"Heracles."
A sorrowful voice rang out.
The owner of the voice was not Hercules' friend Snowbird, nor his father Zeus, but Gaea.
Gaea was heard softly calling Hercules by his alternate name, Heracles, as if trying to retain his departing soul.
"Heracles."
"Heracles."
With each call, Hercules' soul, which had not yet returned to the underworld, was recalled by Gaea.
Strange sighed inwardly at the sight.
Although Hercules had been disrespectful to him, since Gaea did not wish for Hercules to perish, he could only reluctantly lend a hand.
He quickly formed hand seals, and the Eye of Agamotto on his chest opened, revealing the green gem inside.
The green gem shimmered, and a green light shot towards Hercules, whose body was split in two. As the green light swept over him, time reversed around Hercules' corpse.
To the gods' delight, his body, which had been split in two, reattached and was restored to its original state.
"No!"
But as soon as Hercules was revived, he suddenly roared in pain.
The next moment, the reversed time was disrupted, and Hercules' body split into two halves once more. Only his ethereal soul remained, stunned in place, at a loss.
"Strange, controlling time is not your exclusive privilege."
Ultron 1557's voice rang out, telling the gods who was responsible for Hercules dying after coming back to life.
The gods looked in the direction of the voice, only to see the green gem embedded in Ultron 1557's chest gradually dimming.
How did he also have the Time Stone?
Could this not be a fake?
Could it be that the six Infinity Stones embedded in his chest were all real?
Thinking of this, the gods felt a sense of despair.
Tens of thousands of robots wielding six Infinity Stones—how could they possibly fight that?
Hercules said, "I'll fight."
Another green light swept over, and tiny blood vessels emerged from Hercules' wounds, reattaching his body once more.
This green light came from Gaea.
Under the blessing of her life energy, Hercules' body was restored to its original state, even stronger than before.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Revived once more, Hercules roared.
He charged at Ultron 1557 with his sword drawn, while keeping a close eye on Ultron 1557's forehead, not daring to relax in the slightest.
Because of this, he ignored the faint shouts from behind him.
"Come back, Heracles."
Gaea fell silent as she watched Hercules charge forward recklessly.
Although she was not skilled in combat, she also felt that Hercules was no match for Ultron 1557.
However...
She looked at Hercules, her eyes holding a faint expectation.
Isn't the greatest charm of life the creation of miracles?
Perhaps Hercules could create a miracle and defeat Ultron 1557?
"This time, Hercules won't give his opponent a chance for a sneak attack. He will definitely achieve victory."
Snowbird declared confidently, and the gods were quite convinced by her words.
How could someone instantly kill Hercules, who was capable of defeating the Skrull Skyfather?
Hope rose in the gods' hearts, and their gazes burned with intensity as they looked at Hercules.
Under the fervent gaze of the gods and the expectant eyes of Gaea, Hercules created a miracle.
He managed to hold out for ten moves against Ultron 1557.
After ten moves, his upper body was bitten off by a large mouth shaped by Ultron 1557.
Although he was still split in two, this time it wasn't a complete annihilation.
"Hercules still lost. This is an opponent we cannot defeat." A deity murmured.
This time, Hercules had engaged Ultron 1557 in battle. Although it was only a brief ten moves, he unleashed power far exceeding that of most deities.
Hercules had proven himself and the Skrull Skyfather with his strength.
But this also made the gods of Earth even more despairing.
Even Zeus, Odin, Thor, and the others frowned deeply.
Judging from the combat power displayed by Ultron 1557, he was probably not much weaker than them. And there were tens of thousands of such beings.
Infinite Ultron then ordered a full-scale attack.
The next moment, the temporarily ceased energy attacks resumed, with tens of thousands of Ultrons concentrating fire on the energy barrier formed by the array.
— — —
A silver stream of light suddenly appeared, streaking across the sky before vanishing just as quickly.
This stream of light exuded a power full of miracles and infinite possibilities, making all who witnessed it feel as if a thousand years had passed in an instant.
Unfortunately, the Universes the miraculous light passed through were all silent and desolate, devoid of any life. These Universes had already been 'pacified' by Infinite Ultron and his Ultron Legion.
Inside the silver stream of light, Lucas's expression suddenly changed.
He stopped his pursuit of Infinite Ultron and the Ultron Legion, his gaze piercing through the spacetime of countless Universes to a specific location.
He felt a strong summons.
Lucas's personal button beeped rhythmically and incessantly.
However, he was certain that although the location was not Earth-65, it was very close to Earth-65.
Very close on a Multiversal scale.
It should be a Universe near the 65 Universe.
Divine power surged, and Lucas raised his hand to condense a silver orb of light, leaving a coordinate in this Universe for him to return later and continue tracking the Ultron Legion.
Afterward, he changed direction and sped towards the source of the signal.
Lucas's expression was not overly tense. This signal came from the male Ancient One and was not a distress signal.
A true distress signal would be just one press of the button. After all, if there was a real life-threatening danger, one might perish after just one press of the button, without enough time to press it rhythmically.
— — —
Outside the 616 Universe, tens of thousands of Ultrons simultaneously raised their right hands, the six Infinity Stones on their chests flashing, their various colored lights intertwining and overlapping, before the power of the six gems converged in their right palms.
The next moment, tens of thousands of rainbow-colored beams of light shot out. They converged midway, forming an even thicker, more brilliant, and more dangerously terrifying pillar of rainbow light.
The instant the rainbow pillar of light formed, Odin's expression within the magical formation abruptly changed, and his eyes involuntarily showed horror.
The power of this rainbow pillar of light was several, dozens, even thousands or tens of thousands of times greater than Asgard's Bifrost Bridge.
Boom!!!
The rainbow pillar of light spanned the void and heavily struck the Sanctum Sanctorum's magical formation.
The rainbow energy collided with the golden-yellow energy, and the Superflow outside the Universe stirred up ripples. These ripples carried the escaping energy and information, transmitting them into the distance.
All Universal civilizations and God-level beings who detected these ripples knew that a terrifying battle was unfolding here.
"The formation won't hold much longer. we must find a way to stop these robots." Strange reminded the Gods again.
Even if this formation was crafted by Agamotto, one of the Vishanti.
Even if this formation was currently presided over by the powerful Strange of the main Universe.
Even if this formation still had the full support of Gaea.
Under the concentrated fire of tens of thousands of Ultrons, it quickly became precarious once more.
In fact, if any of the three mentioned above were missing, the Sanctum Sanctorum's formation would hardly last an instant.
The full-power concentrated attack of tens of thousands of Ultron, with their power gathered in one place, could almost tear apart anything.
Inside the Sanctum Sanctorum's formation, the person who saw this terrifying attack also had his pupils contract violently.
If he were hit by such an attack in his normal state, he would likely be instantly annihilated, no matter how strong his recovery ability was. Only if he completely demonized might he be able to withstand it.
He turned and scanned the Gods, saying nothing, only shaking his head imperceptibly.
Too weak, these new Gods were too weak.
It seemed he would have to fight alone again.
He looked at Strange again and said, "Open a passage and send me out. I will find a way to disrupt their concentrated fire."
"Atum, I'm counting on you this time too. Please be very careful."
Gaea said softly as she saw Atum preparing to go into battle.
"Mother, this is my duty." Atum nodded gently in response to Gaia.
"Sun God, I will go with you." Odin said in a deep voice.
Atum's previous movements, though imperceptible, were only so to mortals.
Among the Gods present, who was not supernaturally perceptive? How could they not have noticed his subtle actions?
"Sun God, I will also go with you." Thor said, eager to try.
Seeing so many powerful opponents, his mjolnir was already thirsting for battle.
Atum nodded to Odin and Thor.
He acknowledged the power of these two new Gods.
Afterward, the Gods of Earth also volunteered to fight.
Atum declined most of the Gods, only agreeing to a few to participate, forming a small team of over twenty people.
Most of the team members were Skyfathers of various pantheons, or beings whose status, while not Skyfather, was not far off in terms of power. Each of them was a pillar of their respective pantheon.
The weakest of these Gods was no less powerful than the earlier Hercules. Many among them could match an ordinary Ultron. The cream of the crop could even rival Infinite Ultron in a one-on-one situation.
"Later, I will charge into these robot formations and assassinate their leaders. You just need to form a team and cover me from the periphery. Do not charge into the formation with me."
Before departing, Atum instructed the newly formed God team.
Some of the Gods in the team were indignant but said nothing more. Hercules's tragic state was still vivid in their minds.
"Depart!"
Strange opened an access passage from the rear-side, and Atum immediately led the God team out of the formation.
He charged ahead, leaving the other members of the God team behind, and launched an assault towards Infinite Ultron's location.
Though he was just one person, he charged with the momentum of a thousand armies.
Boom!
A terrifying speed erupted, and Atum forcefully tore through the Superflow, causing disruptions in its flow.
Ripples and smoke-like substances formed around Atum. He disrupted the information and matter within the Superflow, preventing Infinite Ultron and the Ultron Legion from pinpointing his exact location.