Finney Hellseg unleashed another burst spell without chanting towards the distance, seemingly no different from before. He was puzzled as to what had gone wrong.
"Could it be that I've been infected with some attribute by Hulk?"
Finney couldn't help but wonder, but his intuition told him it was absolutely impossible, and besides, there wasn't a single green spot on his body.
Unable to find the cause, Finney temporarily put the matter aside, glanced at Red Skull who was also lost in thought, and silently sighed.
"I might not be able to go back for a while. Do you have a place to rest here?"
"Huh!?"
Hearing Finney's words, Red Skull was stunned for a moment, then said awkwardly, "No, I've just been sleeping wherever I can find a spot when no one's around."
"Sigh, you're really in a sorry state now!"
Finney couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Red Skull. This was once the powerful leader of Hydra.
"By the way, do you know why you were teleported here by that Space Stone, that Cosmic Cube guy?"
Knowing the reason for his own teleportation, Finney suddenly became curious about why Red Skull had been teleported.
"Maybe it's because I extracted too much energy from it..."
Red Skull replied uncertainly.
"Ha, it's getting petty."
Finney felt the reason was probably more than that. The Infinity Stones were called Infinity Stones because their energy was almost limitless.
How much had Red Skull extracted from their research? Their energy weapons hadn't even covered a small Earth. This amount was probably just a drop in the ocean, nothing more!
But Red Skull didn't know the reason, so Finney didn't ask any further and began to think about where to stay.
While flying in the air, he had already scanned the surrounding scenery. It was a desolate wasteland, with only sand and water; there was almost nothing else.
This made even building a dwelling a luxury for him.
"How have you survived all these years!"
Finney looked at the inexplicably embarrassed Red Skull, sighed slightly, and was somewhat worried. Red Skull could float around all day without eating, drinking, or sleeping.
But he couldn't possibly stay awake too; one day would be fine, but a week would probably kill him.
Finney looked up at the distant scenery. Although beautiful, it was devoid of any life. He couldn't help but sigh at Red Skull, "This wretched place is truly desolate; there's not even a blade of grass!"
"Because this is a place of exile, all souls are controlled by the Primal Stones,"
Red Skull replied upon hearing Finney's words. He had been here for so many years and was already used to everything here.
"Ha, sooner or later I'll teach it a lesson for why flowers are so red!"
This was originally just a boastful remark from Finney. As he spoke, he even imagined the altar covered in roses—a truly magnificent scene.
However, to his utter surprise, the next second, as his magic dissipated, countless vibrant roses bloomed around them, blossoming amidst the falling snow.
The crimson petals emitted a delicate fragrance in the air, leaving Red Skull and Finney standing there, dumbfounded, staring at each other.
"What's going on?"
Red Skull felt that the unexpected events he had encountered today were more numerous than all the surprises he had experienced in the past seventy years.
Meanwhile, Finney, gazing at the roses, was caught in a complex mix of emotions—doubt, shock, astonishment, and ecstasy. He seemed to have found the reason for the power of that explosive magic.
'Golden Grand Evolution Technique' was Finney's original skill, and what he considered his strongest ability.
Unfortunately, he wasn't strong enough, and coupled with environmental limitations, he had never unleashed its true power.
But he had clearly forgotten that he was no longer on Earth. Unlike the dimensional space controlled by Buster, while Vormir was the territory of the Soul Gemstone, its control over the planet was not as strong as Buster's control over dimensions.
Creation was the bottleneck that had always hindered Finney's 'Golden Grand Evolution Technique'.
Although his 'Golden Grand Evolution Technique' had been improving on Earth, he had never been able to create objects out of thin air; he mostly used it as a supplementary skill.
Now, having left Earth and freed from the constraints of the three great temples, Finney had inexplicably and easily broken through this limitation.
His 'Golden Grand Evolution Technique' was now many times stronger than it had been on Earth.
Previously, when releasing 'Explosion Magic,' in his anger and resolute mind, he had even unconsciously used the 'Golden Grand Evolution Technique' to amplify the magic's power.
The roses had only been blooming for a short time when a flash of orange light appeared, all the flowers vanished, and the surroundings returned to their cold, desolate state.
"Don't change my territory!"
The Soul Stone's voice echoed in his mind. Although not as powerful as the Lord of the Dimensions, it was still its territory.
Finney ignored the Soul Stone; he was currently overjoyed. Although he knew from the Ancient One that the Temple had blocked the power of the Golden Grand Evolution Technique, he hadn't expected it to be so much stronger without the Temple.
"Creation: Wooden House!"
Finney calmly emptied his mind, using the Golden Grand Evolution Technique to imagine an exquisite wooden house. At the same time, his mana rapidly increased.
Instantly, a small, exquisite wooden house of several tens of square meters appeared out of thin air on the altar's open space, leaving the already stunned Red Skull speechless once again.
"Has only seventy years really passed on Earth?" Red Skull was filled with deep doubt. He thought that after all these years and so many things, even if Captain America suddenly appeared in front of him one day, it wouldn't surprise him anymore.
But now he felt he was wrong. Finney alone had shocked him to the point of speechlessness. How did Hydra manage to become the largest intelligence organization on Earth like this? Was it Finney who had been dragging the organization down all along?!
"Wow!"
Looking at the wooden house in front of him, Finney couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. Its appearance was exactly as he had imagined, and the consumption of magical power wasn't too serious. Compared to Earth, it was infinitely better.
Suddenly, Finney found the desolate planet Vormir surprisingly delightful. Even Red Skull's withered red face seemed more pleasing to the eye. Being able to use the Golden Grand Evolution Technique normally was incredibly exciting for him.
"What kind of ability is this?"
the Soul Stone asked curiously in his mind. Although it understood the effect—similar to real-world gems modifying rules—it couldn't understand how Finney had done it.
"Why should I tell you!"
Finney ignored the Soul Stone's question, eagerly pushing open the wooden hut and entering to see if it was as he imagined.
Red Skull watched Finney enter the hut, then, unable to resist his curiosity, followed. Besides, after so many years, he had indeed grown tired of everything on Vormir.
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