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Hyperspace Dimension.
"What was that portal just now? Where did it send me?"
Ronan looked at the turbulent, peculiar space before him, his brows furrowing. This was clearly not the Universe where Earth was located, nor was it even the Solar System.
The surrounding environment exuded an unsettling aura that was completely out of place with the physical Universe, causing an unprecedented sense of crisis to inexplicably rise within Ronan.
But then he shook his head, completely casting aside that sense of crisis.
Ronan wasn't as arrogant as he was now before, but who made him capable of easily handling Captain Marvel, who was invincible throughout the Universe, with the Power Stone's blessing?
So what was he afraid of now?
He had the demeanor of 'life and death are trivial, if you're not convinced, just fight!'
"Hmph, no matter who is meddling, they cannot stop me from seizing the Tesseract and destroying Earth..."
Ronan tightly gripped his Universal Weapon, feeling the surging power continuously transmitted into his body from the Power Stone, and roared arrogantly:
"With the Power Stone, I am invincible... Ugh!!!"
Before Ronan could finish his sentence, a Chamblue portal suddenly appeared beneath his feet, and before he could react, he fell straight in.
Thud—!!!
By the time Ronan came to his senses, he found himself dropped into a vast space resembling an arena.
And on the Brass Throne opposite him, built upon a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, a young man surrounded by several figures was toying with a hammer-shaped weapon emitting a purple glow.
"Who are you? Did you just... wait, that hammer, why does it look so much like my Universal Weapon?"
Ronan subconsciously looked at his hands, then froze on the spot, because the Universal Weapon, which he had held tightly in his hand a second ago, had inexplicably vanished.
"I see, you must have been the one playing tricks!"
Ronan glared at Karl opposite him, his eyes blazing as he roared, "You thief, quickly return my Universal Weapon and the Power Stone to... Pfft!!!"
However, before his roar completely faded, a giant finger, swift as lightning, directly slammed into his face.
The terrifying force instantly blew Ronan's head apart on the spot.
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prestige points +88, +18, +8...
Collectible soul detected, Subspace soul count +1
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Khorne, standing beside Karl, flicked the bloodstain from his fingertip and said with disinterest, "Someone of this caliber dares to challenge my Boss? Are you worthy?"
Then he raised his hand and pointed at the Dark Aster, ordering the Bloodletters legion waiting in the distance, who dared not approach... no, rather, were not qualified to approach:
"Go and clean up all the remaining trash in the spaceship, but remember, be careful not to damage the hull or the equipment inside during the battle. Boss still has a use for this spaceship."
"Yes, Master!!"
Immediately, a group of Bloodletters wielding Hellblades charged towards the Dark Aster, while Korath, the Invader, who was inside the spaceship and had just witnessed Ronan being obliterated with a single finger, was already scared out of his wits.
He had never imagined that Ronan, hailed as the Kree Empire's strongest The Accuser, would one day be instantly killed by a single move!
Even the notorious Thanos probably couldn't achieve such a feat, could he?
What's more, Ronan still had the Power Stone in his hand; he had even defeated Captain Marvel before.
Damn it, how did things suddenly turn out like this?
And what in the World is this place?
Also... who are those guys outside?
"Initiate a Jump Point immediately, quickly get me out of this damned place..."
Although various questions arose in his mind, Korath, who was now completely terrified, couldn't bother to collect Ronan's body, nor would he foolishly rush to avenge a dead man.
He now only wanted to leave this place quickly.
Because the power gap between him and the enemy was simply too vast.
Even if he rushed forward now, the final result would only be... one more corpse on the ground.
So the wisest choice now was to escape this damned place first, then find a way to gather Ronan's former subordinates stationed in various star systems, and then return to the Kree Empire to see if he could also become The Accuser?
What?
You talk about loyalty and revenge?
Please, why don't you check the calendar and see what era it is now?
"Officer, it's bad, the engine... it seems to have malfunctioned?"
Just as Korath was excitedly envisioning a bright future, the trembling report from the staff member directly shattered all his illusions.
However, the staff member didn't know that the Dark Aster's engine hadn't malfunctioned; rather, the entire spaceship had been 'fixed' in place by Tzeentch's magic upon entering Subspace.
Therefore, no matter how much the interstellar engine overloaded, it wouldn't move an inch!
Seeing a group of red demons wielding sharp blades rush into the spaceship and indiscriminately slaughtering, Korath slumped powerlessly to the ground, muttering:
"It's over, it's really over now..."
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"This is the Universal Weapon?"
Karl kept toying with Ronan's warhammer in his hand, and after briefly testing a few functions, he couldn't help but say with some emotion:
"This hammer truly lives up to its name... Beneath its seemingly simple and brutal appearance, it contains numerous special functions such as energy emission, energy absorption, energy shield creation, shockwave emission, and even force field generation. It truly lives up to its reputation as a divine single-person weapon of the Kree Empire, crafted by the Supreme Intelligence."
"However, the Supreme Intelligence has long since been destroyed by Captain Marvel, so I'm afraid the technology for crafting the Universal Weapon has also disappeared with it, right?"
Karl pinched his chin, "I wonder if Dr. Stern can reverse-engineer the technology contained within this warhammer?"
The reason Karl didn't choose to acquire the Universal Weapon from Ronan through battle earlier was because he was afraid of accidentally damaging the hammer during the fight, which would prevent him from replicating the technology within.
If Samuel Sterns could indeed reverse-engineer the technology, it would undoubtedly be a historic leap for the strength of the Thunder Warrior Battalion.
Then, Karl finally fixed his gaze on the purple Power Stone embedded in the side of the hammerhead.
"I told you, it won't be long until you're back in my hands."
Almost the instant Karl pressed his finger on the Power Stone, a system prompt appeared before his eyes.
"A cosmic-level special energy substance, the 'Power Stone,' has been detected and can be devoured. Host, do you choose to devour it?!!!"
"Yes!!"
However, somewhat to Karl's surprise, this time, perhaps due to being in Subspace, there was no resistance from the Power Stone releasing energy during the devouring process, unlike when he devoured the other infinity stones previously.
The Power Stone, like an obedient child, followed Karl's guidance, and like a brilliant purple supernova rising, it floated alongside the Space Stone, the mind stone, and the Reality Stone, suspended side by side in the dimensional space.
At the same time, the text on the light screen before Karl's eyes also underwent new changes.
"Congratulations, Host, you have successfully devoured the cosmic-level special energy substance, the Power Stone!!!"
"Kind reminder: As the Host currently only possesses certain distribution authority, this energy substance will remain in its original state and be directly deposited into the Hyperspace Dimension for storage."
Karl paid no attention to the slight changes in the system prompt, as for him, it was all old news.
So he closed his eyes to carefully experience the new, powerful strength that the Power Stone, through the feedback from Subspace, brought him.
"With my current strength, even if I haven't completely surpassed the Skyfather level, I should have steadily reached the peak of the Skyfather level, right?"
"And as long as the next stage of the Super Serum is successfully developed, after injection, my power will surely reach the level of a single Universe?"
"Interesting… The future truly looks promising!!"
Karl opened his eyes, a satisfied expression appearing on his face.
After giving a few simple instructions to the Four Chaos Gods, he opened a portal and returned to the real World.
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Meanwhile, the battle outside was also nearing its end.
With the full cooperation of the Titan Security Team and the Thunder Warrior Air Battalion, there were only a few necroskulls left in the sky, all of which were fleeing in disarray under the pursuit of the Blade Battleship.
And the vast number of citizens who had first narrowly escaped death, and then witnessed the Invaders being utterly defeated by the Hyperspace Group, cheered and called out Karl's name!
"God bless America, Mr. Karl is simply an envoy sent by God… No, he should be called the incarnation of God on Earth."
"That's right, from today onwards, the Hyperspace Group is the greatest company in the World in my heart… bar none."
"We should call on the government to allocate more funds for cooperation with the Hyperspace Group, instead of wasting it on that useless S.H.I.E.L.D. that's like trash."
"Exactly, taxpayer money doesn't just grow on trees, why should it be wasted on such useless organizations?"
…
On the Sky Carrier.
"What did you say, the Dark Aster is gone?"
Nick Fury's eyes widened in disbelief as he roared at Maria Hill, "What happened, what exactly happened?"
"Well… I'm not sure yet, but the satellite happened to capture the moment the Dark Aster disappeared."
Maria Hill swallowed nervously, then pulled up a satellite image on her tablet.
In the image, the Dark Aster, which had been moored outside the atmosphere, was suddenly 'swallowed' by a colossal azure light circle, like a giant abyss, and then vanished without a trace, as if it had never been there.
Hiss~~
Including Carol Danvers, all the superheroes gasped when they saw this bizarre scene.
"Could this be the jump technology used by alien civilizations for long-distance interstellar travel?" Reed Richards asked with great interest.
"No, it shouldn't be."
Carol Danvers shook her head with a solemn expression. "The blue light circle that just appeared is clearly very different from a regular Jump Point, so it's most likely something else."
For some reason, upon seeing that blue light circle, Carol Danvers felt a strange sense of familiarity.
So she pinched her chin and thought for a moment, then offered her guess, "If I remember correctly, that blue light circle seems somewhat similar to a portal summoned by a certain Arcane Master I've seen before… except the portal they summoned was orange, and its scale was much smaller than the one just now."
Having spent so much time in the Universe, Carol Danvers had naturally encountered the 'alien' Arcane Masters of Kamar-Taj.
So she was naturally not unfamiliar with portals.
However, to Captain America and the others, her words just now sounded like a fantasy, and everyone couldn't help but feel a little bewildered.
Arcane Master?
Portal?
Are you sure you're talking about modern times, and not a movie or a 3A game plot?
"Arcane Master?"
Nick Fury was stunned for a moment, then slammed his hand on the table, roaring in surprise and anger, "I don't care about any Arcane Master or not! I just want to know where Ronan's spaceship went?!"
Seeing all the attention that originally belonged to him being stolen by the Hyperspace Group, Nick Fury's mentality had completely lost balance.
He even secretly thought to himself that he could use Ronan to severely damage Karl and the Hyperspace Group, and then he and S.H.I.E.L.D. could reap the benefits.
Perhaps he might even accidentally get his hands on that Power Stone, which could easily defeat Captain Marvel.
At that time, wouldn't he be able to manipulate Karl as he pleased?
However, the ideal was grand, but reality was harsh.
Nick Fury's thought was completely shattered with the disappearance of the Dark Aster.
Furthermore, he seemed to have forgotten a fact: even if Ronan used the Power Stone to fight Karl to a mutual defeat, a rookie like him wouldn't be able to profit from it.
Because… he simply wasn't qualified to be on the stage of such a high-level game!
"Director, the satellite just detected that the Guardians of the Galaxy's spaceship seems to be heading towards Sokovia."
At this moment, Maria Hill suddenly reported.