"What? What just happened?"
The Warriors Three stood to the side completely stunned. One of them even raised a hand and rubbed his eyes.
What had just happened was so fast that they did not even have time to react.
"How did Sif suddenly move backward? Why did I not clearly see what happened?"
Volstagg, the largest among the Warriors Three, blinked hard. His chubby face was filled with confusion and disbelief.
The other two members of the Warriors Three looked at each other, but in each other's eyes they could only see the same confusion.
To them, it looked as though Sif had just reached out her hands to push Loki away, but in the next blink she had already stepped backward!
"Stepped back? No! I did not step back."
Hearing Volstagg's words and seeing the cunning smile on Loki's face, Sif suddenly felt anger rush into her head.
She was a proud warrior of Asgard!
And Loki, a guy who relied only on all kinds of underhanded magical tricks, dared mock her???
Sif already had a rather fiery temper, and when anger completely overwhelmed her, she immediately lost control, raised her fist, and punched straight toward Loki's face!
"Hey! Don't!"
Seeing Sif attack directly, Volstagg instinctively felt that something was wrong.
Who knew where Loki had learned that strange necromantic magic.
Forget Sif—even if all three of the Warriors Three fought him together, they might not be able to defeat him!
Afraid that Sif would get hurt, the large Volstagg stepped forward to help her.
But at that moment, his vision suddenly flickered.
Sif, who had just been punching toward Loki, had somehow already turned around and was now punching toward him!
"What—"
Realizing that she was striking the wrong person, Sif's face suddenly changed. She desperately tried to stop her fist.
But it was too late!
Before Volstagg could react, Sif's fist struck him directly in the forehead!
"Ow!"
"My hand!!!"
Their cries sounded almost at the same time.
Volstagg's head spun from the blow, while Sif's fist struck his hard forehead so forcefully that she seriously injured her own hand.
"Damn it! Loki! What did you do?"
Her face turned pale. She felt that the bones in the fingers of her right hand might have cracked.
But besides anger, Sif was now also filled with endless astonishment.
Why?
She had clearly punched toward Loki, but in the very next moment, the target of her attack had become Volstagg?
"Loki, you used an illusion against us!"
"Attack him together! Do not give him a chance to draw that magic sword!"
Seeing Sif and Volstagg injured at the same time, the expressions of the remaining two Warriors Three immediately changed, and both rushed forward!
They were all warriors who had gone through countless battles.
Since the conflict had already begun, they had to subdue the terrifying sorcerer before them as quickly as possible!
Otherwise, if Loki drew Frostmourne and summoned an army of the undead, everything would be over.
"Heh, it seems you really want to die."
Seeing the remaining two Warriors Three rushing toward him, ready to fight to the end, the smile on Loki's face became even more sinister.
By now, he could be completely certain that, unlike God King Odin, the Warriors Three before him could not see his Stand "The World" at all!
In other words, even without stopping time, before "The World" these guys were nothing more than punching bags.
"Fools. In the past, you relied on physical strength to bully me. Today I will show you what true power is."
"Za Warudo!"
Following Loki's shout, a powerful man in golden armor suddenly appeared behind him!
It was the Stand — The World!
While the Warriors Three were still staring in confusion, The World let out a wild roar and simultaneously swung its enormous fists.
In an instant, The World unleashed hundreds of punches at incredible speed.
"What— Aaaahhh!"
"Ugh!"
The Warriors Three who had blindly rushed forward instantly found themselves in the middle of countless powerful blows. One after another, they began coughing up blood and flew through the air like sandbags!
When they fell to the ground, their bodies were completely battered, and they obviously had many broken bones.
"Volstagg... what happened?"
With injured fingers, Sif, who had moved one step slower, opened her eyes wide. She stood frozen as though struck by lightning and once again fell into extreme shock.
She clearly saw that Loki had not moved even a single finger from beginning to end.
But the Warriors Three had been beaten into such a state!
They could not offer even the slightest resistance before being thrown through the air.
How was that possible?
"Hahahahaha!"
Seeing Sif standing stiffly in place, her face full of horror and cold sweat on her forehead, Loki raised his head and laughed triumphantly.
Ah, this was the true feeling of satisfaction!
If I cannot make you respect me, then you will fear me!
Fear me!
After laughing, Loki turned around and headed toward the Bifrost without looking back.
After two consecutive attempts to stop time, he did not hear the system notification about the ability advancing again.
Obviously, that ability could not continue growing so easily after all.
But Loki was extremely excited at that moment.
The ability of "The World" was truly incredibly useful.
Although he could now stop time for only one second,
during that second, Loki could only act upon people who were within several meters of him.
But if he used that one second properly, Loki was absolutely invincible!
Previously, even when he held Frostmourne in his hands, close combat could be considered one of his few weaknesses.
But because of the existence of The World, even that weakness had now been eliminated.
Loki did not know at that moment that the people shocked by his incredible performance were not only the Warriors Three and Sif.
"What the hell kind of ability is this?"
On a high platform of the palace, Odin frowned as he looked into the distance, his eyes full of doubt and incomprehension.
He could clearly see that the enormous man behind Loki was probably some kind of magical double.
But before that, Sif had clearly tried to attack Loki!
And then, in an instant that no one could clearly see, she suddenly turned around and struck Volstagg!
At that moment, even Odin's eyes had failed to see what had actually happened.
It should be known that Odin had sacrificed one of his eyes in his youth in exchange for unimaginable wisdom!
But even so, he now discovered that he still could not understand the ability his adopted son had just displayed.
The Ancient One, who stood beside Odin, lightly waved her fan and calmly said:
"That is precisely why I came, Your Majesty. Your son has obtained the ability to stop time."
"Time?"
Odin's heart suddenly shook, and the pupil of his single eye contracted sharply.
But before he could fully react, the Ancient One added another sentence.
"Moreover, Loki's time-stopping ability does not affect only Asgard, but the entire universe!"
"What did you say?"
Hearing this, Odin, who had only just somewhat recovered from the first shock, was once again completely stunned!
The entire universe!!!
His adopted son had just stopped time throughout the entire universe!
How was that possible?
At that moment, even Odin, with his enormous experience, suffered a powerful blow to his own understanding of the world.
Seeing the astonishment on Odin's face, the Ancient One nodded slightly and quietly muttered to herself:
"Such an ability ended up in the hands of the God of Mischief. That may be the greatest joke in the entire universe."
Malibu mansion.
"Ah, I am finally back."
After leaving the live broadcast room, Tony looked at the familiar view of the ocean outside the mansion window and could not resist stretching.
At that moment, an emotionless electronic voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
[Void Engine has been activated. I am your Dark Plane genetic system!]
[I am absorbing energy for you. Energy source is insufficient. Energy absorption process has been interrupted.]
[Do you wish to enter your Dark Plane?]
"Genetic system? Dark Plane?"
Hearing those terms, which seemed somewhat familiar to him but whose meaning he still did not completely understand, Tony touched his chin, and a curious expression appeared on his face.
"Now that I think about it, that one ton of Dark Alloy I won in the live broadcast room was also placed in this Dark Plane."
"Could the Dark Plane be another dimension, like the live broadcast room?"
Thinking about it, the curiosity in Tony's eyes became even greater, and he immediately answered:
"Let me inside so I can see what this Dark Plane is like."
[Yes.]
Immediately afterward, Tony felt everything before his eyes darken, and his body suddenly entered a dark space filled with strange sparkling stars.
"So this is the Dark Plane?"
Tony looked around and suddenly shrugged.
"It looks completely empty. Where is my Dark Alloy?"
[Your Dark Alloy is stored in the Dark Plane. You can retrieve it at any time using micro-wormhole transport technology.]
[In order to activate the Void Engine and all micro-wormhole transport functions, you must first load a Super Gene.]
"Super Gene... Right, that is the 'Super Soldier Gene Bank,' isn't it?"
Tony nodded, not particularly surprised.
It was understandable that an ordinary human could not control such incredible abilities.
After careful thought, Tony raised his head and said:
"I choose the First Generation Angel Civilization Gene!"
Since he had grown up under the influence of Western culture since childhood, Tony still had a certain interest in beings such as angels.
As for the Demon Civilization and Beast Gene, he immediately rejected them.
[Command received. Loading of First Generation Angel Super Warrior genetic code begins!]
[Current progress: 1%... 2%... 3%...]
Feeling the changes in his body, Tony opened his eyes excitedly.
He even kept trying to look behind his back.
If he obtained the Angel Gene, would a pair of angel wings grow from his back?
After some time...
"Hahahaha!"
With somewhat manic laughter, Tony's figure appeared once again in the mansion's living room.
But this time, behind his back was an enormous pair of white wings, and his entire body was floating in the air!
[First Generation Angel Super Warrior Gene — loading complete!]
[You have successfully loaded the Angel Gene and obtained the First Generation Steel Body.]
[Steel Body possesses extremely powerful defense and immunity to all toxins. It can withstand attacks from ordinary handguns, but cannot endure the firepower of heavy weapons.]
[Steel Body has an extremely powerful recovery ability. As long as you are not killed instantly by a direct hit, the Super Gene can activate and repair your body.]
"Wow, this is really excellent. It looks like I have become half Superman."
Listening to the electronic voice in his head, Tony raised his eyebrows and looked extremely satisfied.
Although he was still far from being completely invulnerable, ordinary firearms could no longer inflict fatal injuries on him.
And if he truly had to face enemies using heavy weapons, did Tony not still have Megatron and the Iron Man armor?
Immediately afterward, Tony's gaze flickered.
When he extended his right hand, a pile of dark metal emitting a cold sheen suddenly appeared before him.
Tony used wormhole transport technology to retrieve the Dark Alloy from his own Dark Plane.
Whether it was the Void Engine or micro-wormhole transport, both required a Super Gene system in order to be used.
In order to transport an object into the real world, it was first necessary to understand its material structure, then pre-program the corresponding spacetime algorithm.
But for a top-class programmer like Tony, the algorithm required for such simple transport was not a problem at all.
"Ah, this is really interesting."
Tony stared at the glass on the table before him, casually wrote a spacetime code, and transported the glass directly into his hand.
"So, the smaller the object and the simpler its structure, the easier it is to transport?"
A new idea suddenly flashed through Tony's mind.
"That is right! In the future, I can keep Megatron in the Dark Plane and pull him out whenever I want!"
"I can do the same with my armor!"
"That way, even that enormous red armor I saw in the recording can be worn anytime and anywhere!"
Thinking about that possibility, Tony could not resist laughing again.
At that moment, J.A.R.V.I.S.'s voice suddenly sounded.
[Mr. Stark, Mr. Obadiah's car has just entered the garage. He has come to see you.]
"Obadiah?"
Hearing that name, Tony's face immediately became cold.
That damned bald man had truly cooperated with armed militants and tried to kill him!
And now the time had come to eliminate that hidden threat!
Soon, Obadiah Stane appeared at the entrance to Tony's mansion.
"Oh, Tony, I came to talk to you about the board of directors... My God!"
As soon as Obadiah entered the living room, he completely froze when he saw the angel wings behind Tony.
Looking at Tony floating in the middle of the living room, Obadiah's eyes widened like plates, his face turned completely pale, his entire body stiffened in place, and his mouth remained wide open.
"Tony... what are you doing?"
"Hmph!"
Tony coldly snorted, slowly retracted the white wings behind his back, and descended to the floor with a contemptuous expression.
Then he looked at Obadiah, who was pale and trembling all over, and directly said:
"Obadiah, I did not expect that you truly wanted to kill me!"
"If you dared to do something like that, then I suppose you are prepared to bear the consequences."
"What? Tony, you misunderstood. Wait!!!"
Obadiah had already been completely shocked by Tony's angel wings, and now Tony had directly exposed his greatest secret.
At that moment, he completely panicked, and his brain almost stopped functioning!
After making his decision, Tony immediately activated the Void Engine without saying a word!
[Void Engine has started. Target analysis begins.]
[Target: Obadiah Stane.]
[Target belongs to the human species.]
[Possesses no Super Gene.]
Tony coldly said:
"Rewrite his action concept."
[Concept Rewriting activated.]
[Constructing operational concept. Definition complete.]
[Concept established. Target's thinking has been completely redefined.]
Looking at Obadiah, whose eyes had become empty as though he had lost his soul, Tony touched his chin and finally indifferently said:
"Now leave my house, return to Stark Industries headquarters, and jump out of the boardroom office window."
"Understood."
Like a puppet on strings, Obadiah nodded with an empty gaze.
Although Tony's Void Engine was only first generation and possessed only four frames of computing power, against an ordinary man like Obadiah, using it was almost as easy as crushing an ant.
In less than 0.1 seconds, Tony had completely rewritten Obadiah's thoughts.
Now he was nothing more than a walking corpse blindly following orders.
As the man at the head of an enormous weapons manufacturing company, Tony Stark might have looked like a spoiled playboy on the outside, but he was definitely not soft-hearted.
The best way to deal with a poisonous snake like Obadiah hiding beside him was simply to eliminate it.
Watching Obadiah slowly walk toward the door, Tony suddenly felt a slight discomfort again.
This rewriting ability seemed a little too powerful.
At least ordinary people did not even have the ability to resist it.
"It seems that from now on I will have to use the Void Engine much more carefully. I cannot use it however I please, otherwise..."
At that moment, a shout suddenly sounded beside Tony's ear.
"Tony!! What did you just do?"
When he turned his head, his pupils suddenly contracted.
A woman's head appeared at the staircase on the second floor.
It was Pepper Potts.
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