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When Tony saw that only five Celestials had been dispatched, he knew the Celestials were divided.
It made no sense to send only five of them to hunt the main body of a Singular God like him... Most critically, the Grand Judge, who was responsible for passing judgment, hadn't even made a move.
Tony had originally estimated that when the Goddess revealed the location of the Faerie Force, she might have had some intention of setting him up—perhaps by imprisoning him with the Faerie Force so they would fight to the death.
But that hadn't happened.
Even the Destroyer Celestial and the others who came to intercept him seemed to have acted in great haste.
"Without the Grand Judge to stabilize the order of the Multiverse, without the one-hit-kill from the Sleeping Celestial, and without the direct involvement of the Strategist Analyzer and the Calculator... The Celestials are also hesitating, unsure whether they should become my open enemies."
Tony blasted straight through the Blood Realm, ferociously lunging at the Collector. His entire body was minuscule compared to the towering Celestial, but at their tier, physical size was a joke. The true deciding factors were their energy levels and unique powers.
The entire Multiverse trembled under the power of a Singular God. An oscillating energy surged endlessly from Tony, spreading out in all directions. The fragile Multiverse was being wildly twisted and distorted by the influence of this power.
"Do you want to be an enemy of the entire Multiverse?!" the Destroyer Celestial roared.
"Hilarious. When Mr. Mxyzptlk destroyed a multiverse with a fart, why didn't I see you go after the Fifth Dimension? You do nothing just because you can't win?"
Tony sneered.
The so-called cosmic regulators were often incredibly hypocritical.
Their judgment was always reserved for those weaker than them. As for those far beyond their capabilities, they wouldn't even offer a small rebuke; they would simply turn a blind eye. It was the same in Marvel and DC Comics; such things were commonplace.
And now, in the eyes of the Destroyer Celestial and the others, Tony was much easier to deal with than the Fifth Dimension. That was why the moment Tony displayed his disastrous influence on the Multiverse, he was immediately met with the Celestials' angry reprimands and threats.
The Speed Force's collective consciousness also surged forth, its gaze fixed on this spot. Everyone present, including Tony and the Celestials, was now being watched by the Speed Force Wall.
The Collector let out a bellow and raised the warhammer in his hand, bringing it crashing down toward Tony. Tony's body tore through the supreme time-space like a sharp sword, making the entire Multiverse groan in pain as if it had been stabbed by a blade.
The two figures collided with a deafening boom. The power of the Allspark erupted, transforming into a vast torrent that washed over the Collector.
The Collector roared incessantly, raising his warhammer high as divine power surged. A pillar of light erupted, and the lights on his body's surface flared as he tried with all his might to resist Tony's attack.
The moment the Allspark's power covered him, the Collector was immediately overcome with anxiety. It was the feeling of facing a natural predator, as if something was looking down on him from a higher plane, suppressing him. The Collector's heart filled with shock and rage.
"The Allspark..."
"Stop him! We can't give him time!"
"Tony, hand over the Allspark, and we'll turn around and leave!"
"The Celestials never lie. Hand over the Allspark, and it will be as if none of this ever happened! We will no longer interfere in your affairs until you leave this Multiverse!"
The last sentence was spoken by the Destroyer Celestial.
Scorching magma flowed across the 6,000-meter-tall Celestial's body, radiating a strange, searing heat. The Destroyer Celestial's voice was deep and majestic, his red-glowing eyes staring fixedly at Tony through his helmet.
The Destroyer Celestial was also filled with desire, a craving to obtain and analyze the secrets of the Allspark.
The Allspark was a divine artifact that defied all reason, possessing an overwhelming power of control over all technological constructs.
As Tony clashed with the Collector, the power around him swelled to its absolute limit. He hammered the Collector with wave after wave of attacks, turning a deaf ear to the words of the other four Celestials. His cold eyes were locked onto the Collector, brimming with killing intent.
The four Celestials quickly gathered, casting aside all other concerns, and directly joined forces to attack Tony.
Five Level Eight Celestials besieged Tony at once. A powerful force field descended in an instant, bearing down on the tiny figure of Tony.
Tony struggled to withstand the combined assault of the five Celestials. The Allspark was running on overload. Ignoring the Destroyer Celestial and the other three, he directed every single energy particle toward the Collector.
These powerful active particles carried Tony's willpower. The instant they made contact with the Collector's body, they immediately began to twist and animate him from the most microscopic level, bit by bit turning everything that was the Collector into Tony's own.
The Collector discovered, to his shock and fury, that something was continuously invading his body from the void, while simultaneously attacking his consciousness and soul.
"My armor and my body have long been augmented down to the soul particle level, how can you still so easily..."
"That's meaningless," Tony interrupted, silently swallowing a mouthful of blood. The signs of fracture on his body healed in an instant. Even for a Singular God, facing five veteran Celestials at once had left him wounded.
"I'm going to chop off your head and hang it on Cybertron as a decoration."
Tony wiped the corner of his mouth. His fractured body had already returned to its original state. From his divine blood to his spirit, from his bones to his consciousness, from his cells to his soul—after suffering immense pressure that had caused widespread collapse, everything was restored in a single moment.
Under the onslaught of powerful foes, a trace of the massive Information Aggregate within him couldn't help but leak out, radiating toward more distant worlds. Tony desperately tried to control it and direct it at the Collector.
The Blood Realm descended into chaos as its collapse spread. Countless universes shook violently, and dense rifts appeared on their barriers. Fortunately, the Information Aggregate within Tony hadn't leaked on a large scale; otherwise, a great number of universes would have been destroyed by the information assault from a Singular God.
Destroying a universe was simple. Just randomly change its physical constants, and ninety-nine percent of the life forms in that universe would be wiped out.
And Tony's Information Aggregate possessed the ability to directly twist and destroy those constants. The sheer volume of a universe's physical constants was pathetically fragile before the Information Aggregate of a Singular God; it would be overwritten and replaced in an instant.
Tony stared at the Collector and clenched his fists. His body tensed, and every inch of his cells lit up with a terrifying divine light, granting him a vast power he could squander at will.
The Collector wanted to curse. *Why are you staring at me?!*
*Is it just because I wanted to make you a specimen?!*
"Kill him, no matter the cost!" The Destroyer Celestial completely abandoned all illusions. A savage light gleamed in his eyes. This time, he was willing to risk the entire Multiverse to kill Tony and seize that divine artifact that could threaten all Celestials.
If the Multiverse was destroyed, they could just Reboot it. After all, this world had already been Rebooted many times.
As long as they could get the Allspark, it was all worth it.
(end of chapter)
It made no sense to send only five of them to hunt the main body of a Singular God like him... Most critically, the Grand Judge, who was responsible for passing judgment, hadn't even made a move.
Tony had originally estimated that when the Goddess revealed the location of the Faerie Force, she might have had some intention of setting him up—perhaps by imprisoning him with the Faerie Force so they would fight to the death.
But that hadn't happened.
Even the Destroyer Celestial and the others who came to intercept him seemed to have acted in great haste.
"Without the Grand Judge to stabilize the order of the Multiverse, without the one-hit-kill from the Sleeping Celestial, and without the direct involvement of the Strategist Analyzer and the Calculator... The Celestials are also hesitating, unsure whether they should become my open enemies."
Tony blasted straight through the Blood Realm, ferociously lunging at the Collector. His entire body was minuscule compared to the towering Celestial, but at their tier, physical size was a joke. The true deciding factors were their energy levels and unique powers.
The entire Multiverse trembled under the power of a Singular God. An oscillating energy surged endlessly from Tony, spreading out in all directions. The fragile Multiverse was being wildly twisted and distorted by the influence of this power.
"Do you want to be an enemy of the entire Multiverse?!" the Destroyer Celestial roared.
"Hilarious. When Mr. Mxyzptlk destroyed a multiverse with a fart, why didn't I see you go after the Fifth Dimension? You do nothing just because you can't win?"
Tony sneered.
The so-called cosmic regulators were often incredibly hypocritical.
Their judgment was always reserved for those weaker than them. As for those far beyond their capabilities, they wouldn't even offer a small rebuke; they would simply turn a blind eye. It was the same in Marvel and DC Comics; such things were commonplace.
And now, in the eyes of the Destroyer Celestial and the others, Tony was much easier to deal with than the Fifth Dimension. That was why the moment Tony displayed his disastrous influence on the Multiverse, he was immediately met with the Celestials' angry reprimands and threats.
The Speed Force's collective consciousness also surged forth, its gaze fixed on this spot. Everyone present, including Tony and the Celestials, was now being watched by the Speed Force Wall.
The Collector let out a bellow and raised the warhammer in his hand, bringing it crashing down toward Tony. Tony's body tore through the supreme time-space like a sharp sword, making the entire Multiverse groan in pain as if it had been stabbed by a blade.
The two figures collided with a deafening boom. The power of the Allspark erupted, transforming into a vast torrent that washed over the Collector.
The Collector roared incessantly, raising his warhammer high as divine power surged. A pillar of light erupted, and the lights on his body's surface flared as he tried with all his might to resist Tony's attack.
The moment the Allspark's power covered him, the Collector was immediately overcome with anxiety. It was the feeling of facing a natural predator, as if something was looking down on him from a higher plane, suppressing him. The Collector's heart filled with shock and rage.
"The Allspark..."
"Stop him! We can't give him time!"
"Tony, hand over the Allspark, and we'll turn around and leave!"
"The Celestials never lie. Hand over the Allspark, and it will be as if none of this ever happened! We will no longer interfere in your affairs until you leave this Multiverse!"
The last sentence was spoken by the Destroyer Celestial.
Scorching magma flowed across the 6,000-meter-tall Celestial's body, radiating a strange, searing heat. The Destroyer Celestial's voice was deep and majestic, his red-glowing eyes staring fixedly at Tony through his helmet.
The Destroyer Celestial was also filled with desire, a craving to obtain and analyze the secrets of the Allspark.
The Allspark was a divine artifact that defied all reason, possessing an overwhelming power of control over all technological constructs.
As Tony clashed with the Collector, the power around him swelled to its absolute limit. He hammered the Collector with wave after wave of attacks, turning a deaf ear to the words of the other four Celestials. His cold eyes were locked onto the Collector, brimming with killing intent.
The four Celestials quickly gathered, casting aside all other concerns, and directly joined forces to attack Tony.
Five Level Eight Celestials besieged Tony at once. A powerful force field descended in an instant, bearing down on the tiny figure of Tony.
Tony struggled to withstand the combined assault of the five Celestials. The Allspark was running on overload. Ignoring the Destroyer Celestial and the other three, he directed every single energy particle toward the Collector.
These powerful active particles carried Tony's willpower. The instant they made contact with the Collector's body, they immediately began to twist and animate him from the most microscopic level, bit by bit turning everything that was the Collector into Tony's own.
The Collector discovered, to his shock and fury, that something was continuously invading his body from the void, while simultaneously attacking his consciousness and soul.
"My armor and my body have long been augmented down to the soul particle level, how can you still so easily..."
"That's meaningless," Tony interrupted, silently swallowing a mouthful of blood. The signs of fracture on his body healed in an instant. Even for a Singular God, facing five veteran Celestials at once had left him wounded.
"I'm going to chop off your head and hang it on Cybertron as a decoration."
Tony wiped the corner of his mouth. His fractured body had already returned to its original state. From his divine blood to his spirit, from his bones to his consciousness, from his cells to his soul—after suffering immense pressure that had caused widespread collapse, everything was restored in a single moment.
Under the onslaught of powerful foes, a trace of the massive Information Aggregate within him couldn't help but leak out, radiating toward more distant worlds. Tony desperately tried to control it and direct it at the Collector.
The Blood Realm descended into chaos as its collapse spread. Countless universes shook violently, and dense rifts appeared on their barriers. Fortunately, the Information Aggregate within Tony hadn't leaked on a large scale; otherwise, a great number of universes would have been destroyed by the information assault from a Singular God.
Destroying a universe was simple. Just randomly change its physical constants, and ninety-nine percent of the life forms in that universe would be wiped out.
And Tony's Information Aggregate possessed the ability to directly twist and destroy those constants. The sheer volume of a universe's physical constants was pathetically fragile before the Information Aggregate of a Singular God; it would be overwritten and replaced in an instant.
Tony stared at the Collector and clenched his fists. His body tensed, and every inch of his cells lit up with a terrifying divine light, granting him a vast power he could squander at will.
The Collector wanted to curse. *Why are you staring at me?!*
*Is it just because I wanted to make you a specimen?!*
"Kill him, no matter the cost!" The Destroyer Celestial completely abandoned all illusions. A savage light gleamed in his eyes. This time, he was willing to risk the entire Multiverse to kill Tony and seize that divine artifact that could threaten all Celestials.
If the Multiverse was destroyed, they could just Reboot it. After all, this world had already been Rebooted many times.
As long as they could get the Allspark, it was all worth it.
(end of chapter)
