Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit.

"You like playing games where heroes challenge demon kings? That really suits your age."

The old man made a nonchalant, sarcastic remark.

However, his words inadvertently revealed some information, further confirming Matthew's guess.

"I think you need to have a clear understanding of higher life forms."

The old man knew his time was running out, and he wanted to use this limited time to teach the boy in front of him a lesson.

Let Matthew know what awe is.

"shit."

hum~

A dazzling golden ripple of light, brilliant gold, like flowing gold, and in an instant, Matthew pulled up a long golden tail flame and shot it towards the old man.

He raised his long leg and swept it towards the old man's head, his Martin boots enveloped in a surge of golden energy.

The battle began in the blink of an eye.

Even Nydy, who was watching from the distance in front of the wooden house, didn't have time to react.

boom!!

Just before Matthew's lightning-fast kick was about to strike the old man's head, a walking stick blocked his way. The collision of the kick and the stick created an unimaginable and terrifying shockwave.

The earthquake trembled.

The ground beneath the old man's feet instantly cracked, with countless cracks spreading wildly, and dust swept in all directions with the surging air currents.

Although he blocked the light-speed kick, the old man was surprised by the power of the kick.

However, he was extremely experienced in combat, and his other hand had already reached out and pushed towards Matthew's chest.

The sweeping kick was blocked, and Matthew's momentary opening was a huge vulnerability.

But Matthew is no pushover; the power of Observation Haki lies in its ability to instantly anticipate an opponent's next move.

The moment the other person reached out, the right foot, which was locked in a stalemate with the walking stick, exerted force.

Using it as a fulcrum, he lifted his body into the air, then rotated in reverse in mid-air before his feet, shimmering with golden light, slammed down with immense force.

The old man remained unfazed, stepping back with his left foot and simultaneously creating space behind him, causing Matthew's kick to miss.

Then he reached out and grabbed Matthew's ankle, intending to give him a Loki-style happy throw.

But the moment he touched his ankle, his expression changed drastically, because he realized that his hand had grasped nothing.

It was as if that foot was just air.

Before he could think further, his foot landed on the ground without causing any damage, clearly demonstrating that Matthew had mastered the art of controlling his strength.

With the ground as support, Matthew once again took advantage of the situation and delivered an extremely fierce side kick to him.

The old man realized what was happening and used his hand to block the kick in front of his chest when he missed.

But this kick also contained extremely powerful flashes of energy, and he couldn't block it.

boom!!

The shockwave exploded, and the old man shot backward like a cannonball, flying close to the ground and kicking up a straight cloud of dust.

After shooting up over a thousand meters, the old man suddenly stopped, his body hovering three or four meters above the ground.

A faint stinging pain came from my right hand.

However, as an energy projection manifested in his body, he shouldn't have felt any stinging pain. Where did this pain come from?

Matthew wouldn't give him a chance to breathe or think.

The fierce follow-up attacks swept in like a tidal wave. The moment he kicked the old man away, he had already transformed into a beam of light and chased after him.

The old man reacted quickly; he raised his walking stick, and a surge of powerful, dark purple energy was poised to be unleashed.

To his surprise, Matthew suddenly made a sharp 90-degree turn and reappeared in the sky when he was less than ten meters away from him.

He looked up and saw Matthew standing tens of meters in the air, his hands crossed, and a dazzling, round ball of blazing golden light emanating from between his crossed hands.

The center of the light cluster was embedded with a cross-shaped bright light, and the edges were surrounded by layers of diffusing ring-shaped halos.

Photons inside the cluster of light are compressed and fused at high speed, emitting a dazzling golden glow.

Ultimately, it transformed into a surging golden beam of energy that pointed directly at the old man.

Its energy was so violent and terrifying that even the elderly felt a clear sense of danger.

"The power of light~~~"

The old man's expression turned serious.

His eyes turned bloodshot, and he raised his palm upwards. Instantly, the ground below cracked open, and endless crimson flames ignited from the layers of fissures, converging into a raging torrent of fire.

In the dim light, one could almost see countless distorted, shrieking, and crazed faces within this torrent of flames.

One glance at it and your soul feels as if it's being burned.

The torrent of flames swept towards the beam of light fired by Matthew, and in the blink of an eye, light and flame collided.

boom!!!

The collision of two completely different forces unleashed a tremendous upheaval, with flames and countless light particles intertwining, annihilating and killing each other.

For a moment, the two energies were locked in a stalemate.

The earth trembled violently, the air blurred, distorted, and compressed, and the surrounding space took on an indescribable state.

No matter what kind of matter it was, flying dust, weeds, and branches were instantly pulverized into dust the moment they were caught in it, which shows how terrifying the energy was in this space.

Even from a kilometer away in front of the wooden house, Nydy had to use her hands to shield herself, releasing her psychic power to create a barrier and desperately block the turbulent airflow and energy aftershocks.

She stared in horror at the strange sight of flames and light intertwining in the distant sky, her body trembling uncontrollably.

That is the instinctive fear that arises when facing death.

She could feel the two stalemate forces, like a volcano about to erupt, which, once it did, would cause unimaginable disaster.

A distance of one kilometer may seem far, but in reality, it did not bring her any sense of security at all.

Not only Nydy, but her closest friend Jennifer was also terrified, screaming in her head.

"Run, Nydy, run! You'll die if you don't run!"

"You're right, Jennifer."

Terrified, Nyddy immediately agreed with Jennifer's idea and, without the slightest hesitation, cooperated with Jennifer to unleash all her abilities.

Enveloped in immense mental power, she flew into the distance, following the surging aftershocks of the energy collision.

100 meters, 500 meters, 1000 meters.

Finally, when she flew 2000 meters, the two opposing energies that had been locked in a stalemate finally erupted.

Rumble!!

The gray world seemed to turn into daylight, and time seemed to stand still for a moment. When it started running again, incredible energy exploded, and a surging torrent of energy swept in all directions.

Everything along the way was crushed.

Trees, weeds, and even the GG signs along the roadside were all uprooted and smashed.

The abandoned farm was also completely destroyed after collapsing.

The earth seemed to be struck by an 8-magnitude earthquake, shaking violently. Cracks gradually spread, and distant hills shattered, turning into dust that was blown away.

It was like the end of the world.

This turmoil lasted for a long time before gradually subsiding.