Chapter 221: Odin's Curtain Call
Afterward, Karl and the others stayed in Asgard. Thorwould often seek out Karl for drinks, and Loki would join them. Both were surprised when they learned they had an older sister. When Karl brought little Hela before them, she was mocked, and Thor even spat out his drink, causing little Hela to glare fiercely at Karl and ignore him for days.
Because Karl kept tricking her with promises of restoring her powers, little Hela no longer trusted him. However, she got along well with Mei and the others. Mei even made her apple pie, which surprised Karl. Had their bond formed from him pinching her cheeks? He didn't dwell on it; as long as little Hela didn't harm them, it was fine.
Until this day, Odin was making his curtain call. The divine power within him had dissipated to its limit. This was why Thor had been drinking with him daily. Thor had tried to find a solution, but none had worked, so he could only drown his sorrows in alcohol. On this day, everyone gathered in the Valhalla, except for Hela.
Everyone watched as Odin slowly dissipated, transforming into a golden energy that merged with the Valhalla. At the same time, gungnir, which originally belonged to Odin, flew before Thor, signifying his succession to the throne—a decision made long ago. Frigga fainted directly. Loki sighed after taking her back to her chambers. Although Odin had treated him differently from Thor since childhood, he still felt sad now that he was gone.
Thor sat on the steps at the entrance of the Valhalla, holding gungnir, lost in thought. Meanwhile, after Odin's passing, the power of Asgard was bestowed upon Hela, but she couldn't wield it because her current strength was too weak. This infuriated Hela. It seemed Odin, to compensate Hela, had restored her status as the Grand Princess of Asgard the day before.
But Hela scoffed. Afterward, little Hela again approached Karl. Karl knew what she wanted without needing to think and had no intention of humoring her, but she followed him everywhere, becoming his little shadow. On the third day after Odin's dissipation, Thor was crowned, which annoyed Hela even more. She began attacking Karluntil he grabbed her and spanked her, after which she behaved.
After that, she stopped mentioning restoration, hiding alone in her room, doing who knows what. She wouldn't even see Frigga. When Karl was about to leave, he found Hela curled up in a corner of her room. Although Karldidn't know what was wrong, he still appeared before her.
"I can help you return to your original form, but what do you plan to do after you're restored? Do you intend to dethrone Thor? Or destroy Asgard? Even if you dethrone Thor, will the people of Asgard embrace you? Or do you want to continue conquering the Universe and the Nine Realms? Your ambitions and goals are too small. You should look at the Multiverse, not dwell on Asgard, a mere speck of land, for a thousand years." Karl said calmly to Hela after appearing before her, simultaneously using the Time Stone to restore Hela to her original appearance.
"Think about it carefully. I've restored you. If you try to destroy Asgard, I will stop you. I promised Odin that Ragnarok would not come. Of course, if you can gain the support of all the people of Asgard, I won't stop you even if you dethrone Thor." Karl said calmly to Hela after doing all this, then vanished from the spot. Hela slowly raised her head, beginning to ponder Karl's words.
"Alright, Thor, Loki, we'll see each other again if there's a chance!" After disappearing from Hela's presence, Karlarrived on the Bifrost Bridge. Mei, Raven, Helen Zhao, Dark Phoenix, Gamora, and others had already returned to the warship. Karl smiled at Thor and Loki, who had come to see him off, and said this. As for why he restored Hela, Frigga had spoken with him yesterday, and he finally agreed to restore Hela.
Anyway, as long as he was in the Universe, Karl could instantly appear in Asgard, so he didn't have to worry about Hela destroying Asgard. The current Hela couldn't stir up much trouble, and besides, Frigga herself said she would watch over her. Whether she could keep an eye on her, Karl didn't know.
"Good! We'll drink together again if we get a chance!"
"Sir Karl, have a safe journey."
After Thor and Loki exchanged a few words with Karl, just as Karl was about to board the warship, a black-haired mature woman in a black dress suddenly appeared beside him. She glanced at Thor and Loki, then walked towards Karl's warship. She was, of course, Hela. After carefully considering Karl's words, she decided to leave Asgard and set her sights on the Multiverse. Then she appeared, ready to leave with Karl.
This surprised Karl. What was she up to? He shook his head and entered the warship. The warship then activated its stealth mode, opened a spatial wormhole, and vanished from Asgard. Thor also informed Friggaabout Hela's departure. Frigga only sighed upon hearing it, nodded to indicate she understood, and said nothing more. She had originally wanted to compensate Hela for a millennium of grievances and suffering, but she hadn't expected her to leave directly.
"So, why did you come aboard?" Karl asked Hela, who was sitting with Mei, Raven, and the others, a hint of helplessness in his tone. Mei and Raven, however, smiled, clearly happy to have Hela with them.
"Didn't you say my ambitions were too small? So I plan to conquer the Multiverse, and Mei also invited me earlier, so I came aboard." Hela explained to Karl with a look of disdain, then turned her head away, ignoring Karl. She probably still remembered how Karl had bullied her when she was small.
"Suit yourself." Karl said helplessly after glancing at Hela, then sat next to Dark Phoenix. Dark Phoenix immediately got up and sat in Karl's lap. Karl naturally embraced Dark Phoenix. At this moment, the only ones in their vicinity were Mei, Raven, Helen Zhao, Dark Phoenix, Gamora, and Big Wanda, so there was no need to worry about a bad impression...
Chapter 222: Encountering Thanos
There was no need to worry about a bad influence. Karlhad no thoughts about Hela for now. As for Big Wandaand Gamora, they were already on his warship, so how could they escape? Everyone else was in their own rooms. Pirot and Peter were playing games, Natasha and Yelenawere working out, and Quicksilver and Red Tank were researching an off-road vehicle that could run in space. This idea was mainly proposed by Red Tank, and Quicksilver accompanied him in his research when he had nothing else to do.
Samuel continued to research various genes. At the same time, Karl also gave Samuel the corpse of Apocalypse he had obtained earlier for research. Samuel was even more excited when he heard it was the first Mutant and eagerly began his research, even forgetting to eat and sleep. Yan was tending to her small garden while also monitoring the warship's status. Currently, Yan was controlling the entire warship; she was connected to the warship's computer, making control very simple.
Afterward, the warship once again appeared in the Milky Way Galaxy, then headed towards another Nebula. Karl, meanwhile, embraced them and went to his room... At the same time, Karl also sealed off sound transmission within the room... On the other side, Thanos also learned that someone had collected the six infinity stones. He then took his various interstellar warships and headed towards Earth. He had already sensed that the Ancient One on Earth and Odin of Asgard had died, so he no longer needed to be apprehensive. A mighty fleet of warships set course for Earth, and their direction of advance was precisely the same as Karl's. This meant that Thanos and Karl would eventually meet somewhere in the Universe!
However, neither of them knew that as time passed, heavenly blade seven detected a large number of warships appearing ahead. Yan also received the news and informed Karl. Yan then directly used heavenly blade seven's computing power to invade the interior of the warships in front of them. Soon, she brought up a visual. Karl saw a purple sweet potato spirit sitting on a throne, with the Black Order standing beside him. Karl instantly knew who the opponent was; wasn't it Thanos, the director of the Universe's family planning office?
Thinking that the opponent's destination seemed to be the Milky Way Galaxy, he also guessed that Thanos had sensed the demise of the Ancient One and Odin, and then he planned to personally go to Earth to seize the Infinity Stones. However, what he didn't know was that all the Infinity Stones were with him.
"Yan, have heavenly blade seven launch a Heavenly Blade Judgment at the black warship in the middle. These interstellar warships are probably going to invade Earth, but they are indeed going for the Infinity Stones. Now that the Infinity Stones are with me, Earth's current strength cannot stop them. Since we've encountered them, let's deal with them." Karl pondered for a moment, then turned to Yan beside him and said. The warship Karlwanted heavenly blade seven to strike was precisely the one where Thanos was located.
"Okay." Yan nodded in agreement after hearing Karl's words. Karl then began to operate, and the energy within heavenly blade seven began to gather. At the same time, the huge attack device slowly opened, and energy condensed on it. Because Karl had previously injected the energy of the six infinity stones, the launch device now glowed with colorful energy.
Boom——————!
After the energy reached the peak of Heavenly Blade Judgment, the attack was instantly launched. It almost immediately struck the black warship in the midst of the interstellar warship fleet, which was the warship where Thanos and the Black Order were located. From the perspective of Thanos and his subordinates, a meteor-level attack suddenly shot out from an unseen place, directly hitting their warship! The Black Order reacted instantly when the attack hit the warship.
After several attempts to reach him were futile, and after confirming that Thanos had already left the warship, they quickly fled the warship. The black warship was directly penetrated by heavenly blade seven's Heavenly Blade Judgment, and at the same time, the entire warship was continuously exploding. Thanos and the Black Orderfloated in the Universe, Thanos's face darkened as he looked towards the seemingly empty space not far away. With heavenly blade seven's warship technology, Thanosand his subordinates' warships naturally could not detect it.
Therefore, they could not react at all to heavenly blade seven's sudden attack; not even the energy shield was activated before the entire hull was pierced by Heavenly Blade Judgment. At the same time, the surrounding warships all pointed their weapons at the position from which the attack had just been launched. Then, that position changed, and a warship even larger than Thanos's warship just now revealed itself. Everyone on Thanos's side felt it was incredible that they hadn't detected such a large warship!
Whoosh——————!
A golden throne appeared at the front of heavenly blade seven's warship, and sitting on it was Karl. This throne was made by Yan when she was building the warship, whether it was due to her habits from her previous Universe or specifically created for Karl. Behind Karlstood Yan, Dark Phoenix, Big Wanda, Gamora, and Quicksilver. Currently, six people could survive in the Universe, while Hela had not come out. The others either couldn't or had not yet reached that level of strength.
"Mad Titan? You're going to Earth, aren't you? You don't need to go. The six infinity stones are all with me. If you have the guts, come and get them." Karl sat on the throne and said indifferently to Thanos in the interstellar warshipfleet not far away. At the same time, his tone was full of disdain, and he didn't put Thanos in his eyes at all. After all, Thanos was at most a Heavenly Father Level right now, while Karl, wearing the gold cloth embedded with the six infinity stones, had reached Single-Universe Levelstrength. Even if Thanos fought with both hands and feet, he would not be Karl's opponent.
After all, a Single-Universe Level attack is not like a Heavenly Father Level attack. If Karl did not precisely control the energy output of the attack, that attack could very likely directly destroy a Planet. When Karl, wearing the gold cloth embedded with the six infinity stones, unleashed his full power, he alone could launch an attack that would destroy a galaxy, of course, not by snapping his fingers with the six infinity stones, but by directly launching an energy attack to destroy a galaxy!!!
"Master, let me go and seize the Infinity Stones! The opponent is too arrogant, he doesn't put you, Master, in his eyes at all!" The Necro-General beside him said to Thanos. He was also the leader of the Black Order! His abilities were super strength and healing, allowing him to quickly recover from even severe injuries. At the same time, his soul resided in a battle axe, and as long as the battle axe was not destroyed, he could constantly revive through it!
Chapter 223: The Black Order
As the Black Dwarf spoke, the other four members of the Black Order also looked at Thanos. As soon as he gave the order, they would immediately rush forward, kill the person sitting on the throne, and seize all six Infinity Stones. They were:
Proxima Midnight: Abilities: Skilled in close-quarters combat, a cosmic martial arts master. Her spear, when thrown, transforms into three rays that lock onto a target and can kill most living beings. She is one of Thanos's Black Order. In the comics, Proxima Midnight is the most brutal of the Black Order. With a gentle toss of her spear, forged by Thanos himself, she can send most people to their Deaths. It is said no one can survive her spear. However, she is also the most loyal to Thanos, and she is the Black Dwarf's companion!
Ebony Maw: Abilities: Language Control: Ebony Maw can persuade and even control others with his words; even powerful minds (like Stephen Strange) are not immune. Intelligence: Ebony Maw's most prominent trait is his highly skilled manipulation, earning him the moniker "the black tongue that spreads lies and evil wherever he goes." Telekinesis: Ebony Maw possesses powerful telekinetic abilities. In the movie timeline, even Stephen Strange was no match for him, though his Death was rather anticlimactic, likely due to expensive special effects.
Cull Obsidian: His abilities are similar to Hulk's, possessing super strength and indestructible skin! In the timeline, he was thrown to the North Pole by Wong using a portal, and when the portal closed, it severed one of his arms!
Supergiant: Her abilities include mental control, telepathy, mental transmission, and memory theft! Supergiant was originally an orphan. When she wanted to commit suicide, Thanos discovered her. Thanospromised that if she served him, he would grant Supergiant the Death she longed for. For this purpose, Supergiant is extremely loyal to Thanos. She is responsible for transmitting telepathically read information to Thanos. She did not appear in the movie timeline!
"You go test him. I can feel his power is strong," Thanosfinally said, nodding after glancing at the Black Dwarf. He also warned the Black Dwarf that even from such a distance, he could feel the terrifying energy emanating from the opponent. However, Thanos was unsure whether this was the opponent's own strength or the power of the Infinity Stones. After much consideration, he decided to let the Black Dwarf test him first.
Whoosh — — — — — —!
Upon hearing Thanos's agreement, the Black Dwarf immediately charged towards Karl and the others. Karl, seeing that Thanos only sent out the Black Dwarf, couldn't help but feel a bit speechless. He had thought Thanos would come personally. Just as he was about to directly deal with the Black Dwarf, the Dark Phoenixbeside him suddenly rushed out. Karl could only smile helplessly and didn't call her back. With Dark Phoenix's strength, she could easily beat the Black Dwarf.
The Black Dwarf's strength was at most Sub-Heavenly Father Level, while Dark Phoenix possessed the true power of a Heavenly Father Level peak, not to mention her Phoenix Force. So Karl wasn't worried about Dark Phoenix at all. Even if Thanos personally intervened, it was uncertain if he could last a hundred rounds against Dark Phoenix.
"Phoenix, you can play with him, but if you want to kill him completely, you need to destroy the war blade in his hand, because his soul resides there," Karl said to Dark Phoenix telepathically. Although she could directly disintegrate the Black Dwarf, it was still better to tell her. At the same time, everyone on the warship saw the scene outside through the screen, and they also heard what Karl had just said.
Whoosh — — — — — —!
Boom — — — — — —!
Seeing that the opponent only sent out a woman instead of the person sitting on the throne, the Black Dwarf felt disrespected and furiously attacked Dark Phoenix. However, his attacks were effortlessly blocked by Dark Phoenix. She then casually threw a ball of red energy, hitting the Black Dwarf and directly blowing apart his body. But it did not destroy his war blade. Afterward, a black energy surged from within the war blade, and the Black Dwarf was resurrected through it. At this moment, his eyes were filled with horror!
He looked at Dark Phoenix in disbelief. He hadn't expected that a casual strike from her would blow him apart. If not for his war blade, he would have died from that single blow. At the same time, even Thanos and the others felt it was incredible. The Black Dwarf's strength was not weak, yet he was killed so easily once. At this moment, Thanos's face was filled with solemnity. The person on the throne hadn't even acted yet, and already someone under him was this powerful.
If that person were to act, would it be even more terrifying? Before Thanos could ponder further, the Black Dwarf was once again blown apart by Dark Phoenix. This time, Dark Phoenix did not allow the Black Dwarf to resurrect, but directly disintegrated his war blade. At this moment, the leader of the Black Order, the Black Dwarf, was dead! Simultaneously, Dark Phoenix looked towards Thanos.
Boom — — — — — —!
Boom — — — — — —!
Boom — — — — — —!
Who knew that Thanos and the others would unethically order their warship to attack Dark Phoenix? However, it clearly had no effect. A fiery red energy barrier appeared in front of Dark Phoenix, blocking all attacks. Any attack that touched the barrier was directly disintegrated. This made even Thanos unable to sit still. He had never imagined that this woman's strength could reach such a level, and she could even disintegrate attacks. At the same time, he realized that she was a wielder of the Phoenix Force!
Boom — — — — — —!
Subsequently, Thanos, along with the remaining Black Order, charged towards Dark Phoenix. At the same time, various soldiers began to pour out from their warship, flying towards Dark Phoenix. Their warship also began to charge, and the seemingly powerful main cannon in the center prepared to attack Dark Phoenix.
"Gamora, go eat all their warships. They're a bit of an eyesore," Karl said, turning to Gamora beside him after seeing this scene. Only after reaching Single-Universe Level did he truly grasp Gamora's terror. Her body always contained an inexhaustible supply of energy, the kind of energy that belongs to the Multiverse. This was likely due to her being Galactus's daughter. Karl also realized Gamora's strength: Single-Universe Level!
However, her strength was not as Karl had initially perceived. If she were to attack using Multiverse energy, its power would far exceed Super Single-Body Universe Level!
Chapter 224: Unlucky Black Dwarf
"Ah? Oh, oh, okay, Karl~! I'll go right away, hehe!" Gamorawas still daydreaming when she heard Karl's words, then she reacted, nodded, and disappeared from her spot. She didn't care who was on the other side; she could swallow anyone anyway. Besides, if Dark Phoenix couldn't defeat Karl, she would definitely call her, so she was still thinking about what to eat that night. Most of the energy on the warship had been eaten by Gamora, because all food started at 100 portions. She could sit in the dining hall and eat for a whole day. Although she never felt full, she just loved to taste the flavor!
Fortunately, Karl often fed her with energy condensed from the six infinity stones and the self gem; otherwise, she would probably have swallowed the warship too. Karl quite liked this simple Gamora, and moreover, she had Galactus behind her. Having her with him meant he had some backing. The next moment, Gamora appeared among the enemy's starship fleet. Then, Gamoramanifested a silver energy black hole, swallowing the warships one by one.
When those warships saw this, they immediately began to attack Gamora, but even their attacks were swallowed by Gamora. Even the various soldiers rushing towards her were swallowed by her. Among them were even Chitaurisoldiers who had previously invaded Earth! It seemed that the army Loki led to attack Earth back then was only a fraction of their forces, and here was the entire Chitauriarmy and fleet, but unfortunately, they were all swallowed by Gamora.
Boom— — — — — —!
On the other side, Thanos and the others had also arrived in front of Dark Phoenix and launched an attack against her. The remaining members of the Black Order all erupted with their full power, but they quickly noticed something was wrong, because Supergiant's mind control and Ebony Maw's telekinesis had no effect on the woman in front of them, let alone Ebony Maw's linguistic control, which simply couldn't influence Dark Phoenix. Thanos, Proxima Midnight, and Black Dwarf, who were nearby, attacked Dark Phoenix with their respective weapons.
Boom— — — — — —!
Dark Phoenix also began to get serious at this moment, fiercely using the Phoenix Force to attack Thanos and the others. At the same time, she dodged the close-range attacks of Thanos and his two companions, while also condensing a ball of fiery red energy and throwing it towards Thanos and the others. Simultaneously, she began to gather the Phoenix Force in her hands.
As Thanos and his two companions watched the red energy attack rapidly rush towards them, they were about to dodge, but unexpectedly, Black Dwarf directly charged forward, wanting to block the attack for them. A sharp glint flashed in Thanos's eyes; after all, what he was doing was unnecessary and would even put them in a passive state! Even Supergiant, Ebony Maw, and Proxima Midnight looked at Black Dwarf, who was charging into the attack, with black lines on their foreheads. Black Dwarf, however, was still smug about his actions, wanting to show off in front of Thanos.
Boom— — — — — —!
Just as he thought he had done an excellent job, Dark Phoenix's attack arrived. Black Dwarf imbued his axe with his energy and chopped at the incoming fiery red energy attack. The fiery red energy, upon being struck, immediately exploded. After a loud bang, Black Dwarfwas sent flying backward by the energy impact. At the same time, both of his arms were completely destroyed by the attack, and even his axe was vaporized. His chest was also scorched, and he was severely wounded!
Whoosh— — — — — —!
While Black Dwarf was blocking the attack, Dark Phoenix had already finished condensing the Phoenix Force. After the attack exploded, she threw it towards Thanos. A fiery red Phoenix was released from Dark Phoenix's hand, flying rapidly towards Thanos, carrying terrifying energy and the Phoenix Force around it. Upon seeing this, Thanos looked at the attack with a grave expression. He had a bad premonition in his heart, coupled with this terrifying attack.
He knew at this moment that he might not be able to block it. If he was hit by this attack, he would surely die! He then began to dodge the attack, and wherever Thanosmoved, the fiery red Phoenix followed. A black line flashed across Thanos's face; he didn't expect this thing could track and keep following him. Ebony Maw, Supergiant, and Proxima Midnight, seeing this, also used their abilities to attack the fiery red Phoenix.
Bang— — — — — —!
But the effect was clearly negligible. Just as the attack was about to hit Thanos, he quickly pulled the severely wounded Black Dwarf in front of him, attaching his own energy to his double-bladed greatsword with his right hand, preparing to withstand the aftershock of the attack.
Boom— — — — — —!
Black Dwarf saw himself being pulled in front by Thanosto block the attack, and the fear of Death enveloped his heart. After all, even Thanos had to dodge this attack, so how could he possibly block it? He then began to frantically twist his body, wanting to break free from Thanos's grip, but how could Thanos let him have his way? He tightly gripped Black Dwarf's back neck with his left hand, and then the attack hit Black Dwarf, while the aftershock also blasted Thanos away.
Black Dwarf, who faced the direct impact of the attack, was completely blown apart, and then his body was directly disintegrated into nothingness. At the same time, Thanos's weapon also suffered disintegration from the Phoenix Force. Upon seeing this, Thanos immediately threw the weapon away. Within three seconds of him throwing it, the entire weapon was disintegrated into nothingness by the Phoenix Force. Ebony Maw, Supergiant, and Proxima Midnight, seeing Thanos use Black Dwarf as a human shield to block the attack, had complex expressions in their eyes, not knowing what they were thinking.
On the other side, Gamora quickly swallowed all the warships, even the black warship that had been breached, and the soldiers who rushed out were also swallowed. After they were swallowed into Gamora's body, they were directly disintegrated by the energy inside and died immediately. Then, Gamora looked around at her masterpiece with satisfaction, and with a flash, returned to Karl's side. At this moment, only Karl's Tianren (Heavenly Blade) Seven remained in the Universe; Thanos's star fleet had all been swallowed by Gamora.
In the Universe, Thanos and his three companions looked gravely at Dark Phoenix and Karl. How much time had passed? Their warships and two members of the Black Order were already gone. The other side had only deployed two people so far. Thanos also knew that he had kicked an iron plate this time. On the other side, Dark Phoenix looked at Thanos and his companions with disdain. The Phoenix Force around her became even denser. With a flash, she disappeared from her spot, then appeared directly in front of Thanos, punching him in the face. Dark Phoenix's fist was enveloped in the Phoenix Force!
Chapter 225: Thanos - Death
Boom— — — — — —!
Thanos's pupils constricted violently when he saw Dark Phoenix suddenly appear before him. He felt the terrifying energy in her fist as it came at him, making his heart tremble. He immediately prepared to dodge the attack, but Dark Phoenix was even faster. At the last moment, Ebony Maw pulled Thanos away, but Dark Phoenix still struck his arm, which then began to decompose. Proxima Midnight, standing nearby, immediately used her weapon to sever Thanos's decomposing arm.
Whoosh— — — — — —!
The severed arm quickly decomposed into nothingness, vanishing into the universe. The remaining three members of the Black Order surrounded them. They all understood that they were likely doomed this time. Meanwhile, Karl sat on his throne, chuckling as he watched Thanos and the others. Another figure appeared beside the throne—Hela, who likely found watching from inside heavenly blade seven unsatisfying. Karl merely glanced at Hela before turning his attention back to the battlefield.
Boom— — — — — —!
Dark Phoenix, surrounded by fiery red Phoenix Force, was single-handedly fighting Thanos and his four subordinates. Proxima Midnight had also lost an arm. Karl couldn't help but smile at this sight. He knew Dark Phoenix was toying with them; otherwise, she could have decomposed Thanos and the others in an instant. Karl and the others were also aware of this, watching Thanosand his group with interest. Dark Phoenix's attacks continuously surged towards Thanos and his subordinates.
This forced them into a passive defense, constantly dodging attacks imbued with Phoenix Force. Dark Phoenix was deliberately doing this, and Thanos and his group were suffering. New wounds constantly appeared on their bodies, and even Thanos began to leak purple juice.
Boom— — — — — —!
Dark Phoenix seemed to have grown tired of playing. A giant fiery red phoenix then appeared in the universe and flew towards Thanos and his group. Seeing this, Thanosand his subordinates' eyes flashed with despair. Thanoslooked at Ebony Maw and the others, a fierce glint in his eyes. Before he could act, Ebony Maw and the others quickly distanced themselves from Thanos. Even if it meant Death, they didn't want to be Thanos's shield. Thanos's face darkened at this sight.
Afterward, they tried to escape the attack range. Ebony Maw and the others already had thoughts of fleeing. Ebony Maw frantically activated his telekinesis, pulling himself out of the attack range and rushing towards a nearby nebula. The idea was good, but reality was cruel. With the explosion of the attack, Thanos, Ebony Maw, Supergiant, and Proxima Midnight were all caught in it. In a short while, they were decomposed and vanished into the universe.
Thus, the Avengers' greatest enemy in the movie died! However, Thanos did not recall Gamora during this invasion of Earth, and Nebula was currently pursuing Gamora. They had escaped this calamity. At the same time, the cosmic commotion was noticed by many, including advanced technological civilizations, Single-Universe Level powerhouses in the universe, the Collector, Heimdall of Asgard, the Watcher, and many others!
Dark Phoenix then appeared directly in front of Karl, naturally sitting in his lap and gazing at him with adoration, leaning against him. Karl smiled at this. Then, everyone vanished from their original spot, entering heavenly blade seven. Soon after, heavenly blade sevencloaked itself and disappeared. Heimdall reported what had just happened to Thor. Thor merely nodded, not saying much. With Karl's current strength, Thanos would not be his opponent.
He merely felt a bit emotional, realizing how powerful Karl, whom he had always called 'Prophet,' had become. Meanwhile, on the heavenly blade seven warship, Karl took out the graviton element and handed it to Yan, asking her to research if she could develop a super gene from it. As for why he didn't give it to Samuel, it was because Samuel was currently excitedly researching the blood of Thanos and the others. Moreover, the angels' genetic expertise was far superior to Samuel's.
After all, their universe achieved godhood through genes. Afterward, heavenly blade seven traveled through the universe. When Karl and the others detected interesting civilizations, they would visit. Karl never hid his aura, so each time they arrived at a civilization, they were treated with respect. Time passed like this, little by little.
After Karl left, the East rapidly rose on Earth, becoming the leading superpower, surpassing America. America, due to Karl's previous nuclear bomb detonation, had New York completely abandoned and uninhabitable. Even creatures living there were infected by nuclear radiation, becoming deformed, with some animals growing five legs. A significant number of humans were also infected by nuclear radiation.
Even some newborns were deformed, with countless cases of two heads, three arms, four legs, and so on. This led to a large number of American scientists moving to the East. The current American Government had no solution for this; even now, their government system and military had not recovered. Furthermore, most of America had become uninhabitable, severely crippling the country. The Deaths of major global tycoons and wealthy individuals also led to the collapse of the world economy.
Aside from the East, which was barely unaffected, in some countries, a single loaf of bread cost fifty thousand us dollars, etc. And that country with a cloth on its head, claiming to be the richest in the world, now had nothing but oil. Many of their people were also killed by Karl. However, there were countless rich people there, but no country except the East could sell them food or other necessities.
This was because many countries were already preoccupied with their own problems. The former sites of Sakura Country and Kangaroo Country had now become oceans, showing no trace of two countries ever existing there. Meanwhile, Tony no longer managed StarkIndustries. He had retired with his parents and Pepper, entrusting the company to an upgraded Jarvis to handle all its affairs. One day, a seven-colored energy pillar suddenly descended upon Tony's secluded residence.
At the same time, vibranium armor after vibranium armorquickly appeared around it! However, most of them were Adamantium armor, totaling several hundred. The seven-colored light pillar was Asgard's Bifrost Bridge. Thor, wearing his crown, emerged from it. He was now wielding stormbreaker, which Odin had commissioned for him from the dwarves long ago!
Chapter 226: Tony's Current Situation
Shortly after Thor's arrival and being surrounded by armor, Tony, wearing a massive vibranium armor, flew out from a nearby villa and landed in front of Thor.
Seeing it was Thor, he waved his hand, recalling all the armor, and then stepped out of his own armor, looking at Thor with a smile.
"Hey buddy, what brings you here today, oh... I mean, we haven't seen each other in a while. Look, our Prince Thor is wearing a crown now!" Tony walked slowly towards Thor, saying with a smile and a hint of emotion, then patted Thor's shoulder.
"Hahahaha, I've only just started wearing it. I've been busy with Asgardian affairs, but now I have some free time. Today, we must have a good drink. I brought you some fine Asgardian wine!" Thor also patted Tony's shoulder and laughed heartily.
Then, the two walked towards Tony's villa. Howard and the others, realizing it was Tony's friend, also breathed a sigh of relief. Howard also took off his armor.
"Hahahahaha, then I'm in for a treat today. We won't go home until we're drunk!" Tony laughed and replied to Thor.
Then, the two arrived at a table next to the villa. Thor directly pulled out a large barrel of Asgardian wine from a small pouch at his waist.
Seeing this, Tony turned and went into the house to get a few bottles of wine, and also asked Pepper to stir-fry some Eastern bar snacks!
Afterward, the two started drinking at the table in front of the door.
"Time flies so fast. A few years have passed in no time. Back when your father threw you on Earth, it was me... Sigh." Tony said to Thor while drinking, but he paused when mentioning Karl, then let out a long sigh.
Thor knew what Tony was thinking. He was also aware of Karl's actions on Earth, but from his perspective, Karl had done nothing wrong. He had lived for over 1500 years and killed countless creatures, far exceeding that number.
However, he knew his views differed from Tony's, so he didn't say much.
"He's gone somewhere now. After his warship entered the universe and became invisible, even Heimdall couldn't track it. But his current strength has reached Single-Universe Level, so he should be doing well in the universe. Eh? Is Pepper pregnant? Are you going to be a father?" Thor said slowly after listening to Tony, then looked at Pepper, who was heavily pregnant, and Maria, who was bringing in several dishes, asking Tony with a hint of surprise.
"Yes, Pepper is pregnant. I'm going to be a father soon, hahahahahahaha. How about it, jealous? Oh, by the way, didn't you have a girlfriend on Earth before? How are things between you two now?" Tony listened quietly to Thor's words until Thor asked about Pepper's pregnancy, then he couldn't help but laugh and boast to Thor, while also curious about the Earth girl he was with back then.
"Congratulations, congratulations. Jane and I broke up a few years ago, even before Karl left. But I didn't expect you to be a father so soon." Thor looked at Tony's smug expression and felt that Tony had suddenly become very punchable.
Then, he explained to Tony with a somewhat melancholic tone, finally expressing surprise that Tony would be a father so soon. He knew that Tony wasn't like this before; he was a complete playboy who slept with every flower he encountered.
"Oh, well, that's a shame. Yes, perhaps I changed after that incident and wanted to settle down. Come on, let's drink, let's drink!" Tony sighed and said slowly to Thor, while also urging Thor to continue drinking.
Inside the house, Pepper and the others couldn't help but sigh as they watched Tony drinking. Since Karl left Earth, Tony had become depressed. It wasn't that he couldn't be happy, but he wasn't truly happy like before, as if something was always weighing him down.
After neglecting the company, he spent every day researching various armor. The entire valley had long been hollowed out by Tony, filled with all sorts of armor.
Now, the armor in Tony's valley, plus the armor on the satellites, amounted to at least a thousand units, most of which were made of Adamantium.
He ignored external affairs, even when the Mutant were causing chaos in America, he didn't care. This worried Pepper and the others about Tony's condition.
Fortunately, Thor had come down from Asgard. Seeing Tony and Thor drinking, it seemed Tony had returned to his old self, which made Pepper and the others breathe a sigh of relief.
The two drank from noon until night. Fortunately, Tonyhad been injected with the super soldier serum, so he could barely keep up with Thor for a while, but most of the drinking was done by Thor.
Finally, Tony passed out on the table, and Thor used stormbreaker to summon Bifrost Bridge and left.
Afterward, Howard and Maria carried Tony back to his room.
Meanwhile, Stephen Strange was struggling to defend against attacks from various Dimension Lords, with Dormammu being the most troublesome.
He had almost used up everything in the box Karl had given him. Not long after Karl left Earth, Dormammubrought various Dimension Lords and began to assault Earth's magic array.
Stephen Strange could only lead the mages from the various Sanctums to resist them.
This meant Stephen Strange had no time to cultivate his magic in recent years, leading to him not even reaching Sub-Heavenly Father Level yet. This was also the result of Dormammu and his forces constantly interfering with Stephen Strange's efforts.
Even with Stephen Strange and numerous mages defending against the Dimension Lords' onslaught day and night, a surge of Dark Energy still entered the real world, vanishing into Earth unnoticed by Stephen Strangeand the numerous mages!
That Dark Energy contained a consciousness of Dormammu. This was why he had been assailing Earth's magic array day and night—to send Dark Energy into Earth once again and to once again manipulate Earthlings to allow his arrival!
Then, just as Stephen Strange and the others were wondering why Dormammu and his forces suddenly retreated, Dormammu's consciousness within that Dark Energy set its sights on Tony's unborn child!
Because Tony had once taken Pepper to an event in the East, many reporters had captured images of Pepper's pregnancy. Dormammu wanted to annex Earth, so he planned to start with Earth's superheroes!
Chapter 227: Dark Curse
As long as he controlled these superheroes and had them deal with the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, he could invade Earth and devour it without any effort! And currently, the strongest in terms of power and influence on Earth seemed to be the reclusive Iron Man, Tony Stark. Moreover, his wife appeared to be pregnant, which conveniently gave Dormammu an opportunity!
He had considered controlling Mutant, but he had no idea which Mutant on Earth was the strongest.
However, Stark Industries' logo was everywhere, and news about Iron Man was rampant, making it hard for him not to notice. Furthermore, this Dark Energy was still very weak, so he didn't have much energy to investigate which Mutant was the strongest. Afterwards, Dormammu's consciousness entered a white man's body, directly controlling him. He then began searching for Tony Stark's home, intending to control Tony Stark or his wife!
At the same time, Dormammu's consciousness also realized that Tony Stark was one of the individuals who had stopped him when he first arrived on Earth, which further solidified Dormammu's desire to control him.
He then began to use the white man he controlled to inquire about Tony Stark's secluded location. As time passed, he found nothing for an entire week, as it was impossible to easily discover Tony Stark's hidden residence.
Dormammu's consciousness was unwilling to use his own energy to investigate, otherwise he would become even weaker. Until one day, he saw Tony Stark's former driver and bodyguard. He then transformed into a mass of black energy, left the white man's body, and swiftly entered Happy's body. Within moments, he controlled him and also found Tony Stark's secluded location in his mind. He then controlled Happy to head towards Tony Stark's hidden residence.
Because Happy had no means of defending against mental control, he was easily controlled by Dormammu. He then drove the rolls-royce towards Tony Stark's secluded residence. At the same time, Stephen Strangealso detected fluctuations of Dark Energy on Earth and immediately began searching with magic, but ultimately found nothing. Confused, he entered the Mirror Dimension and continued his search, believing that he had not made a mistake and that there must be Dark Energy fluctuations on Earth!
Meanwhile, Happy, controlled by Dormammu, drove the rolls-royce for about three hours before arriving at Tony Stark's secluded residence. He directly bypassed the security system in the valley. When he reached the entrance of the villa, Happy's body went limp, and a black energy left his body, swiftly rushing towards Tony Starkinside the house. In a moment, it entered Tony Stark's body.
"Ah!!!!!!"
"Shit! What the hell!!"
When Dormammu tried to control Tony, the mental defense Karl had set up for Tony took effect, directly blocking Dormammu from his mind. However, it also stimulated Tony, causing him to let out a painful scream. Because Dormammu was not present in his true form, he couldn't break through the mental defense Karl had set.
Upon hearing Tony's scream, Pepper immediately rushed to his side. Dormammu's consciousness, after failing to invade Tony's mind, immediately rushed out of Tony's body and entered Pepper's body.
"Ah!!!!!!"
"Something is attacking my mind!!"
Dormammu's consciousness, having entered Pepper's body, immediately tried to control her, but to his surprise, this woman also had mental defenses, leading to his failure once again. The two invasions also made his already weak Dark Energy even worse.
At this moment, Tony got up from the ground, clutching his head, and looked at Pepper anxiously.
"Jarvis! Quickly scan Pepper, what's wrong with her! Hurry, hurry, hurry!!!" Tony anxiously shouted to Jarvis in the room. Subsequently, a blue light swept over Pepper's body. At this moment, a spark suddenly appeared next to Tony, and then a portal opened. Stephen Strange walked out of it, and the floor in the room began to change. Several Adamantium armors rose from below, with their palm cannons and other weapons all aimed at Stephen Strange.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! It's me, it's me, I'm the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj!" Seeing the armors aimed at him, Stephen Strange immediately said to Tony. He wasn't there to fight Tony, because the Dark Energy he detected was right here with Tony, so he immediately opened a portal and came here.
"Jarvis, retrieve the armor. What's Pepper's situation now!!" Tony saw that the visitor was the Sorcerer Supreme he had met before. Although he didn't know why he was there, he still told Jarvis to retract the armor, and at the same time, he asked Jarvis about Pepper's current condition.
"Sir, there is a strange energy within Ms. Pepper. It tried to attack Ms. Pepper's mind just now. It seems the mental defense Mr. Karl left behind worked, otherwise Ms. Pepper might have been controlled!" Jarvis heard Tony's words, retracted the armor back into the floor, and then reported his scan and deduction to Tony!
"It's Dark Energy! I sensed a surge of Dark Energy here earlier, so I came over immediately!" Stephen Strange, upon hearing Jarvis's report, immediately understood that the Dark Energy was within Pepper.
Just as he was about to do something, a black energy emerged from Pepper's belly, and then it formed into a human face.
Whoosh!!!!!!
"Sorcerer Supreme!! You're too late! Hahahahaha, although I can't control these two, this child seems to have no mental defense. I curse: she will lose her soul, lose her flesh and blood, lose everything upon birth!!!" Dormammu's consciousness said to both Stephen Strange and Tony Stark. Then, in front of them, he cursed the child in Pepper's womb. Afterwards, his entire face transformed into a Dark Curse and imprinted itself on the child!
Whoosh!!!!!!
"Dormammu!!" Stephen Strange immediately prepared to cast a spell upon seeing Dormammu's appearance, but he was still a step too late. Dormammu had already succeeded with the curse, and this Dark Energy had already entered the child in Pepper's womb!
Chapter 228: Stephen Strange's Helplessness
"What's going on? What is that black face? Is that curse real?!" Tony anxiously asked Stephen Strange after hearing Dormammu's words. Pepper also looked at Stephen Strange in horror; if the curse was real, then her child...
"Sigh, that curse has already taken shape. I didn't expect it to target you. He was the one who caused the incidents in Los Angeles when my senior martial brother was still on Earth. I'll see if I can remove it." Stephen Strangesighed and told Tony the origin of the face, then prepared to try and remove the curse. Tony immediately nodded, signaling him to proceed.
Whoosh—!
Stephen Strange used various Kamar-Taj spells to try and clear or remove the curse, but he found that while Kamar-Taj's spells were indeed useful, his cultivation level was too low, rendering them ineffective against the curse. After all, even though Dormammu was an astral projection, the curse could be cast by the main body using the astral projection as a medium. Therefore, this curse would require at least a Pseudo-Singular Universe Levelindividual to clear it, or a particularly ancient spell.
"No, my cultivation level is too low. The spells I cast can't clear this curse... Perhaps you can ask someone from Asgard. They might be able to help. All I can do now is delay the baby's birth, for a maximum of three months. Otherwise, your wife won't be able to endure it." Stephen Strange sighed and told Tony and Pepper. Pepper fainted immediately after hearing this.
"Pepper! Pepper!! First, help me delay the baby's birth! Jarvis! Check Pepper's current condition!" Tony's heart trembled after hearing Stephen Strange's words, but he couldn't panic at the moment. He hadn't expected Pepperto faint directly. After telling Stephen Strange, he had Jarvis check Pepper's condition to prevent any accidents. Howard and Maria also rushed over upon hearing the commotion.
Hearing Tony's words, Stephen Strange sighed and took out the box Karl had given him. From it, he retrieved a small green energy orb and used it as energy to cast a time spell on Pepper, aiming to delay the baby's birth. Otherwise, Pepper would have given birth in less than a month, as she was already nine months pregnant. He hadn't expected such a thing to happen. Stephen Strangealso felt a bit guilty, as this Dark Energy might have found a loophole to enter from somewhere.
"Sir, Ms. Pepper is fine. She just needs some rest." Jarvisscanned Pepper again after hearing Tony's words and then reported to Tony. At the same time, Howard and Maria looked at Tony with questioning eyes, as if asking what was happening.
"Alright, I've delayed the baby's birth. Actually, I'm not sure if Asgard can clear this curse, but my senior martial brother Karl definitely can. I think it's more reliable to go directly to my senior martial brother. I'm leaving. If you need my help with anything, just call me. This is my phone number." Stephen Strange said to Tony after casting the time spell, even suggesting that he go directly to Karl. Asgard's spells might be more numerous than Kamar-Taj's, but without the corresponding strength to cast them, their effect would be minimal. He then left his phone number and opened a portal to leave.
"Tony, what exactly happened? What curse are you talking about? And what's wrong with Pepper? Is there a problem with the baby?" Howard and Maria immediately asked Tony after seeing Stephen Strange open a portal and leave.
"Just now, a human-like face formed from Dark Energyinvaded here. It tried to control me through my mind, but because I have the mental defense Karl left behind, Pepper rushed over after hearing my voice. That black energy then tried to invade Pepper's mind, and Pepperalso has the mental defense Karl left, so it didn't succeed. After that, the Sorcerer Supreme arrived, and then that Dark Energy forming a human face cursed the child in Pepper's womb..."
Tony slumped to the ground, telling Howard and Maria. Howard and Maria had heard the rest of the story, and after hearing Tony's account of the events, they were completely stunned. The child in Pepper's womb was cursed!?
Tony then stood up and walked to his workshop. He planned to first see if Thor had any solutions. If he did, that would be great. If not, he would have no choice but to go into space to find Karl. For his child, he would spare no effort! Although Howard and Maria didn't know what Tony was going to do, they stayed in the room to take care of Pepper. Tony first went to his laboratory, then remembered that Heimdall of Asgard could see any place in the universe and hear the voice of anyone who called him.
He immediately built a super-large loudspeaker, then went outside the valley and called out to Heimdalltowards the sky. Although Thor had the communicator Tony had given him, that communicator was limited to Earth. So, he could only rely on this method to see if he could attract Heimdall's attention, and then Heimdallwould report to Thor, allowing him to go to Asgard or for Thor to come down!
And Heimdall of Asgard indeed heard the call from the loudspeaker Tony had made. His gaze then shifted to Earth, and he saw Tony standing next to the loudspeaker. He also knew who the person was, as he had followed Earth many times and understood that he was Thor's friend. Moreover, since he was calling his name, there must be something important. However, without Thor's command, he could not open the Bifrost Bridge to let Tony up, so he conveyed this message to Thor.
Thor, upon receiving the message, was a little confused but still asked Heimdall to bring Tony up to see what had happened. Besides, Tony had never been to Asgardbefore. Heimdall, hearing Thor's words, immediately opened the Bifrost Bridge. Tony on Earth was enveloped by a seven-colored light beam, which then shot into the sky. Tony disappeared from his original spot, and at the same time, Tony also closed the visor of his armor. Concurrently, Jarvis also shut down the large loudspeaker...
Chapter 229 Pepper Travels to Asgard
Before long, Tony was carried by a colorful beam of light to the Bifrost Bridge in Asgard. Tony was a little stunned by the magnificent golden appearance everywhere. Standing beside him was a person in golden armor, presumably Heimdall. Before Tony could speak, Thor appeared beside him.
"Hey Tony, did you call Heimdall because you needed to find me?" Thor asked Tony with a smile after seeing him, and at the same time, he put his arm around Tony's armored shoulder and walked into Asgard, as if to show Tony around.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Thor! I came to you this time with an urgent matter! The baby in Pepper's belly has been cursed by something called Dormammu. Do you have any way to remove that curse?" Tony took Thor's hand off his shoulder, then opened his face mask and anxiously spoke to Thor. Every minute of delay meant another minute of danger, so he had to find a way to remove that curse as soon as possible!
"What!! Dormammu? How could it curse the baby in Pepper's belly? Moreover, why would it target you? I can't guarantee anything about this. Perhaps we need to bring Pepper to Asgard to let my mother see her. She is currently the strongest sorceress in the Nine Realms, and she might have a solution!" Thor was stunned after hearing Tony's words. It was Dormammu? Are you kidding me? It is a strong being on the same level as his father! At the same time, he didn't understand why Tonywould provoke it, but he was still prepared to let his mother see if there was a solution!
"OK, then let's go now. The current Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj could only delay the baby's birth. I hope to hear good news from you. *Sigh*, Dormammu targeted me. It originally wanted to control me and Pepper, but we have the mental defenses left by Karl, so it couldn't invade our minds. Then it cursed the baby in Pepper's belly." After hearing Thor's words, Tony pulled him back, and then sighed as he explained to Thor.
"Shit, if I had been here today, this wouldn't have happened. Let's go, let's pick up Pepper first." Thor cursed after hearing Tony's words, then spoke to Tony. stormbreaker appeared in his hand, and he directly summoned the Bifrost Bridge. The two disappeared from the Bifrost Bridge. Soon, a colorful energy beam of light descended on Tony's secluded place on Earth, and then Thor and Tony, wearing his armor, walked out of it.
At this moment, Happy had been found in the small villa. Knowing that he was responsible for the curse on the baby in Pepper's belly, he felt deep remorse and didn't know how to face Tony. Tony was now bringing Thor into the house and happened to see Happy sitting on the sofa with a look of self-reproach. At the same time, he also learned through Jarvis what had happened after he went to Asgard, which was what happened after Happy was brought back to the house and woken up by Howard.
Happy was about to say something, but Tony directly made a 'stop' gesture to him, then walked with Thor towards his room. He didn't want to hear Happy's explanation for now. Although none of this was Happy's fault, he just wanted to remove the curse on the baby in Pepper's belly. Then Tony led Thor to his room. At this moment, Maria was taking care of Pepper, and Howardwas also helping.
"I'm going to take Pepper to Asgard to see if Thor's mother has any solutions. Thor's mother is currently the strongest sorceress in the Nine Realms." Tony said to Maria and Howard after entering the room. At the same time, Pepper slowly opened her eyes. Howard and Marianodded to Thor beside them, but before they could speak...
"Good! We'll go to Asgard. I don't want my child to be..." Pepper slowly said to Tony and the others, finally unable to hold back her tears. After all, no mother would not wish for her child to be born healthy, and now the child was cursed because of her. She naturally wanted to seize every opportunity to remove the curse, even if it was a one percent chance, she didn't want to let it go.
"I swear, I will definitely get rid of the curse, believe me, darling! If Asgard can't do it, I'll go to the universe to find Karl. Even if I have to beg him, I will remove the child's curse!" Tony saw Pepper's sorrowful appearance at this moment, pulled her into his arms and said, promising her that he would definitely remove the child's curse.
"Although I don't really want to interrupt you two, we should still go to Asgard first. We have to race against time, don't you think?" Thor felt a bit down looking at Tony and Pepper. Tony was his good friend, after all. Then he spoke to Tony, hoping that the curse on Tony's child could be removed.
"OK, let's go!" After that, Tony helped Pepper off the bed, while Howard and Maria also helped. Then Tonysummoned a nano-vibranium armor for Pepper to wear. This was an adaptation of his old Vibranium bracelets, solely for Pepper's protection. At the same same time, Tony also summoned all his remaining vibranium armor. He planned to go directly to the universe to find Karl if the curse couldn't be lifted in Asgard!
Swish ——————!
Then Tony, with Pepper and eleven vibranium armorsuits, left Earth through the Bifrost Bridge summoned by Thor, heading for Asgard. At the same time, Stephen Strange of Kamar-Taj also saw the Bifrost Bridge's light column, could only sigh, and then continued to check the magic array for loopholes.
Subsequently, Thor, Tony, Pepper, and Tony's armorappeared on the Bifrost Bridge in Asgard. Thor then had Heimdall get a spaceship. The group directly took the spaceship to Queen Frigga's chambers, because Pepperwas pregnant, and there was a considerable distance from the Bifrost Bridge to Frigga's chambers, so Thor thoughtfully had Heimdall get a spaceship.
Before long, they arrived at Frigga's chambers. Thor then told the maid at the door to call Frigga. Soon, Friggawalked out of her chambers with several maids. She immediately noticed that something was wrong with the baby in Pepper's belly, even the Frigga of the timeline did not just look at the surface of things.
"Greetings, Queen!" x2
"Mother, this is my friend from Earth. His wife's child has been afflicted by Dormammu's dark curse. Do you have any solutions?" Tony and Pepper slowly bowed to Friggaafter seeing her, but found that they couldn't bend down at all...
Chapter 230 Tony Searches for Carl
The two looked up in Frigga's direction, only to see her smiling at them.
Upon seeing this, Thor introduced the two to Frigga, and also explained that Pepper's unborn child had been cursed by Dormammu.
Tony and Pepper both looked at Frigga, hoping for good news.
"I can see that there's a lot of Dark Energy in her belly.
Let's go to the medical room first.
I'm not sure if I can remove this curse with my current strength; it depends on how strong the curse remains after the Dark Energy inside is dispelled," Frigga said to the group after hearing Thor's words.
Tony and Pepper were not disappointed upon hearing this; instead, they followed Frigga to the medical room, arriving shortly.
Frigga had Pepper lie on the healing bed in the medical room, then asked Tony and Thor to leave, and immediately began examining Pepper.
She even mobilized her own magic to cast a spell to expel the Dark Energy from Pepper's body.
As Frigga cast her spell, black energy soon began to emerge from Pepper's belly.
Soon, all the energy in Pepper's belly was expelled, and Frigga couldn't help but be surprised when she saw the scene inside Pepper's belly.
"Alas, my strength is not enough to clear this curse, but I can reduce some of its power.
There is another person who can clear this curse; his name is Karl, and he is also from your Midgard.
I don't know if you know him.
His strength is enough to clear the curse inside, but I'm not sure where he is right now," Frigga sighed after leading Pepper out of the medical room, then said to Tonyand Pepper.
"At the same time, I also need to go and look through your father's old collection of books.
Perhaps there's some purification spell in there that can remove the curse on the child in her belly!"
Before anyone could respond, Frigga spoke again to the group, then left with several maids, heading directly to the former Odin's Vault.
As the Queen, she could naturally enter and exit the vault as she pleased, not to mention that the current King of Asgard was her son.
"Alas, I'm so sorry, Tony, I didn't expect even my mother to find it tricky.
I will have Heimdall observe Karl's whereabouts in the universe.
Once I get news, I will go find Karl via the Bifrost Bridgeimmediately!"
Thor also sighed after hearing Frigga's words, apologizing to Tony, and then promising to help Tony search for Karl.
"It's alright, buddy.
Reducing its power is already great.
I haven't even thanked you for being willing to help me.
Pepper should stay in Asgard.
I hope you can help me find a few more people to look after her.
I want to go into the universe to search for Karl.
Please tell me Karl's last known location," Tony said, shaking his head after hearing Thor's words.
Afterward, he decided to go into the universe to search for Karl, while Pepper would remain in Asgard to receive treatment from the Queen.
"This... alas, alright.
I will find more maids to look after Pepper.
You go find Heimdall; he will tell you Karl's last known location.
Good luck.
If you want to return, just call out Heimdall loudly, and he will open the Bifrost Bridge to bring you back."
Thor had wanted to say something after hearing Tony's words, but seeing that Tony had already brought his armor, he said no more, only telling him that he would send more maids to look after Pepper, and that Tonycould return simply by calling out Heimdall.
Tony gave Pepper a final kiss, leaving under her tearful gaze.
She couldn't make a move to keep Tony; she understood Tony, and moreover, she wanted to save her child.
She could only watch Tony leave.
Tony's desire to save the child was no less than Pepper's, and furthermore, even if the child were removed, they didn't know if the curse would transfer to the adult.
So, no matter what, finding Karl was the better option.
Then Tony, wearing a vibranium armor with ten more armors accompanying him, arrived at the Bifrost Bridge.
Heimdall had also received Thor's command, nodded at Tony, and then activated the Bifrost Bridge.
As the Bifrost Bridge opened, Tony and his ten vibranium armors disappeared from the Bifrost Bridge.
At the same time, on the civilized planet where Karl last appeared, a seven-colored light beam descended from the sky, and Tony and his ten armors flew out from within.
Meanwhile, not far away, many strangely shaped flying objects were flying towards Tony's landing spot.
Tony didn't hesitate and flew directly towards them, and the ten armors also flew with Tony in that direction.
The two sides didn't immediately fight but instead faced off.
However, Tony couldn't understand what the other side was saying, which was a bit problematic.
Finally, Tony took out Karl's holographic projection, pointed it at the other side, and asked, regardless of whether they understood or not.
But after Tony took out Karl's holographic projection, the weapons on the opposing flying objects all retracted.
Then, they signaled Tony to follow them.
Tony was confused by their actions but still followed them in that direction...
Meanwhile, Karl was currently in the research lab of heavenly blade seven.
Yelena and Natasha were lying on the experimental beds in the lab.
Because the graviton element gene research was completed, Karl decided to inject it into the two of them.
At the same time, after this gene injection, they would also be able to survive in space, which was also the result of Yan's improvements.
He was also researching many other genes, all to allow Mei, Raven, Helen Zhao, and others to survive in space and enhance their strength.
Karl had no idea what was happening on Earth, nor did he know that Tony had come to the universe to find him.
Then, as the silver-white gene was injected into Yelenaand Natasha, their veins immediately swelled, and at the same time, they turned from blue to silver-white.
The two gritted their teeth and persevered.
Soon, both of their bodies were drenched in sweat, their fiery figures exposed to Karl and Yan's sight, which made Karl a bit awkward.
He had been with Phoenix and the others too much these days and was having trouble controlling himself.
Yan rolled her eyes at Karl when she saw this scene.
After about 30 minutes, Yelena and Natasha on the experimental beds let out a deep sigh of relief.
At the same time, their bodies were completely transparent now, as their clothes were all soaked.
The two didn't seem to care much; instead, they began to test their abilities.
Soon, they floated up from the experimental bed, using their abilities like curious babies...