Chapter 126: Underworld Descent? Blown to smithereens with a single blast of purple light! Chapter 241
Dozens of pure purple light blades tore through the air, instantly slashing out dense, pitch-black spatial cracks.
Hela's eyes widened, and she immediately crossed her pitch-black longswords to block head-on.
Screech, screech!
The harsh sound of metal scraping echoed loudly in mid-air.
Separated by the defense of the Mirror Dimension, Thorand Loki were still shaken to the point where they tightly covered their ears, their faces full of pain.
The violent impact showed no mercy, instantly blasting Hela flying back several hundred meters.
As soon as Hela steadied her footing, a miserable green eerie light burst straight out of her eyes, and the divine power of Death all over her body surged out like a breached floodgate.
"Mere mortal, even if you have some skills, don't even think about winning against me!"
Hela roared at the top of her lungs.
Following closely, a wretched green curtain covering the sky instantly unfolded behind her.
A lifeless, miniature Planet projection forcefully squeezed into the battlefield. The entire Planet was shrouded in greenish toxic fog, utterly dead silent, and a few creepy skeletal ravens were flying in mid-air.
Ryan furrowed his brow.
An outrageous coercion capped down overhead, making even the pure magic inside his body feel sluggish in circulation.
"Odin is really lavish," Ryan muttered to himself.
The phantom before him was definitely the Land of the Dead among the Nine Realms, Niffleheim—the Underworld where Hela had been imprisoned for countless years.
Now it seemed that the old All-Father had not only exiled his eldest daughter, but also privately modified this Planet, turning it directly into a giant energy power bank.
Using an entire Planet as backing, the Asgard royal family was truly wealthy and willful!
As he was sighing in his heart, Ryan raised his longsword, casually blocking the black sword that Hela slashed over.
Hela was dumbfounded on the spot.
"How is this possible? Why aren't you weakened?!"
Under the suppression of the projection of the Land of the Dead, even if Odin came in person, he would lose a layer of skin. What right did this kid in front of her have to act like nothing was wrong, with his strength not diminishing in the slightest?
Hela's head was full of big question marks, and her hand movements inevitably slowed down by half a beat.
"Ding!"
"Your Sword of Vishanti sensed that the opponent was daydreaming and felt severely insulted!"
"Your Sword of Vishanti flew into a rage and decided to teach the old woman opposite a harsh lesson!"
"Your Sword of Vishanti forcibly extracted the hidden origin of the Infinity Stones, preparing to clear the field!"
After hearing this, the corners of Ryan's mouth twitched wildly.
This skill of his was truly asking for a beating!
Hela was a queen after all, so why call her an old woman? Did they understand politeness? At the very least, they should call her an old granny!
If Hela knew telepathy, she would probably wish she could tear Ryan apart alive on the spot.
Complaining was complaining.
The temperature of the longsword in Ryan's hand was soaring wildly, even hotter than a branding iron just clipped out of a furnace. Even his thoroughly tempered physical body felt it scorching hot, showing just how violent the energy contained within it was.
Hela's expression changed completely.
What on Earth is going on?!
The Realm of Death was suppressing you, and it would be fine if you didn't weaken, but why did you suddenly become fiercer the more you fought?
This completely disregarded the basic laws of physics!
Having fought in the Universe for so many years, Helaswore she had never seen such an anti-human freak.
Completely giving no one time to react.
The divine sword in Ryan's hand had mutated into a heavy laser cannon.
Boom!
An incomparably thick, pure purple beam of light erupted violently, and a heaven-destroying and Earth-shattering coercion smashed down overwhelmingly.
Hela's scalp tingled for a moment, and she finally broke her defense and screamed, "What kind of ghost magic is this?!"
She desperately squeezed the divine power within her body.
A giant shield piled entirely from ghostly white skulls rose from the ground. Every skull on it was wailing in pain, all of them being powerful beings of the Universe she had hacked to Death over tens of thousands of years. The remaining power of these strong individuals was completely drained to construct this strongest defense wall.
To ensure stability, Hela continued to crazily infuse energy.
Countless residual soul images of strong individuals drifted out from the bone wall, opening their mouths to emit piercing shrieks. The harsh sonic waves could practically pierce eardrums.
Finding it noisy, Ryan pushed forward forcefully with one hand.
The purple beam of light blasted into the soul phantoms without any suspense.
A terrifying spectacle appeared.
The formless and substance-less souls, upon touching the purple light, instantly formed a thick layer of purple crystal on their surfaces.
Crack! Crack!
The crystallized souls smashed onto the ground like glass, shattering into powder all over the floor. Even the surface of the Earth was forcibly assimilated by the terrifying energy, turning into a brilliant amethyst minefield.
Ryan flipped his wrist, and the output increased once again.
The purple light fiercely slammed against the bone wall.
The harsh crystallization sound spread wildly.
Hela's eyes turned red, and she desperately refilled divine power into it. But this was merely a drop of water in a burning cart; the divine power of Death was simply vulnerable to a single blow when it met this purple light.
The entire bone wall quickly turned into a huge piece of amethyst.
The crisp shattering sound resounded through the clouds.
The shield wall collapsed suddenly, shattering into countless glass scraps.
The unstoppable purple light shot straight toward Hela.
Hela despairingly raised her arms, crossing them tightly to withstand it head-on.
The terrifying light beam directly pierced through the defense line, its remaining might unabated, blasting all the way into the huge Underworld projection behind her.
Rumble—!!!
An indescribable, terrifying loud noise exploded in the void.
The entire Earth shook wildly three times along with it.
One of the Nine Realms.
The Underworld, Niffleheim, was directly blown up by this single cannon shot!
Rumble.
The terrifying tremor swept through every corner of the globe.
Countless people woke up from their dreams in a panic, rushing onto the streets with terrified faces, completely unaware of what had happened.
More driving mad than ordinary folks were the top echelons and special departments of various countries.
Orders were issued level by level, demanding that the source of the tremor must be investigated.
However, the replies from all monitoring departments were surprisingly consistent: everything was normal, and no seismic waves were detected at all.
The cause could not be found.
The top leaders of most countries around the world were all as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
Even Nick Fury, who had always been as steady as an old dog, had a livid expression at this moment.
He stared fixedly at the big screen, his expression as gloomy as a broken pot.
"Can anyone give me a reasonable explanation? What on Earth is going on here?!"
Nick Fury roared crazily at his subordinates.
Even if S.H.I.E.L.D. was gone, the trump cards in his hands were still terrifyingly numerous, with his reconnaissance network spreading across the globe.
But now.
Not even a source of the tremor could be found; wasn't this slapping the face of him, the King of Agents?
What kind of mess was this?
...
At this moment, on the Norway battlefield.
Ryan had no idea at all that his single cannon blast shattering the Underworld projection had stirred up such a huge storm on Earth.
Even if he knew, he couldn't care less.
This woman Hela was simply an undead cockroach; conventional methods simply didn't work.
In mid-air, the violent purple energy finally dissipated slowly.
The huge Underworld phantom behind Hela had long since been reduced to ashes, exploding into countless invisible residues.
The wretched green eerie light pervading the air also dimmed completely.
Ryan let out a long breath, thinking that this crazy woman should finally be thoroughly dead.
Just as he was preparing to get closer to check the spoils of war.
An unexpected change suddenly occurred!
The green mist that was about to dissipate suddenly rolled violently.
Swish!
A battered figure soared straight up into the sky from the black-green dead Qi.
It was none other than Hela!
At this moment, Her Majesty the Queen no longer had her previous noble and cold elegance.
Her battle armor was tattered and covered in cracks, and most of the black spikes symbolizing royal power on her head were also broken, making her look like a crazy woman who had just run out of a refugee camp.
"Holy shit, she's still not dead from this?!"
Ryan's eyeballs almost popped out, and he couldn't help cursing out loud.
What kind of bizarre constitution did Odin's family have anyway?!
Thor that iron-headed blockhead used his physical body to withstand a stellar beam, and even if roasted to a crisp he was fine, and he could even conveniently awaken an ultimate move.
This eldest daughter Hela was even more outrageous!
Using an entire Planet as a shield and having it blown up, she herself only suffered a scratch and broke a few pieces of equipment?
Ryan couldn't help smacking his lips.
Chapter 127: A Hundredfold Clones Teach You How to Be a Human!
"Mortal!"
"I admit your power is very strong, even exceeding my understanding."
"But unfortunately, in front of Death, everything is futile. I am immortal!"
Hela shrieked like a madwoman.
Along with her roar, the residual aura of Death around her poured crazily into her body.
Visibly to the naked eye, the damaged battle armor on her body began to rapidly recover.
In the blink of an eye,
Hela restored her initial arrogant appearance once again.
Only her panting appearance exposed her extremely weak state right now.
Clearly, that blast from Ryan just now was definitely not tickling her.
"You sure are hard to kill."
"As expected of the Goddess of Death, this vitality is simply comparable to cockroaches in the sewer."
Ryan crossed his arms, showing no mercy with his mouth.
"Bastard!!"
"How dare you compare me to such humble insects!"
"Today, I will definitely turn your skull into the most exquisite goblet!"
Hela trembled with anger, staring dead at Ryan.
She had witnessed with her own eyes just now that Ryan used the origin of the Power Stone.
The power of the Infinity Stones is indeed endless.
But a mortal's physical body has limits!
Even for a Universe overlord, forcibly extracting the power of the Infinity Stones would definitely result in backlash, or even being blown apart by the powerful energy.
No matter how strong this kid is, he is definitely at the end of his tether right now!
As long as she survives this wave, the final winner will still be her!
"Sigh..."
Ryan looked at Hela and suddenly let out a deep sigh.
This sigh, falling into Hela's ears, was simply the sound of nature.
Her heart was wild with joy.
Indeed! This kid is done for!
Hela immediately and secretly squeezed the remaining divine power in her body crazily, preparing to pull off a desperate counterattack against Ryan.
Right at this moment.
"Ding!"
"Your Ikon Illusion senses that the enemy is charging up a big move!"
"Your Ikon Illusion feels it can no longer tolerate this, and decides to step in person to pull off something big!"
"Your Ikon Illusion goes all out, and the strength of the shadow clones welcomes a hundredfold explosive surge!"
Just as the crisp prompt sound of the system faded,
Ryan instantly felt the magic power in his body surge crazily like boiling magma.
The surface of his body began to flicker violently, just like a holographic projection with bad signal.
Ryan suddenly raised his head, grinned at Hela, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth:
"I was waiting for my skill cooldown, what were you waiting for?"
"Waiting to die?"
Just as his voice fell,
Ryan's body seemed to be refracted by countless mirrors simultaneously.
Swish, swish, swish!
Countless identical figures split out from his body, scattering like teleportation.
In less than half a second,
Over a hundred Ryans had surrounded Hela tightly, blocking all her retreat routes.
The voices overlapped and echoed from all directions, deafening:
"Hela, the biggest mistake you've ever made in your life,"
"is running to Earth to run amok."
While speaking,
Over a hundred Ryans raised their right hands simultaneously, their palms lighting up with dazzling pure purple light.
Seen from the outside, it was like a hundred high-wattage purple searchlights, illuminating Hela in the middle with nowhere to hide.
"Impossible!!"
Hela's voice completely changed tone, terrified like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Like a madwoman, she crazily urged the black-green divine power in her body, launching attacks in all directions recklessly.
"Fake! It's all an illusion!"
"Don't even think about tricking me!!"
Hela shrieked hysterically.
Unfortunately, reality slapped her hard.
Ikon Illusion can be called one of the most bugged magicin the Marvel Universe.
Once cast, every shadow phantom split off possesses one hundred percent of the original body's strength.
Instantly erupting with over a hundred times the combat power, let me ask you if you're scared?
If this magic didn't consume a terrifying amount of mana and have harsh casting conditions, those bald mages of Kamar-Taj would have ruled the entire Universe long ago.
Used to deal with Hela now, it was simply a dimensionality reduction strike.
The sword qi of Death swung by Hela hit the phantoms without even splashing a ripple.
Instead, over a hundred Ryans attacked simultaneously.
Boom——!
Hundreds of incomparably thick purple lasers, like the descent of divine punishment, carrying the might to destroy heaven and Earth, bombarded Hela surrounded in the middle in unison.
"Ah——!!!"
"I am not reconciled!!"
Hela let out a despairing scream.
A single purple light cannon could blast apart even the Netherworld projection.
One hundred firing simultaneously?
Let alone Hela, even if the God King Odin in his peak period stood here, he would be instantly blasted into scum!
Where the purple light passed, all things melted away.
Hela's proud divine power of Death, in front of absolute pure power, was as fragile as snow under the blazing sun, instantly assimilated and devoured.
The violent energy drove straight in, fiercely bombarding Hela's original body.
Her divine physical body, harder than Uru metal, began to collapse from the most basic molecular level.
Snap! Snap!
Dazzling amethyst began to spread crazily on the surface of her skin, sealing her inch by inch.
Hela didn't even have a chance to struggle.
Accompanied by the last shrill scream...
This arrogant Asgardian eldest princess was directly and forcibly assimilated by the terrifying energy, turning into a lifelike purple crystal statue.
Thud!
The statue smashed heavily onto the similarly crystallized Earth, instantly shattering into shiny purple glass shards all over the ground.
Shattered so much that they couldn't even be pieced back together.
Ryan then snapped his fingers with satisfaction, dispersing the sky full of clones.
His complexion was slightly pale, obviously this move's mana consumption was also a bottomless pit.
Not far away,
Thor and Loki, who had been hiding in the Mirror Dimension playing dead all along, saw this scene and swallowed hard with difficulty.
The legs of both men were scared soft, and they looked at Ryan tremblingly.
Big brother?
No!
Dear father!
Are you tired from fighting, old sir? Why doesn't your son massage your shoulders?
Looking at the two Asgardian brothers not far away with weak legs and wishing they could serve tea and water, Ryan couldn't be bothered to care.
Scanning over the shiny purple glass shards all over the ground, Ryan felt no ripples in his heart.
...
Meanwhile,
Deep in the Universe, unknown stellar region.
A gigantic battleship, like a dormant abyss behemoth, quietly hovered in the pitch-black void.
Inside the flagship hall.
Thanos sat high upon the throne, and below the steps stood the Black Order straightly.
A huge holographic projection suspended in mid-air.
Playing in the picture was the horrifying scene where Ryan's hundreds of clones fired simultaneously, instantly blasting Hela into a purple statue and shattering her.
Snap!
A teeth-grating metallic bursting sound suddenly rang out.
It was not the sound of Hela's crystal body shattering.
But rather Thanos, due to using too much force, forcibly crushed the armrest of the pure steel throne into powder!
Countless metal debris rustled down from between his thick fingers.
The hall was dead silent.
The Black Order looked at their noses and hearts, not even daring to breathe loudly.
Thanos's face was as gloomy as water, and his deep eyes flickered with solemnity.
This human mage who suddenly popped up on Earth was strong completely beyond common sense!
This outrageous combat power even surpassed him!
Even trickier was that...
The opponent obviously held the extremely high purity origin of the Power Stone in his hand.
Forcibly invade Earth?
Absolutely thankless and hard work.
The resourceful Universe overlord quickly suppressed the shock in his heart, forcing himself to calm down.
"Ebony Maw."
Thanos's deep voice echoed in the empty hall.
"Go bring Gamora back."
"Remember, I want her alive. If she loses a single hair, you will pay with your life!"
Ebony Maw dropped to one knee with a thud.
"As you command, great Master!" He lowered his head submissively.
After receiving the order, Ebony Maw quickly withdrew from the hall.
Thanos turned his head to look at the remaining four capable generals, his gaze suddenly turning cold:
"Assemble the fleet, attack the Land of Nihility in full force."
Black Dwarf was stunned, and braced himself to step forward.
Unlike other fanatical subordinates, Black Dwarf only surrendered to Thanos to preserve his hometown, and always spoke quite straightforwardly:
"My Lord, the Land of Nihility is The Collector's territory. Rashly resorting to force is I'm afraid..."
Before his voice finished,
Thanos's icy gaze pierced over like a sharp sword.
"Kill him."
"And the territory will be ours."
"Yes! My Lord!"
The four generals trembled all over, knelt down together to accept the order, and then turned and left.
Chapter 128 Did Thanos Chicken Out? The empty grand hall plunged back into dimness.
Thanos slowly leaned back against the shattered throne, his body once again concealed in the shadows.
The hard nut on Earth could not be cracked for the time being.
But he knew the whereabouts of the other two Infinity Stones.
As long as he got his hands on them first and accumulated enough mighty power.
A mere Earth mage was ultimately destined to submit!
...
Earth.
Norway coastline.
Ryan was comfortably acting as a black-hearted taskmaster.
In the pitted ruins ahead, Thor and Loki were sticking their butts out and doing hard manual labor frantically.
Not only did they have to grind away the remaining amethyst all over the ground bit by bit, but they also had to completely destroy the foul-smelling white bone fragments.
Actually, Ryan's current condition was not that great either.
Ikon Illusion could be called a water pump; over a hundred full-strength clones had completely drained his mana bar.
Right now, his body was a bit weak.
But he could not just leave the scene like this and ignore it.
The energy radiation remaining from the Power Stone was a fatal poison to ordinary Earthlings.
It just so happened that he could catch two gods as free labor; it would be a waste not to use them.
What was surprising was this.
Thor, who always had a violent temper, worked exceptionally hard today, not daring to let out even a fart the entire time.
Ryan was crystal clear in his heart.
This big oaf had been scared out of his wits.
Hela was a ruthless character who could crush a Death star core and the Meow-Meow Hammer with one hand.
As a result, such a ruthless person did not even leave behind an intact corpse in Ryan's hands!
Having witnessed this kind of dimensional reduction strike with his own eyes.
Even if Thor's brain was full of muscles, he dared not provoke Ryan at this critical juncture.
Ryan ignored the two brothers' petty thoughts and stroked his chin as he pondered to himself.
What mystery was hidden in the harsh words Hela uttered before her death?
Was this woman really thoroughly dead?
Ryan always felt things were not that simple.
Hela's divine body was indeed blasted into glass shards, but from beginning to end, he did not sense any fluctuation of her soul dissipating.
In the Marvel Universe.
Dead people rising from the dead was simply standard operation.
Even an ordinary Agent like Coulson could be forcibly pulled back from the gates of hell by Nick Fury several times.
The dignified goddess who controlled the Law of Deathhad just taken a box lunch so readily?
Ryan kicked a piece of gravel on the ground and shouted forward:
"Hey, is your big sister really thoroughly dead?"
Thor dropped the stones in his hand, wiped his sweat, and spoke with an unusually resolute tone:
"Dead beyond death!"
"After taking a terrifying attack of your level, even immortals would turn to ash!"
In Thor's simple brain circuit.
No matter how hard the body was, as long as it exploded into powder, it meant it was thoroughly dead.
Hearing this, Loki beside him stopped his movements.
Like a kindergarten kid eager to answer first, he raised his right hand high.
"I have a different opinion!"
"Spit it out if you have something to say." Ryan rolled his eyes at him.
Loki made a crying face and tentatively asked, "If I spill the intelligence, can I be excused from today's hard labor?"
Working was too painful!
Using divine power to erase the amethyst residue was simply more strenuous than digging through steel plates with fingernails.
With hundreds of meters of crystallized areas all over the ground, they wouldn't be able to clear it all even if they coughed up blood working!
Ryan smiled slightly and spat out two ice-cold words:
"No."
"Talk quickly, or I'll weld you to the ground on the spot as a potted plant."
Loki trembled all over with fright, his bellyful of petty calculations instantly vanishing into thin air, and he honestly confessed everything:
"I once read an ancient book in the Heavenly Palacelibrary."
"It was recorded on it that Asgard would give birth to a companion child."
"As long as the Asgard Planet is not destroyed, the companion child possesses an immortal body!"
Hearing this.
Ryan's eyes flashed, and he understood completely.
The so-called companion child was definitely Hela, no doubt about it.
After all this, this crazy woman really wasn't thoroughly dead!
No wonder in the original plot Surtur stabbed through the entire Asgard with a single sword.
Turns out blowing up the Planet was the only physical cheat to kill Hela!
Ryan even had an impulse to teleport directly to the depths of the Universe and blow Asgard into fireworks as well.
But after weighing it slightly, he dismissed this thought.
There were at least tens of thousands of innocent civilians on the Heavenly Palace.
Slaughtering a Planet just to eliminate future troubles once and for all was somewhat anti-human.
To take ten thousand steps back.
Even if Hela wasn't thoroughly dead, she wouldn't be able to bounce around for tens of thousands of years, making it no different from being dead.
Ryan returned once more to his warm and peaceful daily routine.
He began eagerly absorbing Kamar-Taj's knowledge, studying even more wondrous new magic.
Ryan was crystal clear in his heart.
Having dealt with Hela, there was still an even more disgusting old schemer in the back.
Cosmic overlord Thanos.
Since childhood, because he was too ugly, even his parents despised him; to climb step-by-step to his position today, goodness knows how many bloody storms and conspiracies he had experienced.
Among all the opponents Ryan had ever encountered, this guy definitely had the most tricks up his sleeve.
Ever since Loki started making trouble, this old fox had been secretly plotting against Earth and all of humanity.
The group of superheroes in the Avengers were still kept in the dark until now.
Only the Scarlet Witch Wanda relied on hallucinations to slightly perceive a trace of something being wrong.
Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.
Thanos was quite good at gathering intelligence.
Ryan estimated that with his own high-profile actions over the past two years, Thanos had long since figured out his background.
However.
Ryan still couldn't figure out Thanos's true combat power right now.
Because of his appearance, the timeline of the Marvel Universe had long since gone off track, producing a bunch of butterfly effects.
Ryan searched through all the collections in Kamar-Taj's library, wanting to find if there was any way to detect Thanos's strength.
For the mages of Kamar-Taj, foreseeing the future was no big deal at all.
Whether it was the Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One, or Doctor Strange, both could peer into the timeline of the future.
Strange relied on the Time Stone.
In the countless rivers of fate, he forcefully found the only winning branch line.
Ancient One was much fiercer, purely relying on hard strength to forcefully tear open the future and look.
Ryan had always disdained borrowing the power of the Time Stone.
In order to figure out his opponent's background, he set his sights on the top-tier supreme treasure hidden in Ancient One's hands.
For a mage, a holy artifact even more precious than the Infinity Stones — the book of the vishanti.
Written personally by the deity Vishanti, and continuously supplemented and perfected by past Archmages, this thing was the source of white magic, and furthermore the bible in the hearts of all white mages.
It had always been personally kept by the Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One.
However.
This book had a screwed-up setting.
Vishanti placed restrictions on it; the magic inside was entirely used for defense or healing, completely lacking any aggressiveness.
Therefore, Ryan previously couldn't even be bothered to look at it.
A real man should max out all output; who needs defense?
But today the opportunity was rare.
Ryan decided to carefully study this damn book.
Stepping into the deepest part of the library.
Reaching out to push open the hidden bookshelf behind the wall, Ryan fished out the dust-covered ancient book.
This was Kamar-Taj's only priceless treasure listed as a forbidden book and not open to ordinary disciples.
Hidden inside was the ultimate profound meaning of white magic.
Flipping open the thick cover, the yellowed paper came into view.
An ordinary person taking a glance would only think it was a bunch of ghost-drawn symbols, completely unable to understand what was written.
But in Ryan's eyes.
The pages were densely packed with dazzlingly glowing magic runes!
The runes frantically arranged and combined like living creatures.
One profound and complex magic after another automatically deduced and played out right in Ryan's line of sight.
Ryan's eyes were shining straight.
"Quite mystical."
Ryan couldn't help smacking his lips.
He found that his previous thoughts were too narrow-minded.
Who said defense magic was useless?
What was recorded in here clearly pointed straight to the supreme truth at the end of the magic Dao!
"Ding!"
"You are reading the book of the vishanti, the book of the origin of magic!"
"All your non-maxed-level magic, infected by the origin breath, have their levels maxed out directly!"
"Your maxed-level magic has gained the opportunity to break out of its cocoon and be reborn!"
"Your magic above level 9 has a chance to directly steal the power of gods!"
"Your Crimson Contract Chains successfully freeloaded, mastering the god-level power of Cyttorak!"
"Your Sword of Vishanti had an epiphany, mastering the god-level primordial divine power of the Vishanti!"
A series of crisp system prompt sounds frantically swiped the screen in his mind.
Ryan was so happy that the corners of his mouth were practically splitting to his earlobes.
book of the vishanti is awesome!
The system is even more awesome!
Freeloading the power of gods directly was equivalent to stepping straight into the heavens in a single bound, completely standing on equal footing with Ancient One!
Chapter 129: Exerting Just a Little Strength, All Mages Globally Experience a Collective magic Outage!
The power scaling in the Marvel Universe has always been very crude.
Surface level, Planet-busting level, Father of Gods level, single Universe level, multiverse level.
Figures like Odin and Ancient One are proper Father of Gods level big shots who can casually smash several Planets with a single move.
In the past, relying solely on hand-to-hand combat, Ryan at best could be considered a top-tier sub-Father of Gods.
But now.
He has finally pierced through the ceiling, truly stepping into the ranks of the Universe's absolute top powerhouses!
Ryan was currently immersed in the exhilarating sensation of leveling up.
Yet he had no idea that the outside world had already turned completely upside down.
The entire Kamar-Taj.
The sky had completely darkened!
Iron-thick dark clouds pressed down relentlessly like a black curtain.
The clouds were so low it felt as if one could touch them by simply raising a hand.
What was even more fatal.
A pitch-black giant tornado vortex hung upside down directly from the sky.
The exact center of the eye of the storm.
Happened to aim relentlessly at the library where Ryan was located!
The most bizarre thing was.
The mages of Kamar-Taj clearly witnessed a heaven-destroying vortex above their heads.
Yet not even a hint of a breeze could be felt around them.
Everyone panicked.
What made them break down even more than the heavenly anomaly was.
Within the surrounding space, not even a shred of cosmic energy could be felt!
Whether it was the magic of the main Universe or energy borrowed from other dimensions.
Everything was sucked completely dry!
This was the lifeline of the mages!
Once the energy was cut off, let alone forbidden spells, right now they couldn't even conjure up the most basic small fireball.
Up and down all of Kamar-Taj, even the few most senior Archmages were sweating with anxiety.
The only one who remained somewhat calm was Mordo.
He knew very well in his heart.
Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One was not present.
Ryan was the backbone of Kamar-Taj.
Sooner or later, the position of Sorcerer Supreme would be handed over to Ryan.
Mordo strained his throat to comfort the mages who had turned into a chaotic mess.
Rushing hurriedly into the library.
As a result, he saw at a glance that Ryan was still acting like nothing was wrong, holding a tattered book and reading it with great relish.
Mordo instantly flew into a rage.
"Ryan! Stop reading, the sky outside has collapsed!"
Mordo roared anxiously.
Ryan was enjoying himself when he was suddenly interrupted, instinctively feeling a bit irritated.
Raising his head to glance at Mordo.
Mordo instantly fell into an ice cave, feeling as though he were being fixedly stared at by a bloodthirsty ancient starry sky beast.
His whole body's muscles were completely out of control, stiff as a rock.
Turbulent waves surged in Mordo's heart.
When did this brat Ryan become monstrous to such an extent?
Relying solely on a single gaze, he could make a high-tier mage like him lack even the strength to move a single finger?
Ryan also realized that the person before him was Mordo.
Immediately pulling back his outward-radiating terrifying aura.
Only then did Mordo, like one who had just survived a disaster, clutch his chest and pant heavily, his back completely soaked in cold sweat.
Ryan raised his hand and flicked over a wisp of gentle magic.
"Brother Mordo, what are you panicking about, what happened?"
Ryan asked with a smile.
"Something big has happened outside, hurry up and go take a look!"
"All the cosmic energy is gone! Not a single drop is left!"
Mordo stamped his feet in anxiety.
"Energy is gone? How is that possible?"
"I feel like the energy around me is so abundant it's about to overflow!"
Ryan scratched his head, his face full of astonishment.
As he spoke, a brilliant flash of light crossed his eyes.
God-tier perception instantly covered the entire Earth, and a massive torrent of information was rapidly filtered in his mind.
In a mere half a second.
Ryan's expression stiffened, and then he rubbed his nose with a wry smile.
"Brother Mordo, put your mind at ease, nothing's wrong."
"It will return to normal in a moment."
"I couldn't hold back my fire just now while practicing, and used a little bit too much strength."
After listening.
His legs went soft, almost kneeling on the spot right then and there.
What kind of nonsense did he just hear?!
Ryan hadn't expected that flipping through the book of the vishanti would cause such an outrageous commotion.
Not only did it blast out all the mages of Kamar-Taj, but the outside world was probably turned upside down too.
He shook his head inwardly; in the future, even reading books would require entering the Mirror Dimension.
If he didn't clean up the mess he created, the bald mages wouldn't be able to absorb even a tiny bit of magic for months.
"Brother Mordo, put your mind at ease."
"The energy of Kamar-Taj was sucked dry by me, I'll just casually grab some from elsewhere to fill it back up."
Ryan smiled and waved his hand.
After speaking, he directly raised his hand and grabbed fiercely into mid-air.
Crack!
The spatial barrier above his head shattered on the spot.
Massive amounts of cosmic energy poured backward crazily like a waterfall from major dimensions.
The energy in Kamar-Taj instantly became dense to a degree visible to the naked eye.
Water even dripped down patter-patter in the air.
This was not rain.
They were all magic droplets directly liquefied from excessively high purity!
Mordo stood nearby, his mouth open wide enough to fit an entire ostrich egg.
This brat Ryan... has already become monstrous to this extent?!
He knew Ryan was strong, but never guessed he could be strong to such an outrageous degree.
Waving his hand casually could tear open space to borrow power; even Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One had never played such a hardcore operation.
Mordo felt that he could see through Ryan less and less.
The opponent even faintly exuded an aura of a big shot even more unfathomable than Ancient One.
Recalling how a few years ago he even taught Ryan basic magic classes, Mordo's mouth twitched frantically.
He truly fucking is a pure freak!
Looking at the liquid energy about to submerge his ankles, Ryan nodded with great satisfaction.
"Done, Brother Mordo."
"Hurry up and go comfort everyone, just cultivate as usual."
Only then did Mordo nod frantically as if waking from a dream, turning around in a hurry to run out and report the news.
Sending Mordo away, Ryan walked back deep into the library.
However.
He was not in a hurry to continue reading magic books.
Brilliant light suddenly erupted from his eyes, directly activating the cheat of foreseeing the future.
"Ding!"
"Congratulations on comprehending the god-tier White magic — Fate Insight!"
"You have seen through the laws of fate, and can arbitrarily pluck the timeline to foresee the future!"
Just as the system prompt sound finished ringing.
Ryan had no time to deal with it at all, and a massive torrent of information crazily refreshed the screen in his mind.
In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of future possible timeline branches flashed before his eyes.
The Universe's trajectory for the next few months was stripped completely bare by him.
Soon, Ryan put away his magic and rubbed his temples with a bit of a headache.
Swallowing too much information in one breath made his brain swell with pain.
But it was an absolute pure profit.
He had already seen through all the subsequent action routes of Purple Sweet Potato Thanos.
"Infinity Stones."
"Thanos, this old fox, is indeed smart enough."
"However, let's see what you use to fight me next."
Ryan backhanded a swipe in mid-air.
Two holographic light screens instantly popped out.
On the left was Vision, on the right was Loki.
Ryan knew the whereabouts of the six Infinity Stonesacross the Universe like the back of his hand.
The Power Stone was in his pocket.
The Time Stone was in the Sanctum.
The Reality Stone was in the hands of The Collector.
The Soul Stone was on Vormir.
The Space Stone was on Loki.
The Mind Stone was embedded right on Vision's forehead.
Just in the territory of Earth, more than half of the stones were gathered.
If Thanos wanted to carry out universal family planning, Earth was a dungeon he could absolutely not bypass.
Ryan had no interest in running all over the Universe to look for people.
The most effortless method was to wait by the stump for hares.
"First grasp all the stones in hand, responding to changes with constancy."
Ryan touched his chin.
Once the stones were gathered, Thanos would definitely bring a large army to voluntarily deliver heads.
By then, a single finger could crush him to death.
Making up his mind.
Ryan used both hands simultaneously, directly and violently poking through the light screen in front of him!
Loki and Vision on the other end of the light screen hadn't reacted yet.
The next second.
The two of them were directly grabbed across space into the library.
At first, the two of them still had horrified expressions, but when they saw clearly that the person standing in front of them was Ryan, they barely breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ryan Ma... Big Brother Ryan, what business do you have with this little brother?"
Loki smiled all over his face, his tone revealing trembling that couldn't be concealed.
The scene of Hela being crushed into slag was still looping in his mind to this day.
Recently, Loki's life had been extremely cozy.
Although more than half of the Asgard army was tossed away by Hela, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse.
After Thor became king, he ran around outside all day looking for clues to Ragnarok.
Loki logically became the true ruler of the Heavenly Palace.
Riding high with success, suddenly being forcibly snatched to Earth, he felt extremely aggrieved inside, yet didn't dare to let out even a fart.
Ryan glanced at Loki and reached out unceremoniously:
"The Space Stone, hand it over."
Swept by Ryan's gaze, Loki shuddered violently all over.
Without any nonsense, he obediently took out the Tesseract from his pocket and handed it over.
Ryan casually put away the Tesseract and held up two fingers:
"I'll give you two paths."
"First, obediently stay in Kamar-Taj to receive protection."
"Second, get back to your Asgard, and when Thanosattacks your door, get strangled to death by him personally."
Loki was dumbfounded on the spot:
"I've already handed over the stones?!"
"Others don't know." Ryan spread both hands.
Loki's brain spun rapidly, understanding in an instant.
A big shot of this level had no need to lie to him.
Adhering to the principle that a bad life is better than a good death, Loki gritted his teeth:
"I choose one! I'll stay in Kamar-Taj!"
Ryan nodded: "Alright, go out and find a mage, he'll arrange a single room for you."
As if granted a general amnesty, Loki hurriedly slipped out.
Chapter 130: Thanos's Army Bloodbaths the Dwarf Star!
Dismissing Loki, Ryan turned to look at Vision.
"As for you, Vision."
"You'd better stay obediently in Kamar-Taj."
Vision frowned slightly: "Why?"
"Someone has set their sights on the Infinity Stones," Ryan said bluntly. "If you continue to stay with Wanda, you'll only end up getting her killed along with you. Of course, you can also bring her over to live here."
Vision was silent for a moment: "Fine. But I'll stay for a maximum of two months. If there's no movement, I must leave."
"It won't take two months," Ryan stared at the yellow stone on Vision's forehead. "I'll figure out a foolproof way to safely remove the thing on your head."
Vision gave Ryan a deep look and nodded in agreement: "Alright."
"Go find any empty room. You should have a way to contact the outside," Ryan waved his hand.
Vision said no more, turned, and left.
The huge library quieted down again.
Ryan raised his head to look at the deep night sky outside the window.
"Thanos."
"The day we meet is almost here."
At the same time.
Deep within the Milky Way Galaxy.
Vormir.
Thanos's tall and sturdy figure stood at the edge of the cliff, with a bottomless abyss beneath his feet.
Gamora was heavily escorted behind him. To obtain the Soul Stone, Thanos used Nebula's life as a bargaining chip, forcibly coercing Gamora to lead the way here.
"Great causes always require bloodshed and sacrifice," Thanos turned around, reaching out to gently stroke Gamora's cheek. "Gamora, you are my finest daughter."
"Finest?" Gamora was full of mockery. "Finest killing machine, you mean!"
Thanos had once personally destroyed her hometown, leaving only unresolvable hatred in Gamora's heart.
"You don't understand." A tear slipped from the corner of Thanos's eye, but his gaze revealed unquestionable firmness. "To maintain the balance of the Universe, sacrifice is inevitable."
With that, he grabbed Gamora tightly by the wrist and forcibly dragged her to the edge of the cliff.
"I'm sorry. I must obtain this power."
Let go.
Gamora fell straight into the abyss.
At the bottom of the cliff, Gamora's eyes were wide open, crashing heavily onto the cold stone slabs. There wasn't a single scratch on her body, but her life had completely cut off. What needed to be sacrificed here was the soul of a loved one.
Hum!
A cluster of dazzling yellow light soared into the sky, directly enveloping the entire Planet.
The glare was blinding, forcing Thanos to close his eyes.
When he opened them again, an orange-yellow stone was quietly lying in his palm.
Feeling the surging energy fluctuations in his palm, Thanosdidn't have a trace of joy on his face, his expression appearing exceptionally complex.
"The entire Universe will remember your contribution."
Putting away the stone, Thanos turned and strode away.
Red Skull floated behind like a ghost, saying not a word.
Boarding the spaceship, Thanos returned directly to the flagship's main hall.
The Black Order had already been waiting respectfully for a long time.
"Great Master, the entire army has finished arraying!" Ebony Maw knelt on one knee and reported loudly.
"Very good. Let's set off." Thanos strode up to the throne and sat down. "Go to the Dwarf Kingdom and get the Infinity Gauntlet back for me."
"As you command!" The Black Order answered in unison.
The mighty fleet started immediately, drilling into the space warp point.
The next second.
The army marched directly upon the dwarf star protected by Asgard — Svartalfheim.
The distances between the Nine Realms were extremely far, but relying on warp technology, Thanos's army crushed the border instantly.
He had his eyes on the dwarves' top-tier forging technology in the entire Universe.
"Initiate full-firepower blanket bombing, then ground forces clear the field."
Thanos sat on the throne, giving orders indifferently.
The gun barrels of countless warships charged up simultaneously.
Dazzling beams of destruction poured down like a rainstorm.
The locally stationed Asgardian soldiers and the huge dwarves didn't even react before they were bombed into a dizzy mess.
Shortly after, the dense biochemical army landed like locusts.
This was a one-sided Carnage without any suspense.
The Asgardian garrison was completely wiped out. The resisting dwarves all fell in pools of blood, and the rest were all herded together like driving livestock.
Thanos strode off the spaceship and looked down condescendingly at the Dwarf King.
"Forge the Infinity Gauntlet for me immediately!"
"Fat chance! We only forge weapons for the great God King Odin!" The Dwarf King's eyes were bloodshot as he roared out.
Despite the Dwarf King's height being like a giant, his momentum was firmly suppressed by Thanos.
"Do as I say, and I'll spare your clansmen's lives. I won't say my words a second time." Thanos's tone was icy without a trace of warmth.
Looking at the surviving clansmen around him, the Dwarf King completely resigned to his fate. In front of the lives of his entire clan, so-called persistence became worthless.
The massive stellar forge erupted with astonishing heat once again. The huge machinery operated frantically.
Not long after, a giant golden-bodied glove was respectfully presented in front of Thanos.
Thanos slipped on the Infinity Gauntlet and embedded the orange-yellow Soul Stone into it.
The incomparably formidable energy fluctuations rippled instantly.
Everyone around felt their souls trembling, as if they were about to be forcibly sucked away by the yellow light.
Thanos nodded with satisfaction and put away the Infinity Gauntlet with a backhand motion.
"Job well done." He turned his head to instruct his subordinates, "Cripple the Dwarf King's hands, and slaughter all the remaining useless trash."
Having said that, he turned and left without hesitation.
The loyal Black Order immediately executed the order.
Scalding molten iron was poured to seal the Dwarf King's hands, and the remaining dwarves were thoroughly slaughtered.
The stellar forge was also completely frozen.
On the entire desolate Planet, only the Dwarf King remained kneeling in the ruins, letting out desperate and miserable wails like a madman.
Thanos led the massive fleet away in a grand manner, heading straight for the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Inside the flagship.
Wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos sat steadily on the throne.
"Have the intelligence on the Land of Nihility been figured out?" Thanos lowered his head to inquire.
"My Lord, everything has been investigated!" Ebony Mawreplied with a fanatical face, "The Collector's guards are all a bunch of bullies who look strong on the outside but are weak on the inside. As long as the army arrives, we will surely win the Reality Stone for you!"
"Very good. March immediately." A flash of sharp light crossed Thanos's eyes. "Once it's done, there will definitely be a place for you in the new Universe!"
The Black Order knelt down in unison, their expressions fanatical to the extreme.