Chapter 156: Thousands of Avatars Scare Away the Gods! Galactus Flees in Panic!
The humanoid giant stood stiffly in the vacuum, emitting a charred smell all over, his brain buzzing like it had ten thousand flies inside.
He definitely didn't check the almanac when going out today.
Ever since descending into the Solar System, he had been trapped in an endless loop of getting brutally beaten.
Various heaven-defying magic spells that completely defied the conventional laws of the Universe blasted him so hard he couldn't even tell north from south.
The cosmic giant regretted it so much his intestines turned green.
If he had known earlier, he shouldn't have coveted the pure energy of the Infinity Stones and traveled all this way to join the commotion.
It was all the fault of that piece of junk left behind by the Goddess of Vengeance, it was simply a super trap that would scam people to their Deaths!
As one of the dignified top five creator deities, he was actually pinned to the ground and frantically rubbed against it near a remote, shabby little planet in the middle of nowhere in the Milky Way Galaxy.
If the other deities found out, how could he ever have the face to hold his head high during future gatherings?
Grievous, so grievous!
The giant stared fixedly at the opposite-standing Ryan, a trace of grievance unusually flashing through his eyes.
Why be a coward hiding in the backwaters?
With such heaven-defying strength, wouldn't it be great to rule over the Multiverse!
Specially guarding the newbie village to bully noobs, what kind of hero is that!
"Unforgivable, the majesty of the deities must be upheld!"
He clenched his back teeth and roared frantically in the depths of his heart.
But taking a glance at Ryan's calm and collected appearance, the giant felt a bit timid again.
Hard-clashing in a weakened state was purely asking for trouble for himself, leaving him with only the fate of being unilaterally beaten.
However, as the giant thought about it again, a burst of greedy light suddenly erupted from the bottom of his eyes.
The young man in white before him definitely harbored a heaven-shaking big secret!
He could even casually steal and use the exclusive divine power of Crimson Lord Cyttorak. If he could snatch away this shocking secret, perhaps he could completely cure the terminal hunger disease inside his body!
Having lived for countless epochs, being tortured by the dead Universe almost to the point of madness, he searched everywhere for food every day like a starving dog.
If he could get rid of the hunger, taking a beating was a total blood profit!
Driven by a strong desire, the giant forcibly squeezed the remaining heritage within his body, temporarily suppressing the dead Universe.
An even purer and more condensed mighty power was instantly unsealed.
"Die!"
The giant raised his charred arm and pointed abruptly at Ryan.
A dim, shriveled ray instantly shot out.
Although the momentum wasn't big, it exuded an aura of decay that made souls tremble.
As if it came with a cruise-tracking function, it firmly locked onto Ryan's soul origin, impossible to dodge.
"Ding!"
"Your 'Ikon Illusion' has detected the locking on the soul level and is so excited it's about to take off on the spot."
" 'Ikon Illusion' loves deceiving souls the most, eagerly craving to complete an epic reversal and take the opportunity to undergo deep evolution!"
Listening to the system prompt, the corners of Ryan's lips raised into a bantering smile.
His own skill was indeed very sensible, always able to pull out some new tricks at critical moments.
Ryan had no intention of resisting at all, instead cooperating fully by spreading his arms.
Swish, swish, swish!
As if hitting the shortcut key for crazy replication, Ryan's body suddenly expanded outward in overlapping layers.
In just the span of a few breaths, tens of thousands of identical Ryans flooded the entire deep space!
The cosmic giant was dumbfounded on the spot.
Even the Death ray just fired was completely bewildered, darting around frantically like a headless fly among tens of thousands of targets.
The avatars condensed by the Ikon Illusion not only possessed physical oppression, but even the soul fluctuations were replicated completely identically!
The Death ray, which specialized in claiming lives by locking onto souls, simply couldn't figure out who the real body was.
After wandering around the crowd for a long time, the ray finally picked a bad luck egg at random out of exasperation and crashed into him.
Bang.
One avatar turned into spots of starlight and dissipated in the vacuum.
However, there were still nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Ryans left around!
All the avatars moved in unison, gripping the air with both hands simultaneously to condense transparent spatial blades exuding destructive fluctuations.
Gulp!
The cosmic giant swallowed a big mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
What kind of ghost scene is this!
Single-handedly fighting one Ryan had already beaten him to the point of having no power to fight back.
Now that tens of thousands of monsters drew their blades together, one slash per person could chop him into dumpling filling!
How could such science-defying magic exist in the Universe?
Even if a deity released an astral projection, they definitely couldn't create tens of thousands of physical avatars with soul fluctuations!
This completely exceeded the cognitive blind spots of the giant over hundreds of millions of years!
Under desperation, the art of cowardice completely took the upper hand.
The giant could no longer care about any big secrets; preserving his life was the primary task.
The humanoid contour more than three meters tall instantly swelled like a blown-up balloon, transforming back into a starry sky behemoth that blotted out the sky and sun.
Without any hesitation, the behemoth turned around and ran!
"Detestable human, you just wait for me!"
Leaving a cliché, nutrient-free harsh phrase in the vacuum, the behemoth erupted with a limit speed surpassing light, rushing out of the Solar System in the blink of an eye without leaving even a back view.
Tens of thousands of Ryans simultaneously lowered the blades in their hands with speechlessness all over their faces.
Running faster than teleportation, his escape skills were definitely maxed out.
A dignified creator deity was actually made to look as wretched as Gray Wolf, who would dare believe it if told out loud?
Ryan shook his head helplessly, casually dispersing the avatars all over the sky, and his figure flickered and disappeared into the vast space.
Meanwhile, inside the S.W.O.R.D. fortress in Earth's near-Earth orbit, there was a deathly silence.
Nick Fury stared fixedly at the holographic screen, his only remaining solitary eye almost falling out of its socket.
The World-destroying disaster that was enough to swallow stars and couldn't be harmed in the slightest by all of humanity's ultimate weapons was just like this... scared away alive?
Or at the level of scrambling and crawling, with an escape speed so fast it pulled out afterimages?
The Agents in the fortress all pinched their own thighs, suspecting whether they had collectively fallen into some kind of hallucination.
The black-hearted secret Agent boss took a deep breath, his brain completely crashing.
He really couldn't figure out what kind of sin Earth had committed to actually nurture a super freak like Ryan, whom even deities had to detour around upon seeing him!
The outside World made a huge fuss, but Ryan didn't take it to heart at all.
Although the trouble was resolved, a huge chaos broke out inside Kamar-Taj.
The spiritual pillar of the Sanctuary, once Earth's strongest person, Sorcerer Supreme Ancient One, actually had her Dao heart collapse!
Having witnessed Ryan's abnormal combat power that exceeded conventional logic, the Old Sorcerer developed deep self-doubt about her own path of cultivation.
Just like going berserk, the magic power within her body rampaged wildly.
Fortunately, the Old Sorcerer was experienced and had an ironclad will, forcibly suppressing the magical backlash with her formidable spiritual power.
Even so, she still ended up heavily injured and defeated.
As soon as Ryan stepped into the gate, he saw Ancient One looking like a candle in the wind, with the appearance of being about to breathe her last.
"Sorcerer Supreme, how did you end up like this?" Ryan blurted out in shock, "How are you as weak as an ordinary Archmage..."
Mordo, standing to the side, twitched his mouth violently upon hearing these words.
What do you mean by being as weak as an Archmage!
Whom did the Archmage provoke or offend?
Could it be that us Archmages are very weak!
Mordo roared frantically in his heart, feeling that the whole society was full of malice towards Archmages, feeling so depressed he almost wanted to vomit blood.
When will Archmages be able to stand up and prove themselves!
Ryan ignored the secretly grieving Mordo, leaned forward, and extended a wisp of magic power to investigate the condition.
"There's no need to waste your effort," Ancient One waved her hand weakly, "My faith has suffered a setback, and my time limit has arrived. I'm afraid I can only live for a few hundred more years at most."
Mordo had just suppressed the grievance in his heart, but hearing this sentence abruptly, the whole person completely cracked.
Only a few hundred years left to live?
Sorcerer Supreme, is something wrong with you or something wrong with me?
Ordinary Archmages, even without illness or disaster, would live to be two hundred years old at most!
You're almost breathing your last and you can still endure for several hundred more years?
Mordo once again fell into deep self-isolation.
Ryan knew very well that as long as Ancient One was willing, living until the destruction of the World would not be a problem at all.
Now that her origin foundation was injured, it could indeed be counted as a severe shrinkage, and even drawing power from the Dark Dimension couldn't extend her life.
If it weren't for him displaying his strength, the Old Sorcerer wouldn't have suffered such a big stimulus; he had to take some responsibility.
For a generation of legends to fall in such a depressed manner was truly regrettable.
"Don't panic, Sorcerer, I'll help you treat it," Ryan sighed, "It's just a pity that I only know a bit of Kamar-Taj's most basic healing magic, at most helping you alleviate the pain, treating the symptoms rather than the root cause."
"It doesn't matter," Ancient One's face was benevolent, "Life and Death have their destiny; being able to live a few more hundred years is already a profit. With you protecting the Sanctuary in the future, I can die with my eyes closed, and I can just use the remaining days to wander around other dimensions."
With such an invincible successor, the Old Sorcerer only felt that she could die without regrets.
"Ding!"
"Your 'Kamar-Taj Healing magic' feels severely insulted and loudly protests: This lord is not some bottom-tier trash spell!"
"Your 'Kamar-Taj Healing magic' decides to bet all its dignity and prove its greatness to everyone!"
Ryan had black lines all over his head.
A skill responsible for adding health actually cared about dignity?
Too lazy to complain, he casually beckoned, and a ball of incandescent light emerged in his palm.
Looking ordinary and unremarkable, without saying another word, he directly slapped it into Ancient One's body.
Chapter 157: Conspiracy in the Depths of the Universe! Skrull God Awakens! Boom!
Ancient One instantly lit up.
The whole person seemed to have turned into a humanoid Sun, and the dazzling strong light directly illuminated more than half of the sky brightly.
Under the shroud of light, Ancient One only felt that her waist no longer ached and her legs no longer hurt, and her whole body was filled with explosive power.
Not only was the origin foundation perfectly repaired, but there were even faint signs of breaking through the bottleneck!
Old Sorcerer was completely dumbfounded. Is this the most basic healing spell?
When did the Sanctum hide such a heaven-defying divine skill of bringing the dead back to life!
And when could healing magic repair even the damaged origin together? It simply defied all common sense!
Ancient One could not say a single word for a long time.
Mordo beside her was blinded by the strong light and couldn't open his eyes, asking blankly: "Rayne, is Sorcerer Supreme emitting such a huge light because she's preparing to ascend to heaven and become an immortal directly?"
"Get out!"
Ancient One's old face flushed red, she shouted angrily out of shame, and directly used magic power to throw Mordoout the door.
Turning her head back, Ancient One looked at Rayne with a dark face.
The strong light on her body simply couldn't be extinguished, and she vividly turned into a super searchlight.
"What is going on?" Old Sorcerer loudly demanded.
Rayne knew that it must be the little temper of magicacting up, and could only dry cough twice and play dumb: "Sorcerer Supreme, I'm not clear either. I guess I don't practice much usually, and my craftsmanship is not very proficient?"
Anyway, besides being a bit too bright and dazzling, it had a hundred benefits without a single harm, so let it shine if it wants to shine.
...
Meanwhile.
In the deepest part of the vast sea of stars, a gigantic Planet of exaggerated volume was hidden.
On the surface, the surrounding scenery was no different from ordinary Planet.
What was eerie was that countless Universe races had actually gathered on the Planet.
Many mortal enemy ethnic groups that should have long gone extinct, or would fight to the death upon meeting, actually gathered together without any prejudice and chatted and laughed happily.
If outsiders were to see the scene before them, their eyeballs would drop in shock.
In the core area of the Planet, a super metropolis overflowing with a sense of technology stood tall.
Various cloud-scraping buildings and hovering flying vehicles shuttled and intertwined.
Right in the center of the city sat a magnificent and boundless temple.
The interior decoration was extremely extravagant, and the degree of golden and brilliant splendor would make even Asgard's Heavenly Palace bow in inferiority.
There wasn't even a ghost's shadow in the empty temple hall.
Only two golden apparatuses shaped similarly to metal coffins were placed there.
Peeking inside through the transparent glass mask.
Inside lay two humanoid creatures with emerald-green bodies all over and lizard-like skin.
If S.H.I.E.L.D.'s black-hearted secret agent leader Furywere standing here, he would definitely be able to recognize their identities at a glance.
They were precisely the alien Skrulls!
However, compared to the Skrulls who frequently active on Earth, the two lying inside looked much more atavistic, vividly like two oversized lizards.
Hum!
Without any warning, terrifying energy fluctuations violently burst out from inside the apparatus.
The tall and robust male Skrull abruptly opened his eyes.
With a heavy punch blasted out, the purely gold-crafted capsule cover instantly shattered into debris all over the ground.
The muscular man sat straight up.
"A full ten thousand years!"
"The long slumber has finally ended!"
"I, Claiborne, have returned to the world!"
"This time, the entire Universe will crawl beneath my feet!"
Claiborne waved his big hand.
A deep blue glowing cube floated out of thin air above his head.
It could definitely be considered a supreme treasure surpassing the God race — the Evolutionary Cube!
In order to get this heaven-defying rare item, he and his wife willingly fell into a deep hibernation lasting up to ten thousand years.
Enduring the years of hardship, they finally completely controlled the supreme treasure.
The Skrulls would surely use this magic treasure to reach the pinnacle of the position of Universe overlord!
Relying on the Evolutionary Cube, Skrulls could not only camouflage perfectly, but also achieve a leap in the level of life!
Even the lowest-tier civilians could easily copy the enemy's superpowers in the future.
An invincible race was about to be born!
"Slagurt, my beloved, awaken quickly."
"The time has come, conquer the starry sea together with me!"
Claiborne manipulated the treasure above his head.
A deep blue light beam precisely projected down.
The female Skrull lying beside him woke up and stood up following suit.
Seeing his wife safe and sound, Claiborne waved his hand again.
Not a few seconds later.
A large group of figures wearing luxurious attire filed in from outside the hall.
"Great God, your most loyal servants kowtow to you!"
Without saying another word, a group of people directly fell to the ground with a thud and knelt.
The moment their knees touched the ground, the camouflage on their bodies receded like a tide.
A layer of faint light swept across, and everyone instantly revealed their original appearance of green-skinned lizards.
The believers lay flat on the ground, their eyes fanatic to the peak.
"Well done."
"My loyal servants."
"Immediately issue a mobilization order to the entire Universe."
"Call back all the clansmen who are out, and urgently assemble a large army!"
Claiborne abruptly stood up.
The abyss-like and sea-like pressure inside his body crushed indiscriminately toward the surroundings, shaking the believers all over the ground so they couldn't even raise their heads.
"Reporting to the true God."
"During your hibernation, traitors appeared within the clan."
"A small handful of guys who refused to listen to your teachings defected."
The leading Skrull high priest reported tremblingly.
"Courting death, you idiots!"
"Where are the rebels hiding now!"
Claiborne's face was distorted as he questioned murderously.
"Great true God, calm your anger."
"They are being crazily hunted down by the Kree Empirefleet, fleeing everywhere like stray dogs!"
The high priest hurriedly responded.
"Seeking their own death, there is no need to pay attention to this bunch of trash."
"Pass down my order, immediately assemble all armed forces and remaining clansmen."
Claiborne suppressed his anger, and his tone returned to being icy.
"Obeying the divine decree! May I ask the true God, where will the blade of our large army point?"
The high priest respectfully asked.
"Target, Earth!"
"We will establish a brand new imperial capital city on Earth!"
Claiborne announced decisively.
Earth was by no means an ordinary realm.
As early as one million years ago, the Celestials had carried out gene experiments on it.
Breeding countless powerful extraordinary lives.
Combined with the confidential intelligence fed back by the Evolutionary Cube, Earth's hidden foundation was unfathomable.
Looking across the entire Universe.
One could no longer find a hotbed more suitable for the Skrull race to advance than Earth.
"As you command, great true God!"
The high priest kowtowed deeply and left with the order.
...
Skrulls were definitely a troublesome race.
Not only could they replicate the target's appearance one-to-one, but they could even completely receive memories.
Relying on this abnormal ability, they stole secrets everywhere, and their technological level had long ranked among the first echelon of the Universe.
Following the highest command issued by the holy land.
Skrull spies lurking in every corner of the starry sea responded one after another.
Wearing all sorts of bizarre skins, none of their strengths could be underestimated.
Countless interstellar warships frantically withdrew from all directions.
Many alien civilizations were directly dumbfounded.
How did their own high-ranking generals and core fleets collectively evaporate without any warning?
The large-scale migration of the Skrulls instantly triggered a chain reaction.
The entire Universe fell into violent turmoil once again.
Everywhere was filled with the flames of war and slaughter.
The commotion caused even exceeded the power vacuum produced after Purple Sweet Potato's death.
The Kree Empire, Shi'ar Empire, Nova Corps, Raidersalliance... all turned into a messy porridge.
The rulers disappeared out of thin air, leaving behind large tracts of ownerless land.
Tragic bloody battles for territory were staged every single second.
The warring parties could not guess at all that the fuse triggering the disaster was simply because an ancient Godof the Skrull race saw the light of day once again.
In a short span of half a month.
Massive fleets gathered together at the holy land Planet.
The scale of armaments was so huge that it was by no means inferior to the standing military strength of the Kree Empire at its peak period.
All returning clansmen stripped away their camouflage and restored their original appearance.
Inside the magnificent giant city in the center of the holy land.
Claiborne changed into a luxurious divine robe, sitting high up on the supreme throne.
High Priest Yalilai was kneeling below reporting devoutly:
"Great true God."
"All the clansmen wandering outside have completely returned, the expeditionary army is assembled, and we can set out at any time!"
"Very good!"
Claiborne strode down the steps.
Looking down at the ruling class filling the great hall.
"Offer absolute faith to me!"
"I will grant you the great power to dominate the starry sea!"
"The Skrull race will surely ascend to the pinnacle of the Universe!"
Claiborne manipulated the Evolutionary Cube suspended above his head.
Dazzling deep blue flowing light instantly burst out from the depths of the temple.
In the blink of an eye, it completely shrouded the entire Planet.
Bathed in the radiance of the divine object, all Skrullsimmediately welcomed an ultimate transition at the genetic level.
The shackles deep within their bloodlines were forcibly shattered.
In merely the blink of an eye.
Even bottom-tier civilians who lacked the strength to truss a chicken automatically awakened the heaven-defying means of copying enemy superpowers.
Previously, only one-in-ten-thousand elite warriors could barely master the unique skill.
As for the high-tier elites, they underwent even more Earth-shattering and terrifying qualitative changes.
Their combat power soared crazily, their camouflage methods became flawless, and even top-tier exploration apparatuses could never hope to see through them.
The deep blue light gradually converged.
The Planet returned to silence.
Inside the temple, Claiborne steadily sat back on the throne, his gaze disdainful.
"All forces attack, my children."
"Tread Earth flat, let Earth become our new hunting ground!"
Hundreds of thousands of Skrull high-ranking officials below roared up to the sky, their fanatical battle intent shooting straight into the clouds.
Chapter 158: Earth-shattering Crisis! Heroes Reduced to Prisoners! The Skrulls had quite a background.
In the past, they were indistinguishable from ordinary humans, at best considered ordinary alien life forms who understood a bit of interstellar technology.
Until the Celestials descended, and everything completely flipped.
The divine modification endowed them with ever-changing extraordinary means.
Now, with the heaven-defying blessing of the Evolution Cube, the clansmen welcomed the ultimate leap in their life hierarchy.
In the past, they could only change their appearance.
Now, even the imitated target's superpowers could be one hundred percent fully received!
After finalizing the plan to invade Earth, an airtight net quietly unfolded.
"High Priestess, the list has been drawn up."
A trusted subordinate reported respectfully.
The holographic projection instantly lit up, densely packed with Earth's core figures: superheroes, world leaders, and top billionaires.
The core members of the Avengers were even listed separately in the most conspicuous position.
"Very good." High Priestess Yalilai's eyes were filled with fanaticism, "Replacing these so-called heroes, and the entire Earth will be within easy reach."
The subordinate hurriedly added, "Mortals like Iron Man, Captain America, and Winter Soldier who rely on external force or close combat are the easiest to infiltrate."
"No." Yalilai shook her head, "Being easy to replace also means mediocre strength."
"We need more ferocious prey, like the Scarlet Witch, like Thor!"
The High Priestess said arrogantly, "By stealing their god-like powers, we can not only soar in combat power, but also achieve ultimate evolution!"
"I will take action personally; as long as Thor is locked in a cage, I can perfectly take over everything about him!"
The generals under her command knelt down in unison to receive the order.
The Skrulls' perfect transformation required living genes as support.
As long as the host died, the copied superpowers would be greatly discounted.
Therefore, they could not kill ruthlessly, and could only secretly kidnap and imprison the superheroes.
Only the top warriors within the clan were qualified to replace invincible existences of Thor's level.
"All troops, attack!"
"Go take our home! Go plunder power and complete glorious evolution!"
Yalilai gave a loud order.
As the command was issued, the replacement operation unfolded methodically.
Ant-Man, Iron Man, Captain, Witch... all became the unlucky targets of the hunt.
The Skrulls' disguise was simply perverted to the extreme, and even soul fluctuations could be perfectly replicated.
Caught completely off guard, no one could perceive that their closest comrades by their side had long been replaced.
Relying on the perverted disguise coupled with the black technology assistance of advanced civilization.
In just a few days, Captain America, Thor, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, and Spider-Man fell victim one after another.
All were secretly imprisoned in a living extraction chamber of an alien warship.
Inside the giant interstellar warship.
Yalilai looked down at the clansmen who had successfully transformed below, her eyes full of intoxication.
"What a waste of heavenly things!"
"A bunch of idiots don't even know how to use great power, simply wasting such good genes."
As soon as the words fell, green light surged on the High Priestess's body.
In the blink of an eye, she transformed into the tall and mighty appearance of Thor.
Stretching out her palm, violent thunder instantly burst and shuttled at her fingertips.
The genes in her body reorganized crazily, and a flawless divine body completely took shape.
Yalilai casually grabbed, and the armrest of the throne next to her, made of the Universe's top divine iron, was easily crushed into powder like a crispy biscuit.
Even Thanos's giant blade was of the same material!
It shows how shocking the power after replacement was.
"Perfect! With divine power, dominating the sea of stars is just around the corner!"
"Go, replace all the stumbling blocks in the way!"
Yalilai laughed wildly.
A subordinate stepped forward to report, "High Priestess, intelligence shows that Earth's true Guardians are a group of mages from Kamar-Taj. But their whereabouts are secretive, and currently no clues can be found at all."
"It doesn't matter." Yalilai waved her hand indifferently.
"Eat the superheroes first."
"When Earth completely falls, the mages will pop out sooner or later to court Death themselves."
...
At the same time. Earth, Westview.
Having experienced the life-and-Death catastrophe of Titan, Vision and Wanda grew tired of the killing and secluded themselves here, living a peaceful life.
Vision personally built a small Villa, and the two were inseparable.
However, recently, Vision sensed a trace of something abnormal.
The person on the pillow was always mysterious, seemingly hiding some unspeakable secret.
"Wanda, what on Earth have you been busy with lately? Did you run into trouble?"
Vision stared at his lover opposite him, asking softly.
"Darling, how could that be?"
"I am completely unreserved toward you."
The fake Witch responded with a smile as bright as a flower.
Vision's eyes suddenly lit up with a vigilant light, and his whole body directly entered a combat state:
"You are not Wanda! Who on Earth are you!"
"What are you babbling about? Did your iron skull get flooded and short-circuited?"
The fake Witch remained expressionless.
"If I am not Wanda, who else could I be? Look at my magic!"
With that, she casually waved her hand, and the scarlet chaos magic instantly churned violently around her body.
Vision furrowed his brows.
The energy fluctuations were indeed identical.
But as lovers who spent day and night together, he keenly captured the sense of incongruity in the other party's words and the flaws in her micro-expressions.
The person in front of him was definitely a fake!
Without a single word of nonsense.
The Mind Stone on Vision's forehead suddenly erupted with dazzling strong light, and a destructive beam of light shot straight at the enemy's face.
The fake Witch propped up red light with both hands, easily blocking the attack, and her eyes instantly turned gloomy:
"Damn it, if I had known, I should have taken you apart first!"
"How on Earth did you see through me?"
"Where is the real Wanda? What have you done to her!"
Vision was both shocked and angry, questioning loudly.
"When you obediently turn into a pile of scrap iron and are reformatted by us, you will naturally understand!"
The fake Witch pushed hard with both hands.
Violent chaos magic roared out.
What made people desperate was that the lethality erupted by the fake was actually a bit stronger than the real Scarlet Witch!
Vision changed color in great shock: "How is it possible! How can you possibly control her power!"
The red magic, like a huge invisible palm, pinched Visiontightly in mid-air, suppressing him so that he couldn't move at all.
After all, Vision was a mechanical life form without biological genes, and the Skrulls could not copy them directly.
They could only adopt the methods of physical containment and program modification.
"Obediently come with me, our technology can definitely modify you into the most obedient mechanical dog."
The fake Witch was full of complacency, holding victory in hand.
At the juncture of life and Death, Vision fought for his life completely.
The core power reactor overloaded and operated, erupting with unprecedented terrifying energy.
Boom!
Accompanied by an Earth-shattering explosion, Visionforcibly shook open the shackles of the chaos magic.
Transforming into a stream of light, he broke through the roof, soared straight into the clouds, and fled wildly without looking back.
Chapter 159: Shocking Conspiracy! The Indistinguishable Avengers! Vision was essentially a mechanical lifeform evolved from artificial intelligence.
His entire body was forged from high-tech metal.
Lacking flesh and blood genes, alien scum had no way to perfectly replicate his physical shell.
After noticing the abnormality in the person sleeping beside him, Vision did not stay a single second longer, directly crashing through the roof of Westview and fleeing in a panic.
Galloping above the clouds, Vision frantically operated his core processor.
The doubt in the depths of his heart grew larger and larger.
People in love stuck together every day, exactly when was she swapped out?
What was most terrifying was that, as a top artificial intelligence himself, he hadn't even detected a single trace of a clue!
Thinking about it made one shudder with fear.
Since the Scarlet Witch could be replaced, what about other superheroes?
Could the entire Avengers have long since become the enemy's puppets?
Thinking of the worst consequence.
Even with a body of steel, Vision felt his core power reactor grow chilly for a moment, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"I must go find Tony immediately to confirm his true identity!"
Vision made up his mind.
Looking across the entire Avengers, aside from Wanda, the one he knew best was Tony Stark.
As long as this iron genius showed the slightest sense of incongruity, he would definitely be able to recognize it at the first moment.
As for others, even if they were swapped right in front of him, he had no confidence in seeing through it.
Locking onto the coordinates, Vision transformed into a stream of light, flying straight toward the woods in the suburbs of Atlanta.
After the curtain fell on Endgame, Stark completely bid farewell to the years of fighting and killing, bringing Pepper and his precious daughter to live in seclusion in a cabin in the suburbs, living a leisurely life secluded from the world.
Vision quickly arrived at his destination, silently landing in the dense woods.
Walking up to the door, he reached out and knocked.
The one who opened the door was a cutely carved little girl, exactly Stark's precious pearl.
"Uncle Vision, why did you suddenly run over to visit?"
Little Morgan asked curiously, tilting her head up.
"I'm here to talk to your dad about some serious business."
Vision scooped the little girl into his arms.
Taking advantage of the embrace as cover, he immediately activated the micro-detector inside his body, carefully scanning the little girl from head to toe.
Looking at the pure human genetic map fed back onto his retina, Vision's tense nerves finally relaxed slightly.
His daughter had not been replaced; it seemed Starkhimself was also safe with high probability.
Holding Morgan as he walked into the living room, Visioncaught sight of Stark sitting at the computer desk reviewing data.
"Old friend, what kind of wind blew you here today?"
Stark spun around in his swivel chair with a hint of surprise on his face.
"Something big has happened, a fatal crisis."
Vision's expression was solemn like never before.
Seeing this, Stark immediately put away his joking thoughts, coaxed Morgan to go back to her bedroom to play first, and locked the room door with a backhand motion.
"What on Earth is going on? How come Wanda didn't come along with you?"
"Wanda has been secretly kidnapped." Vision dropped a bombshell, "Moreover, the current her is a fake; someone has replaced her identity."
While speaking, Vision's eyes locked tightly onto every micro-expression of Stark, attempting to find a flaw.
"Pal, what kind of international joke are you making?"
Stark spread his hands with an absurd look, "Today is definitely not April Fools' Day."
Vision didn't waste any words at all, directly projecting a holographic light screen from his eyes.
In the footage was precisely the surveillance recording of him fighting the fake Witch.
The fake in the screen smiled grimly and bizarrely, her every gesture exuding a bone-chilling evil aura.
Stark knew very well that although the true Scarlet Witchcontrolled world-destroying power, deep down she was a gentle and kind girl, and would never show such a sinister expression.
Iron Man's expression changed instantly.
"What is going on? Did you guys have a fight, and she had a mental breakdown?"
"Tony, you didn't understand my meaning! She has been replaced thoroughly from head to toe; someone is acting while wearing her skin!" Vision heightened his tone.
"Wearing skin..."
Stark's brain operated at top speed, suddenly drawing a sharp breath, his complexion instantly turning as gloomy as water.
"What did you think of?"
Vision hurriedly asked.
"Wait a moment, I need to make a call to confirm."
Moving swiftly and decisively, Stark immediately connected to the highest-level encrypted communication.
A few seconds later, the big one-eyed face of the black-hearted Agent boss Nick Fury appeared on the screen.
"Director, are all the Skrulls you keep under your command within your line of sight monitoring? Are there any running off in private to pull little tricks?"
Stark questioned straight to the point.
"Stop fooling around, Tony." Fury frowned slightly, "They are our allies, and their numbers are already small to begin with; it's absolutely impossible for them to go around stirring up trouble behind my back."
"You'd better see this video with your own eyes." Starkdirectly transmitted the surveillance data over.
After finishing the footage, Fury's complexion turned black at a rate visible to the naked eye. As a veteran Agent, he saw through the traces of disguise at a single glance.
"You guys wait online for a moment, I'll find someone in the know to come over right away." Fury dropped this sentence.
Not long after, a green-skinned Skrull walked into Fury's office.
"Give me a reasonable explanation immediately! Why are your clansmen lurking on Earth behind my back!" Furyglared fixedly at the newcomer, sharply demanding an answer.
However, this Skrull leader named Talos completely ignored Fury's interrogation.
His eyes were glued tightly to the screen.
When he saw the fake in the video actually cast Chaos Magic, Talos looked as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight, his face written with uncontainable terror.
Thud!
Talos's legs went soft, and he collapsed straight onto the floor, muttering despairingly, "It's over... He has returned..."
"Talos! Tell me louder, what kind of mess has happened!" Fury roared loudly.
Stark and Vision on this end of the screen were also completely baffled.
After taking a good long while to recover, Talos swallowed hard and spoke tremblingly, "Director, you guys are in big trouble. Earth has been targeted by a true god."
"Who on Earth is it? Make yourself clear!"
With a face ashen like death, Talos slowly recounted a dust-laden secret history of their race.
"This exiled team of ours is merely the weakest branch in the Skrull Empire. Claiborne is our clan's true supreme ruler!"
"The guy in the video can not only transform, but can even perfectly replicate superpowers! This heaven-defying method is something ordinary Skrulls simply cannot do; only elite warriors blessed with the power of the gods can perform it. Without a doubt, his army has already infiltrated!"
Talos stood up and backed away repeatedly, "Sorry, Director, this time I definitely can't help. Once the true god's subordinates discover our whereabouts, our entire branch will instantly suffer a devastating catastrophe! We can barely protect ourselves and must go into hiding immediately!"
"I understand, hurry up and take your people to hide." Furywaved his hand powerlessly.
He deeply knew that Talos's remnant force was hunted down by the Kree Empire like stray dogs, and expecting them to help fight against a god was pure wishful thinking.
After Talos fled in a panic, the air across both ends of the screen seemed to instantly freeze.
"You two, you've heard and understood the situation." Furytook a deep breath, "The most fatal problem right now is... who on Earth can we still trust?"
The individual combat power of Skrulls might not be heaven-defying, but the most terrifying thing about them was their impossible-to-guard-against perfect disguise!
The close friends fighting side by side beside you, the commanding Officers giving orders, or even the lovers spending every day and night together... any single person might have had their core changed long ago!
This meant that alien spies were everywhere across the entire Earth!
Thinking carefully about it made one feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
Fury and Stark exchanged an extremely heavy look across the screen.
"Tony, I will find a way to get an enemy corpse and hand it over to you." Fury issued a strict order, "You must use all your intelligence and quickly develop a detection instrument capable of seeing through their disguise! If there is no means to distinguish the real from the fake, Earth won't even have a sliver of a chance of winning!"
"Leave it to me, I will pour all my resources into doing it." Stark's complexion was iron-blue, his hands clenched tightly, "From now on, I will completely seal off the entire Base, and no one is allowed to enter or exit."
"Good! The intelligence must absolutely not be leaked to a fourth person, otherwise it will inevitably startle the snake." Fury earnestly instructed.
The three of them heavily nodded across the air, and an invisible spy war crisis completely erupted on Earth.
Chapter 160: Despair Arrives! Heroic Defeat!
Stark was arguably at the absolute peak of human intelligence.
Facing the comprehensive suppression of alien technology, he stubbornly managed to tinker out a detector to screen for alien spies.
However, the test results made one's scalp tingle.
Well over half of the Avengers had been swapped out!
Captain America, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, the Wasp, and Scarlet Witch... they were all damn fakes!
In their own camp, when fully counted, only Iron Man, Vision, War Machine, and Pepper wearing the Rescue armor were left.
Looking at the red list on the screen, Stark only felt his hands and feet turn cold.
"Tony, are you sure the instrument didn't malfunction?" Vision asked with a solemn expression.
"One hundred percent accurate." Stark swallowed a mouthful of saliva. "We are in big trouble, we've been completely surrounded."
Without the slightest hesitation, they hastily connected to the black-hearted Agent leader's dedicated line.
"Director, a huge mess has broken out." Stark's tone was heavy. "Thor is far away in the starry sky and can't be contacted at all. We are now completely reduced to an isolated force."
On the other side of the screen, the Agent leader's single eye widened, his expression as calm and heavy as water.
"I have already summoned Captain Marvel, and she is on her way back to Earth." The Director's tone was icy. "While those alien scum don't know their cover has been blown, let's gather everyone together and wipe them out in one go!"
Right now, the enemy was in the dark while they were in the light, and a surprise attack was the only way to break the deadlock.
Stark nodded heavily and immediately set about arranging things.
Soon, a fictional superhero summit was properly prepared.
The location was chosen at a super-large open-air stadium capable of holding one hundred thousand people.
Massive amounts of lethal weapons had long been ambushed inside and outside the venue. Captain Marvelwas also silently lurking in the shadows.
On the day of the meeting, the imposters swaggered into the venue.
The moment their identities were completely locked down, Stark didn't talk nonsense and directly pressed the fire button.
A violent rain of missiles poured down.
The several spies who had transformed into Winter Soldier, Falcon, Black Widow, and Hawkeye didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly reduced to ashes in the sea of fire.
"Well done!"
"Keep firing, slaughter them all!"
Stark roared excitedly.
However, his happiness didn't even last for three seconds.
Boom!
Dazzling thunder suddenly tore through the thick smoke of gunpowder.
A stalwart figure slowly walked out holding a battle axe, and his appearance was actually identical to Thor!
"Your methods are not bad."
"Pity that in front of absolute power, all schemes and tricks are like waste paper!"
The fake Thor spoke proudly and waved casually.
A violent bolt of lightning instantly burst out, violently smashing into Vision's chest.
The hard shell forged from Vibranium was actually beaten with a deep scorch mark, and Vision's entire body flew backwards like a kite with a broken string.
The lethality was actually a bit more terrifying than the real Thor!
Before the fake could continue to be smug, a slender figure wrapped in dazzling golden light slammed over like a meteor.
Captain Marvel quickly entered the arena and directly grappled with the fake Thor.
The two shot straight into the clouds.
The sky instantly darkened, and the violent thunderclouds rolled wildly.
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying pillar of thunder connecting the heaven and Earth crashed down.
The golden light was instantly shattered, and Captain Marvel slammed toward the ground like a meteorite.
"Captain Marvel? Nothing much."
The fake Thor slowly drifted down, holding high the replica of the Stormbreaker in his hand.
"Lads, let the Earthlings properly witness our invincible mighty power!"
Before the words fell, world-destroying thunder poured down like a waterfall.
The colossal stadium, which cost countless funds, instantly turned into a pile of powder and was completely razed to the ground.
Stark gritted his teeth tightly, his mood heavy to the extreme.
What was even more fatal was that behind the fake Thor, fake Spider-Man, fake Ant-Man, and fake Black Pantherappeared one after another.
After genetic enhancement, these monsters' power even surpassed the superheroes themselves!
Once they fought, the situation instantly presented a one-sided crushing defeat.
Fake Spider-Man leaped through the air, punching Visionheavily in the chest. The indestructible Vibranium body was actually beaten into a deep depression.
Just as Stark wanted to provide support, fake Ant-Maninstantly expanded into a towering giant tens of meters tall, grabbed Iron Man in the palm of his hand, and slammed him heavily deep into the ruins like throwing a toy.
Pepper had it even worse, directly kicked away by the fake Wasp, her gorgeous Rescue armor shattering by more than half.
In just a few minutes, the defense line completely collapsed.
The entire village's last hope—Captain Marvel, at this moment also collapsed in the rubble, blood continuously overflowing from the corners of her mouth, unable to crawl up at all.
"The struggle is over."
"Genuinely surrender Earth, and I can let you die a painless death."
The fake Thor pronounced judgment condescendingly.
"In your dreams..." Captain Marvel wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her face full of unyielding defiance.
Right at this moment, a black shadow suddenly slammed down from high altitude.
The falling speed was extremely fast, carrying a piercing sound of breaking air.
The fake Thor was startled, thinking it was some kind of devastating space-based weapon, and hurriedly retreated again and again.
Splat!
The sound of mud slamming onto the ground rang out.
A person face down, solidly smashed into the dirt.
"Banner?" The fake Thor was startled at first, and after seeing who came, he couldn't help laughing out loud.
He naturally knew how powerful Hulk was, and his heart felt a bit timid.
But seeing Banner lying in the pit unable to get up for a long time, the fake swelled up again.
"What, your trump card is to send a mortal to court death?"
Stark, who had just raised a trace of hope, saw his eyes dim down once again.
It's over, is there really not even a single reinforcement left?
Roar——!
An Earth-shaking roar exploded on the flat ground.
Dr. Banner's body instantly expanded, transforming into the violent invincible Hulk, grabbing the fake Thor's neck in one grip.
Stark's eyes once again burst with a light of wild joy.
However, reality dealt him the most fatal blow.
The fake Thor's whole body surged with thunder, terrifying strange strength instantly erupted, and he punched Hulkheavily on the chin.
Hulk's massive body was actually beaten into continuous retreat!
The fake pressed on the advantage, wildly hacking with the battle axe in succession. Using only three or five moves, the invincible Hulk was beaten all over with blood, directly collapsing to the ground with a bang, and was forcibly beaten back to Dr. Banner's weak form!
Witnessing everything, Vision's core engine ran crazily, desperately rushing forward to prepare for hand-to-hand combat.
The fake Thor grabbed backhand, like tearing paper apart, forcibly ripping off one of Vision's mechanical arms by the root!
Bang!
Vision, having lost an arm, was discarded casually in a pile of garbage, completely paralyzed.
"Did you see that?"
"Your power in front of the gods is simply inferior to bugs."
"Only the most noble Skrull race is worthy of ruling this azure Planet!"
"Earth is just the starting point, the entire Universe will crawl beneath our feet!"
Light surged on the fake Thor's body, shedding the disguise of the Asgard god, and turning back into the appearance of a green-skinned lizard.
It was precisely the Skrull High Priest who launched the rebellion!
Stark slumped in the shattered armor, his whole body icy cold, and despair completely submerged him like a tide.
The invincible Hulk was defeated.
Captain Marvel was also defeated.
Facing such a terrifying alien monster, who else could pull Earth back from hell?