A meteor, approximately ten meters in diameter and traveling at over fifty Mach, whistled out of the portal.
The next moment, the meteor struck Solus from above.
This meteor, which had suddenly appeared in Earth's atmosphere from outer space, carried Solus and crashed towards the ground at nearly 20,000 meters per second.
Boom!!!
The moment the meteor hit the ground, its kinetic energy converted into internal energy, causing a massive explosion.
First came a dazzling flash of fire, then an impact, and finally a roaring sound. The three swept outwards in sequence, destroying everything in their path.
Lucas shielded Wanda and Pietro. He raised his hand, and a shield blocked all of the impact.
Shield of the Seraphim!
As for Tony, he had already flown rapidly diagonally upwards the moment the meteor emerged from the portal. He successfully avoided the explosion and impact generated when the meteor hit the ground.
After a long time, the impact subsided. Where the meteor struck the ground, a hundred-meter-deep crater was left. The ancient forest near the original castle had been destroyed.
Tony controlled the Iron Man Suit, flying down from the sky towards the deep crater. He needed to confirm Solus's condition.
During the Japanese pantheon incident, Susanoo-no-Mikoto had survived a meteor strike summoned by Lucas. Tony wasn't sure if Solus could do the same.
Soon, he arrived at the bottom of the meteor crater. The temperature at the bottom of the crater was extremely high, and the air was distorted by the intense heat. Tony looked around and found that he couldn't find Solus.
"No need to look, Solus's physical body is completely gone." Lucas's voice sounded from behind Tony.
Along with the voice came a chill.
"Jarvis, what's the temperature outside now?"
"23 degrees Celsius. Sir."
"Open the suit."
The suit opened, and Tony stepped out.
"So, Solus is dead?"
Lucas raised his hand, and in his palm was a faint phantom of a soul.
"More or less, only his soul is left."
Looking at Solus's weak, unconscious soul, Tony nodded, quite satisfied with his masterpiece.
Pietro couldn't hold back and asked excitedly, "Mr. Stark, how did you do that just now?"
Tony smiled confidently and explained, "Remember those missiles I launched at the very beginning?"
"They weren't actually missiles, but probes. They were disguised as missiles just to deceive the enemy."
"After they were fired, they would travel to Earth's orbit in outer space, searching for the nearest meteor. Once a meteor was found, they would track it and send back real-time coordinates."
Pietro asked doubtfully, "But what if you can't find a meteor?"
Tony fell silent, then asked faintly, "Pietro, do you know how many meteors enter Earth's atmosphere every day?"
Pietro shook his head in confusion. "Wanda and I stopped going to school after we were ten, so we don't know much about this scientific knowledge."
Tony fell silent.
So this is his fault?
After a moment of silence, he patiently explained, "Tens of thousands of meteors enter the atmosphere every day, it's almost impossible not to find one."
"However, only a very small number of large meteors can hit the ground. Most meteors burn up and disintegrate due to air friction after entering the atmosphere."
Pietro nodded. "So, does that mean Wanda and I can also use meteors to attack through the portal?"
Tony nodded. "Yes. Whether through technological means or mental perception, as long as you can accurately locate a meteor in outer space and open a portal in front of its flight path, you can use meteors to attack."
Pietro shook his head, he couldn't do either of those prerequisites.
Seeing Pietro stop talking, Tony asked Lucas, "Where are Morlun and Blood God? Where did they go?"
"They ran away. They ran when Solus was hit by the meteor you summoned." Lucas replied.
"Ran away?"
Tony's tone carried a hint of confusion. "Didn't Blood God say he was going to kill you? Why did he run away like that?"
Lucas explained, "Just like last time, he didn't descend in his main body this time either, only a consciousness, so he had no real combat power."
"Now that Solus has been defeated, he naturally ran away."
Tony asked, "Then do you know where their laboratory is?"
Wanda and Pietro also looked intently at Lucas. They hadn't forgotten that their primary mission was to obtain the Inheritors's cloning technology.
Lucas nodded. "Wait a moment."
After locking onto the coordinates of Earth-001, finding the Inheritors's laboratory was an easy task for Lucas.
His mental power swept out, instantly covering the entire place.
After skipping most areas, Lucas focused on detecting places with a strong presence of the Inheritors. Soon, he found the Inheritors's laboratory.
"Come with me."
As his voice fell, Lucas raised his hand and drew a portal.
Knowing Wanda and Pietro were anxious, Lucas didn't play any tricks this time.
Passing through the portal, the group appeared in an empty laboratory. Around the laboratory, there were several transparent cultivation pods. Inside the cultivation pods were the spare bodies of the Inheritors. Solus and Morlun were prominently among them.
"The rest is up to you, Tony."
Lucas told Tony, then found a corner, set up a rocking chair, and went to sleep.
"Mm." Tony nodded.
Immediately, he communicated with Jarvis, formulating a plan to invade the laboratory's control center.
At this time, the group was still in the Mirror Dimension. Once they left, the sensors in the laboratory might detect an intrusion.
Sure enough, when Tony had finalized his action plan and exited the Mirror Dimension, a sharp alarm suddenly blared, breaking the silence of the laboratory.
Red emergency indicator lights instantly lit up, and the entire laboratory was bathed in a dazzling red glow.
Tony quickly walked to the control panel and inserted a USB drive. Then, his fingers flew, continuously entering commands on the control panel.
As streams of data flowed across the display screen, after a moment, the alarm stopped. It was replaced by an electronically synthesized voice.
"Sir, control of the laboratory has been acquired. Data is being copied. Estimated time: twenty-one minutes."
Lucas watched all of this, finding it quite incredible.
Before he transmigrated, he knew a little about programming. But compared to Tony, there was simply no comparison.
No longer paying attention to the situation in the laboratory, Lucas turned his gaze to Morlun.
Blood God and Morlun were able to escape because he had deliberately let them go.
Lucas had two plans.
Plan one: Use Morlun to gather the Inheritors and capture them all in one fell swoop.
Plan two: Use Morlun to find the coordinates of Blood God's Dimension of Blood, then let him experience the same treatment as Mephisto.
(End of Chapter)
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