Ch: 426-430
Chapter 426: Kang, No, It's… Doctor Doom?
Earth 199999-F-2.
Leon stepped out of the portal, his feet at an altitude of ten thousand meters, appearing directly in the sky.
He used his super vision to penetrate the entire Earth.
In an instant, he locked onto a figure standing at the top of a pyramid in Egypt.
Pharaoh Kang overlooked the desert from there, like a king surveying his kingdom.
Leon intentionally only traveled through time, not directly in front of Pharaoh Kang.
As long as the opponent wasn't absurd enough to see the future,
Leon could use speed surpassing light to eliminate the opponent before Pharaoh Kang could react and counter.
Leon's figure vanished from the high altitude like a phantom.
He didn't use spatial abilities.
Instead, he used pure speed, traversing most of the Earth, instantly appearing behind Pharaoh Kang.
This Kang, dressed in ancient Egyptian pharaoh attire, was still overlooking the desert.
He might have been waiting for Thanos to bring back the latest news.
But all his schemes involving Thanos were irrelevant to Leon at this moment.
Leon enveloped himself in a Bio-field, appearing silently.
His movements were very fluid, without the slightest hesitation.
As soon as he appeared, he knocked down Pharaoh Kang with a thunderous punch.
The time control collar from the TVA was simultaneously placed around Kang's neck.
At the same time, Leon also used the time law to freeze the surrounding time.
Both technology and magic simultaneously leveraged the rules of time to restrain Pharaoh Kang.
Moreover, one of Leon's hands was still gripping Kang's neck.
After observing carefully and finding that Pharaoh Kang was completely still, even every cell had ceased functioning,
He slowly stood up.
"It seems… it's resolved," Leon half-crouched in front of Pharaoh Kang.
This guy had a strong body odor, which made Leon frown involuntarily.
"These Kangs, when they gather for meetings, must smell like a large jar of fermenting pickles."
Leon silently complained, then opened his temporal pad, ready to return to the TVA.
This trip was much smoother than he expected.
So smooth, in fact, that it seemed a bit hasty.
But these Kang variants, unless they can control time themselves like Kang the One Who Remains,
Otherwise, their power only manifests after they activate their time technology.
Normally, they are just ordinary people; their reaction speed is too slow, and they will suffer when encountering a speedster.
The temporal gate opened, and Leon lifted Pharaoh Kang's headdress, preparing to drag him to the TVA.
Even at this moment, Leon remained cautious, using the time rule to freeze the entire Earth.
However, just as Leon stood up,
Inside the pyramid beneath his feet,
A spherical, mysterious technological spacecraft module suddenly lit up with a blue light.
Time freezing surprisingly couldn't stop its operation.
The spherical spacecraft module was enveloped by three rings in the center.
These rings were engraved with runes similar to the Ten Rings.
As they rotated, Leon's hand suddenly grabbed empty air.
"Another force leveraging the rules of time has appeared!"
Leon became alert, looking down to see that Pharaoh Kang in his hand had become an illusory afterimage.
"This is… time slipping?"
Super vision activated!
Leon instantly saw through the Earth, seeing the spherical spaceship inside the pyramid below.
The frozen Pharaoh Kang appeared inside the spaceship module.
His neck was still wearing the collar.
But as the rings around the spaceship rotated rapidly,
The red light on the time control collar quickly extinguished.
Pharaoh Kang trembled and resumed his temporal operation.
"Oh! F*ck! It's the TVA from Sunny Beach!" As soon as he broke free from the freeze, Pharaoh Kang cursed loudly.
"I need to leave, damn it, what just happened!? F*ck!"
Kang had never encountered such a bizarre thing; he was inexplicably frozen in time.
He frantically manipulated the instrument panel inside the spaceship.
The entire small cabin glowed brightly, preparing to begin inter-World travel.
At the top of the pyramid, Leon frowned.
"It's not time slipping, but a time rewind similar to loading a save file. His time technology is not weaker than the TVA's."
"But he's still a little short of being able to escape."
The Infinity Stones within Leon's inner World released a torrent of energy, pouring into his external body.
"Freeze!"
The energy of the six Stones connected and released simultaneously.
Directly freezing the time and space of the entire Universe.
At this moment, if viewed from the outside,
It would be discovered that all dimensions and all realities of this single Universe
Had completely ceased operation.
Previously, Leon relied on his own strength to freeze the Earth's time.
But now,
In his Six Stones state,
He exerted power far beyond the single Universe level, directly freezing the Universe.
"Unless it's Kang the Conqueror, otherwise any Kang who comes should not be able to escape."
Leon made a grasping motion towards the pyramid.
The future technology spaceship inside the pyramid immediately appeared before him.
In some respects,
Shen Loki and Kang the Conqueror's control over time is much higher than that of the Infinity Stones.
They can even traverse the time streams of the entire Multiverse, overwriting old time with new time.
However, Pharaoh Kang and these Kang variants are clearly far behind.
Their time technology is at most on par with the Infinity Stones.
When Leon also applied a spatial lock, the spaceship became immobile.
"Come on, come back to the TVA with me."
Leon gripped the rings around the spherical spaceship, directly leading Pharaoh Kang forward.
However, just then,
Another unexpected event occurred.
Boom!
A massive, colorful energy blast struck Leon from a distance.
"Infinity Stones!"
Leon's pupils constricted slightly, and he quickly mobilized the energy of the Six Stones to retaliate, simultaneously leveraging the laws to lock down Pharaoh Kang behind him.
An unknown person had attacked him, and that person also possessed six Infinity Stones!
The energy of the Stones collided in the air.
Such a collision would undoubtedly destroy the Solar System or even the entire Milky Way Galaxy.
Leon was already prepared to absorb the entire Solar System into his inner World.
However, the opponent's Infinity Stones energy dispersed like a curtain, instantly spreading throughout the Universe.
As the energy dispersed, it naturally couldn't contend with Leon.
Leon's attack directly pierced through the curtain, hitting the opponent.
In fact, to avoid damaging the Earth, the person on the other side even tore open space, allowing themselves to be propelled out of the Universe by the Stone energy.
But Leon didn't feel like he had the upper hand.
Because the opponent had used the Infinity Stones to undo his lock on the entire Universe, including the individual lock on Kang.
Allowing Pharaoh Kang to find an opportunity to escape.
At this moment, only a fragment of a ring, which he was holding, remained behind Leon.
As for Kang and Kang's spaceship, they had already vanished into time.
"As expected of Kang, he has many tricks and contingencies, and his technology is very powerful."
Leon sighed slightly. Kang's strength wasn't particularly strong, but his technological level in terms of time had already reached the same level as the Stones.
Although he had also locked down Pharaoh Kang while counterattacking,
Pharaoh Kang still seized the opportunity when another Infinity Stone wielder lifted the universal freeze, successfully escaping.
"B15 was right, Kang variants are really as hard to catch as loaches."
"And the other person holding the Stones doesn't seem to be Thanos; he's wearing a green robe, perhaps another Kang."
Colorful Stone energy shimmered around Leon.
He fully utilized the Infinity Stones, his perception infinitely heightened, as if he had crossed from three dimensions into four or even five dimensions.
"Truly troublesome."
"But if you think you can escape like this, you're wrong!"
Leon pursued the time and space trajectories of the entire Universe.
Just as an airplane leaves a long cloud trail when passing through clouds, and a warp spaceship leaves gravitational wave traces when traversing the Universe,
Pharaoh Kang's escape through time would also leave residual temporal afterimages.
By tracking these afterimages, Leon could find Pharaoh Kang's location.
If it were an ordinary person, like Thanos or Tony using the Infinity Stones, they wouldn't be able to achieve this.
But Leon had completely comprehended the rules of time, space, and reality.
His energy level was infinitely raised under the empowerment of the Six Stones.
His application and understanding of the laws were fully and thoroughly displayed at this moment.
He quickly found Pharaoh Kang's escape route among countless temporal tributaries.
Even the other Kang outside the Universe seemed to be pursuing Pharaoh Kang's location.
Leon's gaze was somewhat cold.
It was as he expected; there were indeed two Kangs, mutually supporting each other.
"Run, it's best to run to the Kang Council' headquarters!"
"I'll follow you closely and find all your variants."
Leon drew a finger across space, instantly tearing open a rift leading to the void.
He burst out of the Universe, chasing along the temporal trail left by Pharaoh Kang.
The long trail contained numerous afterimages of Kang.
Leon passed through one Universe after another, tearing open layer after layer of barriers.
Finally, he stopped in a doomed Universe.
"So that's it, hiding in a doomed Universe." Leon hovered outside the Universe bubble.
He still remembered the plot from the TV series 'Loki'.
Loki's female variant, Sylvie, hid in a doomed Universe to avoid being captured by the TVA of Kang the Conqueror's era.
In such a Universe, no matter how crazy the actions taken,
No new time branches would be created, preventing the TVA from detecting any anomalies.
Pharaoh Kang thought he was being hunted by TVA agents, so hiding here was undoubtedly one of the best choices.
Perhaps the gathering place of the Kang variants was also within this doomed Universe.
However, when Leon's gaze penetrated the Universe barrier,
He only saw Pharaoh Kang and another cloaked Kang.
"Is this not the gathering place? Well, it doesn't matter. I'll just capture them all and let Deadpoolinterrogate them; everything will come to light."
Leon didn't believe there was anyone in this World who could withstand Deadpool's interrogation.
After all, let alone torture,
Even encountering Deadpool in daily life,
Would give one a feeling of bad luck.
A smile appeared on Leon's lips; he felt that the Kang Council in Marvel's Phase Six might conclude today.
He tore open the barrier and rushed into the World, directly entering Earth using spatial rules.
The two Kangs were gathered in the Egyptian desert.
Pharaoh Kang liked the desert very much, which was understandable.
"Kang! You can't escape! Not just you, but also those behind you…"
Leon appeared before the two Kangs as if flashing.
But he stopped mid-sentence, unable to continue his harsh words.
Because Pharaoh Kang was lying on the ground, his neck slumped, dead beyond dead, with only his underwear remaining on his body.
"Infighting?"
Leon looked up at the other Kang.
He was wearing a green robe, his back to Leon, and he had six Infinity Stones on his hand.
And in his other hand, he was holding Pharaoh Kang's clothes and equipment, including the spaceship.
Hearing Leon's voice,
He slowly turned his head, revealing a menacing steel mask beneath his hood.
"You're Doctor Doom!? Oh… So this was a double-cross." Leon couldn't hold back.
It turned out the other person who attacked him wasn't Kang, but Doctor Doom.
What was going on? How did Doctor Doom even appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and why was he hunting Kang?
No, he was stealing Kang's equipment!
Leon was a bit flustered at that moment.
Chapter 427 Doctor Doom
Dr. Doom looked deeply at Leon: "TVA employee, I don't have time to play with you."
"Oh really? Your self-introduction is quite direct, very much in Dr. Doom's style."
"I originally wanted to have a friendly chat with you, but now I think Deadpool might be more suitable for you."
Leon floated up slightly.
"After all, wearing that mask, you must be quite unpresentable, right? Deadpool and you must have a lot in common."
Leon's words were a serious provocation, whether directed at Deadpool or Dr. Doom.
Both of them are depicted as having disfigured faces in their lore.
That was a painful scar hidden deep within their hearts.
For Leon to say such words was tantamount to pouring salt on someone's wound.
And his goal was precisely to enrage Dr. Doom.
Leon noticed from the start.
Dr. Doom's left hand, adorned with the Infinity Stones, was always tightly clenched, while he carried Kang's equipment and spaceship with his other hand.
This indicated that the condition for him to activate the Infinity Stones was the same as Thanos's—he had to clench his fist.
Earlier, to break Leon's blockade of the entire Universe, he might have even snapped his fingers.
It was clear that Dr. Doom was now fully on guard, ready to activate the Infinity Stones and escape at any moment.
Against this, Leon had at least nine ways to break Dr. Doom's defense, making him furious and abandon his escape.
Although mocking one's appearance is immoral, it was undoubtedly the most effective.
However, Leon miscalculated.
In the comics, Dr. Doom would even lash out and kill when his appearance was mocked.
But now, he was surprisingly calm, looking at Leon with deep eyes, even with a hint of suspicion.
He seemed to find Leon's words inexplicable.
"To have someone like Deadpool as an employee, your TVA is beyond saving."
Dr. Doom even retorted with a taunt.
"Don't block my way. My goal is the same as yours: to protect the Multiverse."
"These Kangs will only threaten the stability of various Worlds. If your TVA can't solve them, then I will."
Dr. Doom slowly extended his left hand, the Space Stone on its back flashing, opening a spatial passage swirling with blue energy.
Leon was somewhat puzzled; he had mocked him to his face, yet the other party showed no anger at all.
This was too un-Dr. Doom-like.
But Leon's hands were not idle.
With a slight movement of his finger, he directly erased the passage Dr. Doom had opened, restoring space to its smooth state.
"Sorry, you can't leave," Leon said.
"The TVA has been pursuing Kang variants, but Kang always slips away every time. In reality, all those Kangs were killed by you, weren't they?"
Dr. Doom maintained the posture of having opened the spatial passage.
He slowly turned his head, glanced at Leon, and his tone changed: "Don't interfere!"
"Hmm? You're not angry when I call you ugly, but you're angry now?"
Leon raised an eyebrow, "What if I say you're no match for Reed at all, would you be angry or…"
"Shut up!!" Dr. Doom suddenly roared in a fit of rage.
His voice bellowed from his throat, filled with the anger of being insulted.
The six Stones on the back of his hand lit up simultaneously, and he turned to stare intently at Leon.
"How dare you mention that name in front of me? How dare you say I'm inferior to that weak loser?"
Dr. Doom suddenly lost control of his emotions, showing that Mister Fantastic Reed was a sensitive topic for him.
"You will never understand my greatness, always full of ignorance, unable to see through the truth of this World!"
Dr. Doom walked step by step towards Leon, the colorful light of the Stones on the back of his hand growing brighter and brighter.
His eyes seemed to burn with fury.
"So, you're a Dr. Doom who hasn't been disfigured, but has been defeated by Reed!" Leon realized.
This Dr. Doom most likely hadn't been disfigured yet.
No wonder he was indifferent to insults about his appearance.
When he wasn't disfigured, he was a handsome man.
Of course, a handsome man wouldn't get angry if someone called him ugly.
He only got angry when it was mentioned that he was inferior to Mister Fantastic, because that might be the truth.
"Give me, shut up!!"
Dr. Doom could no longer tolerate Leon's offense.
The six Stones he carried simultaneously released energy, concentrating on the Power Stone, and a dazzling purple light flared, striking heavily towards Leon.
"Not snapping your fingers? If you don't snap your fingers, your equipment can't unleash the full power of the Stones."
Leon immediately saw through Dr. Doom's upper limit in applying the Infinity Stones.
His right hand shot out rapidly.
The six-color mixed energy that had not yet extinguished on his body surged again.
He steadily received Dr. Doom's attack.
How terrifying was the Power Stone when fully activated after the six Infinity Stones were gathered.
Leon merely defensively received the attack.
But the aftershocks of the surging Infinity Stone energy directly shattered the dimension.
Space shattered into pieces like a mirror.
Leon and Dr. Doom simultaneously fell into the void beyond the Universe.
Dr. Doom was still roaring, but his left hand was tightly held by Leon, unable to be pulled back.
Leon looked at him: "This is as far as you go."
Six-colored Stone energy flowed along Leon's arm.
Enveloping Dr. Doom's left hand.
Completely sealing off the other party's Infinity Stones.
Dr. Doom's face was grim; he knew from Leon's previous performance that the opponent was difficult to deal with.
But he didn't expect the disparity to be so absurd.
He could only break through Leon's blockade if he snapped his fingers again.
But now he was completely controlled by Leon, having lost the possibility of snapping his fingers again.
"Don't even think about it!" Dr. Doom gritted his teeth. He was a genius; he always had other ways.
"You can't trap me!"
Dr. Doom's right hand was still holding Pharaoh Kang's spaceship, and those runes gradually lit up.
"Hmm? More of this future tech… Freeze!"
Leon used spatial confinement on the spaceship: "You just got the tech and you're already using it, impressive. Too bad there's no one else with Infinity Stones to save you this time."
Kang's time technology was on the same power level as the Time Stone.
That's why he was able to escape by seizing the moment the entire Universe's stasis was lifted.
But this time, no one would come to save Dr. Doom.
"I will save myself," Dr. Doom looked straight at Leon.
"Oh really? Could it be by… these things?"
Leon suddenly extended his left hand, sweeping it across Dr. Doom's robe.
The buttons on the chest of the green robe popped open one by one.
Dr. Doom's robe opened, revealing the numerous precise instruments he wore on his body.
Those instruments were about the size of a watch.
There were over thirty of them.
All engraved with runes similar to Pharaoh Kang's spaceship.
However, those instruments were now also completely frozen by Leon.
"Over thirty time tech devices, meaning you've killed over thirty Kangs, impressive."
Leon looked at Dr. Doom, "Do you have any other tricks?"
Dr. Doom was silent for a few seconds, his gaze gradually deepening.
Suddenly, he said in a low voice: "To save the World, I can sacrifice everything, even myself."
"What did you say?" Leon was stunned for a moment. Why did Dr. Doom suddenly start talking about saving the World?
However, the next second he discovered.
A vast and terrifying energy was rapidly descending upon Dr. Doom's body.
Those energies came from different dimensions, mixed and vast.
"magic… That's right, you're also a magic user."
Dr. Doom is a classic villain from "Fantastic Four."
He is also a popular anti-hero in the Marvel Universe.
He is truly a genius who excels in both technology and magic.
It just so happened that the current Leon also knew a little bit of everything.
"The aura of these energies, Mephisto, Satannish, Dormammu… You've really made deals with quite a few bad guys."
It's just borrowing power from other dimensions, Leon was very familiar with it.
Now, if he didn't borrow some power from Dormammu every day, he would feel like he was losing out.
However, to borrow such a terrifying scale of energy in one go, like Dr. Doom did.
Leon had never seen it before.
Borrowing so much energy, the price alone would probably tear a person's soul into ten pieces.
No wonder Dr. Doom suddenly started talking strange things about sacrificing everything, sacrificing himself.
"It's useless for you to borrow these energies."
Leon extended his hand and pointed at Dr. Doom: "All Spells End!"
In the six-Stone state, the ideosyncratic magic from the Harry Potter World also had an incredibly powerful effect.
Those energies that were wildly surging into Dr. Doom's body, causing him to flash with black light.
Suddenly had their source cut off and rapidly dissipated in the void.
"What? How is this possible!?" Dr. Doom's eyes widened for the first time.
He was called a genius on the first day he started learning magic.
But after so many years.
This was the first time he had seen such an absurd operation from Leon.
For a moment, he felt like his entire being was collapsing.
"To learn magic, you must believe that anything is possible, and only by believing in miracles can you learn magic well."
Leon patted Dr. Doom's shoulder, "Alright, do you have any other tricks?"
Dr. Doom fell silent.
His technological means were sealed by Leon, and his magical means were interrupted by Leon with a spell like a word of power.
In his short life, he had never seen anyone with such complete and diverse methods.
Even Galactus only knew how to blast things with cosmic energy.
What else could he do?
"If you don't speak, then I will. What is your reason for hunting Kang variants in the Multiverse?" Leon asked.
Dr. Doom remained silent.
"Not speaking? Then I'll do it myself."
A faint red glow flickered in Leon's eyes, and he directly used mental illusion to invade Dr. Doom's consciousness.
Now Leon held the anti-life equation and the Mind Stone.
Even if Dr. Doom's willpower was strong, he was controlled by Leon in an instant.
His deep gaze instantly became vacant, falling into memory.
Then, like confessing to a priest in a confessional.
He began to meticulously and unreservedly recount all the regrets of his past life.
—Those regrets were all the reasons he hunted Kang.
"Invisible Woman Sue, Reed… Galactus's invasion, the World's destruction… searching for a way to save the Universe."
Leon summarized everything Dr. Doom had recounted.
The World he was in was the World the Fantastic Four had traveled to.
That World had now been completely destroyed.
Having lost his homeland, Dr. Doom felt he had seen through the truth of the World.
He believed that soon the entire Multiverse would also be successively destroyed amidst various crises.
Thus, to prevent more tragedies similar to his homeland from happening again.
He began searching for a way to save all Universes within the Multiverse.
And killing Kang variants and seizing their technology was Dr. Doom's first step to becoming stronger.
Chapter 428 Doctor Doom with Tony's face
"It seems he wasn't lying after all."
Leon was stunned. Oh no, it seemed he had misjudged a good person.
Dr. Doom's reputation was, after all, a mix of good and bad, and for most of the time, he was even a villain.
So, he had preconceived notions that the other party was once again appearing as a villain.
There was no other way; Dr. Doom had attacked, and his attitude was so unyielding.
Who would have thought that the other party was truly on the side of justice?
"This... let me think. How about taking him to the TVA and introducing him to B15? I believe they will both get what they want."
Leon pondered for a moment.
First, he casually removed the six Infinity Stones from Dr. Doom's hand, along with all his time-travel technology.
Then, he lifted the illusionary control and spatial confinement he had placed on the other party.
Dr. Doom's consciousness quickly cleared.
He was a bit bewildered at first, but upon seeing Leon, the gaze from beneath his cold mask changed abruptly.
"What did you do to me!?"
From Dr. Doom's perspective,
it was as if he had re-experienced Galactus's arrival on Earth.
Leon coughed lightly: "Nothing, just a simple check of your physical condition."
"You just snapped your fingers earlier, breaking through my blockade of the Universe."
"And just now, you recklessly used the Power Stone."
"Even if you are Dr. Doom, the backlash from the Infinity Stones can't be easy to bear, right?"
"I helped you with some treatment."
Leon looked down, scanning, and through Dr. Doom's sleeve, he could see his entire arm covered in purplish-black burn marks.
Those marks spread all over his body.
High-intensity use of the Infinity Stones had practically cost Dr. Doom half his life.
Leon realized that this Dr. Doom was truly risking his life to find a way to save the Universe.
He took out a bottle of zeus spring water, popped open the stopper, and handed it to Dr. Doom.
"What is this?" Dr. Doom's voice was still deep.
He had already noticed that all his Infinity Stones and time-travel technology had vanished.
Although his self-forged magic armor was still on him,
it was clearly impossible to defeat this TVA employee in front of him.
"A recovery potion," Leon said.
Dr. Doom stared into Leon's eyes for a few seconds.
He seemed to be judging whether he had any choice.
The answer, naturally, was no choice.
Dr. Doom took the potion, slowly removed his cold, menacing steel mask, and drank the zeus spring water in one gulp.
A vast life force flowed along with the spring water into his digestive system, rapidly spreading.
A warmth like soaking in a hot spring enveloped Dr. Doom.
He widened his eyes: "This life force… the price I paid for using magic and the Infinity Stones is completely healing, and my physical attributes are also improving!?"
zeus spring water actually also has the effect of increasing lifespan, physical attributes, and talent.
Or rather, these are its true uses.
However, its enhancement is very slow; the life force spreads and integrates into the human body in the gentlest state.
It usually lasts for several months, or even several years.
That's why Leon had given zeus spring water to many people before, but none of them immediately noticed anything unusual.
Until now, the only one who noticed something was Aunt Carter.
She not only became younger but also stronger.
And now, Dr. Doom directly perceived the subtle changes in his physical attributes.
His insight and talent in certain aspects were indeed extremely high.
"This holy water, you just gave it to me like that… Thank you."
Dr. Doom knew how much benefit he had received.
His hostility towards Leon gradually dissipated, but he did not express his gratitude with overly emotional words.
He just looked deeply at Leon and quietly thanked him.
However, at this moment, Leon was looking at him with a strange gaze.
"What's wrong?" Dr. Doom asked, puzzled.
"You... uh, are you called Tony Stark?"
Leon found it unbelievable.
Because after Dr. Doom took off his mask, he looked exactly like that old guy at home!
Look at those sparkling big eyes, look at that arrogant demeanor.
Oh my god, there are parallel Universe counterparts of Tony who become Dr. Doom?
This doesn't seem impossible.
After all, Dr. Doom possesses incredibly high scientific and magic talents.
And Tony's talents in both these areas are also very high.
One can only say… it's reasonable.
But when Leon thought that he had fought another Tony using Infinity Stones,
he felt an indescribable sense of strangeness.
However, Dr. Doom's gaze darkened slightly: "I am not that person. My name is… Doom."
"No?" Leon paused.
They look so similar, yet he's not Tony.
Well, think about Captain America and Human Torch.
It should be a similar situation.
Leon wanted to ask for more details.
But Dr. Doom clearly had no desire to recount his past or his origins.
Considering that in the comics, Dr. Doom is usually called Victor Von Doom, Leon just accepted that.
"Doom, Dr. Doom, alright, come with me, I'll take you to the TVA."
Seeing Dr. Doom's eyes sharpen again, Leon continued to explain.
"This time it's not an arrest; it's an introduction to the TVA. Aren't you looking for a way to save the Multiverse? By interacting with them, you'll get more information."
Dr. Doom still wanted to refuse, but hearing the latter half of Leon's sentence, he fell silent again.
"Let's go," Leon opened the TVA's time-space portal and walked in with Dr. Doom.
TVA Command Center.
Thanos's body and the scattered Infinity Gauntlets had already been cleaned up.
B15 was also waiting in front of the screen.
As soon as she saw Leon, she came forward.
"Thank you for your hard work! Superman, you helped us solve one of the biggest problems we've had for a long time!"
At the TVA, one could see events happening in various Worlds and at various points in time.
When Leon pursued Pharaoh Kang, he didn't deliberately conceal anything, so it could be seen synchronously here.
However, B15 only saw Leon and Dr. Doom break through dimensions and enter the void beyond the Universe.
She was unaware of what happened afterward.
"So, this… huh, Tony Stark? No, you are Doom from the Universe that was recently destroyed!"
B15 recognized Dr. Doom at a glance: "So it was you who was hindering us from apprehending Kang!"
"Not apprehending, but hunting down!"
Dr. Doom frowned slightly.
He glanced at Leon, and out of respect for him, patiently said to B15,
"Every Kang variant is a cancerous tumor of the Multiverse. I am hunting them down to prevent disasters similar to what happened in my Universe from continuing to occur!"
B15 was stunned: "Hunting down? Those Kangs who escaped from us, they were all killed by you?"
"Every single one," Dr. Doom nodded.
"Incredible, how did you do it? Even if Deadpool and Spider-Man teamed up, it would be difficult to catch up to those people," B15 exclaimed.
"With my power, and my willpower." Dr. Doom, with Tony's face, looked profound.
B15 was a bit speechless; that was as good as saying nothing.
But the other party's power indeed made her look sideways.
If such a person joined the TVA, then the Kang Council might no longer be a problem.
"Now you have been apprehended by Superman, so you…"
"I was not apprehended, but invited by your employee."
"Invited?" B15 glanced at Leon, smoothly changing her tone.
"OK, then it's an invitation. Since you are also hunting down the Kang Council, our goals are now unified."
B15 clasped her hands behind her back and extended an invitation.
"So join the TVA. Your Universe has been destroyed. We have the same goal, which is to protect more Universes and avoid such an end."
Dr. Doom pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded: "I will join temporarily. If your goals and mine are no longer unified, I will leave."
In terms of ensuring the TVA's original intention, B15 was very confident.
She smiled and extended her hand to shake Dr. Doom's: "As long as your ideas don't change, I believe we can work together indefinitely to protect the Multiverse."
After reaching a consensus with B15, Dr. Doom looked coldly at Leon again.
Leon, of course, knew what the other party wanted to express.
"Here, all your equipment is here, and your spoils of war."
Leon took out Dr. Doom's Infinity Stones, dozens of time-travel devices, and Pharaoh Kang's spaceship.
A large pile of items scattered on the ground, various mysterious metals gleaming.
B15's eyes widened instantly: "WTF? All these things belong to Dr. Doom?"
Dr. Doom didn't answer, silently putting all the equipment back on himself.
Leon shrugged: "He dealt with dozens of Kangs, and these are all spoils of war."
B15's eyes sparkled even more as she looked at Dr. Doom.
The TVA team truly needed a talent like Dr. Doom.
"I'll head back first." Dr. Doom finished collecting his equipment and, dragging the spaceship's hull, prepared to leave.
His battle suit, in addition to being a magic suit, also had a technological exoskeleton power system.
It could give him enough strength to lift Kang's spaceship even in the anti-magic TVA.
"Wait, you just randomly found a World to settle in, right? Then why not just live in the TVA? Someone will take you to a room later and send you employee equipment," B15 said.
Dr. Doom thought for a moment, then nodded: "Then I will temporarily stay here."
He looked at Leon again: "Thank you for the potion. I haven't asked your name yet?"
"Just call me Leon."
Leon took out his time pad, "Also, I am not a TVA employee. I wish you a happy onboarding, TVA employee Doom."
Opening the time-space portal, Leon bid farewell to B15.
"Next time there's a big crisis, find me. Oh, by the way, are you two coming to Tony's wedding?"
"Iron Man's wedding, no thanks, but, when it's your wedding, Superman, all TVA employees will definitely be there," B15 said.
Dr. Doom directly refused: "I don't know him, so no."
"That's a shame. See you later, both of you." Leon entered the time-space portal.
Leon didn't know that
in the near future, he would still often recall this day.
Although this day had the crisis of Thanos and the trouble of Kang,
the Multiverse still seemed calm and peaceful.
Tony's wedding was even more warm and blissful.
And Dr. Doom, when he first met him, had not yet become the ruler of Battleworld.
Everyone was still on the same front due to a common goal.
Chapter 429 Feedback on Saving the World
When Leon returned, he deliberately chose a later time.
It was afternoon when he left to collect the Infinity Stones.
And now it was already evening.
The wedding in Central Park had lasted all day.
From morning until now, the sunlight dyed the forest red.
The wedding was always lively, with a constant stream of new people joining in.
Even if there were no seats left, they would step on the grass, hold their wine glasses, and shout their blessings from afar.
On the wedding stage, dancers were performing.
There was an opening act when the wedding was warming up in the morning.
Now that it was nearing its end, there was also a closing act.
At this moment, the dancer was waving Mjolnir, performing a clumsy and comical dance.
That was Thor, who had been drinking since morning.
In front of him was Loki, dressed in a dark green suit, singing an Asgardian song.
They had put together an act, and it was the finale.
It was just that the drunken Thor successfully made the originally happy Loki put on a professional smile.
Leon found Tony at the main table, squeezed over, and sat down.
"Hey! Leon, you're finally back!"
Little Spider greeted him with surprise.
He was sitting right next to Tony, and his Spider-Sense was the first to detect Leon.
"Have you collected all the Infinity Stones? Then we can now... Hmm, after Mr. Stark's wedding, we'll go deal with Thanos!"
Holland-Spider had already taken off his suit and changed into a black suit with a white inner lining.
He seemed to have been drinking, with a slight blush on his face.
He was radiating a kind of happiness that came from having fulfilled a life's regret.
In the Main Universe of the movie, Peter couldn't attend Tony's wedding, but now that regret had been made up for.
Watching Thor and Loki's uncoordinated performance on stage, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"He didn't just collect the Infinity Stones. With so much time, even if Thanos escaped to the Void Land, he would have been dealt with by our Kryptonian boy."
Tony's voice echoed faintly from the side.
He glanced at Leon but put on a nonchalant expression.
But everyone knew he was just being stubborn.
The person who understood Tony best here was Leon.
He knew without even thinking.
Whether out of concern.
Or for other reasons, such as Tony also wanting to fight Thanos.
Tony must have been very curious about the detailed process of him dealing with Thanos.
But Leon didn't explain directly.
Instead, he picked up a bottle of red wine and started pouring himself a drink.
While pouring, he said, "That's right, that's right. Because I didn't bring a certain supporting character, the battle went unexpectedly smoothly."
"So it's true?" Holland-Spider found it unbelievable. "You've already resolved the crisis caused by Thanos!?"
"That's right!" Leon admitted directly to Little Spider.
"Oh my God, how did you do it? So many Thanos, did you assemble Avengers teams from multiple Universes?"
"No, I directly found the first Thanos, and then all the other Thanos came..."
Leon watched Loki and Thor's performance on stage, slowly recounting the process of dealing with Thanos.
At the table, Tony pretended to be indifferent, but he perked up his ears.
By the time Leon finished speaking, Loki and Thor's performance on stage had also ended.
They were the finale, and finally, Tony and Pepper went on stage to thank the guests as a curtain call.
When Thor was dragged off stage by Loki.
Pepper also rose from the table filled with high-ranking officials and dignitaries and walked towards Tony.
"Peter." Tony stood up, adjusting his lapel. "Next time you encounter Thanos, come find me. The Anti-Superman Armor is no weaker than the real Superman."
After saying that, he left the table and walked onto the stage, holding Pepper's hand.
"The last few minutes of today."
Tony said on stage, his voice amplified by the equipment and spreading throughout the venue.
"I want to state a conclusion."
"I've actually done two things in my life with a success rate of less than one percent."
"One was in a cave, building an Ark Reactor with my bare hands and putting it into my chest without killing myself."
"Because it didn't kill me, that's why now I can become Iron Man and build these armors!"
Tony's voice fell.
Suddenly, a large number of flames appeared in the sky.
Those flames, like falling meteors, streaked across the sky and landed on the stage.
Those were suits of armor.
There were more than thirty of them, all different models, all developed by Tony over the past few years.
And the leading armor, entirely pink, was strikingly the Mark 1 that Leon had pranked by spray-painting.
"Didn't Tony say he was going to repaint it? How did it get preserved?" Leon was slightly stunned off stage.
He could see that the Mark 1's chest was still engraved with "Tony has a pink heart."
He didn't expect that even that sentence hadn't been ground off by Tony.
Moreover, the Mark 1 looked smooth and shiny, indicating it had definitely been well-maintained.
This was completely different from what Tony said a few years ago about having Jarvis repaint it.
"Tony's hypocrisy, I'm not surprised at all." Leon smiled.
On stage, after all the models of armor had appeared.
Tony then pointed to Pepper and said.
"And the second thing I did with an extremely low success rate."
"Was to make up my mind and ask this lady beside me, who can dismantle all my armors with her bare hands, to marry me."
Friendly laughter erupted in the venue.
Everyone thought Tony was elevating Pepper's status, indicating that family relations would not be imbalanced due to wealth.
But only Leon and the others knew that Tony was speaking the absolute truth.
"You cannot imagine how difficult it was for me to make that decision."
"But now."
Tony raised Pepper's hand, "I think I will never regret it!"
Thunderous applause erupted, lasting for a long time.
Amidst Tony and Pepper's words of thanks, the wedding officially concluded.
Guests left one after another, with the Avengers being the last to depart.
Leon stuffed the two time tablets back into Holland-Spider's hand: "Do me a favor, return Deadpool's tablet for me, and tell him to stop harassing Jarvis."
Holland-Spider's smile immediately shifted to Jarvis.
He held the two tablets, his eyebrows drooping, and returned to the Main Universe.
Meanwhile, Tony, wearing his armor, flew into the clouds with Pepper.
As soon as Leon watched them disappear, Wanda grabbed his arm: "Is there something else you haven't told me?"
"Tell you what? Let's go, we'll talk slowly after we get back and turn off the lights."
...
A few days later.
Inside Leon's inner World.
The Rege Duo Clone floated high in the sky, his body surging with terrifying, tide-like light.
Those pure lights spread layer by layer throughout the entire World.
So much so that the inner World was also expanding wildly.
At a certain moment, all the light suddenly converged.
Rejedo, who had been radiating a magnificent aura like a God, suddenly became introverted and mysterious.
Leon controlled his body to slowly land.
"This feedback was too massive; it took several days to fully digest it until now."
"Twenty-four Thanos, each intending to destroy the Universe and sever the entire timeline."
"Solving those Thanos was equivalent to saving twenty-four individual Universes."
"Each Universe gave me a power feedback slightly weaker than the Cosmic level."
Leon sensed his own state.
His current state could no longer be described as good; it was completely inconceivable.
Twenty-four powers superimposed.
Now, with just a thought, Leon's Ultraman psychic power could fill every corner of the Universe.
He could even change the operation of the entire Universe with a flick of his mind.
Going all out, collapsing the entire Universe would be effortless.
This power was only slightly weaker than when his main body used the Infinity Stones.
It had already reached a super-Cosmic level.
"Leaving aside the Infinity Stones, my main body's realm is still only a World Lord, and my power level is only a stellar system, but the clone is so strong..."
Leon's expression was unreadable for a moment.
"How big is the difference between a stellar system and a single Universe?"
"Expressed in decimal multiples, this difference would have at least 33 zeros after the number 1."
(In this book, the Marvel single Universe is set to have a limited volume, but because the Celestials will continuously create Suns, it is slowly expanding.)
"The power system of Marvel is really... amazing."
"I just don't know if the power of the Abstract Entity can be brought to other Universes."
With a thought, Leon's Rege Duo Clone instantly traversed to the Ultraman World.
His massive body floated in the starry sky.
Endless power converged within him.
"In the Ultraman Universe, I am no longer an Abstract Entity, but the power within me hasn't changed; it's still super-Cosmic!"
"And my clone can traverse Universes independently, and my consciousness hasn't been severed; it's still the same consciousness as my main body in Marvel."
"It just requires constant energy consumption to maintain the connection after consciousness crosses Universes."
Whoosh!
Just then, a figure appeared in front of Leon.
That was the original Rejedo.
His sixty-meter height now seemed as tiny as a child in front of Leon.
Rejedo looked Leon up and down, said nothing, slowly gave a thumbs-up, and then disappeared again.
He didn't even give Leon a chance to speak.
"Rejedo..."
In the Ultraman Universe, Rejedo's strength is at a level between super-Cosmic and multi-Cosmic.
Leon could already discern his opponent's strength.
Clearly, Rejedo was also surprised by Leon's increasing speed.
But most importantly, Leon was becoming stronger by relying on the concepts of justice and order.
This was consistent with Leon's promise when he left, that he would practice justice and order in other Universes, and he had not abused Rejedo's power.
—Although he hadn't even used it much.
Leon did not go looking for Rejedo, but instead activated his traversing ability and returned to Marvel.
"After my strength increased past the single Universe threshold, I could clearly feel that I had become a true Abstract Entity."
"Now it's time to try it."
The brightness of Leon's huge eyes intensified a few points.
The Rege Duo Clone's body began to gradually become illusory.
An Abstract Entity can either embody a concept or condense into a physical form.
When he saw Eternity before, Leon noticed that Eternity was between the illusory and the real.
And now, Leon also entered such a state.
"When an Abstract Entity takes on a conceptual state, it can be immune to all ordinary physical and energy attacks."
"Only power carrying rules can injure them."
"Of course, if they transform into a physical entity to fight, then it's hard to say."
Chapter 430 Abstract Entities
Lyon controlled his body, gradually etherealizing and transforming into the very concept of himself.
The enormous Rege Duo Clone slowly became transparent, gradually dissipating into light particles and vanishing within his inner World.
At this moment, Lyon's consciousness began to expand infinitely.
He became a part of the Universe.
He could feel the movement of trillions of stars within the Universe.
He could see the rotation of every Planet.
Time, Space, Mind... the operation of every rule was so clear.
He only needed to move his thoughts to leverage the rules of the entire Universe.
Even the Soul rule, which he hadn't yet comprehended, could be used at will.
Lyon understood that this was an alternative form of omnipotence.
However, this omnipotence was limited and confined to a single Universe.
But Lyon was already incredibly surprised.
In fact, the so-called strengthening was merely a continuous process of moving towards omniscience and omnipotence.
Some methods of strengthening first achieve omniscience.
Then, relying on 'knowledge,' they make themselves omnipotent.
For example, the comprehension of the Universe's rules in the Starry Sky System is like this.
And now, the Rege Duo Clone.
It first became omnipotent, and then, in turn, could understand the Universe's rules more easily, becoming 'omniscient.'
"Before, I thought it would probably take another two or three years to comprehend the remaining Mind, Power, and Soul laws."
"But now, I only need a few weeks, and those are weeks without time acceleration, to fully comprehend them."
Inside Lyon's inner World, the Time Stone continuously maintained a thousand-fold time acceleration.
The past two and a half years, for Lyon, meant he had cultivated for two thousand five hundred years.
"Very good, just a few more weeks, and then I can break through to Immortality!"
Lyon was rejoicing.
Suddenly, a consciousness emerged from the mysterious high-level dimension of the Universeand nudged him.
"Lyon, come here, I'll introduce Death and them to you." That was Eternity's voice.
"Okay, I'm coming now." Lyon naturally wouldn't refuse, controlling the Rege Duo Clone to re-solidify into a physical form.
This time, he no longer needed Eternity to open a portal for him.
He merely swept his thoughts across the Universe and found the mysterious space at the center of the World.
Taking one step, he passed through layers of barriers and arrived before Eternity.
Here, it was still a clear sky and transparent Water.
However, compared to last time, there were many more figures.
As Lyon's gaze swept over them, he recognized every single person here as a conceptual entity.
First were the four great abstract entities known as the "Four Pillars of the Cosmic Compass"—Eternity, Infinity, Death, and Oblivion.
Then there were the abstract entities representing the concept of balance, Lord Chaos, Lord Order, as well as the Eternal's Seven Children, Love, Abomination, and others.
None of these individuals were stronger than Lyon.
Some even made Lyon feel he could kill them without exerting his full strength.
Of course, this was because the other abstract entities present were all clones, or m-bodies.
Whereas Lyon at this moment was present as his abstract entity body.
"Eternity, long time no see." Lyon quickly shrunk his size, from ninety thousand kilometers to the same height as Eternity.
"Lyon, you've grown much faster than I imagined. You're already stronger than this m-body of mine."
Eternity sighed, "Last time, I mentioned introducing you to everyone."
"Come, everyone, meet Lyon Stark, your new brother, uncle."
Eternity, with a hand like the Universe itself, pointed at Lyon.
Then he introduced each of the abstract concepts present one by one.
The Eternal's Seven Children didn't mind suddenly having an uncle and greeted Lyon very enthusiastically.
Oblivion was much colder; he wore a tattered robe, his hood covering his entire head, and merely nodded slightly.
Eternity explained that Oblivion preferred to be passive and thus didn't like to speak.
Death, on the other hand, spoke a bit more.
This abstract entity also wore a hooded cloak and had taken on a female appearance.
But her exposed face and limbs were all skeletal.
Two green flames burned in the eye sockets of her empty skull.
She stood with one hand on her hip, appearing to have a voluptuous figure.
But Lyon felt that such a goddess probably wouldn't be liked by anyone... Well, with the exception of strange people like Thanos and Deadpool.
"Lyon, you were also a creature of Earth before, weren't you?" Death's voice was very pleasant.
"That's right." Lyon nodded.
"Earth creatures are all very cute. Do you know Agatha? She's also a very cute fellow. We had a pleasant time together."
Death chuckled, "She Loves to absorb all kinds of energy. A few hundred years ago, I let her drain me, but unfortunately, she was afraid of Death, so she refused, hahaha."
A black line appeared on Lyon's forehead.
He thought, no matter how brave Agatha was, if she drained Death, wouldn't she just die instantly? How could she agree?
But listening to Death's words.
Agatha probably had some kind of relationship with her.
Well, falling in Love with Death, that truly takes courage.
"That's really a shame, hehe." Lyon forced a dry laugh in response.
"You're also very interesting. By the way, if you encounter Agatha, would you mind sending her to see me, if it's convenient?" Death said.
"Send her to see you?" Lyon felt a bead of sweat, "I'll try my best."
To see Death, wouldn't one have to die first? What kind of twisted Love is this?
"Then I'll thank you in advance. Oh, since it's our first meeting, I don't have a gift, but if you need any help, you can find me." Death said.
"Help..." Lyon's heart stirred.
"Death, do you have the souls of my adoptive parents and Wanda's parents?"
"Of course, I do. Howard was a cute little fellow; he always made me laugh." Death said with a smile.
Lyon almost couldn't hold back. Was this 'making laugh' serious?
Howard's personality when he was young was similar to Tony's. After his Death, perhaps his true nature was revealed.
If Lyon weren't in Rejedo's appearance now, he would definitely show a strange look.
He nodded slightly: "I want to ask you for their souls back, to resurrect them soon."
"Oh... Although I'm a bit reluctant, they are your relatives after all, so I'll give them to you." Deathagreed.
"When you're ready for the resurrection, just call me."
"I understand." Lyon thought, Tony would probably be very happy now.
He didn't have such deep feelings for Howard and his wife; after all, he was only 1 year old when the car accident happened.
Although he visited their graves every year, he only held deep gratitude.
Without the couple's adoption, he wouldn't have had such a smooth journey in Marvel.
What if the worst-case scenario happened—
He wasn't adopted as an infant but was abducted to Hell's Kitchen.
Perhaps he wouldn't even live to the day his abilities awakened.
Or when his Kryptonian Bloodline awakened, that would be the beginning of him not eating beef.
"By the way, have you all been secretly observing me before?" Lyon suddenly asked again.
He felt that there were so many gazes peeking at him back then, and there were probably one or two of them present here...
Wait, why did everyone quietly avert their gaze?
Every single conceptual entity present, without exception, avoided Lyon's gaze and began to pretend to be busy.
Well, they were all peeping Toms!
Lyon was a bit speechless: "It seems you are all very curious about other Worlds."
Eternity smiled: "Lyon, you know that even here, we can know almost everything in the Universe. After long years, it's actually quite boring, unlike you, who can go to other Worlds."
Lyon expressed understanding.
Anyway, his current strength could already detect all prying.
These old fellows, who had lived longer than the Universe, couldn't possibly peep at him anymore.
"Speaking of other Universes..."
Lyon stretched out his hand, his arm traversing countless light-years.
From the inner World of the Earth body.
He pulled out a handful of treasures from the Starry Sky World.
"I happen to have quite a few things from other Worlds here."
"Although they're not treasures, they're quite novel. You can take them and play with them."
Lyon distributed the treasures to the abstract entities present.
Some of those treasures were a cloud, some were a cloak, a long saber.
The power of the treasures was at most at the level of a star system.
But the law secret patterns of the Starry Sky World they carried made the abstract entities Marvel.
"Interesting, this long saber is inscribed with the rules of Fire and Space. Etching rules onto weapons is somewhat similar to the Infinity Stones."
"These rules are completely different from ours here. If all of them were gathered, one could actually open up another Multiverse here."
Marvel, setting aside other things, certainly has great inclusiveness.
"Lyon, when will you go to that World again?" Infinity examined the treasure teapot in her hand.
Her orange-yellow skin was covered with mysterious swirls.
Suddenly she said, "Why don't you go figure out the rules of that World and come back to create a Universe?"
"Eternity and I can share some Universe fragments with you. Then you can also experience the splendor of another World."
Infinity and Eternity are two sides of the same coin, Infinity being Eternity's sister.
In a sense, she and Eternity are actually the same existence.
They can even merge to fight enemies.
"It will probably be many years later." Lyon was tempted by Infinity's suggestion, but he couldn't be sure.
"Roughly how many years? Ten billion years, or even longer?" Infinity inquired.
"Not that long... at most, a little over ten years." Lyon realized that his perception of time was not the same as these abstract entities.
"Isn't that just a blink of an eye? Keep up the good work, Lyon, we're waiting for you." Infinity said with a smile.
The other abstract concepts who received gifts also expressed encouragement.
Even among conceptual entities, because they have consciousness, they also have emotions and human interactions.
After receiving the gifts, the abstract entities' attitudes became a bit more enthusiastic.
Of course, the passive Oblivion remained as cold as ever.
After Lyon chatted with each abstract entity and became acquainted.
Eternity waved his hand and said, "Alright, among abstract entities, one only needs to call upon each other to sense them. Since you've met a new companion, you may all leave."
"Lyon, you have become a true conceptual entity, so you can also condense your own m-bodynow."
"Remember what we said last time, the crisis still lurks in the Multiverse. You'd best continue to grow stronger using your m-body."
"Is the crisis still there...? I understand, Eternity." Lyon was a bit surprised.
He had thought that Kang's variants were the crisis, and having Dr. Doom join the TVA should resolve the crisis quickly.
He didn't expect the situation hadn't changed.
With the doubts in his heart, Lyon bid farewell to the abstract entities and left the dimension where Eternity resided.