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Chapter 706: Destruction
"You can't do this!"
"From beginning to end, we've stayed in this God Quarry, not participating in the changes of the Universe!"
"We've never offended you!"
The Witches said angrily.
Wanda's palm opened, her Chaos Magic Power already poised. Although she didn't understand Tony's decision, it didn't matter.
Tony pointed at the ubiquitous sculptures and said calmly, "Each of these sculptures was a Powerhouse starting at the Demigod level in the past, and each was a leader of their respective civilizations and races. Once these guys are resurrected, it will be a huge disaster for the Prime Universe."
When the Blackest Night arrives, all the dead will be forcibly controlled and resurrected by Black Lantern Rings. These countless sculptures would form a powerful army, with even the weakest possessing Demigod Combat Power... just thinking about it gave him a headache.
Tony wasn't afraid, but his army, facing such a Demigod Legion with formidable Individual Combat Power and invulnerability, would surely be shattered and suffer heavy casualties.
One must know that there were only twenty to thirty Demigods on the entire Cybertron, yet the number of sculptures displayed here was more than two or three hundred.
In the face of absolute Power, even the strongest organization was useless.
Sinestro spent several years building Yellow Lantern Rings in the Anti-Matter Universe. His return was not far off, and this would become the fuse for the Spectrum War. The seven major Lantern Corps would emerge, launching frenzied assaults against each other, and then the Blackest Night would be imminent.
Even Tony, as the One-Above-All, felt his scalp tingle at the thought of the trillions of resurrected undead Legions during the Blackest Night, and all the Powerhouses who had died throughout history being revived in one go.
The most troublesome part was that living people controlled by Black Lantern Rings would also be forcibly transformed into undead Black Lanterns. In the original work, in just one encounter, half of the Justice League, including Superman, was wiped out by a single Black Lantern Ring that suddenly began to infinitely self-replicate, all of them transformed into the dead, slaughtering the living.
And there were trillions of such Black Lantern Rings, each possessing the ability to infinitely self-replicate... This was a troop spawning speed that couldn't be described by geometric progression, and the crucial point was that the spawned troops were unkillable!
That was the true disaster, the most crushing and suffocating disaster.
Whenever night fell and silence reigned, Tony would count on his fingers: the Level Seven and Quasi Level Seven God-Kings of the World Tree Pantheon alone, killed by Amatsu-Mikaboshi, included Odin, Zeus, Shiva, Allah...
"I must take these sculptures!" Tony said with a dark expression, his mood suddenly souring. He emphasized his words, his face utterly cold.
A mere Phoenix Fragment was an insignificant matter compared to the impending great disaster. Even if Jean merged with the Dark Phoenix and the Phoenix Egg, she wouldn't be able to reach Level Eight. Being able to fight Red Lantern Hulk would already be a tremendous achievement.
The three Witches looked disgruntled, their eyes flickering. As they looked at each other, they could see the malice in each other's eyes.
"...We're withdrawing! But we want a reasonable explanation!" one Witch gritted her teeth, her heart trembling.
How many years had it been? How many years had they spent, how many dangers had they faced, to create this area?!
But with Tony's arrival, a single sentence was enough to destroy this place. The three Witches simply couldn't accept it psychologically.
"If I don't destroy this place now, you'll regret it later. None of you three will escape."
Tony snorted coldly, Energy surging around him, and he brutally blasted the ground beneath his feet.
Bang!
Boom!
A massive pit began to appear in the entire ground, and dense Rifts wildly spread in all directions. This Holy Land, which the three Witches had taken countless billions of years to create, began to disintegrate under Tony's powerful attack.
The sculptures began to sway. The Rifts that suddenly appeared below revealed deep pits. Instantly, these sculptures were teleported back to Cybertron by Tony. There, people from the Science Academy would clean up these sculptures along with any residual power.
From its inception, the God Quarry had never faced a disaster of this magnitude. In front of the One-Above-All, the area created by the three Witches was simply indefensible.
Watching the God Quarry being annihilated, the three Witches' eyes turned bloodshot. They were furious with hatred, their bodies trembling, but they endured it.
If they didn't endure, there was no other way; Tony would kill them all.
The entire quarry completely collapsed with a bang, turning into the dust of the Universe.
The Divine Power remnants accumulated over countless years also dissipated, turning into meteor-like Matter, leaving behind brilliant fireworks in the vacuum of space before completely vanishing.
"Find a place to live out the rest of your lives. You'll understand later that I saved your lives. You've trapped and killed quite a few Level Sevens over the years."
Tony said calmly, then turned, opened a Portal, and left with Wanda.
Wanda followed behind Tony in a daze, occasionally looking back, her face etched with deep confusion. Sometimes, she truly couldn't understand Tony's actions, even though they were eventually proven correct...
Everything returned to silence. The Eternal Sisters stood there in a daze, silently watching everything before them, unable to shed a single tear.
"What do we do?" one Witch asked angrily.
"Endure! We must endure! Tony is different from the others we've killed. If we provoke him, we'll truly die," the leading Witch said sinisterly.
"We could ambush his subordinates..."
"Silence! Doing that would be courting death! The God Quarry is gone, so it's gone. At worst, we'll just build another one. After all, this Universe will never lack Deities. Just like we did in the past, find them, isolate them, and then kill them. That will be our sustenance. There's no need to touch Tony's people."
The three Witches discussed for a while, then, with grim expressions, entered the depths of the Universe, discreetly searching for their prey.
They couldn't afford not to do this. The three Witches needed to devour Divine Power and Souls to extend their lives, which forced them to constantly ambush unfortunate individuals.
The sculptures and massive Energy field in the God Quarry were the Holy Land that the three of them had spent countless years creating, after killing an unknown number of people. It could continuously provide them with "food."
"We could preemptively attack the Tyrant, devour the Phoenix Egg. The Phoenix Force should allow us to advance further, and perhaps then we won't need to fear Tony."
"That's also a terrible idea. We'd still end up confronting Tony... Give up on revenge, at least in the short term. We are not his opponents."
"Then what do we do? Are there any suitable targets?"
"Yes, it's risky, but the reward is great. We..."
(end of chapter)
"You can't do this!"
"From beginning to end, we've stayed in this God Quarry, not participating in the changes of the Universe!"
"We've never offended you!"
The Witches said angrily.
Wanda's palm opened, her Chaos Magic Power already poised. Although she didn't understand Tony's decision, it didn't matter.
Tony pointed at the ubiquitous sculptures and said calmly, "Each of these sculptures was a Powerhouse starting at the Demigod level in the past, and each was a leader of their respective civilizations and races. Once these guys are resurrected, it will be a huge disaster for the Prime Universe."
When the Blackest Night arrives, all the dead will be forcibly controlled and resurrected by Black Lantern Rings. These countless sculptures would form a powerful army, with even the weakest possessing Demigod Combat Power... just thinking about it gave him a headache.
Tony wasn't afraid, but his army, facing such a Demigod Legion with formidable Individual Combat Power and invulnerability, would surely be shattered and suffer heavy casualties.
One must know that there were only twenty to thirty Demigods on the entire Cybertron, yet the number of sculptures displayed here was more than two or three hundred.
In the face of absolute Power, even the strongest organization was useless.
Sinestro spent several years building Yellow Lantern Rings in the Anti-Matter Universe. His return was not far off, and this would become the fuse for the Spectrum War. The seven major Lantern Corps would emerge, launching frenzied assaults against each other, and then the Blackest Night would be imminent.
Even Tony, as the One-Above-All, felt his scalp tingle at the thought of the trillions of resurrected undead Legions during the Blackest Night, and all the Powerhouses who had died throughout history being revived in one go.
The most troublesome part was that living people controlled by Black Lantern Rings would also be forcibly transformed into undead Black Lanterns. In the original work, in just one encounter, half of the Justice League, including Superman, was wiped out by a single Black Lantern Ring that suddenly began to infinitely self-replicate, all of them transformed into the dead, slaughtering the living.
And there were trillions of such Black Lantern Rings, each possessing the ability to infinitely self-replicate... This was a troop spawning speed that couldn't be described by geometric progression, and the crucial point was that the spawned troops were unkillable!
That was the true disaster, the most crushing and suffocating disaster.
Whenever night fell and silence reigned, Tony would count on his fingers: the Level Seven and Quasi Level Seven God-Kings of the World Tree Pantheon alone, killed by Amatsu-Mikaboshi, included Odin, Zeus, Shiva, Allah...
"I must take these sculptures!" Tony said with a dark expression, his mood suddenly souring. He emphasized his words, his face utterly cold.
A mere Phoenix Fragment was an insignificant matter compared to the impending great disaster. Even if Jean merged with the Dark Phoenix and the Phoenix Egg, she wouldn't be able to reach Level Eight. Being able to fight Red Lantern Hulk would already be a tremendous achievement.
The three Witches looked disgruntled, their eyes flickering. As they looked at each other, they could see the malice in each other's eyes.
"...We're withdrawing! But we want a reasonable explanation!" one Witch gritted her teeth, her heart trembling.
How many years had it been? How many years had they spent, how many dangers had they faced, to create this area?!
But with Tony's arrival, a single sentence was enough to destroy this place. The three Witches simply couldn't accept it psychologically.
"If I don't destroy this place now, you'll regret it later. None of you three will escape."
Tony snorted coldly, Energy surging around him, and he brutally blasted the ground beneath his feet.
Bang!
Boom!
A massive pit began to appear in the entire ground, and dense Rifts wildly spread in all directions. This Holy Land, which the three Witches had taken countless billions of years to create, began to disintegrate under Tony's powerful attack.
The sculptures began to sway. The Rifts that suddenly appeared below revealed deep pits. Instantly, these sculptures were teleported back to Cybertron by Tony. There, people from the Science Academy would clean up these sculptures along with any residual power.
From its inception, the God Quarry had never faced a disaster of this magnitude. In front of the One-Above-All, the area created by the three Witches was simply indefensible.
Watching the God Quarry being annihilated, the three Witches' eyes turned bloodshot. They were furious with hatred, their bodies trembling, but they endured it.
If they didn't endure, there was no other way; Tony would kill them all.
The entire quarry completely collapsed with a bang, turning into the dust of the Universe.
The Divine Power remnants accumulated over countless years also dissipated, turning into meteor-like Matter, leaving behind brilliant fireworks in the vacuum of space before completely vanishing.
"Find a place to live out the rest of your lives. You'll understand later that I saved your lives. You've trapped and killed quite a few Level Sevens over the years."
Tony said calmly, then turned, opened a Portal, and left with Wanda.
Wanda followed behind Tony in a daze, occasionally looking back, her face etched with deep confusion. Sometimes, she truly couldn't understand Tony's actions, even though they were eventually proven correct...
Everything returned to silence. The Eternal Sisters stood there in a daze, silently watching everything before them, unable to shed a single tear.
"What do we do?" one Witch asked angrily.
"Endure! We must endure! Tony is different from the others we've killed. If we provoke him, we'll truly die," the leading Witch said sinisterly.
"We could ambush his subordinates..."
"Silence! Doing that would be courting death! The God Quarry is gone, so it's gone. At worst, we'll just build another one. After all, this Universe will never lack Deities. Just like we did in the past, find them, isolate them, and then kill them. That will be our sustenance. There's no need to touch Tony's people."
The three Witches discussed for a while, then, with grim expressions, entered the depths of the Universe, discreetly searching for their prey.
They couldn't afford not to do this. The three Witches needed to devour Divine Power and Souls to extend their lives, which forced them to constantly ambush unfortunate individuals.
The sculptures and massive Energy field in the God Quarry were the Holy Land that the three of them had spent countless years creating, after killing an unknown number of people. It could continuously provide them with "food."
"We could preemptively attack the Tyrant, devour the Phoenix Egg. The Phoenix Force should allow us to advance further, and perhaps then we won't need to fear Tony."
"That's also a terrible idea. We'd still end up confronting Tony... Give up on revenge, at least in the short term. We are not his opponents."
"Then what do we do? Are there any suitable targets?"
"Yes, it's risky, but the reward is great. We..."
(end of chapter)
