000!]
...
The numbers on the system panel began to jump wildly.
Above Madison Square Garden in New York.
Frieza watched this scene, a cruel smile present on the corners of his lips, and he lightly snapped his long fingers in the air.
Snap.
Accompanied by this crisp sound, on the other side of the portal, destruction descended.
There was no mushroom cloud, no flames, not even the sound of an explosion.
In the face of that power, even the medium for sound propagation was instantly annihilated.
The moment the black energy ball touched the ground, it was like a drop of ink falling into clear water, and black light instantly spread.
Centered on the landing site, terrifying shockwaves, mixed with black lightning, swept wildly in all directions.
All the prosperous cities and towering skyscrapers were as fragile as sheets of white paper in the face of the shockwave.
The President, who was sipping tea, along with his teacup, instantly turned into particles.
Even through the portal, the Avengers could feel the despair-inducing aura of destruction.
"No... this is impossible..."
Tony slumped to the ground, his eyes behind his faceplate fixed on the portal, data wildly erroring on his retina.
"This level of energy release... Even if all the world's nuclear bombs were tied together and detonated, it wouldn't be a ten-thousandth of it."
A sense of despair deeply gripped the genius's mind.
On the other side, Reed's fingers were stiff. His portable analyzer couldn't calculate it either, completely overloaded.
"I miscalculated, all my previous models were wrong."
Reed's face, somewhat slack from excessive stretching, was filled with a scientist's breakdown.
"In front of him, our chances of winning are absolutely zero."
The scene inside the portal continued.
The black energy storm did not stop. It was like a greedy beast, continuously devouring the land.
Seawater poured in, magma erupted.
In just a few minutes, Country X was completely erased from Earth's surface.
In its place was a huge, bottomless black vortex, still continuously swallowing the surrounding seawater, emitting a chilling roar.
Whether it was those millionaires or ordinary people staying at home, or those clueless politicians.
At this moment, all beings were equal.
"Oh ho ho ho..."
"What a splendid fireworks display. Although the color is a bit monotonous, it has a unique style, doesn't it?"
Frieza floated in the air, his eyes filled with the intoxication of appreciating a work of art.
Loki looked at Thor's headless corpse on the ground not far away, and then at the portal in the sky displaying a hellish scroll.
His body trembled violently.
He hated Thor, Odin and everything about Asgard. But watching his brother, with whom he had fought for thousands of years, being crushed like an insect and a nation being wiped out like dust, a chill completely froze his soul.
"Even father won't be of any use..."
Loki screamed in despair in his heart.
"Even if Asgard's army were to pour out, in front of Lord Frieza, it would just be sending more heads."
At this moment, his loyalty, or rather, his fear of Frieza, was locked at 100%.
The other villains, Apocalypse, Erik, and Sebastian, were all silent with fear.
They used to think they were villains, bosses, destined to rule the world. Now it seemed, their previous destructive power was merely child's play.
Compared to the one before them, they were as kind as philanthropists.
[Ding! Congratulations to the Host! Country X has been erased, causing global-level panic!]
[Fear Points +200 billion!]
[Ding! Current accumulated Fear Points has exceeded 500 billion!]
[Unlock condition met! Frieza Template (Third Form) is unlocking...]
Boom!!!
An aura even more terrifying and evil than before suddenly erupted from Frieza's body.
Although his appearance hadn't changed, he could feel that the power within him had once again undergone a qualitative leap.
Third Form!
That was the alien-headed monster form, and his power level would once again skyrocket.
According to Dragon Ball's official settings, the power level in this form is two million.
[Next stage: Final Form]
[Unlock Condition: 15billion / 1 trillion Fear Points]
Frieza glanced at the system panel, and the smile on his face grew even wider.
He slowly descended until his toes touched the ground.
His composed demeanor stood in stark contrast to the superheroes who were sprawled on the ground, paralyzed.
"What? Scared senseless already?"
Frieza tilted his head, looking at Steve's pale face, his tone full of mockery.
"I know what you're thinking."
"You're calculating my energy, calculating my destructive power, thinking about how to defeat me."
Frieza extended a finger and gently shook it. "Don't bother."
"To make you give up, I might as well tell you a little secret."
He pointed to the portal still displaying the ruins of Country X, and then pointed to himself.
"That attack just now, the one that destroyed a nation."
"The power I used..."
Frieza paused, revealing his two rows of pearly white teeth, smiling malevolently.
"...was even less than 130."
"And my full power is 530,000... no, it's more than that now."
These words were like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Around 100?
He used less than one-thousandth of his power to flatten a nation?
How could they possibly fight now?
Despair, like a plague, spread through the heart of every superhero.
Watching these heroes who had completely lost their will to fight, Frieza turned around with satisfaction.
"Heheheh..."
"Hohohohoho..."
"This is the insurmountable chasm between you and me."
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