Chapter 491: "I want to stay!"
In the study of Morgan Manor, the fragrance of tea had not yet dissipated.
Loren sat in the high-backed chair, his eyes looking at the lawn outside the window illuminated by the moonlight.
His body looked very relaxed, but Tina knew that was just an appearance.
After devouring the energy of the Celestials embryo, his sense of existence had already become different.
He was like a formerly calm lake, the surface still like a mirror, but the bottom of the lake had become a bottomless abyss.
Tina stood opposite the desk, her fingers gently sliding along the edge of the teacup; the coffee was already cold, and she hadn't drunk it.
Her brain was still processing everything she had seen in the Earth's core.
A thirty-kilometer Celestials embryo, dark red energy beams.
Loren's hand blade cut open the embryo's skull, his right hand pierced into the chest cavity, pulled out the source of life, and devoured it.
Then, like throwing away trash, he threw the remains of the embryo into a space he had created.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Tina keeping looking at him, Loren asked curiously.
Tina picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.
The coffee was already cold, and the bitterness exploded on the tip of her tongue.
She put the cup back onto the tray, turned around, and looked out the window.
The moonlight fell on her face, and the golden light in her amber eyes flickered slightly.
"I am thinking, I have lived on this Planet for hundreds of years, witnessing countless human wars, disasters, and deaths."
"I have never seen anyone like you, pulling a Planet back from the brink of destruction."
"Not once, but multiple times."
"Thanos, Knull, Celestials embryo…"
"You did what our Eternal dared not do for millions of years."
"You didn't dare because of your mission. You were created not to protect Earth, but to protect the embryo. You had no choice."
"Now I have a choice." Tina turned around and looked at him.
"I want to be with you, not as an Eternal, not as a messenger of the Celestials, but as myself."
Loren looked at her for a few seconds.
"Wanting to stay is not that easy; I don't take outsiders here!"
"Isn't that simple? I'll be your woman, and then I won't be an outsider!" The corners of Tina's mouth raised slightly into an arc.
As she spoke, she knelt down in front of Loren, then opened her small mouth and went to work.
"Fine! I agree to your request, oh!!!"
Seeing such a sensible Tina, Loren picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then nodded.
Early the next morning, Tony Stark's quinjet landed on the lawn of Morgan Manor.
He jumped down from the quinjet, the nanoparticles of the Mark LIII armor receding from his body, revealing the gray T-shirt and jeans inside.
There were deep dark circles under his eyes, and the exhaustion on his face was the kind of exhaustion from not sleeping for several days and running on caffeine.
But his pace was fast, his expression was cold, and his mouth was tightly pursed.
Steve followed behind him with his shield on his back, his blue eyes looking at the main building of the manor with a stern expression.
Natasha walked out from the other side of the quinjet, her red hair fluttering in the morning wind, her eyes scanning every corner of the lawn.
Loren sat in the high-backed chair, holding a cup of hot tea in his hand, watching the three people walk in.
"Tony. Steve. Natasha. Sit."
Tony didn't sit. He walked up to the desk, braced his hands on the desktop, and looked straight at Loren.
"What happened in the Earth's core? Our sensors detected a huge energy burst, and then the earthquakes stopped, the volcanoes stopped, and all anomalies stopped."
"But the moment you returned from the Earth's core, global seismographs recorded a signal. What did you do?"
Loren put down the teacup and leaned back against the chair.
"The Celestials embryo wanted to devour Earth, and I stopped it."
"How did you stop it?"
"Killed it."
Tony's eyes widened.
Tony's hands lifted from the desktop, gestured in the air, and then put down.
His lips moved, wanting to say something, but nothing came out.
His brain was running at high speed, trying to process this information.
A single person soloing a Celestials embryo was not something humans could do, nor was it something any known superpower user could do, not even with him wearing the most advanced armor.
Yet Loren in front of him could do it; this was simply unimaginable!
Steve stepped up from behind Tony, took the shield off his back, and leaned it against the side of the desk.
His blue eyes looked at Loren with a calm expression, but beneath the calmness was a deeply suppressed complex emotion that seemed like worry and awe.
"The embryo is dead, and Earth is safe. That's a good thing, but you devoured its energy."
Loren looked at him, his eyes without ripples.
"You heard it?"
"Our sensors recorded the data of energy transfer. Your energy signature increased by at least an order of magnitude in that instant. You are stronger now than before."
"Stronger, but it wasn't that I actively wanted to be strong. The embryo's energy had nowhere to go. If I didn't take it, it would explode in the Earth's core and tear the entire Earthapart."
"I chose to devour it rather than let billions of people be buried with it."
Steve fell silent.
Natasha walked over from the door and stood beside Steve.
"Loren, I don't care how you do it."
"I just want to know one thing: after you devoured the energy of the Celestials embryo, will you be affected by its will?"
Loren looked at her, the corners of his mouth raising slightly into an arc.
"No. Its will was erased by me, leaving only energy, pure energy. Just like when you eat a steak, you don't turn into a cow."
The corners of Natasha's mouth also raised slightly into an arc.
"That's good. I have no other questions."
Tony straightened up from in front of the desk, turned around, paced a few steps in the study, and then stopped, facing Loren.
"There is a question: the Celestials are a cosmic divine race, will they come to take revenge on you? Come to take revenge on Earth?"
Loren's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest.
"Yes, but not now. They are sleeping deep in the Universe, and waking up takes time, but they will come."
Tony's brow furrowed deeper.
"Can you deal with them?"
"A Celestials embryo, I can kill. A fully grown Celestial, I can do the same! If they come, I won't let them destroy Earth."
"Fine, I have no questions for now."
Tony turned around and walked toward the door.
"I'm going back. There's a bunch of post-disaster reconstruction things to deal with. Captain, Natasha, are you leaving or not?"
Steve walked up to the desk, picked up the shield, and put it on his back.
He looked at Loren and nodded.
He didn't say thank you, didn't say goodbye, just a nod.
That nod contained a lot: gratitude, respect, understanding.
Natasha walked to the door, stopped, and didn't look back.
She walked out, the roar of the quinjet's engines came from the lawn, and then gradually faded into the distance.
The study became quiet.
Chapter 492: A New Challenge is Here!
After Tony left, Loren did not walk out of the study.
He closed his eyes, and his consciousness sank deep into the system.
In that void where only he could enter, the system panel floated, and the data on it was slowly changing.
[Congratulations to the host for participating in the event to prevent the awakening of the Celestials embryo, and successfully devouring the Celestials embryo, therefore rewarding 50 system points, current points 200!]
[Host]: Loren Morgan
[World]: Marvel Universe
[Dimensional World]: NieR: Automata, dragon ball", heavens lost property", DC Universe
[Science and Technology]: General-Purpose Combat Robot, Anti-Gravity Drone, Android Technology, Destroyer Armor manufacturing technology, Capsule Technology, Senzu Bean Manufacturing Technology, time machine manufacturing technology, gravity room, Artificial Angel Technology, super biological weapon technology, etc.
[system points]: 200
[Special Title]: Destiny Rewriter (Equipped)
[Current Energy Tier]: Multiverse Level (Initial Stage)
[Remarks]: The host has devoured all the energy of the Celestials embryo, and the current body is digesting and absorbing it.
Looking at the system information in front of him, Lorenwas secretly overjoyed. With these 200 system points, he could draw two new technological Worlds again.
But he didn't plan to do this right now. After all, he hadn't fully grasped the benefits of the DC Universe yet. Continuing to open a new World would be too wasteful.
After figuring it out, he opened his eyes and retreated from the depths of the system.
Silver-white energy flowed beneath his skin like tiny rivers.
He could feel that energy slowly integrating into every cell, every inch of muscle, and every bone of his.
It was not a foreign invasion, but tamed, transformed, and absorbed nutrients.
The door was gently pushed open, and Tifa walked in, holding a bowl of hot soup in her hand.
Her black eyes looked at him, with a small, relaxed arc at the corner of her mouth.
"Did Tony leave?"
"He left."
"You look a little tired."
"It's not tired, it's digesting."
Tifa placed the soup on the desk and pushed it in front of him.
"Drink it! You haven't eaten anything since you came back from the center of the Earth."
Loren picked up the bowl and took a sip.
Chicken soup with ginger slices and wolfberries inside, warm, with a hint of saltiness.
He finished the whole bowl of soup and placed the bowl on the table.
"Tifa."
"Hmm?"
"For the next three days, I need to stay in Morgan Manorand cannot go out. If anyone comes looking for me, help me block them."
Tifa's brow furrowed slightly. "Why?"
"The devoured energy takes time to digest, and I don't want to be disturbed!"
Tifa looked at him for a few seconds, then reached out and brushed his hair away from her forehead.
"Then stay in Morgan Manor and go nowhere. My sisters and I will guard you."
The corners of Loren's mouth raised slightly into an arc.
"Okay."
On the second day of the digestion period, deep in the Universe, on an unnamed asteroid.
Black Symbiote tissue flowed slowly on the surface of the asteroid like a pool of living asphalt.
They were Symbiote fragments scattered in the Universeafter Knull's death, without collective consciousness, without leaders, only instinctual hunger and fear.
What are they afraid of?
Afraid of the entity that killed Knull.
The Symbiote fragments writhed in the darkness, devouring each other, merging with each other, trying to re-condense into a complete individual.
But every time they merged to a certain extent, they would collapse.
Not because of insufficient power, but because there was an indelible mark of fear in their consciousness.
That mark was silver-white, glowing, like a wound that would never heal.
As they struggled, a golden light shot from the void and hit the asteroid.
The Symbiote fragments screamed, burned, and turned to ashes in the golden light.
The asteroid was shattered by the light, and the fragments flew in all directions. A figure walked out from the light.
He was wearing golden armor, his face hidden behind the helmet's visor, revealing only a pair of eyes glowing with golden light. That was indeed a member of the Celestials!
He held a spear in his hand, and the tip of the spear still had the ashes of burned Symbiote fragments.
"Damn Earthling, how dare you kill my clansmen, you are courting death!" His voice was low, echoing in the void.
He thrust the spear into the void, the tip of the spear sinking into space, leaving a golden crack.
On the other side of the crack was a huge silver skull sleeping in the Nebula.
A full-fledged Celestial was slowly awakening from hundreds of millions of years of slumber.
His eyes opened.
Silver, pupiless eyes as bright as two stars.
He looked towards Earth.
"Loren Morgan."
The sound traveled through the Universe, spanning millions of light-years, penetrating the dimensional barrier, and reaching Earth.
In the study of Morgan Manor, Loren was drinking tea.
His fingers paused, and he heard the sound.
Not heard from the ears, but from the depths of consciousness.
That voice was not aimed at him, but proclaimed to the entire Universe.
But he could hear it, because the energy level contained in that voice was in the same magnitude as his current energy level.
He put down the teacup, his grey eyes looking out the window.
"It seems that a new challenge is coming." His fingers tapped gently on the armrest.
"Android 18."
A golden light shot from the back garden of the manor and landed at the door of the study.
Android 18 stood at the door, her long golden hair shimmering in the sunlight, her blue eyes looking at Loren.
"Eve."
Eve walked over from the other end of the corridor, the all-black the necrosword hanging at her waist, her dark brown eyes looking at Loren.
"Wanda."
Red Chaos Magic exploded in the study, and Wandawalked out from the light, with red energy spinning in her green eyes.
"2B."
2B walked out of the guest room, the scorching light in her eyes brighter than usual.
Loren stood up from the chair and looked at them.
"There is a voice calling my name. The owner of the voice is far away from Earth, but he is on his way. He is a member of the Celestials. He already knows that I killed the Celestials embryo, and he is coming for revenge."
There were no ripples in Android 18's blue eyes.
"Kill him."
"It's best to make him retreat voluntarily. If not, then kill him!"
Eve's hand rested on the hilt of the all-black the necrosword. "Understood!"
Wanda's red Chaos Magic danced at her fingertips. "I will pull them into Chaos Space."
2B said coldly: "It's been a while since I last fought, my Eternal Flame has been thirsty and eager for a long time,"
Loren looked at them and nodded.
"Play with him well!"
He sat back down in the high-backed chair and picked up the teacup.
The tea was already cold, but he didn't care.
He closed his eyes, and his consciousness sank deep into the system.
Silver-white energy flowed slowly inside his body like a tamed giant dragon.
Chapter 493: All Prepare for Battle!
The morning at Morgan Manor was as quiet as usual.
Sunlight drifted over from the direction of the Hudson River, dyeing the dewdrops on the lawn golden.
The branches and leaves of the oak trees swayed gently in the breeze, and a few squirrels chased each other near the roots, their tails fluffy like clumps of brown clouds under the sunlight.
In the distance, a few white seagulls circled above the river, letting out crisp cries.
Everything was normal, everything was calm.
But the people in the manor knew that this was just an illusion before the storm.
In the study, Loren sat in the high-backed chair, his gray eyes looking out the window.
His hair shimmered with a soft luster in the morning light, and his fingers gently tapped on the armrest at a slow and steady rhythm.
His body was still in the digestion period, and it took time to devour the energy of the Celestials embryo.
On the desk, a holographic map floated in the air, marked with energy signals from the depths of the Universe.
That signal came from millions of light-years away, moving toward Earth at an incredible speed.
The signal's energy characteristics were almost identical to the Celestials embryo, but stronger, more stable, and more mature.
A fully-formed Celestials was not a seed, but an adult individual.
Tifa stood beside the desk, her black eyes looking at the holographic map, holding a teapot in her hand.
She had already poured two cups of tea for Loren, neither of which he drank.
She stopped pouring and just stood there, quietly accompanying him.
"How much longer?" Tifa asked.
"About twenty-four hours," Loren said. "Maybe shorter, it has accelerated."
Tifa's brow furrowed slightly. "Alone?"
"Currently, one has been detected. The Celestials are extremely powerful; a single one dispatched is enough to destroy an entire Planet. I don't know if this time will be an exception, maybe there are more behind."
Loren stood up from his chair and walked to the window.
His eyes pierced through the clouds, through the atmosphere, through the starry sky, and landed on the silver figure flying toward Earth.
Its body was larger than an entire Planet, its surface covered in a silvery-gray carapace filled with crisscrossing dark red patterns.
Its head was oval-shaped, without facial features, having only two glowing white eyes like stars.
Its limbs were slender, the ends of its fingers sharp like five huge blades.
Its chest cavity bulged slightly, with energy pulsating inside—that was its core, the source of its life.
The Celestials, the Universe divine race, the gardeners of the Planet.
In the ancient language of the Universe, its name was called "The Judge".
Loren withdrew his gaze, turned around, and faced the people in the room.
Number 18 stood by the window, her blue eyes looking out the window with a calm expression.
Eve sat in the chair in the corner, with all-black the necrosword leaning next to the chair, her eyes half-closed as if meditating.
2B stood at the door, her silvery-white hair swaying slightly in the air conditioner wind, her eyes beneath the black blindfold covered.
Yet anyone could feel her icy, blade-like aura.
One of her hands rested on the hilt of the adamantium Miao blade, her thumb lightly pressing against the handguard, ready to draw the blade at any time.
Wanda sat on the other side of the desk, red Chaos Magicdancing at her fingertips, the red light in her eyes rotating.
In the living room, the other women were also ready.
The Commander White stood in the center of the living room, wearing a white military uniform, her silvery-white long hair draped over her shoulders, her golden eyes calm and resolute.
"The enemy will arrive in twenty-four hours," the Commander White's voice was not loud, but clear, carrying a sternness unique to soldiers.
"We cannot wait for it to descend on Earth before fighting, as that would cause massive civilian casualties. Wanda's Chaos Space is the best battlefield; we need to resolve it within the Chaos Space."
A2 stood in the corner of the living room, her silvery-white long hair scattered over her shoulders, her black combat uniform clinging tightly to her slender body.
She held a Tang Dao in her hand, her eyes looking at the image of the Celestials on the holographic screen, a cruel, blade-like arc at the corner of her mouth.
"This guy is bigger than anything I've killed before," A2's voice was low, carrying a hoarse trace left by countless battles.
Three Angels, Ikaros, Nymph, and Astraea, stood on the living room balcony, bare feet stepping on the wooden floor, their long hair fluttering in the morning breeze.
Nymph looked at the sky, her antennae trembling slightly, sensing the approaching energy signal.
Astraea held a huge energy sword in her hand, the blade taller than herself, yet she lifted it like a feather.
Nymph's antennae paused. "It is very strong."
Her voice was very soft, carrying a seriousness she rarely had.
"Stronger than any enemy I've ever seen, not just a little stronger, but much stronger."
Hancock walked down the stairs, her black long hair hanging down to her waist, golden snake-shaped earrings shining under the sunlight, her deep red long dress split up to her thighs.
She had no weapon in her hand; her weapon was herself.
Her charm, her Haki, and those eyes capable of turning anyone into stone.
"This concubine does not like to wait," Hancock's voice was arrogant.
But beneath the arrogance was a deeply suppressed tremor, like nervousness yet excitement.
"When the enemy comes, this concubine will go turn him into stone."
Tsunade walked out from the corridor, her golden long hair tied into two ponytails, her eyes flickering with the calmness forged through countless battles.
She had no weapon in her hand; her weapon was her fists.
Her monstrous strength was enough to shatter a mountain, and her medical ninjutsu was enough to bring back the dying.
"Hancock, your petrification ability might not be effective against the Celestials," Tsunade's voice was not loud, but carried a majesty that one had to listen to.
"Its energy tier is too high; your Medusa power might not penetrate its shield."
Hancock's eyes narrowed. "You look down on this concubine?"
"I am not looking down on you, I am just speaking the truth."
Mei Terumi walked over from the other end of the corridor, her long hair coiled into a bun at the back of her head, a few stray locks hanging by her ears.
She also had no weapon in her hands, but water vapor was condensing between her fingers, and her Lava Release and Boil Release were among the deadliest weapons on the battlefield.
"Do not argue," Mei Terumi's voice was gentle, yet within that gentleness lay an unquestionable firmness.
"The enemy hasn't come yet, and we're already having infighting? Wait until the fight is over before arguing, and I'll argue with you then."
Hinata walked out from the corner of the living room, her hands intertwined, her white eyes looking at the ground, her cheeks flushing slightly.
She was not a warrior, at least that was what she thought of herself.
Yet her enhanced Byakugan could see enemies hundreds of kilometers away, and her Gentle Fist could destroy internal organs without damaging the skin.
On the battlefield, she was not a damage dealer, but a scout, a supporter, and a Guardian who would use her body to shield her teammates at critical moments.
Chapter 494 Arrangements Before the Battle
I will... try my best." Hinata's voice was very soft, but every word was very firm.
Mai Shiranui walked in from the balcony, her red cheongsam gleaming in the sunlight, her white thighs faintly visible through the slit.
In her hands were two iron fans, the edges of the fans as sharp as blades.
Her eyes were currently burning with fighting spirit as she looked at the image of the Celestials on the holographic screen.
"Come on! My Hellfire is not to be trifled with either!" Mai Shiranui said with a frown.
Mary Rose ran down the stairs, her blonde twin tails bouncing on her shoulders, her eyes flashing with a sharpness inconsistent with her sweet appearance.
She was a martial artist, an expert in close-quarters combat.
"I might not be able to break through its shell," Mary Rose said.
"But I can buy time for you all, dodging, interfering, and attracting attention—I am good at these."
Tifa walked out from the kitchen, took off her apron, and changed into her battle suit.
The black leather outfit clung tightly to her body, and her ice-blue long hair was tied into a high ponytail.
"Master is in a digestion period, during which his strength will be somewhat affected, so this crisis temporarily requires us to handle it."
Tifa's voice was calm, but every word was as firm as a nail driven into a wooden board.
Madame Hydra, also known as Viper, walked out from the shadows of the corridor.
A green bodysuit wrapped around her curvy figure, her long black hair hung over her shoulders, and her green eyes flashed with a dangerous, snake-like light.
"This guy's strength doesn't look simple at all, can we really handle it with just us?" Viper said with some worry.
"Rest assured, as long as we are of one heart, any crisis can be resolved. Don't forget, we have the fusion earrings now.
If a single power cannot cause damage to it, then we will just fuse when the time comes. I don't believe it can defeat us after the fusion."
Commander said with full confidence. As the Commanderof the harem team, she was very confident in their combat power.
"That's right, with fusion as our ultimate finishing move, we will definitely be able to solve this trouble."
At this time, Valkyrie Sif walked to Commander White's side, and said with equal confidence.
In her hand, she held a silver-white long sword, engraved with ancient runes of Asgard on the blade, and a powerful energy fluctuation was released from her body.
"Don't worry, when the time comes I will pull it into Chaos Space. Inside Chaos Space, I have the final say!" Wandasaid.
"Let me join the battle too! I might be able to help." At this time, Medusa's sister Crystal also walked out, her long blonde hair hanging down to her waist.
Her ability is to manipulate elements: Earth, wind, fire, and water.
On the battlefield, she is a walking disaster.
"I can alter terrain, create barriers, and control the weather. If we are in Chaos Space, I can use elements to interfere with it."
"I want to join too, my Impact is not to be trifled with!" Daisy Johnson walked out from the corridor.
Her ability is to create shockwaves. She can create cracks on the ground, generate Impact in the air, and create resonance cracks on the enemy's shield.
What the upper limit of her power was, even she herself didn't know.
"Sometimes having too many people is not necessarily a good thing. It's better to follow what our husband said, let the stronger sisters handle it, and we support from behind. That's not a bad thing!"
At this time, Medusa walked out of her room. She used to be the queen of the Inhumans, and her strength was quite powerful, but here at Loren's place, it wasn't enough to look at.
Her ability is to control hair. Every strand of hair is like a snake, able to extend, contract, cut, and entangle.
Her hair is her most loyal weapon, more flexible and deadlier than any sword.
"Medusa is right, this opponent's strength is no small matter, our participation will only hold them back. It's better to do logistics well behind the scenes, which will be of greater help to everyone!"
At this time, Gwen also rushed back from outside. Usually, she lived in her own home, and only came back to be intimate with Loren when she missed him.
And this time, upon receiving Loren's notice, she rushed over. She hung upside down from the ceiling.
Spider-Woman clung tightly to her body, web-shooters held in her hands, her eyes looking at everyone from behind the white mask.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Loren finally walked out from the study and stood in the center of the living room.
His eyes swept across everyone present: Tifa, No. 18, Eve, 2B, Wanda, Tina, Commander White, A2, Ikaros, Nymph, Astraea, Hancock, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Hinata, Mai Shiranui, Mary Rose, Madame Hydra, Sif, Crystal, Daisy, Medusa, Gwen.
Twenty-three women, twenty-three kinds of powers, twenty-three kinds of wills, and of course twenty-three kinds of wonderful experiences.
"The enemy will arrive within twenty-four hours." Loren's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.
"It is not here to negotiate, not here to warn, not here to show off its strength.
It is here for revenge; I killed its kind and devoured its energy.
It will use all means to kill me, kill you all, and destroy Earth."
He paused for a moment.
"Therefore, this battle is no trivial matter, you must deal with it properly, and this is also a tempering for you.
After this battle, I believe your strength will definitely reach a higher level!" Loren said meaningfully, looking at his wives.
Immediately after, his eyes turned to Mai Shiranui.
"Mai Shiranui, your Hellfire can burn souls, which is a great restraint for things with souls.
I don't know if the Celestials have souls, but if it does, you can hurt it, so this time you will take the lead together with No. 18 and the others!"
"Yes!" Hearing Loren's order, Mai Shiranui was very excited, because this was the best recognition of her strength.
"No. 18, Eve, 2B, Mai Shiranui, you are the main force this time.
No. 18's star-destroying destructive power, Eve's power of devouring, 2B's Eternal Flame, Mai Shiranui's Hellfire—these four powers need to cooperate."
"Nymph, your electronic warfare ability can affect reality, so by then you and Wanda will maintain the Chaos Spacetogether.
Be sure not to let the aftermath of the battle overflow, otherwise this Planet will be destroyed!"
Nymph nodded, "Yes Master, I will fully support Sister Wanda!"
Loren turned to Hancock, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Hinata, Mary Rose, Madame Hydra, Sif, Crystal, Daisy, Medusa, and Gwen.
"You are the reserves. If the main force cannot win, you step up. If the main force is injured, you replace them."
Hancock's lips curved upward slightly.
"Rest assured, this concubine will definitely go all out!"
Tsunade tapped her fingers gently on her arm.
"Don't forget, I am a powerful medical ninja. With me here, injuries won't matter, and at worst, there are still Senzu Beans!"
Hearing them say this, Loren nodded.
"Go prepare, I await your triumphant return, and by then I will heavily reward you!"
Hearing Loren say there would be heavy rewards, the women couldn't help but get excited. They loved the Master's rewards too much.
Chapter 495: Chaos Magic!!!
Finished speaking, he turned around, walked back to the study, and sat on the high-backed chair.
He picked up the cup of tea that had already gone cold and took a sip.
His eyes looked out the window, looking at the lawn illuminated by the sunlight.
Tifa stood by his side, her hand resting on his shoulder.
"They will win."
"I know."
Twenty-four hours later.
Above Earth, the sky split open.
A huge, silver-white crack tore open the firmament from outside the atmosphere.
The edges of the crack were dark red, lava-like energy, and the center of the crack was darkness.
It was not the darkness of night, but the darkness of the Universe, a void with no stars, no light, and no matter whatsoever.
From the crack, a huge figure walked out.
That was precisely The Judge of the Celestials.
When its head poked out from the crack, people across the entire Northern Hemisphere saw that featureless face.
Smooth, silver-gray, like a huge mirror.
Its two eyes emitted white light, which illuminated half of Earth, turning the night into day.
Its shoulders squeezed out from the crack, the atmosphere was torn apart, and hurricanes surged out from the crack, blowing the buildings on the ground crooked.
Its fingers swept across the sky above Earth, dragging dark red glowing traces through the atmosphere with its fingertips.
It was like five huge blades cutting five wounds in the sky.
In New York Times Square, people stopped in their tracks and looked up at the sky.
There was no fear on their faces, not because they were not afraid.
But because the fear had exceeded their endurance range, turning into a numb blankness where they could feel nothing.
Some knelt on the ground crying out that God was manifesting, some hugged the people next to them, some took out their phones to take pictures, and some closed their eyes waiting for death.
Inside S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, alarms echoed in the corridors, and red lights jumped on the white walls.
The current Director, Natasha, stood in front of the holographic screen, staring at the huge silver figure approaching Earth.
Her expression was exceptionally solemn, and her fingers clenched into fists on the desktop.
"What is this?" Natasha's voice was low, as if squeezed out from the depths of her throat.
"I don't know." S.H.I.E.L.D.'s chief scientist answered tremblingly.
"Its energy signature exceeds the measurement range of all our sensors, and its body's molecular structure is identical to Vibranium."
"A body of Vibranium?!"
"Yes!"
"Can a nuclear bomb hit it?"
"Director, its body is larger than our entire Planet. To it, our nuclear bombs are like a mosquito biting an elephant."
Natasha was silent for a few seconds.
"Contact Morgan Manor, tell Loren to make a move no matter what. A guy like this is simply not something we can resist!"
On the roof of Stark Tower, Tony Stark stood in front of the viewing window, looking at the huge silver figure in the sky.
His Mark LIII armor was already on him, but his fingers were not on any weapon buttons, and his eyes reflected the white light of the Celestials.
"Jarvis." Tony's voice was very soft. "If I fight it, what is my survival probability?"
Jarvis was silent for 0.3 seconds.
"Sir, your armor cannot cause any known form of damage to the target.
The target's energy shield thickness exceeds the maximum penetration depth of all your weapons.
If the target launches an attack, your survival probability is zero."
The corners of Tony's mouth raised slightly into an arc, not a smile, but a helplessness born of deep despair.
"Zero?! There is not a shred of hope at all!"
Thor stood beside him, looking at the Celestials with a stern expression.
But beneath the sternness was a deep-seated, stone-like determination.
"Rest assured! Loren will handle it."
"What if he can't handle it?"
"Then we can only wait for death. You don't think we Avengers can be its opponents, do you?"
"I'd like to think so, but unfortunately, that's unlikely!"
"Then that's it. No matter what we do, it's a meaningless struggle. Why waste effort then!"
Above Morgan Manor, a red light shot up from the ground, soaring straight into the sky.
The light burst open in the sky, turning into a huge, rotating red magic array.
The edge of the array was complex, constantly changing magical runes, and the center of the array was a dark red, abyss-like vortex.
Wanda levitated in the center of the array, red Chaos Magic forming a huge energy field around her body.
Her hair fluttered in the energy field, her eyes completely red, with no pupils, no whites, only two clusters of red light burning in the darkness.
Her hands traced a complex gesture in the air, and the Chaos Magic array detached from her hands, flying towards the Celestials in the sky.
During its flight, the array continuously expanded, from a diameter of hundreds of meters to thousands of kilometers, eventually enveloping the entire body of the Celestialswithin it.
"Chaos Space!" Wanda's voice echoed in the sky, low, like an ancient spell.
The body of the Celestials was swallowed by the red light, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared from the sky above Earth.
Inside Chaos Space, the Celestials opened its white eyes.
It found itself no longer above Earth, but floating in a domain intertwined with red and black energy.
The domain had no boundaries, no up or down, no left or right, only endless chaos energy churning, rotating, and roaring.
Its consciousness scanned the boundaries of this space and found that it was locked by a powerful magic seal.
The energy of the seal came from a tiny, red existence on Earth known as the "Scarlet Witch".
"It turns out to be Chaos Magic."
The Judge's voice did not travel through the air; it burst directly in the depths of Wanda's consciousness.
Low, slow, like the entire Universe vibrating simultaneously.
"Are you the inheritor of Chaos Magic, one of the three ancient ultimate powers of the Universe?"
Wanda levitated in the center of Chaos Space, red Chaos Magic forming a huge, rotating energy vortex around her body.
Her red eyes looked at the featureless face of the Celestials.
"What inheritor? I don't understand what you're talking about. I just want to tell you now, Earth is not a place you can lay your hands on. Leave quickly, or else, die!"
"Want me to die? Hahaha, ant, do you know what you are saying? Throughout this entire Universe, no one has ever dared to speak to me like this.
You think that just because you possess Chaos Magic, I am afraid of you? I am the noblest God race in this Universe, and you ants only deserve to submit!"
The corners of Wanda's mouth raised slightly into an arc.
"You talk too much nonsense. If you aren't leaving, then let's fight!"
As the words fell, four figures appeared out of thin air in Chaos Space. The newcomers were none other than No. 18, Eve, Miss 2B, and Mai Shiranui!
Chapter 496: Five Beauties Fight God
Looking at the four women who suddenly descended before it, the Celestials did not speak again, and its right hand lifted.
Five huge, kilometers-long fingers spread open, and dark red energy leaped at the fingertips.
The palm slapped toward Wanda. The speed was not fast, but the power was so great that even the Chaos Spacetrembled under the wind of its palm.
Wanda did not dodge. Her hands drew a magic array in the air, and a thick red energy beam shot out from the center of the array, hitting the palm of the Celestials.
The energy beam and the palm collided, bursting out a ring-shaped Impact interwoven with red and black.
The palm of the Celestials stopped for a moment, not because it was blocked, but because it was interfered with.
Wanda's Chaos Magic created a tiny, unstable fluctuation in its energy field, causing its palm to deviate in direction during the process of slapping down.
The palm brushed past Wanda and hit the boundary of the Chaos Space, leaving a huge smoking handprint on the space wall.
The Celestials lowered its head to look at its palm, and then raised its head to look at Wanda.
"Your magic is very interesting, but your power is not enough."
Its chest lit up, and under the silver-white carapace, the energy core began to pulsate.
Dark red light seeped out from the cracks of the carapace, flowing like lava on the surface of its body.
Its mouth was on its featureless head; a horizontal crack split open from the middle, revealing countless rows of sharp, glowing white teeth inside.
An energy beam shot out from its mouth, not toward Wanda, but toward the boundary of the Chaos Space.
Wanda's eyes widened.
Cracks appeared on the wall of the Chaos Space under the Impact of the energy beam.
It did not appear slowly, but exploded instantly.
The cracks spread around from the hit point like a spider web, changing from as thin as a hair to as wide as a finger, and from as wide as a finger to as big as a fist.
Blood overflowed from the corner of Wanda's mouth, her body was trembling, and her magic was collapsing.
She still underestimated the Celestials, not expecting its strength to be so strong!
"Don't even think about leaving here!" Wanda's voice squeezed out from her throat, hoarse and broken.
"Chaos Magic is very strong, but you, the host, are not up to it. You cannot trap me." The voice of the Celestialsechoed in her consciousness.
"Your magic cannot hurt me, your willpower cannot stop me, you are not my opponent."
At this moment, No. 18 flew out, her body dragging a golden ribbon of light in the red Chaos light.
Her right hand was clenched into a fist, wrapped in a terrifying energy shield, and her fist directly pointed at the head of the Celestials.
Her body constantly accelerated during flight, from sonic speed to supersonic speed, from supersonic speed to near the speed of light.
Her fist hit the head of the Celestials, not the outer shell of the head, but the newly appeared crack on the head.
The crack expanded under her fist, and violent energy seeped from her fist into the head of the Celestials.
It exploded inside its carapace, blasting the crack from hundreds of meters wide to thousands of meters wide.
The head of the Celestials tilted to one side by a few degrees under the fist of No. 18, its body shook slightly, and then stabilized.
It lowered its head, looking at the golden figure suspended in front of its head.
"Vibranium body, terrifying power, you are top-notch in the category of humans. Woman, you are very good, but wanting to defeat me is still not enough!"
As the voice fell, the right hand of the Celestials lifted again. This time it was not a slap, but a pinch.
Its thumb and index finger spread open, like a huge pliers, pinching toward the body of No. 18.
The space between the two fingers distorted under its power, forming a gravitational vortex that pulled the body of No. 18 toward between its fingers.
The body of No. 18 trembled violently in the gravitational vortex, her infinite power reactor running at full power, trying to break free from the suction.
But the gravity between the two fingers of the Celestialswas too strong, and her body was slowly and unstoppably sliding toward that huge hand.
At this critical moment, Eve flew over from the other side.
all-black the necrosword drew a black arc in her hand, and the blade slashed at the thumb of the Celestials.
The blade collided with the silver-white carapace, bursting out a cluster of dark red sparks.
A tiny crack appeared on the carapace, and violent energy seeped out from the crack, splashing on Eve's face.
The thumb of the Celestials moved, not from pain, but from instinctive contraction.
The gravitational vortex between its two fingers disappeared, and the body of No. 18 broke free from gravity.
She tumbled a few times in the air, stabilized her body, and hovered beside Eve.
The two stood side by side in front of the head of the Celestials, floating in the air.
2B also walked out at this time, not flying, but walking.
Her footsteps stepped on the void, and every step she took, a bright red flame would appear under her feet, which was precisely the never-extinguishing Eternal Flame.
Her Miao blade was already unsheathed, and the blade reflected cold light in the red Chaos light.
Although her eyes under her black blindfold were covered, anyone could feel the piercing murderous intent emanating from her body.
She walked to the side of No. 18 and Eve, and stopped.
Mai Shiranui walked out from behind 2B, her red cheongsam almost merging into one with the red light of the Chaos Space.
Only the white slit and the two iron fans in her hands appeared particularly striking under the illumination of the light.
Her black hair fluttered in the energy wind, and a blue flame burned in her eyes, which was precisely the Hellfirecapable of burning souls.
Four people, four pairs of eyes, looked at the silver Celestials that was larger than the moon.
The white eyes of the Celestials looked at them.
"Four women, holding swords, holding knives, holding fans, do you think you can defeat me?"
The four people did not answer his words, but directly rushed up.
No. 18 stood floating in the air, directly using the Prince's combat technique against the head of The Judge.
Streaks of golden energy bullets poured toward the Celestials like raindrops, as if they did not need to consume energy.
Her target was the small crack on the head of the Celestials cut by Eve's sword; as long as she hit the energy bullets into the crack, she could explode inside.
As for Eve, she detoured from the side, with all-black the necrosword held horizontally in front of her, the black light on the blade condensing into a hair-thin energy line in the Chaos Space.
She constantly changed directions during flight, making it impossible for the Celestials to lock onto her trajectory.
Her target was the gap in the arm joints of the Celestials, where the carapace was the thinnest, and the devouring power of all-black the necrosword could seep into the joints, making the arms of the Celestials lose mobility.
2B slashed upward from below, and the sound of the Miao blade unsheathing was particularly crisp in the Chaos Space.
Her body constantly accelerated during the flight process, from 2 times the speed of sound to 50 times the speed of sound.
The Eternal Flame on the blade burned with a light that seemed capable of burning everything in the red light of the Chaos Space.
The temperature of the flame burned tiny cracks into the space along the path passed by the blade.
Her target was the chest cavity of the Celestials, the location where the energy core was. As long as the blade could cut into the core, the Eternal Flame could detonate internally.
Mai Shiranui dive-bombed from above, two iron fans opened in her hands, and the edges of the fans burned with dim blue Hellfire.
The Hellfire was not hot, but cold.
So cold that the surrounding energy solidified, shattered, and turned into nothingness the moment it was touched by the flame.
Her target was the top of the head of the Celestials. Hellfire could burn souls. If the Celestials had a soul, she could make it suffer heavy damage!
Four women, four directions, four powers, determined to defeat the Celestials.
Chapter 497: Fusion!!!
The four arms of the Celestials opened simultaneously, each arm aiming in a different direction.
Dark red energy condensed in its palms, rotating, compressing, and solidifying into four glowing dark red energy swords.
The swords were over ten kilometers long, with black lightning leaping across their blades.
The four energy swords swung out simultaneously.
Android 18 met the energy sword head-on with her fist, the Impact of her knuckles against the blade triggering an Impact interwoven with silver-white and dark red.
Her body was sent flying thousands of meters away by the Impact, and her arms went numb, but her infinite power reactor consumed only five percent of its energy in this strike.
Her blue eyes looked at her numb arms, then she raised her head to look at the Celestials.
"Its power is growing." Android 18's voice rang out in the communicator.
Eve used all-black the necrosword to block the energy sword and devoured a portion of its power.
The light on the sword grew brighter, but Eve's body was pressed downward by hundreds of meters.
Her hands were trembling, not out of fear, but because of the sheer force.
The strength of the Celestials was too immense, so much so that her muscles were emitting dangerous creaking sounds.
2B used her Miao blade to deflect the energy sword from below—not blocking it, but borrowing its momentum.
Her blade grazed the edge of the energy sword, altering the direction of its force by a few degrees.
The energy sword slashed down beside her, leaving a deep, smoking trench on the boundary of the Chaos Space.
The Eternal Flame of 2B burned on the blade, scorching a gap into the dark red energy on the energy sword.
Mai Shiranui did not take it head-on; the second before the energy sword slashed down, her body turned into deep blue firelight and dissipated.
The next second, she recondensed above the head of the Celestials, her dual iron fans crossing as she slashed down onto its crown.
The deep blue flames of the Hellfire exploded across the silver carapace of the Celestials, scorching a fist-sized, smoking crater into the shell.
The head of the Celestials tilted back slightly.
"Hellfire." The voice of the Celestials exploded in Mai Shiranui's consciousness, carrying a strange emotion that seemed like both surprise and appreciation.
"You are an Earthling, but your flames come from the Hell Dimension. How do you possess the power of the Hell Dimension? What relation do you have to Mephisto?"
Mai Shiranui did not answer.
Her dual fans struck continuously atop the head of the Celestials, leaving a smoking deep blue crater on the carapace with every blow.
The flames of the Hellfire spread through the cracks of the carapace, infiltrating deep within the shell.
The left hand of the Celestials rose, sweeping across its own head.
Mai Shiranui's body dissolved into firelight, recondensing after the fingertips of the Celestials brushed past.
Her speed was fast, but the speed of the Celestials was even faster.
As its fingertips swept by, a streak of dark red energy burst forth from them, striking Mai Shiranui's body.
Her body trembled violently within the dark red energy, deep blue flames burning across her skin in an attempt to incinerate the dark red energy that had invaded her body.
Blood spilled from the corners of her mouth as her body plummeted from the air, tumbling continuously during the fall.
Her iron fans slipped from her hands, spinning within the Chaos Space before she recalled them back into her grasp.
She steadied her body, kneeling on one knee in the void, one hand propping up her knee while the other gripped her iron fan, the edges of which were still burning with deep blue flames.
Her black hair hung down to cover half her face, hiding her expression, but her trembling lips were visible.
"It... is stronger than I imagined." Mai Shiranui's voice rang out in the communicator, sounding somewhat hoarse.
Android 18 charged forward again from the side, and this time she was not alone.
Eve followed closely behind her, the black light of all-black the necrosword and the golden light of Android 18's fist intertwining to form a larger and brighter energy field.
The two of them struck the left wrist of the Celestialssimultaneously, Android 18's fist smashing against the wrist joint while Eve's sword slashed into the gap of the joint.
Two tiny cracks appeared on the left wrist of the Celestials, dark red energy seeping out from the crevices and turning into a patch of dark red mist within the Chaos Space.
Its left hand lost its strength in that instant, the energy sword slipping from its grasp, spinning in the Chaos Spacebefore dissipating into dark red energy.
"You have injured me." The voice of the Celestials echoed in her consciousness, devoid of anger, bearing only a cold, machine-like confirmation.
"Your power is stronger than I anticipated, but you are still not my match."
Its chest lit up once more; this time it was not an energy beam, but an energy field.
A dark red, translucent energy shield burst forth from its body, sending Android 18, Eve, 2B, and Mai Shiranui flying back simultaneously.
The bodies of the four women tumbled, collided, and rebounded within the energy field, like four butterflies scattered by a hurricane.
Amidst the tumbling, 2B thrust her Miao blade into the ground, stabilizing her body.
Blood stained the corner of her mouth, and the Eternal Flame burned upon her wound, sealing it shut.
"We cannot defeat it." 2B's voice rang out in the communicator, calm, yet beneath that calm lay the complex emotions of having to acknowledge the reality of the situation.
"I know." Android 18's voice came over. "But we cannot retreat."
Mai Shiranui climbed up from the void, gripping her dual iron fans in her hands.
Her Hellfire was even weaker than before, the deep blue flames flickering faintly at the edges of her fans, like a candle about to go out.
"If we do not retreat, what do we do?"
Eve walked out from the darkness, all-black the necrosword stuck into the void, both hands pressing against the hilt.
Her dark brown eyes looked at the featureless face of the Celestials.
"Fusion."
Android 18 turned around, facing Eve.
The distance between the two was less than a meter, four eyes locking gazes.
No further words were needed; they had already coordinated countless times in their previous battle against Knull.
On Android 18's left ear, the silver-white fusion earrings lit up, and on Eve's right ear, the identical fusion earrings lit up as well.
"Fusion!" The voices of the two sounded simultaneously.
Silver-white light poured out from the two fusion earrings, enveloping their bodies in two blinding silver-white spheres of light.
The spheres of light continuously expanded, growing from the size of one person to two people, and from two people to three people.
The edges of the two light spheres began to touch, fuse, and intertwine, forming an even larger, oval-shaped cocoon of light.
The cocoon of light shattered, and Lazuli Eve walked out from within it.
Her intertwined golden and black long hair hung down to her waist, and her heterochromatic blue and dark brown eyes flickered with light within the Chaos Space.
In her hands, the shape of all-black the necrosword had changed; golden patterns had appeared on the blade, and golden threads of light lined the edge of the blade.
Her battle suit now featured Android 18's shoulder armor and Eve's belt.
2B looked at Lazuli Eve, then looked at Mai Shiranui, who looked back at her, the corners of her mouth curling upward into a slight arc.
"In that case, let us fuse as well!" Mai Shiranui said.
2B did not speak.
She reached out and took out two silver-white fusion earrings from the Capsule Technology at her waist.
She put one on her own left ear and handed the other to Mai Shiranui.
Mai Shiranui took the earring and put it on her right ear.
"Fusion!" The voices of the two sounded simultaneously.
Chapter 498: Dual Flame Mai, Celestials are injured!
Chapter 498
Crimson light and deep blue light surged out from the two earrings, enveloping the bodies of the two people in two spheres of light.
2B's Eternal Flame was an undying crimson, while Mai Shiranui's Hellfire was a deep blue that burned the soul.
The two flames intertwined, fused, and reacted within the sphere of light, forming a new color that had never appeared in the Universe—pale blue.
It was not the blue of the sky, nor the blue of the ocean, but a pale blue close to white that appeared when flames reached their highest temperature.
Then the light sphere shattered, and a slender woman with a stunningly beautiful appearance walked out.
This woman was the fusion of 2B and Mai Shiranui, and the two gave themselves a rather domineering name: Dual Flame Mai!
Dual Flame Mai's figure was slightly taller than 2B's and more slender than Mai Shiranui's.
Her hair was pale blue, hanging down to her waist, with crimson light flowing through the strands.
Her eyes were dark red, a fusion of 2B's red pupils and Mai Shiranui's black pupils.
They formed a burning, charcoal-like dark red.
Her face carried 2B's sternness and Mai Shiranui's charm, the two expressions alternating on the same face, making it impossible for people to look away.
She wore a pale blue battle suit, the style of which was between 2B's black dress and Mai Shiranui's red qipao.
The hem of the skirt reached her knees, with a slit up to her thighs, and a silver-white belt was tied around her waist, with two weapons hanging from it.
One was 2B's Miao blade, with crimson Eternal Flameburning along the blade.
The other was Mai Shiranui's iron fan, with deep blue Hellfire burning along the edge of the fan.
The two weapons echoed each other on the belt, golden and deep blue lights flashing alternately, pulsing like two synchronized heartbeats.
She had no weapon in her hands, but she was a weapon herself.
Pale blue light flowed beneath her skin, and every breath she took exhaled flames.
Her dark red eyes looked at Lazuli Eve.
Lazuli Eve also looked at her.
The two fused beings looked at each other in the center of Chaos Space.
The white eyes of the Celestials looked at them, pupils contracting slightly.
"Fusion, merging two different lives into one, is truly amazing technology. Has Earth developed to this extent?!"
The voice of the Celestials echoed in their consciousness, deep and slow, carrying a strange emotion that seemed like surprise and curiosity.
Lazuli Eve's eyes looked at it without any emotion, while in Dual Flame Mai's dark red eyes, pale blue flames were burning.
"Are you surprised by this? Even more surprising things are yet to come!"
Dual Flame Mai said coldly, then took out the Miao bladeand the iron fan forged from Vibranium.
Seeing this, the white eyes of The Judge of the Celestialslit up slightly.
"Is that so? Then let me witness it properly! Make sure you don't disappoint me!"
Just as The Judge's voice fell, Lazuli Eve moved first.
Her body turned into a silver-white light and disappeared in place.
The next second, she appeared in front of the head of the Celestials, less than a hundred meters away.
all-black the necrosword swung upward from below, carrying dark red energy on its blade, drawing a transparent, almost invisible arc in Chaos Space.
At the end of the arc was the crack on the head of the Celestials caused by the previous attack.
The blade cut into the crack, and dark red energy gushed out from the crack, splashing on Lazuli Eve's face and leaving dark red marks on her battle suit.
She didn't stop; the blade continued to cut upward, enlarging the crack from hundreds of meters wide to several kilometers wide.
The head of the Celestials tilted back by several kilometers, its body swaying slightly in Chaos Space, and its left hand waved through the void, trying to grab her.
Dual Flame Mai rushed up from the side; she wasn't flying, she was running through the void stepping on flames.
Beneath her feet, every step of the pale blue flames left a burning footprint in the void, which lingered in the air for a few seconds before extinguishing.
Her speed was so fast that even Lazuli Eve's eyes couldn't capture it as she ran across the surface of the Celestials' body.
From its shoulder to its elbow, from its elbow to its wrist, from its wrist to its fingertips.
On its fingertip, Dual Flame Mai stopped.
Her right hand drew a tachi from her waist, with golden Eternal Flame burning along the blade.
Her left hand drew the iron fan, with deep blue Hellfireburning along the edge of the fan.
Both weapons swung out simultaneously, hitting the joint of the index finger of the Celestials.
The edge of the Miao blade cut into the gap of the carapace, and the golden flames of the Eternal Flameseeped into the interior of the joint along the blade.
The ribs of the iron fan inserted into the cracks of the carapace, and the deep blue flames of the Hellfire seeped into the other side of the joint along the fan ribs.
The two flames intertwined, reacted, and exploded inside the joint, causing the index finger of the Celestials to snap off at the joint.
The finger detached from the silver carapace several kilometers long, slowly rotating in Chaos Space like a spacecraft that had lost power.
Dark red energy gushed out from the broken end, transforming into a dark red mist in Chaos Space.
The Celestials let out a low roar, like a massive earthquake splitting open.
It was not transmitted through consciousness, but through physical vibration.
Its body trembled violently in Chaos Space, transmitting the vibration to every corner of Chaos Space.
Wanda was at the edge of Chaos Space, her hands pressed against the spatial wall, the blood at the corner of her lips deepening, but she did not let go.
"It's injured!" Lazuli Eve's voice sounded in the communicator.
"It still has three arms and nine fingers." Dual Flame Mai's voice sounded in the communicator, calm.
But beneath that calmness was a burning, flame-like fighting spirit.
The left hand of the Celestials retracted. At the wound of the broken index finger, dark red energy was slowly condensing, trying to regenerate a new finger.
But Dual Flame Mai's flames lingered in the wound, and the energy of the Eternal Flame and Hellfire hindered the regeneration, making the regeneration speed very slow.
Its right hand lifted, and its five fingers spread out.
This time it wasn't a pinch, but a slap. The palm slammed down from above, pressing towards Lazuli Eve and Dual Flame Mai like a Wuzhishan mountain.
The shadow of the palm completely enveloped the two fused beings, dark red energy leaping at the tips of the fingers, distorting the surrounding space.
Lazuli Eve did not dodge. Her right hand raised all-black the necrosword, the tip of the sword pointing at the palm of the Celestials.
Silver-white energy surged out from the tip of the sword, transforming into a thick beam of energy that struck the center of the palm.
The energy beam and the palm collided, exploding into a huge sphere of energy intertwined with silver-white and dark red.
Lightning leaped across the surface of the energy sphere, illuminating the surrounding Chaos Space with a blinding light.
Lazuli Eve's body retreated hundreds of meters under the impact of the energy sphere.
But her hand did not loosen, her sword did not deviate, and her energy did not diminish.
The palm of the Celestials stopped under the impact of the energy beam.
It wasn't blocked; it was pinned in place.
Lazuli Eve's devouring power penetrated into the palm of the Celestials through the energy beam, spreading, clogging, and freezing within the energy channels inside the palm.
The energy supply to the palm was cut off, and it lost its strength, hanging suspended in mid-air like a machine without a battery.
Chapter 499: No choice, we can only continue the fusion!
Dual Flame Mai flew out from behind Lazuli Eve, stepping on flames and charging toward the chest cavity of the Celestials.
Her feet sprinted wildly across the surface of the Celestial's body, pale blue flames exploding beneath her feet, and every step left a burning footprint on the carapace.
She ran to the exact center of the Celestial's chest cavity, which was where the energy core was located.
Through the translucent carapace, one could see the glowing white sphere several kilometers in diameter inside.
Her Miao blade and iron fan stabbed into the carapace simultaneously, the blade edge and fan ribs sinking into the carapace and stopping on the outer wall of the energy core.
Eternal Flame and Hellfire surged out from the blade edge and fan ribs.
The two flames intertwined, fused, and formed a pale blue pillar of fire on the outer wall of the energy core, possessing an extremely high temperature sufficient to melt everything.
Then it rushed surgingly toward the energy core, attempting to destroy the energy core of the Celestials, but at this very moment, a majestic energy erupted from the chest cavity of the Celestials.
Instantly blasting Dual Flame Mai and Lazuli Eve flying backwards, the terrifying Impact even shocked them into spitting blood, looking very disheveled.
"I admit that the two of you are strong, but I said before, you are not my opponents, any effort is a dying struggle!"
As The Judge spoke, his body was actually shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and within a short while, his body size became the same as a normal human.
However, although his body had shrunk, the energy fluctuations emanating from his body not only did not become smaller, but became even more terrifying.
"I have played with you enough, now you can go die!"
The Judge said angrily, seeing him tightly clench his fists and sprint towards the two people in front of him.
His speed was extremely fast, so fast that even the fused two couldn't keep up, so in just a split second, the two were heavily knocked flying by The Judge.
The two of them, like a falling meteorite, smashed headfirst into the ground constructed by Chaos Space, but fortunately Wanda was maintaining Chaos Space.
Therefore, the moment they were knocked flying, she changed the structure of the ground, turning it into something like marshmallow, trying her best to make their injuries lighter.
But if they relied solely on such means, they wouldn't be able to defeat the current Judge, and Lazuli Eve and Dual Flame Mai also knew this.
The two of them struggled to fly up from the ground, hovering and looking at The Judge, then looked at each other.
"It looks like we have no choice but to continue the fusion!" Lazuli Eve said.
Dual Flame Mai's dark red eyes looked at her and nodded, "This is the last resort, let's continue the fusion!"
Hearing their conversation, Wanda's eyes widened slightly.
"Fuse again? The consciousness of all four of you fusing at the same time?"
"Yes, the power of four people fusing into one is not 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1, but four qualitative changes, maybe we can defeat this guy!"
Saying that, Lazuli Eve took off two silver-white fusion earrings from her belt and handed one to Dual Flame Mai.
She wore one on her left ear, and Dual Flame Mai wore one on her right ear.
"Back to back."
The two people stood back to back.
Dual Flame Mai's pale blue long hair and Lazuli Eve's intertwined gold and black long hair intertwined together in the wind.
Forming a flowing, Nebula-like picture scroll.
Silver-white light surged out from the two earrings, wrapping the bodies of the two people into two dazzling, silver-white light spheres.
The light spheres were constantly expanding, from the size of one person to the size of two people, from the size of two people to the size of four people.
The edges of the two light spheres began to contact, fuse, and intertwine, forming a larger, oval-shaped light cocoon.
The light cocoon floated in Chaos Space, and the surface of the light cocoon refracted light intertwined with crimson, pale blue, gold, and dark red, like a star being born.
The light cocoon contracted and shattered.
A woman walked out from the light cocoon.
Her height was close to 1.8 meters, and her figure was so perfect that it couldn't be described in words.
Not human perfection, but perfection that exceeded the aesthetic limits of humanity, making people forget to breathe at a single glance.
Her hair was silver-white, with pale blue light flowing through the strands, hanging down to her ankles, looking like a flowing galaxy in the sunlight.
Her eyes were dark blue: No. 18's blue, Eve's dark brown, 2B's red, Mai Shiranui's black.
The four colors merged in her pupils, forming a deep blue like the abyss of the Universe.
Her skin was silver-white, with golden, pale blue, and dark red patterns flowing on the surface.
Those patterns were not decorations, but the extension of all-black the necrosword, infinite power, Eternal Flame, and Hellfire on her body surface.
Her body was wrapped in a battle suit condensed from energy, the main body of the battle suit was silver-white, with pale blue flame patterns and dark red stellar patterns on it.
In her hand, all-black the necrosword had changed.
The blade body was no longer black, but had turned crimson.
There was pale blue fire burning on the blade edge, and dark red energy flowing on the spine of the sword.
She hovered above Chaos Space, looking at The Judge in front of her.
The Judge stood less than one kilometer away from her.
Its body had shrunk to the same size as a normal human, about 1.9 meters.
Silver-white skin, slender limbs, a face without facial features, and two glowing white eyes like stars.
Although its body had become smaller, its energy density was millions of times greater than before.
The Chaos Space around it twisted, deformed, and cracked under its energy field.
Wanda's Chaos Magic was almost unable to suppress it.
"Interesting." Looking at the woman in front of him, The Judge said full of interest.
His voice exploded directly in the depths of the woman's consciousness, deep and slow, like a vibration coming from the center of the earth.
"Four people fusing into one, the power level has actually leaped to the peak of the single-Universe level, truly incredible!"
The woman's dark blue eyes looked at it without any emotion.
"So, you can surrender!"
"Surrender? You don't have that qualification!"
Having said that, The Judge disappeared.
Its speed was so fast that eyes could not capture it.
Zero point zero zero one second after it disappeared, the space on the left side of the woman's body exploded.
The Judge's fist emerged from the void and smashed onto her ribs.
All energy was transformed into pure physical Impact.
The four-person fused body flew to the right like a kicked stone, her silver-white long hair dragging a pale blue ribbon of light in the air.
Her body tumbled thousands of times in the air, crashing into the boundary of Chaos Space, leaving a humanoid dent with a diameter of several hundred meters on the space wall.
Chapter 500: The Terrifying Fusion Power
Blood spilled from Wanda's lips once again. Although the four-in-one fusion body did not crash directly into her,
the space was constructed by her Chaos Magic, so suffering such a massive Impact would cause her to experience a bit of magic backlash.
That feeling was like someone smashing a large hammer into her chest, making her feel short of breath.
But she did not let go. Her Chaos Magic condensed into a cushion at the spot where they collided, bouncing their fused body back from the spatial wall.
The fused body stabilized herself in the void, her left hand pressing against her ribs where there was a depression—the mark left by The Judge's fist.
Majestic energy surged out from her palm, covering the depression, which restored to its original state at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Her dark blue eyes looked at The Judge, and the light in her pupils was brighter than before.
"Your speed is very fast, but your strength is not as strong as your speed."
The Judge's white eyes narrowed slightly. If it could have expressions, that would certainly be displeasure.
"You caught a punch from me and can still speak. Not bad."
It disappeared once again.
This time, the four-in-one fusion body did not wait for it to strike her.
Her body spun in place, and the crimson light blade drew a complete circle in her hands.
The circular blade light diffused in all directions, cutting the space between her and The Judge in half.
The Judge's body emerged from the void.
It wasn't that it wanted to appear; rather, the blade light of 2B and the others cut open the spatial folds it used to hide itself, forcing it out.
It was less than ten meters away from 2B and the others, its right fist already half-swung, and dark red energy compressed to its absolute limit condensed on the edge of the fist.
The light blade of the fused body met The Judge's fist. The instant the blade and the fist collided, everything in the Chaos Space came to a standstill.
It wasn't that time stopped; rather, energy formed a tiny, unstable singularity at the point of collision.
The gravitational pull of the singularity sucked everything around it—including light, heat, energy, and space—into it.
Wanda felt that her Chaos Magic was being torn apart by that gravitational pull, and she had to increase her energy output to maintain the integrity of the spatial walls.
The singularity existed for less than a thousandth of a second before it exploded.
The Impact simultaneously knocked back the four-in-one fusion body and The Judge, causing them to slide backward for several kilometers.
Her hair fluttered backward in the Impact, and several small tears were slashed into her battle suit by energy fragments.
The Judge slid backward the same distance, and a small blade mark glowing with pale blue light appeared on its silver-white skin.
That was what the light blade of 2B and the others left on its fist.
The Judge lowered its head, looking at the pale blue blade mark on its fist.
The blade mark was healing slowly, but the healing speed was much slower than it expected.
Because four kinds of power were acting on the blade mark simultaneously.
The Eternal Flame was burning its tissues, the Hellfire was scorching its soul, the Devouring Power was absorbing its energy, and the Infinite Power was preventing its regeneration.
"Your blade can actually hurt me." There was finally a hint of fluctuation in The Judge's voice—not fear, but surprise.
"It's getting more and more interesting. No one has been able to hurt me in a long time."
The four-person fusion body stood in the void with the light blade held horizontally in front of her, her dark blue eyes looking at it.
"More than just hurting you, I can even kill you."
The Judge's white eyes lit up.
"Try it."
The Judge's body began to glow—not dark red, but white.
A dazzling, pure white like the core of a star.
The silver-white carapace on the surface of its body began to melt—not falling off, but melting into liquid silver-white metal.
Flowing, reshaping, and solidifying on the surface of its body.
Its armor changed, transforming from a thick, bulky combat carapace into a tight-fitting, streamlined combat suit that resembled a second layer of skin.
Dark red energy patterns flowed across the surface of the combat suit, almost identical to the patterns on the skin of the four-in-one fusion body.
In its hands, two light swords condensed from energy appeared.
Not dark red, but white—pure white, with no flames and no electric arcs on the blades.
There was only an absolute, pure sharpness, like cutting space itself.
The length of the swords was the same as the light blade of 2B and the others, with no decorations on the hilts, only two white-glowing, eye-like gems.
"I haven't fought in this form for a long time."
The Judge's voice echoed in the consciousness of the four, no longer deep and slow, but a bright, metal-clashing sound.
"The last opponent who made me use this form was a fully mature traitor of the Celestials, and I killed him."
The fused 2B and the others looked at it with solemn expressions; The Judge in this form gave them an extremely terrifying sense of oppression.
Adhering to the philosophy of striking first to gain the upper hand, her body turned into a crimson light and disappeared in place.
The next second, she appeared directly above The Judge's head, and the light blade slashed down from above, carrying interwoven pale blue and dark red flames on its edge.
The blade cut through the space, leaving a black, unhealable crack in the Chaos Space.
The Judge did not dodge; its two white light swords crossed above its head to block.
The crimson light blade of the four-person fusion and The Judge's two white light swords collided together.
At the point of collision, a red-and-white interwoven energy sphere exploded. On the surface of the energy sphere, pale blue flames leaped and dark red lightning tore through space.
The body of the four-person fusion flipped 360 degrees in the air, and during the flip, the light blade slid from the top of The Judge's head to its left side, and from the left side to its back.
Her speed was so fast that The Judge's eyes could not track it, and her blade left one pale blue blade mark after another on The Judge's combat suit.
The Judge did not turn around; its perception had a 360-degree dead-angle-free range, and its attacks could be launched from any angle of its body.
Its two white light swords thrust backward from under its armpits, with the tips pointing directly at the hearts of 2B and the others.
Seeing this, 2B and the others immediately made an incredible twist in the air, bending her waist backward by ninety degrees like a fully drawn bow.
The two white light swords swept past her chest, the tips less than a centimeter away.
The white energy on the blade scorched her battle suit, leaving two charred marks on her chest.
Her light blade swept upward from below, slashing onto The Judge's wrist.
A pale blue blade mark appeared on The Judge's wrist.
The Judge's fingers loosened slightly, and a white light sword slipped from its hand, spinning in the Chaos Spacebefore dissipating into white energy.
The Judge stepped back a few steps, lowering its head to look at its empty right hand.
Then looking at the white light sword still held in its left hand, the light in its white eyes dimmed for a split second.