Chapter 343
Under the joint attack of the group, the Black Monster's eyes began to sustain damage. It let out a scream, its body trembling violently, and the Dark Power continuously dissipated. However, just when everyone thought victory was in sight, the Black Monster suddenly let out a weird laugh.
"Do you think you can defeat me like this? Too naive!" The Black Monster's voice echoed in the darkness, full of evil and mockery. Its body began to undergo strange changes, and a more terrifying Dark Power surged from within it.
"No good, it's about to release even more powerful energy!" Hode was shocked; he could feel this Dark Powerwas even stronger than before, as if it could swallow the entire Universe.
The Black Monster stretched out its huge palm and slapped toward the group again. This time, its power seemed to rip the entire space apart. Hode and the others dodged, but the Black Monster's attack was too fierce, and they were still blown away.
Hode felt as if his body was being torn apart, the pain unbearable. He looked at the Black Monster getting closer and closer, his heart filled with unwillingness... He was unwilling to fail just like this, unwilling to let his companions fall into danger.
"I cannot give up; I must find a way to defeat it!" Hodeswore secretly in his heart, enduring the pain in his body, concentrating his spirit, and trying to establish a deeper connection with the mysterious power within him.
Just then, he suddenly felt a warm power surge from the bottom of his heart. That was the love and trust from his companions: Natasha's wisdom, Diana's courage, Felicia's tenderness. These powers, like trickling streams, gathered into a powerful torrent, churning within him.
"Companions, let's fight together!" Hode shouted, standing up, his body shining with golden light again. Natasha, Diana, and Felicia also stood up, their eyes filled with firmness and trust.
The Black Monster launched an attack again. This time, its attack was more violent, as if it wanted to completely destroy Hode and the others. Hode and the others were not afraid. They launched an attack at the same time, engaging in a thrilling decisive battle with the Black Monster.
During the battle, Hode kept recalling every bit of his time with his companions. Those memories were like bright lighthouses, guiding him forward in the darkness. He felt the bond between him and his companions growing deeper, and this bond gave him infinite power.
"Natasha, Diana, Felicia, let's protect this World together!" Hode shouted loudly, his voice echoing in the darkness, full of firmness and determination.
Natasha, Diana, and Felicia responded one after another: "Hode, we are with you!" Their voices were like a beautiful movement, playing a passionate war song in the darkness.
Under the joint attack of the group, more cracks began to appear on the Black Monster's body. However, just when they thought victory was in sight, a mysterious power suddenly surged out of the black hole again. This power seemed to come from the depths of the Universe, and it instantly wrapped around the Black Monster's body. The Black Monster's body began to undergo strange changes, and its power was enhanced again.
"This... what kind of power is this?" Hode was filled with horror; he didn't expect the Black Monster to be able to use this mysterious power to become so strong.
The Black Monster opened its eyes again, its gaze filled with endless evil and the desire for destruction. It stretched out its huge palm and launched its final attack on the group. This time, its power seemed to turn the entire Universe into nothingness.
Hode and the others gathered their final strength, preparing to meet this last attack. The battle broke out again. This time, they would face an existence beyond imagination...
Chapter 496: A New Dawn is Rising from the Horizon
Hode felt his spine groaning under the unbearable burden, the Black Monster's giant palm carrying Universe-level energy only ten meters away from him. Natasha suddenly knocked him aside from the side, the nano-armor on her special suit vaporized the moment it made contact. "Hode! Use that!" Her falling figure crossed his retina, retaining the unique cunning arc from her training days at S.H.I.E.L.D.
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly wrapped around Hode's waist, throwing him into the air. Divine power surged within him, resonating strangely with the lingering warmth of Natasha. He saw Felicia turn into an afterimage, her Talon scratching a Z-shaped trajectory sparking on the monster's Energy Shield—that was the ancient Vibraniumrune writing she taught him when they were cuddling on a Brooklyn rooftop last night.
"Triple Ensemble!" Hode forcibly twisted his body in the air, golden energy gushing from his fingertips. Natasha's tactical thinking flashed in his mind like a Data Stream, Diana's divine power turned into liquid light wrapping his whole body, and Felicia's agility gave him feline-like balance. The three energies formed a triangular cycle within him, actually freezing the Black Monster's giant energy palm in mid-air.
"Now!" Iron Man's War Armor soared from the ruins, and the Repulsor Ray intertwined with Batman's bat missiles in the air to form a net. But the monster suddenly opened its abyss-like mouth, swallowing all attacks. Hode felt his soul was about to be sucked in, but at the edge of his consciousness, he saw Natasha mouthing to him: Think about that time at the Gotham pier.
Memories split the darkness like lightning. The rainy night in Gotham, Natasha crashed into his arms, soaking wet, her tactical belt still wrapped with half a Joker laughing gas bomb. They were kissing in the gap of a shipping container, the temperature of her tongue hotter than any weapon. At this moment, that heat was surging in his blood vessels. Hode suddenly let go of the Lasso of Truth, letting his body fall toward the monster's giant mouth.
"Hode!" Diana's exclamation and Felicia's Talon arrived at the same time. But Hode opened his arms in the fall, and the golden energy suddenly collapsed into a black hole-like vortex. Natasha's tactical thinking allowed him to precisely capture the fluctuation frequency of the monster's energy core, Diana's divine power turned into a shield wrapping Felicia's Talon—the three forces exploded into a brilliant light burst inside the monster's body.
The Black Monster let out an inhuman scream, and starlight like a galaxy seeped out from the cracks on its body. Hode seized the opportunity to grab the monster's fangs, and the perfume scent Natasha left on his neck suddenly became intense. That was the Midnight Passion she always sprayed before performing a mission, but now it became a rope anchoring reality. He heard Dianachanting the Amazon war song above, the sound waves shattering half of the monster's shoulder armor; Felicia's Talon was injecting Vibranium toxin along the cracks.
"Not enough..." Hode bit the tip of his tongue, the bloody taste exploding in his mouth. He remembered his first encounter with Felicia in the Sahara Desert, where she pounced on him like a leopard in a sandstorm. The touch of her fingertips across his chest at that time was surprisingly similar to the pulse of the monster's energy core at this moment. Hode suddenly pressed his palm against the surface of the core, and the golden energy actually began to assimilate the darkness.
The Black Monster let out a fearful trembling sound, its body suddenly quantumizing and reorganizing. Hode felt his consciousness being torn into countless fragments, but in every fragment, he saw different female figures: Natasharaising her eyebrows at him in the S.H.I.E.L.D. archive room, Diana crowning him on the peak of Mount Olympus, Feliciasecretly putting sugar cubes into his coffee in the Brooklyn apartment... These memory fragments turned into chains, re-anchoring the reorganizing monster in the reality dimension.
"Now!" Iron Man's voice came from a distant dimension. Hode saw twelve anti-matter missiles penetrate the space crack, but they were converted into light energy by Diana's Lasso of Truth the moment they touched the monster. Felicia suddenly appeared behind him, her Talon piercing into his spine—not an attack, but injecting Vibraniumnanobots into his energy cycle. Natasha's phantom emerged from the Quantum Realm, writing tactical algorithms directly into his cerebral cortex.
The monster let out a final roar, its body beginning to collapse into a micro black hole. Hode felt his consciousness was about to be sucked away, but at the edge of the black hole, he saw Natasha's real figure falling. Her suit was damaged, her left arm twisted unnaturally, but she still gave him that familiar, cunning smile: "This time... let me push you."
"No!" Hode erupted with unprecedented energy. Diana's divine power, Felicia's agility, and Natasha's wisdom formed a perfect closed loop within him, and the golden energy suddenly reversed into pure White light. He hugged Natasha's broken body and rushed into the black hole, but at the moment of crossing the singularity, he saw the possibilities of all parallel Worlds: in one World he became a dictator, in another they all died in battle, and at this moment—
White light exploded.
Hode knelt on the scorched Earth, and Natasha in his arms was quantum reorganizing. Diana's Lasso of Truthwrapped around Felicia's Talon, injecting the final light energy into Natasha's chest. Iron Man's faceplate cracked, revealing Tony Stark's pale smile: "Looks like we created a new Universe constant." Batman's cape fluttered in the heat wave, and Bruce Wayne's voice was hoarse: "But what is the cost?"
Natasha suddenly opened her eyes, her tactical goggles reflecting the starry sky: "Worth it." Her fingertips brushed across Hode's cheek, where Felicia's lip print still remained. Diana turned the Lasso into a laurel wreath and placed it on Hode's head, while Felicia tied a Vibranium collar around his neck—the energy imprints of the three women circulated under his skin, forming a new power circuit.
"They are coming." Hode looked toward the horizon. Countless Black Monsters were pouring out of the space cracks, but this time there was no fear in his eyes. Natasha's tactical thinking projected attack trajectories on his retina, Diana's divine power surged in his blood vessels, and Felicia's agility gave him the ability to predict the future. When the first monster pounced, the energy of the four of them erupted simultaneously, and the golden, silver, blue, and red lights intertwined into a net.
The battle lasted for seven days and seven nights. When the last monster turned into stardust, Hode knelt in the ruins, four intertwined rings lying in his palm—Natasha's tactical chip, Diana's Amazon amulet, Felicia's Vibraniumscale, and a wedding invitation from a parallel World that appeared in his pocket out of nowhere.
"Next date," Natasha leaned on his shoulder panting, her suit still sparking with electric sparks, "go to a Worldwithout alien invaders?" Diana was using divine power to heal Felicia's wounds, and smiled upon hearing this. Felicia's Talon gently brushed across the back of Hode's hand: "How about going to my secret Base? There is the softest..."
The alarm sound suddenly tore through the night sky. Hode looked at the sky, a new crack was tearing through the atmosphere. But this time, he gripped the four rings tightly, and the three energies achieved unprecedented harmony within him. Natasha's tactical goggles lit up again, Diana's Lasso began to resonate, and Felicia's tail wrapped around his waist.
"Looks like the honeymoon will have to be postponed." Hode kissed Natasha's fingertips, and golden energy enveloped his whole body again. Behind them, Iron Man's War Armor and Batman's cape shone in the moonlight, and a new dawn was rising from the horizon.
Chapter 497: Refracting Nightmare-like Colors in the Moonlight
Hode felt the four rings burning in his palm, Natasha's chip projected a holographic star map, Diana's amulet poured out a galaxy-like light flow, and Felicia's scale was reorganizing his bone structure. The monsters pouring out of the new crack were no longer as black as night, but tinged with an eerie violet, and crystal spikes grew from their joints, refracting nightmare-like colors in the moonlight.
"This time, Universe-level mages are involved." Natasha's tactical goggles flashed a scarlet warning, she tore off her damaged bracer to reveal a mechanical prosthetic arm, sparks flying as the nano-blade popped out. Hodesuddenly understood the exhaustion in her eyes—the seven days and nights of continuous fighting had brought the Black Widow's regenerative cells to the brink of depletion, but her back was still straight.
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly tightened like a bowstring, and the phantom of an ancient Amazon tomb appeared in the silver radiance. "They are summoning the kin of Cthulhu." Her voice carried the echoes of an ancient war song, the laurel wreath trembling in her hair, each petal turning into a miniature shield floating in the air. The tip of Felicia's tail swept across the back of Hode's neck, the injected Vibranium nanobots instantly strengthening his visual nerves, and he saw a dark matter vortex similar to a Flerken surging within the monster.
"Triangular Protocol · Modified." Hode pressed the four rings against his chest, and the golden energy suddenly split into a rainbow spectrum. Natasha's chip data, Diana's divine power frequency, and Felicia's agility fluctuations formed a three-dimensional energy net within him. When the first amethyst monster pounced, Hode's body automatically decomposed into light particles, and reorganized the moment the monster penetrated his body—this was a new ability he learned from Felicia's quantum entanglement training.
Iron Man's War Armor rose from the seabed, the reactor on his chest spewing azure plasma: "Detected space folding anomaly!" Batman's cape turned into sky-covering bat wings, and Bruce's voice came from the shadows: "They are rewriting the laws of physics." Hode felt his consciousness being stretched into a thin film, Natashasuddenly kissed his lips, and the virus program in the tactical chip was injected into his body along with her saliva—that was the decompilation code she had secretly written in the medical bay last night.
Now! Natasha's scream and Diana's battle cry exploded simultaneously.
Hode fused the virus code with the spectrum of divine power, forming a golden Data Stream that surged into the rift.
Felicia transformed into silver lightning, weaving through the swarm of monsters; every claw strike carved a Vibranium rune onto the surface of the monsters' crystals.
When the last monster turned into data dust, Hode saw the scarlet patterns of the Scarlet Witch's Chaos Magicemerge from the depths of the rift.
"Wanda?" Natasha's tactical visor flashed with surprise, and her mechanical fingers suddenly trembled uncontrollably—this was a physiological reaction when encountering a loved one.
Hode felt his heart gripped by an invisible hand, and he recalled that fatal encounter with the Scarlet Witch in the Quantum Realm: at that time, to save the out-of-control Vision, she had nearly torn apart the entire Multiverse.
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly wrapped around Hode's wrist, and her divine power wrote an ancient warning in his veins: her soul has been corrupted by Chaos Magic.
The tip of Felicia's tail pierced his spine, but the sedative injected was instantly neutralized by some kind of Dark Power.
Hode looked toward the closing rift and saw Wanda's pale face flash through the turbulent energy; her scarlet pupils reflected countless collapsing Universes.
"We must go save her." Hode's voice stunned everyone.
Natasha's mechanical fingers dug into his shoulder: "Are you crazy? She is a walking singularity now!"
Diana's amulet projected a doomsday prophecy, and Felicia's sharp claws pressed against his throat: "Last time you were almost torn apart by her reality warping!"
But Hode had already gripped the four rings and walked toward the rift.
Natasha's chip projected the best escape route onto his retina, Diana's divine power formed an Energy Shieldaround him, and Felicia's agility granted him the ability to traverse the energy storm.
Just before the rift closed completely, he leaped into the scarlet vortex.
Falling.
Eternal falling.
Hode's bones were reconstructed in the quantum tide, and Natasha's chip data was constantly being tampered with by Chaos Magic.
He saw countless versions of himself: in one spacetime he became Wanda's puppet king, and in another, his corpse was being disintegrated by Chaos Magic.
Diana's voice suddenly came from the void: "Hold fast to your heart!"
Her divine power acted as an anchor, fixing him in the reality dimension.
"Hode..." Wanda's voice carried the sorrow of cosmic echoes, and her figure appeared and disappeared in the flow of energy.
Countless scarlet chains extended from the void, and every chain was threaded with screaming souls—these were fragments of parallel Worlds consumed by Chaos Magic.
Hode felt his consciousness beginning to split, and the nanobots injected by Felicia suddenly constructed a mind maze inside his brain.
"Do you still remember the rain at the Gotham docks?" Natasha's voice pierced through the chaos, her phantom appearing before Hode, her mechanical fingers interlocking with his.
Diana's battle song transformed into solid sound waves, shattering the chains wrapped around Wanda.
Felicia's silver figure wove through the gaps in the chains, every claw strike planting seeds of light on the surface of the chains.
Hode suddenly released all the rings.
Golden energy surged from his pores, forming a yin-yang vortex with the Chaos Magic.
He saw the Dark Power core deep within Wanda's pupils—that was the manifestation of her obsession with the death of Vision.
Natasha's chip data suddenly resonated strangely with the Chaos Magic, Diana's divine power acted as a bridge connecting the two extremes, and Felicia's agility allowed him to pinpoint his position precisely within the turbulent energy.
"Wanda, he never truly left." Hode's voice carried the composite frequency of the three's energy, and he gripped Wanda's hand, which was beginning to crystallize.
Countless memory fragments flowed between them: Vision teaching Wanda how to bake blueberry muffins with the Mind Stone for the first time, them watching the sunrise from the top floor of Avengers Tower, and that final time, Vision dissipating into a Data Stream in Hode's arms.
The Chaos Magic began to recede.
Tears of blood dripped from the corners of Wanda's eyes, blooming into silver lotuses in the void.
Hode felt his soul torn into a thousand pieces and reconstructed simultaneously; when he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on scorched Earth, with the four rings fused into a heart-shaped pendant hanging in front of his chest.
"Welcome back." Natasha's mechanical fingers smoothed his scorched hair tips, and her combat suit still bore the scorch marks of Chaos Magic.
Diana's Lasso of Truth was wrapped around Felicia's tail, and the two were using divine power and agility to repair the shattered atmosphere at the "705u.com-53 Reading Club."
Iron Man's War Armor salvaged Wanda from the seabed, and the Vision consciousness entity in her arms was slowly reconstructing.
"It seems we have created new possibilities." Tony's voice carried the hoarseness of surviving a disaster.
Bruce's mask cracked, revealing a long-lost smile: "But this time, the price was worth it."
Hode gripped the pendant tightly, and the three types of energy formed a perfect Mobius loop inside him.
Natasha's tactical visor reflected the city under reconstruction, Diana's battle song echoed in the clouds, and the tip of Felicia's tail hooked his little finger.
When the first ray of sunlight pierced through the dark clouds, a new alarm sounded from the horizon—this time, it was a green swarm of Chitauri motherships.
"It seems the honeymoon will be postponed indefinitely." Hode kissed the pendant, and golden energy once again enveloped his entire body.
Behind him, Wanda and the consciousness entity of Visionintertwined into a brilliant band of light, and the War Armors of the Avengers and the Justice League shone brightly under the morning sun.
And a new rift was quietly opening outside the atmosphere.
Chapter 498: This Time, We Won't Let You Succeed
Hode gazed at the green rift slowly tearing across the sky, the pendant on his chest slightly hot.
He felt Diana's divine power being injected into his body along the Lasso of Truth, and Natasha's mechanical fingers had already quietly rested on his waist—she could always convey silent encouragement in this way before a crisis.
The tip of Felicia's tail brushed lightly against his ankle, and Vibranium nanobots roamed under his skin, bringing a familiar tingling sensation of electricity.
"This time it's the Chitauri." Tony's voice came from the Iron Man armor with the humor of electronic static, but their mothership swarm was three times larger than the wave from five years ago, and it was mixed with the energy fluctuations of the Kree Empire.
Bruce's Batman mask glowed with a deep blue light: "They seem to be looking for some kind of coordinate; I detect that the Earth's magnetic field is being tampered with."
Hode felt the pendant in his palm begin to vibrate, and the three strands of energy intertwined into a complex circuit in his veins.
He recalled training with Diana on Themyscira, where she used the Lasso of Truth to teach him to control the rhythm of divine power; he recalled Natasha in the ruins of the Red Room, using her mechanical fingers to write the decompiler password on his palm; and he recalled Feliciain the quantum laboratory, using the tip of her tail dipped in Vibranium solution to draw an agility matrix on his back.
"I smell a familiar scent." Wanda suddenly appeared behind the crowd, the Vision consciousness entity in her arms had already condensed into a translucent outline, and Loki's scepter fluctuated but was obscured by some kind of Chaos Magic.
When Hode turned his head, he saw a Data Stream flash across Natasha's tactical visor.
She suddenly grabbed Hode's wrist, the touch of her mechanical fingers colder than usual: "Listen, this time you must use my ability as bait."
She pressed the micro energy source 857 into his palm, "I have cracked the Chitauri's defense protocol, but someone needs to infiltrate the mothership core."
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly wrapped around Hode's ankle, and her divine power climbed up his calf: "I will go with you."
Her laurel wreath began to spin, and the petals transformed into micro War Armor covering his entire body, but this time you must follow my combat rhythm.
The tip of Felicia's tail suddenly coiled around Hode's neck, and Vibranium nanobots formed a communicator behind his ear: "Don't forget my agility boost."
She licked her lips, her scarlet tongue tip flickering in the sunlight, "If you get caught by the Chitauri, remember to call my name."
When the first Chitauri ship broke through the atmosphere, Hode had already transformed into golden lightning.
Diana's divine power formed a silver vortex around him, Natasha's energy source flashed into a scarlet dot on his chest, and Felicia's agility allowed him to weave through energy beams like a ghost.
He saw Loki's scepter floating in the core of the mothership, the gem at the tip of the scepter resonating with the Earth's magnetic field.
"Now!" Natasha's voice suddenly exploded in his ears, carrying the characteristic mechanical tremor.
Hode felt his consciousness divided into three strands: Diana's divine power allowed him to see the flow of time around the scepter clearly, Natasha's energy source constructed a defense matrix for him, and Felicia's agility granted him the ability to predict attack trajectories.
The moment his fingers touched the scepter, the entire mothership suddenly shook violently.
Countless Chitauri soldiers poured out from the shadows, their weapons glowing with the deep blue light of the Kree Empire.
Hode felt his skin beginning to burn, and the three "705u.com-53 Reading Club" energies clashed inside him—Diana's divine power wanted to purify the scepter, Natasha's energy source attempted to analyze its structure, and Felicia's agility instinctively sought an escape route.
"Hold on!" Diana's battle cry pierced through the metal bulkhead, and her Lasso of Truth transformed into a long whip, lashing out at the lunging Chitauri soldiers.
Natasha's mechanical fingers suddenly inserted into the console, and the virus program spread along the Data Stream: "I've found the energy core, but it needs thirty seconds to crack!"
The tip of Felicia's tail pierced into Hode's spine, and the injected sedative cleared his mind.
He saw his reflection in the scepter's gem: half of his body was burning with the flames of divine power, half was wrapped in a scarlet Data Stream, and silver agility patterns flickered at his spine.
The three energies formed a delicate balance within him, just like the Mobius loop he had once observed in the quantum laboratory.
"Now!" Natasha's scream and Diana's battle cry rang out simultaneously.
Hode felt his consciousness stretched into a thin film, and the three energies suddenly fused into a pure white light.
The moment he grasped the scepter, the entire energy network of the mothership unfolded before his eyes—those flashing nodes, the flowing energy, constituted a massive cosmic star chart.
When Hode channeled the scepter's energy into the pendant, he heard countless voices echoing in his mind.
Diana's battle song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, and Wanda's whispered warning in the Chaos Magic.
He saw his soul divided into three energy streams, weaving into a new dimension in the void.
The shockwave from the mothership's sudden explosion threw him away, but the shield formed by the three energies kept him safe and sound.
He saw Diana's Lasso of Truth wrap around the falling wreckage, Natasha's mechanical prosthetic limb pop out nano-blades to cut through the burning metal, and the tip of Felicia's tail coil around his waist to pull him toward a safe zone.
When they landed on the scorched Earth, Hode discovered that the pendant had absorbed the scepter's energy, and complex runes had emerged on its surface.
"What did you do?" Bruce's voice came from the shadows, his Batwing circling in the air.
"Established a new energy channel." Hode gripped the pendant tightly, and the three energies formed a tiny vortex in his palm, but it seemed to have triggered some kind of defense mechanism.
Wanda suddenly appeared before them, and the Visionconsciousness entity in her arms had already fully materialized: "A wormhole has appeared in Earth's outer space; I detect energy fluctuations from the Black Order."
Tony's War Armor suddenly sounded an alarm: "Resonance frequency of the Mind Stone detected, but it is being interfered with by some unknown power."
Hode felt the pendant begin to heat up, and the three energies flowed crazily inside him.
He recalled watching the sunrise with Diana on the summit of Mount Olympus, where she once said that divine power is the breath of the Universe; he recalled Natasha in the ruins of the Red Room, using her mechanical fingers to draw a star chart on his palm; and he recalled Felicia in the quantum laboratory, using the tip of her tail dipped in Vibranium solution to write a forbidden formula on his back.
"I'll open the path this time." Hode released the pendant, and the three energies suddenly erupted into a golden beam of light.
He saw Diana's divine power unfold wings behind him, Natasha's energy source transform into a Data Streamsurrounding his body, and Felicia's agility grant him the ability to cross dimensions.
When the wormhole opened before them, he heard the voices of countless versions of himself echoing in the darkness.
The Black Order's flagship slowly sailed out of the wormhole, and Thanos's phantom appeared on the bridge.
Five Infinity Stones were embedded in his Infinity Gauntlet, but the sixth slot was emitting an eerie glow.
Hode felt his consciousness sucked into the vortex of the gems, and he saw countless parallel Universes collapsing before his eyes: in one spacetime, Earth had turned into cosmic dust, and in another, the Avengers and the Justice League were slaughtering each other.
"You have finally come." Thanos's voice carried the majesty of cosmic echoes; his left hand held Loki's scepter, and his right hand held the Mind Stone, but this time, what you have to face is not just the Infinity Gauntlet.
Hode felt the pendant begin to absorb the energy of the Infinity Stones, and the three energies formed a new balance within him.
He saw Diana's Lasso of Truth wrap around Thanos's left hand, Natasha's nano-blades stab toward his throat, and the tip of Felicia's tail pierce into his spine.
But Thanos just chuckled, and the power of the Infinity Stones instantly blasted them away.
When Thanos's right hand reached for the sixth gem, Hodesuddenly released the pendant.
The three energies formed a golden vortex in his palm, resonating with the energy of the Infinity Stones.
He saw the surprise in Thanos's pupils and heard Diana's battle song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, and Felicia's breathing intertwining in his ears.
"This time, we won't let you succeed." Hode's voice carried the composite frequency of the three energies, and he gripped Thanos's wrist, which was beginning to crystallize.
Countless memory fragments flowed between them: in one spacetime, Thanos saved the Universe using the Infinity Gauntlet, and in another, his daughter Gamora was dissipating in his arms.
The energy of the Infinity Stones began to run wild.
Thanos's phantom began to flicker, and runes identical to those on Hode's pendant appeared on the surface of his Infinity Gauntlet.
When Hode injected the three types of energy into the sixth Infinity Stone, he felt his soul being torn into thousands of pieces and reassembled simultaneously.
When he opened his eyes again, he found himself floating in the center of a wormhole, with the pendant fused into a new Infinity Stone floating before his chest.
"Welcome to the real battlefield."
Thanos's voice came from all directions; his phantom was fighting countless versions of himself.
Hode felt his consciousness stretched into a thin film. He saw Diana's Lasso of Truth wrapped around Felicia's tail, and Natasha's mechanical fingers sparking as they collided with Bruce's Batarangs.
When the first ray of starlight pierced through the wormhole, a new alarm sounded from the depths of the darkness.
This time, it was a purple energy fluctuation, carrying the familiar aura of Chaos Magic.
Hode gripped the new Infinity Stone tightly, the three energies forming a perfect cycle within him.
Behind him, Diana's battle song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, and Felicia's breathing wove together into a new war drum.
And in the depths of the wormhole, a familiar figure was slowly emerging; the Vision consciousness in her arms was flickering with a strange light.
Chapter 499: They Are Waiting for His Return in an Unknown Dimension
Hode felt the new Infinity Stone warming slightly in his chest, the three currents of energy flowing through his meridians faster than ever before.
Diana's battle song reverberated in his ears, Natasha's electronic heartbeat echoed within his skull, and Felicia's breathing turned into an electric current that surged up his spine to the back of his neck.
He looked down at his right hand, where the stone was fused; starlike halos flowed beneath his skin, as if he were holding the pulse of the entire Universe.
"Watch out!" Natasha's warning suddenly pierced his consciousness.
Hode snapped his head up to see Thanos's phantom reforming at the edge of the wormhole, the six stones on his Infinity Gauntlet erupting with crimson light simultaneously.
The moment those beams were about to strike Diana, Hode instinctively spread his arms, the three energies forming a golden shield that enveloped them.
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly wrapped around his waist, divine power surging in through the point of contact.
"Don't resist it head-on!" she shouted, a light screen blooming from the laurel wreath above his head, "This is the reverse manipulation of the Time Stone!"
Hode felt the flow of time becoming chaotic; his hair tips were turning white and recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He gritted his teeth and injected the three energies into the newly acquired Infinity Stone, the six beams refracting into rainbow-like trajectories on the surface of the shield.
The tip of Felicia's tail suddenly pierced the back of his neck, injecting a mixture of sedatives and Vibraniumnanobots into his blood.
Data Streams from the Quantum Lab flashed before Hode's eyes; he saw the energy trajectory of the Time Stone forming a Mobius strip on the shield's surface.
"Found the loophole!" he roared, his right fist, wrapped in three-colored energy, slamming toward a specific spacetime coordinate.
A crisp sound like shattering glass came from the depths of the wormhole, and Thanos's phantom began to flicker again.
"Well done." Tony's voice came from within the War Armor, filled with static-laced praise, "But the real trouble is still ahead."
Hode turned to look and saw Wanda using Chaos Magic to weave a giant cocoon, trapping a purple figure in the center.
He recognized it as Thanos in his purple potato form, but the double-edged blade in the opponent's hand was glowing with a ghostly blue light that did not belong to this Universe.
Bruce's Batarangs suddenly cut through the air, striking sparks against Thanos's War Armor.
"His energy fluctuations are wrong." Bruce's voice came from the shadows, sounding as if he were possessed by some unknown entity.
Hode felt the Infinity Stones in the pendant begin to sound an alarm. He saw reflections of countless Worlds flash in Thanos's pupils—in one timeline, Thanos was weeping while holding Gamora's corpse; in another, he was handing the Infinity Gauntlet to a Silver-haired woman.
"He has seen the future," Diana suddenly said, the Lasso of Truth pulled taut as a string at her fingertips, "but not our future."
Hode felt divine power coming through the lasso, sketching fragments of Thanos's memories in his mind: in a certain parallel Universe, after collecting all the stones, Thanoshanded the gauntlet to a Silver-haired woman who had mastered Chaos Magic.
And that woman... He snapped his head toward the Visionin Wanda's arms, discovering that the light on the surface of the consciousness entity was resonating with the ghostly blue energy on Thanos's blade.
"Wanda!" Hode shouted as he rushed toward the Chaos Magic cocoon, three energies forming a shield on his body.
The moment he touched the magic barrier, countless voices exploded in his mind—Diana's battle song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, and... the whispers Wanda once made in the Quantum Lab.
He saw Wanda's soul split into two halves; one half was confronting Thanos inside the cocoon, while the other was standing in some unknown dimension, looking down at them.
"So that's it." Hode suddenly understood, the three energies forming a golden vortex in his palm.
He turned to look at Diana: "Help me buy three seconds."
Diana nodded in understanding, the laurel wreath transforming into countless sharp blades that shot toward Thanos.
Natasha's mechanical fingers simultaneously popped out nano-blades, and the tip of Felicia's tail wrapped around Hode's waist, flinging him into the air.
The moment Hode gripped the Infinity Stones, he felt his consciousness pulled into a chaotic space.
Countless figures of Wanda flickered around him, each holding a different form of Chaos Magic.
"Choose," their voices rang out in unison, "will you save this Universe, or..."
Hode suddenly remembered the decompiler password Natasha had taught him in the ruins of the Red Room, and the forbidden formula Felicia had written on his back with the tip of her tail.
He snapped his eyes open, forcibly fusing the three energies with Chaos Magic.
"No!" Wanda's scream came from the magic cocoon, but it was too late.
Hode felt his soul torn into pieces, each carrying different memories: in one timeline, he watched the sunrise with Diana on the summit of Mount Olympus; in another, Natasha's mechanical fingers were drawing star charts in his palm; and there was... the word "Eternity" that Feliciahad written on his back in the Quantum Lab, dipping the tip of her tail in Vibranium solution.
When Hode opened his eyes again, he found himself floating in the center of a star chart composed of Infinity Stones.
Diana's divine power, Natasha's energy source, Felicia's agility, and Wanda's Chaos Magic—the four energies formed a perfect balance within him.
He saw Thanos's phantom reforming in the distance, but this time, the seventh slot on the opponent's gauntlet was emitting an eerie light.
"What have you done?" Thanos's voice carried the anger of a cosmic echo.
Hode gripped the new Infinity Stone, the four energies transforming into a golden whip that lashed out at his opponent.
The moment the whip touched Thanos, he saw countless parallel Universes collapsing and reforming before his eyes—in one timeline, the Avengers and the Justice Leaguewere fighting side by side; in another, Thanos was handing the Infinity Gauntlet to a Silver-haired woman, and that woman's face...
"Wanda?" Hode suddenly froze. He saw Wanda, controlled by Chaos Magic, emerging behind Thanos.
The Vision consciousness in her arms had become completely materialized, but its pupils were flickering with a crimson light that did not belong to this Universe.
Thanos suddenly chuckled, the power of the Infinity Stones instantly blasting Hode away.
When Hode slammed into a meteorite at the edge of the wormhole, he felt the four energies running wild within him.
Diana's battle song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, and the whispers of Wanda's Chaos Magic—all these sounds wove together in his mind into a frenzied symphony.
He saw his skin beginning to crystallize, runes of the Infinity Stones spreading across his body, as if they were turning him into a new Thanos.
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"No..." Hode struggled to control the energy, but it was too late.
He felt his consciousness being sucked into an unknown dimension, where he saw countless versions of himself fighting different enemies: in one timeline, he was confronting Tony in black War Armor; in another, he was restraining Bruce with the Lasso of Truth; and in the deepest part... he saw a Silver-haired woman standing at the end of the Universe, holding an Infinity Stone identical to his.
When Hode regained consciousness, he found himself standing in a void.
Countless fragments of parallel Universes floated all around, each reflecting a different scene.
He heard Diana's battle song coming from one fragment, but the singing was mixed with Natasha's electronic warning sounds.
Felicia's breathing echoed in another fragment, but the tail end of the sound turned into the roar of Wanda's Chaos Magic.
"Welcome to the real battlefield." The Silver-haired woman's voice suddenly rang out. She walked out of a cosmic fragment, the light of the Infinity Stone in her hand even more dazzling than his.
Hode felt his soul begin to tremble. He recognized the crimson light in her pupils—it was the color of Chaos Magic, but deeper than Wanda's.
...
"Who exactly are you?" Hode gripped the Infinity Stone in his hand, the four energies forming a shield on his body.
The Silver-haired woman suddenly chuckled, her laughter causing the entire space to tremble.
"I am you," she said, her fingertip lightly touching Hode's chest, "and I am them."
The moment the Silver-haired woman's fingertip touched the Infinity Stone, Hode felt his consciousness being torn apart completely.
He saw countless versions of himself awakening in different Universes, each holding a different Infinity Stone.
In one timeline, he was kissing Diana on Themyscira; in another, Natasha's mechanical fingers were drawing forbidden symbols in his palm; and in the deepest part... he saw the tip of Felicia's tail wrapped around his waist, while Wanda's Chaos Magic wove an eternal cocoon around them.
"Choose," the Silver-haired woman's voice echoed in every cosmic fragment, "will you continue to be the hero who saves the World, or..."
Hode suddenly felt his consciousness beginning to sink. He saw countless figures of Wanda appearing at the end of the Universe, each Wanda holding a different form of the Vision consciousness entity.
And the light of those consciousness entities was resonating with the Infinity Stone in the Silver-haired woman's hand.
When the first ray of light that did not belong to this Universe pierced through the void, Hode heard Diana's battle song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, and the whispers of Wanda's Chaos Magic; all these sounds wove together in his mind into an eternal elegy.
He gripped the Infinity Stone in his hand tightly, the four energies forming a perfect vortex in his palm.
And behind him, countless fragments of parallel Universes were slowly reforming, each fragment reflecting new possibilities—in one timeline, he was fighting side by side with the Silver-haired woman; in another, they were waiting for his return in an unknown dimension.
Chapter 500: Voices Echoing in Every Cosmic Fragment
Hode fell through the void, countless memory fragments streaking past his eyes like meteors.
He saw Diana teaching him swordsmanship on the summit of Mount Olympus, Natasha using her mechanical fingers to draw star charts on his chest in the Red Room training grounds, Felicia writing formulas on his back in the Quantum Lab by dipping the tip of her tail in Vibraniumsolution, and Wanda whispering forbidden prophecies inside the Chaos Magic cocoon.
"You are distracted." The Silver-haired woman's voice suddenly rang in his ear; she had appeared behind Hodewithout him noticing, her fingertip pressing against the back of his neck.
Hode felt the energy of the Infinity Stone beginning to disorder, the four abilities colliding wildly within him, and light patterns of interwoven stars and chaos emerging beneath his skin.
"You are not me." Hode gritted his teeth, Chaos Magic and Diana's divine power forming a confrontation within his meridians.
He saw reflections of himself from countless parallel Universes in the Silver-haired woman's pupils—in one timeline, he was kissing the Silver-haired woman in the Dark Dimension; in another, she was placing the Infinity Gauntlet onto his trembling hand.
The Silver-haired woman suddenly chuckled, her fingertip stroking Hode's cheek: "What are you still resisting? Diana's battle song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, Wanda's Chaos "705u.com-53 Reading Club" magic... they are all waiting for you to make a choice."
Her voice carried an alluring quality; Hode felt his consciousness beginning to blur, and fragments of countless parallel Universes exploded before his eyes.
In one cosmic fragment, Hode saw himself standing side by side with Diana on a cliff on Themyscira.
Diana's Lasso of Truth was wrapped around his waist, divine power surging into his body through the point of contact.
"Remember this feeling," Diana's voice rang in his ear, "when the stars and divine power resonate, you are the Guardian of the Universe."
Chapter 344
The scene suddenly shifted; Natasha's mechanical fingers were pressed against his temples.
The alarm of the Red Room training ground echoed in his memory, and she said in a low voice, "Decompilation passwords are not a numbers game, Hode. These are rules written with life, just like..."
Her fingers suddenly applied more pressure, and Hode felt countless decryption moments flash through his mind, each accompanied by the roar of a mechanical heartbeat.
"Your tail is shaking." Felicia's voice suddenly came from below, and Hode looked down to see the black cat floating in the void space, her tail tip curling around a nano-blade.
"When your heartbeat synchronizes with my breathing," Felicia chuckled, her tail tip lightly brushing against Hode's nape, "we can open the other end of the quantum tunnel."
Hode felt his consciousness beginning to split; he saw himself making choices in reflections across different time and space: in one timeline, he was analyzing data with Natasha at S.H.I.E.L.D., in another, he was discussing the fusion of Divine Power and energy with Diana atop Mount Olympus, and in the deepest part... he saw Felicia's tail tip curling around his waist, while Wanda's Chaos Magicwove an eternal cocoon around them.
"Enough!" Hode roared suddenly, four energies forming a golden vortex in his palm, shaking off the Silver-haired woman's touch.
He felt his soul splitting and reforming across countless parallel Universes, with himself in each Universeexperiencing different stories: in one timeline, he was discussing tactics with Bruce in the Batcave, and in another, he was fighting side-by-side with Wanda within a Chaos Magic cocoon.
"Are you finally ready?" The Silver-haired woman chuckled as she stepped back, her figure flickering amidst countless cosmic fragments, each reflecting different possibilities.
Hode took a deep breath, and four energies formed a perfect vortex in his palm.
He suddenly turned his head to look at Diana: "Buy me five minutes."
Diana's Lasso of Truth instantly wrapped around his waist, and Divine Power surged in through the point of contact.
A laurel wreath bloomed into a light screen above his head, and the Time Stone's reverse manipulation made Hode feel the flow of time becoming chaotic, but this time he was no longer panicked—because he knew this was the necessary price to reverse the situation.
Natasha's mechanical fingers suddenly extended nano-blades, and Felicia's tail tip wrapped around his waist, throwing him into the air.
Hode felt his consciousness being pulled into the Chaos Space, with countless figures of Wanda flickering around him, each holding a different form of Chaos Magic.
"Make your choice." Their voices sounded simultaneously, "Is it to save this Universe, or..."
Hode suddenly remembered the decompilation password Natasha had taught him in the ruins of the Red Room, and the forbidden formula Felicia had written on his back with her tail tip.
He slammed his eyes open and forcibly fused the three energies with Chaos Magic.
"No!" Wanda's scream came from the magic cocoon, but it was too late.
Hode felt his soul being torn into fragments, each carrying different memories: in one timeline, he was watching the sunrise with Diana atop Mount Olympus, in another, Natasha's mechanical fingers were drawing star charts on his palm, and there was also... the Eternity Felicia had written on his back with her tail tip dipped in Vibraniumsolution in the quantum laboratory.
When Hode opened his eyes again, he found himself floating in the center of a star chart made of Infinity Stones.
The four energies formed a perfect balance within him, but the eerie glow of the seventh gemstone slot made him alert.
Thanos's phantom was reforming in the distance, and this time, the seventh slot on his Infinity Gauntlet was emitting the same light as the Silver-haired woman.
"What have you done?" Thanos's voice carried the anger of the Universe's echo.
Hode gripped the new Infinity Stone, and the four energies turned into a golden whip that lashed out at his opponent.
The moment the whip touched Thanos, he saw countless parallel Universes collapsing and reforming before his eyes—in one timeline, the Avengers and the Justice Leaguewere fighting side-by-side, in another, Thanos was handing the Infinity Gauntlet to a Silver-haired woman, and that woman's face...
Hode suddenly froze; he saw Wanda, controlled by Chaos Magic, emerging behind Thanos, and the Vision entity in her arms was fully materialized, but scarlet light that did not belong to this Universe flickered in its pupils.
Thanos suddenly chuckled, and the power of the Infinity Stones instantly blasted Hode away.
When Hode crashed into a meteorite on the edge of the wormhole, he felt the four energies running wild within him.
Diana's war song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, and Wanda's Chaos Magic whispers—all these sounds intertwined into a mad symphony in his mind.
He saw his skin beginning to crystallize, and the runes of the Infinity Stones spreading across his body, as if they were going to turn him into a new Thanos.
"No..." Hode struggled to control the energy, but it was too late.
He felt his consciousness being sucked into an unknown dimension, where he saw countless versions of himself waking up in different Universes, each holding different Infinity Stones.
In one timeline, he was kissing Diana on Themyscira, in another, Natasha's mechanical fingers were drawing forbidden symbols on his palm, and in the deepest part... he saw Felicia's tail tip curling around his waist, while Wanda's Chaos Magic wove an eternal cocoon around them.
When the first ray of light not belonging to this Universepierced the void, Hode heard Diana's war song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, and Wanda's Chaos Magic whispers; all these sounds intertwined into an eternal elegy in his mind.
He gripped the Infinity Stone in his hand, and the four energies formed a perfect vortex in his palm.
Behind him, fragments of countless parallel Universes were slowly reforming, each reflecting new possibilities—in one timeline, he was fighting side-by-side with the Silver-haired woman, and in another, they were waiting for his return in some unknown dimension.
Suddenly, Hode felt his consciousness beginning to fall; he saw countless figures of Wanda emerging at the end of the Universe, each holding a different form of Visionconsciousness entity.
And the light of those consciousness entities was resonating with the Infinity Stone in the Silver-haired woman's hand.
"Make your choice." The Silver-haired woman's voice echoed in every cosmic fragment, "Is it to continue being the hero who saves the World, or..."
Hode suddenly felt his consciousness beginning to fall; he saw countless figures of Wanda emerging at the end of the Universe, each holding a different form of Visionconsciousness entity.
And the light of those consciousness entities was resonating with the Infinity Stone in the Silver-haired woman's hand.
When the first ray of light not belonging to this Universepierced the void, Hode heard Diana's war song, Natasha's electronic heartbeat, Felicia's breathing, and Wanda's Chaos Magic whispers; all these sounds intertwined into an eternal elegy in his mind.
He gripped the Infinity Stone in his hand, and the four energies formed a perfect vortex in his palm.
Behind him, fragments of countless parallel Universes were slowly reforming, each reflecting new possibilities—in one timeline, he was fighting side-by-side with the Silver-haired woman, and in another, they were waiting for his return in some unknown dimension.
Hode suddenly felt the Infinity Stone at his fingertips beginning to heat up; he saw his shadow confronting the Silver-haired woman in a cosmic fragment, and the Infinity Stone in her hand was more dazzling than his.
In the depths of this fragment, he saw Natasha's mechanical fingers drawing forbidden symbols on his palm, Felicia's tail tip curling around his waist, and Wanda's Chaos Magic weaving an eternal cocoon around them.
"Who exactly are you?" Hode gripped the Infinity Stone in his hand, and the four energies formed a perfect vortex in his palm.
Behind him, fragments of countless parallel Universes were slowly reforming, each reflecting new possibilities—in one timeline, he was fighting side-by-side with the Silver-haired woman, and in another, they were waiting for his return in some unknown dimension.
Chapter 501: Forcibly Fusing Three Energies with Chaos Magic
Hode felt the Infinity Stone at his fingertips beginning to heat up; he saw his shadow confronting the Silver-haired woman in a cosmic fragment, and the Infinity Stone in her hand was more dazzling than his.
In the depths of this fragment, he saw Natasha's mechanical fingers drawing forbidden symbols on his palm, Felicia's tail tip curling around his waist, and Wanda's Chaos Magic weaving an eternal cocoon around them.
"Who exactly are you?" Hode gripped the Infinity Stone in his hand, and the four energies formed a perfect vortex in his palm.
Behind him, fragments of countless parallel Universes were slowly reforming, each reflecting new possibilities—in one timeline, he was fighting side-by-side with the Silver-haired woman, and in another, they were waiting for his return in some unknown dimension.
The Silver-haired woman suddenly chuckled, her voice carrying a strange seduction: "Hode, don't you understand yet? I am the desire deep in your heart, the sum of all your choices. Every woman who has been in intimate contact with you is just a different side of me."
Hode felt his consciousness becoming blurred; he tried to focus, but the bits and pieces of his time with Diana, Natasha, Felicia, and Wanda kept surfacing in his mind.
Those intimate moments, those increases in power, had all become a form of interference at this moment.
"No, you are not the desire in my heart; you are an independent threat." Hode gritted his teeth, trying to use Chaos Magic to expel the Silver-haired woman's voice from his mind.
However, the moment the Chaos Magic touched the Silver-haired woman, it suddenly became chaotic, as if interfered with by an invisible force.
"Give up, Hode. You cannot fight all possibilities at once." The Silver-haired woman's voice became softer as she walked slowly toward Hode, her fingertips lightly resting on his shoulder.
Just then, Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly flew in from afar, tightly binding the Silver-haired woman.
Diana's voice rang out from a distance: "Hode, focus your mind and use our combined power to fight her!"
Hode felt a powerful Divine Power surging into his body through the Lasso of Truth, and he instantly cleared his head a little.
He looked at Diana's determined eyes, and a surge of courage welled up in his heart.
He began to mobilize the four energies, fusing them with Diana's Divine Power to form a powerful defensive force, temporarily trapping the Silver-haired woman.
However, the Silver-haired woman quickly broke free from the restraints of the Lasso of Truth.
She looked at Hode and Diana, a flash of annoyance in her eyes: "Do you think you can stop me like this?"
Just then, Natasha's mechanical fingers suddenly extended from behind Hode, the nano-blades flashing with a cold light.
She whispered in Hode's ear: "Remember the decompilation password I taught you? Now, use your energy and my password together to crack her defenses."
Hode and Natasha began to cooperate tacitly.
Natasha used her mechanical fingers to quickly write complex passwords on Hode's palm, while Hode arranged and released the four energies according to the password's sequence.
Their attacks were like precise code, gradually disintegrating the Silver-haired woman's defenses.
Felicia also appeared from another direction, her tail tip curling around a nano-blade as she moved flexibly through the void space.
She suddenly launched an attack from behind the Silver-haired woman, the nano-blade on her tail tip accurately piercing the opponent's weak point.
Wanda's Chaos Magic also surged in from afar at this moment, shrouding the Silver-haired woman in chaos.
She said in a low voice: "Hode, don't be confused by her voice; use our power to break her illusion."
Under the attacks of the group, the Silver-haired womanbegan to struggle to cope.
Her figure flickered in the chaos, trying to find an opportunity to counterattack.
But Hode and the others worked closely together, constantly adjusting the rhythm and intensity of their attacks.
In the midst of battle, Hode constantly pondered the unique abilities of each female superhero.
He knew that Diana's Divine Power could provide powerful defensive and offensive support, while Natasha's mechanical fingers and decompilation code could crack the Silver-haired woman's defensive mechanisms.
Felicia's tail tip could provide flexible tactical support, and Wanda's Chaos Magic was the key to breaking the Silver-haired woman's illusions.
However, just as they were gradually gaining the upper hand, the Silver-haired woman suddenly released a powerful energy wave, pushing everyone back.
Hode felt his body begin to spiral out of control; four types of energy were running wild within him, and crystallization began to appear on the surface of his skin.
"Everyone, be careful! Her energy has abnormal fluctuations." Hode shouted to warn everyone.
He tried hard to focus his mind, attempting to regain control of the four energies.
But the Silver-haired woman's energy resonated with his Infinity Stones, making his control even more difficult.
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly flew in from a distance, tightly wrapping around Hode.
"Hold on, use my Divine Power to help stabilize your energy." Diana's voice rang in Hode's ears, and her Divine Power flowed into his body along the Lasso of Truth.
With Diana's help, Hode gradually regained control over the four energies.
He looked at his companions fighting alongside him, his heart filled with gratitude.
But just then, the Silver-haired woman suddenly appeared from the chaos again.
A mysterious device appeared in her hand, its light resonating strongly with the Infinity Stones.
"Do you think you can stop me like this?" the Silver-haired woman sneered. "This device can absorb your energy and make me more powerful."
Hode watched the device in the Silver-haired woman's hand vigilantly, feeling the four energies within him begin to stir again.
"We cannot let her succeed," he whispered to his companions. "Everyone, be careful of that device."
Natasha's mechanical fingers rested lightly on Hode's shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll figure out a way to break her device together."
Her eyes revealed a determined light.
The battle entered a white-hot stage, and Hode and his companions constantly tried to crack the Silver-haired woman's device.
Diana used her Divine Power to provide defense for Hode, Natasha used her mechanical fingers to analyze the structure of the device, Felicia's tail tip remained vigilant of the surrounding environment, and Wanda's Chaos Magicattempted to interfere with the Silver-haired woman's actions.
However, the Silver-haired woman's device seemed to have powerful defensive and counter-attack capabilities.
Under their collective attacks, the device constantly released a strange light, attempting to consume them all.
"We must speed things up!" Hode shouted. "We can't go on like this, or we will all be controlled by her."
He gripped the Infinity Stones in his hand, and the four energies formed a golden vortex in his palm, preparing to launch a final attack.
Just as Hode was about to strike, the Silver-haired womansuddenly concentrated the device's energy into a single point and fired a strange beam of light at Hode.
The light seemed to contain a power capable of controlling the human mind, making Hode feel his consciousness beginning to blur.
"Hold on, Hode!" Diana's voice rang in his ears. "We are with you, we will definitely defeat her."
Hode gritted his teeth; his body had reached its limit.
The four energies collided crazily within him, and he felt his soul being torn apart by an invisible force.
He saw the light from the device in the Silver-haired woman's hand growing stronger, while his own body grew weaker.
"No, we cannot let her succeed." Hode recited silently in his heart, knowing he could not fall.
He looked at his companions; their eyes were filled with determination.
He gripped the Infinity Stones in his hand, and the four energies formed an even more perfect vortex in his palm.
Suddenly, the Silver-haired woman's device 873 emitted a strong light, pushing Hode and the others back several steps.
Hode felt his body being pulled by an invisible force; he saw countless fragments of parallel Universes flickering before his eyes, each reflecting a new crisis.
"Do you think you can stop me like this?" The Silver-haired woman's voice carried a hint of madness. "This device can absorb your energy and make me more powerful."
Hode felt his consciousness beginning to blur; he saw Wanda's Chaos Magic flickering around him, attempting to protect him.
But the light from the Silver-haired woman's device was too strong, and Wanda's magic began to become chaotic as well.
"We cannot go on like this." Hode gritted his teeth, feeling his body being pulled by a mysterious force.
He looked at Diana, whose Lasso of Truth was emitting a soft glow. "Help me buy some time."
Diana's Lasso of Truth instantly wrapped around Hode's waist, and her Divine Power poured in frantically along the point of contact.
A laurel wreath bloomed into a light screen above his head, and the reverse manipulation of the Time Stonemade Hode feel the flow of time beginning to become disordered, but this time he was no longer panicked—because he knew this was the necessary price to reverse the battle.
Natasha's mechanical fingers suddenly extended nano-blades, and Felicia's tail tip wrapped around his waist and swung him into the air.
Hode felt his consciousness being pulled into the Chaos Space, where countless figures of Wanda flickered around him, each holding Chaos Magic in different forms.
"Make your choice." Their voices sounded in unison: save this World, or...
Hode suddenly remembered the decompilation code Natasha taught him in the ruins of the Red Room, and the forbidden formula Felicia wrote on his back with her tail tip.
He opened his eyes abruptly and forcibly fused the three energies with the Chaos Magic.
"No!" Wanda's scream came from within the magic cocoon.
Chapter 502: Unprecedented Power
Hode's body felt as if it were being torn apart under the Impact of the Chaos energy, but his consciousness was clearer than ever before.
The three energies—Diana's Divine Power, Natasha's mechanical wisdom, and Felicia's agile swiftness—were now intertwined with Wanda's Chaos Magic, forming an unprecedented torrent of power.
This power rampaged within him; every collision caused him excruciating pain, but it also made him feel powerful as never before.
"Hode, hold on!" Diana's voice pierced through the chaos.
Her Lasso of Truth remained tightly wrapped around Hode, providing him with a continuous stream of Divine Power support.
Her eyes were filled with worry and determination, as if to say that no matter what happened, she would be with him.
Natasha's mechanical fingers danced rapidly in the air, analyzing the structure and weaknesses of the Silver-haired woman's device.
Her eyes were calm and sharp, like a precision computer, searching for that one key to break the situation in the chaos.
"Found it!" she suddenly shouted, her mechanical fingers pointing to a tiny gap in the device. "There, that is the node of energy flow!"
Felicia's tail tip traced graceful arcs in the air, her body shuttling through the battlefield like a ghost, providing tactical support for Hode and his companions.
Her eyes sparkled with cunning and bravery, as if to say that no matter how powerful the enemy was, she could find a flaw.
Wanda struggled within the Chaos Magic, her voice carrying a hint of pain and resolution.
"Hode, use our power to break this illusion and awaken the real you!"
magic light in various forms flickered around her body, as if demonstrating the infinite possibilities of Chaos Magic to Hode.
Hode gritted his teeth and condensed the four energies into a brilliant ball of light in his palm.
This ball of light contained the power and hope of them all, and also carried their determination to fight evil and protect the World.
He took a deep breath and thrust the ball of light toward the Silver-haired woman's device.
The moment the ball of light touched the device, it erupted in a blinding light.
In the light, Hode seemed to see countless fragments of parallel Universes flickering before his eyes, each reflecting the image of him fighting side by side with his companions.
He felt Diana's Divine Power purifying the evil energy within the device, felt Natasha's mechanical wisdom cracking the device's defensive mechanisms, felt Felicia's agile swiftness seeking out the device's weaknesses, and felt Wanda's Chaos Magic disrupting the device's energy flow.
The Silver-haired woman's device began to tremble under the Impact of the four energies, and its light gradually dimmed.
A flash of terror and unwillingness flickered in her eyes, as if she could not believe that her device would actually be cracked.
She tried to increase the energy output, but it was too late.
The power of Hode and his companions had merged into an unstoppable torrent, completely destroying her device.
The moment the device exploded, a powerful Impactspread outward.
Hode and his companions were pushed back several steps, but they were not injured.
They helped each other stand up and looked into each other's determined eyes, and their hearts were filled with the joy of victory.
However, the Silver-haired woman did not give up.
She suddenly turned into a stream of light and lunged at Hode.
A dagger shining with a strange light appeared in her hand out of nowhere, its tip pointed directly at Hode's heart.
"Hode, look out!" Diana shouted, and the Lasso of Truthinstantly flew out to entangle the Silver-haired woman.
But the Silver-haired woman was too fast, and the Lasso of Truth only managed to entangle her ankle.
She struggled violently, broke free from the restraints of the Lasso of Truth, and continued to lunge at Hode.
Hode had no time to dodge and could only watch helplessly as the dagger stabbed toward his heart.
At this critical moment, Natasha's mechanical fingers suddenly extended nano-blades, blocking the dagger's attack.
Felicia's tail tip also quickly wrapped around Hode's waist, pulling him to the side.
"Do you think you can kill me like this?" Hode looked coldly at the Silver-haired woman, his eyes filled with anger and resolution.
He gripped the Infinity Stones in his hand, and the four energies condensed into a brilliant ball of light in his palm once again.
This time, he would release all his power to completely eliminate this threat.
The Silver-haired woman looked at the ball of light in Hode's hand, a flash of fear passing through her eyes.
But she quickly calmed down and sneered, "Do you think you can defeat me like this? I am the embodiment of your deepest desires and fears. As long as you still have desires and fears, I will never disappear!"
Hode ignored her provocation and thrust the ball of light toward the Silver-haired woman.
The moment the ball of light contacted the Silver-haired woman, it erupted in an even more blinding light.
In the light, Hode seemed to see the Silver-haired woman's body gradually dissipating, and her voice gradually weakening.
"No... this is impossible..." the Silver-haired womanshouted unwillingly, but her voice was growing weaker and weaker.
In the end, her body completely dissipated into the light, leaving only a crystal shining with a strange light.
Hode and his companions looked at each other, their hearts filled with the joy of surviving a disaster.
They knew that although this battle was difficult, they had ultimately won.
They helped each other stand up and looked into each other's determined eyes, as if to say that no matter what dangers they encountered in the future, they would fight side by side to protect this World.
However, just as they were preparing to leave the battlefield, the crystal shining with a strange light suddenly emitted a strong fluctuation.
Hode and his companions watched the crystal vigilantly, not knowing what other dangers it would bring.
Suddenly, the crystal erupted in a blinding light, enveloping Hode and his companions.
They felt as if their bodies were being pulled by an invisible force, and their consciousness gradually became blurred.
When the light dissipated, Hode and his companions found themselves in a strange place.
This was a barren ruin, with thick haze filling the sky, as if foreshadowing an impending disaster.
"Where is this?" Diana looked around vigilantly, her Lasso of Truth already in hand, ready to deal with any potential danger at any moment.
Natasha's mechanical fingers danced rapidly in the air, analyzing the surrounding environment and data. "This seems to be an abandoned dimension," she said, "but I can feel that some kind of powerful evil force is hidden here."
The tip of Felicia's tail swayed gently in the air, her eyes flickering with curiosity and vigilance. "We need to be careful," she said, "this 705u.com-53 Reading Club might be hiding even more dangers here."
Wanda looked at the desolate scene around her, a strange feeling of sadness welling up in her heart. "This must have once been a beautiful World," she said softly, "but now it has been destroyed by evil forces."
Hode looked at his companions' determined eyes, his heart filled with strength. He knew that no matter how many dangers were hidden here, they would fight side by side to protect this World. "Let's go," he said, "to explore the secrets of this dimension and eliminate the evil forces here."
They moved along the road amidst the ruins, vigilant against any danger that might appear. Suddenly, a low roar came from the distance, as if some powerful creature was approaching them.
Hode and his companions stopped, looking vigilantly in the direction the sound came from. They knew the coming battle would be even tougher, but they were already prepared. They supported each other, gripping their weapons and Infinity Stones tightly, ready to face the impending challenge.
Chapter 503: Not Like a Native Creature of This Dimension
The low roar grew closer, as if the tremors of the earth intensified with the rhythm of that sound. Hode and his companions exchanged glances; no words were needed, as they had already read the determination and vigilance in each other's eyes. Diana's Lasso of Truth swayed gently, emitting a soft yet firm light; Natasha's mechanical fingers silently adjusted the form of her nano-blades; the tip of Felicia's tail was taut like a bowstring, ready to spring out at any moment; and Wanda closed her eyes to focus, with Chaos Magic circulating around her like a volcano about to erupt.
"The visitor is not friendly," Natasha said in a low voice, her mechanical fingers tracing lines of Data Stream in the air, analyzing the source of the sound and the potential threat level. "Judging from the sound wave frequency, this creature is massive, and... its energy fluctuation is very strange; it doesn't look like a native creature of this dimension."
Hode gripped the Infinity Stones in his hand, four types of energy quietly converging in his palm, forming a force ready to be unleashed. "No matter what it is, we cannot retreat." His voice was steady and powerful, bringing invisible comfort and encouragement to his companions.
Finally, the creature appeared in their line of sight. It was a massive, wolf-like creature made of dark matter, its eyes glowing with a ghostly green light, the breath it exhaled seemingly capable of freezing the air. Every step it took made the ground tremble, as if the entire dimension was shaking beneath its feet.
"What... what is this thing?" The tip of Felicia's tail trembled involuntarily, but her eyes remained firm.
"Never seen it, but it's definitely not here to welcome us." Wanda opened her eyes, Chaos Magic condensing into a rotating sphere in her hands, ready to be released at any moment.
Hode took a deep breath and pushed the four types of energy to their limit. "Let's go!" He shouted, charging toward the giant dark matter wolf first. Diana followed closely behind, the Lasso of Truth shooting out like lightning, wrapping around the giant wolf's neck in an attempt to restrict its movements. Natasha flanked from the side, her mechanical fingers deploying nano-blades, carving deep, bone-reaching wounds into the giant wolf's legs. Felicia used her agility to dart quickly around the giant wolf, searching for its weak points. Wanda stood in the distance, using Chaos Magic to disrupt the giant wolf's movements while looking for an opportunity to counterattack.
However, this giant dark matter wolf was far more powerful than they had imagined. It shook its head violently, breaking free from the constraints of the Lasso of Truth, then opened its massive jaws and spat out a powerful wave of dark matter energy. Hode and the others hurriedly dodged, but the energy wave still grazed their bodies, making them feel an unprecedented cold and oppression.
"This guy is not easy to deal with!" Natasha shouted, her mechanical fingers starting to smoke from overuse.
"Hold on, we'll definitely find its weakness!" Hode shouted back, his eyes flashing with an unyielding light. He gathered the four types of energy in his palm again, forming a brilliant blade of light, and then charged fiercely at the giant wolf. This time, he aimed at the giant wolf's abdomen, which looked like the location of its energy core.
The moment the blade of light made contact with the giant wolf's abdomen, a dazzling light erupted. The giant wolf let out a painful roar, and its body began to tremble. But just when Hode thought he had hit a vital point, the giant wolf suddenly opened its massive jaws and swallowed Hode whole.
"Hode!" Diana and the others exclaimed, their eyes filled with horror and worry.
However, just as the giant wolf was about to close its mouth, its abdomen suddenly erupted with intense light. Hode burst out from the giant wolf's belly, an unprecedentedly powerful aura radiating from his body. It turned out that the moment he was swallowed by the giant wolf, Hode had used the four types of energy to create a small explosion inside the creature, not only blowing open the giant wolf's abdomen but also causing it severe damage.
"I'm not that easily defeated!" Hode shouted, his eyes flashing with determination. He charged at the giant wolf again; this time, his attacks were more fierce and precise. Diana, Natasha, Felicia, and Wanda followed closely behind, each utilizing their own strengths to launch a final attack on the giant wolf alongside Hode.
Under their combined attacks, the giant wolf could no longer hold on; its body began to collapse, with dark matter energy spilling everywhere. Finally, it let out a desperate roar and then vanished into thin air, turning into a cloud of black smoke.
"We did it!" Felicia shouted excitedly, the tip of her tail swaying happily in the air.
"But this is just the beginning," Wanda reminded, her eyes still filled with vigilance, "there must be more dangers waiting for us in this dimension."
Hode looked at his companions' tired but determined eyes, his heart filled with gratitude. "Thank you all," he said, "with you here, I fear nothing."
They continued along the road amidst the ruins, vigilant against any potential danger around them. However, just when they thought they had temporarily escaped the danger, a familiar voice suddenly rang in their ears.
"Do you think you can leave so easily?" The voice carried a hint of mockery and playfulness, as if it were coming from all directions, making it impossible to pinpoint its source.
Hode and the others immediately became vigilant, looking around in an attempt to find the source of the voice. However, no matter how they looked, they could not see anyone.
"Who is it?" Hode asked loudly, his voice echoing in the ruins, but he received no response.
"Stop playing games!" Natasha shouted, her mechanical fingers dancing rapidly in the air, trying to capture any possible clues, "If you have the guts, come out and fight us head-on!"
Just then, a figure suddenly appeared before them. It was a man wearing a black robe, his face covered by a silver mask, making it impossible to see his true appearance. A powerful and mysterious aura radiated from him, as if hiding endless secrets and power.
"Who are you?" Hode asked vigilantly, clutching the Infinity Stones tightly in his hand, ready to deal with any potential attack at any moment.
"Me?" The black-robed man chuckled, "I'm just a passing traveler who found it interesting to see you struggling here."
"Interesting?" Diana sneered, "I think you have ulterior motives."
The black-robed man ignored Diana's provocation, his gaze sweeping over Hode and the others before landing on the Infinity Stones in Hode's hand. "Infinity Stones," he said softly, "really interesting things. But, do you think possessing them allows you to defeat everything?"
Hode and the others did not answer; they just looked at the black-robed man with even greater vigilance. They knew this man was definitely not simple; he might be the most powerful enemy they had encountered in this dimension.
"Come on," the black-robed man suddenly said, "let me see if your so-called power can really survive in this dimension." After saying that, he waved his hand violently, and a powerful wave of energy surged toward them.
Hode and the others hurriedly dodged, but the energy wave still grazed their bodies, making them feel unprecedented pressure. They knew the coming battle would be even more difficult, but they were already prepared. They supported each other, gripping their weapons and Infinity Stones tightly, ready to face the black-robed man's challenge.
Chapter 504: Also Want to Survive in This Dimension?
Hode felt his heart pounding wildly in his chest; the oppressive feeling brought by the incoming energy wave made every muscle in his body tense to the limit. He quickly used the power of the Infinity Stones to form a shield around himself, while shouting loudly: "Everyone, be careful, this person's power is very strange!"
Diana's Lasso of Truth flared with brilliant light instantly, and she spun the lasso into golden rings, attempting to block the Impact of the energy wave. Natasha's mechanical fingers flickered with a faint light, and her nano-blades quickly combined into a shield, held horizontally in front of everyone. Felicia moved flexibly among them, using her agility to deflect the stray energy fluctuations. Wandaformed hand seals rapidly, with Chaos Magic turning into layers of purple barriers, protecting everyone.
The energy wave finally dissipated, but no one relaxed their vigilance. Hode stared fixedly at the black-robed man, his mind racing to think of a countermeasure. He felt the power brought by the intimacy between him and Dianastirring in his body; it was a special energy sparked by the trust and reliance he felt for her deep in his heart. He took a deep breath and turned to look at Diana. Their eyes met, and without a word, they both understood each other's determination.
"Diana, let's go together!" Hode said, charging toward the black-robed man first. Diana followed closely behind, the Lasso of Truth winding toward the black-robed man like a nimble snake. However, the black-robed man just chuckled lightly, his figure flashed, and he easily dodged their attack.