A Son Who Screws Over His Father

"Then let me put it another way, you spineless bastards! Come on!"

Frank shouted. Natasha rolled her eyes. Was that any different from before? "Hahaha, it worked! I really controlled this beast!"

At that moment, Damon suddenly shouted excitedly. Everyone turned and saw the Leviathan beneath his feet covered in flames. He had actually taken control of it!

"Attack!"

Without wasting words, Damon controlled the spike-covered Leviathan and slammed it viciously into another Leviathan. With a boom, the other Leviathan was pierced straight through, screaming as it fell toward the ground.

Damon laughed loudly, driving the massive beast like a warship as he crazily rammed other Leviathans. The others also attacked with all their strength, preventing the Chitauri from leaving this area!

Seeing this, Loki secretly frowned. He contacted the Chitauri leader and said, "Bring out the heavy firepower!"

"The warships can’t get through. We can only use energy bombardment."

The Chitauri leader said, "The first strike will have the best effect. Which ones should we focus on? The one in the red armor?"

"Forget that one. You can’t hit him!"

Loki glanced fearfully at Wang Bert in front of the Hell Gate and said to the Chitauri leader, "Pick the others yourselves. Focus your fire on the one with the hammer. Hit him as hard as you can!"

"Fine!"

The Chitauri leader did not waste words. The warships began gathering energy, and moments later, four enormous energy blasts rained down. Their targets were Thor, War Abomination, Hulk, and Damon! Thor and Hulk were blasted away on the spot, crashing into the ground like falling meteorites and kicking up huge clouds of dust! Although War Abomination raised his Vibranium shield in time, he was still driven into the ground, blasting out a massive crater! Damon immediately hid behind the Leviathan, which was shot straight through and died on the spot! It was not over yet. More than ten slightly smaller energy blasts soon descended from the sky, forcing everyone to dodge in panic.

Seizing the chance, the Chitauri sent a large force into Earth. Their Energy Guns fired nonstop, blowing up several Drone Armors.

While dodging, Ivan shouted, "Bert, hurry up and help! We can’t hold them back!"

"Don’t worry, reinforcements are here!"

Wang Bert smiled faintly. The next moment, hundreds of missiles whistled in from afar and exploded across the Chitauri army’s positions, inflicting devastating losses!

"Blood God, we’re here!"

Right after that, Mercury flew over in armor, leading more than a hundred Drone Armors in a mighty formation! At her side were Peggy Carter, Blade in armor, Spider-Man, Earth Demon, Water Demon, the Hell Sisters, Power Man, the Ten Guardians, and many others. Everyone had arrived—those who could not fly had Gliders beneath their feet.

"You’re finally here!"

Wang Bert nodded in satisfaction. He had spent tens of billions of dollars building Drone Armor for this very battle! "Whoa, you prepared so many Drone Armors?"

Tony shouted in delight. Ivan snapped irritably, "You’ve got the nerve to say that? If it weren’t for you, these Drone Armors would’ve gone into battle long ago. Would we have had to go through all this trouble?"

Tony was a little embarrassed. At that moment, a large number of bio-soldiers emerged from the Space Vortex again. Tony hurriedly shouted, "They’re coming again! Get ready to fight! Oh, and watch out for the energy blasts. Their mothership should be on the other side of the Space Vortex!"

"Spread out the battlefield. There’s no one around here, so there’s no need to defend the area under the Space Vortex to the death."

Wang Bert instructed, "As long as we don’t let the Chitauri escape this area!"

"Got it!"

Everyone accepted their orders and used the surrounding area as their battlefield, engaging the Chitauri army in a fierce slaughter. Gunfire, cannon fire, and explosions rang out everywhere!

War Abomination climbed out of the crater and flew into the sky again, roaring as he charged toward the Leviathans. With his Vibranium shield, he had not been injured in that attack.

Damon was unharmed as well. He leaped onto another Leviathan’s back and crazily poured Hellfire into its body.

Thor’s injuries, however, were serious. Loki took the opportunity to confront him, and the two brothers began fighting once more.

Hulk was injured too, but his wounds quickly healed. He roared at the sky, grabbed onto the walls, and rapidly climbed upward. He was angry. He was going to smash all those damned aliens to death.

Bio-soldiers were merely cannon fodder to the Chitauri, and they did not care about losing them. Bio-soldiers kept flying out of the Space Vortex as the Chitauri higher-ups planned to bury these Earthlings alive beneath sheer numbers.

At last, reinforcements from the military and S.H.I.E.L.D. arrived. Their fighter jets were not as powerful as Drone Armor, but they could still be useful! As the reinforcements joined the battle, the fighting grew ever fiercer, and the surrounding area was nearly reduced to ruins.

Yinsen had come too. When Tony saw him, he immediately complained, "Could you have arrived any later? The movie’s practically over. And why are you wearing obsolete armor?"

"Because only Mark Two isn’t under your control!"

Yinsen replied irritably, "Do you think it was easy for me to get here from so far away? Oh, Pepper said you’ll be sleeping on the couch when you get back!"

Tony said unhappily, "Why? I’m the victim!"

Yinsen said, "Pepper said being controlled wasn’t your fault, but not answering her calls was!"

"Hmph, you want Tony Stark to sleep on the couch? Dream on!"

Tony said, "Unless she prepares a pair of comfortable slippers for me, I absolutely won’t agree."

"Could you be any more pathetic?"

Yinsen looked at him with disdain. "I’ll be your assistant and fight alongside you!"

"Fine, Yinsen. From now on, you’re my assistant!"

Tony nodded and formally accepted Yinsen as his assistant. In this era, fighting alone no longer worked unless one was as powerful as the Blood God! Jessica used a machine gun to kill a bio-soldier. The bio-soldier and its motorcycle crashed into a nearby building, and rubble and glass came clattering down. Jessica blinked and asked Wang Bert through her communicator, "Master, if we wreck the area around here, do we have to pay compensation?"

Jessica had paid so much compensation that she was traumatized by it.

Wang Bert said, "No. I’ve already signed an agreement with Washington. We’re exempt from all liability. Don’t hold back over anything. Fight to your heart’s content!"

"Really? That’s great!"

Jessica was overjoyed. She flew into the sky and fired missiles wildly. At last, she could cut loose without restraint, since she did not have to pay for the damage.

"No compensation? Since when was the White House so generous?"

As Tony lured bio-soldiers into crashing into buildings, he said, "That’s good, then. My Stark Tower has already been badly damaged. Some bastard deliberately fought beside Stark Tower and kept luring giant beasts over!"

Ivan sneered. I just like smashing Stark Tower. Got a problem with that? "Only I don’t have to pay compensation, not you!"

Wang Bert said flatly, "Given your earlier performance, the White House and the major corporations will definitely demand compensation from you. Don’t worry about that."

"Damn it!"

Tony cursed unhappily. This time, Stark Industries was probably going to lose quite a bit of money!

Tony did not care much about money. What he cared about was that he was getting farther and farther behind Wang Bert. At this rate, when would he ever surpass him? When would he be able to return the title of pauper to him?

Looking at the blazing battlefield, Wang Bert sighed. Compared to the movie, humanity’s strength was several times greater. If Mephisto had not interfered, beating Loki would have been as easy as beating up a grandson! Wang Bert cursed, "Damn Mephisto! I’ll definitely settle this score with you!"

Meanwhile, within the mysterious space sealing Hela, a pitch-black crack suddenly appeared in the void. Hela was overjoyed and immediately sent her avatar into the crack! The instant the avatar entered, it was teleported into the Space Channel between the human world and Hell—Space Power resonance! "Just as I expected!"

Hela laughed wildly and immediately controlled her avatar to travel through the channel toward Earth!

In the Mirror Dimension, Mephisto, whom Wang Bert had been cursing, was being set up at that very moment—by his own son!

"Blackheart, you actually helped Ancient One deal with your own father? I’m your real flesh-and-blood father!"

Mephisto, trapped inside a suit of armor, roared. Earlier, he and Ancient One had been fighting fiercely when Blackheart used their shared aura to quietly approach him. Then Blackheart suddenly attacked and trapped him inside the armor!

"Like you ever treated me like your real son?"

Blackheart sneered. "If you really treated me as your son, you’d pass the throne to me. I don’t want to be a prince for the rest of my life!"

"You think you’re worthy of becoming the Demon King?"

Mephisto said disdainfully, "Why don’t you look in a mirror and see what kind of thing you are?"

"Mephisto, go to hell!"

Blackheart roared and activated the array on the armor. The armor shone brilliantly as it crazily absorbed Mephisto’s power! Mephisto shouted in shock and fury, "You unfilial bastard, what are you doing?"

"Isn’t it obvious? I’m using the armor to drain all your power!"

Blackheart sneered. "Once that happens, all I need to do is wear this armor to regain my strength!"

Mephisto turned to Ancient One and shouted, "Ancient One, what kind of armor is this? Why have I never heard of it?"

"It was forged recently!"

Ancient One smiled. "It’s made of Uru Metal infused with Odin’s divine power. Mephisto, you’ve lost!"

"Dream on! I, Mephisto, will not lose!"

Mephisto turned to Blackheart and said, "Father and son, let’s team up and kill Ancient One. Then we can turn Earth into our hunting ground!"

Blackheart’s eyes flickered, but he then said, "Not interested. I’m going to devour your projection, return to Hell, and fight you for the throne. I, Blackheart, was born to become the Demon King!"

Mephisto cursed, "Idiot! Do you think Ancient One will let you leave?"

Ancient One said, "Of course I will. Why wouldn’t I?"

Mephisto froze, then immediately understood. Ancient One wanted Blackheart to start a rebellion in Hell so that Mephisto would have no time to come to Earth and cause trouble.

This was a move to pull the rug out from under him!

Mephisto shouted at Blackheart, "Idiot, what’s so good about being the ruler of Hell? Let’s join forces, and I’ll make you the king of Earth!"

"If there’s nothing good about it, why have you held the position for tens of thousands of years and refused to step down?"

Blackheart sneered. "Mephisto, don’t think I’m stupid. If I release you, you’ll definitely tear me apart at the first opportunity."

"How could I, Mephisto, have a son who screws over his own father like this?"

Mephisto sighed toward the heavens. If not for Blackheart, the Blood God would not have grown so much stronger and ruined his entire plan. If not for Blackheart, he would not have been trapped in this armor and seen all his efforts come to nothing! Everything, everything was because of Blackheart. Why had he created it in the first place? "Ancient One, I surrender!"

Mephisto gritted his teeth. "I’ll give you the Mind Scepter and abandon this round. My condition is that you spare me and let me take Blackheart back to Hell!"

Blackheart was startled and hurriedly said, "Sorcerer Supreme!"

"Don’t worry!"

Ancient One waved his hand and said, "Mephisto, why should I agree to that?"

"If you refuse, then I can only take you down with me!"

Mephisto said, "I planted a safeguard in the Hell Gate. With a single thought, I can shift the Space Channel from connecting to Hell to connecting to the Dark Dimension!"

"Dormammu!"

Ancient One’s expression darkened. Dormammu of the Dark Dimension was Kamar-Taj’s greatest enemy!

"Unless I have no other choice, I won’t do this, because it would mean losing Earth completely!"

Mephisto said, "Ancient One, do you agree or not?"

Blackheart’s expression changed drastically. In his view, Ancient One would definitely agree! Yet, to the surprise of both Mephisto and Blackheart, Ancient One smiled faintly and said, "And if I don’t?"

"Then we die together!"

Without wasting words, Mephisto immediately activated his backup plan. Outside, the Hell Gate rapidly twisted and warped as it shifted the Space Channel!

"How could this happen?"

Hela’s expression changed in the mysterious space. The Space Channel was collapsing!

"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—how can I miss it?"

Hela hurriedly transferred all her power into her avatar. The avatar ran forward with all its strength. As long as it reached Earth, she could escape.

Seeing the Hell Gate suddenly change, Wang Bert’s expression shifted, but he had no idea what to do. At that moment, a gentle voice suddenly sounded by his ear. "Draw upon the Dragon Power and strike the flashing point on the Hell Gate."

As the voice spoke, a streak of golden light appeared on the Hell Gate, constantly moving as though special effects had been added—it was an image Ancient One projected onto Wang Bert’s retina.

"Got it!"

Wang Bert did not waste a word. He leaped into the air and poured both Blood God Power and Dragon Power into the Vibranium Spear. The spear became like a blood-red divine dragon, releasing waves of Dragon Roars that shook heaven and earth! Then Wang Bert shouted and dove down like a bolt of lightning, smashing the Vibranium Spear with unstoppable force into the flashing golden point on the Hell Gate! With a boom, the Hell Gate exploded. Wang Bert was blasted away on the spot as a terrifying Shockwave swept across the surroundings. All remaining buildings came crashing down, including Stark Tower. Dust surged into the sky, shrouding everything! "My tower!"

Tony cried out in alarm. Bert Wang, do you really hold such a grudge? Even now, you still had to blow up my Stark Tower? "No!"

The Hell Gate’s collapse instantly destroyed the Space Channel, turning it into a Space Storm. Hela’s avatar screamed as it was swept inside and lost contact. Hela spat out blood and fell backward! In the Mirror Dimension, Mephisto shouted in disbelief, "You were waiting for this moment all along?"

"Yes. The Hell Gate is indeed very sturdy, but while shifting the Space Channel, its defenses drop sharply. At that point, as long as powerful force strikes its weakest point, it can be destroyed!"

Ancient One fanned himself and said calmly, "Mephisto, I may not be omniscient or omnipotent, but you think you can claim to be thoroughly prepared before me? Who gave you that confidence? Do you think I’ve guarded Earth for hundreds of years through brute force alone?"

"You knew my plan from the beginning? Then why didn’t you stop me earlier?"

Mephisto asked with an ugly expression. Ancient One glanced at Blackheart and said nothing!

"To make Blackheart rebel?"

Mephisto smiled bitterly. "What an Ancient One. I underestimated you—greatly underestimated you!"