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Chapter 523 Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Breaks Through the City (First Update)

Let's first look at the origin of Kang.

Kang's real name is Nathaniel Richards. He was born in the 31st century, the "Dark Ages," and is a descendant of Mr. Fantastic from the Fantastic Four. He possesses a level of technology that is a thousand years ahead of the modern world.

Because they obtained Tony Stark's time machine—the same machine that Tony and his crew used to travel to different timelines in 2023—they eventually modified it to embark on a multiverse journey across different timelines.

This has resulted in numerous time branches on the sacred timeline, leading to various variations of Kane.

They initially just exchanged knowledge and shared technology, but in the end, in order to maintain their respective timelines, it evolved into a war that destroyed all the timelines.

Kang the Conqueror was one of the most powerful Kangs.

Therefore, Kang the Conqueror's power mainly stems from his superior technological capabilities and his understanding of time, history, and the multiverse.

In essence, he was just an ordinary person, a scientist with decent fighting skills.

Thanks to his high-tech battle suit, his individual combat strength has been greatly enhanced. Just like an ordinary person facing a martial arts master, who would be easily crushed, but if you put him in the Iron Man suit, an ordinary person can completely defeat a martial arts master.

Moreover, he was not alone; he also created a massive space fleet and cyborg robots, possessing his own army.

In addition, he has a deep understanding of the multiverse, knows all the events that have occurred in every stage of history, and knows all the information about every superhero and villain, including their weaknesses.

This is what allows him to destroy universes and timelines.

Just like Kang the Conqueror said when he saw Ant-Man, he doesn't know how many superheroes like Thor he has taken down.

But in reality, if we disregard other factors and engage in a skirmish where Kang is wearing his suit, his actual destructive power wouldn't be that terrifying.

At least Li Chuan felt that Kang the Conqueror might not be able to defeat Thanos in a one-on-one situation, especially if Thanos had the Infinity Stones.

However, if Kang the Conqueror wanted to kill Thanos, it would be very simple.

Make good use of his technological abilities, prepare in advance, and kill Thanos since he doesn't know much about him.

As for why Kang the Conqueror was defeated by Ant-Man, Li Chuan believes that one reason was that he was too careless.

He didn't take Ant-Man, such an insignificant superhero, seriously at all, revealing most of his information from the very beginning, and dealing with the Ant-Man family with a cat-and-mouse mentality.

His only rivals were the other Kangs.

On the other hand, Dr. Pym's army of ants, which had evolved into a Type II civilization, was indeed very powerful.

Perhaps most people don't know much about Level 2 civilizations.

Normally, when a civilization can utilize all the resources of its planet, it can be called a Type I civilization, or a planetary civilization.

A civilization can only be called a Type II civilization, or a star-level civilization, when it can utilize the resources of its home planet and nearby asteroids and develop star resources.

Even setting aside superheroes and extraordinary characteristics, if we only consider the level of civilization development of ordinary people, Earth today is only a Level 0.7 civilization, not even reaching Level 1.

Therefore, the ants that attacked Kang the Conqueror were actually more advanced in civilization than Earth, which is why Kang the Conqueror was caught off guard.

Otherwise, the Ant-Man family would indeed have no chance of winning.

But this was different for Li Chuan, as Kang the Conqueror knew nothing about him.

Because in any universe and in any timeline he is just an ordinary person, only in this timeline is he powerful enough, and Conqueror Kang has no idea of ​​any of his abilities.

On the contrary, he was very familiar with Kang the Conqueror's abilities.

Even disregarding the information gap, Li Chuan's current strength is enough to resolve the situation through direct confrontation.

If they were outside, he would worry that Kang the Conqueror was hiding, because Kang the Conqueror's ship could travel through the multiverse, while he was currently unable to do so.

Kang the Conqueror might suddenly appear and ambush him at any time.

Now, in the quantum world, Conqueror Kang's spaceship is unusable, so there's no escape and he has no choice but to fight him head-on.

"That's Time-Space City, a terrifying city the conquerors built in just over a decade!"

After flying for about half an hour, a giant, high-tech steel city came into view.

When Lord Kyle saw the city, his voice trembled.

"I think we'd better not go and get ourselves killed."

"Oh shit, this is so sci-fi! It feels like I'm seeing a futuristic city from a sci-fi movie brought right out of the TV."

Scott looked at the city ahead and couldn't help but sigh.

Dr. Pym and Hope also stared wide-eyed, but Janet's eyes were filled with complex emotions.

"Looks like there's an energy shield as well?"

Upon reaching the edge of the city, Li Chuan suddenly stopped Bai Yun, because he discovered that the city had set up a high-intensity energy shield around its perimeter to prevent unauthorized people from entering.

"Back when this city was first established, we considered sneaking in to sabotage it, but unfortunately, even the outermost protective shield forced us to abandon our plans, leaving us only able to passively defend against the attacks of the mechanical soldiers he sent out."

Janet sighed as she looked at the blue energy shield.

This is one of the reasons why she felt hopeless.

"Oh, let's see how many lightning strikes it can withstand."

Upon seeing this, Li Chuan clasped his hands together:

"Lightning Release: Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation Descends!"

In an instant, dark clouds filled the sky, and a bolt of lightning, as thick as a bucket and tinged with purple, descended from the sky, striking the blue energy shield with tremendous force.

In just that one moment, the protective shield completely collapsed, and it also cleaved a huge crater in the city below.

"It seems it's not as sturdy as I imagined."

Seeing this, Li Chuan, who was about to fire another shot, immediately stopped.

That's true. This energy shield is meant to protect the entire city, so its strength is naturally a bit weaker. Moreover, the power of the self-created lightning technique he just used is already comparable to the first few bolts of lightning he used when he was undergoing his tribulation.

Janet and Kayla, standing on the white clouds, were utterly astonished. In just one moment, the seemingly indestructible energy shield of the Time-Space City had been breached.

The destruction of the energy shield immediately triggered an alarm throughout the city, and countless spaceships rose up, flying towards Li Chuan and the others, surrounding them.

A man dressed in a strange, high-tech suit also flew over, riding on blue energy.

It was Kang the Conqueror.

(End of this chapter)