Chapter 230 Marvel DC melee!
First, Superman, who was charging at the very front, was struck on the head by Captain Carter's vibranium shield!
Although this blow did not cause any harm to Superman, it made him instinctively pause for a moment.
Just then, Jarvis rushed up and crashed his Vibraniumbody into Superman's steel body!
The Superman of this Universe could fight Godzilla to a standstill, and was even beaten up, which indicates that he doesn't possess the invincible strength seen in the comics, but is more on the level of the movies.
Therefore, facing Jarvis's Vibranium body, although Superman had the upper hand in terms of strength, he couldn't take down Jarvis in a short time.
Howard, knowing he didn't have Jarvis's steel body and couldn't directly confront Supergirl, could only use his palm cannons and chest cannon to harass Supergirl from a distance.
Of course, if it were just that, with Supergirl's brute force, she could completely endure that small amount of damage and directly smash Howard's armor.
But Howard was no pushover either.
Earlier, after learning that the target of their capture was someone who could even beat Superman and Supergirl, he called for his space pod.
And now, the space pod had arrived overhead, perfectly suited to deal with Supergirl!
Whoosh—
A huge, slender metal blade descended from the sky, instantly smashing into Supergirl!
Although it wasn't enough to break her defense or pierce her, the immense impact force of the metal blade still knocked her to the ground!
However, this blade wasn't just a single one.
After the first blade knocked Supergirl down, several more blades continuously fell from the sky!
But these blades didn't land on Supergirl; instead, they impaled themselves around her!
Immediately, the internal mechanical structures of the blades activated, connecting with adjacent blades to form a steel cage, trapping Supergirl within it!
Howard, in the air, sneered, "Violent woman, I want to see if you Kryptonians are truly indestructible!"
As his words fell, the inside of the steel cage immediately flashed with intense blue light, erupting with powerful electricity!
Superman and Supergirl, the two major generals, were temporarily held back.
Green Lantern was materializing a huge object resembling a nuclear warhead, preparing to launch it at Steve!
A size 45 red foot kicked him in the face, sending him flying and simultaneously disintegrating the massive green warhead!
"Is that the big thing you were talking about? I don't think it's all that great. Looks like you're just all talk and no action!"
Little Spider landed on the ground, looking at Green Lantern, who had been kicked away by him, and couldn't help but mock him.
Clearly, he was still remembering Green Lantern's comment about his 'thing' being small!
Finally, Flash, who had started later, arrived first, reaching Steve before Hulk could!
He was also the only one from the Justice League who successfully broke through to Steve's side!
But our lovable Flash clearly forgot one thing: the mission his grandpa gave him was to assist Superman and Supergirl, playing support and interfering with the opponent.
Not to go solo against them!
By the time Batman wanted to stop him, it was too late. Flash, with a confident smile, threw a punch towards Steve's cheek!
Time seemed to slow down a thousandfold at this moment. With a bewildered expression, Flash watched as Steve turned his gaze to him, revealing a smile, his lips slowly moving:
"Hel~lo~ Bar~ry~"
"Wha~t~ the~ fu~ck~"
Amidst Flash's cry of surprise, Steve seamlessly sidestepped and extended his leg, causing Flash to trip over it and tumble out like a red top!
And in this roll, he unluckily rolled towards Hulk, getting swatted away by Hulk's palm and knocked unconscious!
Fortunately, Flash's physical strength was also extraordinary; otherwise, with Hulk's slap, it wouldn't have been as simple as just being knocked out!
Batman, who had been observing from a distance without moving forward, suddenly had a glint in his eyes.
Flight, super strength, super speed, steel body, ice breath, and the invisible force field defense from earlier when this guy took Supergirl's heat vision head-on!
That's right, this guy is another Kryptonian!
Good thing he still had some of his specialized weapon for dealing with Kryptonians!
Batman pressed the earpiece in his ear: "Alfred, bring the batmobile over, switch the ammunition to Kryptoniterounds, and fire at the target!"
"Understood, Master Wayne."
Meanwhile, Captain Carter, in the distance, after catching her vibranium shield that bounced back, also noticed Batman's actions.
As commanders of their respective sides, both had thoroughly investigated each other.
Captain Carter knew that Batman absolutely could not be allowed to fight a prepared battle!
It was like the popular saying: You can fight Batman, but you can never schedule a fight with him!
Therefore, Captain Carter turned again, throwing her vibranium shield fiercely towards Batman, who was still on the comms!
As the peak of humanity, Batman, although not possessing true bat-like ultrasonic hearing, his reaction speed was definitely superhuman!
Even Superman didn't react, or rather, simply didn't care about the flying shield attack, yet Batman actually reacted and dodged it with a flip!
And he even counterattacked with a Batarang, knocking down the flying shield that had bounced back from behind him again!
Clearly, Batman also knew Captain Carter very well!
This even surprised Steve a little.
Honestly, Carter's shield throwing was already masterful; even if the real Captain America were using it, it would probably be a fifty-fifty chance. He didn't expect Batman, as an ordinary human, to be able to react to that physics-defying flying shield!
As for Batman and Alfred's conversation just now, Steve's superhuman hearing naturally heard it clearly.
But he didn't care at all. Kryptonite, that's all. His abilities were similar to a superhuman, but he wasn't Superman. What was there to be afraid of?
Buzz buzz buzz—
Amidst a pleasant engine hum, a super cool batmobilesped from a distance!
Upon nearing firing range, a cannon barrel rose from the batmobile, aiming and firing a shot at Steve!
Bang!
Captain Carter, knowing that Batman never fought a battle he wasn't confident in winning, immediately shouted to Steve:
"Steve, don't take it head-on, dodge!"
However, Steve remained unmoving, casually catching the warhead!
Then, this missile did not explode as expected; instead, the area around the warhead cracked open, and dense green smoke billowed out from within!
Seeing this, Captain Carter exclaimed, "Oh no, it's Kryptonite dust!"
Batman, in the distance, breathed a sigh of relief: "Good, this Kryptonian is as foolish as the Clark siblings, always liking to take attacks head-on..."
But before he could celebrate for a few more seconds.
Batman saw that Steve, holding the warhead, showed no sign of pain at all; instead, he brought the constantly spewing Kryptonite smoke warhead closer to his nose and took a deep, seemingly enjoyable breath!
Hiss—
Batman couldn't help but gasp.
Seriously, dude, is this how you play?
Even if you're not Kryptonian, you shouldn't be inhaling it like that!
Aren't you afraid of lung infections?
"Could it be that the dosage isn't enough? Alfred, try firing all the Kryptonite warheads from the batmobile!"
Chapter 231: Full set of bat equipment limited edition!
However, just as Batman issued his next command, the batmobile hadn't even had a chance to fire.
Suddenly, Steve's figure flickered in the distance.
The next second, he appeared in front of the batmobile!
Steve reached out and touched the batmobile's cold, dark shell, his eyes full of admiration:
"Now this is a car a man should drive!"
"It's destined for me, it's mine!"
After muttering to himself, Steve directly put the batmobile into his personal space.
Batman:???
Where's my car! Where's my big batmobile?
Steve, who had taken the batmobile, still sighed unsatisfactorily:
"Alas, I was impulsive just now; why did I destroy the Batwing? I should have taken that too, sigh!"
Suddenly, Steve's eyes darted, and he appeared beside Batman, patting his shoulder:
"Hey, Bruce, do you have a spare Batwing? How about lending me one to play with?"
Batman's muscles instantly tensed, but after thinking for 0.5 seconds, he immediately relaxed again, turned his head to stare into Steve's eyes, and after a long while, slowly said:
"If you're willing to explain your origin to me, and why you abducted Sir Patrick Morgan, I can promise to give you a Batman limited edition set; you'll have everything you want."
Looking at Batman, who remained unfazed even when a mountain collapsed before him, Steve couldn't help but admire his strong psychological fortitude!
And for the sake of the one-to-one replica of the limited edition big figurine, Steve didn't mind spending a few more words on Little Bat:
"As for my origin, didn't you just hear my conversation with Howard?"
"I come from another Universe, a parallel Universe with some differences in its timeline and background compared to this Universe."
"As for the reason for abducting some broken knight, come on, I'll take you to see it with your own eyes, and you'll understand ~"
After speaking, Steve lifted Batman by his cape and flew up, flying in front of Carter, wrapping his other arm around her waist, and flying away together.
Batman looked at Captain Carter, who was embraced by Steve's other arm, and himself, who was being carried like a chick, and fell into silence for a moment.
Batman is angry.....
Steve glanced at the sulking Little Bat and leisurely said:
"Sorry, I never hug men, unless you're Batgirl ~"
Batman's face darkened: "There's no Batgirl in this Universe, only Catwoman...."
Steve's eyes lit up: "Oh, really? Then give me Catwoman's number ~"
Batman:....
"After you tell me everything, I'll give it to you along with the Batman limited edition set...."
Meanwhile, Catwoman, who was still robbing the rich to help the poor in Gotham, suddenly felt a chill all over, as if someone had stabbed her in the back!
In just a blink of an eye, Batman found himself transported to another region.
A chaotic region where even Super Heroes were unwilling to get involved.
The German military camp!
And at this moment, this place, which even metahumans avoided, was a scene of towering flames!
A man and a woman were fighting in the German military camp, while HYDRA's Tesseract tanks were indiscriminately bombing the battling man and woman!
Batman frowned: "Two more metahumans; one should be your female metahuman accomplice that the French Cabinet mentioned, then the other must be...."
Batman immediately had a bold guess in his mind.
Steve glanced at him and smiled faintly: "That's right, this is the Sir Morgan you're looking for; as you can see, he's not an ordinary person either."
"And you should have heard his name before, Ares, the God of War ~"
Batman's pupils suddenly contracted, and countless pieces of information combined in his mind, instantly deducing a conclusion!
"This guy is mingling among humans, influencing the war, trying to increase his power through it!"
Steve praised: "Tsk, as expected of the Dark Knight who keeps Gotham's criminals breathless; your thinking is sharp, completely correct!"
Captain Carter also reacted at this moment, leaning into Steve's arms, and laughed: "I knew it, even if you're not the Steve of our Universe, bearing the name of Steve, you definitely wouldn't be someone who does evil!"
"You're here with this female warrior to stop Ares's conspiracy, aren't you?"
Steve shook his head and said:
"It's not really about specifically stopping Ares's conspiracy; I just brought my new girlfriend, Diana, to find her family."
"Ares is Diana's half-brother; her father, Zeus, once left a prophecy on Paradise Island that Ares would destroy the World, and Diana is the key, so I just accompanied Dianato resolve this unstable factor."
Carter heard this, her eyes complex, and she said with some disappointment: "You already have such a wonderful girlfriend...."
Batman couldn't help but glance at Captain Carter: No, sister, out of all that information-packed statement he just made, you only heard the least important part about the new girlfriend, right?!
But Steve's next sentence made Batman widen his Batman eyes even more.
Steve nodded naturally, and even let out a proud hum:
"Mm-hmm, besides Diana, in my Universe, I have three other Super Girlfriends as wonderful as Diana ~"
Captain Carter:???
Batman:!!!
Batman, as a playboy, couldn't help but give Steve a thumbs up!
This guy plays even wilder than himself!
He's never dated four girlfriends at the same time, and they're all Super Women like that demigod on the ground!
Is this guy made of iron?
Captain Carter's smile was very forced now; after a moment of silence, she said again:
"Then....is one of them a parallel Universe version of me?"
"?" Batman.
Steve, however, shook his head again:
"I'm very sorry, Peggy, you're not among them. In my Universe, I fell into the North Pole glacier during an operation against HYDRA, and slept for seventy years. By the time I was awakened again, everything had changed. I had already missed my Peggy...."
Upon hearing this, Carter's smile completely disappeared, replaced by a look of disappointment.
In this Universe, she lost him, and in another Universe, he lost her. Were they destined not to be together?
Looking at Captain Carter, who was immersed in sadness, Steve said nothing more, but turned to Batman:
"Little Bat, do you have any more questions now?"
Batman shook his head: "No. I will explain your motives to the French Cabinet later, so they drop their pursuit of charges against you."
"As for the full Batman limited edition set I promised you, I need some time to prepare. How about you stay at the Justice League as a guest for a while?"
The abacus beads clattered so loudly that even CaptainCarter, deep in her sorrow, heard them.
She glared fiercely at Batman: "Stay at the Justice Leagueas a guest? I think you just don't trust Steve and want to keep him under your watchful eye, study his weaknesses, and formulate countermeasures!"
"Hmph, others might not know your tricks, but I know them very well!"
"Steve, ignore him, come back to the Avengers with me! I'll have Howard make you an identical set of that Batmanlimited edition!"
Batman, for once, also snorted coldly: "Stark's industrial garbage, how can it compare to the original? It would only be a mere facade!"
Chapter 232 A Desperate Future
Steve shook his head helplessly as the two were about to argue again.
Alas, his charm was truly growing.
Now, not only women fought over him, but even men did too.
Indeed, being too handsome was also a flaw~
To stop these two from arguing over him, Steve thought of a good idea.
"Bruce, Peggy, since both of you want me to visit, how about this: your Avengers and the Justice League simply merge?"
The two, who were glaring at each other, instantly froze.
Captain Carter was the first to shake her head: "That's impossible. Not to mention the incompatibility between some Avengers and Justice League members' personalities, the World Government wouldn't allow the two most powerful Super Hero organizations to merge…."
Batman also shook his head, saying, "Captain Carter is right. The Avengers and the Justice League maintain a balance right now. If one side goes out of control, there's another to counter it. We can maintain peace with ordinary people, and even have our own supporters."
"But once the Avengers and the Justice League merge, the World Government will surely not trust such a force capable of overthrowing the World regime. They will likely target us everywhere, forcing us to fall apart, and then deal with us one by one..."
Captain Carter and Batman, one as a former high-ranking Military official, the other as a wealthy individual at the peak of humanity, both knew the true nature of human high-ups.
Therefore, they could not agree with Steve's suggestion.
"You two seem to have misunderstood something…."
In response to their objections, Steve grinned, and said coldly:
"First, I'm not asking for your opinions; I'm informing you. From today onwards, the Avengers and the Justice League must merge, and the new organization formed will be decided by me. I will teach you what a true Super Hero organization is!"
"Second, being afraid of being targeted everywhere is even more of a joke. In my World, no one has ever dared to target my forces. I'm the only one who targets others. Ultimately, it's because you've been too lenient with those people!"
Hearing Steve's extremely domineering words, Batmanfrowned: "You wouldn't want to implement violent rule, would you?"
Captain Carter immediately advised: "Steve, I believe you have this ability, but I also believe you wouldn't be that kind of person. Doing so would only trigger a war between metahumans and ordinary people. Both humans and metahumans would suffer heavy casualties, and one side might even be completely annihilated!"
"One side will be completely annihilated?" Steve scoffed: "Heh, if your World cannot unite, it won't be one side annihilated, but both sides together!"
With that, Steve used the Mind Stone to transmit two images into their minds.
One was the scene of Thanos gathering the Infinity Stones, snapping his fingers, and all life in the Universeturning to dust!
One was Darkseid arriving on Earth, Super Heroes either dying in battle or being controlled by the Anti-Life Equation to become puppets, Earth becoming a wasteland, and all surviving humans enslaved and transformed into terrifying Parademons!
These two images were not Steve just randomly making things up; they were probable fragments he extracted from this Universe's timeline.
Moreover, perhaps because this Universe's Earth had both the Avengers and the Justice League, this Universe's Thanos and Darkseid were even more ruthless!
One could say they were bent on total annihilation, leaving no one behind!
When the two came to their senses, they both looked shaken.
Steve said indifferently:
"See? If you don't unite, this will be Earth's ultimate fate."
"Do you wish to turn to dust, or be enslaved as monsters?"
"I won't force you. I'm giving you freedom. Choose~"
Choose?
Captain Carter and Batman exchanged glances, both reading the same meaning in each other's eyes.
They didn't want to choose either!
Batman looked at Steve and said in a deep voice: "We have no other choice, do we?"
Steve had a faint smile on his face: "Your Universe, even among the infinite multiverses, can be considered a top-ranked Chaos Universe. And in such a Chaos Universelike yours, crises are naturally more numerous than usual. To be honest, with your current strength, if you don't unite, even if these two futures don't happen, your Earthwill still have over ten million ways to be destroyed~"
Before the two could question him, a brilliant green gem appeared before them.
And above the gem, their Earth's various ways of dying were projected….
Like being pierced by the sword of a Fire giant!
Like being dragged into the Dark Dimension by Dormammu!
Like being swallowed whole by a purple Galactus-like monster!
And so on and so forth…..
Captain Carter looked at the gem in front of her and murmured, "This is Kamar-Taj's Time Stone. This is really the future…."
There was a Kamar-Taj sorcerer among the Avengers, so Captain Carter naturally knew about the Time Stone and that it could show future possibilities.
And Batman had also learned about the Infinity Stones, knowing this was real. After a moment of thought, he suddenly asked Steve a puzzling question:
"Are you a pure human?"
Steve raised an eyebrow: "Of course. No matter which Universe, from any perspective, I am a pure human, inside and out."
Batman nodded, then said indifferently: "Then I support your decision."
Batman's immediate support surprised Captain Carter, who couldn't help but look at Batman and ask:
"What? You just agreed like that? Is this still the cautious and suspicious Dark Knight? Have you changed?"
Batman glanced at Captain Carter indifferently and said calmly: "He is human, and we have no other choice, do we?"
In his opinion, compared to these despairing futures, even if this World were violently ruled by Steve, it was not unacceptable.
At least the other party was still human and wouldn't truly annihilate life on Earth.
But those future monsters were another story. In the future shown on the Time Stone, being enslaved into thoughtless puppets was already considered a relatively good outcome for humanity; most futures didn't even have a single survivor!
Therefore, after calculation, Batman concluded that submitting to Steve was the best choice!
Hearing this, Captain Carter also fell silent.
After a long while, she also nodded in reluctant agreement.
"Alright, we will try to merge the two alliances and communicate with the human high-ups to try and get them to support our decision…."
Looking at the serious-faced Carter, Steve shook his head: "No, Peggy, you still don't understand. Communication cannot solve problems. There is only one way to solve problems…."
Saying that, Steve and the two flashed, appearing on a Tesseract-powered tank. He grabbed the head of Red Skull, who was standing on it giving orders, and continued:
"That is to eliminate the people who cause the problems!"
Bang—
A watermelon exploded!
As Red Skull's headless body fell to the ground, the surrounding HYDRA army, seeing their leader killed, immediately opened fire on Steve!
However, how could the power drawn from the Tesseractpossibly harm him, who possessed the Space Stone.
Chapter 233: Surrender of Ares
As these energies approached him, they automatically dissipated upon sensing the power of the Space Stone.
Steve's eyes glowed red, and a World-ending red light swept across the HYDRA forces in front of him!
Amidst the flames and screams of terror, the entire battlefield quieted down with the explosions of energy tanks.
Except for Diana and Ares, who were still fighting each other.
After annihilating all the HYDRA in the military camp, Steve brushed off his clothes and said calmly:
"See, Peggy, as long as we deal with those who wish us harm, naturally no one else will wish us harm."
Although Steve was currently only killing HYDRA, the meaning behind his words clearly extended beyond HYDRA, so Captain Carter said with a complex expression:
"What if all ordinary people want to harm us?"
Steve looked at her indifferently, his meaning already clear.
Captain Carter's heart sank.
Batman remained silent; he had already guessed this outcome.
But the next moment, Steve smiled: "Haha, if they all don't like us, then we'll naturally leave."
"I will take the companions who are willing to leave this Universe to my two Universes."
"In those two Universes that I saved, they can start a better life; the people there won't be as ungrateful as those in this World."
"As for the people of this World, and the Super Heroes who want to stay in this World, then let them stay in this World and wait for death; it has nothing to do with me."
Looking at Steve's relaxed tone, Captain Carter and Batman's hearts sank even further.
Especially watching the Time Stone continuously project images of Earth's potential destruction!
Steve does not have much patience.
He had already said what needed to be said.
Now, how they choose is their own business.
Just as he said, this Universe has nothing to do with him.
If they strongly disagree, he doesn't care; at worst, he will take the entire Paradise Island, along with the people he favors, and those willing to follow him, to leave this Universe.
The lives of others don't matter ~
"Alright, this farce should end..."
Steve was quite satisfied watching Diana, who, as time went on, went from being suppressed to becoming evenly matched with Ares again.
It must be said that Diana's growth speed is truly fast.
In such a short time, she was already able to directly confront a weakened Ares.
Why say he was in a weakened state?
Because the German-French conflict was currently in a period of truce negotiations, the battlefield's amplification did not affect Ares as much, and he was far from his peak.
However, for Steve, unless the entire Universe started fighting, Ares was just a one-slap matter to him.
Steve's figure flickered, instantly appearing between Aresand Diana, who were swinging their axe and sword at each other!
For this person who seemed to appear out of thin air, the two gods, at full power, could not stop their attacks, and struck Steve's shoulders from left and right!
Clang clang — — — —
But their full-power strikes didn't even tear Steve's clothes, instead producing two crisp sounds like striking metal!
Steve extended a finger, gently pushing aside the Sword of Hephaestus in Diana's hand, which was said to be able to cut atoms, then turned his head towards the shocked Ares!
"Is this the axe that wounded Darkseid? It's truly disappointing....."
Steve shook his head in disappointment, gently blowing on the axe on his shoulder, and frost instantly covered the entire axe body!
Immediately, Steve flicked it gently, and the axe in Ares's hand, which was no weaker than the Sword of Hephaestus, instantly turned into a pile of shattered ice...
Diana swallowed, quietly hiding the Sword of Hephaestus behind her back.
Sword, sword, let's not look, Mama will protect you....
And Steve hovered half a meter off the ground, looking down at Ares, his eyes glowing crimson:
"Surrender or die, choose."
Ares's breathing quickened; the opponent could destroy his indestructible axe with a single breath, and he didn't want to test if the opponent could turn him to dust with a single glance!
But he was Ares, the God of War; the word'surrender' had never been in his dictionary. How could he lay down his dignity as a God of War and surrender!
Steve looked at Ares, who didn't want to get up but also didn't want to give up his dignity, and said calmly:
"Surrender to me, and you will be the Sun God's executioner, responsible for bringing justice and conquest for me. You will also have a chance to participate in the next Multiverse war."
"What?!" Ares's eyes instantly widened!
Multiverse war!
Such a good thing!
Snap!
Very quickly!
Ares immediately knelt before Steve!
"If you, sir, do not abandon me, Ares is willing to be adopted as your son!"
Oh, as expected of a god, he can even use ancient Chinese!
Looking at Ares, who changed his expression so quickly, Steve couldn't help but smile.
People like Ares, who only care about benefits, are actually easier to subdue than the Super Heroes of the Avengers and the Justice League.
As long as there are sufficient benefits, they will immediately kneel before you.
However, this benefit is mutual.
He brings Ares the war he most desires.
And Ares, in turn, expands his territory.
Hmm, thinking about it this way.
How come he and Ares have a sense of déjà vu, like Darkseid and Steppenwolf...
At this moment, the ten members of the Avengers and the Justice League also walked over, each with a very complex expression.
It seemed that Batman and Captain Carter had already told the other Super Heroes about those possible futures.
Regarding Steve's words, the attitudes of the ten people were also polarized.
Batman, Howard, Supergirl, Hulk, and Jarvis, five of them, agreed with Steve's iron-blooded policy, attempting to merge the two leagues and eliminate those who secretly fanned the flames through the internet, to unite this World!
Captain Carter, Spider-Man, Superman, Green Lantern, and Flash, on the other hand, felt this was inappropriate, because it would inevitably lead to a large number of bloodshed incidents, even affecting all innocent people, and they were unwilling to see any innocent person die because of it.
Steve gave a meaningful glance to Batman, who stood on his side, a smile playing on his lips.
As the Dark Knight who guards the night, would he truly stand with a chaotic neutral person like him?
Little Bat, Little Bat, are you planning to infiltrate the enemy's ranks?
But it doesn't matter, whether you want to infiltrate me or not, you'll soon be on the same boat as me.
Steve looked at the arguing sides, clapped his hands, and said leisurely:
"Since you are tied, then as your new leader, I will cast the final vote!"
Everyone quieted down, all looking at him.
Steve's forehead revealed a yellow gem. Then he pressed a finger on it.
The next second, Steve reopened his eyes.
"Alright, now you don't have to argue. Now, in this World, no one has any objections to Super Heroes, and no innocent people will bleed because of it ~"
Chapter 234 Dachao was speechless
"Is this the Mind Stone?"
Howard was the first to recognize the yellow gem on Steve's forehead.
When Thanos's envoy invaded Earth, he used the Mind Stone to pierce Jarvis's chest when he was still human!
In order to keep Jarvis, his butler and best friend, alive, he had no choice but to remove Jarvis's brain, then install it into the Vibranium body he had built at great expense, and attach the Mind Stone, which he had taken from the Mind Stone, allowing Jarvis to retain his self-awareness and live on in another form!
And over the years, Jarvis had already developed some abilities of the Mind Stone.
So Howard couldn't help but quietly ask Jarvis beside him, "Jarvis, what did he just do?"
Jarvis's brain was also a bit frozen at this moment, and the Mind Stone on his forehead seemed a bit dim, as he stammered, "I... I don't know, this feeling is very strange, I've never encountered it before, it's like my Mind Stone... it... met its King, it's afraid of the Mind Stone on Mr. Rogers's head..."
"What the hell?" Howard said, his face full of disbelief.
Even if it was also a Mind Stone, it shouldn't make another Mind Stone feel fear, right?
Steve looked at Howard and smiled, "Don't make it difficult for Jarvis, Howard, if you really want to know, why don't you just ask me directly? Your son Tony is never so polite to me~"
Hearing about his son, Howard immediately perked up again and savored it carefully:
"Oh, so my son is named Tony. I have to say, I think this name is pretty good, simple and easy to remember. I guess I must have chosen it, because my wife planned to name our future son 'Amonzer', but Tony sounds much better~"
Captain Carter saw that everyone around was waiting for Steve to explain, but Howard actually changed the subject, so she couldn't help but cover her forehead and sigh:
"Howard, now is not the time to talk about your future son. Get to the point..."
Howard looked at the eyes around him, all glaring at him in dissatisfaction, and smiled awkwardly, "Alright, Steve, for the sake of another Universe where my son and I are your friends, can you explain it to us?"
Steve showed a faint smile and replied:
"Of course, don't you want a peaceful solution that is both unifying and bloodless?"
"I have now achieved it for you. I used the Mind Stone to change the minds of all human high-level officials who disliked or would oppose the Super Hero merger. As much as they hated you before, they will now be just as fanatically fond of you. From now on, they will obey you implicitly, center their interests around yours, and support you unconditionally!"
"How about it? Do you like it? Are you surprised?"
Superman frowned upon hearing this, stood out, and said with dissatisfaction, "But if you do that, wouldn't it be equivalent to enslaving their minds?"
"Can they still be themselves? Can they still be complete people?"
"What you did is morally wrong!"
Listening to Superman's righteous words, Steve couldn't help but chuckle, his face full of mockery: "Morality? Big boy, don't make your Captain laugh. What do you think we are doing now, playing house?"
"We are now reforming the World's view of Super Heroes. If you still cling to such naive and simple old farmer thinking, I advise you to go back to your Kansas farm!"
"Then wait for those human high-level officials to become dissatisfied with you someday, incite those freedom-minded mobs you want, go to your adoptive parents' farm, tie them both to that damned scarecrow, shout that they are devils who adopted aliens, and then burn them alive!"
"At that time, you can cry and tell them that you did it all for their good, begging them to use less firewood when they burn your parents!"
"Is this the free thinking you want, Clark Kent!"
Steve's fingers kept tapping on the S on Superman's chest, which represented hope, and his words were piercing and unforgettable!
Just thinking about that scene made Superman feel unable to breathe, and his face turned pale!
Steve saw Superman speechless from the rebuttal, sneered, and looked around at everyone: "Heh, not just him, all of you are the same. Do you want yourselves and your families to be tied up and burned like a Witchbecause of your uniqueness?"
"You, Barry Allen, do you want your wrongly imprisoned old man to be stabbed to death in prison because your identity is exposed? Or do you want me to change those high-level officials' minds and have him released with a clean record?"
"You, Ben Parker, do you want your wife Mei, because your identity is exposed, to be targeted by countless Super Villains, living in fear every day, until one day you save a stranger you don't know, and return home to see her cold corpse! Or can you go home happily every day with the full cooperation, and even commendation, of official departments?"
"And you, you, you, you... Tell me, would you rather live in a perfect World where everything goes your way and deceit no longer exists, or a shitty World where thoughts are free, and human high-level officials can take your and your family's lives at any time!"
"Answer me! Look in my eyes!"
Steve's words were deafening, making the few people who had originally opposed his enslavement of people's minds fall silent.
Batman looked at the pale Superman, sighed silently, stood up, and asked Steve, "Steve, can I ask one more question?"
Steve nodded plainly at him.
"You should have the ability to enslave the minds of everyone in the World, right? But why did you only enslave the portion of human high-level officials who disliked us?"
Batman asked Steve, but his gaze was still on Superman.
Steve naturally knew that this answer was not for Batman, but for Superman, and slowly said:
"Because what I want has never been domination, but peace, and unity. And the biggest obstacle on the path to unity between humans and superhumans has never been those Super Villains, but those in power who incite people's hearts for their own interests."
"Without their obstruction, humans and superhumans will progress together, and the World will become even better."
"You are unwilling to be the villain, unwilling to bear that responsibility, then I will!"
"I only have one request, if you don't do it, then don't bitch!"
"Either stand behind me and enjoy the privileges I bring you, or go home and continue to be your free ordinary person!"
"Now, choose!"
One, two... five. The five people who had just opposed him did not speak, but silently stood in the team that supported him.
After no one opposed Steve's decision, and with the human high-level officials who opposed superhumans under Steve's control, the merger between the two alliances was completed very smoothly.
Without the instigation of human high-level officials, most ordinary people actually had no resistance to the merger of the two powerful alliances, and were even quite excited.
This was simply a real-life epic crossover!
And the merged Avengers and Justice League were renamed 'Hero Alliance', as the name suggests, an alliance composed entirely of Super Heroes!
After the merger, the Hero Alliance also introduced a new Super Hero leader.
'World Captain' Steve Rogers!
The people of Earth must have been puzzled by this World Captain who appeared out of nowhere.
Who the hell is this guy, and why can he be the leader of the merged Hero Alliance?
Chapter 235: The League of Legends is established and returns to the original universe
Especially the fans of both alliances, who were originally arguing endlessly about which Super Hero would be the leader after the two alliances merged.
Now that the result was out, it was someone no one recognized, which unprecedentedly united the fans of both sides, all shouting about a rigged outcome!
But this voice didn't last too long.
A month later, just as the Hero Alliance's establishment stabilized, a three-headed destructive Dragon broke out of the ice in the Antarctic!
This three-headed Dragon was incredibly powerful; not only was its own strength immense, but it could also emit a golden gravitational lightning, with astonishing destructive power!
This beast was later identified by the Hero Alliance as the ancient alien creature 'Ghidorah'!
Then Godzilla, who had been missing for two months, also appeared, and the two met again in the unfortunate Metropolis, which left Superman, who was stationed there, numb.
Superman wanted to call for backup, but for some reason, giant monsters began appearing all over the World!
For example, a giant lava bird crawled out of a volcano; it merely spread its wings and flew over, causing heavy casualties in a small city below, and continued flying towards Metropolis!
Codename: 'Rodan'.
In the jungle on the border of U.S., a colorful giant moth broke out of its cocoon, radiating a sacred light, and also flew towards Metropolis, where Godzilla and Ghidorah were battling!
Codename: 'Mothra'.
And in the mountains, a traveler climbing discovered that the mountain beneath their feet actually moved, only to realize that this mountain was alive—it was a giant monster!
Underground in a city, a six-legged giant spider with Cthulhu-like tentacles emerged!
An Earth-shattering prehistoric mammoth charged from the sea, sweeping through coastal cities!
And so on, more than twenty different types of terrifying giant beasts!
At this point, the merged Hero Alliance came into play.
Because of unified management, they could quickly dispatch the most suitable Super Heroes to deal with the corresponding giant beasts, thus avoiding the situation during the two alliance periods where both alliances sent people to one target location, wasting human resources.
And the most intense giant beast battlefield was undoubtedly Metropolis, where Godzilla, Ghidorah, Rodan, Mothra, and Superman were in a chaotic battle; the supporter was the leader of the Hero Alliance, World Captain, Steve Rogers!
This battle also silenced any opposition to him from people all over the World!
Superman, the strongest Super Hero in the original World, could only barely protect most of Metropolis's citizens amidst the chaotic battle of the four giant beasts, completely powerless to stop their slaughter!
But after World Captain arrived, he immediately tore apart the great Fire bird, Rodan, the traitor, whose two burning barbecue wings were literally ripped off by him!
Ghidorah, whose destructive power was the most astonishing, fared no better; two of his heads were cut off by heat vision, leaving only the dumbest one, Kevin, who surrendered on the spot!
Godzilla, that handsome fellow, had his atomic breath instantly frozen into a long, thick blue ice pillar by World Captain's breath, and then, amidst the gasps of the Worldaudience watching the live broadcast, World Captainused this ice pillar to give Godzilla's open mouth a deep-throat experience, returning the favor!
Finally, more than twenty monsters all arrived in Metropolis and expressed their submission to World Captain, who stood on Mothra's back!
This battle directly made Steve a deity on this Earth, transforming him from the most controversial alliance leader to the undisputed strongest World Captain!
Under the hype of human high-level organizations' marketing accounts, his popularity even surpassed Superman's accumulated popularity of over ten years!
Indeed, no matter in which World, only with great power and authority can one win people's hearts!
These two things are indispensable!
Steve did not directly kill the twenty-odd Titan beasts, including Ghidorah; he brainwashed them with the Mind Stone and kept them.
Among them, the giant mountain-shaped Titan named 'Methuselah' was conscripted as the Hero Alliance's mobile living Base, and Iron Man Howard and BatmanBruce jointly transformed it into a steel fortress!
And the traitor, Rodan, after his wings were restored by Steve using the Time Stone, became the Hero Alliance's living fighter jet, responsible for guarding the aerial safety of the Alliance Base!
As for the other monsters, Steve stored them in his personal spatial dimension.
He planned to place two in each of his territories in his other two Universes, to serve as guardian stone lions; not to mention their strength, their presence alone would greatly enhance the prestige.
And after wandering outside for so long, Steve was also ready to return to his own Universe.
Therefore, after finishing his friendly match with Supergirlthat day, Steve pulled up his pants and left.
Don't ask what happened with Supergirl.
If you ask, it's that Steve treated Supergirl to a few barrels of Asgard's special brew, and Supergirl, that drunkard, actively approached Steve~
Cough cough~
After another multi-dimensional portal was opened at the Giant Beast Base, Steve returned to his 6666 Universe.
However, at this moment, the Avengers' aerial Baseseemed a bit deserted.
It wasn't until he arrived at the Avengers Headquarters' front desk that he saw Deadpool sitting at the front desk, dozing off.
Thump thump thump—
Steve knocked on the table, which woke up Deadpool, whose drool was flowing out of his mask.
"Wade, where are the others? Why are you the only one?"
Deadpool sleepily wiped his drool, and it took him several glances through his eye-crust-stained mask to realize it was Steve.
"Oh, Boss, you finally decided to come back from the DC set next door, huh?"
"By the way, did you see the me who took on Green Lantern? Did you take off his head for me?"
Steve's eye twitched: "I opened a portal to that Universe; if you want to take off the green head of another version of yourself, go do it yourself... "
"Now tell me, where are the others?"
Deadpool patted his head: "Oh, them... "
"While you were sleeping soundly in other Universes, embracing other women, one of your wives in this Universe lost control, and now your other wife has taken the other Avengers to support her, and they haven't returned yet... "
Steve frowned: "Lost control? Who is it, Wanda, or Hela?"
Sharon's abilities were Captain Marvel's abilities given by him, very stable, impossible to lose control.
So it could only be Wanda's Chaos Magic, or Hela, the Goddess of Death, who was inherently more insane.
Deadpool tapped a few times on the front desk, and a virtual projection appeared between them:
"Here, see for yourself, the Avengers' recorder is still live-streaming the whole thing~"
The screen showed a small town.
Wanda, clad in scarlet robes and wearing a crown, was suspended in mid-air like a deity amidst a red glow, and in her left and right hands, she held a woman in a purple Witch robe and an ominous dark red magic book, respectively.
Chapter 236: The older girlfriend and the younger girlfriend fought?
"Agatha, darkhold....."
Looking at the person and the book in Wanda's left and right hands, Steve frowned.
He knew that the darkhold was in Agatha's hands.
But he didn't expect that even with his own existence in this Universe, Agatha would still dare to target Wanda?
Who gave her such courage?
Death?
Steve's eyes turned cold, and he turned and disappeared.
Deadpool propped his chin, complaining weakly: "These Super Heroes are just rude, they always leave without a word, without even saying hello~"
Westview.
At this moment, Wanda in the sky and the Avengers on the ground were in a standoff.
Four Avengers members came this time: Tony, Sharon, Bucky, and Pietro.
The other Avengers were either on other missions, not suited for this mission, or simply not on Earth.
For example, Hulk was not suitable for this mission to stop the out-of-control Wanda; they didn't want Hulk to be controlled as well if he came, causing more trouble for them....
Another example is Thor; he was recalled to Asgard by Hela some time ago, supposedly to fight the Fire Giants in Muspelheim....
However, even though only four people came this time, Tony initially felt it was a bit overkill.
Logically, any two of them should be able to easily take down Wanda.
After all, although Wanda's potential was among the top in all Avengers.
But it was only potential; in reality, Wanda, who had not awakened her abilities for long, was not that strong yet.
But just now, the four Avengers tried to take down the out-of-control Wanda together, and they actually failed!
For some reason, Wanda was astonishingly powerful at this moment!
Even Sharon, the strongest of the four, didn't gain an advantage in her first encounter with Wanda, and even fell into a disadvantage!
So Tony naturally felt that something was wrong, telling the others not to act rashly, while he asked Jarvis:
"Jarvis, have you analyzed Wanda's state, and who the person and the book in her hand are?"
[Sir, Maximoff's energy index has undergone a qualitative leap compared to before; I cannot detect her specific situation...]
[And according to the World database information, I found the identity of that woman, but it's very strange, she seems to have existed for a very long time, traceable back hundreds of years, and after analysis, she is very likely the legendary traitor among Witches, 'AgathaHarkness'.]
Tony twitched his mouth: "Oh, another Witch, and an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years. Why don't I feel strange at all...."
As far as he knew, Kamar-Taj had at least one bald Witchwho had lived for hundreds of years!
Ancient One: It's a Mystic Arts Master!
[As for the book in Miss Maximoff's hand, I also found relevant information from Kamar-Taj's database. Its name is 'darkhold', and it records various powerful dark magicthat will entice those who crave power to seek and use it, corrupting their spirit until their soul is completely controlled by it!]
Hearing the information broadcast by Jarvis, Tony's pupils dilated, and he immediately synchronized this news with the others.
"We can't let Wanda continue to use this book; it will affect Wanda's consciousness and eventually corrupt her spirit. We must destroy that book!"
Hearing Tony's words, the others were also invigorated!
Especially Pietro, who was full of anxiety!
This was his only sister!
Next was Bucky, whose expression also became solemn.
This was his brother's wife; nothing could happen to her!
Finally, Sharon grinned.
Yes! Yes! I can't let my good sister fall!
So let me, big sister, beat some sense into you for Steve!
Sharon no longer held back, her eyes lit up with golden light, and dazzling colorful light rose from her body!
Binary Mode!
And this was infused with the Infinite Power from the Space Stone, which made Sharon's Binary Mode power far exceed Carol's from before!
Whoosh ——————
Under Binary Mode, Sharon's stats in all aspects increased exponentially; everyone present, including Wanda, couldn't even see her movement trajectory!
Sharon appeared behind Wanda as if teleporting, raising her leg high and mercilessly chopping down towards Wanda's head!
This kick had a bit of personal grudge!
Bang ———
With a loud bang, Wanda was instantly smashed into the concrete ground below by Sharon's powerful kick, raising a cloud of dust!
This startled Pietro, who was about to go forward to check on his sister's condition.
But he was stopped by Tony with one hand.
"Wait, Pietro, something's wrong. My display shows a more violent energy gathering on the ground. Wanda is fine, she's also about to unleash her inner power, not good!"
Saying that, Tony suddenly gathered a huge Vibraniumshield in his hand, blocking it in front of himself and Pietro!
And Bucky's reaction was not slow either; the Symbioteon his hand surged, erecting a monstrous shield in front of him, even larger than Tony's Vibranium shield!
The next moment, the ground exploded like a nuclear bomb!
Crimson energy erupted outwards in a circle, pulverizing all surrounding buildings in the red light!!
Until more than half of Westview was reduced to nothing!!
Fortunately, Sharon had arranged for S.H.I.E.L.D.personnel to evacuate the residents of Westview in advance, otherwise they would have to release fake news about a gas explosion to whitewash Wanda!
After the aftermath dissipated, Tony looked at the scorched marks on the Vibranium shield with lingering fear.
What kind of energy level was this, it almost destroyed his Vibranium shield!
The last time Tony saw someone who could destroy Vibranium was that pervert Steve!
Speaking of which, where did that bastard Steve run off to fool around in some Universe? It's been two months, and he's still not back!
Here, because Tony reacted in time, he and Pietro were fine.
On the other side, Bucky, although the Symbiote shield's defense was not as good as the Vibranium shield, he also endured it due to the Symbiote's powerful regeneration ability.
And on the other side, the two women were facing off again!
Although the out-of-control Wanda didn't react to Sharon's kick earlier, her Chaos Magic did.
It automatically protected its master, forming a circular, all-directional scarlet energy shield around Wanda, blocking that fatal blow!
Wanda's eyes were crimson, and she looked up at Sharon, who was looking down at her from above, frowning, a hint of displeasure flashing in her eyes!
Although her consciousness was very chaotic now, her subconscious told her that she really didn't like this woman, and even less her condescending appearance!
Wanda casually threw the unconscious Agatha in her hand to the ground, flipping through the darkhold, and strange red runes floated out from it, shooting towards Sharon in the sky one after another!
Sharon was naturally fearless and casually dispelled the first rune that flew over!
But immediately she felt something was wrong; after the red rune was dispelled by her, it actually clung to her fist like a maggot, constantly corroding the photon energy on her body surface!
Chapter 237 Dark creatures invade, King Ghidorah shows his power!
It wasn't until she clenched her fist and increased the output of photon energy from it that she managed to grind away the red Tarsal bonesenergy!
However, Sharon no longer dared to directly confront the several talismans that flew at her next!
Although her energy originated from the Infinity Stones, it didn't mean her energy was infinite; if she kept corroding, her blue bar would probably be depleted very quickly!
Therefore, Sharon continuously dodged the incoming talismans with quick flashes!
But the talismans seemed to have a tracking effect, relentlessly pursuing her!
"The Witch's abilities are truly troublesome!"
Sharon frowned and rushed towards Wanda, who was casting spells:
"Since that's the case, I'll deal with you, the source, first!"
But unexpectedly, facing Sharon's angry charge, Wandanot only didn't dodge but instead looked up and revealed a triumphant smile to Sharon!
Sharon's pupils constricted: "Not good!"
The next second, tentacles like things emerged from the darkhold, coiling around the charging Sharon, trying desperately to drag her into the darkhold!
Sharon felt the extremely dangerous aura from the darkhold and immediately stopped, digging her feet firmly into the ground!
"You want to compare strength with this old lady? You want me to go in? How about you come out instead!"
The photon energy on Sharon's body grew brighter and brighter, and she actually grabbed the tentacles extending from the darkhold, pulling them out of the darkhold little by little!
Until she forcibly pulled out the owner of the tentacles, a one-eyed giant monster, entirely!
"Hmph! I thought it was some formidable creature, but it's just a sea monster!"
Sharon snorted coldly, soaring into the air, and with a Hulk smash, she swung the one-eyed monster's tentacles, slamming it hard into the ground left and right, until its entire eyeball burst and it became a puddle of mud!
"Wanda, my dear sister, you're truly making me a bit angry!"
"I believe Steve won't mind if I just break your hands that are casting spells; after all, the Avengers have plenty of ways to heal you again!"
Sharon was truly enraged; her hands lit up, and two destructive photon rays shot towards Wanda's hands!
Wanda extended one hand, and scarlet Chaos Magicsurged out like it was free, blocking Sharon's photon rays!
And Wanda still held the darkhold in one hand, chanting ancient and obscure incantations!
As she chanted, the darkhold stirred again, and more dark creatures surged out, each one more powerful than the one-eyed monster from before!
Sharon's eyes narrowed; no wonder she had felt an extremely dangerous sensation from the darkhold just now!
It turned out it wasn't coming from that big-eyed monster, but from this strange book, which connected to another World where dark creatures resided!
An incredibly dangerous World!
"Stark, stop these dark creatures! Don't let a single one escape, or we'll be in big trouble!"
Tony, who was already in the sky with his suit's weapons fully activated, rolled his eyes:
"Sister-in-law, what do you think I'm doing right now?"
The three of them reacted as soon as the dark creatures surged out, immediately formulating a strategy: Tonywould blockade the air, Pietro would blockade the ground, and Bucky would directly charge in!
The three of them were already suppressing the continuously emerging dark creatures from three directions!
But the speed at which the dark creatures emerged was too fast, and their individual strength was too great. The strongest among them, Sharon, was tied up by Wanda, so Tony and the others quickly couldn't hold on.
Tony, while firing at full power, cursed under his breath: "Damn Steve, your Witch wife is too prolific, isn't she? We don't have enough people to deliver them!"
Just as Tony was about to call for reinforcements, asking Asgard and the Avengers from another Universe to help, a massive dark cloud shimmering with golden lightning suddenly descended towards them from afar!
Roar—
Before the dark cloud arrived, the dragon's roar came first!
Then Tony was surprised to find that the dark creatures beneath his feet actually showed fear at this dragon's roar!
"Could it be Thor?"
Tony looked at the thundercloud and first thought of Thor, but then shook his head, dismissing his guess.
"No, Thor, that muscle-brained guy, shouldn't be that strong, and lightning should be blue and White. This golden lightning..."
"Jarvis, can you scan for anything in the thundercloud?"
"Sir, according to the satellite's lidar, there's a massive creature in the thundercloud. It seems to be forming the thundercloud, and its outline looks like a... giant dragon?"
As Jarvis's uncertain tone faded, six lantern-sized golden eyes lit up from the thundercloud that had already covered the sky over Westview, and then three hideous dragon heads emerged from the thundercloud!
Whoosh—
In Tony's shocked gaze, two huge wings flapped in the thundercloud!
The next moment, a hurricane struck, and all the dark creatures capable of flight around him were blown to the ground by the immense wind pressure!
Even Tony himself had to increase the output of his suit's thrusters to barely stabilize himself in the air!
And the dark clouds in the sky also dissipated in this hurricane, revealing the three-headed giant dragon in the sky, its massive body, hundreds of meters long when its wings were spread!
King Ghidorah surveyed the dark creatures below, a hint of disdain flashing in its eyes, and spread its massive wings, golden lightning flowing over them!
The next second, an overwhelming deluge of golden gravitational lightning fell from its wings, covering the entire Westview area!
One by one, the dark creatures, under this golden lightning, seemed to encounter their natural enemy, turning to ash upon contact!
And these bolts of lightning very cleverly avoided Tonyand the others.
As the dark creatures were almost annihilated, a voice came from the giant dragon in the sky: "My dear nephew, I think I just heard you secretly cursing me?"
Hearing this familiar voice, the people on the ground, including the irrational Wanda, all looked up at the sky simultaneously!
They then realized that on the middle head of the three-headed giant dragon, which was unleashing terrifying golden lightning, stood a person!
And that person was, of course, their familiar CaptainRoger!
Tony saw him and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, giving Steve on the giant dragon a middle finger:
"You're mistaken, my good uncle, I wasn't secretly cursing you; I was openly cursing you!"
"Motherfucker!"
At this moment, Pietro seemed to see hope and shouted to Steve:
"Big Brother, quickly save Wanda! She's being controlled by that book; it's corrupting Wanda's mind!"
"Don't worry, Pietro, Wanda will be fine."
Steve nodded to Pietro and instantly appeared beside Wanda, ignoring the Chaos Magic shield on her body and directly embracing her waist.
And the darkhold, which had just been continuously releasing dark creatures, seemed like a mouse encountering a cat, eager to close its pages itself!
But just as it was about to close, Steve extended two fingers, propping open the page that was about to close, then took the darkhold from Wanda's hand and gently opened it!
The power of the Multiverse Mind Stone probed within, and soon Steve found the source of these dark creatures.
A bizarre, Cthulhu-like parallel Universe twisted by dark power.
Everything within it had been taken over by Cthulhu's will, turning into disgusting dark creatures that were neither human nor ghost!
Chapter 238 "Death"
That Universe was filled only with omnipresent tentacles, wriggling mouthparts, decaying flesh, and indescribable distorted entities!
Forget living beings; even buildings, spaceships, and entire Planets had been infected, turning into indescribable, twisted, living masses of flesh!
This made Steve frown.
This was too damn disgusting!
The entire Universe had been contaminated into a single living entity, just like countless cells within a giant, unknown living being!
Just now, Steve had been ready to get the coordinates and show the other party what it meant to return the favor!
He wanted to give them a taste of their own medicine.
But now, Steve felt he should be cautious first.
He had a feeling that the things in there weren't as simple as he thought!
At least, he needed to get the remaining Soul and Power Infinity Stones from this Universe, promote them all to Multiversal level, and gather all six Multiversal Infinity Stones first!
At that time, with six Multiversal Infinity Stones on him, having gathered six types of rules, he would have no weaknesses to speak of!
By then, if they wanted to deal with him, unless they directly crushed him with raw power, no schemes or tricks would have any effect.
Although, even now, schemes and tricks already had little effect on him...
Since he wasn't planning to go to that twisted Cthulhu World for now, Steve released the darkhold, which he had been trying to close, allowing it to shut.
However, he didn't intend to return the darkhold to Wanda; instead, he directly put it into his personal space.
He couldn't trust his woman to keep such a dangerous and soul-corrupting item.
Lest it turn his Wanda into a yandere...
At this moment, Wanda, in Steve's embrace, gradually regained her consciousness.
Looking at the tall figure holding her, and smelling the familiar Sun-like scent on him, Wanda couldn't help but rub her face against Steve's chest, mumbling drowsily:
"Steve, you're back..."
Looking at Wanda, who was as drowsy as a kitten, Steveraised an eyebrow and touched Wanda's forehead with his finger.
The power of the Mind Stone immediately surged into her brain, thoroughly cleansing her mind of the will corrupted by the darkhold.
Then, Steve smiled and said:
"Wanda, this isn't our home. Are you sure you want to be like this? Why don't you open your eyes and see where we are~"
Hearing Steve's words, Wanda, who had sobered up due to the Mind Stone's power, quickly looked around and found that besides herself and Steve, there were actually a few other people present!
They were Sharon, who was also floating in the sky, staring at her with slightly sharp eyes, and Tony, who had a mischievous smile on his face.
And on the ground, there was her brother Pietro, watching her and Steve with an auntie-like smile, and Steve's good friend Bucky.
This made Wanda's face flush, feeling a wave of social Death!
It was over; her image was completely ruined!
How could she face the Avengers after this!
"Wanda, tell me, what exactly happened? How did you get the darkhold? Was it this Witch who found you, causing all of this?"
Steve asked softly, and with a casual wave, Agatha, who had awakened and secretly run far away, was directly pulled back by spatial power, held by Steve by the neck, suspended in mid-air.
This left Agatha stunned.
After she woke up, she fled non-stop, almost out of America, so how could she still be caught and brought back?
And what was more fatal was that she was entangled with strands of red energy, making her magic seem non-existent, completely unusable; she couldn't resist or escape at all!
What kind of ghost energy was this? It was even more bizarre than Chaos Magic!
Wanda looked at Agatha, and with her mind restored by the Mind Stone, she also recalled the entire process, scratching her face awkwardly:
"Uh, I remember now, Steve, it seems she didn't come looking for me, but rather I actively sought her out, or rather, the darkhold in her possession..."
Agatha quickly chimed in: "That's right, I don't even know her! She suddenly found me and demanded the darkholdfrom me! None of this concerns me; it's all her own fault!"
Hearing Agatha instantly throw all the blame on herself, Wanda, who hadn't intended to make things difficult for her, frowned!
I was kindly explaining for you, and you're so ungrateful!
Hmph!
Wanda puffed out her cheeks, pointed at Agatha, and complained to Steve: "Steve, although I actively sought her out, this fellow, after seeing my magic, tried to steal my Chaos Magic, which is why I fought with her in Westview, ultimately leading to the loss of control!"
Agatha:!!!
This bitch actually complained!
Agatha hastily tried to argue again: "No, no, no, please listen to me, it's not like that, I was because..."
Bang!!!
However, Steve merely glanced at Agatha indifferently, not listening to her excuses, and directly crushed Agatha's neck with a forceful squeeze of his five fingers!
He was here to back Wanda up, not to preside over justice. Who was right or wrong was not important to him.
Even if Wanda was wrong, with him here, Wanda was right!
As Agatha's headless corpse splattered onto the ground, a purple mist flew out from her body, fleeing into the distance.
This was the powerful soul of a Witch!
"Heh, do you think dying once is the end? Die again, soul!"
Steve sneered, and yellow Mind light flickered in his palm. Amidst Agatha's terrified screams, a giant golden-yellow palm slapped down at her from the air!
This palm carried the consciousness lock of the Mind Stone. Agatha, without a physical body, couldn't even dodge, only watching helplessly as the golden hand grew larger and larger before her eyes!
However, the feedback of a soul being shattered did not return; instead, a corrosive, ear-piercing sound came from the Mind palm!
Sizzle—
Steve frowned, focusing his gaze, and found that his palm had not landed on Agatha, but had been blocked by a woman in a dark green robe.
Steve retracted his Mind palm and looked at the Mind power being corroded on his palm, his eyes narrowing:
"This is the power of Death..."
And it was the power of Death that was immeasurably stronger than Hela's!
"You are..."
Steve looked up; the sky had darkened, and a flash of lightning illuminated the soft, enchanting emerald eyes beneath the hood of the green-robed woman opposite him, as well as the eerie, skeletal lower half of her face!
One half extreme beauty, one half extreme horror!
"Death!"
Steve's pupils contracted. He threw Wanda into Sharon's arms nearby, his eyes turning cold.
The Sun God Spear appeared in his right hand, and the four Multiversal Infinity Stones on his back glowed with brilliant light!
Steve pointed the Sun God Spear at Death: "Death, this Universe is my territory. I think you've come to the wrong place."
Chapter 239: A Deal with Death
Death removed her hood, and the skeletal lower half of her face had returned to normal, revealing a face that Steve found perfect in every way. She smiled faintly, "You are the anchor of this Universe, and the new Lord of Time has indeed given this Universe to you. But this woman's soul, no matter which Universe it's in, belongs to me, so I must take her away~"
"Besides, do you really have the heart to lay a hand on me?"
"This is your most perfect image, after all~"
With that last sentence, Death even blew him a very seductive kiss with the face that was utterly perfect in Steve's eyes ( * ￣ 3 ￣ )╭ ♡.
Hearing Death's words, Steve narrowed his eyes.
Indeed, Death's appearance changed according to the most beautiful image in each person's heart; it wasn't a fixed form.
No wonder no matter how he looked at Death, she seemed too perfect to be human.
Although she wasn't human to begin with...
But...
Who was Steve?
Just because you're pretty, I won't hit you?
What a joke!
Absolutely not!
No women in my heart, my spear is naturally God-like!
Death had just given Steve a charming wink, and the next moment, the Sun God Spear pierced through the eye she had winked with!
Pfft—
Piercing through Death's eye socket with one spear, Stevegripped the tail of the spear and twisted it, causing Death's entire head to explode!
"Hehe, what an impolite newcomer~"
Although Death had no head, her voice did not disappear; instead, it came from all directions.
And this voice seemed to possess a certain magic.
It made Sharon, who was holding Wanda in the sky, and Tony, feel dizzy and fall from the air!
Even Pietro and Bucky on the ground couldn't stand steadily and knelt down!
Steve sneered, clenched his fist, and the yellow light of the Mind Stone behind him illuminated the entire scene, instantly restoring everyone whose minds had been affected by Death.
"Death, do you think this kind of childish trick, controlling my people to deal with me, will work on me?"
Death's headless body dissipated into a wisp of dark green smoke, floating and winding around Steve, finally reforming into a graceful figure behind him, leaning on his shoulder....
Death's fingers lightly traced the contours of Steve's face. She leaned close to Steve's ear and said in a soft, bone-melting voice, "You are truly an unromantic man. I didn't intend to control them to deal with you. I just wanted to 'date' you alone~"
Steve was expressionless. He reached back and grabbed Death by the neck, pulling her from behind him, and said disdainfully, "Well, I'm sorry, but I don't want to be one of your simps. If you want to play house, go find that big purple guy instead."
Although Steve was choking her, Death showed no fear. Instead, she deliberately put on a pitiful expression, "Is that so? You've offered me quite a few souls in the past. I thought you were expressing your love for me. I was even ready to accept you. So it was all a misunderstanding on my part. That's truly heartbreaking~"
Steve threw the flirtatious Death away with a look of disgust, "For you? Don't be narcissistic. Those guys just sought Death themselves. If that made you misunderstand, then I don't mind annihilating them, souls and all, next time!"
Death:.....
"Even across the entire Multiverse and endless eons, you are the most unromantic man I've ever encountered, my dear Sun God~"
Death gave Steve a resentful look, then hooked her finger, and Agatha's soul appeared in her palm.
"My exasperating yet captivating Sun God, I don't want to fight you in this way, so how about we make a trade?"
Listening to Death, Steve slowly lowered the Sun God Spear in his hand.
Death didn't want to fight him.
He didn't really want to fight Death either.
Especially in his own Universe.
Death was not comparable to Arishem the Judge of the Celestials, who barely reached the Multiversal level, nor was she the perpetually weakened hungry being known as Galactus.
She was a true, veteran Multiversal entity.
If they fought, let alone preserving this Universe, Stevehimself couldn't guarantee he'd escape unscathed.
He would probably have to run to the end of time then, leading the 'devils' to Loki.
At that time, he'd hang the Infinity Stones around his neck and let Loki take the fall for him~
Steve was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "How do you want to trade?"
Death pointed to Wanda and Tony below:
"I know you haven't gathered all the power of this Universe's rules yet, so you can't revive the deceased without side effects."
"So, how about I exchange their parents' souls for the soul in my hand?"
Steve didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked down at Wanda, "Wanda, what do you think? Do you accept this as compensation for the harm Agatha caused you?"
Wanda, whose Chaos Magic had been restless ever since that mysterious woman appeared, only snapped back to reality when Steve called her name, looking bewildered.
"Ah, what?"
Sharon, who was embracing her, couldn't help but repeat Death's condition.
Upon hearing that her parents could be revived, Wanda's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
"I accept, I can accept!"
Tony and Bucky, who had been holding their breath on the other side, also let out a huge sigh of relief!
Although Tony had already gone to another Universe two months ago and seen his revived parents in that other Universe.
But that was just like Morgan, his daughter in another Universe; they were, after all, the parents of another Universe's Tony, not his own.
Now, hearing that his own parents could also return, he couldn't be more excited!
The same went for Bucky.
However, besides excitement, he also felt some nervousness!
After all, he had personally killed Howard and his wife back then. Now that he was about to see them again, he didn't know how to face them.
At this moment, it was Tony who patted Bucky's shoulder and comforted him:
"Bucky, don't blame yourself. That wasn't your fault. Believe me, since I can forgive you, my parents definitely can too. In fact, my father probably never blamed you!"
Bucky's eyes were filled with gratitude, "Tony....."
Seeing Wanda had no objection, Steve nodded to Death, "Alright, soul for soul, very reasonable..."
Death smiled with satisfaction upon hearing this and put away Agatha's soul from her palm.
But immediately, Steve spoke again,
"However..."
Steve stared at Death and said leisurely,
"Death, remember, you owe me a favor from now on."
Death:?
Looking at Death's puzzled expression, Steve said faintly,
"Soul for soul is indeed fair, but don't forget, you also said before that I sacrificed quite a few souls to you in the past, and even recently sacrificed an entire Universe's souls to you. These four souls at most count as a drop in the ocean compared to my countless souls, so I say you owe me a favor, isn't that too much?"
Death opened her mouth, but couldn't find words to refute.
Because it seemed that was indeed the case!
Finally, Death's lips curved upwards again, her green eyes flashed, and she said leisurely,
"Little one, I'm truly growing fonder of you, sister. I eagerly await your official step into that stage. By then, perhaps we can truly develop further~"
Chapter 240: Resurrection of the Family, Regrets End
With that, Death's figure slowly drifted away with the wind…
On the ground, however, four soul bodies were slowly coalescing.
Once fully formed, they were none other than the soul bodies of Tony and Wanda and Pietro's parents!
A red light flashed from the Reality Stone behind Steve, and four bodies identical to their soul bodies appeared before the four soul bodies, drawing them into the flesh!
The four opened their eyes in their new bodies, announcing their official resurrection, a resurrection without any cost!
Steve even slightly enhanced the physiques of the four, which had been somewhat aged and weakened due to their age; each person's physical strength was now several times that of an ordinary person, making them all Super Soldiers!
Seeing their parents, Wanda and Pietro could no longer control their tears, running towards them with tears streaming down their faces, and embracing them!
Tony also held back his tears, his eyes slightly red, as he walked towards his parents, opening his arms: "Merry Christmas, Dad, Mom, welcome home!"
Tony finally, after 22 years, spoke the words he hadn't said on Christmas Eve before parting with his parents.
He made up for the farewell that almost made him regret it for a lifetime.
Although Tony's parents, who had returned from Death's domain, hadn't yet figured out the current situation.
But looking at their son, who seemed to have aged 20 years, they still recognized Tony at first glance and embraced him!
Tony's mother, Maria, gently stroked the wrinkles at the corners of Tony's eyes, her face full of heartache: "My poor son, you must have suffered a lot alone in the years we were gone…"
Tony recalled the first half of his life: his parents' Death, living by drinking, his uncle's betrayal, encountering terrorist attacks—he had indeed suffered a lot.
But thinking about the latter half of his life since his good uncle Rogers appeared, everything had been smooth sailing, and he felt that life wasn't so bitter after all, and even seemed a bit enjoyable…
When encountering trouble, shout "Uncle!"
When encountering an unbeatable opponent, shout "Uncle!"
When encountering an unresolvable problem, just shout "Uncle!" and it's done!
Oh no, thinking about it this way, Tony felt like he was about to become an "Uncle's Boy"!
This made Tony awkwardly touch his goatee, unsure how to answer his mother…
Tony's father, Howard, patted Tony's shoulder, looked him up and down, and then praised:
"Not bad, though you haven't grown taller, your body is much stronger than before, and you've grown a beard. You're much handsomer than the last time I saw you, with some of my dashing style from my youth!"
Maria heard this and couldn't help but kick Howard:
"Our son must have suffered so much to bring us back, and you're not concerned? Instead of praising Tony, you're just thinking about your old playboy days. Luckily, our son didn't turn out like you!"
"Uh…"
Regarding his mother's last sentence, Tony was so embarrassed his toes curled, unsure whether to tell his mother that in terms of being a playboy, he was even more so than his father Howard…
Howard also awkwardly touched his beard, a movement identical to Tony's just now, but still stubbornly muttered under his breath:
"Saying Tony has my style from back then, isn't that the greatest compliment to Tony…?"
Maria, whose hearing was several times better, raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and glared at Howard: "Hmm? What did you just say?"
Howard quickly shook his head and gave Tony a thumbs-up: "I was saying, Tony's achievements today must far surpass mine back then. To bring us back, he must have gone through unimaginable difficulties. He truly is the son I'm proud of!"
"By the way, Tony, I remember that my mother and I were attacked on our way to deliver the Super Serum back to S.H.I.E.L.D. and died… Anyway, we died. How did you bring us back to life?"
"Uh, well…"
Tony rubbed his nose and pointed to the sky: "Actually, it wasn't me who resurrected you. I don't have that much power. It was your old friend, my good uncle, whom you always talked about, who resurrected you…"
Howard followed Tony's gaze to the sky and immediately widened his eyes: "St… Steve, you're alive too?!"
"And you can fly?!"
Steve, who had been hovering in the sky, silently watching so as not to disturb the moving reunion of the two families, slowly descended and smiled:
"Long time no see, Howard…"
"But I'm not 'alive again.' I didn't die after my plane crashed back then; I just spent 70 years as a sleeping beauty in the North Pole glacier. As you can see, after waking up, I gained new powers as a blessing in disguise~"
"Slept for 70 years…" Howard's mind worked quickly. Based on Steve's awakening time from the North Poleand his own Death date, he roughly knew what time period it was now.
He couldn't help but murmur: "So it's already more than twenty years later, right…?"
Steve shrugged: "Yes, it's indeed about twenty-something years since you last kicked the bucket~"
Howard heard this and suddenly looked at Steve with a conflicted expression, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Seeing this, Steve couldn't help but tease: "Howard, what's wrong? You have a constipated expression. Are you perhaps too embarrassed to ask for my autograph?"
Listening to Steve's teasing tone, Howard twitched his lips: "It seems that even Captain's personality has changed quite a bit in this new era…"
Steve laughed: "Keeping up with the times~"
Seeing that Steve's personality had become much more cheerful, Howard no longer hesitated. After glancing at Tony again, he leaned closer to Steve and whispered:
"Captain, I don't know if it's too late to tell you now, but the person who assassinated me back then was Bucky. He didn't die, and he seems to have been transformed into a killing machine by HYDRA. Perhaps we can still find a way to save him…"
However, the surprised and shocked expression Howardimagined on Steve's face did not appear; instead, Stevelooked at him with a strange expression.
Even Tony beside him looked at him with a complex expression.
This made Howard couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong? Why are you all looking at me like that?"
Tony leisurely said: "Because I never thought my dad would be so magnanimous. After coming back to life, he not only didn't blame the person who killed him but even thought about how to save them. I really underestimated you, my great dad~"