Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 423 The Battle between Man and God
The next day, before dawn, the Cairo area was already in a state of excitement.

The noisy rumbling sound in the sky came from far away and was like continuous thunder.

On the surface, the towering pyramid temple still stood in the center of the ruins, and outside the temple, four huge bonfires were set up in all directions. The blazing flames shot up into the sky, and the spreading bright flames instantly swept away the darkness within a hundred meters.

As the time limit for the Last Judgment was almost half over, even though it was dark at night, the four knights of Apocalypse remained awake at all times.

It is foreseeable that mankind will never calmly accept the tragic fate of a civilization that has developed for thousands of years but is ultimately completely swallowed up by a torrent, especially when this torrent is caused by a so-called god.

Therefore, before the coming of the Last Judgment, humans will certainly stop Apocalypse's actions at all costs, and these four horsemen are the first line of defense that the human army needs to face.

"This thunder seems a little wrong."

Beside the temple gate, Scarlet Witch looked up at the dark clouds rolling in the sky with a serious expression. Even though the sound above was faint, her extraordinary perception still allowed her to keenly detect the abnormality of this strange thunder.

"It's not thunder, it's the roar of human fighter planes, but there are a lot of them."

A familiar and majestic voice came to her ears. Scarlet Witch looked in the direction of the voice and saw that Magneto also kept his head raised and looked up, and spoke again:

"coming!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the thick dark clouds in the sky were suddenly torn apart. At the same time, countless dense black spots like a swarm of locusts began to swoop down from behind the collapsing clouds.

Looking closely, each of the falling black dots is actually an armed fighter jet of various shapes. Even a rough estimate of the specific number is at least in the four digits. The black mass is daunting.

And this is just the first wave of the attack, and there will be a steady stream of large numbers coming later.

What Apocalypse wants to destroy is far more than just a country or a continent. What he wants to destroy is the entire human civilization. Therefore, the opponent he will face will inevitably be the entire world.

You know, in the Federation alone, there are tens of thousands of armed fighter jets in open view, and more than a hundred countries around the world are also in panic. In the face of such a world-destroying crisis, no country will choose to bury its head, hide its strength and leave everything to fate.

After all, if we fail, civilization will be cut off and everything will be over. No one can stay out of this catastrophe.

So even though everyone knew that the consequence of flying a fighter jet directly against Magneto would most likely result in death, no one chose to retreat.

Soon, the fighter planes swooping down from the sky gradually grew larger to a size that was almost visible to the naked eye, and the violent roar was deafening.

However, the next moment, as if it had been expected, all the fighter planes rose higher after reaching a certain height and rushed straight into the sky. Instead, they were replaced by densely packed missiles of various colors.

In an instant, the shrill roar of fighter planes was replaced by a sharp sound like whistling arrows. Magneto looked up and saw dense missiles covering the sky like a torrential rain, occupying every inch of his vision.

With the human fighter jets launching missiles without regard for losses, tens of thousands of missiles fell at this moment, which was a complete saturation bombing. In order to restrain Magneto's metal manipulation ability, all missile components were made of special non-metallic materials.

"I have learned a lot..."

At the temple gate, Magneto was not surprised when he found that he could not control the dense missiles that were falling rapidly above his head. The biggest feature of human technological weapons is that they can be adjusted and changed according to different situations. This is not surprising.

And even if he couldn't control them, these seemingly powerful swarms of missiles would not be much of a problem for him.

"Wanda, inform the other two to prepare to meet the enemy. I will handle it in heaven, you guard the temple well."

Before she finished her words and before Scarlet Witch could respond, Magneto on the side had already rushed straight into the sky with a howling gale, and along with him flew up, so did the endless metal frenzy outside the temple.

The grand scene that once appeared on Devil's Island is now reappearing here, and its scale is even more exaggerated.

God used the destruction of the entire Cairo to build this magnificent pyramid temple, but in reality, the materials consumed by the temple were less than one-tenth of the total amount.

In the vast city ruins that are more than 3,000 kilometers in size, there are almost endless metal debris left.

And these massive abandoned wreckages have now become the best weapons in Magneto's hands.

More and more metal rose up, and soon gathered in the sky to form an endless metal curtain. From a distance, it looked like a vast black umbrella was slowly unfolding, completely encompassing the entire temple below.

The next second, the falling missiles collided with the open umbrella, and the continuous explosions instantly swept across the sky and the earth, and the spreading boiling flames almost turned the entire night into day.

Looking up, wherever you look, you can see huge balls of fire shining in the sky, as if countless suns are blooming together, making it impossible to look directly at them for a moment.

However, although this shocking scene looked terrifying from a distance, the damage caused was minimal due to the barrier of the heavy metal skylight. The Scarlet Witch below could not sense any threat except for feeling a rolling heat wave coming towards her head.

"It seems that the human fighter fleet is far from being a match for Lord Magneto. The title of mutant bipolar is indeed well-deserved."

"Ms. Wanda, since Lord Magneto has taken over the sky, it is our turn to be responsible for the attacking ground troops below. How about each of us taking one side?"

A very magnetic voice sounded quietly near the temple. Glancing at Ah Fu who spoke nearby, Scarlet Witch did not reply. She just snorted lightly and then decisively turned her gaze to the large cloud of black smoke rising in the distance.

From the first moment they met, she didn't like this seemingly gentle guy next to her. The extraordinary perception derived from chaos magic allowed her to keenly sense the evil distortion that was almost overflowing from Ah Fu's body.

Not to mention mutants, she even seriously suspected that this guy was not even human. But no matter what species the other party was, they now had a common identity, that is, one of the Four Horsemen under Apocalypse.

Whether they like it or not, they are now a community of interests where everyone prospers together and suffers together.

"I'll be in charge of the front, and you and Psylocke will provide support from the side."

After saying this coldly, Scarlet Witch didn't care about Ah Fu's reply, but immediately rushed towards the direction where the smoke was rising in the distance.

The further she advanced, the faster she ran. At the same time, a constant stream of crimson aura began to gushed out of her body. In a short moment, a sticky sea of ​​fog that covered an area of ​​a hundred meters was formed.

The next moment, the sea of ​​fog and the oncoming black smoke collided with a loud bang. They were both ethereal and invisible, but at the moment of collision, a violent roar that was so loud that it could be said to be earth-shaking, and even the continuous sound of artillery fire in the sky was briefly suppressed for a moment.

The rolling air waves on the battlefield expanded outwards, quickly dispersing the smoke and dust, and revealing dozens of giant sentinels that had just been knocked away inside the smoke.

The huge object weighing tons fell down violently, knocking down the even larger number of sentinels in the rear, and their forward charge was directly interrupted.

Before the fallen sentinels could get up from the ground, long scarlet snakes formed by condensation of illusory mist pounced on them fiercely from the front. With just one wrapping, the sentinels' bodies, which were originally as hard as diamond, became so fragile that they shattered like ordinary glass, looking weird and terrifying.

The crisp sound of shattering kept echoing on the battlefield, but was soon covered by the increasingly dull and dense footsteps. Although Scarlet Witch destroyed dozens of Sentinels in just one encounter, this number still seemed so insignificant compared to the tide of Sentinels that was still pouring in.

Looking down from the sky, one could see that the ruins of Cairo, which were supposed to be empty outside the temple, were now filled with the surging tide of Sentinels. Outside the tide of Sentinels was an even larger human army.

Of course, if even saturation bombing and the tide of mechanical sentinels can't do anything to the 'God' in the temple, then their flesh and blood bodies armed with guns and cannons will probably be of limited use, so each soldier is equipped with a powerful glory bomb before setting off.

As the Federation President said at a recent war meeting, they must win even if the entire Cairo has to be filled with corpses, because humanity only has this one chance.

Leaving aside the human troops in the back row who were on high alert, the fight between the frenzy of sentinels and the crimson mist at the front of the battlefield was becoming more and more intense. At this time, the spreading mist had spread hundreds of meters away, with countless crimson snakes wandering around.

All the sentinels that were entangled by the long snake did not even have time to struggle before they were strangled by the shrinking snake body. Their once tough bodies now seemed to have turned into a thin and fragile piece of porcelain. They simply fell to the ground and shattered into pieces cleanly, and then were completely crushed into powder by the metal feet that continued to rush from behind.

At one point, a large number of sentinels rushed into the sea of ​​fog like a tide, but none of them could rush out from behind the sea of ​​fog. Only the crisp sound of porcelain breaking could be heard one after another.

With her own strength, Scarlet Witch brazenly stopped the huge army of sentinels numbering tens of thousands in front of her. However, the power of one person is limited after all. Even though the scarlet fog stretched for hundreds of meters, it still pales in comparison to the entire battlefield.

After discovering that the crimson fog directly ahead of them could not be broken through, more and more sentinels began to choose to take a detour and advance from both sides of the sea of ​​fog. However, the main force of their legion was still firmly restrained by the surging fog and could not get rid of it for the time being.

"Wanda Maximoff, Chaos Magic..."

Near the temple, the low murmurs were blown away by the strong wind coming from afar. Looking at the crimson mist raging in the Sentinel Frenzy, a hint of greed flashed between Ah Fu's slightly narrowed eyes.

Scarlet Witch Wanda, whose mutant talent is chaos magic, is a powerful ability that can theoretically transform matter, modify reality, and even create rules at will, almost making your wishes come true.

In terms of potential, she is no less than her father Magneto, and even far exceeds him. In some timelines, Wanda has torn Thanos apart.

, killing across the multiverse, and once completely wiped out the mutant race with just a single sentence.

Even though Wanda is far from her prime now, after being strengthened by Apocalypse, she is powerful enough to be able to kill in the Sentinel frenzy.

Just a touch of the scarlet magic can instantly turn the Sentinel's diamond body into nothingness, which means death is the next touch. The killing efficiency is no less than that of Magneto.

It is hard for Ah Fu not to be tempted by such a terrifying ability. Once he can successfully puppetize it, the other party will definitely become the strongest puppet in his hands, and the development potential is immeasurable.

But this is just a thought. Putting aside the faction identity, Wanda would not necessarily be weaker than him in terms of charm alone.

The covetous look in his eyes was gradually replaced by regret, and finally, after taking a deep look at the crimson mist that was still spreading in the center of the tide, Ah Fu slowly restrained the surging emotions in his eyes, and turned his gaze to look at the tide of sentinels that were rapidly approaching through the mist on both sides of the battlefield.

"Machines and puppets, I'm curious which one is more deadly!"

The cold voice was blown away by the strong wind, and Alfu and Psylocke disappeared instantly.

When they reappeared, the two of them had just blocked the advance path of the sentinels on both sides, one on the left and one on the right. Behind them was a large army of puppets. Although their size was not as large as the sentinels, their fearlessness and bravery were exactly the same.

A few breaths later, the wave of sentinels that had just chosen to split up and advance to avoid the crimson fog sea were once again stopped by two uninvited guests, and the sound of fierce fighting reached the sky.

On the left, purple sword lights were flashing, sending limbs flying wherever they passed. On the right, a huge giant formed by a large number of puppets was rushing around. After several charges, it split the dense tide of sentinels into pieces.

Although its killing efficiency was far inferior to the crimson fog sea in the center of the battlefield, it still managed to block the continued advance of the Sentinels.

...............

"It's Magneto again, these damn mutants!"

(End of this chapter)