Chapter 2048 - Ch: 381-382

Chapter 381

The alarm suddenly turned into a shrill buzzing, and the twelve coordinates on the surveillance screen began to merge. Hode felt four streams of energy rampaging within him; the transparent energy suddenly materialized into countless threads of light, wrapping around the weapons of the four women: "We aren't going to the coordinates." He traced a spiral path on the holographic map with his fingertip. "Let the coordinates come to us."

Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly went taut, and an Amazonprophecy emerged within the golden light: "When the twelve constellations return to their places..." She was suddenly pulled into Hode's arms by his transparent energy, a silver pistol pressed against his chest: "What dangerous game do you want to play this time?"

"Do you remember the moonlight on the Berlin rooftop?" Hode kissed her blood-stained lips, silver energy flowing into her body along with his saliva. "You said the weakness of an Amazon warrior is..." He suddenly bit her lower lip, the scent of blood activating the ancient contract sleeping within their blood.

Wanda's magic suddenly spiraled out of control, and purple vines grew wildly in the medical pod. Yelena's dagger pierced the core of the vines, the deep blue electric arcs resonating with the Chaos Magic: "He's replicating our ability resonance!" She suddenly tore open Hode's shirt, her fingertips drawing the escape route of the Moscow subway on his chest.

Natasha's crossbow suddenly fired a memory arrow, the tip exploding in the air into the scene of their first meeting: on the rooftop of S.H.I.E.L.D., a twenty-three-year-old her was pointing a gun at the back of his head, while an eighteen-year-old him was playing with the hairpin she had dropped. The moment the arrow pierced Hode's chest, the transparent energy suddenly absorbed all the memory fragments.

"The gravitational vortex is about to form!" Wanda's incantation and Yelena's whistle sounded simultaneously, purple runes and deep blue electric arcs weaving into a net above Hode's head. Diana's Lasso of Truth bound his waist, and her Amazon war cry shattered the glass of the medical pod: "Hold on tight!"

Hode felt his consciousness splitting into twelve parts, the transparent energy turning into countless tentacles reaching toward different coordinates. He saw Diana using the Lasso of Truth to strangle the tentacles of a mechanical octopus on the Siberian ice sheet, Natasha's crossbow shooting through the Winter Soldier's mechanical arm in the Arctic Circle, Wanda's Chaos Magic dancing with glowing jellyfish at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, and Yelena's dagger piercing the heart of a clone deep under Moscow...

But a thirteenth coordinate suddenly appeared directly beneath The Watchtower, and black slime gushed out of the ventilation ducts. Hode felt the energy within him nearing depletion, and his transparent cloak was dissipating. Natasha suddenly bit his wrist, silver energy mixed with her blood flowing into him: "Do you remember saying you would teach me to mix a Bloody Mary?"

This sentence activated Hode's dormant memories; he recalled a drunken night in the kitchen of Avengers Tower, where she held his hand and taught him to shake a cocktail shaker. The transparent energy suddenly turned into liquid fire, burning down toward the Earth's core along the black slime. Diana's war cry, Wanda's incantation, and Yelena's whistle resonated within him simultaneously, and silver, gold, purple, and deep blue light erupted from his pores.

"Now!" Hode injected the four streams of energy into the core of The Watchtower, the transparent energy turning into twelve pillars of light that pierced through Earth. He saw the energy from the twelve coordinate points flowing back; the mechanical octopus in Siberia turned into a crystal sculpture, the red light in the Winter Soldier's eyes in the Arctic Circle went out, the glowing jellyfish at the bottom of the Atlantic formed an energy matrix, and the clones beneath Moscow turned to ash...

But the black slime suddenly coalesced into a human shape, and the Demon King's voice came from the Earth's core: "You think..." Its words were cut short by Hode's transparent Energy Sword, the blade embedded with Natasha's bullets, Diana's Amazon runes, Wanda's purple runestones, and fragments of Yelena's dagger.

"We are more than just lovers." Hode thrust the sword into the Demon's core, the image of the five of them fighting side by side appearing within the transparent energy. "We are a bond that transcends dimensions." The sword suddenly burst with intense light, the black slime vaporized in the radiance, and twelve rainbows appeared outside Earth's atmosphere.

Natasha suddenly hugged him from behind, the silver pistol turning into a wedding ring and slipping onto his ring finger: "I'll give you a passing grade this time." She bit his earlobe, the scent of bitter orange perfume mixed with the smell of blood. "But next time, the exam will be harder."

Diana's Lasso of Truth bound their wrists, and a wedding scene appeared within the golden light: "The Amazon's blessing is valid forever." She tucked a seashell bookmark into his shirt pocket, the inside of the shell engraved with coordinates only he could see.

Wanda's magic robe wrapped around the three of them, purple runes forming a baby's cradle: "Our child..." She was suddenly struck on the back of the head by the hilt of Yelena's dagger. "Who wants to have kids with you!" But her fingertips had already drawn a double helix structure on his palm.

Yelena's dagger suddenly turned into a spear of light, the tip pointing at a newly appeared purple Planet outside the window: "The penguin from that parallel Universe is calling for help." She licked the blood off the dagger. "Want to go on a honeymoon?"

Hode felt the 937 energy within him restructuring, and the pattern of the twelve constellations appeared on his transparent cloak. He held the hands of the four women, the energy resonance causing The Watchtower to begin its ascent: "This time, we are going to create..."

The alarm sounded again, the monitoring screen showing the purple Planet disintegrating, countless purple crystals shooting toward Earth. Natasha's gun, Diana's shield, Wanda's magic, and Yelena's dagger were drawn simultaneously, but Hode suddenly pulled them into a transparent energy shield: "This time, I'm leading."

He kissed Natasha's lips, silver energy flowing into her body; his fingertips traced Diana's Amazon runes, golden light illuminating the fine lines at the corners of her eyes; he shared his consciousness with Wanda, purple runes blooming on his retina; he held Yelena's hand that gripped the dagger, deep blue electric arcs surging through his veins.

"Are you ready?" Hode spread his transparent energy wings, and the five of them turned into a meteor, rushing toward the purple Planet. He felt the crystal mark at his heart growing hot, and those swallowed memory fragments suddenly formed new images: Natasha forging an identity for him in the S.H.I.E.L.D. archives, Dianadrawing a sketch of him on the back of a United Nations speech draft, Wanda tucking their photo into her magicexperiment logbook, and Yelena filling her mission reports with love letters written in Morse code.

The surface of the purple Planet suddenly cracked open, and countless crystal tentacles reached toward them. Hode felt the energy within him nearing overload, but the four sources of warmth from his palms made him smile. The transparent energy turned into a drill, silver, gold, purple, and deep blue light rotating at the tip of the drill, forming an unprecedented Energy Vortex.

"This time we are going to..." Hode's voice was torn apart by the gale, but his eyes already said everything. The figures of the five were faintly visible in the purple storm, the aurora produced by the energy resonance illuminating the entire Milky Way Galaxy. The moment the drill touched the Planet's core, all the surveillance screens burst into static simultaneously, leaving only the old phonograph in The Watchtower's main control room still spinning, playing the background music from the Moscow subway station twenty years ago.

Chapter 625: Figures Smiling, Figures Vanishing

The vibrations from the purple Planet's core caused Hode's retinas to seep blood; he heard Diana's armor wailing under extreme pressure, Wanda's magic robe torn by crystal spikes, Yelena's dagger melting, and the crisp snap of Natasha's crossbow string mixed into the turbulent energy. But the four sources of warmth remained branded on his palms, like four anchor chains pinning him to the reality dimension.

"Hode!" Wanda's scream suddenly pierced his mental barrier, and he saw the moment the purple runes in her eyes went out—the Chaos Magic that should have been protecting her was now backfiring on her neural synapses. The transparent energy automatically surged toward her temples, but was repelled by some ancient seal the moment it touched her skin.

"Don't touch her!" Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly tightened around his wrist, Amazon inscriptions glowing with a blood-red light in the energy storm. "Her magicsource is in..." She was suddenly ensnared by crystal tentacles, golden blood seeping from the gaps in her armor. Hode only then realized that the inverted cross brand on the back of Wanda's neck was oozing black mist; it was the sequelae of her forcibly reading a demon's memory three days ago when they destroyed a cult den in Hell's Kitchen.

Yelena's dagger suddenly stabbed into Hode's back, deep blue electric arcs surging along his spine into his brain. He heard the gunshots from the Moscow subway station twenty years ago, saw his twelve-year-old self curled up in the ventilation duct, and twenty-year-old Natasha using her body to block the shockwave of the explosion. The moment the memory fragments overlapped with reality, the transparent energy suddenly broke through the seal, turning into liquid silver needles that pierced into the back of Wanda's neck.

"You motherf..." Natasha's bullet grazed his ear, but was intercepted in mid-air by Diana's Lasso of Truth. The blonde warrior's pupils turned molten gold: "He's reconstructing her magic circuit!" She suddenly tore open Hode's shirt and poured Amazon holy water onto his chest. The moment the transparent energy touched the holy water, Hode saw the scene deep within Wanda's consciousness: countless versions of himself from parallel Universes were being swallowed by Chaos Magic, and in each one, Hode was holding a gradually petrifying Wanda.

"Shared vision!" Yelena's dagger suddenly plunged into her own left eye, deep blue electric arcs injecting into Hode's brain along the nerve bundles. He saw the snowy night in Moscow Red Square burning on his retina, saw the gunshot wound on Natasha's lower back turning into a rose tattoo, saw Diana breaking the Thunderbolt Scepter for him at the peak of Mount Olympus, and saw their photo quantizing and decomposing in Wanda's magic laboratory.

The core of the purple Planet suddenly collapsed into a black hole, and Hode felt his internal organs being torn apart by gravity. The transparent energy turned into a cocoon-like shield, but was broken down into elementary particles the moment it touched the black hole's event horizon. Natasha suddenly bit his wrist, forcing blood mixed with Bloody Mary down his throat: "Do you remember what you said when you taught me to mix drinks?" Her blood-stained lips pressed against his earlobe. "Strong liquor must be paired with..."

"...a burning heart." Hode finished her sentence, and the transparent energy suddenly turned into liquid fire. He saw Diana's shield vaporizing, yet she used her final strength to wrap the Lasso of Truth around Wanda's waist; he saw fragments of Yelena's dagger floating in the air, each reflecting battle scenes from different times and spaces; he saw Wanda's magic robe turning into countless purple butterflies, restructuring the space torn by the black hole.

When the first butterfly touched the edge of the black hole, Hode felt a shackle within him break. The transparent energy suddenly took on a golden edge, and his consciousness split into 120,000 parts, simultaneously observing the crisis points in every parallel Universe. In one Universe, Diana was controlled by the anti-life equation; in another, Natasha became the HYDRA Empress; Wanda's Chaos Magic was creating a monster Universe; Yelena's clone army was slaughtering S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents...

"So this is..." Hode's voice echoed across all dimensions, the transparent energy turning into 120,000 light spikes that pierced into the black hole. He saw different versions of himself standing at the tip of each light spike: a Hode in a suit, a financier, calculating the black hole's mass with an Excel spreadsheet; a Hode wearing a helmet, an astronaut, welding energy conduits at a space station; a Hode in a lab coat, a scientist, mixing anti-matter solutions in a laboratory...

Natasha's gun suddenly turned into a scalpel, precisely slicing his carotid artery. Silver blood sprayed onto the console, activating the dormant Ancient God code. Diana's war cry turned into an ancient Amazon language, the Lasso of Truth tightening into Hode's ribs, connecting his heart to the core of The Watchtower. Wanda's magicturned into a double helix structure, wrapping around the collapsing 120,000 light spikes. Yelena's dagger turned into a quantum computer, implanting neural interfaces on both sides of his temples.

"Fusion initiated." Hode heard his own voice coming from all directions, the transparent energy cocoon suddenly collapsing into a quantum singularity. He saw Diana's Amazon bloodline, Natasha's Winter Soldier modification, Wanda's Chaos Magic, and Yelena's neurotoxins boiling in his veins. When the first ray of dawn pierced through the purple storm, his pupils turned into twelve-colored irises.

The newborn energy exploded within him, and Hode felt himself existing in 120,000 time-spaces simultaneously. He saw himself in one Universe kissing Diana at their wedding, saw Natasha in another Universe holding their child and teaching him to shoot, saw Wanda's magiclaboratory filled with photos of them when they were young, and saw Yelena's clone army saluting him in unison...

"Not enough." Hode's voice made the Milky Way Galaxytremble, and the 120,000 light spikes suddenly turned and pierced toward himself. The transparent energy cocoon expanded again, this time carrying the crisis energy of all parallel Universes. He saw Diana's shield reforming at the tips of the light spikes, saw Natasha's crossbow turning into an interstellar warship, saw Wanda's magic turning into a Nebula, and saw the fragments of Yelena's dagger floating to form a navigational constellation.

The moment the light spikes were fully submerged into Hode's body, the purple Planet suddenly went still. All the crystal tentacles froze in mid-air, and ripples appeared on the black hole's event horizon. Hode felt his consciousness ascending in dimension, the transparent energy turning into twelve-dimensional superstrings. He saw Earth turn into a blue dot, saw the Milky Way Galaxy turn into a spiral Nebula, and saw the membrane at the edge of the Universe vibrating...

"Now!" Diana's war cry tore through the dimensional barrier, the Lasso of Truth binding the restructuring purple Planet. Natasha's bullets turned into anti-matter missiles, precisely hitting the black hole singularity. Wanda's magicturned into a poem of creation, writing new physical laws in the void. Yelena's dagger turned into dimensional scissors, slicing open reality along the path Hode had traced.

Hode felt the crystal mark at his heart overclocking, and those swallowed memory fragments suddenly reorganized into a tesseract. He saw himself twenty years ago at the Moscow subway station looking up, saw twelve-year-old Natasha stuffing the hairpin into his hand, saw Dianasmiling at him at the peak of Mount Olympus, and saw their photo in Wanda's magic laboratory forever frozen at the moment of a kiss...

When the tesseract fully unfolded, Hode's body began to quantize. The transparent energy turned into 120,000 pillars of light piercing through all parallel Universes, and he heard himself in every Universe saying: "I love you." Diana's shield turned into the Bifrost Bridge, Natasha's crossbow turned into a stargate, Wanda's magic turned into the light of creation, and Yelena's dagger turned into a time anchor.

The purple Planet vaporized in the pillars of light, and the 120,000 rainbows connected into a super-dimensional network. Hode felt his consciousness resonating with the Universe, the transparent energy turning into the singularity of the origin of all things. He saw the newborn Universe beating in his palm, saw Diana's Amazonwarriors dancing among the nebulae, saw Natasha's Agents traveling along timelines, saw Wanda's magical creatures migrating between galaxies, and saw Yelena's clone army guarding the balance of every Universe...

But a heartbeat suddenly came from a dark corner.

Hode turned his head abruptly, his twelve-colored irises piercing through countless light-years.

In the crack of a forgotten dimension, he saw the projection of his heart beating—that heart was pierced by twelve chains, with a blurry figure tethered to the end of each chain.

Diana's War Armor fragments, Natasha's bullet casings, Wanda's magic runes, and Yelena's dagger shards were flickering on the chains.

"So we..." Hode's voice was swallowed by the darkness, and cracks suddenly appeared in the transparent energy shield.

He felt four sources of warmth drifting away, seeing Diana's Lasso of Truth begin to dissipate, Natasha's crossbow turn into dust, Wanda's magic robe fade into ash, and Yelena's dagger turn into rust...

When the first drop of golden blood fell onto the back of his hand, Hode suddenly understood.

This interdimensional romance, this adventure to save the World, this bond transcending life and Death—it had been a trap set by a higher existence from the very beginning.

He looked down at the tesseract reforming in his palm, seeing different endings reflected on each face: Dianagrowing old in solitude on Mount Olympus, Natasha dying in a cycle within the Red Room, Wanda's magic consuming all reality, and Yelena's clones igniting a mechanical revolution...

But at least for now... Hode suddenly smiled, and the transparent energy transformed into 120,000 keys.

He saw Diana's shield light up again, Natasha's bullets begin to spin, Wanda's magic bloom into flowers, and Yelena's dagger emit a humming sound.

As the first key was inserted into the keyhole, the Wedding March rang out across the entire Universe.

The heartbeat in the darkness suddenly accelerated, and the twelve chains began to tighten.

Hode felt his consciousness being pulled toward an abyss, yet he saw four rays of light surging against the current.

Diana's battle cry turned into wedding vows, Natasha's gunshots turned into salutes, Wanda's spells turned into blessings, and Yelena's dagger sliced through the darkness.

The transparent energy transformed into a wedding ring, slipping onto the intersection of the 120,000 chains.

The moment the ring closed completely, Hode heard countless versions of himself cheering.

He saw the crises in all parallel Universes resolved simultaneously, saw Diana's Amazon warriors dancing with S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, saw Wanda's magical creatures reconciling with HYDRA soldiers, and saw Yelena's clone legion distributing candy to children...

But the heartbeat in the 705u.com-53 Reading Clubdarkness continued.

Hode turned to look at the source of the sound, his twelve-colored irises reflecting the scene at the bottom of the abyss: countless versions of himself had their hearts pierced by chains, and each heart imprisoned a different version of her.

Diana's War Armor was soaked in golden blood, Natasha's crossbow was bristling with arrows, Wanda's magic robe shattered into butterflies, and Yelena's dagger pierced their throats...

"This time, it's my turn..." Hode's voice was distorted by the darkness, and the transparent energy transformed into a spear, thrusting toward the abyss.

But the moment the spear touched the darkness, it turned into roses, and 120,000 roses bloomed in the void.

He heard himself in every Universe saying: "It's time to wake up."

When the first ray of morning light pierced the darkness, Hode found himself lying in a medical pod at The Watchtower.

Diana's seashell bookmark was stuck in his chest, Natasha's bullet casing ring was on his ring finger, Wanda's magic rune was embedded in his temple, and shards of Yelena's dagger were stuck to his eyelashes.

The monitoring screen showed Earth rotating, and the phonograph was playing background music from a Moscow subway station twenty years ago.

Just as he was about to get up, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.

Transparent energy poured uncontrollably from his fingertips, drawing 120,000 trajectories in the air.

At the end of each trajectory stood a blurry figure; some were weeping, some were smiling, and some were vanishing...

The alarm suddenly blared, and the red light dots split into twelve coordinates once again.

Hode looked at the tesseract reforming in his palm and heard a new heartbeat coming from a dark corner.

This time, the sound carried 120,000 different kinds of love.

Chapter 626: Just like... just like when Wanda modified reality last time.

The alarm in the medical pod resonated with the heartbeat, and the transparent energy overflowing from Hode's fingertips suddenly solidified.

Twelve weapons of different forms floated in mid-air—Diana's Starfire Sword, Natasha's Quantum Pistol, Wanda's Chaos Codex, Yelena's Neural Dagger, and eight other strange weapons he had never seen before.

Iris patterns corresponding to each woman flowed across the surface of every weapon, and their body heat could be felt from the hilts.

"Hode! There is an abnormal fluctuation in the Quantum Tunnel!"

Natasha's communicator suddenly popped out from his tactical belt. In the holographic projection, the Red Room-era version of her was fighting back-to-back with the version of herself who would lead S.H.I.E.L.D. twenty years later.

The bullet trajectories from two different timelines wove a web around them, yet they could never penetrate the energy shield manifested by the bullet casing ring he had given her.

Hode leaped out of the medical pod, and the transparent energy formed an anti-gravity field beneath his feet.

He saw the Nebula outside The Watchtower's observation window collapsing—not the destructive collapse of the purple Planet, but a rhythmic folding.

Just like... just like the energy flow trajectory when Wandamodified reality last time and turned the Brooklyn Bridge into a giant piano.

"Diana! Use your Thunder Scepter to strike the C-7 node!"

He growled at the air, and a star map of the Amazontemple suddenly appeared in his left eye.

This was the divine power coordinate she had quietly branded onto his retina three days ago when they kissed at the peak of Mount Olympus.

A battle cry came from thirty light-years away, and Diana's shield turned into a meteor, smashing into the designated location.

The Nebula instantly solidified into a dodecahedron, each facet reflecting a crisis from a different Universe: in one timeline, a Kryptonian orphan was scorching Earth with Heat Vision; in a parallel World, Thanos was wearing a wedding ring studded with Infinity Stones; and in another Universe, Hode's own clone legion was hunting down superheroes.

"Wanda! Channel the Chaos Magic from the third quadrant into my spine!"

Hode tore open his shirt; the inverted cross brand on his chest was oozing black mist.

This was a cursed rune Yelena had torn from a cult altar when she infiltrated Hell's Kitchen three days ago.

At the time, she had laughed and said this thing was much more interesting than neurotoxins, but now it had become the dark thread connecting all parallel Universes.

The purple codex appeared in his palm out of thin air, causing ripples in space-time as its pages turned.

Hode felt countless hands tearing at his consciousness; in one Universe, Wanda was using magic to pin him to the timeline; in another, Yelena was prying open his skull with a dagger; while Diana's Thunder Scepter hovered three inches above his crown, neither striking nor withdrawing.

"Natasha! Your Winter Soldier Serum..." He suddenly fell silent, for he saw both versions of Natasha in the holographic projection raise their left hands simultaneously.

The index fingers of the mechanical arm and the flesh-and-blood hand pressed against their temples at the same time. They were sharing a secret he had yet to know—about why the bullet that should have pierced his heart during the Moscow subway station explosion twenty years ago had only grazed his ear.

Transparent energy suddenly went berserk, and Hode's body began to undergo quantum reconstruction.

His left arm turned into Diana's Starfire Sword, his right leg transformed into Natasha's Quantum Boots, Wanda's Chaos Codex grew from his spine, and Yelena's Neural Dagger floated where his heart should be.

120,000 streams of energy gushed from his body, weaving into the shape of a massive wedding ring on the dome of The Watchtower.

"Is this your answer?" The voice in the darkness finally took shape, and countless versions of Hode stepped out from the ring's projection.

Some wore suits and waltzed with Diana; some wore tactical goggles and carried out missions with Natasha; some wore lab coats and researched magic with Wanda; and others, covered in neural conduits, lingered in the Data Stream with Yelena.

Each version of Hode had twelve chains piercing his heart, with the corresponding woman tethered to the end of each chain.

Hode felt his consciousness splitting, yet it had never been clearer.

He saw himself in one Universe charred to a crisp by Diana's lightning at their wedding; in another timeline, Natasha used the mixology skills he taught her to poison the entire Avengers; in one World, Wanda's Chaos Magiccreated an Eden for just the two of them; and in a certain future, Yelena's clones ruled over a mechanical empire.

"No..." He raised his right hand, which had become the codex, and 120,000 photos drifted out from between the pages.

They were all photos of him with them, but the background of each photo was shifting: sometimes it was a burning Gotham, sometimes a floating Asgard, sometimes a quantum-fied New York, and sometimes a mechanized Wakanda.

The chains suddenly tightened, and Hode heard the screams of countless versions of himself.

Diana's War Armor fragments sliced his throat, Natasha's bullet casing ring wedged into his finger bones, Wanda's magic rune scorched his retinas, and shards of Yelena's dagger pierced his cochlea.

But transparent energy gushed from every wound, forming new wedding rings in the void.

"What you wanted was never love." Hode suddenly laughed, and 120,000 weapons pointed toward the center of the darkness simultaneously.

He saw a different version of her standing in the reflection of each weapon—Amazon bride patterns emerged on Diana's War Armor, Natasha's Quantum Pistol turned into a wedding ring launcher, Wanda's codex unfurled into a wedding dress, and Yelena's dagger transformed into a bouquet.

The darkness began to materialize, turning into Thanoswearing a wedding dress.

His gauntlet was studded with twelve beating hearts, each connected to a chain, and at the end of each chain were miniature versions of Diana, Natasha, Wanda, and Yelena.

They were sleeping inside the hearts, their eyelashes stained with Hode's blood.

"The game should end now." Hode's voice made the entire dimension tremble, and the transparent energy transformed into 120,000 keys.

Each key inserted into the lock of its corresponding weapon; the Starfire Sword ignited with Amazonian holy fire, the Quantum Pistol burst forth with the blue light of Winter Soldier Serum, the Chaos Codex showered rose petals, and the Neural Dagger played the melody of the Wedding March.

Thanos's wedding dress suddenly burned away, revealing the patterns of the anti-life equation underneath.

Only then did Hode see clearly that those so-called hearts were actually the singularities of twelve Universes, and the chains were the laws of causality connecting all realities.

He suddenly understood why that cultist had branded Wanda with the inverted cross in Hell's Kitchen three days ago—it wasn't to control her, but to draw out the transparent energy within him.

"So we were the sacrifices all along." Hode tore off the fragment of the Lasso of Truth from his neck, which Dianahad secretly slipped into his tactical belt that morning.

The lasso suddenly turned into a whip of light, wrapping around Thanos's wrist, and Amazonian inscriptions collided with the anti-life equation in the void, sparking lightning.

He saw a version of her standing at every lightning node: Diana swinging her shield, Natasha firing, Wandachanting, and Yelena launching an assault.

The transparent energy suddenly surged, and Hode's body began to collapse into a singularity.

He felt 120,000 hands pushing him forward, each pair of hands carrying a different temperature.

Diana's palms had the scorching heat of thunder, Natasha's fingertips retained the gunpowder of bullets, Wanda's magic left the scent of roses, and Yelena's neurotoxins carried the coolness of mint.

"This time, it's my turn to protect you." The stream of light he had become pierced Thanos's chest, and 120,000 keys turned simultaneously.

The singularity began to spin, twisting all the chains into fragments.

The sleeping women fell from the hearts, and Hode used his final strength to push them into different timelines—Diana fell toward the collapsing Mount Olympus, Natashaplummeted toward the burning Red Room, Wanda drifted toward the quantum-fied magic laboratory, and Yelenavanished into the core of the mechanical empire.

When the stream of light completely dissipated, the alarms at The Watchtower suddenly stopped.

Hode found himself lying in the medical pod, and the communicator on his tactical belt was lit with Natasha's positioning signal.

Just as he was about to get up, he saw twelve points of light appear in his palm, each connected to a different heartbeat.

Outside the observation window, the Nebula was reforming.

Diana from one timeline flew past on a Pegasus, her shield engraved with the crest of the bride and groom; Natashafrom a parallel World walked out of the Quantum Tunnel, her mechanical arm holding a box filled with bullet casing rings; in Wanda's magic laboratory, twelve versions of Hode were dancing the tango with different ages of her; Yelena's clone legion suddenly turned toward the camera in unison, revealing smiles that tasted like rust.

The medical pod's alarm sounded again, this time a green alert.

Hode looked at the twelve coordinates lighting up simultaneously on the holographic map, each marked with a different wedding invitation.

He reached out to touch the closest one, and the invitation suddenly materialized; beneath the gold-stamped "Hode & Diana" lettering was a small, blood-stained fragment of the Starfire Sword.

The alarm suddenly turned into the Wedding March, and Hode found himself wearing twelve different sets of formal attire.

His left arm was covered in Amazonian War Armor, his right leg wore Quantum Boots, a ribbon from the Chaos Codex floated at his chest, and a mechanical rose that would never wither was inserted where his heart should be.

He turned to look at the entrance of the medical pod, and four silhouettes from different timelines were emerging in the morning light—Diana's War Armor dripping with golden blood, Natasha's gun muzzle emitting smoke, Wanda's magic robe dusted with rose petals, and Yelena's dagger glinting with cold light.

Twelve heartbeats suddenly synchronized, and the glass of the medical pod reflected countless versions of Hode.

Each version of him was holding a different version of her, walking toward wedding halls of different styles.

And the real him stood there, watching the points of light in his palm connect into constellations, hearing a new heartbeat from a dark corner, one that carried 120,000 kinds of love.

Chapter 627: Piecing together half of his face in the ruins of the mechanical empire.

Hode felt a metallic grinding sound as his Adam's apple moved, and his tactical belt automatically ejected twelve inhibitors of different colors.

In the holographic projection, Diana's Amazonian War Armor was undergoing quantum decomposition, ice crystals of Winter Soldier Serum were seeping from Natasha's mechanical arm, tentacles of the anti-life equation were extending from beneath Wanda's magicrobe, and Yelena's clone legion was piecing together half of his face in the ruins of the mechanical empire.

"It's time for you to wake up, groom." The medical pod suddenly flipped, and Hode fell heavily onto the metal floor covered in scratch marks.

The twelve floating weapons automatically returned to their places, but the moment they touched his skin, they turned into wedding rings.

The Starfire Sword turned into a platinum band on his ring finger, the Quantum Pistol transformed into titanium steel cufflinks fastening his cuffs, the pages of the Chaos Codex solidified into a rose brooch pinned to his formal wear, and the blade of the Neural Dagger turned into a hairpin, securing his messy silver hair.

The roar of engines came from outside the observation window; Hode looked up and saw Diana riding a Pegasus, crashing through the Nebula.

Her shield was inlaid with twelve miniature black holes, each reflecting a wedding scene from a different Universe: in one spacetime, his bowtie was cut by a Batarang at the Gotham Cathedral; in another parallel World, his instep was smashed by Mjolnir on the Asgard Bifrost Bridge; and in yet another Universe, a replica of the Thanos glove was tucked into his suit pocket.

"Hode!" Natasha's voice came from the quantum tunnel, and two versions of her from different spacetimes leapt out simultaneously.

The one from the Red Room era swung a barbed wedding ring chain, while the future female Director aimed a love virus injector, newly developed by S.H.I.E.L.D., at the back of his neck.

The chain and the injector collided in mid-air, emitting pink sparks. Within the sparks, surveillance footage from the Moscow metro station twenty years ago appeared—the bullet that should have been fired into his heart suddenly veered, carving a crooked love heart into the concrete wall.

Hode dodged the attack, and transparent energy condensed into a champagne glass in his palm.

Wanda's magic patterns appeared on the walls of the glass, and crystals of Yelena's neurotoxin settled at the bottom.

He sipped the metallic-tasting liquid and heard twelve heartbeats resonating within him.

In one Universe, Diana was measuring his loyalty with the Lasso of Truth; in another spacetime, Natasha was dismantling his tactical belt with a mechanical arm; Wanda's Chaos Magic was planting a rose garden in his spine; and Yelena's clone was whispering different versions of wedding vows into his cochlea.

"Have you played enough?" Hode suddenly ripped open the front of his tuxedo, and the Chaos Code transformed into a bridal shawl, enveloping his entire body.

He saw Diana's pupils contract into the slit pupils of an Amazon warrior; Natasha's mechanical arm popped out a quantum wedding ring launcher; flames of twelve colors ignited at Wanda's fingertips; and Yelena's daggers transformed into the shape of a bouquet.

The battle erupted in the Nebula.

Hode used his Starfire sword to sever the thunder chain Diana fired, but the blade left rose patterns on her War Armor; when Natasha's quantum bullet pierced his left shoulder, it turned into a wedding ring, taking root and sprouting in his flesh; Wanda's Chaos Magic attempted to alter his wedding vows, but it was rebounded into love poems by the anti-life equation within him; Yelena's neurotoxin made him see 120,000 wedding scenarios, in each of which he wore a different ridiculous costume.

"Is this what you want?" Hode suddenly stopped, and twelve weapons floated around him, forming a wedding ring matrix.

He saw the figure of Thanos emerge in the center of the matrix; this time, he was wearing a wedding dress embroidered with coordinates of twelve Universes, and the glove was inlaid with beating bride hearts.

Each heart was connected to a chain, and at the end of the chains were miniature versions of Diana, Natasha, Wanda, and Yelena, their bridal gown hems soaked in blood of different colors.

Diana's battle cry shattered the Nebula, and the black holes on her shield began to devour surrounding matter.

Natasha's mechanical arm fired wedding ring bombs modified with Winter Soldier Serum, blasting twelve holes into Thanos's wedding dress.

Wanda's Chaos Magic turned into a rose storm, blowing Thanos's glove into the shape of a balloon.

Yelena's clone army poured in through the holes, using neuro-daggers to pick the seams of Thanos's wedding dress.

Hode seized the opportunity and rushed toward the center of the matrix, as transparent energy formed a wedding red carpet beneath his feet.

He saw each fragment of the red carpet reflecting a different scene: in one spacetime, he was tossed into the air by Hulk as a flower boy at the wedding; in another parallel World, he was dragged by his tie by Captain Marvel for a space wedding; and in yet another Universe, his tuxedo was turned into a ridiculous rabbit costume by Loki.

"You will never understand love." Thanos's voice came from inside the wedding dress, and the twelve bride hearts suddenly accelerated their beating.

Hode felt the mechanical rose at his heart position begin to wither, and Yelena's neurotoxin crystallized into ice in his blood vessels.

He saw cracks appear on Diana's War Armor, Natasha's mechanical arm began to rust, Wanda's magic robe was covered in ash, and Yelena's clones were becoming transparent amidst the tangled chains.

The transparent energy suddenly went out of control, and Hode's body began to undergo quantum reorganization.

His left eye turned into Diana's thunderous eye, his right eye transformed into Natasha's quantum scope, Chaos Magic vines from Wanda grew from his spine, and the core of Yelena's neuro-dagger hovered at his heart position.

120,000 streams of energy gushed out from within him, weaving into a massive wedding invitation in the Universe.

The invitation suddenly opened, revealing wedding scenes from twelve different Universes.

In one spacetime, he was tied into a bow by Doctor Strange using the Cloak of Levitation at the Sanctum Sanctorum; in another parallel World, he was poked by Aquaman using a trident at the hem of his tuxedo; and in yet another Universe, his tie was knotted into a dead knot by Black Widow's spider silk.

Laughter from the brides echoed from every scene, mixed with the screams of Thanos.

"The game should end now." Hode's voice made the entire dimension tremble, and the transparent energy transformed into 120,000 wedding ring daggers.

Each dagger pierced the chain corresponding to a bride's heart; the Starfire sword ignited the Amazon sacred fire; the quantum pistol bloomed with the aurora of Winter Soldier Serum; the Chaos Code rained down rose petals; and the neuro-daggers played a variation of the Wedding March.

Thanos's wedding dress began to burn, revealing the true face of the anti-life equation underneath—it was fragments of wedding invitations from twelve Universes, each engraved with the names of Hode and a different bride.

He suddenly understood why, three days ago in Hells Kitchen, that cultist wanted to collect the blood of all the brides—not to summon darkness, but to complete this cross-Universe collective wedding.

"So we are the protagonists after all." Hode tore off the rose brooch from his chest, which Wanda had secretly pinned to his collar that morning.

The brooch suddenly transformed into a light sword, severing the waistband of Thanos's wedding dress, and wedding invitations from twelve Universes drifted down like snowflakes.

He saw that every invitation was imprinted with a different style of wedding ring: Diana's shield emblem, Natasha's bullet casing ring, Wanda's Chaos Rose, and Yelena's neural circuit.

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The transparent energy suddenly surged, and Hode's body began to collapse into a wedding ring.

He felt 120,000 hands pushing him forward, each pair with a different temperature.

Diana's palms had the scorching heat of thunder; Natasha's fingertips retained the gunpowder smoke of bullets; Wanda's magic left the scent of roses; and Yelena's neurotoxin carried the cool freshness of mint.

"This time, it's my turn to be the groom." The stream of light he transformed into pierced through Thanos's chest, and 120,000 wedding ring daggers rotated simultaneously.

The anti-life equation began to disintegrate, melting all the chains into golden liquid.

The sleeping women fell from the hearts, and Hode used his final strength to push them toward different spacetimes—Diana fell toward Mount Olympus, where a wedding was being held; Natasha plummeted toward Avengers Tower, which was floating with wedding rings; Wandadrifted toward the quantum magic rose garden; and Yelenadisappeared into the wedding clock tower of the mechanical empire.

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When the stream of light completely dissipated, Hodefound himself standing at the intersection of twelve Universes.

Variations of the Wedding March came from every Universe: in one spacetime, he was forcibly dressed in mage robes by the Sorcerer Ancient One at the Sanctum Sanctorum; in another parallel World, he was turned into a wedding cake decoration by Iron Man using Nano Armor; and in yet another Universe, his tuxedo was embroidered with constellations by Captain Marvel using energy beams.

His tactical belt suddenly vibrated, and Hode looked down to see twelve coordinates lighting up on the holographic map.

Each coordinate marked a different wedding scene: the stained-glass windows of Gotham Cathedral reflected Diana's thunder; the deck of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier was covered in Natasha's bullet casing roses; Wanda's Chaos streamers floated on the Asgard Bifrost Bridge; and in the Vibranium church of Wakanda, Yelena's clones were adjusting mechanical flower children.

He reached out to touch the nearest coordinate, and the invitation suddenly materialized.

Beneath the gold-stamped words "Hode and All Brides," a small piece of blood-stained bridal veil was attached.

The alarm sound suddenly turned into wedding bells, and Hode found himself wearing a fusion of twelve tuxedos—his left arm was a splicing of Amazon War Armor and quantum boots; his right leg was wrapped in mechanical prosthetics and magic vines; ribbons of the Chaos Code and neural circuits fluttered on his chest; and an eternal Thanos glove rose was inserted at his heart position.

Outside the observation window, fireworks bloomed simultaneously in the starry skies of twelve Universes.

In one spacetime, Diana rode a Pegasus to shatter Thanos's wedding ring satellite; in another parallel World, Natasha used her mechanical arm to launch wedding ring missiles; twelve humanoid statues of Hode rose in Wanda's magic rose garden; and Yelena's mechanical empire was playing wedding holographic projections.

The glass of the medical pod suddenly reflected countless versions of Hode.

Each version of him was holding hands with a different version of her, walking toward wedding halls of different styles.

The real him stood in place, watching the points of light in his palm connect into a wedding ring constellation.

New heartbeats came from a dark corner, this time carrying the echoes of 120,000 kinds of love, while his tactical belt automatically ejected twelve inhibitors of different colors, refracting the rainbow meaning of the wedding invitation in the morning light.

Chapter 628: Are You Playing for Real?

The wedding ring constellation at Hode's fingertips suddenly burst with intense light, and twelve streams of energy pierced into his spine like blood vessels.

He heard Diana's battle cry echoing in the depths of the Amazon jungle; the reflection of Natasha's sniper scope swept across the New York skyline; Wanda's Chaos Magicwas tearing through the dimensional barrier of a parallel Universe; and Yelena's clones were piecing together a new wedding ring blueprint in the ruins of the mechanical empire.

"It's time to change the rules this time." Hode ripped open the collar of his fusion tuxedo, and the ribbons of the Chaos Code automatically wove themselves into a tactical vest.

He saw the twelve coordinates on the holographic map begin to move: Diana's wedding scene was devouring the Gothic spires of Gotham; Natasha's coordinates were laying quantum mines around the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier; a blood-red moon rose in Wanda's rose garden; and Yelena's mechanical clock tower began to reverse time.

The medical pod suddenly shook violently, and when Hodegrabbed the window sill, the neural circuit patterns of Yelena appeared on the skin of his palms.

Outside the window, the figure of Diana riding a Pegasus flashed by; her shield was now inlaid with twelve prisms, each reflecting a different version of the wedding scene: in one spacetime, he was fitted with a ring by the Sorcerer Ancient One using the Time Stone at the Sanctum Sanctorum; in another parallel World, he was poked by Aquaman using a trident at the hem of his wedding dress; and in yet another Universe, his tie was knotted into a dead knot by Black Widow's spider silk.

"Hode!" Natasha's voice came from the quantum tunnel, this time accompanied by the buzzing of a mechanical swarm from the 705u.com-53 Reading Club.

The wedding ring chain she swung wrapped around Hode's ankle, but a Quantum Rose bloomed at the end of the chain.

As Hode flipped and leapt up, his tactical belt automatically ejected the neuro-inhibitor specially made by Yelena, and the pale blue liquid condensed into the shape of a bridal veil in the air.

Wanda's magic storm suddenly swept in, and flames of twelve colors wove into a protective shield around Hode.

He saw Diana's thunder chain, Natasha's quantum bullets, crystals of Yelena's neurotoxin, and fragments of the Infinity Stones from Thanos's glove from some Universeappearing within the flames.

When the flames receded, his left arm was covered in the scales of Amazon War Armor, his right leg was wrapped in the energy circuits of mechanical prosthetics, and the rose at his heart position was absorbing the energy of Chaos Magic.

"Are you playing for real?" Hode tore off the veil, and the tactical belt suddenly projected twelve holographic projections.

Diana was measuring the dimensions of the wedding hall with the Lasso of Truth; Natasha's mechanical arm was adjusting the fuse of a wedding ring bomb; the hem of Wanda's magic robe dragged the trajectory of the anti-life equation; and Yelena's clones were holding a neurotoxin champagne tower.

The observation window suddenly shattered, and Dianarode her Pegasus into the medical pod.

Her shield had now turned into the shape of a wedding cake, with miniature black holes sandwiched between twelve layers of cream.

"It's time to cut the cake, groom." The thunder chain she swung wrapped around Hode's waist, but it turned into a platinum wedding ring the moment it touched his skin.

Hode felt the energy within his body begin to go out of control, and twelve heartbeats resonated in his chest.

He saw Natasha leap out from the quantum tunnel; the one from the Red Room era was holding a barbed wedding ring dagger, while the future female Director was holding a champagne glass filled with love virus.

When the two weapons collided in mid-air, surveillance footage from the Moscow metro station twenty years ago appeared in the pink sparks—the bullet that should have been fired into his heart turned into a wedding ring this time, carving a crooked "I do" into the concrete wall.

"You are crazy!" Hode used his Starfire sword to sever the thunder chain, but the blade left rose patterns on Diana's War Armor.

When Natasha's quantum bullet pierced his left shoulder, it turned into a wedding ring, taking root and sprouting in his flesh.

Wanda's Chaos Magic attempted to alter his wedding vows, but it was rebounded into love poems by the anti-life equation within him, each character turning into a thorny rose that pierced his throat.

Yelena's clone army suddenly poured out from the ruins of the mechanical empire, their neuro-daggers transformed into the shape of bouquets.

Hode felt 120,000 versions of wedding vows ringing in his cochlea, each version carrying echoes from different spacetimes.

In one spacetime, he was tossed into the air by Hulk as a flower boy at the wedding; in another parallel World, he was dragged by his tie by Captain Marvel for a space wedding; and in yet another Universe, his tuxedo was turned into a ridiculous rabbit costume by Loki.

"Is this the wedding you understand?" Hode suddenly grabbed Diana's shield, and the twelve prisms refracted his figure into twelve.

Each figure was holding hands with a different version of her: Amazon-form Diana holding a thunder wedding ring, mechanically modified Natasha holding quantum champagne, Chaos Magic-form Wanda wearing a rose wedding dress, and Yelena's clones weaving bouquets with neurotoxin.

The figure of Thanos suddenly emerged in the Nebula; this time, he was wearing a wedding dress embroidered with coordinates of twelve Universes, and the glove was inlaid with beating bride hearts.

Each heart was connected to a chain, and at the end of the chains were miniature versions of Diana, Natasha, Wanda, and Yelena, their bridal gown hems soaked in blood of different colors.

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"It's time to upgrade the game." Thanos's voice made the entire dimension tremble. The cosmic coordinates on his wedding dress began to flicker, the Gotham Cathedral of a certain time and space was collapsing, the deck of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier cracked open into a quantum abyss, Asgard's Bifrost Bridge twisted into the shape of a wedding ring, and inside Wakanda's Vibranium church, Yelena's clones were being assimilated by the anti-life equation.

Hode felt the energy flow within his body begin to reverse, and one hundred and twenty thousand wedding ring daggers rampaged through his blood vessels. His left eye turned into Diana's Eye of Thunder, his right eye transformed into Natasha's quantum targeting reticle, Chaos Magic vines of Wanda sprouted from his spine, and Yelena's neural dagger core floated at his heart. The transparent energy suddenly went wild, and his body began to undergo quantum reorganization, each atom reflecting wedding scenes from different times and spaces.

"You will never understand love." Thanos waved his wedding dress, and the hearts of the twelve brides suddenly beat faster. Hode saw Diana's War Armordevelop cracks, Natasha's mechanical arm began to rust, Wanda's magic robe became covered in ashes, and Yelena's clones gradually became transparent amidst the entangling chains. He tried to reach out, only to find his own arm turning into a wedding ring matrix.

At the critical moment, his tactical belt suddenly vibrated. Hode looked down to see that in the holographic projection, Diana was using the Lasso of Truth to bind the belt of Thanos's wedding dress, Natasha's mechanical arm fired wedding ring bombs modified with Winter Soldier Serum, Wanda's Chaos Magic transformed into a rose storm, tearing at the hem of the wedding dress, and Yelena's clones were using neural daggers to pry open the seams of the wedding dress.

"Now!" Hode roared, and one hundred and twenty thousand streams of energy erupted from his body. The Sparks Greatsword ignited the Amazon sacred fire, the quantum pistol bloomed with the aurora of the Winter Soldier Serum, the chaos grimoire rained down rose petals, and the neural daggers played a variation of the wedding march. His body collapsed into a wedding ring within the torrent of energy, only to burst into wedding invitations of twelve Universes the moment it touched Thanos's chest.

Thanos's wedding dress began to burn, revealing the true face of the anti-life equation underneath—it was fragments of wedding invitations from twelve Universes, each engraved with the names of Hode and different brides. Hode suddenly understood why, three days ago in Hells Kitchen, that cultist wanted to collect the blood of all the brides—it wasn't to summon darkness, but to complete this cross-Universe mass wedding.

"So we were the sacrifices all along." Hode tore off the rose brooch on his chest, which Wanda had secretly pinned to his collar this morning. The brooch suddenly turned into a lightsaber, slashing through the belt of Thanos's wedding dress, and wedding invitations from twelve Universes drifted down like snowflakes... He saw that each invitation was printed with a different style of wedding ring: Diana's shield crest, Natasha's bullet casing ring, Wanda's chaos rose, and Yelena's neural circuitry.

As the last piece of the wedding dress turned to ash, Hodefound himself standing at the intersection of twelve Universes. A variation of the wedding march echoed from every Universe. In a certain time and space, he was forcibly dressed in a mage robe by Sorcerer Ancient One in the Sanctum Sanctorum; in a certain parallel World, he was turned into a wedding cake decoration by Iron Man using nano-armor; and in another Universe, his suit was embroidered with constellations by Captain Marvel using energy beams.

The tactical belt suddenly popped up a new holographic projection, this time showing the real-time coordinates of the twelve brides. Diana was on Mount Olympus fighting Ares, the God of War, for the wedding sacred fire; Natashawas on the rooftop of Avengers Tower fighting HYDRAAgents for the wedding ring missile; in Wanda's magic rose garden, twelve statues of Hode rose up; and Yelena's mechanical empire was broadcasting the wedding holographic projection.

"Who should I choose?" Hode lightly tapped the holographic map, and Diana's coordinates suddenly burst with Thunder. In the screen, he saw the Amazon warriorbinding Thanos's severed limbs with the Lasso of Truth, but the miniature black hole on her shield reflected the figures of the other brides—Natasha was installing wedding ring bombs in a quantum tunnel, Wanda's Chaos Magic was enveloping Yelena's clones, and the hems of all their wedding dresses were connected to the chains of the anti-life equation.

The alarm sound suddenly turned into wedding bells, and Hode found himself wearing a fusion of twelve suits. His left arm was a patchwork of Amazon War Armor and quantum boots, his right leg was a tangle of mechanical prosthetic and magic vines, ribbons of the chaos grimoireand neural circuitry floated across his chest, and a never-fading Thanos gauntlet rose was pinned at his heart. He reached out to touch the nearest coordinates, and the holographic projection suddenly turned into a physical portal.

At the end of the portal was the stained glass window of Gotham Cathedral, with Diana's Thunder exploding outside. The moment Hode stepped into the cathedral, the illusions of the twelve brides appeared simultaneously. Diana held a thunder wedding ring, Natasha held quantum champagne, Wanda wore a rose wedding dress, and Yelena's clones held neurotoxin bouquets. The hems of their wedding dresses were all connected to the chains of the anti-life equation, and at the end of the chains was Thanos, who was currently reconstructing.

"You're finally here." Diana's slitted pupils flashed with lightning, and her shield suddenly turned into the shape of a wedding cake. Natasha's mechanical arm popped out a wedding ring launcher, twelve colors of flame ignited at Wanda's fingertips, and Yelena's dagger turned into the shape of a bouquet. Hode felt the energy inside him begin to boil, and one hundred and twenty thousand wedding ring daggers buzzed in his blood vessels.

When Thanos's mangled body crashed through the stained glass window, Hode suddenly understood the truth behind this wedding—each bride was a fragment of the anti-life equation, and every increase in intimacy was collecting energy. He tore open his fused suit, revealing the Thanos gauntlet rose at his heart. Twelve streams of energy erupted from the rose, weaving into a massive wedding ring matrix at the cathedral's dome.

"This time, I'll be the officiant." Hode's voice made all of Gotham tremble. He saw the wedding scenes of twelve Universes emerge at the center of the matrix, the brides at each scene bound by the chains of the anti-life equation. Diana's thunder chains, Natasha's quantum wedding ring, Wanda's chaos rose, and Yelena's neural circuitry were all wrapped around his fingertips at this moment.

Thanos's roar echoed from deep within the matrix, and the twelve bride hearts suddenly beat faster. Hode felt his left Eye of Thunder begin to burn, his right quantum targeting reticle glowed with a bloody light, the magic vines along his spine grew wildly, and the rose at his heart was absorbing all the energy. When the first wedding ring dagger pierced Thanos's chest, the entire Universesuddenly fell silent.

Chapter 629 Energy Flows Along the Chains into the Real World

Hode felt the rose at his heart tearing through his chest, and twelve colors of energy flows washed through his nerve endings along his blood vessels. The bride hearts on Thanos's mangled body suddenly burst into a bloody mist, each droplet of blood turning into Diana's thunder chains, Natasha's quantum bullets, Wanda's chaos rose, and Yelena's neurotoxin. He saw his own shadow split into twelve within the bloody mist, each holding the hand of a different bride as they walked toward the stained glass window.

"Which me do you choose?" Diana's voice came from all directions, her shield refracting twelve Gotham Cathedrals in the bloody mist. In one projection, she wore wedding dress War Armor, with "Amazon Bride" engraved on her shield; in another time and space, she wore a quantum wedding dress, her shield embedded with a miniature black hole; and in yet another projection, she was wrapped in Chaos Magic, her shield turning into rose thorns.

Hode's left Eye of Thunder suddenly focused automatically, seeing Natasha's mechanical arm assembling a wedding ring missile in the bloody mist. The missile casing was the silver color of the Winter Soldier Serum, the warhead was engraved with the symbol of the anti-life equation, and the thrusters spewed the blue light of Yelena's neurotoxin. "Careful not to misfire, darling." Natasha's illusion suddenly poked her head out from behind the missile, a chaos rose of Wanda pinned in her red hair.

Wanda's magic storm swept in, and twelve colors of flames paved a rose carpet under Hode's feet. He saw wedding scenes from different times and spaces emerge in the flames: in one Universe, Natasha used chains from her Red Room training to bind his ankles; in a parallel World, Diana used the Lasso of Truth to measure his heartbeat; and in another time and space, Yelena's clone was using neurotoxin to tattoo a wedding ring pattern on his back.

"It's time to end this." Hode tore off the Thanos gauntlet rose on his chest, and the petals suddenly turned into twelve Sparks Greatswords. He swung his sword to sever the nearest Thunder chain, but the blade turned into a wedding ring the moment it touched Diana's illusion. The illusion suddenly materialized, and the Amazon warrior's fingertip pressed against his throat: "You can't escape, groom."

Natasha's quantum bullet grazed his ear, blasting open twelve space-time tunnels on the stained glass window. Yelena's laughter echoed from one of the tunnels, her mechanical arm adjusting the neurotoxin champagne: "Want to try a new flavor? This time, I've added the anti-life equation." Hode felt the magic vines along his spine suddenly go wild, and Wanda's magic runes emerged within the roses blooming at the tips of the vines.

Thanos's mangled body reconstructed in the bloody mist, and twelve anti-life equation chains extended from the hem of his wedding dress. Bound to the end of each chain was a miniature version of a bride: Diana was pierced through the shoulder blades by thunder chains, Natasha's mechanical arm was rusting, Wanda's magic robe was covered in ashes, and Yelena's clone was gradually becoming transparent within the entangling chains. Hodeheard their screams intertwining with the wedding bells, and the rose at his heart suddenly began to rotate counterclockwise.

"Is this the wedding you wanted?" Hode suddenly grabbed the nearest chain, and the energy of the anti-life equationpoured into his body through his fingertips. He saw the illusions of the twelve brides turn their heads at the same time: Diana's slitted pupils flashed with Data Stream, Natasha's quantum targeting reticle glowed with code, binary symbols emerged in Wanda's flames, and Yelena's neural circuitry began to flicker with holographic projections.

The tactical belt suddenly vibrated, popping up a new holographic map. The twelve coordinates on the map were merging, ultimately pointing to the rose at Hode's heart. He suddenly understood that what he had been collecting all these days was not just intimacy, but also the consciousness of the brides sealed by the anti-life equation. As the first rose petal drifted down, Diana's thunder chains suddenly turned into a bridal veil, Natasha's quantum bullets transformed into a bouquet, Wanda's chaos flames condensed into a wedding ring, and Yelena's neurotoxin wove into a book of vows.

"So we were your strength all along." Diana's materialized illusion suddenly spoke, her shield turning into a wedding cake, with miniature Universes sandwiched between the twelve layers of cream. Natasha's mechanical arm popped out the wedding ring launcher, but the bullets turned into chocolate gold coins; the flames at Wanda's fingertips turned into a rain of rose petals, each petal engraved with "I do" in different languages; and Yelena's clones carried a neurotoxin champagne tower, wedding rings from twelve times and spaces suspended within the liquid.

Thanos's roar echoed once more, and the cosmic coordinates on the wedding dress began to collapse. The Gotham Cathedral of a certain time and space was being sucked into a miniature black hole, the deck of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier cracked open into a quantum abyss, Asgard's Bifrost Bridge twisted into the shape of a wedding ring, and inside Wakanda's Vibranium church, Yelena's clones were being assimilated by binary code. Hode felt his left Eye of Thunder begin to bleed, his right quantum targeting reticle develop cracks, the magic vines along his spine grew wildly, and the rose at his heart was blooming into a black hole.

"It's time to end the game." Hode suddenly thrust the twelve Sparks Greatswords into the rose at his heart. What burst from the collision of blades and petals was not sparks, but the wedding vows of the twelve brides. He heard Diana say in Amazonian, "I am willing to share the Thunder with you," Natasha say in Russian, "My bullets will always be chambered for you," Wanda say in Chaos Magic tongue, "My roses bloom only for you," and Yelenasay in neural code, "My circuits beat only for you."

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Thanos's wedding dress suddenly shattered, revealing the core of the anti-life equation underneath—a wedding ring matrix composed of the consciousness fragments of twelve brides. Floating at the center of the matrix was the wedding ring constellation Hode had first obtained, which was currently absorbing the energy of all the brides. He saw countless images flash within the matrix: in one space-time, Diana used the Lasso of Truth to bind Thanos's wedding dress belt; in a parallel World, Natasha's mechanical arm fired a wedding ring bombmodified with the Winter Soldier Serum; and in another Universe, Wanda's Chaos Magic turned into a rose storm, tearing at the hem of the wedding dress.

"Now!" Hode roared, and twelve thousand streams of energy erupted from within him. The Starfire Longsword ignited the Amazon sacred fire, the quantum pistolbloomed with the aurora of the Winter Soldier Serum, the chaos grimoire showered down a rain of rose petals, and the neural dagger played a variation of the Wedding March. His body collapsed into a wedding ring within the torrent of energy, but the moment it touched the core of the matrix, it erupted into wedding invitations for twelve Universes.

The invitations transformed into light blades and pierced into the matrix, causing each bride's consciousness fragment to begin glowing. Diana's Thunder eyes illuminated the vulnerabilities in the anti-life equation, Natasha's quantum bullets pierced the matrix's firewall, Wanda's Chaos Magic flames scorched the code viruses, and Yelena's neurotoxin reorganized the data chains. Hodefelt his consciousness splitting, with each fragment holding a bride's hand as they charged toward the core of the matrix.

When the final light blade pierced the core, Hode found himself standing in the center of a Data Stream vortex. Phantoms of the twelve brides surrounded him: Diana's War Armor wedding dress flowed with Thunder, Natasha's quantum wedding dress flickered with code, Wanda's Chaos Magic wedding dress burned with roses, and Yelena's neural wedding dress wove with circuits. The hems of their wedding dresses were connected to the same anti-life equation chain, and at the end of the chain was Thanos, who was currently reorganizing.

"You have lost." Hode gripped the chain, and twelve types of energy flows surged from his palm into Thanos's body. He saw the wedding memories of all the brides emerge from the matrix core: Diana placing a thunder wedding ring on him at Mount Olympus, Natasha wrapping a chain around his ring finger at the Red Room, Wanda carving a marriage contract with Chaos Magic at the Sanctum Sanctorum, and Yelena tattooing a vow with neurotoxin in the mechanical empire.

Thanos's remaining body suddenly began to digitize, and the wedding dress dissipated into binary code. Hode felt the rose at his heart withering, and the twelve-colored energy flows returned to his body. He looked down and saw a new wedding ring constellation emerging in his palm; this time, it was a fusion of the twelve brides' powers—Diana's Thunder patterns, Natasha's quantum marks, Wanda's Chaos Magic cracks, and Yelena's neural circuits.

The tactical belt suddenly popped up a new holographic projection, showing the twelve brides waking up in the real World. Diana raised her thunder wedding ring on Themyscira, Natasha was tuning a quantum wedding ring launcher at Avengers Tower, Wanda was weaving a rose wedding dress with Chaos Magic at the Sanctum Sanctorum, and Yelena was starting a neurotoxin champagne tower in the mechanical empire. Beneath each projection, a countdown flickered: 00:07:59.

"It seems the real wedding is about to begin." Hode tore open his fusion tuxedo, revealing the wedding ring constellation on his chest. Twelve streams of energy erupted from the constellation, coalescing behind him into phantoms of twelve pairs of newlyweds. In one space-time, he was fitted with a mage-robe wedding ring by the Sorcerer Ancient One using the Time Stone at the Sanctum Sanctorum; in a parallel World, he was turned into a wedding cake decoration by Iron Man using Nano War Armor; and in another Universe, his tuxedo was embroidered with constellations by Captain Marvel using energy beams.

The alarm sound suddenly transformed into the Wedding March, and Hode found himself standing at the intersection of twelve Universes. Calls from the brides came from every Universe: Diana's Thunder exploded at Mount Olympus, Natasha's quantum signal came from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Wanda's chaos roses bloomed at the Sanctum Sanctorum, and Yelena's neural code flickered in the mechanical empire. He reached out to touch the nearest space-time rift, and suddenly, Diana's Thunder hand reached out from within.

"Hold on tight, groom." Diana's materialized arm was wrapped in thunder chains, and Hode's name appeared on her War Armor wedding dress. Natasha's quantum bullets grazed the edge of the rift, exploding into twelve space-time coordinates in the void. Wanda's chaos flames turned into a rose arch, and Yelena's neurotoxin wove into a red carpet. Hode felt the Thunder eye in his left eye begin to burn, the quantum scope in his right eye glowed with a bloody light, the magic vines on his spine grew wildly, and the wedding ring constellation at his heart was resonating.

As the first Thunder chain wrapped around his waist, Hodesuddenly understood the truth of this wedding—each bride was a fragment of his power, and every increase in intimacy was repairing the Universes torn apart by the anti-life equation. He grabbed Diana's hand and leaped into the rift, and behind him came Thanos's final roar: "You will never understand..."

The moment the rift closed, Hode saw the phantoms of the twelve brides turn their heads simultaneously. The sound of wedding bells flashed in Diana's vertical pupils, champagne bubbles rose in Natasha's quantum scope, Wanda's chaos flames coalesced into the shape of a wedding ring, and Yelena's neural circuits played the Wedding March. He felt the wedding ring constellation at his heart begin to rotate, and the twelve-colored energy flows surged along the chains toward the real World.

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Hode plummeted rapidly through the space-time rift, surrounded by twelve-colored energy flows like gorgeous ribbons. Diana's thunder chains continuously released electric currents, stimulating his nerves and keeping him conscious. Natasha's quantum signals buzzed in his ears, as if guiding him in the right direction. Wanda's chaos roses bloomed and withered beside him, each blooming releasing powerful magical fluctuations. Yelena's neurotoxin moved like agile snakes, slithering across his skin and bringing a strange sensation.

"Hode, hold onto me!" Diana's voice remained clear amidst the roar of Thunder. The muscles in her arms were tense as she pulled Hode with all her might, as if trying to save him from this endless fall. Hode could feel the warmth of her palm; it was real, warm, and it stirred an inexplicable sense of peace in his heart.

"Diana, where are we going?" Hode shouted, his voice somewhat fragmented by the turbulence of space-time.

Diana turned to look at him, her eyes flashing with a resolute light: "To the real World, to complete our wedding, and to stop Thanos's conspiracy!"

Just then, Natasha's quantum bullets suddenly fired from ahead, exploding into a brilliant light in the void. In the light, a massive space-time vortex appeared, with mysterious light flickering at its center.

"That's it!" Natasha's voice came through the quantum signal, "That is the passage to the real World!"

Hode took a deep breath, focused his mind, and mobilized the twelve energy flows within his body. He felt his body become light, as if he were merging with these energy flows. Following Diana's Thunder chain, he charged toward the space-time vortex.

The moment he approached the vortex, a powerful suction force pulled them in. Hode only felt the World spinning before his eyes, with various colors and lights intertwining and flickering. He heard Diana's shouts, Natasha's warnings, Wanda's magical chanting, and Yelena's neural code sounds in his ears; these sounds intertwined to form a strange symphony.

When Hode regained consciousness, he found himself in the real World. He stood atop a pile of ruins, surrounded by burning flames and collapsed buildings. In the sky, dark clouds gathered, and Thunder rolled, as if foreshadowing that a great catastrophe was about to descend.

"We are finally back." Diana stood beside him; her War Armor wedding dress was slightly damaged, but it still exuded a powerful aura.

Natasha crawled out from the ruins nearby; her red hair was a bit messy, but her eyes remained sharp: "Thanosmust have already sensed our return. We must find him as soon as possible."

Wanda walked over slowly from the other side, her Chaos Magic swirling around her to form a protective shield: "I can sense his presence; it's not far from here."

Yelena crawled out from the ground, her mechanical arm flickering with light: "I have already hacked into the city's surveillance system and discovered that Thanos is gathering energy at the plaza in the city center."

Hode nodded and clenched his fists: "Alright, let's go!"

They sped toward the city center plaza. Along the way, they encountered various monsters and robots controlled by Thanos. Diana wielded her shield, with the power of Thunder flickering on it, repelling the monsters one by one. Natasha used her mechanical arm and quantum bullets to precisely destroy the robots' cores. Wanda's Chaos Magicturned into streaks of fire, burning the monsters to ashes. Yelena used her neurotoxin to throw the monsters into chaos, causing them to kill each other.

Hode didn't stay idle either; he mobilized the twelve energy flows within his body and fought side-by-side with the brides. He discovered that as his intimacy with the brides increased, his control over these energies became more and more proficient. He could condense the power of Thunder into a sharp sword, turn the quantum power into a protective shield, transform Chaos Magic into a giant palm, and turn the neurotoxin into chains.

When they finally arrived at the city center plaza, the scene before them made them gasp. Thanos stood in the center of the plaza, his body exuding powerful anti-life equationenergy, surrounded by countless controlled superheroes and ordinary people. He held a massive energy ball, which flickered with twelve colors of light, echoing the wedding ring constellation at Hode's heart.

"You have finally arrived." Thanos's voice was low and majestic, as if coming from the abyss of hell, "Today, you will all die here, and this World will belong to me!"

Diana took a step forward, her shield flickering with Thunder: "Thanos, don't you dare think you will succeed! We will stop you!"

Natasha also raised her mechanical arm, her quantum bullets chambered: "That's right, you madman; today is your doom!"

Wanda's Chaos Magic condensed into a huge fireball in her hand: "For our World, for our love, we will not back down!"

Yelena's mechanical arm flickered with light, and neurotoxin condensed at her fingertips: "Let's end this!"

Hode stood between them, feeling their strength and determination. He knew that this battle would decide the fate of the World and the future of their love. He took a deep breath, mobilized the twelve energy flows within his body, and charged toward Thanos together with the brides.

The battle erupted instantly; Thunder and Chaos Magicintertwined, while quantum bullets and neurotoxins flew together. Diana's shield collided with Thanos's energy ball, creating a deafening roar. Natasha's quantum bullets fired continuously at Thanos, but they were all blocked by the Energy Shield around him. Wanda's Chaos Magic turned into a giant palm, reaching out to grab Thanos, but Thanoseasily dodged it. Yelena's neurotoxin attempted to invade Thanos's nervous system, but was also blocked by his powerful anti-life equation energy.

Hode kept searching for a flaw in Thanos during the battle.

He discovered that whenever Thanos concentrated on releasing energy, a ripple would appear in his Energy Shield.

Seizing the opportunity, he mobilized the twelve energy flows within his body, transforming them into a massive blade of light, and struck at Thanos's Energy Shield.

"Now!" Hode shouted.

The brides also sensed Hode's intention and increased the intensity of their attacks, coordinating with his strike.

Diana's Thunder was infused into the blade of light, making it even sharper.

Natasha's quantum bullets formed an Energy Vortexaround the blade, enhancing its power.

Wanda's Chaos Magic turned into streaks of flame, wrapping around the blade and making it even hotter.

Yelena's neurotoxin permeated the blade, giving it the effect of paralyzing the enemy.

The blade of light struck Thanos's Energy Shield, emitting a crisp sound.

A huge crack appeared on the Energy Shield, spreading rapidly until it shattered with a roar.

Thanos's body was hit by the blade of light; he let out a painful roar and fell backward.

"We did it!" Diana shouted excitedly.

However, Thanos did not fall just like that.

He struggled to stand up, his eyes flashing with a crazy light: "Do you think you can defeat me this way? Too naive!"

As he spoke, he waved his hands, and the controlled superheroes and ordinary people around them rushed toward them.

These controlled individuals had empty eyes and stiff movements, yet they possessed powerful strength.

"Oh no, he has controlled these people!" Natasha shouted.

Hode frowned; he knew they could not hurt these innocent people.

He quickly thought of a countermeasure, and suddenly, he came up with a plan.

"Diana, use your Lasso of Truth to restrain them! Natasha, use your quantum bullets to interfere with Thanos's control signal! Wanda, use your Chaos Magic to purify the anti-life equation energy within them! Yelena, use your neurotoxin to temporarily immobilize them!" Hode shouted loudly.

The brides nodded one after another and acted according to Hode's instructions.

Diana swung her Lasso of Truth, snaring the controlled individuals one by one and temporarily rendering them immobile.

Natasha continuously fired quantum bullets, interfering with Thanos's control signal.

Wanda's Chaos Magic turned into streaks of light, purifying the anti-life equation energy within the people.

Yelena's neurotoxin turned into chains, binding the people.

With their cooperation, the controlled individuals gradually regained consciousness.

They looked at the scene before them, looking confused, not knowing what had happened.

"Everyone, leave here quickly!" Hode shouted loudly.

The people fled the square one after another, leaving only Hode and the brides to confront Thanos.

Thanos looked at everything before him, his eyes filled with anger and unwillingness: "You hateful guys, I will not let you go!"

As he spoke, he gathered the anti-life equation energy within his body again, preparing to launch his final attack.

Hode and the brides were also prepared; they stood tightly together, ready to welcome this final decisive battle...

Chapter 631: Hand in hand, walking towards the distance

Energy rolled around Thanos like a surging black tide, the power of the anti-life equation twisting the surrounding space, making the air thick and oppressive.

Hode could feel that evil power trying to erode his will, but the belief in his heart was like a towering mountain, unwavering.

"Diana, his energy core should be at his chest; that is the convergence point of the anti-life equation." Hode locked his gaze firmly on Thanos and said in a low voice to Dianabeside him.

His voice was steady and firm; despite facing such a powerful enemy, he had no fear at all.

Diana nodded, her eyes revealing fearless courage: "Okay, I will find an opportunity to get close to him; you and the others coordinate with me."

Her voice was like a war drum, inspiring everyone around her.

Natasha was adjusting the weapons on her mechanical arm on the side, her eyes sharp as an eagle's: "I will use quantum bombs to interfere with his energy flow, making him unable to exert his full power."

Her fingers danced rapidly on the buttons of the mechanical arm, as if playing a deadly musical piece.

Wanda raised her hands slightly, Chaos Magic dancing at her fingertips: "I will use magic to create an illusion to distract him."

There was a mysterious smile on her face, as if she had already seen the dawn of victory.

Yelena crouched down, her mechanical arm inserting into the ground, starting to hack into Thanos's energy system: "I will try to destroy his energy transmission lines to make him fall into a temporary paralysis."

Her eyes were focused and calm, like a top-tier hacker.

The battle broke out again, and Thanos launched the attack first.

A black beam of energy shot out from his hand, attacking Hode and the others.

Hode quickly mobilized the twelve energy flows within his body, forming a colorful shield in front of him.

The energy beam struck the shield, emitting a deafening roar; the shield shook violently, but it ultimately blocked the blow.

"Natasha, now!" Hode shouted.

Natasha immediately fired a quantum bomb.

The bomb drew an arc in the air and landed accurately at Thanos's feet.

The quantum bomb exploded, releasing a powerful energy wave that interfered with Thanos's energy flow.

Thanos's body swayed slightly, and the rhythm of his attack was disrupted.

Meanwhile, Wanda cast Chaos Magic, creating a huge illusion.

In the illusion, a group of terrifying monsters rushed towards Thanos from all directions.

Thanos was confused by the illusion, unable to distinguish truth from falsehood for a moment, and a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.

Yelena also successfully hacked into Thanos's energy system and destroyed his energy transmission lines.

Thanos's body suddenly stiffened, and the energy light on his body dimmed slightly.

"Diana, go!" Hode shouted loudly.

Diana rushed out like a bolt of lightning; her speed was extremely fast, and she arrived in front of Thanos in an instant.

She leaped high, her shield carrying Thunder, and smashed fiercely toward Thanos's chest.

Thanos reacted and wanted to dodge, but it was too late.

The shield smashed heavily into his chest, emitting a dull sound.

Thanos's body flew backward, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

But he quickly steadied himself, his eyes flashing with a crazy light: "You ants, how dare you offend me like this!"

As he spoke, he waved his hands, and the surrounding air instantly became bone-chillingly cold.

Countless ice cones rose from the ground and shot towards Hode and the others.

Hode quickly mobilized the energy flow within his body, shattering the ice cones one by one.

But there were too many ice cones, and he was still scratched on the arm by a few of them.

"Hode, are you okay?" Diana asked with concern.

Hode gritted his teeth: "I'm fine, this little injury is nothing. We cannot let him have another chance to launch an attack."

Just at this moment, Thanos suddenly cast a powerful magic, shrouding the entire square in darkness.

In the darkness, Hode and the others lost their sense of direction and could only hear Thanos's eerie laughter echoing in their ears.

"Everyone don't panic, stay calm." Hode shouted loudly.

He closed his eyes and used his heart to feel the energy flow around him.

Suddenly, he felt a faint energy fluctuation; that was Thanos's position.

"He is over there!" Hode opened his eyes and pointed in a direction in the darkness.

Diana and the others immediately rushed in that direction.

In the darkness, they could only move forward by relying on their senses and Hode's guidance.

Finally, they saw Thanos's figure.

Thanos was standing in the center of a huge energy magiccircle, his hands constantly forming seals, seemingly preparing an even more powerful magic.

"Stop him!" Hode shouted.

Everyone attacked one after another, but the Energy Shieldaround Thanos was exceptionally powerful, blocking all their attacks.

Thanos looked at them with a mocking smile on his face: "Do you think you can stop me this way? Too naive!"

As he spoke, he completed the magic, and a huge black energy pillar shot out from the magic circle, attacking Hodeand the others.

Where the energy pillar passed, the ground was torn apart, leaving a deep trench.

Hode's heart tightened; he knew the power of this strike was extremely strong, and if they were hit, they would all be crushed to pieces.

He quickly mobilized the twelve energy flows within his body, gathering all the energy together.

A huge Energy Vortex appeared around his body, flashing with twelve colors of light.

"Come on, let us have a showdown!" Hode shouted and rushed towards the energy pillar.

The energy pillar and the Energy Vortex collided, emitting a earth-shattering loud noise.

Powerful energy fluctuations spread all around, and the entire square was razed to the ground.

Hode only felt a huge force impacting his body; his internal organs seemed to be shattered.

But he gritted his teeth and persisted desperately.

Diana and the others also felt this powerful energy fluctuation; they retreated one after another, their eyes filled with worry.

"Hode, you must hold on!" Diana shouted loudly.

In the confrontation between the Energy Vortex and the energy pillar, Hode gradually felt his strength constantly depleting.

But the belief in his heart became more and more firm; he knew he could not give up.

For this World, for the people around him, he must defeat Thanos.

Suddenly, he thought of the love between him and the brides.

Every intimate interaction with them, every time he fought side by side with them, made him feel endless power.

A warm current surged in his heart, and this warm current turned into a powerful energy that was injected into his body.

"Ah!" Hode let out a roar, and the energy light on his body became even more dazzling.

The Energy Vortex expanded instantly, swallowing the energy pillar.

Immediately after, the Energy Vortex swept towards Thanos.

Thanos watched the incoming Energy Vortex, a trace of horror flashing in his eyes.

He wanted to dodge, but it was too late.

The Energy Vortex rolled him into it, constantly devouring his energy.

"No!" Thanos let out a desperate roar.

In the Energy Vortex's devouring, Thanos's body gradually became illusory.

Finally, he disappeared into the Energy Vortex, leaving behind only an anti-life equation core emitting a faint light.

The Energy Vortex gradually dissipated, and Hode fell to the ground in exhaustion.

Diana and the others immediately rushed over and helped him up.

"Hode, are you okay?" Diana asked anxiously.