"No," the Ancient One denied with a smile, her gaze somewhat profound, "this is a power that humanity could only possess after hundreds of years of industrialization."
Rick fell silent, his mind racing, before finally nodding slightly.
Indeed, even disregarding the fact that Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne were both geniuses of extraordinary talent... simply considering the era in which they lived, it was a century after the Industrial Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution and scientific development were never achieved overnight... but rather accumulated little by little over time through the cultivation of talent.
Bruce Wayne threw out all sorts of high-tech weapons of mass destruction as if they were free.
In the mirror world, Tokyo was completely razed to the ground, the earth cracked open, and huge, extremely deep craters appeared.
Finally, a terrifying scream suddenly rang out.
The void suddenly tore open, and the armored figures in the sky were blasted away by the terrifying shockwave. Even the Batman armor at the very front was shattered and exploded.
"Roar!" A jet-black dragon emerged from the void. Its size was enormous, reaching hundreds of meters in length, and its bat-like wings spread out, even larger than its body.
Black mist rose, and a skeleton dressed in a wizard's robe stood indifferently in the void. Around him, semi-transparent spirits roared and circled.
Asuna Yuuki's eyelids twitched slightly, and then she spoke softly, "Those two... should be the boss of the 99th floor and the boss of the 98th floor, while the boss of the 100th floor... is a data projection of Kayaba Akihiko himself."
Clearly, Kayaba Akihiko wasn't logged in at the time, so he wasn't controlled as the boss. However, the bosses on floors 99 and 98 were completely controlled by Piedmon...
"Very good!" The white-bearded man chuckled. He slowly stood up, his massive body directly pushing open the ceiling. However, since this was a mirror world, he had no qualms about it.
"Sensoryly, the energy contained in these two guys is close to our level! Hmm... they must have been forcibly boosted by evil energy? That guy really went all out... But then again, these guys seem to be missing something very important from us?" Whitebeard's words were somewhat uncertain.
After a brief silence, he turned his head to look at the Ancient One, his gaze sharp, and said, "You handle it, I handle it, or one each?"
The Ancient One remained silent. At that moment, the jet-black dragon suddenly opened its mouth, unleashing a torrent of black flames that swept towards the group, distorting even the void itself.
Whitebeard turned around and threw a punch, shattering the void in that instant.
Dense cracks spread outwards at an unimaginable speed, crashing into the body of the jet-black dragon, shattering the scales on its chest and causing thick black blood to gush out.
“…pure power,” the Ancient One murmured. She appeared indifferent, but her fists clenched silently, and strange runes appeared on her forehead. Clearly, she had used all her power, even her dark powers.
Whitebeard was too strong, and the power he controlled was precisely the Vibration.
This means that if the Ancient One didn't use all her strength to maintain it, the Mirror World could very well partially collapse.
The black lich raised his scepter high, chanting eerie incantations, and the ghosts around him grew ever denser. At the same time, countless skeletons emerged from the ground, clad in armor and wielding weapons.
"...While fighting me! You still have the leisure to summon?" Whitebeard's indifferent voice suddenly rang out in front of the Black Lich. Before he could even react, a hand wrapped in Armament Haki gripped his throat, and a pale white light rose up.
With a loud bang, Whitebeard slammed it to the ground. Even though it wasn't intentionally targeted, the terrifying shockwave still caused the entire island of Japan beneath its feet to begin to collapse, and even affected the entire Asian tectonic plate... This attack was too terrifying; the black lich's body was completely shattered, and blood splattered everywhere.
"Now it's our turn to make a move."
Tu Shan Honghong took a deep breath, her body wreathed in red demonic energy, and a terrifying aura spread outwards.
Her figure vanished instantly, and in the blink of an eye, she plunged into the shattered skeleton army in the distance, pulverizing each skeleton with unimaginable speed.
It wasn't just skeletons; after the inky black dragon interrupted Batman's weapon show, a tidal wave of monsters surged forth from another, more real world.
With a flick of her wrist, Asuna Yuuki drew a rapier. She charged forward at lightning speed, unleashing her Impact Fruit power. The tangible shockwaves blasted the monsters—dragons, werewolves, and lizardmen—into a bloody mist.
"...Is that...my daughter?" Shozo Yuzuri murmured, almost doubting whether he was dreaming...
He had imagined that his daughter might possess supernatural powers, but he never expected that the supernatural powers she wielded would be this powerful...
Although Tokyo had been completely destroyed, it was difficult to find a comparable object on these ruins. However, with a single swing of his sword, a shockwave swept out, wiping out the densely packed monsters that stretched for kilometers. He could still see them.
In other words... even if an army stood in Asuna's way, she could probably wipe them out with a single swing of her sword.
One against an entire army! And it was her daughter... This kind of thing, which he only encountered in fantasy works, was actually happening in front of him, making him feel like he was in another world. He even wondered if he was dreaming.
"Then, it's time for me to head to my battlefield," Su Han said indifferently. The void in front of him distorted, and he stepped into it.
"...What is this?" Rick paused for a moment, then suddenly realized something, and exchanged a surprised glance with Bruce Wayne.
"It seems you guessed it," the Ancient One said, her expression as calm and gentle as ever, but a shadow of unease flickered in her eyes. "The enemy is extremely cunning..."
"After realizing the existence of the Mirror World, that clown monster sent enhanced monsters and monster lords stationed on various floors of SAO to the Mirror World to delay us."
"On the other hand, that clown monster, along with a small group of elite monster lords, forcibly opened a path to the real world... and directly attacked Japan in the real world, where we don't exist."
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Chapter 497 A Major Event in Japan? The World Shakes!
"That's only natural." Bruce Wayne's voice remained completely calm as he casually raised his hand and collected the Batman armors that had flown towards him. "After all, the Mirror World is the battlefield we created."
"And the enemy will not relinquish the initiative to us."
After a brief pause, Bruce Wayne's voice was deep, "Not to mention, since that guy can turn the virtual world into reality! And even let the monsters in the virtual world actually invade reality... then he must control extraordinary power with spatial attributes."
Since they control the power of space, isn't it only natural that they can use their power in the illusory world to bypass the mirror world and go straight into reality?
"So, what should we do next?" Rick asked earnestly, his gaze drifting into the distance. Should they stay in the mirror world to fight the monsters, or return to reality to support Number Ten?
"Although you may not be able to participate in the battle between Number Ten and that clown monster, there's no need to worry about this side either." The Ancient One looked in the direction of Whitebeard.
Now, it's not just the bosses on the 98th and 99th floors... the final bosses on the remaining floors are appearing one by one.
However, Whitebeard was not angry, but rather delighted. He laughed loudly, his veins bulging on his body, and his fists, wrapped in Armament Haki, slammed out with terrifying destructive power that was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Even when facing multiple opponents alone, he still held an absolute advantage.