Several cylindrical metal objects rose from the ground. The columns drew energy from the empty universe and then fully supplied it to stimulate the operation of the device.
Circles of light cascaded from the pillars, climbing towards the top before converging into a multicolored beam that shot towards the sky. The beams of light from several metal cylindrical devices intersected and converged in a single area of the sky. The powerful energy rippled through the dark sky, creating a white hole.
Thanos suddenly looked up at the opened hole, and a shadow vaguely emerged in his heart.
The edge of the white void continued to expand under the powerful energy supply. Thor and his companions, who had already been reminded by Stark, surrounded Thanos tightly, blocking his way to destroy the metal cylindrical device.
Suddenly, the beam of light emitted by the metal cylindrical device suddenly dimmed, as if it was running out of power. The layers of light circles on the column began to flicker in a staggered pattern of light and dark. Amidst the eyes of those present, some filled with surprise and some with disappointment, the interlaced light finally disappeared from everyone's sight.
The surrounding darkness crept back in. The white hole in the sky, pierced by the powerful energy, began to shrink rapidly as it lost its energy supply.
"It seems that your luck is not very good." Thanos said slowly as he looked at the shrinking white hole and Hawkeye and others who revealed despair and dejection.
However, before Thanos' words had completely fallen, the shrinking white hole in the sky, when it was about to disappear, seemed to be supported and supplied by another force. Under the astonished and ecstatic gazes of the crowd, it stopped its decline in a pause and began to expand towards the surroundings again.
"It worked."
Seeing this, Stark finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had fought tooth and nail, and finally succeeded. After a series of setbacks, that damned goddess of luck finally smiled upon them.
He won the bet.
The bet was that Luke over there wouldn't give up on them.
A bright and solid beam of light gushed out from the swing, and the beam of light, which was overflowing with colorful light particles, slammed heavily on the ground.
"It's the Rainbow Bridge!"
Thor almost subconsciously shouted out the origin of this beam of light. He was too familiar with this kind of energy and transmission method.
The light faded, revealing several figures that were both familiar and unfamiliar.
"Wow, it looks like you guys are in big trouble, otherwise why are you so embarrassed?" Tony, wearing a crimson Mark Unknown series battle suit, walked to Stark's side, opened his helmet, squatted down, poked Stark's chest, who was half paralyzed on the ground, and said jokingly.
"Is this your world? The situation looks very bad." Rogers, who was radiating golden light all over his body, soothing the fatigue and frustration of Dr. Banner and others, and inspiring their courage and fighting spirit, looked around and sighed with a frown.
"Is the enemy the purple giant? I hope his life can reduce my debt. Nick is really too black-hearted." Frank looked at Thanos not far away and lit a cigarette for himself. The surrounding storm did not affect his puff of smoke. A layer of red energy like mist created a dry space for him.
"Where did you get this armor on you? It looks really good!" Thor, holding Mjolnir, knocked on the slightly damaged metal armor of Mature Thor, his eyes full of admiration.
Pa pa pa.
Loud applause erupted, drawing everyone's attention. Strange casually lowered his hands and shrugged, saying, "We can talk about small talk later. Don't forget our business. Let's hurry and finish the work first. I still have a lot of things I need to handle and be responsible for over there."
"What do you mean? Protecting our homeland?" Young Tony's visor fell down, and the lights in his eye sockets lit up.
"What else? Without us here, Luke is just an experimenter. I don't want to go back and see something I don't want to see happen." Strange waved his hands and summoned the Ring of Raggador, which he had mastered very skillfully.
Honestly, he wasn't very willing to take this mission. It was beyond his responsibilities. He hadn't evolved to the point where he could take the safety of the entire universe seriously.
"So, you went to all this trouble just to summon a bunch of your kind? Then let's see what you, from another universe, are capable of." Thanos strode forward, his right hand clenched as he passed his Tyrant Glaive, grasping the weapon in his palm. Although the enemy had added a lot of new combat power, he still launched the attack without fear.
"I like to fight head-on enemies." Thor, wearing a chain mail, tilted his head, his eyes suddenly covered by dazzling lightning. While the red cloak behind him fluttered in the wind, he raised Mjolnir high, guiding a large amount of thunder from the dark clouds, and pulled it towards the charging Thanos.
"Can you still move? If you can, get up. We still have important things to do. We need to stabilize this channel and make sure that the data dimension is completely integrated and stable." Young Tony stood up and extended his hand to the mature Stark on the ground.
Stark, looking exhausted, reached out and grabbed Tony's hand, then stood up from the ground and said self-deprecatingly, "You have to understand that compared to you, I'm not that young after all."
The surface of the mark on Tony's elbow flipped open, and a needle came out. Tony caught Stark off guard and stabbed him in the neck.
"What did you do? What did you inject me with?" By the time Stark realized what was happening, Tony had already finished injecting the drug. His intelligence system, without a doubt, had been blocked and controlled by Tony's actions, even though he hadn't intended to. He clutched his neck and asked subconsciously.
"It's just a longevity potion. Although its function is to increase lifespan, it also has the effect of restoring energy and physical strength when injected. I know you don't have money to buy these things, so consider it a gift from me." Tony said generously.
Stark felt as if his nearly exhausted body was suddenly flooded with warm currents. A gentle new force moistened his withered body like a trickle. Even his brain, which was exhausted due to intense brain work and fighting and felt like it was about to explode, became much more relaxed, just like his tired body.
"The effect is really good. Is there any more?" Stark asked.
"Do you want to give it to Banner and the others? Captain will take good care of them. Let's go first." Tony understood what he was thinking and said what Stark was thinking. He pushed him and replied.
"Don't we need to get rid of him first? Believe me, he's incredibly powerful." Stark turned his head to look at the thunder-shimmering battlefield, and asked Tony, whose face looked exactly like his own when he was young. He still felt a little uneasy, thinking that Tony and the others had underestimated Thanos.
"That's why we need to stabilize everything as quickly as possible. The tunnel is so narrow right now, it's a bit of a stretch to describe it as a trickling water pipe. Do you know how much energy Luke expended to stabilize this tunnel and get us here? You don't want to know! And you don't want to know how much debt you've incurred from him because of this gamble!
I have money, but it's not much. It's barely enough to support Dr. Banner and me in our research and to pay for the use of the data dimension. If you're planning to borrow money from me to pay off your debt, please allow me to reject you in person right now!
Tony patted his shoulder with pity. "The data dimension is connecting to this universe, but with Luke's single-channel network and these small dripping pipes, it takes a lot of time to connect to a framework, and this time will cause Luke to consume more energy, which will also cause you and your family to owe Luke more debt. I can't watch you fall into this bottomless pit. The last person to fall into this pit was an unlucky guy named Nick Fury. Although he had exerted all his abilities and tried his best to make money, he still owed Luke a debt. It was so miserable.
We're people who have had experience with the data dimension, so we can more quickly build equipment to widen and stabilize the channel, allowing the data dimension to connect here more quickly. Even if we really need to call for help later, they won't have to squeeze through the small water pipe. Luke will have to use his dimensional rainbow bridge to forcibly widen the route."
The space around Strange began to wrinkle like a mirror, and the surrounding space and terrain began to constantly change and reorganize. The two Starks moved farther and farther away from them as the space stretched and extended, and were eventually locked outside the mirror dimension.
He looked at the exhausted Natasha and the others and wanted to take them out of the battlefield, but saw Captain Rogers going over to them. Strange hesitated for a moment and simply pulled Natasha and the others a little further away from the battlefield.
"It looks like you need help." Rogers landed slowly beside Natasha and the others and spoke gently. The golden light on his body was like a ribbon, and several strands of it emerged from his body and tied around Natasha and the others' wrists.
A comforting surge of energy flowed through their bodies, cleansing their weary muscles and their charged spirits. Like a spring flowing into a dry pond, they felt the strength welling up within them again, their own incredibly strong fighting spirit, and the courage they possessed in the face of Thanos's might, often eclipsed by despair.
"Captain?" Natasha and the others looked at their own mecha captain, and then looked at the captain of another team who looked like an angel or a charlatan and gave people a strong sense of trust. For a moment, they didn't know how to address him.
"You can call me whatever you want, Captain, Rogers, or Steve." The captain increased the energy output of his ring, turning Natasha and the others into golden little golden men.
"If you still want to continue fighting, then I will be with you and use my power to protect you."
Rogers contributed his energy with ease. Although he had temporarily left his energy domain and lost the source of his continuous energy supply after arriving in the alien universe, the energy stored in his ring was enough to sustain his elite team for a long period of high-intensity combat.
A red cape tumbled to the ground, and Thor placed his hammer on the ground to stabilize his momentum. Seeing the two captains and Natasha looking at him in astonishment, he rubbed his head embarrassedly: "Mistake, mistake! This guy is quite powerful. It's a bit like putting me under pressure from the father of the gods. I should have asked Hulk to come as well."
Having said that, without waiting for anyone to reply, he rushed forward again, swinging Mjolnir around, and started a close combat with Thanos.
"I still can't appreciate this reckless fighting style, even though it's really first-rate and shocking to watch." Frank silently loaded ammunition in mid-air, providing powerful long-range support.
In terms of offensive power capable of inflicting greater damage, Frank was no less capable than anyone else present. The energy he controlled was inherently the most powerful in terms of pure lethality and destructive power within the mental energy category.
Also, it is the most dangerous type!
With the aid of the Serene Sapphire, Frank had honed his already strong will even further. A year or two ago, he had begun mastering unassisted energy. Although breaking free from the Serene Sapphire's aid was difficult, Frank viewed it as a way to further strengthen his will.
It wasn't smooth sailing at first. He often felt as if his mind was on the brink of madness, consumed by his heart energy. He felt as if he had one foot halfway over the edge of the cliff, and a single breeze could upset this fragile balance, sending him plummeting into a dark, bottomless abyss from which he couldn't climb out. All it took was the slightest wavering, the slightest weakness in his will, for that breeze to blow and shatter his equilibrium.
He stumbled over, treading on thin ice, and controlled the boiling and infectious energy with a strong mental will. He gradually found the limit of his control, and as time went by, he raised and widened this limit bit by bit.
Today, as long as he does not release energy that exceeds the limit of his mental will barrier in an instant, he is no longer affected by emotional forces such as anger, and instead becomes their master, controlling them as if by his own arm.
This is the most difficult method to control, but it also maximizes the unique characteristics and lethality of this power. For example, right now, although Frank's attacks are infrequent, each well-timed, charged strike leaves a penetrating wound on Thanos's terrifying form. The energy lock's inherent tracking property ensures that a single hit is equivalent to countless subsequent hits.
After several attacks, Frank had become a damage dealer that Thanos could not ignore. The damage caused by his attacks alone was more than the damage caused by Stark and his entire team before!
Thanos wanted to free up his hands to deal with the other party, but Young Thor and Strange were holding him tightly, limiting his space to move. It's not that he hadn't tried to attack by surprise, but with the entire mirror dimension under Strange's control, the moment he got close, the space between him and Frank would be stretched.
A rough and tumble man, a disgusting control mage, a powerful long-range output, and a halo master who can join the battlefield at any time, this combination makes Thanos want to vomit.