"My—my—my country's... ancient monuments, ahhhh—!" The manager of the Great Pyramid of Khufu's tourism office dropped to his knees, tears streaming down his face.
But before this hapless fellow could even start sobbing, chunks of stone came crashing down like hail. The few tourists nearby began screaming and scrambling to escape, while strings of camels bolted in terror. The lucky tourists clung desperately to the camels' necks; the unlucky ones could only run for their lives.
As they ran, a thunderous roar erupted from inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu.
The timid clutched their heads and sped up their escape, while only the outrageously brave dared to look back. But the moment they did, those daredevils were instantly petrified. The towering, ancient monument trembled violently, and huge chunks of stone fell away like dust.
Boom! With a deafening crash, a massive bulge swelled on the outer wall of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The weathered stone, cracked over millennia, split open with jagged seams. From those gaps, terrifying bolts of electricity shot out, crackling like venomous snakes struggling to break free from the pharaoh's slumber and invade the world of the living.
A roar of overwhelming power thundered from within the pyramid, unable to be fully muffled by the thick stone. The sound wave kicked up clouds of fine dust, sweeping over everyone fleeing like a blast of foul wind. It was as if some destined, terrifying predator had locked onto them—every running human crashed face-first to the ground, and the camels toppled too, sending their riders sprawling in a dizzy heap.
All the screams abruptly vanished, as everyone was crushed by the sheer gap in life force—so thoroughly suppressed that they couldn't even make a sound.
But in the next instant, another thunderous boom shook the air as yet another massive bulge appeared on the pyramid. Boom, boom, boom—explosions echoed one after another, and soon the surface of the Great Pyramid of Khufu was covered with bulging lumps, like a Buddha’s relic bead necklace, swelling everywhere in no time.
"Heeyah!"
A crackling command rang out—a woman's voice.
Kaboom!
The outer wall of the Great Pyramid of Khufu exploded, and a colossal figure—twenty-five meters tall—shot out like a cannonball, hurtling straight toward another famous landmark.
"The Great Sphinx—!" The ever-dutiful tourism office staff, burning with a sense of responsibility, somehow broke through his primal terror and, channeling his inner melodrama, flared his nostrils and spread his fingers wide: "Nooo—!"
As if the gods had heard his prayer, the twenty-five-meter-tall Titan flashed with radiant light and suddenly froze mid-air. The desert winds—usually never at rest—stopped dead, and every tourist within five hundred meters found themselves gasping for breath, struggling to inhale in this windless world.
Only one staff member managed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness..."
"You—!" the Titan roared, turning his head—just as a giant stone, seemingly out of nowhere, smashed right into his face.
Crash!
That stone—at least three tons, probably part of some ancient pillar—shattered spectacularly against the Titan’s iron-hard bald head, a relic that had survived thousands of years obliterated in an instant.
The Titan’s body blazed with golden light, pulverizing the pillar into dust—so thoroughly that not even a speck larger than a grain remained. The massive force made him tremble in midair, but he quickly steadied himself, ready to charge back in.
But in the next moment, a barrage of massive stones came raining down like a thunderstorm, every one of them aimed straight at the Titan’s head.
"Wada wada wada!" Massive stones, their origin impossible to tell, came whistling through the frozen air like bullets from a machine gun, each one squaring off against the Titan’s face. The Titan swayed, his vision completely blocked by dust. When he finally dodged out of the cloud, he looked up to see a familiar woman flying toward him, clutching a giant stone pillar like a spear.
From above, she jabbed straight at him.
Smack!
The pillar shattered from end to end, and the twenty-five-meter Titan was sent flying like a billiard ball, crashing into the Great Sphinx’s "waist" and snapping it clean in two, leaving a massive hole in the statue.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—more holes opened up on the battered surface of the pyramid, and several Chosen Ones flew out, all tangling with Jill Young as she was knocked back by the recoil.
A certain staff member immediately burst into tears: "My country’s national treasure—ahhh! Curse you—ahhh!" He turned his sorrow into strength, leaping to his feet as a glow of Boundary Mark lit up his body. A strange, powerful aura swirled around him—turns out, he was a Chosen One too.
"At this point, I can’t hide my identity or stay silent any longer." The sunlight cast shadows across his face, and, to the crowd, the staff member suddenly looked heroic: "That’s right—my true identity is the embodiment of justice, sworn protector of all ancient relics—"
Rumble rumble rumble!
Out of nowhere, a massive storm cloud materialized in midair. Black thunderclouds roared and churned, then, with a sudden flash of purple light, shrank and were sucked into a spot beneath the Great Sphinx.
Crackle crackle—beams of light swirled around Jill Young, attacking and restraining her, but she parried them effortlessly with her bare hands. With a shake of her body, she unleashed an invisible shockwave that blasted the Chosen Ones away, then, in a flash of fire, she charged toward the broken waist of the Great Sphinx.
"Shock Fist—!" Streams of Dragon Force surged forth, and Jill Young finally stopped holding back. The one not fully matured stayed in her torso, while the other four raced through her limbs. Golden mist billowed, unleashing a world-shaking aura, as her fist came crashing down from the sky like a meteor: "—Cataclysm!!"
"Roooaaar——!!!"
A giant fist blasted out from the broken Sphinx, carving a vacuum in its wake. Sixfold Radiance flashed wildly through the Titan’s body, pale lightning crackled, and the Titan threw a frenzied punch.
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Two fists—colliding.
At first, there was no sound—then a deafening blast left everyone temporarily deaf.
At first, no flash—then a blinding light left everyone temporarily blind.
At first, no shockwave—then a massive tremor tossed everyone around like meat in a boiling pot, flinging them helplessly through the air.
The frozen air barrier within five hundred meters was shattered. In the howling wind, the tourists who witnessed the battle screamed, wailed, and prayed in disbelief. When the survivors finally opened their eyes, sand was swirling everywhere—no landmarks in sight.
Only the two figures facing off in the distance remained untouched by the swirling sand, standing out in perfect clarity. The Great Sphinx had exploded, leaving nothing but a giant pit and half a lion’s paw. And the Great Pyramid of Khufu was now trembling, its collapse just moments away.