The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Inside the watchtower, before everyone set off for Mount Olympus.

Li Zhen walked behind Batman, her hands in her pockets, head down, seemingly lost in thought.

Batman spoke first, his voice still low and hoarse, without turning around.

"We're leaving in five minutes, so say what you need to say now."

Li Zhen paused slightly, watching Batman's retreating figure.

"I have learned a lot about your operations through various channels during this period. You have never abandoned any of your comrades."

His tone was calm, yet carried a sense of certainty.

"The alliance has only been established for two years, and you have given this trust to each and every one of your comrades."

Batman didn't stop; he continued walking towards the helipad.

Li Zhen frowned slightly.

"The Greek gods specifically requested that I go in alone."

Changing the subject, Li Zhen revealed a rather amused smile.

"If Professor Prince is safe and sound, it seems like a win-win situation for Earth to trade me, an alien who has only been here for a few days, for peace with the divine realm."

The moment those words were spoken, Batman finally stopped in his tracks.

He slowly turned around, his eyes, sharp as an eagle's, beneath his bat-helmet, gleaming coldly in the dim light, fixed firmly on Li Zhen.

The air between the two seemed to freeze instantly, leaving only the slight hum of the ventilation system.

Li Zhen also raised her head to meet Batman's gaze without flinching.

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In the plaza in front of the Temple of Olympus, Zeus's urging words carried divine power, as if to freeze the air itself.

Li Zhen looked at the god-king who had left legends in several worlds and suddenly let out a mocking laugh, his tone full of undisguised provocation.

"You want my body, but how can you prove that your divine power and magic are worth putting on the other side of the scales of negotiation?"

Diana's expression changed abruptly, and she instinctively wanted to speak up and dissuade her.

She knew Zeus's temper all too well; this legendary king of the gods was most intolerant of being offended by others.

Li Zhen's words were not only a clear rejection, but also a blatant challenge to the dignity of the divine realm.

To Diana's surprise, Zeus did not get angry. Instead, he stroked his beard, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

"So how do you plan to prove it?"

Li Zhen raised her hand, her fingertips pointing directly at Ares, who was not far away and whose murderous aura was surging.

"I know nothing but fighting and conquering."

"Since you want to set seven tests, why don't I set the rules? Find seven gods to take turns fighting me until someone can defeat me."

Ares was stunned, then it was as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"Ignorant mortal, how dare you challenge me? Do you know that even though the world is relatively peaceful now, I cannot draw energy from actual war, and my strength is far beyond your imagination!"

He took a step forward, and his thorny armor glowed crimson. A twisted yet powerful force swept out, causing the stone slabs on the square to tremble slightly.

"The concept of war is never limited to the battlefield. All the forces related to war throughout human history flow in my blood, including nuclear deterrence designed to prevent war."

Ares's voice suddenly rose, carrying a suffocating sense of oppression.

"Do you know how many nuclear weapons those self-destructive humans have manufactured to date? The minimum amount of power I possess is equal to the total number of nuclear weapons currently designed, used, and stored on Earth!"

Athena's expression shifted slightly, and she exchanged a glance with Hephaestus beside her.

Without a word, the goddess sheathed her spear, and the god of craftsmen, carrying his giant hammer, retreated in opposite directions, disappearing into the shadows of the temple in an instant.

Zeus remained silent after Li Zhen uttered his arrogant words, his face ashen, the lightning patterns on his gilded robe flickering slightly, and his gaze coldly watching Ares clench his fists and approach Li Zhen, without any intention of stopping him.

Li Zhen's feet slightly lifted off the ground, her body slowly levitating, her indifferent eyes looking down at the approaching Ares.

"You also need to understand one concept: the total military power of the Earth that you boast about is, in my racial understanding, merely a place suitable for vacation and relaxation."

Ares's steps suddenly froze, and there seemed to be some disbelief in his eyes.

"What race do you belong to? How dare an unknown nobody speak of racial honor!"

Before he could finish speaking, Ares' pupils suddenly contracted, and his divine body trembled violently.

He lost sight of Li Zhen in an instant; the extreme speed far exceeded his perception limits.

"Where?!"

Ares roared, his power surging, and a massive barrier of crimson energy enveloped him.

"Here."

A cold voice came from behind Ares, and before he could react, a heavy punch landed squarely on his back.

"Click"

With a sharp crack, Ares's spine snapped instantly, his thorn armor caved in, and he flew out like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the temple's stone pillars and shattering the thick marble columns.

Li Zhen swooped down at lightning speed, instantly catching up with the flying Ares, grabbing his ankle, and swinging it like a heavy object, twisting and turning it, slamming him hard to the ground.

"Snapped!"

It was like the sound of a popping cannon amplified tens of thousands of times, so loud that Wonder Woman covered her ears in pain.

Zeus watched all this in silence, his eyes still deep and unfathomable, making it impossible to fathom what he was thinking.

Violent explosions rang out continuously, shattering the stone slabs throughout the square, sending debris and dust billowing everywhere.

Before the dust had settled, Li Zhen grabbed Ares's arm, lifted him up, and threw him into the air.

He then teleported, catching up with him again in mid-air, and delivered another heavy punch to his chest.

Ares, like a manipulated puppet, kept screaming in agony.

From the sky to the ground, and then from the ground back up to the sky.

Terrifying explosions continued to resound.

Each impact was accompanied by the sound of bones shattering and violent explosions. The plaza of the divine realm was completely destroyed beyond recognition, and the ground was covered with craters of varying depths.

This time, Li Zhen held nothing back and didn't need to worry about damaging the environment. Every punch he threw carried unprecedented power. His face was expressionless as he locked onto his opponent.

After a satisfying beating, Li Zhen grabbed Ares' helmet and squeezed it so hard that the thorny helmet deformed.

Immediately afterwards, he activated the power within his body, his figure soaring into the sky, and then randomly chose a direction, beginning to accelerate without limit.

This is a compulsory course taught to every warrior by the Vitrum Empire—the Judgment of Destruction.

Targets that have been given a annihilation order need not worry about any consequences; they are willing to destroy the entire structure of the planet.

The atoms in Li Zhen's body entered a semi-transition state, and the speed of flight on the ground increased exponentially, breaking through Mach 45 within ten seconds, far exceeding her own limit reaction speed.

The airflow and shockwaves generated by the high-speed flight, carrying high temperatures, continuously blasted open the land of the divine realm, forming hot, red-orange plasma spheres. Huge cavities were torn into the ground, and smoke and heat waves rolling in from afar swept across the entire temple area.

Ares, held in his hand, could no longer let out a scream.

Under intense friction and high temperature, the God of War's body and armor melted together, and in no time, only a half of his head, which looked like a puddle of asphalt, remained stuck to Li Zhen's palm.

Li Zhen's expression hardened. He casually flung away the unidentified filth and, despite the ever-increasing speed of his flight, gritted his teeth and endured the tearing pressure, making a huge arc-shaped turn back. His figure was like a black lightning bolt, rushing straight towards Zeus.

With Ares dead, Zeus remained silent, leading Li Zhen to conclude that the God-King was currently focused on suppressing space and had no more power to spare.

Facing Li Zhen charging straight at him, Zeus snorted coldly, his voice carrying a chill.

"You're too arrogant. Ares was just the first one."