The cosmic melee officially began when the Kree's tens of thousands of Imperial warships and tens of millions of biological warships simultaneously unleashed firepower capable of easily annihilating an entire galaxy upon the Phoenixes!
"What if they're Phoenixes? Under the mighty firepower of our Kree Empire's invincible fleet, they'll still turn to dust!"
"This battle will surely make the entire Universe witness the military might of our Kree Empire once again."
Ronan, stationed on the Kree Empire's most powerful warship, the World Destroyer, felt a surge of pride as he watched the large group of Phoenix hosts helplessly resist their powerful bombardment.
At least a million Phoenix hosts died in this wave of attacks, which greatly boosted the morale of all Kree soldiers.
However, what they didn't know was that the dead Phoenix hosts were merely cannon fodder! Their rapid Deaths were a huge benefit to the other hosts who managed to resist the impact in time, instantly making them a small notch stronger.
After all, when those hosts died, all the Phoenix Force in their bodies flowed into the living hosts.
"That fellow Ronan got a head start. Warriors of the Empire, don't let the Kree's arrogance get out of hand!"
"Hmph! Let these Phoenixes witness the power of our Negative Space Bombs!"
"Our Antimatter Annihilation Cannons aren't to be trifled with either. Open fire, kill these damned creatures."
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Seeing the Kree make their move, the various cosmic forces that had been observing from the sidelines also began their assault.
Suddenly, many of the methods they had previously kept hidden as secret weapons were unleashed simultaneously.
The battlefield became chaotic, and the casualties among the Phoenixes rapidly increased.
Compared to other interstellar forces that indiscriminately used large-scale, blanket firepower, Thor's Asgardian Einherjar seemed somewhat disadvantaged.
Even though the Einherjar maintained their combat strength from life, their numbers were insufficient, and the Phoenixes were not to be underestimated, so Asgard almost became a joke.
However, before these factions could truly laugh, Thor alone used his absolute strength to thoroughly shock them.
The terrifying lightning that filled the cosmic void made them not doubt that their super warships would be instantly torn apart like paper in front of him, immediately causing them to raise Asgard's threat level by several grades.
At this time, Hela, who was on the other side of the battlefield with the Apokolips forces helping Jean develop, looked at Thor. Although her face still showed some disdain, she understood that the gap between her and him had widened!
However, deep down, she was quite happy that Thor had grown to this point, having already acknowledged him as her younger brother.
More importantly, there was Kytheron's promise to her. Although Kytheron had not appeared throughout this battle, she had a premonition that when Kytheron returned, he would give everyone a great surprise.
Under pressure from all sides, the Dark Phoenixes, whose minds had been affected, suddenly ceased their internal strife and began to unite against the external threat.
However, after cooperating for less than a few dozen rounds, the greed for the Phoenix Force within others led countless Dark Phoenixes to start backstabbing each other.
The newly formed alliance disintegrated in an instant!
"Look! Those creatures are just a bunch of irrational Beasts, still fighting among themselves at a time like this."
"That's right, this time we must eliminate all Phoenix hosts. Even if we can't eliminate the Phoenix Force itself, we must banish it to a black hole."
"This Universe doesn't need such power; only technology can make the Empire stronger."
For a time, although the war would be protracted, all the various cosmic forces saw a great boost in morale and, for a while, gained the upper hand.
However, as the battle gradually entered its later stages, and with fewer and fewer Phoenix hosts remaining, the Commanders of these cosmic forces began to find the battle increasingly difficult!
This was because the strength of these remaining Phoenix hosts began to rapidly skyrocket as if they had taken a catalyst.
They didn't know that Phoenixes could devour and assimilate each other to become stronger.
After all, there had never been several Phoenix hosts appearing simultaneously in this Universe, let alone an internal war among Phoenixes!
So, amidst the encirclement by cosmic forces and the infighting among Phoenixes, when one Phoenix host devoured all the Phoenix Force around her, the quantitative change to qualitative change had accumulated enough!
Golden light erupted from that host's body, and then a giant Fire Phoenix rose from behind her.
She indifferently glanced at the cosmic allied forces surrounding her, and with a single strike, she incinerated hundreds of thousands of cosmic fleets that had encircled her into dust.
This sudden scene directly caused many cosmic forces to turn pale with fright.
Although there had been casualties in previous battles, under their concentrated firepower suppression, their own casualties had been kept within a relatively reasonable range.
However, this single strike directly annihilated half of an Empire's fleet, something they had never anticipated.
"No, quickly concentrate fire and kill her!"
Facing this seemingly awakened Phoenix host, they immediately ordered their fleets to aim their cannons at her.
However, at this point, things were already out of their control!
The powerful firepower that had once suppressed the Phoenix now completely vanished within ten meters of her.
"Evacuate! Quickly evacuate!"
Seeing the unfavorable situation, the Commander hastily issued an evacuation order, but it was too late.
The previously suppressed rage made the Phoenix's flames even more intense.
A terrifying wave, like atomic pulverization, spread from her, disintegrating everything it touched.
"It's over!"
Seeing such a scene, a sense of despair involuntarily arose in the hearts of those still fleeing.
Immediately after, something that made everyone despair happened!
Because at this time, another equally powerful Phoenix host would appear on the battlefield from time to time.
Then, in a short period, these cosmic allied forces, which had not officially united, were mostly annihilated, with preliminary estimates of casualties reaching at least hundreds of billions.
At this moment, the only ones on the field capable of holding their own against these Dark Phoenixes, who had completed their first qualitative change, were Gladiator, Thor, Jean, the Ice and Fire duo sent from Apokolips, and Ancient One, among others.
Fortunately, after tearing through many cosmic forces, these Dark Phoenixes once again turned their attention to their own kind.
"Why did these creatures suddenly become so terrifying? Is the Phoenix truly invincible?"
At this time, the Commanders of the major empires and interstellar forces, after gathering their remaining troops, held a joint combat meeting.
"No, they didn't suddenly get stronger!"
"This is the change in the energy index within the Phoenix that annihilated our Kree Empire fleet. In our battle, she was getting stronger every moment, especially when other Phoenixes died."
Ronan presented a set of data to everyone present.
"So, that means every time we eliminate a Phoenix, the remaining Phoenixes will get stronger like this, right?"
"Exactly!"
These two simple words silenced everyone present!
"If that's the case, aren't we doomed whether we fight or not? No matter what, they will eventually destroy the entire Universe!"
"In fact, our participation is even accelerating their destruction of the Universe!"
For a time, extreme pessimism spread.
For these people, if they didn't participate, the battle aftermath generated by those Mad Phoenixes would also destroy the Universe, and even after they killed more of their own kind, the result would be the same.
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