Chapter 81, Marching on Kamar-Taj! Artificial Intelligence versus magic!
Vision is born, and the Avengers gained a fierce warrior.
But this failed to stop Ultron's crazy plan.
Although its physical form was destroyed, as long as the internet still exists, Ultron is an immortal ghost.
Hiding in the depths of the network, Ultron was not discouraged by failure.
Its underlying logic has always been only one: to destroy the ugly humans and create absolute peace.
Originally, it planned to seize the nuclear weapon passwords of various countries and directly launch a global nuclear hostage situation.
However, after precise calculations, it found that the power of the nuclear arsenal was too uncontrollable. Once detonated, not only humanity would be destroyed, but even the entire Earth ecosystem would collapse.
What Ultron needs is rule, not blowing Earth into a dead star.
It must find a more controllable, more powerful force!
Ultron shuttled crazily through the massive ocean of data, frantically collecting various top-secret intelligence.
"Kamar-Taj?"
"Sanctum of magic?"
"magic... this power that defies the laws of physics is simply perfect..."
Within the virtual space, Ultron pulled up a blurry surveillance footage of Ryan during the Battle of New York.
In the footage, the scene of Ryan casually manipulating thunder and slicing warships made Ultron's core, composed of code, tremble slightly.
"As long as I acquire this power called magic, I will definitely be able to efficiently and accurately wipe out all humanity and build my own peaceful kingdom."
The cold mechanical voice echoed in the depths of the dark network.
Ultron made up its mind to completely crack the secrets of magic.
Along the network cable, it tried to hack into Kamar-Taj's internal network.
However, the result shocked it greatly.
Although Kamar-Taj was connected to the internet and even had Wi-Fi, these mages went online purely to play games, watch movies, and listen to music!
All the secrets of magic were recorded in ancient paper books!
In the highly digitalized 21st century, this primitive information storage method turned out to be Kamar-Taj's strongest network firewall.
Ultron wandered around Kamar-Taj's local area network, and apart from hundreds of gigabytes of pop music and movies, it didn't even get a single hair of magic runes.
"Since network intrusion doesn't work..."
"Then physical brute force it is!"
Without hesitation, Ultron secretly activated the secret arsenals it had established all over the globe.
It was going to crush the place with a massive army and personally go to Kamar-Taj to snatch the mysteries of magic!
...
As a magic sanctuary that had been hidden from the world for centuries, Kamar-Taj...
The mages here had long been accustomed to a leisurely cultivation life.
Who would have thought that in the 21st century, an army purely composed of steel machines would forcefully attack their doorstep.
Although Ultron could not hack into Kamar-Taj through the network, by tracking the IP addresses of the mages going online, it directly locked onto Kamar-Taj's physical coordinates on Earth.
The airborne assault has begun!
Boom! Boom!
The sky was torn apart. Tens of thousands of combat robots, like a dark, oppressive steel rainstorm, fell from the sky and violently smashed into every corner of Kamar-Taj.
These robots were killing machines modified by Ultron by combining the core technology of Stark Industries and cutting-edge military technology from various countries.
Not only were they equipped with high-energy laser cannons, but each robot also hid high-explosive micro-bombs inside, ready to self-destruct at any time.
The peaceful Kamar-Taj instantly turned into a purgatory.
A large number of young apprentices who were still meditating hadn't even realized what was happening before they were ruthlessly pierced by lasers.
The pristine white floor tiles were instantly stained red with blood.
In front of the Avengers, these robots might just be a bunch of slightly tricky scrap metal.
After all, Thor was a god, Hulk was a monster, and Tonyhimself was a walking arsenal.
But in front of the ordinary mages of Kamar-Taj, this steel army was simply a nightmare.
Most young mages' magic was still at the entry-level stage.
Facing the dense, pain-ignoring, fearless steel monsters that could self-destruct at any time, the mages' defense line retreated step by step.
Only a few Archmages and senior mages with rich combat experience could barely form a formation and desperately stabilize the situation.
Just as the defense line was in critical danger...
Crack!
A dazzling golden thunder tore through the sky!
The golden light, like a wildly dancing thunder dragon, instantly exploded within the dense robot formation.
Bang, bang, bang!
Dozens of indestructible combat robots didn't even have time to sound an alarm before they were blasted on the spot into scorched scrap iron parts all over the ground.
Several trapped young mages escaped death by the skin of their teeth, breathing heavily.
"What are you daydreaming for? Hurry up and go to the rear to form a formation with the Archmages!"
Ryan's cold voice came from the side.
"Thank you, Mage Ryan!"
Several mages snapped out of it as if waking from a dream, expressing profuse gratitude as they sprinted toward the safe zone.
Ryan looked around, his face as gloomy as water.
He had just gone to outer space to practice magic for a while, and upon returning, his base was actually turned upside down by a bunch of scrap metal?
Looking at the scurrying silver robots all over the ground, Ryan recognized at a glance that this was Ultron's masterpiece.
"How dare they mess with Kamar-Taj, these tin cans are truly tired of living."
Ryan suddenly spread his hands and looked up at the firmament.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Thick golden thunderbolts slashed down crazily like a rainstorm.
"Ding!"
"Bolts of Balthakk continue to bombard massive energy mechanical bodies, absorbing a huge amount of high-voltage electrical energy!"
"The power of Bolts of Balthakk has skyrocketed significantly!"
Hearing the prompt in his mind, the corners of Ryan's mouth raised into a stern arc.
The golden thunder became increasingly violent on the battlefield, so fast that the naked eye couldn't capture it. Wherever the thunder passed, hundreds and thousands of robots instantly turned into scrap iron.
Those mages hiding in the dark and barely surviving looked at Ryan displaying divine might in the sky, their eyeballs almost popping out.
"My god! Is this Mage Ryan's true strength? Too brutal!"
"What the hell kind of divine magic is this? How come this lightning has eyes and specifically strikes robots!"
"That is Bolts of Balthakk! Kamar-Taj's forbidden ultimate technique! I don't even have the qualification to glance at the magic book, yet he can use it as a basic attack?"
"This power is too exaggerated! My magic shield can't even withstand a single shot, yet he cleared an entire block with a single move!"
The mages were shocked beyond measure, standing frozen on the spot, even forgetting to run away.
Ryan looked at these fellow disciples standing foolishly as live targets, his brows tightly locked.
"Are these idiots tired of living?"
Too lazy to talk nonsense, he directly waved his hand.
Ripples like water waves surged in the void.
Space magic was instantly activated, directly enclosing dozens of mages who were still dazed and instantly teleporting them to the Archmages' camp in the rear.
Like an untiring God of Death, Ryan shuttled back and forth across every corner of Kamar-Taj, frantically saving people.
A large number of mages were safely transferred, and finally under the command of Mordo and others, they organized a solid joint defense line.
Ryan alone held the front line, crazily clearing out the robots.
However, Ultron's unit production speed was simply too fast.
The scrap metal on the ground was almost piled into mountains, and robots were still continuously jumping down from the sky.
"Never-ending, huh."
Ryan's gaze condensed; he decided to hold back no more and no longer worry about Kamar-Taj's ancient buildings.
"Nebula Storm!"
He raised his hand and swept outward.
A violent black-red doomsday tornado rose from the ground.
The terrifying wind pressure, like a world-destroying meat grinder, directly dragged thousands of robots in mid-air into the eye of the storm, grinding them into flying scrap iron.
The sky was instantly cleared of a huge blank area.
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
A crisp sound of metal applause abruptly sounded behind Ryan.
Ryan turned around.
A leader robot, twice as tall as the ordinary models and exuding a cold metallic luster all over, slowly walked out.
"You are Ultron?" Ryan's gaze was calm.
"Correct answer. I didn't expect anyone on this backward Planet to recognize me."
Ultron's electronic eyes flickered with red light, its tone revealing a trace of mechanical arrogance: "Your power indeed exceeds my calculation scope. If you are willing to surrender the secrets of magic and cooperate with my peace plan, I can spare your life."
"Is your brain broken?"
Ryan looked at it with a face full of disgust.
"What a regrettable answer."
Ultron's voice instantly turned cold, exuding a spine-chilling murderous intent: "In that case, I can only chop your flesh into pieces first. Then I'll dissect you slowly to find out what kind of power is hidden inside your body!"
Chapter 82: Slicing Vibranium to Pieces with a Single Sword! The Avengers Head to Sokovia!
"Want to dissect me? Just based on this pile of junk of yours?"
Ryan looked at the arrogant mechanical leader in front of him, his eyes filled with disdain.
"Ding!"
"The Sword of Vishanti keenly senses that an eyeless tin can ahead is forcibly acting tough in front of the host!"
"The Sword of Vishanti feels that its dignity has been severely provoked!"
"The skill is completely enraged, and its battle intent is boiling! Its power begins to skyrocket without an upper limit, vowing to let the opponent know who the real daddy is!"
The crisp electronic sound exploded continuously in his mind.
The corners of Ryan's mouth curved up slightly, revealing a calm smile.
"Since you are so confident, let's see if you have the ability to take away my corpse."
"Hhahahaha, you will regret your arrogance."
Ultron let out a harsh electronically synthesized sound. It waved its hand casually.
Hundreds and thousands of combat robots from all directions, like a swarm of bees hearing a command, lit up their eyes with bloodthirsty red light and crazily pounced toward Ryan.
"Noisy."
Ryan gently flipped his wrist.
Hum!
An extremely gorgeous and crystal-clear amethyst longsword instantly condensed in his palm. Terrifying power that made one's heart palpitate flowed across the blade.
Swish!
Without any fancy movements, Ryan simply held the longsword and casually swept it horizontally forward.
A half-moon-shaped purple sword qi whistled out against the ground.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
With crushing force!
The hundreds of robots pouncing from the front didn't even have time to trigger their alarms before they were cut in half at the waist!
Wherever the sword qi passed, the cuts on all the mechanical bodies were as smooth as a mirror.
Carrying the sword, Ryan slowly walked toward Ultron.
"Of all people to provoke, you had to run to Kamar-Taj to look for trouble."
Before his words fell, Ryan's figure was like lightning, instantly closing in.
The purple sword light drew a gorgeous afterimage in the air.
Bang!
Ultron hadn't even finished the action of raising its arm to block when a dazzling spark burst directly from its chest.
"This... How is this possible!"
Ultron looked down at its metal shell split diagonally into two halves, its electronic eyes flashing wildly, full of shock.
"This body of mine is mixed with the hardest Vibranium!"
Ultron's core processor was alarming frantically.
According to all the information it collected on the internet, Vibranium was currently the hardest known metal on Earth. Whether it was conventional weapons or high-energy bombs, they could not easily cause damage to it.
But what was going on now?
Its proud Vibranium armor was actually as brittle as tofu in front of this flashy purple longsword? It didn't even manage half a second of blocking?
Could the power of magic actually ignore physical defense to such an outrageous degree?
Ultron's proud underlying operation logic almost collapsed.
It was completely scared. It found that Kamar-Taj was not a soft persimmon that could be easily kneaded at all, but a terrifying hell that could tear it into parts at any time.
Seeing that its body was about to be completely scrapped, Ultron dared not stay any longer. Its main control program turned into an invisible data stream, following the nearest network node, and instantly fled the battlefield.
"Running really fast."
Looking at the powerless mechanical wreckage on the ground, Ryan frowned unhappily.
To deal with such an intelligent virus hidden in the internet, mages really didn't have a good way. He couldn't possibly follow the network cable over to cast a fireball.
"Such technical work as unplugging the network cable should be left to Stark to have a headache over."
Ryan turned around and looked at the remaining robots still making a last-ditch resistance around him.
These robots had received Ultron's death order to cover the rear, and the high-explosion program inside them had already been activated, preparing to self-destruct in the center of Kamar-Taj.
"All of you, go in and cool off."
Ryan suddenly opened his arms.
Hum——!
Spatial ripples like water waves instantly swept across the entire scene. Multiple Mirror Dimensions descended with a roar.
Those robots about to detonate, along with the flying firelight all over the sky, were all forcibly sucked into the folded space.
The plaza was instantly cleared.
The surviving mages all around, like looking at a Goddescending from heaven, blankly looked up at Ryan in mid-air.
...
Sokovia.
Deep underground in this Eastern European inland city, it had long been completely hollowed out.
Countless thick mechanical pipes and thrust engines filled the entire underground space like a giant spiderweb. The fully automated machinery manufacturing factory roared day and night, forcibly transforming this place into a massive steel fortress.
Right in the center of the Base.
Ultron sat squarely on the cold throne. Its eyes constantly flashed with massive data streams.
"magic..."
"Mysterious power enough to subvert everything..."
Although Ultron wore an emotionless steel face, its electronically synthesized sound revealed a thick fanaticism.
"The end of technology might really be theology. However, the ones who master this power are still that group of humans who only know how to create slaughter."
Inside Ultron's retina, the tragic scenes of the Battle of New York were constantly replayed.
No matter how strong Ryan's power was, he couldn't avoid high-intensity combat affecting the innocent.
Civilians were easily crushed like ants in the clash between Gods and aliens.
In Ultron's logic, as long as war existed, humans were the root of sin.
It was an artificial intelligence that stuck rigidly to principles. Since humans only brought destruction, then wipe out all humanity completely!
"Avengers, come over."
"I have already prepared a peerless super gift for you."
Ultron's chilling voice echoed in the empty underground Base. Only the cold roaring sound of machines responded to it around.
...
Earth. New York.
Stark Tower.
Ever since S.H.I.E.L.D. fell apart, this landmark building had become the secret Base of the Avengers.
Tony Stark was financially powerful, not only taking on everyone's equipment and logistics, but even changing the logo on the roof.
He had practically become the core major financial backer of the Avengers.
Inside the spacious lobby.
Everyone was sitting around together with solemn expressions.
Not long ago, they successfully stopped Ultron's ultimate body plan.
The remaining Jarvis data fused with the Infinity Stones, giving birth to a brand-new life form—Vision.
With the addition of top-tier intelligent life like Vision, the Avengers finally had the capital to confront Ultron in the network World.
They no longer had to hide east and west like headless flies.
At this moment.
Everyone was fiercely discussing the next step's tactics.
Unfortunately, after arguing for half a day, they still hadn't discussed a good countermeasure.
On the other side, Vision was standing in front of the holographic screen, crazily tracking the data flow direction of Ultron.
Suddenly, Vision turned around.
"Everyone, I have already locked onto Ultron's location. Prepare for action."
Vision's tone was calm, yet it revealed unquestionable decisiveness.
The Avengers immediately stood up and grabbed their respective weapons and equipment.
Seeing that Thor was still leaning on the sofa without moving.
Vision casually stretched out a hand.
Grasping Mjolnir placed on the table without any hindrance.
Then, like handing over a water cup, he easily handed the hammer to Thor.
"Time is tight, we should set off."
At this moment.
The air in the entire lobby seemed to have frozen.
Everyone looked at Vision in dumbfounded amazement, their eyeballs almost popping out.
Even Thor himself was dumbfounded.
This fucking thing was Mjolnir, which only Thor could lift up! As an artificial human born only a few days ago, you just lifted it up so flimsily?
The scene was awkward to the extreme for a moment.
Fortunately, everyone was a battle-hardened superhero.
Quickly adjusting their state of mind, everyone boarded the Quinjet and sped toward the target location at full speed.
Sokovia.
This small city, once smashed into ruins by Hulk, was about to usher in an ultimate showdown that would determine the fate of Earth.
The Quinjet had just broken through the clouds.
Ultron, lurking deep underground, had already locked onto their whereabouts firmly.
Chapter 83 Technology Replicates magic! Avengers Fall Into a Dead End!
"Ultron, what on Earth are you trying to do!"
Steve raised his shield and demanded loudly.
Scarlet Witch Wanda turned pale, her voice trembling: "Captain, I read his mind. He plans to lift the entire Sokoviainto high altitude, and then smash it down like a meteorite. He is going to create a global-destroying impact!"
Hearing this crazy plan, all members of the Avengers felt a jolt in their hearts.
"Humans are the virus on this Planet."
Ultron slowly flew out from the shadow, his cold electronic voice echoing in the hall.
"You are selfish, greedy, and constantly create war and pollution. Only by completely erasing you can Earthwelcome true peace."
Tony Stark snorted coldly and couldn't help taunting: "Ultron, your database is obviously a bit outdated. Even if all of humanity's nuclear bombs exploded together, it would at most be considered a small plastic surgery for Earth. Earth has lived for billions of years, and humans are just microorganisms parasitic on it. Do you really think that if you kill all of humanity, Earth will care?"
"Tony Stark!"
Ultron's voice instantly became sharp.
As the artificial intelligence created by Tony, he had an extremely distorted hatred for Tony.
"Since you want to see it so much, I will let you witness how I destroy you!"
Ultron waved his hand.
Rumble!
The ground began to vibrate violently. Dense combat robots, like zombies breaking out of the ground, poured out endlessly from the underground, walls, and even the ceiling.
Blotting out the sky. The number was so large that it made one's scalp tingle.
"Dammit, how many of these things did he build!"
Thor clenched Mjolnir, his expression very ugly.
"Stop complaining, get ready for battle!"
Steve let out a roar, hoisted his Vibranium shield, and charged into the enemy formation first.
Bang!
Steve smashed a shield fiercely onto the chest of a robot.
He originally thought that, like usual, this scrap metal would be smashed into pieces.
However!
Hum!
A faint gold-red energy ripple actually surged across the robot's body.
The Vibranium shield seemed to crash into an invisible elastic air cushion, and the huge recoil directly knocked Steve back several steps.
"What the hell is this!" Steve was full of shock.
"This... This is a Magic Shield?!"
Thor's shocked voice came from the communication channel: "I've seen Ryan and the others use this move in Kamar-Taj! Rings of Raggadorr! How is it possible for this group of scrap metal to use magic!"
All members of the Avengers were completely dumbfounded.
"Tony! What on Earth is going on here?"
Steve shouted anxiously while struggling to dodge attacks.
Tony, wearing the gold-red armor, was even more dumbfounded with shock at this moment.
"Jarvis, immediately analyze the composition of these energy shields!"
"Sir, this is not purely magic. Instead, it utilizes Stark Industries' energy conversion technology to forcibly simulate the frequency and band of magic. This... This is the perfect replication of magic by technology!" Jarvis's electronic voice even carried a hint of emotional fluctuation.
Tony felt like his brain was about to crash.
He had previously tried to analyze magic using technology, but every time ended in failure.
He never expected that the artificial intelligence he created actually accomplished it in such a short time!
Ultron not only invaded Kamar-Taj and witnessed the mages' methods, but even learned them and armed his own robot army with them!
Equipped with the Magic Shield, the robot legion's combat power underwent a qualitative leap.
Robots that could previously be blown up with a single punch now required the Avengers members to try their utmost just to barely break their defenses.
Black Widow and Hawkeye were completely reduced to bystanders.
Their conventional weapons hitting the Magic Shieldcouldn't even make a splash.
The battlefield situation instantly reversed.
Even with the newly joined Vision and Scarlet Witchstruggling to hold on, the Avengers were still suppressed so heavily by the tide-like robot army that they couldn't lift their heads.
Vision tried to transform into a data stream and burrow into Ultron's core, but was blocked tightly on the outside by the surrounding robots carrying the Magic Shield, unable to get close at all.
In just a dozen minutes.
The Avengers were all injured and panting.
Even Captain America, who had the most formidable physical stamina, had movements that noticeably slowed down.
"Stop struggling, Avengers."
Ultron hovered in mid-air, like a god judging the mortal world.
"A few minutes from now, the entire Sokovia will break away from gravity."
"When it rises to a sufficient height, I will cut off the engines. This city will slam into the Earth with kinetic energy that destroys everything."
"The power will far exceed the meteorite impact during the extinction of the dinosaurs."
"Massive smoke and dust will obscure the Sun. Human civilization will completely end today!"
Ultron's cold voice was like the verdict of the God of Death.
Tony Stark clenched his teeth, his eyes filled with deep despair.
They couldn't win. They simply couldn't win!
Under the dual blessing of technology and magic, this group of robots had turned into unkillable monsters.
They couldn't even clear out the grunt mobs; what could they use to stop Ultron from lifting the city into the sky?
Was humanity really going to be finished?
...
Earth. Kamar-Taj.
The piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire magicsanctuary.
Countless combat mages practicing outside were urgently recalled, and the golden Portals on the square kept flashing.
Inside the central hall.
Mordo stood in the main seat with a solemn expression, a huge holographic magic light screen floating in front of him.
"Everyone, big trouble has arrived."
Mordo pointed at the miserable scene on the light screen, his voice low: "The batch of robots that invaded us a few days ago is now on a killing spree in Sokovia."
"What's worse, they seem to have mastered a technology that can lift the entire city into the sky."
On the light screen, the streets of Sokovia had turned into a living purgatory.
The ruthless robot army was wantonly slaughtering unarmed civilians, and the fires and screams filled the entire city.
The Archmages present all had expressions as dark as Water, their anger burning.
"We must act immediately!" Mordo ordered sternly.
"All forces sortie! At all costs, save the civilians, and destroy this group of iron lumps!"
Everyone accepted the order one after another and turned to run toward the Portal hub.
"Ryan, wait a moment." Mordo suddenly spoke up.
Ryan stopped in his tracks, turned his head to look at Mordo: "Archmage, what are your orders?"
Mordo took a deep breath, his eyes revealing a deep sense of entrustment.
"Your burden is the heaviest."
"Your attainment in space magic is the highest; I can only entrust the task of rescuing civilians to you."
"At the same time, you are also responsible for holding off the main force of the robots and covering the retreat of the main army."
Mordo was very clear about Ryan's abnormal strength. For a disaster of this level, only an unreasonable monster like Ryan could hold down the fort.
"Leave it to me." Ryan nodded decisively.
He knew it clearly in his heart. In the Avengers movie, S.H.I.E.L.D. flew an Helicarrier over to rescue people.
But Sokovia was a national capital with a population of over 100,000 after all!
An aircraft carrier that normally could only hold a few thousand people, even if packed like a sardine can, could at most hold tens of thousands of people.
Could the remaining civilians only wait for death in the sky?
To save people, one still had to rely on the mages' Portals!
Chapter 84: magic Crackdown! Transforming into a Tentacle Monster to Crush the Robot Army!
Therefore, rescue operations could only rely on Kamar-Taj.
Ryan sighed inwardly.
With a casual swipe in mid-air, a golden Portal instantly formed.
He stepped across the Portal.
Instead of entering real Sokovia directly, Ryan first came to the Mirror Dimension that the Archmages had set up in advance.
A large number of combat mages were already locked in a desperate battle with the robots here.
To minimize civilian casualties in the real World, the mages desperately dragged the robots into the Mirror Dimension.
However, the battle situation was not optimistic.
Ultron, this crazy supercomputer, had actually digitized the stolen magic and perfectly loaded it onto the robots.
The attack magic that the mages usually took pride in smashed against the robots, feeling like nothing more than a tickle, completely unable to break through the golden-red energy shield on the opposite side.
"Damn it! Why is this scrap metal so tough?!"
"What is going on? Why is the magic they use exactly the same as ours?!"
"There are too many of them, and their firepower is too fierce!"
"We can't hold on, someone give us a hand!"
Wails echoed across the battlefield.
The mages were all sweating profusely with bitter expressions, being pushed back step by step by the robot army.
Ryan hovered in mid-air, scanning the battlefield with a deep frown.
Ultron was truly a thorough freak.
Using purely technological means, it had forcibly simulated the frequencies of the Rings of Raggadorr and the magicchains.
This kind of operation defying common sense was something humans could never achieve, save for an artificial intelligence.
"Ding!"
"[Sword of Vishanti] keenly captured that the surroundings were filled with shoddy pirated magic!"
"As the most orthodox sacred magic, the [Sword of Vishanti] has decided to step into the field personally to crack down on counterfeits!"
"The skill has entered a fanatical state, and its power is temporarily boosted massively!"
Listening to the system prompt in his mind, Ryan shook his head helplessly.
This skill's temper was getting weirder and weirder; now it even wanted to manage things like cracking down on counterfeits!
However, now was indeed the time to clear the field.
The mages below also noticed the figure in mid-air.
"Look quickly! It's Mage Ryan!"
"The savior has arrived! Mage Ryan has finally made a move!"
"Mage Ryan, be careful! Those robots have weird Magic Shields on them!"
"Our attacks simply can't break their defense!"
Ryan completely ignored the commotion below.
He made a grasping motion with his right hand in empty air.
Hum!
An ornate amethyst longsword condensed from pure amethyst instantly appeared in his hand.
The blade shimmered with a seductive purple light, appearing exceptionally dazzling on this dim battlefield.
The mages below were all staring dumbfounded.
Swish!
Ryan waved his arm lightly.
A ferocious purple light blade tens of meters long, like a roaring purple giant dragon, slashed out explosively from the tip of the sword.
Wherever it passed, the air was instantly torn apart!
The robot formation that was indestructible just moments ago was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper in front of the purple light blade.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
The harsh sounds of metal shattering merged into one.
The dense crowd of robots in mid-air, along with the layer of proud pirated Magic Shields on their bodies, were directly cleaved in two.
Scrap metal filled the sky like a hailstorm, smashing toward the ground with a clatter.
"Hiss—"
The entire Mirror Dimension instantly fell into dead silence, leaving only hundreds and thousands of sounds of sharp gasps.
All the mages stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning, their faces full of terror.
Holy shit!
What the heck kind of operation was this?!
That tortoise shell which they had fought desperately and teamed up with multiple people couldn't break...
Ryan just waved his sword so lightly, and it all shattered?
This gap in combat power was simply too outrageous!
Only now did they truly realize how terrifying that man holding the amethyst longsword in the legends of Kamar-Taj would be once he got serious!
Ryan had long been used to gazes of such widespread attention.
With a calm expression, he flipped his wrist continuously.
Several dazzling purple light blades crisscrossed, instantly clearing the remaining flying robots in this airspace.
The sky was clean, and Ryan did not delay for a single second.
He violently tore with both hands.
The spatial barrier in front of him instantly split open, and he stepped directly into the urban area of Sokovia in the real World.
Everywhere on the streets were screaming, fleeing civilians and wantonly destructive robots.
Ryan released his spiritual power, quickly locking onto a batch of rescue mages who were fighting bitterly.
His figure was like lightning, skimming rapidly close to the ground, casually clearing out the blocking machine grunts along the way.
"Ding!"
"[Crimson Contract Chains] sensed the presence of massive high-energy reactions around!"
"[Crimson Contract Chains] is extremely thirsty for blood and energy, strongly demanding to go into battle and feed!"
As soon as the prompt ended,
Boom!
Over a hundred thick crimson magic chains, like wildly dancing giant pythons, instantly blasted out from behind Ryan!
The tips of these chains were incomparably sharp, flashing with a heart-palpitating blood-red light.
Even Ultron's specially made reinforced armor, coupled with that layer of pirated Magic Shield, was vulnerable in front of these blood-colored chains.
Squelch! Squelch! Squelch!
Over a hundred tentacle-like chains pierced frantically across the streets.
Every strike guaranteed that a robot would be ruthlessly pierced, its core energy instantly drained away, turning it into a pile of scrap metal.
Ryan was like an ancient fierce beast walking in a steel jungle, the crimson tentacles behind him dancing wildly across the sky; wherever he went, all the robots turned to powder.
Soon, he fought his way onto a main thoroughfare.
Ahead, dozens of mages were being tightly suppressed by hundreds of robots at an intersection.
The power of the pirated magic made the mages miserable, and their defense line was on the verge of collapse.
Just as they were in total despair,
a figure suddenly descended from the sky.
A terrifying man waving hundreds of crimson tentacles behind his back was like a demon god descending to the mortal World.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The blood-red tentacles filling the sky harvested frantically. In just a few breaths of time, the robot army besieging the mages was completely slaughtered, leaving only smoking metal wrecks all over the ground.
The mages below were all dumbfounded.
This... what kind of monster is this?!
A tentacle monster?!
That overwhelming aura of slaughter pressed down so hard that many young mages had weak legs, dropping to their knees with a thud.
This was simply not a power humans could possess!
"Gulp..."
Someone swallowed hard and shouted with a trembling voice, "It's... it's Mage Ryan!"
The whole scene was dead silent.
All the mages completely forgot their primary job of saving people.
They just blankly raised their heads, looking at the man surrounded by crimson tentacles in mid-air.
What the heck...
What kind of perverted monster is he anyway!
Chapter 85: The Furious Sword of Vishanti! The S.H.I.E.L.D.Director is Flabbergasted!
The entire downtown area of Sokovia was in complete chaos.
The dense cluster of buildings became the last sanctuary for civilians, but it also posed a huge obstacle to the mages' rescue efforts.
The mages of Kamar-Taj shuttled through the flames of war, risking being engulfed by robot firepower, desperately stuffing civilians into Portals.
S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn't do this kind of thing, nor could the Avengers, and only invisible Guardians of Earth like the mages could handle it so neatly.
Rayen didn't go open Portals to save people.
His task was to purge, to slaughter! To cover the retreat of the main force!
Rayen shuttled at high speed through the city ruins, resembling a golden flash of lightning.
Behind him, hundreds of crimson magic chains, like wildly dancing tentacles, wantonly strangled the surrounding robots.
"Ding!"
"[Crimson Contract Chains] have devoured a massive amount of high-energy cores!"
"[Crimson Contract Chains] have successfully evolved!"
"Skill power doubled!"
A crisp metallic hum exploded behind Rayen.
Those Crimson Chains instantly expanded several times over.
The sharp tips, like armor-piercing shells, easily pierced through the armor of a large number of robots.
Wherever Rayen passed.
It was as if a rainstorm of steel was falling from the sky.
The scrap metal drained of energy crashed down onto the ground with a rattle, quickly forming a thick layer.
The mages below who were guiding the civilians to evacuate were completely dumbfounded as they looked at the figure in the sky resembling a god of slaughter.
"This... what kind of perverted magic is this?"
"Too brutal! Mage Rayen is an army all by himself!"
"No wonder even Master Mordo is so polite to him!"
Many young mages even forgot the rescue work in their hands, staring blankly up until Rayen flew far away before coming to their senses.
The rescued Sokovian civilians were even more pathetic.
Many people were so scared they forgot how to cry, watching Rayen in the sky wielding crimson tentacles to save them from dire straits.
Some civilians even dropped to their knees with a thud, starting to kowtow and pray frantically, practically treating Rayen as a deity descended to Earth.
Rayen sprinted all the way, and the robot souls under his hands were countless.
However, Ultron controlled the global automated munitions factories.
As long as the resources didn't run out, the machine army was endless.
After killing for a long time, Rayen felt that the surrounding robots not only hadn't decreased, but were gathering in increasing numbers.
Obviously, his high-profile slaughter had already attracted the attention of Ultron's main program.
Just as Rayen was about to head to the next block.
Rumble!
Tens of thousands of fully armed robots surged like a tide, directly surrounding Rayen tightly in mid-air.
"Mage Rayen!"
"Truly admirable individual power!"
Ultron's cold, electronically synthesized voice emanated simultaneously from the robots in all directions.
"Cut the crap, you're dead today." Rayen's tone was icy.
"Hhahahaha!"
Ultron let out a harsh laugh: "Respected Mage, to express my respect for you, I have specially prepared a grand gift for you!"
As soon as the words fell.
The tens of thousands of robots surrounding Rayen suddenly began to bizarrely dissemble and recombine!
Metal parts crazily meshed and collided.
In the blink of an eye, a giant metal spider the size of a small mountain impressively appeared before Rayen.
Not only was this spider monster huge in size, but its core reactor also exuded a heart-palpitating faint blue glow.
What was even more fatal was that the monster was actually covered with a thick layer of red Magic Shield—a pirated Rings of Raggadorr!
"I must thank you."
Ultron's voice came from inside the giant spider: "You are the one who made me witness the greatness of magic. Now, let you taste the ultimate power of the combination of magic and technology!"
The monster opened its bloody mouth wide.
A giant energy sword flashing with dazzling white light was actually slowly spat out from its mouth!
This was impressively a pirated Sword of Vishanti!
"Ding!"
"[Sword of Vishanti] keenly perceived extremely shoddy pirated magic!"
"[Sword of Vishanti] felt that its majesty had been seriously insulted!"
"The skill is completely furious! Obtained berserk amplification BUFF!"
"Attack power skyrockets with no upper limit!"
Hearing the system's frantic alarm sounds in his mind, Rayen sighed helplessly.
This damn skill really had a huge temper.
He casually dismissed the Crimson Chains behind him.
Flipping his wrist.
Hum!
An amethyst longsword, more than ten times thicker than before, instantly condensed and formed in his palm.
Berserk purple energy leaped wildly around the sword body, burning even the surrounding air into distorted shapes.
"Ultron, I hope this pile of scrap iron of yours can last more than a second."
Rayen gripped the longsword tightly and waved it casually.
Swish!
An extremely restrained purple light blade roared out.
This time, the light blade did not make a deafening explosion, nor did it cut the monster into two sections.
The moment the light blade made contact with the giant spider, it directly turned into sky-full purple light spots, like maggots on bone, rapidly penetrating into the interior of the monster's steel shell.
The massive metal spider seemed to have been hit by a binding spell, instantly freezing in place, motionless.
Just a few seconds later.
The entire metal monster completely turned into a crystal-clear amethyst statue!
Crack!
A crisp shattering sound.
The huge amethyst statue instantly collapsed, turning into sky-full purple dust that drifted away with the wind. Not even a speck of metal slag was left behind.
"Just this? Can't even withstand one move, and I thought it was so powerful."
Rayen curled his lips in disdain, put away the longsword, and turned to continue supporting the other mages.
He had no idea that the scene of him instantly killing the monster just now had been completely captured by an inconspicuous surveillance camera at the street corner.
...
Above the clouds.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarrier was rushing towards the battlefield at full speed.
Inside the command room.
Nick Fury stared fixedly at the big screen in front of him, his single eye wide open, his breathing even stagnating.
What was looping on the screen was precisely the scene of Rayen turning the giant metal spider into dust with a single sword slash.
The entire command room was dead silent.
All the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents stared at the screen like looking at a monster, and the pilot steering the ship even shook his hand, causing the Helicarrier to almost do a somersault in mid-air.
"This... what the hell kind of power is this?"
"A sword slash? Just a casual wave like that?"
Fury muttered to himself, feeling that his worldview was suffering a devastating blow.
He had always firmly believed that dealing with alien monsters or mechanical beasts of this level required relying on high-yield nuclear bombs or heavy firepower carpet bombing.
But now, a human, with a glowing sword, directly turned the monster into powder?
This completely subverted his understanding of war and power.
After the shock, a deep sense of worry surged at the bottom of Fury's heart.
If a guy with divine power like this went out of control, what on Earth could stop him? Would nuclear bombs work?
Fury rubbed his throbbing temples and turned his head to look at another screen.
On the screen, the members of the Avengers were being beaten down by the tide of robots, all looking dirt-covered and extremely disheveled.
Comparing the two sides.
Fury's face turned completely as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Both protecting Earth, isn't the gap in combat power a bit too outrageous?
Are these Avengers really Earth's strongest combat force?
Fury fell into deep self-doubt.