Chapter 389
Hode felt his temples throbbing; his memories were as blood-soaked as a torn wound.
Three days ago at midnight, he discovered a sealed ancient book in the library of the Sanctum Sanctorum. On the parchment, written in Wanda's Chaos Magic, it read: "When seven parallel selves meet, only true love can break the mirror curse."
"You think a kiss can solve the problem?" Hode, transformed into Harley, suddenly flashed in front of him, their nose tips almost touching. "When you kiss Diana, you think of Carol's lips; when you kiss Carol, you think of Natasha's waistline... even when you're on a date with me—"
She suddenly transformed back into the original Harley, the corners of her mouth, painted with black lipstick, stretching to her ears. "You're always stealing glances at Batman at the next table!"
Hode's lower back hit the barrier of the Data Stream, and silver-blue threads instantly wrapped around his limbs.
Those threads suddenly became transparent. He saw that inside each thread, the battlefields of different Universes were reflected: in one Universe, Diana was using the Lasso of Truth to strangle his neck; in another, Carol was shoving an energy core into his chest; and Natasha... she stood in the background of all these scenes, her Soul Data Threadconnecting to the fatal wounds of every Hode like a spiderweb.
"Look," Harley's voice surged from all directions, "the love you give them is just like these threads—seemingly brilliant, but actually fragile."
Seven rings suddenly shot out beams of light, weaving into a massive mirror surface in the void.
In the mirror, images appeared of seven Hodes being pierced through the heart by female superheroes simultaneously: Diana's Bracelets of Submission pierced his throat, Carol's stellar flames scorched his lungs, and Natasha's Soul Data Thread snapped his spine...
"No..." Hode roared, activating Mera's water control talent, but the surrounding Data Stream suddenly turned into viscous black blood.
Countless faces of Harley emerged from the black blood, each face speaking the lines of different female superheroes: "An Amazon warrior never retreats" (Diana's ancient god language), "The ocean will swallow all lies" (Mera's ancient undersea language), "You stole my heart" (Natasha's Russian)...
Severe pain forced Hode to his knees; Carol's energy corebeat frantically in his chest cavity.
He suddenly remembered the first time he went on a date with Wanda; she had used Chaos Magic to write on his palm: "Love is the only anchor." At the time, he thought it was a sweet nothing, but now he realized... it was a warning.
"Anchor..." Hode muttered to himself, his left hand subconsciously touching his chest.
There should have been a protection rune drawn by Wanda there, but at this moment, he only felt a fresh scar—the curse mark carved into his skin by Hela's Deathashes during their battle three days ago.
The mirror surface suddenly shattered, and seven hundred afterimages of Harley poured out from the fragments.
Each afterimage held a scalpel of a different color: the pink blade was engraved with Diana's Amazon runes, the purple blade displayed Wanda's Chaos Magic array, the black blade was wrapped in Hela's Death energy... and the main Harley in the center was wearing a sickly smile with Hode's face.
"The game should end, my dear." She raised her hand, and all the scalpels stabbed toward Hode's heart simultaneously.
At the critical moment, Hode felt a sudden burning pain in his right eye—it was Carol's stellar energy automatically protecting its host.
He instinctively closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils had turned into a brilliant gold.
"You are wrong." Hode's voice suddenly became unfamiliar, as if Diana's majesty, Carol's arrogance, and Natasha's calmness had all been crushed and recombined. "Love is not an anchor..."
He raised his left hand, and a phantom of the Lasso of Truth surged from his palm; the surface of the lasso revealed the patterns of Natasha's Soul Data Thread. "Love is..."
The group of scalpels suddenly froze one millimeter from his heart.
The Harleys' expressions cracked. They saw seven enormous phantoms appear behind Hode: Diana swinging the Lasso of Truth to cleave dimensions, Carol igniting stellar flames in her hands to melt time, Natasha's Soul Data Thread binding the collapsing Universe like a spiderweb...
And at the core of all the phantoms stood a miniature Hode, who was using Wanda's Chaos Magic to repair broken coordinates, using Mera's water control ability to solidify rampaging energy, and using Hela's Scepter of Death to awaken lost souls.
"Love is..." Hode took a step forward, and the group of scalpels instantly turned into powder, "making you lunatics willing to fight for me!"
The seven rings suddenly burst, and the Harleys let out inhuman screams.
Hode felt a warm power surge from the soles of his feet—it was Bruce's tactical intelligence, Shazam's lightning divine power, Zatanna Zatara's reverse spells... all the abilities he had once stolen were now fused into one, surging through his veins like a golden river.
"You..." Hode, transformed into Harley, staggered back, her body beginning to crack. "How is it possible that you..."
"Because true love," Hode spread his arms, and the seven phantoms behind him let out a war cry simultaneously, "is never about possession."
The ocean of Data Stream suddenly boiled, and all the silver-blue threads turned toward the Harleys.
Those threads wrapped around their limbs, dragging them toward Hode's open embrace.
At the final moment, the main Harley suddenly reverted to her original appearance, revealing the crazy smile Hodewas most familiar with: "Then, are you ready to accept all of me?"
The explosion was deafening.
When the light dissipated, Hode found himself standing in the void.
Beneath his feet were countless broken shards of Universes, each shard reflecting the figure of a different female superhero: Diana slaughtering monsters on the Amazon battlefield, Carol confronting the Kree fleet in space, Natasha cracking codes at S.H.I.E.L.D.headquarters... and at the center of all the scenes stood a figure with their back to him.
The figure suddenly turned around, revealing a face identical to Hode's.
But this time, the other's eyes were rainbow-colored—the left eye reflected Diana's Bracelets of Submission, the right eye flashed with Carol's stellar flames, and the center of the pupils was wrapped in Natasha's Soul Data Thread.
"Surprised?" the other spoke, their voice a chorus of the seven female superheroes, "Or should I call you... the new God of Love?"
Hode felt a strange power surging in his chest; that power was neither like Diana's divine power, nor like Carol's energy, nor Natasha's spy techniques... It was a mixture of all these powers, yet it surpassed the sum of them.
"You..." Hode had just opened his mouth when the void suddenly shook violently.
He saw countless silver-blue threads surging from all directions, each end of the thread connected to a broken Universe.
And on the central thread, he saw Natasha's Soul Data forming new coordinates—at the center of the coordinates stood a figure with their back to him.
The figure suddenly turned around, revealing a face identical to Hode's.
But this time, blood hung from the corners of the other's mouth, the Bracelets of Submission on their chest were shattered in two, and stellar energy was continuously spilling from between their fingers.
"Finally found you," the other laughed while coughing, "my... other half."
Hode felt his heart almost stop beating.
He recognized that wound—it was the mark left when he blocked Death energy for Carol during the battle with Helathree days ago.
But why... would it appear on another version of himself?
"Don't just stare," the other suddenly flashed in front of him, a blood-stained finger poking his chest, "we have to hurry before all Universes collapse..."
Before the words could finish, the void was suddenly torn open by a massive rift.
The ultimate forms of the seven Harleys poured out from the rift; this time, their bodies were composed of countless broken Universes, and in each Universe stood a dying Hode.
"The game has only just begun," the Harleys of the "705u.com-53 Reading Club" said in unison, their voices a chorus of seven parallel selves, "my dear."
Hode felt a sudden burning pain in his right eye—it was Carol's stellar energy warning him.
He instinctively grasped the other's hand, and the moment their palms met, seven rings of different colors emerged from between their clasped fingers.
"Are you ready?" the other asked softly, the Bracelets of Submission on the left eye beginning to glow.
"Never," Hode smiled bitterly, the stellar flames in his right eye burning fiercely, "but..."
The explosion was deafening once again.
At the final moment when the light swallowed everything, Hode saw countless silver-blue threads surging from their clasped hands, each end of the thread connected to a brand new Universe.
And at the center of all the Universes, he and the other version of himself were standing back-to-back, with the phantoms of the seven female superheroes behind them—they were either wielding weapons, releasing energy, or weaving spells, jointly guarding this Multiverse about to be born.
"Love is really troublesome," Hode muttered, though the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.
"But worth it," the other self replied, their voice carrying Diana's majesty, Carol's arrogance, and Natasha's calmness, "isn't it?"
The explosion stopped abruptly.
Chapter 651: The Salvo of Rebirth
Hode felt his consciousness drifting in the aftermath of the explosion; countless memory fragments streaked by like meteors.
He saw himself fighting side-by-side with Diana on the Trojan battlefield, her Bracelets of Submission blocking a fatal blow for him; he saw Carol kissing him in space, stellar energy circulating between their lips; he saw Natasha teaching him to crack codes at S.H.I.E.L.D.headquarters, her fingertips writing love notes in Morse code on his palm...
"Wake up!"
A familiar voice pulled Hode back from the abyss of memory.
He opened his eyes abruptly and found himself lying in a familiar embrace—it was Diana; her Amazon War Armorwas covered in cracks, but the arms holding him were as steady as a rock.
"You've been asleep for three days," Diana's voice carried a rare gentleness, but Hode noticed the hand holding the Lasso of Truth was trembling slightly. "Hela's power almost completely eroded your Soul Data."
Hode wanted to sit up, but found his whole body as heavy as if it had been filled with lead.
He looked down and saw Natasha's Soul Data Threadwrapped around his chest; those silver-blue threads were pulsing rhythmically, like some kind of high-tech EKG.
"Don't move around," Natasha's voice came from the right.
She was leaning against the barrier formed by the Data Stream, wearing an eyepatch condensed by Mera using her water control ability on her left eye. "The energy balance in your body hasn't stabilized yet."
Carol's phantom suddenly appeared above Hode, her energy core repairing his broken ribs at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Interesting," her voice carried a crackle like an electric arc, "you currently have seven different energy systems running in your body simultaneously."
Hode wanted to speak, but his throat was as painful as if it had been burned by fire.
He could only ask with his eyes: Where is Bruce? Where is Shazam? Where is Zatanna Zatara?
As if reading his mind, Diana shook her head gently: "Bruceis repairing the defense system of the Sanctum Sanctorum, Shazam has gone to pursue the escaped Harley fragments, and Zatanna Zatara..."
She paused, "is redrawing the protection runes for you."
Hode felt his heart contract sharply.
He remembered that fierce battle three days ago—when the Harleys from seven parallel Universes merged into their ultimate form, it was Zatanna Zatara who used a reverse spell to temporarily freeze time, winning him the chance to activate the Lasso of Truth.
But the price was...
"She's fine," Natasha suddenly interjected, her fingertips lightly plucking the Soul Data Thread, "it's just a backlash from Chaos Magic; she needs to rest."
Hode had just breathed a sigh of relief when the entire space suddenly shook violently.
Diana immediately whipped the Lasso of Truth into the void; the lasso transformed into a golden grid in mid-air, stabilizing the tottering Data Stream barrier.
"Hela's power is reviving," Carol's phantom became slightly more transparent, "she is devouring the Deathenergy of three nearby Universes."
Hode felt a sudden burning pain in his right eye—it was Carol's stellar energy automatically warning him.
He struggled to sit up and saw that outside the Data Stream barrier, countless black tentacles made of Deathenergy were spreading.
At the tip of each tentacle grew Hela's face, and they all let out piercing, shrill laughter simultaneously.
"Game time," all the Helas said in unison, their voices a chorus of seven parallel selves, "dear Hode..."
Diana suddenly pressed Hode back to the ground, and the grid of the Lasso of Truth instantly turned into an airtight golden dome.
"Stay here," her Amazon War Armor began to reveal ancient runes, "I'll go take care of those small fries."
"No..." Hode grabbed her wrist, feeling the divine power surging beneath Diana's skin, "together..."
Natasha suddenly whistled: "Looks like someone wants to play big."
The Soul Data Thread at her fingertips suddenly surged, wrapping around Hode's waist and pulling him toward her, "Hold me tight, sweetheart."
Before Hode could react, he was suspended in mid-air by Natasha using the Soul Data Thread.
He saw Diana's Lasso of Truth below having transformed into a golden giant wave, severing all the black tentacles that lunged at them; Carol's phantom condensed into a stellar fireball, continuously bombarding the Hela clones attempting to break through the barrier.
"Are you ready?" Natasha suddenly whispered in his ear, her tone carrying her unique, dangerous charm, "This is going to earn extra points."
Just as Hode wanted to ask what extra points meant, he was flung out by Natasha.
His body traced a perfect arc in the air, and the stellar flames in his right eye automatically ignited, illuminating the battlefield ahead for him.
In the moment of flight, he saw countless memory fragments flash before his eyes—watching the sunrise with Diana on the peak of Mount Olympus, dancing with Carol at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, training in combat with Natasha in the Red Room...
"Love is not an anchor..." Hode muttered to himself, his left hand subconsciously clenching into a fist, "Love is..."
His body suddenly erupted with brilliant light, and seven different energies flowed across his skin: Diana's Bracelets of Submission appeared on his wrists, Carol's stellar flames formed wings behind his back, and Natasha's Soul Data Thread wound around his fingertips into sharp blades... But what surprised him most was that these energies actually began to fuse naturally, forming an unprecedented golden divine power.
"Wow," came Carol's whistle from below. "Looks like someone is cheating."
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly changed direction, wrapping around Hode's waist and pulling him toward her. "Borrowing some strength," she said softly, then threw Hode like a javelin.
Hode felt like a cannonball fired from a barrel, charging straight toward Hela's main body in the center. In flight, he saw his counterparts from seven parallel Universes fighting alongside him on the battlefield below—some wielding Mjolnir, some controlling the Phoenix Force, and some even having grown Batman's ears...
"This is impossible..." Hela's main body shrieked in terror. Her Death bone spikes pierced out from the ground continuously, but they were all easily melted by the golden divine power on Hode's body. "How could you possibly master..."
Hode did not answer. He simply extended his hand, and a pattern of the Lasso of Truth and the Soul Data Threadintertwined, representing the "705u.com-53 Reading Club", appeared on his palm. The next second, time on the entire battlefield seemed to freeze—Diana's war cry, Carol's energy burst, Natasha's tactical commands, all sounds vanished, leaving only the sound of Hode's own heartbeat echoing in his ears.
"Love is..." he said softly, but his voice spread throughout the entire Multiverse, making the impossible possible.
Golden divine power surged out like a tide, enveloping all of Hela's clones. Those tentacles made of Death energy began to reverse, transforming into blossoming flowers of life; Hela's twisted face gradually calmed, finally dissolving into countless points of light in the void.
The battle was over.
Hode felt his strength completely drained, and he began to freefall. But the expected impact did not come—Diana's Lasso of Truth turned into a golden cloud to catch him, Carol's stellar energy dried his soaked clothes, and Natasha's Soul Data Thread playfully tickled the tip of his nose.
"Well done," Natasha's voice carried a smile. "However..." she suddenly leaned in close, her fingertips lightly tapping Hode's chest. "When you stole Bruce's tactical wisdom, did you also happen to peek into his Batcave?"
Hode was about to deny it when he heard Bruce's familiar, deep laughter from below: "He did indeed look, and he even sold my War Armor blueprints to Stark."
"Hey!" Carol's phantom suddenly materialized. She floated in front of Hode, stellar flames igniting on her fingertips. "As compensation, you have to accompany me to space to watch the stars tonight—just the two of us."
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly whipped lightly against Carol: "Get in line. Amazon warriors first."
Natasha's Soul Data Thread wrapped directly around Hode's ankle: "Don't forget, someone still owes me a Red Room special training session."
Hode felt a splitting headache—this time, it was a happy headache. He looked into the distance and saw Zatanna Zatara flying from the direction of the Sanctum Sanctorum, the tip of her wand flashing with redrawn protection runes; Shazam's voice came from the clouds, carrying his characteristic innocence: "Hey! I caught the last piece of Harley!"
And Bruce... Hode turned his head and saw the man in the black suit standing in the ruins, his tactical goggles reflecting the sunset glow. He held a familiar device in his hand—it was the energy regulator Hode had lost during his battle with Hela three days ago.
"It seems," Bruce's voice came through the tactical headset with his characteristic dry humor, "someone needs to relearn how to control their own power."
Hode was about to retort when he felt his right eye sting again. This time, it was not a warning, but... anticipation. He looked up at the sky and saw seven different points of light approaching rapidly—each point of light carried a familiar aura, each point of light represented an unfinished date, an unended battle, an unspoken love confession.
"It seems..." Hode said softly, the corners of his mouth curling up unconsciously, "the game has just begun."
Explosions suddenly came from afar, but this time, Hodefelt no fear. He spread his arms, letting Diana's Lasso of Truth, Carol's stellar flames, and Natasha's Soul Data Thread lift him into the higher sky. Below, Bruce had already begun to set up a new defensive formation, Shazam was chasing Harley's afterimage, and Zatanna Zatara was drawing a new magic circle...
And at the center of all this was Hode—this man who possessed the love of seven female superheroes, this new God of Love who had mastered the most dangerous power in the Multiverse. He closed his eyes, feeling the golden divine power surging within him, that holiness from Diana, the wildness from Carol, the calmness from Natasha... all contradictory powers fused perfectly within him, forming an unprecedented harmony.
"I'm back," he said softly, his voice spreading throughout the rebuilding Sanctum Sanctorum, through every wounded Universe, "and this time, I will not let anyone get hurt again."
In the distance, seven points of light flickered simultaneously, like seven stars guiding the way. Hodeknew that a new adventure was about to begin—and this time, he would face everything bravely, carrying everyone's love.
The sound of explosions rang out again, but this time, it was no longer a prelude to destruction, but a salute to rebirth.
Chapter 652 As If Endless
Hode hovered in mid-air, feeling the surging and harmonious golden divine power within him, yet his heart felt no relief from having survived a disaster. New crises were like snakes hidden in the dark, ready to strike a fatal blow at any moment, and right now, he had to make himself stronger to protect those around him who loved him deeply and whom he also loved deeply.
"Hode!" Carol's voice carried a hint of playfulness. Her phantom had fully materialized, and she flew gently to his side, her fingers twining around a strand of his hair. "Since the battle is over, our space date cannot be forgotten." As she spoke, she blinked, her eyes sparkling with starlight.
Hode's mouth turned up slightly, and he reached out to gently flick her nose. "Of course I won't forget, but before that, we have many things to do." He turned to look below, where Diana and Natasha were discussing something, their expressions revealing a touch of seriousness.
Diana seemed to feel his gaze and looked up at him, her eyes firm and gentle. "Hode, although Hela has been repelled for the time being, the root of her power has not been removed. We must find a way to solve it completely."
Natasha also walked over, having removed the eyepatch from her left eye, revealing eyes full of wisdom and cunning. "And although most of the fragments of Harleyfrom the seven parallel Universes have been retrieved by Shazam, there are bound to be some that slipped through the net, which is also a hidden danger."
Hode nodded, pondering countermeasures in his heart. At this moment, Bruce's voice came through the tactical headset: "Hode, the Sanctum Sanctorum's defense system needs to be re-evaluated and upgraded. Come over; there is some data you need to provide."
"Okay, I'll be there right away." Hode replied, then looked at the three women. "You all come too. If everyone puts their heads together, we can always think of a way."
The group arrived at the Sanctum Sanctorum's command center, where Bruce was standing in front of a huge holographic projection displaying various complex energy data and cosmic maps. "According to the analysis, Hela's power is connected to the Death energy of the Nine Realms. To completely eliminate her, we must cut this connection." Bruce pointed to an area on the projection and said.
Diana frowned. "But that is easier said than done. Deathenergy is everywhere in the Universe. Finding the connection point and cutting it requires immense power and precise operation."
Carol crossed her arms, radiating powerful stellar energy. "Then let's go together. My energy can cover a large range; perhaps it can be of help."
Natasha pulled up some intelligence data on the side. "I checked, and at the edge of an unknown Universe, there is a mysterious energy node. It is said that the secret to controlling the fundamental forces of the Universe is hidden there. Perhaps it will be helpful for us to cut off Hela's connection."
Hode's heart stirred. "This clue is very valuable. Natasha, continue to investigate the situation of this energy node in depth. Diana, Carol, let's work with Bruce to study how to upgrade the defense system, and at the same time, formulate a plan to find and cut off Hela's connection point."
Everyone divided the work clearly and began to get busy. While Hode was discussing the defense system upgrade plan with Bruce, he couldn't help but think of the bits and pieces of time spent with these female superheroes. When he was with Diana, he could feel her bravery and resilience as an Amazon princess; that determination to protect the World deeply infected him and also gained him the holy power brought by the Bracelets of Submission. Carol's enthusiasm and wildness were as hot as a star; being with her, Hode could release his inner passion to the fullest, and the power of stellar flames made him invincible in battle. And Natasha's calmness and wisdom were like a beacon in the dark, always able to guide the way at critical moments; the ability of the Soul Data Thread gave him an advantage in intelligence and tactics.
"Hode, what are you thinking about?" Bruce's voice pulled him back to reality.
Hode smiled. "Nothing, just that it's really good to have you all by my side."
Bruce's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a rare smile. "Then don't let us down. This mission won't be easy."
After days and nights of hard work, the defense system was finally upgraded. At the same time, Natasha also brought more intelligence about the mysterious energy node. "This energy node is protected by a powerful Energy Shield. The energy fluctuations of the shield are similar to Hela's Death energy. I suspect that Hela is also eyeing this energy node."
Hode's eyes sharpened. "It seems we have to speed up. Diana, Carol, get ready, we are leaving for that energy node immediately."
The three boarded a spaceship modified by Bruce. The spaceship streaked across the Universe like a stream of light, heading toward the edge of the unknown Universe. On the spaceship, Carol leaned against Hode and said softly: "Hode, no matter what danger we encounter, I will be by your side."
Diana also walked over and placed her hand on Hode's shoulder. "We will face it together."
A warm current surged in Hode's heart, and he held their hands. "With you here, I'm not afraid of anything."
After a long flight, the spaceship finally arrived at the area where the mysterious energy node was located. Looking from afar, a huge Energy Shield covered a mysterious star field. The surface of the shield flickered with eerie light, as if hiding endless secrets.
"Prepare to land." Hode ordered.
The three put on special spacesuits, walked out of the spaceship, and flew toward the Energy Shield. When they approached the shield, a powerful force rushed toward them, trying to push them away.
"This power is not simple," Diana said. She swung her Lasso of Truth, and the lasso turned into a golden light, attacking the shield. However, the shield only fluctuated slightly and neutralized the attack.
Carol's body radiated dazzling stellar light, and she condensed a huge stellar fireball and smashed it toward the shield. With a loud "Boom!" the fireball exploded on the shield, but the shield remained intact.
"Looks like a hard attack won't work." Natasha's voice came through the communicator. "I checked, and this shield might react to energy attacks of a specific frequency. We need to find that frequency."
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Hode closed his eyes, feeling the energy fluctuations of the shield. Suddenly, the scene of studying magic runes with Zatanna Zatara flashed through his mind, and those complex runes and energy frequencies gradually became clear in his heart. "I understand!" Hode opened his eyes. "The energy frequency of this shield is similar to Zatanna Zatara's protection runes. We can try to attack with energy of a similar frequency."
As he spoke, Hode mobilized the golden divine power in his body, adjusted the divine power to a frequency similar to the shield, and then condensed it into a golden Energy Sword and stabbed it toward the shield. This time, the shield did not resist as stubbornly as before, and the golden Energy Sword easily penetrated the shield.
"Success!" Carol shouted excitedly.
The three passed through the shield and entered the mysterious star field. Here, they saw all kinds of strange sights: huge energy crystals floating in space, flickering with Five-colored Light; mysterious creatures shuttling through the starry sky, making strange sounds.
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However, before they had time to appreciate this strange scene, a group of monsters made of Death energy suddenly surged from all directions. These monsters were huge in shape, ferocious in appearance, and exuded a disgusting aura of Death.
"Prepare for battle!" Hode shouted.
Chapter 390
Diana swung the Lasso of Truth, which turned into streaks of golden light, severing the approaching monsters.
Carol radiated dazzling stellar light; like a burning meteor, she rampaged through the monster horde, turning them into ash wherever she passed.
Hode channeled the seven energies within him to form a powerful energy storm, sweeping the surrounding monsters into it and instantly annihilating them.
However, the number of monsters continued to grow, as if they were endless.
Just as the three of them began to struggle, a familiar voice suddenly echoed in their ears: "Need some help?"
Hode turned to see that Natasha had arrived with Zatanna and Shazam.
Zatanna waved her magic wand, chanting spells, and beams of magic shot out, driving the monsters back.
Shazam let out a heaven-shaking roar; his body instantly grew larger, his strength became immense, and he swung his massive fists, smashing the monsters to pieces.
Natasha used the Soul Data Thread to lay a giant energy net in space, trapping the monsters within.
With everyone's combined efforts, the monsters were finally wiped out.
However, before they could catch their breath, a massive figure slowly emerged from the depths of the star sector.
This figure was none other than Hela, exuding an aura of Death even more powerful than before, her eyes flashing with madness.
"Do you think you can stop me?" Hela sneered.
"This energy node is about to merge with me; when that happens, I will possess the power to control Death across the entire Universe, and all of you will become my prisoners!"
Hode clenched his fists, his heart filled with determination: "We won't let you succeed!"
A final showdown concerning the fate of the Universe was about to unfold in this mysterious star sector.
Chapter 653: Not Breaking, but Rebirth
Hode felt the golden divine power and stellar fire surging within him, and as Carol's fingers lightly grazed the back of his hand, a scorching energy resonance transmitted where their skin touched.
This was the binary resonance they had awakened when they kissed in Mars orbit three days ago, and at this moment, the stellar light dancing in Carol's eyes was three times brighter than usual.
"Diana's Lasso of Truth can bind her movements." Natasha's voice came through the tactical visor.
"Shazam, prepare a thunder strike; Zatanna, lock the spatial coordinates."
Hela's black mist was devouring the surrounding energy crystals, and those colorful crystals twisted into hideous skulls behind her.
Hode noticed the ring on her left ring finger—it was clearly the crest of the Asgard royal family, but it was currently oozing a viscous black liquid.
"She has devoured Heimdall's Bifrost Bridge!" Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly went taut, and shattered rainbow fragments appeared within the golden light. "We must cut off the energy supply!"
Carol's stellar energy suddenly surged, and she transformed into a human Sun, rushing toward Hela like a "705u.com-53 Reading Club".
Hode tried to grab her but was repelled by the scorching energy flow; this was the Supernova Mode unlocked after their intimacy reached 85%, but the cost was that Carolwould fall into a 24-hour period of weakness after the battle.
"Come back!" Hode channeled the sacred power of the Bracelets of Submission, and the Amazon runes Diana had taught him to carve appeared on the surface of the bracelets.
The moment the golden barrier unfolded around Carol, he saw the strange curve of Hela's mouth—that black liquid was backfiring along the energy trajectory!
"Duck!"
A cold female voice exploded in his ear, and Hode was pulled down by a gentle yet irresistible force.
Diana's shield flew past his scalp, hitting Hela's face with a loud metallic crash.
The black liquid corroded sizzling dents onto the shield's surface, but the Lasso of Truth had already taken the opportunity to wrap around Hela's right ankle.
"Soul Data Thread!" Natasha's left eye suddenly turned pure white, and countless Data Streams poured from her eye socket.
Hode felt as if an icy needle had been inserted into his brain, instantly sharing her vision—three hundred meters behind Hela, seven floating black cubes were continuously transmitting energy.
"Shazam!" Hode roared through the mental link. "Those cubes are reality anchors!"
The young hero's thunder turned into blue arcs in the vacuum, but the moment they hit the cubes, they were reflected into a sky full of light spots.
Hela let out a shrill laugh, and the black liquid suddenly split into hundreds of tentacles, one of which wrapped around Zatanna's magic wand.
"Reverse the spell!" The Witch's spell was stuck in her throat, and the runes on the surface of the wand were rotating in reverse.
Hode saw the stray hairs behind her ears stuck to her neck with cold sweat—this was their relationship with the lowest intimacy, as Zatanna had always maintained her mysterious magician persona toward him.
"Grab me!" Diana suddenly threw the Lasso of Truthtoward Hode.
As the golden rope wrapped around his waist, the seven energies within Hode began to spin crazily.
He remembered the sensation of Diana teaching him to harmonize different energies at the Themyscira hot spring last week: her palms pressed against his back, the rhythm of the Amazon war dance transmitting into his blood through his skin.
At that moment, the dormant energies suddenly awakened, with the golden divine power as the core, stellar fire burning in the outer layer, and the sacred power of the Bracelets of Submission forming a third barrier.
When Hela's tentacles struck, Hode instinctively raised his right hand—
Boom!
Centered on his palm, a seven-colored energy wave exploded in a ring.
The black liquid vaporized the moment it touched the energy wave, and as Hela was blown away by the shockwave, Hode saw the Asgard crest on her ring shatter completely.
But those black cubes began to spin faster, and one of them suddenly cracked open, revealing the imprisoned soul inside—it was Jane Foster, who should have died three years ago!
"No!" Carol's stellar energy became chaotic, and she stumbled into Hode's arms.
Hode felt her heartbeat was abnormally fast; this was the side effect of the binary resonance beginning to show.
But he had no time to care, because Hela had already grabbed Jane's soul as a hostage, and the black liquid had condensed into a blade at her neck.
"An interesting choice." Hela's voice carried a dual echo. "Save your old lover, or watch your new flame's energy collapse?"
Hode felt his left hand being tightly held by Diana, the calluses on her palm rubbing against his skin.
Last week on the roof of the Sanctum Sanctorum, she had used these hands to bandage his wounds, and at that time, the moonlight spilled onto her golden headpiece, looking very much like the aurora of Asgard.
"Trust me." Diana's voice was so soft only they could hear it.
Natasha's Soul Data Thread suddenly wrapped around Hode's right ankle, and the moment the icy Data Streamflooded into his brain, he saw all possibilities: if they attacked forcefully, Jane's soul would be torn apart; if they surrendered control of the energy node, the entire Universewould fall into the Realm of the Dead; but if...
"Shazam!" Hode suddenly pushed the young hero toward the left cube, "Use your thunder to activate the runes on the Bracelets of Submission!"
Before anyone could react, Diana's Lasso of Truth had already wrapped around Hela's knife-wielding wrist.
The moment the golden light surged, Hode kissed Carol's lips—this was not lust, but the deepest energy contract between them.
The instant stellar energy was transferred through their saliva, the light in Carol's eyes suddenly turned pure white.
"Supernova Burst: Reverse Detonation!"
Carol's body began to collapse; it was not an explosion, but a contraction into a singularity...
Hode felt the golden divine power within him being drained crazily; this was the forbidden technique awakened after their intimacy reached 90%.
Hela let out an inhuman scream, and the black liquid twisted into a vortex under the gravity of the singularity.
"Now!" Natasha's Soul Data Thread suddenly split into seven, piercing into the seven cubes respectively. "Zatanna, reverse the reality anchors!"
The Witch's spell finally broke through the obstruction, and the runes on the surface of the cubes began to rotate in reverse.
Hode saw Jane's soul drift out from the crack, gently caught by Diana's shield.
But Carol's collapse could no longer be stopped; her body was about to become another black hole in the Universe—
"No!" Hode broke free from Diana's hand and injected all his golden divine power into the Bracelets of Submission.
The Amazon runes on the surface of the bracelets began to burn; he remembered the heart shape Diana had drawn on the bracelets with her fingertips stained with his blood when she taught him to carve the last rune.
"In the name of love, energy transfer!"
Hode's body suddenly crystallized, and countless golden cracks spread under his skin.
This was the forbidden magic he had secretly researched, using himself as an energy conductor.
The moment Carol's singularity touched his chest, seven-colored light shot into the sky.
Hela issued her final curse in the light: "You will pay for today's arrogance..."
Before she could finish, Zatanna's magic wand had pierced her brow.
The reverse spell sealed the black liquid back into the ring, and that broken Asgard ring suddenly slipped onto Hode's ring finger—the size was a perfect fit.
When the light dissipated, Carol lay in Hode's arms, her stellar energy stabilized but much gentler.
Diana was using the Lasso of Truth to stitch the soul cracks for Jane, Natasha's Soul Data Thread was connected to all 5.7 equipment monitoring data, Shazamwas squatting on the side eating energy bars, and Zatanna's magic wand was still slightly hot.
"You're crazy." Diana suddenly spoke, her voice trembling. "Using yourself as an energy conductor, do you know the consequences?"
Hode wanted to laugh but coughed up golden blood foam; Carol's fingers suddenly moved.
He held her hand and pressed it against his crystallized cheek: "But it was worth it."
Natasha's tactical visor suddenly sounded an alarm, and everyone turned to look at her.
The female Agent's lips pressed into a straight line: "Detected energy fluctuations in seven parallel Universes simultaneously; Harley fragments... are reorganizing."
Zatanna's magic wand suddenly sparked, and she looked at the blood-red moon appearing in the sky, prophesying: "And this time, the Joker has obtained Hela's Scepter of Death."
Carol's eyelashes trembled as she opened her eyes, the stellar light in her pupils having turned into a gentle gold.
When her fingers stroked Hode's crystallized chest, a tiny crack suddenly spread—it was not breaking, but rebirth.
Chapter 654: Beyond Love...
Hode felt a warm current coming from the crystal cracks in his chest, and the temperature from Carol's fingertips was seeping into his heart along the lattice structure.
He remembered that when they kissed in Mars orbit three days ago, the stellar energy remaining on her tongue tip was still burning his taste buds—at that time, their intimacy had just broken through 80%, unlocking the deep resonance of the binary resonance.
"Your energy frequency..." Carol's voice was hoarse like the embers of a star; tiny golden light particles suddenly burst from her fingertips, "is reshaping my supernova core."
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly tightened, twisting the black tentacles attempting a sneak attack into fragments.
The Amazon runes on the edge of her shield lit up with red light: "Hela's ring is absorbing your divine power crystals."
Hode looked down at the Asgard ring on his ring finger; the black liquid was seeping out from the cracks, corroding spiderweb-like patterns onto his skin.
Natasha's tactical visor projected a hologram, and seven blood-red energy waves were piercing through the reality barrier from different dimensions.
"The reorganization speed of the Harley fragments is 300% faster than expected." The female Agent's voice was terrifyingly calm. "And she has modified the Scepter of Death into a quantum entanglement device."
Zatanna's magic wand suddenly floated into the air by itself, and the reverse spell runes formed a Mobius Loop in the air: "The time loop has been broken; someone is tampering with the laws of causality."
Shazam's thunder crackled in the vacuum, and Joker graffiti suddenly appeared on the young hero's suit: "I think... someone is peeking at my thunder!"
Hode felt the seven energies within him begin to spin uncontrollably; this was a precursor to the intimacy system overloading.
Carol suddenly grabbed his wrist, and stellar energy injected into his neural synapses through the contact point—it was not healing, but a forced synchronization.
"Trust me." Her pupils turned into a double-helix structure; this was the manifestation of the quantum state under Supernova Mode, just like that time on the roof of the Sanctum Sanctorum.
Memories stabbed into Hode's brain like a sharp blade: on a stormy night three weeks ago, Carol was curled up in the broken observatory, and the stellar energy rampage caused her skin to crack all over.
He risked wrapping her core with golden divine power, and the two reached an intimacy of 82% in the energy overload explosion.
"Now is not the time for memories!" Diana's shield suddenly blocked the Death ray striking from behind; the surface of the shield showed corroded dents, "Hela's ring is summoning abyss creatures!"
Hode saw the black liquid on the ring condensing into a solid form, and countless pale hands reached out from the cracks.
Natasha's Soul Data Thread suddenly stabbed into the back of his neck, and a cold Data Stream exploded across his cerebral cortex.
[Parallel Universe overlap detected]
[Harley fragment carrier: Harley Quinn · Quantum State]
[Threat Level: Ω-7]
Zatanna's incantation stuck in her throat, and the runes on the surface of her wand began to burn in reverse: She had turned the entire Gotham City into a probability cloud!
Carol's body suddenly turned transparent, a sign that her Supernova mode was about to collapse.
Hode felt the golden divine power within him being extracted by some higher-dimensional entity—just like the Loom of Fate Diana mentioned last time at the Paradise Island hot springs when she taught him to harmonize his energy.
"Grab me!" Diana's Lasso of Truth whipped out in a golden arc, but the end of the lasso was suddenly entangled by black tentacles.
Hela's voice came from all directions, carrying a double echo: "What a touching love triangle... It's a pity your time is running out."
Hode saw the black liquid on the ring suddenly solidify into a mirror, reflecting the tragic state of seven parallel Universes: in one Universe, Diana's shield was embedded in her own chest; in another, Carol's stellar core was devouring the Milky Way Galaxy; in the most terrifying scene, Zatanna's wand pierced through Shazam's throat.
"No..." Hode's crystal skin began to show spiderweb-like cracks; this was the physical manifestation of energy overload.
He remembered what Bruce said last week in the Batcavewhile analyzing his blood with a Kryptonite detector: "Your intimacy system... is rewriting the laws of reality."
Carol's fingertips suddenly pierced into his chest, not as an attack, but as a connection.
Stellar energy poured in like a flood, forcibly integrating the seven chaotic types of energy within him into a white-gold vortex.
This was something they had never attempted after their intimacy reached 85%—energy fusion rather than resonance.
"Binary System · Gravity Anchor!" Carol's voice carried a roar like cosmic background radiation, and her body began to decompose into elementary particles, "Use my core as a reality stabilizer!"
Diana's shield suddenly erupted with an Amazon chant, and forgotten ancient god runes appeared on the surface of the shield.
She cut her palm and smeared her blood onto the lasso, and the golden rope instantly turned into a thread of fate entwined with lightning: "In the name of truth, lock the timeline!"
Natasha's Soul Data Thread split into millions, each stabbing into a different spatial crack.
The female Agent's left eye turned completely pure white, while bloody tears flowed from her right eye: "Found her... at the core of the probability cloud."
Shazam's lightning suddenly turned rainbow-colored, and the emblem of the Justice League appeared on the young hero's suit: "I think... I should grow up!"
His body began to expand, finally settling into the form of a young man around twenty years old, with the lightning carrying the texture of the Light of Wisdom.
Zatanna's wand exploded into stardust, but the Witchrevealed a relieved smile: "So this is the ultimate incantation..."
She grabbed Hode's hand and pressed it against her chest, and countless magic runes permeated through her skin: "In the name of love, reverse cause and effect."
Hode felt his brain about to burst; seven types of energy, five types of foreign magic, Carol's stellar core, Diana's threads of fate, Natasha's data torrent, Shazam's lightning of wisdom, Zatanna's causality magic—all of these collided, fused, and recombined within him.
The black liquid on the ring suddenly shrieked, and Hela's figure flickered in and out of the probability cloud: "You cannot... I have already rewritten it..."
"Rewritten?" Hode's crystal skin shattered completely, revealing a body flowing with starlight inside, "We create."
He raised his right hand, and an energy form never seen before condensed at his fingertips—neither gold nor stellar fire, but a white light containing all possibilities.
When this light pierced into the core of the probability cloud, the entire Universe suddenly came to a standstill.
Carol's particles recombined on his left, Diana's threads of fate wrapped around his right hand, Natasha's Data Stream formed a neural network, Shazam's lightning turned into the beating of a heart, and Zatanna's magicrunes flowed like a river under his skin.
"System overload." Hode heard a mechanical voice from deep within his consciousness, "Intimacy has exceeded the critical value."
"Then break it." He said softly to the frozen time and space, and then kissed the recombining Carol.
The moment their lips touched, white light exploded with an intensity a hundred billion times that of a supernova.
The cracks in the seven parallel Universes began to heal, Hela's screams turned into a baby's cry, the probability cloud of Gotham City condensed into a crystal statue, and all rewritten timelines returned to their proper tracks like an ebbing tide.
When the light faded, Hode found himself lying in Diana's arms.
The Amazon princess's golden tiara was stained with blood, and her shield was split in two, but her fingers were gently stroking his newborn chest, which was covered in magic runes.
"You have created a new law." Her voice carried a rare tenderness, with one end of the Lasso of Truth still wrapped around her own wrist, "The Law of Love."
Carol wrapped her arms around him from behind, her stellar energy becoming as gentle as moonlight: "Now our connection... is eternal."
Natasha's Soul Data Thread connected to all devices, and unreadable data scrolled across her tactical goggles: "New energy signature detected... Hode · Weaver of Fate?"
Shazam's young adult form squatted nearby eating an energy bar, with lightning jumping between his fingertips in the shape of a heart: "I think... we should throw a party to celebrate?"
Zatanna's wand re-condensed, but it had turned into the shape of a rose: "Provided we can survive the next second."
Everyone's alarms went off simultaneously; Hode saw that although the black liquid on the ring had disappeared, a Joker's smile could be faintly seen flickering deep within the Asgard emblem.
"She left a backup plan." Diana's shield suddenly repaired itself automatically, and the ancient god runes emitted a red light, "In the folds of time."
Carol's stellar energy began a new round of fluctuation, but it was not a runaway surge, but a resonance: "I can feel it... in the darkness before the birth of the Universe..."
Hode held the hands of his two lovers, the newborn magicrunes intertwining with the golden divine power and stellar flames to form a three-colored light band.
He looked at the recombining space-time structure, and in some imminent moment, he saw countless versions of himself standing at the endpoints of different Universes—some ruling Paradise Island with Diana, some cruising the star seas with Carol, some locked to the bedside by Zatanna's magic, some tied up in a laboratory by Natasha's data threads, some teaching Shazam how to control lightning...
"It seems..." he said softly, his voice carrying a cross-dimensional echo, "the story has only just begun."
The tactical goggles suddenly shattered, and Natasha's voice carried static: "Detected... ultimate threat..."
Everyone's eyes turned toward the source of the voice, and they saw that the female Agent's left eye had turned completely into a black hole, while her right eye was blooming with holy light.
Behind her, projections of seven parallel Universes appeared simultaneously; in the center of each Universestood a Harley Quinn holding the Scepter of Death—and embedded at the top of their scepters was the very crystal skin Hode had shattered earlier.
"Harley · Quantum State · Daughter of the End." Zatanna's rose wand automatically wrote out blood-red runes, "She has collected all possible endings."
Shazam's lightning suddenly turned into a mournful wail, and his young adult form began to degenerate back into a boy: "I think... we're in big trouble..."
Carol's stellar core emitted a warning pulse, and her body turned transparent again: "Energy reserves are down to 7%..."
Diana's Lasso of Truth automatically coiled around everyone, and the threads of fate wove into a protective net in the void: "Prepare to meet..."
Hode felt the Law of Love within him begin to boil, and the newborn magic runes emitted a blinding light.
He looked at the black markings that had completely disappeared from the ring, then at the seven approaching Harley projections, and finally bowed his head to kiss Carolon the forehead, whispering in her ear:
"This time, we create our own ending."
The moment the seven Harleys swung their Scepters of Death simultaneously, all the energy inside Hode suddenly collapsed into a single point—not a black hole, but a singularity pregnant with infinite possibilities.
In this point, he saw the future of all his lovers simultaneously: dancing with Diana on Mount Olympus, watching the sunrise on the surface of a star with Carol, being turned into a kitten by Zatanna's magic to be lulled to sleep, sharing consciousness with Natasha via Soul Data Thread, teaching Shazam how to roast marshmallows with lightning...
"System notification." A mechanical voice rang out deep in his consciousness, "Intimacy has reached 100%."
"Unlocking ultimate ability."
"Love · Infinite Possibilities."
The instant the seven Harleys' scepters struck the singularity, white light exploded once again. But this time there was no destruction, only rebirth—countless parallel Universes simultaneously bloomed with the light of the Law of Love, and Hode in every Universe simultaneously took the hands of his different lovers.
And in the center of all the light, the real Hode opened his eyes and saw Carol, Diana, Natasha, Zatanna, and Shazamgathered in a circle; their figures appeared and disappeared in the light of the Law of Love, as if projections from different Universes were intersecting here.
"You did it." Diana's voice carried the echo of an Amazonchant, and the ancient god runes on her shield formed a new maxim, transcending fate.
Carol's stellar core turned a gentle moonlight color, and she gently stroked Hode's face: "Now, our story will never have an ending."
Natasha's Soul Data Thread connected to everyone's nerves, and her tactical goggles refocused: "But challenges will always exist."
Zatanna's rose wand automatically wrote out a new prophecy: "Beyond love..."
Shazam's lightning turned rainbow-colored, and the young hero's laughter was as crisp as a bell: "There is adventure!"
Hode held everyone's hands, and the light of the Law of Love flowed between them, forming an eternal ring. When the first Harley projection emerged from the void, he revealed a confident smile—because this time, he was no longer fighting alone.
Chapter 655: Unlocking Ultimate Ability
Hode felt the Law of Love within him like a boiling galaxy, with seven types of energy from different dimensions intertwining in his bloodline to form a brilliant Bifrost Bridge.
He saw pale golden stellar embers overflowing from Carol's fingertips, the blessings of the Amazon ancient gods flowing along the edge of Diana's shield, Natasha's Soul Data Thread weaving into a data spiderweb in the void, Zatanna's rose wand automatically writing out anti-entropy spells, and even Shazam's lightning carrying the electric arcs of the god of wisdom.
"This time, I'll be the anchor." Hode spoke suddenly, a flowing star map emerging beneath the newborn skin where the crystal had shattered, "But I need your power as a catalyst."
Carol's pupils instantly contracted into a double-helix structure, and the quantum state under Supernova mode allowed her to see the truth within the folds of space-time—the seven Harley projections were not clones from parallel Universes, but fragments of causal chains torn apart by some higher-dimensional entity.
She grabbed Hode's left hand, and the energy of her stellar core poured into the Asgard emblem on his wrist like liquid gold.
"Hela is using Harley's madness gene to reorganize the reality matrix." The female warrior's voice was hoarse with stellar embers, and the Amazon War Armor on her right shoulder suddenly melted, revealing the skin underneath entwined with threads of fate, "But her core algorithm has a loophole—"
Diana's Lasso of Truth suddenly went taut like a string, and the tampered trajectory of fate appeared on the golden rope: "She has swapped the causality of love and destruction!"
She slammed her shield into the void, and the ancient god runes erupted with blinding red light, shaking the nearest Harley projection until it cracked like a ripple.
Natasha's tactical goggles shattered into pieces, and the female Agent's left eye turned completely into a data black hole, while her right eye ignited with holy white flames.
She stabbed her Soul Data Thread into the back of Hode's neck, and the cold Data Stream was mixed with memory fragments—three weeks ago at the Sanctum Sanctorum, when Bruce used the anti-life equation to analyze Hode's blood, he had said, "Your Law of Love is rewriting quantum probability."
"The core of the probability cloud hides an anti-phase generator." Natasha's voice carried a double echo, and binary patterns appeared beneath her skin, "Harley turned Gotham City into a reality anchor, just like..."