After seeing the six robots eject their energy cores, Karl, Black Phoenix, Hela, and the others all showed faint expressions of curiosity.
The six blue energy cores floated into the air.
Then they merged together, forming a massive hexagonal structure.
Immediately afterward, countless streams of blue energy began gathering around it.
The surrounding cosmic energy was drawn toward the formation.
Even the residual energy left behind from previous battles started converging on the same location.
A terrifying energy fluctuation rapidly emerged at the center of the six robots.
Black Phoenix glanced at it with obvious disdain.
She had no intention of interrupting.
Instead, she wanted to see what kind of trump card the Supreme Intelligence still possessed.
As time passed, the energy continued to accumulate.
Soon, the amount of power concentrated within the formation had surpassed ten stellar energy units.
At the same time, the energy became increasingly unstable.
Karl narrowed his eyes.
He had already guessed the Supreme Intelligence's intentions.
The six robots themselves were merely a framework.
Their cores served as catalysts.
The accumulated energy was the true weapon.
Once released, the attack would essentially function as a gigantic cosmic cannon.
If such an attack landed successfully, half of the Kree civilization world would likely be destroyed.
Depending on the final output, the entire planet could even be annihilated.
Even so, Karl wasn't worried.
Such an attack might threaten ordinary Skyfather-level beings.
It might even severely injure pseudo-Single-Universe entities.
But neither Black Phoenix nor Hela fell into those categories.
Therefore, Karl simply watched.
Suddenly—
The holographic projection of the Supreme Intelligence vanished.
The next instant—
A crimson beam of energy erupted from the center of the six-core formation.
WHOOSH!
The attack shot directly toward Black Phoenix and Hela.
The moment Karl sensed the energy contained within the beam, his expression changed slightly.
He disappeared from the throne.
Then he instantly reappeared in front of the two women.
Within the attack, he sensed something unusual.
A portion of the energy clearly did not belong to this universe.
It possessed traces of multiversal characteristics.
If Black Phoenix and Hela were struck directly, they would almost certainly suffer injuries.
Without hesitation, Karl extended a single hand.
The crimson beam collided against his palm.
Instead of resisting the attack directly, Karl activated his abilities and began converting the incoming energy.
The foreign power was rapidly transformed into usable energy.
Then it was absorbed into the Shadow World.
Unfortunately, the resulting aftershocks still escaped.
Massive waves of destructive energy crashed downward toward the Kree civilization world.
Karl glanced below.
Immediately, he ordered Haohan to teleport Pietro, Peter, May, Raven, Yelena, Natasha, and the others back aboard Skyblade VII.
Moments later, the shockwaves struck.
Entire cities vanished.
Buildings, military installations, transportation networks, and civilian districts were erased instantly.
Millions of Kree disappeared beneath the energy storm.
Then Karl noticed something strange.
The crimson beam wasn't weakening.
Instead—
It was slowly becoming stronger.
That surprised him.
"Haohan."
"Locate the source."
[Understood, Sir.]
Within moments, Haohan completed its analysis.
A spatial anomaly had appeared where the six robots originally floated.
A crack had formed within the fabric of reality itself.
On the opposite side of the breach was another cosmic layer.
The opening functioned like a giant vent.
An endless supply of violent energy continuously poured through it.
That was why the attack never weakened.
Karl immediately extended his mental perception through the opening.
What he found surprised him.
The other side wasn't a dimension.
Nor was it a conventional universe.
There were no planets.
No stars.
No civilizations.
Only endless turbulent energy.
Violent.
Chaotic.
Unstable.
Karl originally considered harvesting the energy for himself.
Such a source would have been extraordinarily useful.
Unfortunately, the energy was far too unstable.
Before he could investigate further, Karl activated the Space Stone.
The fractured region of reality immediately began repairing itself.
Then he used the power of the Reality Stone to accelerate the restoration process.
Within moments, the breach vanished completely.
Karl hadn't expected the Supreme Intelligence to possess such a hidden trump card.
When he returned to his throne, a new figure appeared.
The Supreme Intelligence itself.
No longer a mere holographic projection.
Its true body emerged from the Kree civilization world.
It resembled a gigantic green biological mass.
Its appearance was grotesque.
Countless green tentacles extended from its body.
It looked more like a cosmic abomination than the governing intelligence of an interstellar empire.
This was the Supreme Intelligence's true form.
The energy radiating from it had already reached the pseudo-Single-Universe level.
Even Karl was somewhat surprised.
He hadn't expected something so ugly to possess such formidable power.
BOOM!
Without hesitation, the Supreme Intelligence attacked.
Its tentacles surged forward like living mountains.
This time, Karl raised his hand toward Black Phoenix, Hela, and the others.
There was no need for them to intervene.
He intended to handle this personally.
The next moment—
Karl released his own aura.
A genuine Single-Universe-level presence erupted across the battlefield.
The resulting pressure instantly shattered the incoming attack.
The green tentacles exploded one after another.
Yet the Supreme Intelligence continued attacking relentlessly.
At the same time, it began converting surrounding matter directly into energy.
Entire regions of space were harvested.
The resulting energy swirled around the creature like a storm.
Whenever needed, the power would immediately be directed against Karl.
Karl casually waved his hand.
Golden energy erupted outward.
Every incoming tentacle shattered instantly.
Then Karl vanished.
The next moment, he appeared directly above the Supreme Intelligence.
His fist glowed with brilliant golden radiance.
Then he punched downward.
BOOM!
The attack appeared to connect.
Yet somehow—
It didn't.
Karl frowned.
His attack had entered another spatial layer.
The reality surrounding the Supreme Intelligence had been altered.
The creature had shifted portions of itself into another space.
As a result, Karl's attack passed harmlessly into that alternate layer.
That genuinely surprised him.
Then another attack arrived.
A mental assault.
The Supreme Intelligence attempted to invade Karl's mind directly.
Unfortunately—
It had chosen the wrong opponent.
BUZZ!
The invading psychic force was instantly repelled.
Karl's mental power surged forward.
Just as he prepared to press the advantage, he discovered something unexpected.
His psychic energy also disappeared into another space.
The attack simply vanished.
It neither penetrated the barrier nor returned.
Karl's surprise deepened.
For the first time, he began carefully examining the Supreme Intelligence.
Even mental energy could be redirected elsewhere.
This ability was far stranger than he had initially assumed.
The Supreme Intelligence ignored Karl's reaction.
Instead, it began drawing power directly from the planet below.
Entire regions of the civilization world were converted into raw energy.
It showed no concern whatsoever for the lives of the Kree.
Several fleeing warships attempted to escape.
The Supreme Intelligence destroyed them personally.
Moments later, green energy covered the sky above the planet.
The energy condensed into a colossal tentacle that stretched across space itself.
The Supreme Intelligence launched attack after attack.
Yet Karl effortlessly destroyed every one of them.
At the same time, Haohan continued analyzing the mysterious spatial phenomenon.
Karl also repeatedly attacked using the Reality Stone.
Unlike physical and psychic attacks, the Reality Stone's power could approach the Supreme Intelligence without immediately being diverted.
Finally, Haohan completed the investigation.
[Analysis complete.]
[The surrounding spatial anomaly is connected to an Astral Layer.]
[The target modifies localized reality to connect with that layer.]
[All matter, energy, and mental constructs entering the Astral Layer are devoured.]
[This includes physical attacks, psychic attacks, and energy-based assaults.]
Only then did Karl fully understand what was happening.
The Supreme Intelligence wasn't redirecting attacks into another universe.
It was using an Astral Layer as a defensive medium.
Once Karl understood the mechanism, his concern vanished.
His expression returned to calm.
Then—
He finally released the full power of a genuine Single-Universe-level being.
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