War Begins

"What’s wrong with Loki? Did she eat your steak or something?"

Loki rolled her eyes and turned to Old Tony. "Are you giving it to us or not?"

"Yes. Ultron must be killed."

Old Tony summoned the Materialism Triangular Prism and used it to unseal the Space Stone. Then he said to Wang Bert, "You have to return it immediately after you’re done."

"You think I’m like you, always taking other people’s things and never giving them back?"

Wang Bert snorted, activated the Infinity Stones Loki had handed over, and the Domo flashed as it teleported to a city on Green Forest Star.

Before everyone could recover from the dizziness of spatial teleportation, thousands of lasers suddenly struck the Domo at once. Its shield rippled violently like water, on the verge of collapse.

It wasn’t that the Domo was weak. There were simply too many lasers.

"Ultron knew I was coming?"

Wang Bert froze for a moment, then activated the Space Stone again, transferring the Super Heroes and Drone Armor to an open area in the distance.

Then, like a meteor, the Domo plunged toward the source of the lasers. Ultron was startled and hurriedly used the power of the Space Stone to teleport the Domo away. Tens of thousands of meters away, the Domo exploded with a thunderous boom. The world shook as a mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

"What a bad start. We lost the Domo right away."

Loki said ominously. Everyone glared at her, then turned solemnly toward the enemy—across from them stood dense, orderly ranks of Deviant Machines, numbering at least five thousand.

"Tony Stark, you’re late."

Ultron hovered in the air and arrogantly addressed Old Tony. Behind him floated four bizarrely shaped Deviants—the Black Obsidian Four Generals.

"Ultron, add ‘Old’ to it, or it’ll be easy to confuse us."

Tony shouted, "Though if you want to call him an old bastard, that works too, because he really is a bastard."

Old Tony ignored Tony. He flew into the air and said, "My son, you’ve betrayed me once again. I shouldn’t have let you fuse with Deviant genes."

"We all underestimated Deviant genes. They were, after all, creations of the Celestial Group."

Ultron said, "Words are pointless. I’ve devoured millions of people. You definitely won’t spare me, so let’s fight, Tony Stark. I’ll prove to you that you’re obsolete. The future belongs to me, Ultron."

"You really break this old father’s heart."

Old Tony snorted and summoned Materialism Power to seal the Infinity Stones on Ultron’s body. The magical abilities of the Black Obsidian Four Generals were also restricted.

Through his connection with Ebony Maw, Thanos sensed the power of Materialism Power. Instead of being alarmed, he was delighted. "Materialism Power is truly formidable. It can even affect a Creator God. My time wasn’t wasted. With it, the Blood God will definitely die by my hand."

When Old Tony used Materialism Power, Thor, Strange, Captain Marvel, and the others were startled. Fortunately, this time, Old Tony did not seal them as well.

"It’s useless. My true power doesn’t come from the Infinity Stones."

Ultron gave a savage grin and suddenly appeared before Old Tony at astonishing speed, sending him flying with one punch.

"That’s my ability."

Makkari was furious. She ran into the sky and punched at Ultron’s face. Ultron dodged, and red light flared in his eyes as he blasted Makkari.

Makkari couldn’t evade in time and was about to be hit, but Old Tony appeared just in time and shoved her away. Then a row of Micro Missiles popped out behind him and fired at Ultron.

It was worth noting that both Old Tony and the Micro Missiles were under time acceleration. Otherwise, he would never have made it in time to save Makkari.

"Same old tricks, Old Tony. Looks like your Anti-Blood God Armor still isn’t finished."

Ultron sneered. More than a dozen tentacles emerged from behind him and smashed into the Micro Missiles. Boom, boom, boom! The missiles exploded one after another, but the tentacles remained completely unharmed.

The tentacles then coiled toward Old Tony. Light flashed from the back of his hand as more than a dozen lasers swept across the tentacles, severing them instantly. But Old Tony’s gaze hardened when he saw the severed tentacles regenerating wildly at a visible rate.

This was Ajak’s regenerative ability.

"It’s useless. This body of mine is perfect."

Ultron laughed loudly as the tentacles coiled toward Old Tony again. Old Tony dodged while swinging his short sword, cutting them apart.

Just like that, Old Tony and Ultron fought fiercely in the air as if they had acceleration cheats enabled. Only a handful of the strongest could see their movements clearly. The weaker Super Heroes could only see two figures flashing constantly through the sky.

"I hate people who can speed up."

Tony said irritably. Ant-Man, Falcon, Winter Soldier, and the others nodded repeatedly in agreement.

"Leave Ultron to Old Tony. Our target is those Deviant Machines. Don’t leave a single one alive."

Steve shouted, "Strange, Carol, Tony, Thor, deal with those four big guys. Everyone else, help me take out the Deviant Machines."

"There are so many monsters. Can I request a different assignment?"

Rocket asked.

"Little bear, if you can fly, I’d be happy to switch assignments with you."

Captain Marvel had long since lost her patience. At that, she immediately flew toward the massive Cull Obsidian. Tony and Thor followed close behind, while Strange flew toward the slender Ebony Maw. For some reason, he really wanted to punch that guy.

Steve shouted, "Blood God, there are so many Deviant Machines. We might not be able to hold them off. Keep an eye on things."

Wang Bert smiled. "Don’t worry. As long as I’m here, nothing will go wrong."

"Ants."

Corvus Glaive snorted, raised his spear, and shouted, "Kill them."

"Kill!"

The Deviant Machines shouted in unison. Then, like a surging tide, they charged at the Super Heroes while continuously firing missiles, lasers, and dense barrages of bullets.

The Deviant Machines possessed not only the abilities of Deviants, but also those of Drone Armor. They were far stronger than General Ross and his people.

The Drone Armor brought by Old Tony, along with the Vibranium Armor and Sentinel Robots brought by Tony, immediately took the front line. They used energy shields to block the lasers and bullets while counterattacking the Deviant Machines.

For a time, explosions rang out everywhere, and the battlefield erupted into chaos.

"It’s a little too heated. Time to cool things down."

Wang Bert stomped hard. The earth behind the Deviant Machine army suddenly turned into a pool of water, and large numbers of Deviant Machines fell into it.

Before the Deviant Machines could climb back out, the water transformed into solid superalloy, trapping them inside. Some of the unlucky ones were even crushed flat by the superalloy.

The Eternals stared at "Sersi" in astonishment. Wasn’t this too powerful? She had taken out over a thousand Deviant Machines in an instant. The truly powerful one isn’t me. It’s the Blood God.

Sersi sighed inwardly. Over the past month, she had worked hard to train her abilities, but compared to the Blood God, she was nowhere near the same level.

That guy was definitely fooling me back then. Even if I trained to the limit, there’s no way I could become as powerful as him.

Sersi complained inwardly, And before, he would at least say hello before taking over my body. Now he doesn’t say a word. He just takes over whenever he wants. What am I supposed to be?

Wang Bert said with a smile, "Um, I can hear you."

Sersi’s face reddened slightly. She hurriedly composed herself and stopped letting her thoughts wander.

"Long live the Blood God!"

Seeing Wang Bert effortlessly deal with over a thousand Deviant Machines, the Super Heroes’ morale soared. Black Panther shouted a slogan and led the Dora Milaje and the Super Heroes forward.

A great battle erupted in full, with shouts of killing and explosions everywhere.

"The Blood God is amazing. Unlike me, I don’t have any area attacks. I can only handle them one at a time."

Spider-Man said enviously as he bound a Deviant Machine with webbing. At that moment, flames erupted from the Deviant Machine’s body, burning away every strand of web.

The Deviant Machine then raised the Gatling gun on its left arm and sprayed bullets at Spider-Man. Spider-Man shouted as he dodged miserably, bullets kicking up clouds of dust across the ground.

Suddenly, the Deviant Machine’s Gatling gun jammed. Ant-Man had crawled inside it and damaged the components.

"Hey, hey, using a Gatling gun against a kid is way too much, isn’t it?"

Ant-Man was about to continue sabotaging it when the Gatling gun suddenly exploded, blasting him away. Spider-Man quickly rushed over to save him.

It wasn’t just Spider-Man and Ant-Man who were having trouble. The other Super Heroes weren’t doing much better either.

For example, Falcon had barely taken flight before a Deviant Machine shot him down with a supersonic electric rifle. Fortunately, he had switched to Nanotech Armor. If he had still been wearing his old Falcon gear, he would have been done for.

Steve’s situation was no better. Several Deviant Machines used impact hammers to send him flying again and again.

"We’re being countered."

Steve climbed up from the ground and said grimly, "Ultron knows everything about us. He specifically prepared methods to deal with us."

"What?"

Everyone’s expressions changed slightly. Ultron was actually this cunning? No wonder they felt so constrained.

"As the smartest robot, isn’t it only natural for me to design attack methods specifically for Super Heroes?"

Ultron said smugly while fighting Tony at high speed, "I have the advantage in numbers, and I have the advantage in quality too. What makes you think you can fight me?"

"The smartest robot? I designed you. I’ll always be better than you."

Old Tony snorted. His feet transformed into ramming devices, and he slammed viciously toward Ultron. Ultron flashed behind Old Tony and punched him away.

Ultron shouted, "You did design me, but I’m more perfect than you. For example, you’re weak at close combat, while I possess a perfect close-combat program."

"I don’t think so."

Old Tony snorted. An invisible object beneath Ultron’s feet suddenly exploded, blasting Ultron backward. Old Tony took the chance to fire missiles in pursuit.

On the battlefield, seeing the Super Heroes falling into a disadvantage, Wang Bert thought for a moment and opened a massive portal. He shouted at the mages inside who were eating, "Come provide support. Damn it, didn’t I tell you to stay ready before we set off? Why are you eating?"

"Because it’s lunchtime. We mages live very regular lives. Don’t worry, it won’t affect our fighting."

Wong wiped his greasy hands, picked up a wooden staff, and led his apprentices—who had not yet finished eating—through the portal and onto the battlefield.

Wong looked at the Deviant Machines and complained, "These monsters are so ugly. They probably aren’t edible."

"Edible? You’ve got quite an appetite."

Wang Bert was speechless. "Stop talking and get moving. Use portals to cut them apart."

"Fine."

Wong had used this move before and had no objections. He led his apprentices in casting portals, splitting Deviant Machines in half one after another.

Seeing this, Ultron hurriedly shouted to the Deviant Machines, "Activate spatial detection. The moment spatial fluctuations appear nearby, evade immediately."

The Deviant Machines promptly obeyed, greatly reducing the lethality of the portals. Wong gripped the Life Staff and charged forward fiercely with his apprentices—any mage who couldn’t fight in close quarters wasn’t a good mage.

With the mages’ help, the situation gradually stabilized. Whether it was the Deviant Machines or Ultron, neither could understand magic.

Steve let out a sigh of relief. As he smashed a Deviant Machine with his shield, he said, "I kind of miss Thor’s hammer."

"That’s Thor’s wife, Captain. You’re ruining your image a little."

Black Widow laughed as she tore apart a Deviant Machine with hands that looked as though they were made of magma. She had injected the Perfected Extremis Virus, a gift from the Black Widow of the Main Universe.

Steve’s eyelids twitched slightly. A beautiful woman tearing a monster apart with her bare hands was, honestly, a bit terrifying.

While the melee raged below, battles between the experts began in the sky as well.

With Cloak’s help, Strange flew through the air. Looking at Ebony Maw’s thin body and four eyes, he slowly said, "I don’t know why, but I really want to punch you."

"Maybe because I beat you up before. The especially brutal kind."

Ebony Maw said with a smile. He knew this person, and he had killed several of them. Yes, several, not one.

Strange asked suspiciously, "You beat me up before? Didn’t you just come into existence?"

"Perhaps."

"These guys are strange."

Strange’s eyes flickered. He stopped wasting words and cast a spell with both hands, sending Cyttorak’s Crimson Bands toward Ebony Maw.

Due to the restrictions of Materialism Power, Ebony Maw could not use telekinetic magic. But that did not mean he was unable to fight back. He raised his hand, grabbed the Crimson Bands, and pulled hard, dragging Strange straight toward him.

"This guy is so strong?"

Strange was somewhat surprised. How could such a thin body unleash such terrifying strength?

Strange did not know that this was magic. The details would be explained later.

Even as he was surprised, Strange promptly raised a defensive shield in front of himself. The next second, Ebony Maw’s fist slammed into it. With a bang, the shield shattered and transformed into small birds that flew at Ebony Maw.

Ebony Maw could only deal with the birds first. Strange took the chance to release the Crimson Bands and used the momentum to kick Ebony Maw in the chest, sending him flying.

"Interesting. In that case, I’ll have some proper fun with you."

Ebony Maw stopped in midair. Then purple energy patterns lit up across his body. These patterns formed one twisted symbol after another, looking bizarre beyond measure.

"You can actually use magic? Wait, you know magic? Aren’t you a robot?"

Strange was greatly surprised. Hadn’t Materialism Power restricted him?