After the Fifth Cosmos made his move, the others were not idle either.
The Sixth Cosmos followed closely. Upon discovering the First Firmament's intention, he raised his hand and blasted out a high-energy ray, directly targeting the First Firmament's arm to prevent him from pulling it out.
A silent roar sounded, and a tremor spread from the point where the high-energy ray struck, soon covering the First Firmament's entire body and transmitting to Eternity within the First Firmament.
"Ahhhh!"
"Ahhhh!"
Two cries of pain sounded one after another, from the First Firmament and Eternity, respectively.
"Be careful, Sixth Cosmos, Eternity is still inside the First Firmament." Infinity cautioned.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing." The Sixth Cosmos nodded, maintaining his energy output.
"I'll also help look after Eternity." The Third Cosmos added, and at the same time, her attack landed.
A golden chain shot towards the First Firmament, binding his legs and then coiling upwards like a snake, wrapping the First Firmament into a mummy.
"I will cover you." The Second Cosmos, also the Creator of the Elder Gods, said calmly.
Infinity did not doubt him. She nodded slightly, and the concept of space emerged in this Land of Nihility, beyond all things.
The next moment, layers of space, in the form of cubes, surrounded the First Firmament.
Caught off guard, the First Firmament was repeatedly hit by the attacks. For the First Firmament, the situation of this cosmic war took a sharp turn for the worse.
But trapped, the First Firmament instead calmed down.
Fighting one against five, and having lost the initiative, with these two unfavorable conditions superimposed, breaking through the encirclement would be extremely difficult.
However...
Looking at Infinity, the First Firmament showed a sinister smile.
"Sometimes, a cage is also a barrier."
A quietblue energy spread, dyeing the layers of space that trapped the First Firmament, adding an eerie quietblue to this space.
The next moment, the First Firmament vanished into this energy, disappearing from the five Multiverse physical incarnations.
Infinity's face changed. "I've lost control of this space."
The First Firmament certainly couldn't seize Infinity's control over the space she had created, but he could turn this space into a chaotic area beyond anyone's control.
Within the quietblue space, the First Firmament looked down at his chest. There, his arm pierced through Eternity and himself, linking their fates.
"Heheheh." The First Firmament's laughter rang out.
"Is this your conspiracy? When did you start planning this?"
The First Firmament twitched his arm, enduring the pain as he tried to pull it out of his body.
But Eternity clearly wouldn't let the First Firmament have his way. He desperately clamped down on the First Firmament's arm that pierced through both of them. Immediately, painful wails echoed through the quietblue space.
"We are not enemies, we are one." The First Firmament said, trying to persuade Eternity while wailing in pain.
Eternity sneered, ignoring him.
Since the Second Cosmos was born from the First Firmament's fragments, the Multiverse has been an independent entity.
If the First Firmament was the origin and ancestor of subsequent Multiverses, Eternity would not deny it, but to say that the First Firmament was one with him...
Eternity stated that the only one he was one with was his sister, Infinity.
It's just... did his sister play him?
Within the quietblue space, seeing that he couldn't pull his arm out of his body for a long time, the First Firmament became ruthless. He simply stopped trying to pull his arm out first and instead focused on tearing Eternity apart.
"Ah!"
"Ah!"
Two screams of agony rang out.
When the First Firmament tried to tear Eternity apart within his body, he was undoubtedly tearing himself apart as well.
This tearing of the body was different from the injuries suffered by other cosmic beings.
For Eternity and the First Firmament, tearing the body meant the destruction of the internal cosmic structure, and vast areas of cosmic space would be damaged as a result.
Bad!
Eternity's heart sank, realizing that if he allowed the First Firmament to tear him, even if he could ultimately defeat the First Firmament, he would inevitably be buried with him, and the Multiverse would enter reincarnation prematurely.
Even worse, the Multiverse might be torn apart like the First Firmament before, no longer reincarnating, but evolving into more Multiverses and single Universes.
"Queen of Nevers!"
In this critical moment, Eternity called out to Queen of Nevers again, and Queen of Nevers responded promptly.
Since the battle began, Queen of Nevers had been observing it from beyond reality, and transmitting messages between Eternity and the other physical entities of past Multiverses, who were blocked by the First Firmament.
"Eternity, the Second Cosmos, the Third Cosmos, the Fifth Cosmos, the Sixth Cosmos, and Infinity are all temporarily blocked by the infinite space created by Infinity and won't be able to break through for a while. During this time, you'll have to hold on by yourself." Queen of Nevers's voice was low.
This possibility had an extremely low probability of happening in the future she had seen, yet it had occurred.
— — —
In the Taa II laboratory, Tony and his variants raised their glasses in celebration.
Through the instrument, they saw the Multiverse recovering. Although Eternity's power was weakened as a result, he was radiating more vitality.
"Cheers! To the Multiverse!"
"Cheers! To Tony!"
"Hahahahaha!"
Lifebringer did not stop the Tonys from singing and dancing in his laboratory. Lifebringer knew that thanks to them, he could once again fulfill the important task entrusted by Eternity.
"Oh no, the Superflow has stopped recovering!"
The festive atmosphere was interrupted by a sudden shout.
The Iron Man variants looked over and saw an Iron Man in a ninja suit standing solemnly in front of the instrument.
Tony stepped forward from the crowd and quickly walked to the instrument.
"What's going on?" Lifebringer asked.
"A mysterious force is preventing the Superflow from recovering." Tony frowned.
"The nature of this force is very similar to the force that eliminated the Superflow and unified the Multiverse into a single Universe."
"Could it be Richards of 1610 Universe playing tricks again?!"
Lifebringer gritted his teeth, immediately pointing his suspicion at 1610 Mister Fantastic, the culprit who had previously unified the Multiverse into a single Universe.
Click!
"I think... it shouldn't be him."
Reed, escorting 1610 Mister Fantastic, entered with Susan, Johnny, Ben, and Doctor Doom.
"Mission accomplished, we brought Reed of 1610 Universe back."
"No, you didn't bring me back, I followed you back." 1610 Reed corrected.
Lifebringer looked at Reed, who nodded with a somewhat awkward expression. "It's all the same."
His gaze shifted to 1610 Reed, and Lifebringer angrily questioned, "Reed, what exactly is your conspiracy?!"
"What exactly is your conspiracy?" Johnny glanced at Reed, speaking in a sarcastic tone.
Reed shrugged helplessly.
"We share a common goal: to help Eternity win this ear, only our methods differ." 1610 Reed said as he walked towards the instrument.
However, Lifebringer was not impressed by his rhetoric. He retorted, "Is that so?
"Don't forget, if it weren't for you, Eternity wouldn't have been demoted from a Multiverse to a single Universe and devoured by the First Firmament."
"I helped our Universe concentrate its power. How is that a demotion?"
1610 Mister Fantastic didn't accept Lifebringer's accusation and argued, "A single toothpick is easily broken, but a bundle of toothpicks is not. This is a very simple truth."
"But if a bundle of toothpicks are tied together, if one of them rots, the others will quickly become moldy and putrid."
"So I came to help you deal with these rotten toothpicks." 1610 Mister Fantastic walked to the instrument and pushed Tony aside.
"Tony, you're not the only smart person in this world. Watch me operate now."
Tony shrugged and stood to the side, "There's more than one smart person in the world, because there are many Iron Mans in the Multiverse."
1610 Mister Fantastic chuckled lightly. "But you, the smart one, are helpless at this moment."
After a pause, 1610 Mister Fantastic turned to look at Lifebringer. "Before I act, I need to know Eternity's situation in our Universe. Can you tell me what you see?"
Lifebringer's face was grim. Without a word, he raised his hand and shot out a beam of energy, which exploded in mid-air, forming a phantom projection.
In the projection, Eternity, symbolizing the Marvel world, had a large hole torn in his chest, which was continuously ripping open. This was where the First Firmament's claw had pierced through.
Countless specks of stars scattered from the rupture, and countless deep blue streams of light spread from the tear into Eternity's body.
Pointing to these scattered specks of stars, 1610 Mister Fantastic said, "Look, these falling Universes can take away all matter, information, and energy, including those deep blue streams of light."
"Based on this, as long as we operate properly, we can strip away all these deep blue streams of light."
"You mean, these specks of stars are all Universes?" A certain Tony in the crowd couldn't help but ask.
This Tony already had a guess, but it was too important, so he had to confirm.
1610 Mister Fantastic raised his hand, meeting the gaze of the many Iron Men looking over, and smiled inexplicably. "Haven't you all guessed it, smart people?"
"So your method is to abandon these eroded Universes?" Another Iron Man questioned.
"Since it's a war, sacrifices are inevitable." 1610 Mister Fantastic said indifferently.
"Heh, I thought it was some good ide..." Another Iron Man was pulled back by other Iron Men beside him before he could finish speaking.
A benevolent commander cannot lead troops, hesitation and indecision are taboo in war.
Only a few inexperienced Iron Men would loudly object. Most of the Iron Men present understood this and could accept necessary sacrifices.