Doom’s Scheme

"Things have come to this. There’s no need to hide anything from you!"

Facing Wang Bert’s question, Elektra chuckled and explained their plan in detail.

"Blood God, it won’t be long before The Beast officially descends. When that happens, you’ll pay for what you’ve done."

Elektra said smugly, "You, and the New York you want to protect, will both be destroyed by The Beast’s wrath."

"A bunch of idiots."

Wang Bert sneered inwardly, though outwardly he muttered anxiously, "Looks like I need to get out as soon as possible!"

"If you want to get out, you have to kill me. But unfortunately, I’m immortal!"

Elektra burst into laughter. "Blood God, just wait here in despair for death."

"No, there’s another way."

Wang Bert said, "You can let me out voluntarily!"

"I let you out voluntarily?"

Elektra said disdainfully, "You want to torture me until I let you out on my own? You’re overthinking it. No matter how you torture or kill me, I’ll never submit!"

Wang Bert glanced suspiciously at Elektra’s flushed face and asked, "Why do I feel like you’re a little excited?"

Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Elektra shouted with a red face, "Who’s excited? Do I look like that kind of person?"

Wang Bert stared at Elektra speechlessly. Were special preferences a requirement for becoming Black Sky? Embarrassed by his stare, Elektra shouted, "Are you going to kill me or not? Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Forget it!"

Wang Bert shook his head. "Uncle’s going to give you a shot and cure your problem."

"A shot?"

Elektra froze, then sneered. "Men, all the same."

"Why do I feel like you’re even more excited now?"

As Wang Bert complained, he took a syringe from his pocket. Elektra stared in astonishment. "You’re really giving me a shot?"

"What else did you think it was? Everyone knows the Blood God is a gentleman."

Wang Bert looked at her disdainfully. Before Elektra could say anything else, he plunged the needle into her arm.

Elektra looked at the syringe and asked, "What did you inject me with?"

"A Human Enhancement Potion. Osborn Corporation has improved it many times, and there’s only a one-percent chance something will go wrong."

After finishing the injection, Wang Bert took out another syringe. Elektra stared at it blankly. "There’s more?"

"Plenty more. This is Lizard Serum. Once it’s injected, you’ll turn into one of the Lizardmen."

Wang Bert said. Elektra was horrified and tried to flee, but Wang Bert snorted and turned blood into ropes that tightly bound her.

"This is only the beginning."

Wang Bert said with a wide smile, "Next come Hulk Serum and Hope Serum. I want to see whether your immortal body can resist these serums."

Hope Serum was the original version of the Alien Blood Dr. Sterns had created. Basically, anyone who injected it died.

"No!"

As the needle drew closer and closer, Elektra screamed in terror. She could indeed revive, but revival only ensured that she did not die. Unless her entire body vanished, resurrection would not restore her to peak condition.

"It’s too late to say no now. Uh, let me say something fitting—you can scream all you want. The louder you scream, the more excited I get."

Wang Bert laughed and stabbed the needle into Elektra’s body.

Let’s turn back time a few minutes. When Wong saw Wang Bert suddenly disappear, he was stunned for a moment before immediately rushing toward the portal.

Wong had intended to rush through the portal and complete Master Ancient One’s task, but when he reached its entrance, he had no choice but to stop—there was a Cosmic Storm inside. Going in would mean certain death.

"No wonder Master only let the Blood God enter."

Wong smiled bitterly. After thinking for a moment, he opened portals and brought the Super Heroes back.

Then, Wong explained, "Something major may happen in New York. Guard this place. Also, the Blood God is trapped. See if you can find him."

As Ivan scanned the surroundings with his equipment, he asked, "So those earlier events were just appetizers, and the main course is in New York?"

"Most likely."

Wong replied, "New York’s Defense Net is the weakest. The Behind-the-Scenes Manipulator will probably choose to break through here."

"Why am I not surprised at all?"

Frank shrugged, and everyone could not help shaking their heads. New York really was a disaster-prone place.

After finishing his scan, Ivan cursed, "I can’t find Bert. Damn magic."

"What did magic ever do wrong?"

Wong was somewhat displeased. Then he said, "Right, Master Ancient One just told us to destroy the equipment in the Space Station. Do you have any ideas?"

"The Space Station?"

Everyone was stunned. Ivan said, "We’d need to contact the military for that. Too bad our Space Station hasn’t even begun construction yet, or this would be easy."

While everyone discussed the matter, Doom stood in the Space Station, looking at the fully charged equipment and unable to stop himself from laughing.

"Reed, Susan, don’t blame me. You were the ones who chose to come out!"

Doom glanced at the four people on the ground, then stopped wasting time. He reached out and activated the equipment, whose cannon barrel swiftly began to glow.

"New York Sanctum, here I come!"

Doom aimed the cannon at the New York Sanctum and pressed the switch. A crimson beam blasted down from the sky toward the New York Sanctum. Sensing danger, the New York Sanctum immediately lit up with a golden magical Defense Shield. At the same time, all the mages moved to safety—at Ancient One’s command.

The crimson beam collided violently with the golden Defense Shield. Moments later, the golden shield was destroyed by the beam and scattered into points of light.

Then the beam blasted down, piercing through and exploding the New York Sanctum. A huge hole immediately appeared in the Defense Net protecting Earth’s dimension.

"The Defense Net is broken?"

Outside Earth’s dimension, a group of Demon Kings and Demon Gods rejoiced. The Beast was the first to charge toward the huge hole. Ancient One wanted to stop it, but the Demon Gods joined forces to hold her back! The Demon Gods laughed. "Ancient One, you can’t stop us. Earth will soon become a living hell."

Ancient One said coldly, "Earth will never become a living hell."

In New York, the sky suddenly turned dark. Not the darkness of storm clouds overhead, but absolute blackness without even a trace of light.

Then, an incomparably brutal, evil, and chaotic monster appeared in the sky over Manhattan. Everyone in the city could not help trembling as if they had encountered a superior life-form! Worse still, all kinds of evil thoughts surged into their minds—for instance, killing the boss who made them work overtime every day, or carrying the beautiful woman downstairs home with them.

They had entertained such thoughts before, but would never act on them. Yet now, under the influence of The Beast’s evil power, many people roared and charged at those they hated.

It was not only ordinary people. Even the Super Heroes could not avoid it. Ivan immediately flew into the air, intending to kill Tony and take Little Pepper home.

"Ancient One, you wouldn’t let me enter Earth, but now I’m in. What can you do to me? If you’ve got the guts, come chop me again! Hahaha!"

The Beast laughed wildly. The darkness around its body transformed into countless monsters that flew down toward New York below. They were beast servants it had found from various dimensions, specially tasked with gathering souls for it.

Just as New York was about to fall into Hell, a thousand-meter-long fiery red Divine Dragon suddenly appeared. Like the light of dawn, it instantly illuminated the entire city! "This is my territory. It’s not your place to run wild here!"

The Divine Dragon roared and opened its mouth, spewing surging Dragon Fire that burned away more than half the beast servants!

At the same time, a heartwarming power rose from the earth. Everyone shuddered and regained their senses.

"That damned beast again."

Frank cursed and shouted to the others, "Come on, let’s help Bert."

"Alright."

Ivan, Hulk, Electro, and the other Super Heroes nodded and flew outside.

"A Dragon Soul similar to an earthbound spirit?"

The Beast was somewhat surprised at the sight of the Divine Dragon Appearing, then sneered. A mere Divine Dragon could not stop it, especially when the other Demon Gods would soon descend as well.

At that moment, Doom’s eyes flashed in the Space Station. He lightly tapped the Magic Array on the equipment with a finger, instantly activating it and making it glow faintly.

As the Magic Array took effect, the beam bombarding the New York Sanctum suddenly vanished. Immediately afterward, in Mephisto’s Hell, a crimson beam descended from the sky and viciously blasted Mephisto’s royal palace, instantly destroying one of its halls.

"Haha, Ancient One, you have a day like this too… What’s going on?"

Mephisto had been smiling as he watched Ancient One’s predicament when he suddenly sensed that his palace was under attack. Furious, he immediately rose and flew out of the hall.

When he saw the beam, Mephisto was first stunned, then roared, "What do you bastards mean? Why are you bombing my palace?"

Doom’s voice came from above. "Mephisto, return my mother’s soul to me, or I’ll blow up your Hell."

Mephisto froze for a moment, then laughed in furious disbelief. "This is the first time I, Mephisto, have been threatened like this. Doom, Cynthia’s son, you really have some nerve. Go on, bomb it! I, Mephisto, have never accepted threats in my life!"

"Is that so?"

Doom sneered. He shouted at the Extraterrestrial Demon Gods and Demon Kings, "Make Mephisto hand over my mother’s soul, or I’ll destroy this equipment and make all your plans come to nothing."

The Demon Gods were so furious their noses nearly twisted. "Mortal, you dare threaten us?"

"So what if I threaten you? Mortal? Isn’t Ancient One, the mortal who beats you until you flee with your heads down, also a mortal?"

Doom looked utterly disdainful. Though the Demon Gods were enraged, they had no way to deal with Doom. One of them said, "Doom, after this is done, we will naturally return the soul to you. Continue bombarding the New York Sanctum for now."

"I want it now."

Doom said. A proud man like him would never hand the initiative to someone else. Left with no choice, the Demon Gods could only leave the dimensional void and head to Mephisto’s Hell.

Seeing the Demon Gods leave, Ancient One immediately repaired the New York Sanctum’s Defense Net. However, she did not repair it completely, deliberately leaving a small hole so Doom’s beam could enter Hell.

"Even the Demon Gods are dancing in your palm, Doom. You’re quite interesting."

Ancient One smiled faintly, then turned her gaze toward New York. The Beast, it was time to deal with it.

Above Manhattan, New York, the Divine Dragon was fiercely battling The Beast. Overall, the Divine Dragon was no match for The Beast and could only barely keep it occupied.

That was perfectly normal. The Beast was an Extraterrestrial Demon God!

As for the Super Heroes, they were fighting the vast number of beast servants on the ground, protecting New York City’s civilians.

At the Wakanda Embassy, a ripple passed through the void. Wang Bert appeared alongside an indescribable thing. Wong took one look at it and nearly threw up.

It should have been a person, yet it looked as though it had been chopped to pieces. Even more horrifyingly, it would occasionally sprout heads, hands, and feet. It was utterly disgusting.

Suppressing his nausea, Wong asked, "Blood God, what is that?"

"The Beast’s servant, Black Sky."

Wang Bert said. At that moment, a green head grew from the mass and pleaded with Wang Bert, "Blood God, kill me. You promised me that if I let you out, you’d use Dragon Fire to burn me to ashes!"

That mass was Elektra. Her genes had completely collapsed. She had died an unknown number of times, but every time, she revived and continued suffering.

"I said I would burn you to ashes, but I never said when. Endure it. Don’t you like pain?"

Wang Bert sneered and strode toward the portal. Elektra screamed in despair, "No!"

Wong felt a chill run down his spine. The Blood God looked so amiable, yet he was unexpectedly ruthless.

At that moment, Ancient One’s voice suddenly rang out. "Blood God, stay behind and deal with The Beast. Ignore the Space Station."

Wang Bert was stunned. He shouted, "Master, I’m not confident I can defeat The Beast. I can only keep it occupied."

Ancient One smiled. "It’s fine. You’ll be able to defeat it soon."

"A Dragon Soul delivered right to me as soon as I enter. Looks like today is my lucky day."

The Beast, which had been pressing the Divine Dragon down, laughed wildly. At that moment, it suddenly sensed that the Defense Net around New York had been repaired. Startled, it turned to flee, only for a yellow figure to appear before it.

Looking at that small yellow figure, The Beast went cold all over. It forced out a smile and said, "Ancient One, I really was just passing by this time."

"You’ve passed by twice already. Stay as a guest, so no one can say we Earthlings don’t know how to treat visitors!"

As Ancient One spoke, the entire sky turned seven-colored. Then, the seven-colored light gathered together and formed a mountain-sized Seven-Colored Holy Sword that all of New York could clearly see! "Vishanti’s Holy Sword again!"

The Beast cried out. Black Light erupted from its body, forming layer upon layer of defenses. Ancient One smiled faintly, and the gigantic seven-colored sword descended. All of The Beast’s defenses were destroyed like paper, after which the Seven-Colored Holy Sword pierced straight through it.

The Beast let out a shrill scream, like ten thousand ghosts wailing together. Many people in New York City clutched their heads in agony.

Ancient One shook her head and lightly tapped with a finger. The gigantic seven-colored sword exploded, and countless seven-colored rays pierced through The Beast’s body from within. The Beast howled again, its body riddled with holes like a sieve.

However, The Beast did not die. It flew in the air and roared, "Ancient One!"

Ancient One ignored The Beast. With a wave of her hand, the Mirror Dimension appeared, drawing in The Beast and all the blood it had shed.

Then Ancient One turned to Wang Bert, who was flying over, and said, "There shouldn’t be a problem now. Also, don’t drink The Beast’s blood. Its blood is too evil and chaotic. It needs to be purified first."

"Yes, Master Ancient One."

Wang Bert nodded. Flames flashed over his body as his armor formed around him. At the same time, the Divine Dragon turned into a streak of light and flew into his body.

Ancient One smiled faintly and sent Wang Bert into the Mirror Dimension. Then her figure vanished.

"Wow, today I finally learned what a true big shot’s presence is like. We’re so lucky to have a guardian like her."

Ivan could not help whistling. Everyone nodded. Master Ancient One was truly powerful and impressive. No wonder the Blood God respected her so much!

"Alright, The Beast is gone. Let’s deal with these monsters as quickly as possible and end this disaster."

Frank shouted. Then he seemed to recall something and asked, "Why didn’t Iron Man come this time? I didn’t see him get blasted away. It feels like something’s missing."