Yamirmoon

Chapter 105: Charlie Flying a Plane

"Click... clack..."

Following the sound of footsteps, Phantom Kid finally walked to the center of the exhibition hall.

He crossed a total distance of 200 meters.

But he took more than three minutes to do so.

Because the pace of Phantom Kid was neither fast nor slow, every step he took was precisely one meter.

Through this time, the audience was silent.

Everyone was immersed in the shock brought by the air walking.

"Well, that's the end of today's rehearsal. Please be sure to come and enjoy my performance tomorrow, everyone."

Phantom Kid stood in the air, bowed like a gentleman to the audience, and then a bang was heard, another cloud of smoke enveloped Kid.

And when the smoke cleared, the white figure had evaporated in the sky.

"Charlie, you are a good pilot."

Onboard the helicopter from Unit No. 7, Mathison, who took off his costume and put on a New York police uniform, smiled at Charlie, who was flying the helicopter.

Charlie was sitting in the pilot's seat, with his paws gripping the lever tightly.

As for his two short limbs that could not step on the pedals, Mathison specially made a pair of mechanical prostheses for him to fly the helicopter smoothly.

Facing Mathison's praise, Charlie didn't say a word, he kept controlling the helicopter with all his focus.

"Unit 7, Phantom Kid has disappeared, do you see anything abnormal?"

Suddenly, George's voice rang through the intercom.

Charlie answered calmly.

"Everything is normal, sir, there is no sign of Phantom Kid on sight."

"Fuck! Why is this guy so difficult? Unit No. 7, keep patrolling!"

"Roger, sir."

Mathison gave Charlie a thumbs up from behind, and Charlie gave him a sideways glance.

"Hey, don't do that, man... we are the best partners."

"Hehe, if I file a complaint to the Animal Protection Association about what you have done, take a guess what will happen to you?"

Charlie wasn’t in the mood.

"Ugh, you are not an ordinary dog, Charlie, these missions... shouldn't be a big deal to you."

Mathison coughed softly and said.

"I understand your logic, but you’re not planning to make me fly your helicopter all the time, are you?"

Hearing that, Mathison smiled helplessly, "Well, let me drive next, you better be a good dog."

"It would be no fun if they saw a dog driving Unit No. 7."

Charlie first hovered the helicopter in the sky, then Mathison quickly picked him up from the pilot's seat, and then took charge of the helicopter himself.

The helicopter continued to fly forward.

"Unit 7, why did you suddenly stop just now? Did something happen?"

At this time, the walkie-talkie rang again. This time, it was the driver of Unit No. 9. He happened to be not far behind Unit No. 7.

"Don't worry, everything is fine here. I just saw a bird flying past."

Mathison replied with the voice of the prior pilot of the helicopter.

"There are birds here? Oh my God, then we have to be careful, we can't fly too fast."

"Yeah, man, I know, right?"

After a small talk between Mathison and the other party, the call ended.

Speaking of the original driver of Unit No. 7, Mathison certainly couldn't imprison people for two days. But as early as yesterday, after Tony issued the declaration of war, Mathison and Charlie discussed the plan of action.

Then they chose the most suitable target, which is the pilot of helicopter No. 7.

According to the investigation conducted the previous day, Mathison learned that this pilot is hardly noticeable among his colleagues, not very prominent, not very rookie, and his experience as a pilot is relatively rich.

The downside of this guy is that he isn’t very good at socializing.

But there is one thing very worth taking advantage of, that is, this person is very fond of travelling.

As long as he can take two days off, he will go to other surrounding cities or suburban fields to enjoy his free time alone.

So Mathison disguised as Chief George, praised the pilot, and then gave him a special week off.

Next thing you know is this guy going to Pennsylvania for vacation.

As a result, Mathison took his identity.

On the other side, in the Stark Expo, on the roof of a building, lurked twelve men in black tights.

"Coulson, did you see any clues about the air walking just performed by Phantom Kid"

A middle-aged man carrying a bow asked another middle-aged man with a super high hairline.

This one carrying a bow is Clint Barton, a seventh-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, codenamed Hawkeye, who is a master who likes to use bows and arrows.

Although it may seem strange to use bows and arrows as weapons in modern society, Barton uses special arrows made by S.H.I.E.L.D., which have multiple functions.

Barton is also good at most of the fighting skills and weapons in the world. Among them, he is most proud of Japanese sword fighting, which is Barton's secondary skill to archery.

At the same time, Barton is also proficient in the use of all known firearms, even much better than most people.

At least when it comes to sniping, Hawkeye is definitely the number one sniper in S.H.I.E.L.D. Unfortunately, he only likes his bows and arrows.

And the middle-aged man with a high hairline standing next to Barton is naturally Phil Coulson.

Don’t focus on Coulson’s high hairline, he will go bald one day. And don’t you be fooled by his smile and nice look, he is a very shrewd agent.

In fact, in the secret service profession, Coulson is even better than Barton.

The two are both seven-level agents, but Barton is only a combatant. Coulson, however, is often a commander. There is a big gap between them both.

In S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson is hailed as an agent exemplar by Fury, which is definitely not an honor ordinary agents can get.

"Apart from using steel wires, I can't think of any other way to enable one to stand in the air. Yet, it is impossible to use steel wires when walking."

Coulson shook his head.

"The only possibility is that Phantom Kid just used his superpowers."

"There really is no more reasonable explanation."

Barton nodded, agreed with Coulson, and asked again.

"According to the information we have obtained before, the superpowers possessed by the Phantom Kid are suspected to be: breathing fire, moving at high speed, and changing his face and voice... Shall we add flying to the list now?"

"Coulson, among us, you are the most exposed to these supernatural phenomena, and only you can provide accurate advice."

"To be honest, I, myself, am clueless, Barton."

Coulson sighed.

"I've never seen anything like Phantom Kid before. I mean, most of the paranormals that have appeared before have only one superpower, and no more than two at most."

"And usually, there is a connection between these two superpowers, but Phantom Kid..."

Chapter 634: Half-Step Universe Master (Part 1)

3/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　Fang Yun flew forward, heading straight towards the Imperial capital of the Heisenberg Empire. Since he can’t find the position of that young man, then he will head towards the capital of his empire and force him out.

　　Fang Yun was starting to get flustered. He didn't know about the current state of the giant turtle, but as a star beast in the hands of their enemies, its ending will not be pretty.

　　The more he thought about it, the more irritated Fang Yun became. He urgently needs something to vent his anger on.

　　“Roar!!”

　　In space, Fang Yun heaved a heaven shattering roar. Light suddenly gathered in his mouth, then spewed out in the form of a giant light beam, destroying a large planet ahead and crossing billions of miles.

　　Back on the previous planet, just after Fang Yun left, the viewers of the live broadcast started asking the young man about its direction.

　　​​"I’m sorry everyone.”

　　However, the young man apologized to the viewers.

　　"The giant serpent’s speed is too great and I don’t have the guts to chase it."

　　"The city has been destroyed and If it weren't for the strengthening of the formations, I'm afraid that the entire planet wouldn’t have been able to withstand the rampage of that monster."

　　"Of course, I also believe that that monster still had the ability to destroy the planet, but he didn’t do it. Of course, I’m not excusing his actions, I’m just stating facts..”

　　The man shrugged,

　　"Well, now I'm going to take a look and see if there are any survivors."

　　After saying this, he flew back towards the ruined city.

　　As for the people watching the live broadcast, all of them were discussing this incident at this time, most of them were condemning Fang Yun's actions, others were stating their amazement at the cosmic serpent’s terrifying strength.

　　"I wonder how powerful that cosmic serpent is? It was able to kill a powerful sage so easily."

　　"In my opinion, the strength of that cosmic serpent has reached the apex of the sage level at the very least."

　　"Where do you think that serpent is heading? Now that it killed their third prince, the Heisenberg empire certainly will not remain silent."

　　"I hadn’t seen any movements from the imperial capital of the Heisenberg empire, I wonder why?"

　　“I have some Internal news. A fleet has already been dispatched, and it’s said that their leader is very powerful. "

　　When people from all over the universe were discussing this matter enthusiastically, the people of the Metaverse league were paying special attention to this matter.

　　"Senior Nebula, what should we do now? The people of the Heisenberg Empire began to mobilize their forces."

　　After Luo Feng saw the news about the Heisenberg empire’s fleet, his face immediately darkened, and his heart was filled with worry.

　　​​Nebula was also worried, but he still comforted Luo Feng after a moment.

　　"Don't worry about the lord’s safety for the time being. With lord Ouroboros’s power, even the Heisenberg empire can’t deal with him easily."

　　Nebula seemed to be calm on the surface, but he was just as worried for Fang Yun’s safety. Unfortunately, as the oldest leader and the predecessor of Luo Feng, he can’t show it.

　　They need to appear calm and confident. If even the people at the top start to panic, what will happen to the people below?

　　After all, as the high-level members of the Metaverse league, they can’t just think of Fang Yun’s safety, they need to consider the safety of the people below as well.

　　Nebula is also worried about another thing. If the Heisenberg empire used the death of their third prince as an excuse to attack them, they wouldn’t be able to resist at all.

　　The gap in strength is overwhelming.

　　"Luo Feng, we need to make some preparations."

　　Nebula said solemnly,

　　"What we need to consider now is how to preserve the entire metaverse league. At the same time, we also need to think about how we can help Master Ouroboros."

　　His expression was serious as he stated thins,

　　"Luo Feng, you are also one of the people at the top. The fate of the entire alliance is tied to you and me, so we can’t mess up now. "

　　After hearing what Nebula said, Luo Feng suddenly came to his senses. He did break character just now.

　　Fang Yun’s safety is indeed a problem, but the metaverse league is also facing an unprecedented crisis. Now, the most important thing to do is to prepare themselves for the incoming crisis.

　　Only by saving themselves can they have the opportunity to help Fang Yun. Otherwise, they would not only be unable to help him, but they will also become a liability and a source of concern.

　　"Senior Nebula, I know what to do.”

　　Luo Feng took a deep breath. At this time, he had completely calmed down, his face was completely restored to normal.

　　Seeing this scene, a touch of satisfaction appeared on Nebula's face. As expected of the most talented cultivator in the Metaverse league. Even if he fell into temporary confusion, he quickly pulled himself back up.

　　"Senior, I think that we need to move a part of our manpower into the nine heavens."

　　After a few moments of silence, Luo Feng suddenly said to Nebula. The latter looked a little hesitant at first but then nodded firmly. 

　　"Luo Feng, who are you going to transfer?"

　　"The families of all students from the nine training camps and the newly registered students. The rest of the students will remain to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.”

　　There was a solemn expression on Luo Feng’s face as he said this,

　　“The students from various universities are the backbone of the Metaverse. We have spent a lot of resources on them when they were in the training camps. Now is the time for them to repay the league."

　　"As for their families, this is the reward they deserve for fighting bravely. In addition, the families of these people will raise the next generation of geniuses for the league, bearing our future hopes."

　　"As for other civilians...With our current transportation capabilities, we don’t have a way to transport all of them back to the nine heavens. In short, the highest priorities are the women and the children, then the young and middle-aged men. as for the elderly... They’re the last priority..."

　　There was a touch of pain on Luo Feng's face as he said this, but more anger towards himself and his powerlessness.

　　"It's very uncomfortable to issue this kind of order. I really don't want the kind of power to make such a decision."

　　Luo Feng muttered under his breath, his fists were clenched so heavily they creaked.

Chapter 104: Preview

Tony and Pepper ran out of the field and saw the audience all looking up at the sky, looking in the same direction in unison.

The two followed their line of sight and gazed at the sky above the street in front of the open-air center exhibition hall. In the middle of the two high-rise buildings, a cloud of smoke had appeared at some point, and one could vaguely see a silhouette inside of it.

Kid's voice emerged right about now, it was obvious that he was the silhouette inside the smoke.

"Tony, he really came."

Pepper said in surprise.

"Yes, but today is not the date agreed upon. He came one day early."

Tony felt a little strange.

"Please forgive me for coming so early. Because Mr. Stark's challenge caught me off guard, I didn't have time to prepare a teaser letter, which is really rude."

The smoke quickly dissipated, and Phantom Kid in the flesh appeared.

But what was shocking is that he actually was standing in the air!

Without any support, without the gliding wing open, Phantom Kid stood in the sky so straight as if there was an invisible floor under his feet.

But everyone knows that this is absolutely impossible.

"Ahhhhhhhh! It's Phantom Kid!"

Countless people exclaimed and screamed because Kid showcased them an incredible miracle.

"So, I came today to tell you that I accepted Mr. Stark's challenge. It would be unfair if you can't guess my plan without any teaser letter."

Everyone was listening to Phantom Kid slowly speaking and saying the most arrogant words in the most gentle and polite tone.

"So, in addition to responding to Mr. Stark's challenge, a small preview could serve us well."

When Director George saw this scene, he suddenly noticed that Kid was located in the middle of the two high-rise buildings, and his height was slightly lower than the two buildings, and suddenly thought of something.

"Phantom Kid, I can see through your tricks."

George smiled triumphantly.

"Quickly, send two teams to the roof of each of those two buildings, he must have used a wire to connect the two buildings and then hoisted himself up in the middle!"

Soon, the two teams of police officers he sent up there, reported.

"Sir, we didn't find anything here. There are no wires under Kid's feet or either on the fence on the roof."

It might be that God thought that the reports of the two teams could not dispel George's confidence enough, so at this time, a police helicopter happened to be parked directly above Phantom Kid.

The blinding searchlight shone on Phantom Kid.

"This is Unit No. 7. No wire was found on Phantom Kid's body."

"What, how is this possible?!"

George was speechless.

"Although no one knows whether Phantom Kid can really fly or not, he is our live target, up there for now..."

In all fairness, George wanted to order everyone to fire on Kid.

He didn't believe that Phantom Kid was physically immortal, so he isn’t afraid that bullets wouldn’t work.

However, Tony Stark's attitude made George cautious. Although Tony agreed with the police to help him protect the Mountain of Light this time, he put forward a hard condition.

That is, no matter what happens, these policemen are not allowed to take the initiative to shoot unless Kid attacks them first.

The reason is simple. Tony said that there is a large number of civilians in the expo, and it is too dangerous to open fire and accidentally injure the common folks.

In addition to that, Tony is very tough; he strictly threatened that whoever dares to shoot first, he would make that person unemployed instantly.

With the power of Stark Industries, even Director George can lose his job.

Tony's request is legal and moral, and George also agrees with Tony's idea, but this does not mean that George did not feel deeply depressed about this.

"Click… clack..."

"Oh, Shit! What the hell am I seeing?"

"God, please tell me this is not true!"

"I must be dreaming!"

Just when George was so depressed that he couldn't breathe, the audience once erupted in shock. And this time,  their sound was far louder and more shocking than the last time.

Because, Kid, who was standing upright, moved!

Phantom Kid stepped forward calmly and naturally in the empty air.

When the steps were taken, there was actually a "clack" in the sky!

This was not over yet. The footsteps Kid was taking issued a crisp and familiar sound, no different from walking on the ground normally.

"Huh, everyone, it seems that I didn’t put up that bad of a show after all, huh?"

Phantom Kid smiled slightly and said.

"This is definitely the most perfect and most exciting magic show I have ever seen in my life!"

Tens of thousands of viewers spoke in unison.

"I remember, Phantom Kid had performed the same... magic before?"

"Really, where did this show take place, why haven't I heard of it?"

Suddenly, many people in the crowd felt that the magic trick Kid performed this time was a bit familiar.

"That was in Gotham, when Queen Elizabeth had paid visit!"

Finally, someone remembered where they saw this scene.

"That's how Phantom Kid returned the Tamil Ruby to Her Majesty the Queen."

"This is... the real magic performance of walking in the air!"

Phantom Kid seemed to be very relaxed, with his hands in his pockets, he began to walk in the air and approached the center pavilion, step after another.

Only that the sound of footsteps came from above.

"Tony, do you know how Phantom Kid manages to walk in the air?"

Pepper watched the shocking scene, and her little hand couldn't help covering her mouth in surprise.

"I don't know, but I think he should have used steel wire or some other technique. Maybe the steel wire is so thin that it is invisible to the naked eye."

Tony said nonchalantly.

"Jarvis should be able to scan directly where the wire is on his body, but I didn't bring him here today."

No matter how strong artificial intelligence is, it is not an omniscient god. After all, scanning and detection are done by hardware.

"Besides, we don't really want to fight him when we want him to come. The Mountain of Light is of no use to me, and it's not a problem for me to even give it to him directly."

"I only hope that he really knows how to solve the problem of palladium poisoning, just like you said."

Tony is telling the truth.

However, if Phantom Kid doesn't know how to treat palladium poisoning, the case won’t be the same.

"Do we have a choice now other than to trust him?"

Pepper desperately said.

"You are right, I have no choice."

Tony agreed.

Chapter 103: Can You Fly a Plane?

"It seems that Tony Stark is very displeased with you. After only a few days, he declares publically a war upon you in the newspaper."

Charlie was amazed.

It's rare to have classes suspended for three consecutive days. Mathison was lying comfortably on the sofa while watching TV as an after-training treatment. But when he turned on the TV, Tony's face appeared.

After all, this is the first time someone publicly challenges Phantom Kid since his debut.

Of course, it will become the biggest trend.

In the past, Daggett and Kingpin were all announcing sky-high bounties in the underworld, hoping to get information about Phantom Kid or kill him directly.

Unfortunately, after so long, none of the assassins came to Mathison.

The reward is always hanging on the list, but no one can get it. It is almost a legend in the industry.

The speculations about Phantom Kid are even more varied. Some people say that Kid is a demon that can grow bigger or smaller at will. Others say that Kid is a strong and powerful man. Others say that there is more than one thief, and Phantom Kid is the name of their organization...

In short, no one can tell the detailed information of Phantom Kid, he is just like a ghost, leaving no trace in the world.

"Should I go for the diamond Tony is offering? It would be a shame to end up empty-handed since I obviously returned the Arc Reactor."

Mathison suddenly felt troublesome. Although he had anticipated the current situation a long time ago, he did not expect Tony to bring it publically to the world and release a priceless treasure like the Mountain of Light as bait.

The Mountain of Light, known as the Koh-i-Noor, is one of the oldest diamonds in the world. Legends say that it has a history of more than three thousand years, but no one knows whether it is true or false. Because its earliest record that can be traced is in 1304 AD.

It has been passed down for more than 700 years, which is still a remarkable lifespan for a gemstone.

There is a passage in Hindu scripture to describe the Mountain of Light as follows: "Whoever owns it owns the whole world. Whoever owns it must bear the disasters it brings. Only God or a woman will not suffer any punishment if they were to possess it."

Of course, generally, such registers are mostly nonsense, and it is normal for the world's famous and largest gem to bear some sort of infamy and superstition to it.

If it does not bring misfortune to people, it wouldn’t qualify to be called a precious gem, huh?

However, the Mountain of Light is really a bit ‘evil’.

After consulting a lot of sources, Mathison found that the Mountain of Light was actually passed down to Howard from England when he was alive.

At that time, it was the tensest time during World War II, and countless precious treasures were scattered all over the world back then.

The Mountain of Light was just one of them.

The strange thing is that when Howard got the Mountain of Light, it happened to be the time when Stark Industries developed rapidly, and finally developed into the world's largest arms company.

And Howard did indeed die in the end, which confirmed the curse of the Mountain of Light.

Mathison originally didn't want to believe in such superstition, but everything is possible in the world of American Comics. He has already experienced the magic of the Tamil ruby before.

It would really not be that surprising if it turned out that the Mountain of Light holds such a curse that has been circulating for so many years.

"What are you going to do, accept his challenge?"

Charlie looked at Mathison and asked.

"This is the first time someone publicly challenges me, if I chicken out, I would be taken as a joke. Not to mention that the Mountain of Light is worth stealing."

Mathison took it for granted.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, Iron Man has basically figured out your methods last time. And by challenging you publically, he, obviously, is confident about beating you."

"And Batman is very likely to appear again. Don't you forget that he almost unmasked you a few days ago? Without the help of Poison Ivy, you would have failed."

Charlie squinted at Mathison.

"Don't worry, it’s just that I didn't expect Batman to create a device to suppress my magic, and he seemed to be aware of Bullet Time. What a scary guy!"

Mathison assured Charlie.

"However, as the saying goes, this is a different time, and I am confident to defeat them now."

"Ha, I hope Batman won’t find a way to counterattack your new ability, A Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands, again"

Charlie was not affected by Mathison's self-confidence.

"Charlie, there is one thing you are right about: It would have been dangerous if Pamela hadn't helped me, so you have to help me in this upcoming operation."

Mathison said to Charlie seriously.

"Oh? Have you finally decided to ask for help? What do you want me to do, will it be the same as last time? If so, I am not planning to tire my legs again."

Charlie suspiciously said.

Hearing that, Mathison was embarrassed for a while. He knew that Charlie was talking about sending him to go to the Stark Expo ago. He didn't expect Charlie to keep it this long in his mind.

"Ah, of course not, we already know the site at the Stark Expo very well."

"Go ahead, what do you want me to do?"

"Charlie, can you... fly a helicopter?"

Mathison asked solemnly.

Charlie: "..."

The next night.

Stark Expo is a grand technology exhibition that lasts a whole year, and countless people come to visit it almost every day.

The huge tree roots created by the Poison Ivy have now become a new attraction in the Expo.

Since the news of Tony broke out, our Chief George's temper has exploded. He forcibly sent a large number of police officers to the fair.

In addition, dozens of police helicopters have been arranged to patrol back and forth in the sky, which is much larger than GCPD.

"Are you sure that Phantom Kid will come? I feel like it was a foolish move to declare war on him publicly. Anyone with an average IQ knows that the Mountain of Light is a bait. This is a trap against him."

"If I were Phantom Kid, I wouldn't care about it at all."

Backstage at the central pavilion, Tony complained to Pepper.

"No, you will! And you will run to the challenger as soon as possible because you value your own face just as you value your own life."

Pepper poked him mercilessly.

"This is not the point. I mean, tomorrow is the time for the Mountain of Light to be exhibited, but now the Phantom Kid still has made no response, the… uh... the teaser letter or whatever he calls it!"

"Every time he commits a crime, he definitely sends that thing, but now that he didn’t, doesn't it mean that he won't come?"

Tony's idea is not unreasonable, and Pepper is also a little uncertain.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!"

Suddenly, there was a gentle male voice from outside, it was the voice of Phantom Kid!

Tony and Pepper looked at each other and ran outside at the same time.

Chapter 633: The Death of the Third Prince (Part 2)

2/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　Fang Yun flew through the city at supersonic speed, reducing everything behind him into rubble. The kinetic energy laid waste to everything behind him.

　　At present, his body length is about one kilometer and his diameter is about 60 meters. This length and size allow him to fight in the city quite comfortably.

　　“Rumble!!”

　　Fang Yun’s huge body tore the incoming people apart. He suddenly came to a sudden stop, creating a huge explosion and destroying everything within dozens of kilometers around.

　　Fang Yun looked around, then flew to another part of the city, madly rampaging and venting his anger. Many surviving civilians across the city watched this scene with a look of horror, trying their best to escape from this apocalyptic place.

　　"Damn it!" Among the escaping people, one of them couldn’t help but shout.

　　"Damn, the explosion almost killed me, the two bastards from the royal family have caused a big disaster!"

　　Not far away from this person was a well-dressed young man. In front of him was a reflective floating device, seemingly some sort of camera.

　　It’s just that this person’s camera device was flying ahead of the young man at an incredible speed. It was unaffected by the giant explosion nor the occasional rubble that struck it. It was indeed a high-tech device.

　　Despite his perilous situation and the fact that he was fleeing for his life, the young man still had an excited expression on his face.

　　"The strength of this giant serpent is much higher than that of the average sage!"

　　"He definitely has the power of a great sage or above! The higher-ups of our empire have definitely misestimated the strength of this monster! They should have taken him more seriously! "

　　The man shook his head and said,

　　"Well, I know what their purpose is, but I can tell you for sure that choosing to provoke this monster is not a good idea."

　　"Okay, bye guys. I have to flee, otherwise, I will get squashed by this angry monster.”

　　After the young man said this, he continued to accelerate even further, escaping to the distance and completely leaving the city.

　　Even after crossing such a long distance, the man could still see the serpent and its destruction. It wasn’t just him. Everyone on the live broadcast could clearly see this.

　　At this moment, many people are watching this live broadcast, and the number of viewers is still rapidly increasing.

　　After all, they just received the news of the death of the third prince of the Heisenberg empire. The news is still spreading at a rapid pace, hence the number of viewers is rapidly increasing.

　　Anyone who knows the weight of the identity of the third prince of the Heisenberg empire was shocked upon receiving the news. That’s the third prince of the Heisenberg Empire. Few across the entire universe have a status that is equal to his, but such a big shot has fallen on this day.

　　"This is incredible. The Heisenberg empire will definitely go to war with the Metaverse league this time!"

　　"I didn't expect that that conflict between two small empires would cause such an incident. It’s really unimaginable. The third prince of the Heisenberg empire died so simply."

　　"The third prince of the Heisenberg empire is a third-step sage and his combat power is comparable to a peak sage. A being of this level can run wild anywhere in the universe. Moreover, he is one of the prime candidates for the position of the next emperor!"

　　"Yes, it's a pity that he died at such a young age. It's really sad."

　　In the live broadcast room, an incredible number of messages appeared in the corner of the screen, millions each second, and each of them is from a star-level powerhouse at least as only cultivators of this level are allowed to comment on this platform.

　　The young man was very excited upon seeing this. This is the first time so many people have entered his live broadcast room. The money he earned from this is enough for him to practice for hundreds of years.

　　"Hahaha, I have made a fortune this time, but why is there no response from the imperial capital yet?"

　　While watching the rampage in the distance, the young man was also paying attention to the dynamics on the Internet. According to the news he received so far, there hasn’t been a response from the capital of the Heisenberg empire yet.

　　This is a bit abnormal. From the young man’s point of view, there should be at least a small commotion in Heisenberg's capital as the royal family gathers fleets to come here.

　　Unfortunately, through his information channels, he learned that everything is still going as usual.

　　"Why..."

　　In the metaverse league, Nebula and Luo Feng were all watching this battle.

　　They looked very angry as they watched the third prince’s subordinates ganging up on Fang Yun. Even though these guys can’t pose the slightest threat to him, their disrespect still made them angry enough.

　　"These bastards!”

　　The two of them were naturally on Fang Yun's side. Moreover, these guys are the enemies of the Metaverse league. Not to mention that this wouldn’t have happened in the first place if they hadn’t kidnapped the giant turtle.

　　"However, the metaverse league is going to be in some trouble now!"

　　Nebula said while looking at the messages flashing on the holographic screen. There were a lot of messages, but he could still distinguish the hatred-filled ones. Many of them are shouting an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

　　Countless messages filled with hatred for the Metaverse and the cosmic serpent flashed on the screen. Naturally, most of these people are from the Heisenberg empire.

　　The royal family loyalists and the nationalists were especially angry upon seeing a member of the royal family getting murdered. They completely ignored the cause of the incident and indiscriminately placed all the guilt on the Metaverse Alliance.

　　Of course, there wasn’t a lack of people that are on the side of Fang Yun and the Metaverse league on the live broadcast platform. Most of these people are from forces that are hostile to the Heisenberg empire.

　　"Yeah, we will definitely face some trouble."

　　Luo Feng also recovered at this time. He looked a Nebula with an imperceptible smile on his face,

　　"Senior Nebula, haven’t we caused a lot of trouble to lord Ouroboros?"

　　"Besides, he is taking this action in order to save lord turtle. Naturally, we can’t back down"

　　"Yes." Nebula nodded in agreement,

　　"Even if this causes the destruction of our Metaverse league, we will support lord Ouroboros until the end."

　　"Yeah." Luo Feng nodded in agreement, then suddenly sighed.

　　"Sadly, my strength is too low, so there aren’t many things that I can help lord Ouroboros with."

　　"Don't think so much, take it step by step, things will eventually turn for the better."

　　Nebula patted Luo Feng on the shoulder and comforted him. Immediately afterward, the two looked at the screen in front of them again.

　　Dust filled the holographic screen. A huge serpent shadow could be roughly seen through the dust curtain.

　　Fang Yun's body kept tumbling, his one-kilometer-long body caused extensive destruction by just moving around. Of course, this is mostly just him venting his anger. Despite it being strengthened by formations, he could have easily destroyed this planet if he wanted.

　　“Rumble!!”

　　A huge boom erupted above this city. All the people who have fought against Fang Yun had been either annihilated or devoured. Not a single one of them survived/

　　Soon, the scenery for thousands of miles around was cleared by Fang Yun. All of the third prince’s subordinates were sent to their master. All of them died at the hands of Fang Yun, and none of them was able to even slightly injure him.

　　Fang Yun stood upright and looked up at the sky, digesting the information he scoured from these people’s minds. He did this mainly to find the location of the giant turtle.

　　The giant turtle was taken away by the sixth prince of the Heisenberg empire, Xia Ming, and Fang Yun is mainly looking for his location, but there has been hardly any harvest.

　　"Damn it!"

　　After sorting out the messy information, Fang Yun still didn’t find a single clue. Unable to contain his rage, he cursed loudly.

　　Anger bubbled in his heart, but he didn’t have a target to vent anymore. He roared loudly then suddenly jumped up, flying to space at a shocking speed.

　　What Fang Yun didn’t know was that a huge fleet was slowly heading towards this planet, and they are very close.

　　Of course, Fang Yun might have guessed it too.

　　He knew that it’s natural for the Heisenberg empire to react after he killed their third prince.

Chapter 633: The Death of the Third Prince (Part 1)

1/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　"Third brother!!"

　　On the holographic screen, Xia Ming started loudly shouting.

　　"Third brother, get away! Get away from there!"

　　However, at this moment, his elder brother seemed to be frozen in his place. He stood motionless. In fact, this young man is also a powerhouse at the sage level and a very powerful one at that.

　　He was quite confident to take down the cosmic serpent with just a little assistance from this planet’s formations and his subordinates.

　　Unfortunately, Fang Yun’s power level is no longer at the sage level. It has reached the Universe Master realm. His strength might be quite average for powerhouses of this level, but overall, his strength has still reached the taboo realm.

　　At this moment, the burly young man was under intense pressure from Fang Yun’s mental power. He was constantly fighting against Fang Yun’s mental power, trying to push it back, but he was losing ground steadily.

　　“Bang!”

　　The ground beneath him cracked, causing him to fall from the roof to the highest floor, but then, he started breaking through one floor, destroying everything in the building, then falling to the ground at the end.

　　The building cracked and collapsed, but the young man still stood strong, trying his best to fight against the terrifying mental power.

　　“Roar!!”

　　Fang Yun roared loudly. He suddenly opened his mouth and dived down, devouring the young man and the entire surrounding area. His jaws penetrated the ground like tofu, before clamping his mouth shut and swallowing everything.

　　“This..."

　　Many ordinary people and military personnel around the planet watched this scene with horrified expressions.

　　"What have I just watched? The third prince was actually devoured by this giant serpent!!"

　　Everyone was shocked. They knew exactly how powerful the third prince is, even the sixth prince is not as powerful as him, but he was devoured so easily by the cosmic serpent!

　　"The cosmic serpent... swallowed the third prince?"

　　Many people couldn’t believe it. Some even tried convincing themselves that this was just a dream or hallucination.

　　As for the subordinates of the third prince? They were completely terrified by such a sight.

　　Their master was devoured.

　　"Third brother!!"

　　On the other end, a figure stood on top of a desolate planet. Looking at the dark screen in front of him, he shouted loudly. His aura exploded around, breaking a large part of the planet.

　　"Damn monster, I want to smash your corpse into ten thousand pieces!"

　　Xia Ming clenched his hands. An energy tornado was formed around him at this moment, rushing straight to the sky and into space. Amongst the many princes, his relationship with his third brother is the best.

　　However, his third brother has been devoured by this cosmic serpent.

　　"That damn monster!!"

　　Xia Ming gritted his teeth,

　　”You better pray that you don’t fall in my hand, or I’ll make you feel worse than death!"

　　He suddenly raised his head, looking at a space station outside the planet. On this space station, there was a giant turtle, hundreds of kilometers wide.

　　"Since you care about this turtle so much, then I’ll use it to catch you."

　　"This...this, how should we explain this to the higher-ups?"

　　On the other side, after Fang Yun devoured the third prince, a group of people hidden not far away was terrified. They are the subordinates of the third prince.

　　Now that their master is dead, as his subordinates, they can't live at all.

　　In the next moment, one of them gritted his teeth and suddenly shouted loudly,

　　"Everyone attack together and kill that monstrous serpent, maybe we still have a way out."

　　The moment this sentence sounded, the other people reacted. Their only chance of redemption lies on Fang Yun.

　　As long as they kill the cosmic serpent, then they might still be able to survive. Of course, they know that the power of the cosmic serpent is too great. They have a high chance of dying once they go against this monstrous creature.

　　But they have no choice, even if they don’t get killed by Fang Yun, they are still likely to die at the hands of the higher-ups, and if they try to escape, not only will they not be able to, but their family members will also be affected.

　　That’s just how hegemonic their empire is.

　　It was for this reason that, after looking at each other, they rushed towards Fang Yun with solemn expressions. Their auras burst out one after the other.

　　“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

　　Along with dull explosion sounds, countless figures rushed towards Fang Yun, penetrating through the air and leaving giant shockwaves behind them.

　　Amongst the crows, there were the subordinates of the third prince. They were at the head of the team, rushing towards Fang Yun with distorted expressions.

　　Fang Yun didn't have any intention to retreat at this moment. He just stared coldly at the group of people rushing towards him, roaring angrily, then rushing towards them.

　　Everything within his way was destroyed. Even if he didn’t display his full speed, he was still massively supersonic. The air around him quickly superheated, creating a red membrane around him. The kinetic energy he created destroyed everything around him.

　　"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

　　“Help! Someone save me!”

　　Screams sounded from the layer of smoke and dust. These are the screams of the civilians that were affected by the aftermath of this battle. The agitated cultivators that were flying towards Fang Yun were woken up by these screams. Most of them stopped as their heads quickly cooled down. The fear of that incoming red comet gradually rose in their hearts.

　　"What are you doing?"

　　Suddenly, a majestic man shouted at the people who stopped.

　　"Every path leads to death. Do you think that you can escape now?”

　　"Humph, if you run away, all of your relatives will not survive."

　　The last sentence completely shook the people who stopped. They looked at each other, then grit their teeth and continued rushing towards Fang Yun.

　　“Roar!!”

Chapter 93: My Brother Has a Legendary Talent

Everything, simple meats, salami, and other items are costly. They are mostly priced between a few dozen copper coins.

The food on the second floor is much more exquisite and consists mostly of monster meat.

These meats can provide more nutrients for the students there, and the price is naturally way more expensive.

The third floor is where the local tycoons and nobles go since the food there is extremely high class.

The food provided there is enjoyed by the nobles, which can be compared to the most deluxe noble restaurants outside.

Each serving of food requires a minimum unit of several silver coins.

The more expensive ones are all gold coins for each serving!

Even the ordinary solar group of students don’t dare to eat on the third floor on a daily basis!

At this time, Arman, under the introduction of his classmates, came to the second floor to have a meal.

Because the family conditions of those temporary students are pretty good, most of them have lunch on the second floor.

Despite the lunch on the second floor being a lot more refined, they still serve big portions of food.

A group of people lined up for dinner.

Arman queued for a while before it was his turn to order food, yet, there were still many types of meat inside.

Pigs, ducks, cows, lambs, and many other monsters meat of high quality.

He ordered a portion of five people. He was then served a full iron basin of food. It cost him a total of more than one gold, which was relatively expensive.

With the iron basin in his right hand, Arman turned back to find a place to eat.

At this time, a group of students came towards him.

Their leader was wearing a decent blue school uniform. He had blond hair, but he wasn’t that handsome. He had a square face and was surrounded by three or four other students.

Their faces carried obviously creepy smiles, and the guy in the middle had an arrogant look to him. He should be a first-class genius among students.

This group of people were joking and laughing as they were heading towards Arman.

Two of them quickly approached.

One of the students suddenly saw Arman's iron basin full of food, and was a little surprised: "Wow! How many people are going to share this? Is he going to seriously eat all of that by himself? It looks like he’s got a bucket instead of a basin."

Several other people looked at Arman when they heard this, and one of them smiled: "He is just an elf! This is too much for him! The elves I know eat a few fruits at most. This isn’t a fake elf, is he?"

"Look at his clothes! He is a temporary student. These guys have nothing but money! It is such a waste to order so many good things at once!"

A group of people pointed at Arman, which made him a bit irritated.

"Are you guys looking for trouble?" Arman's expression darkened. As he said, he put his left hand into the iron basin, took out a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and ate it.

His eyes were staring at the people who were addressing him.

"Huh? Do you dare to deny this? Are we wrong?" a student said.

"Yes! We didn't say anything wrong though! What kind of attitude is that! This is Star City! We are not in your elves' forest!" a student warned.

"Get out of here! We don't have time to waste on you!" The man in the middle also spoke. He frowned and looked at Arman very displeasure.

This guy is used to bullying others. He isn’t accustomed to anyone who dares to talk back to him, especially temporary students.

"You bastards, you provoke me, you want my food to be given away to you, and still want me to get out of here? Impossible! Not when it comes to me!" Arman was angry.

He grabbed the food in the iron basin and stuffed it frantically into his mouth.

"You’re very daring, aren’t you?" A student muttered to himself, and then took a step, walked in front of Arman and pushed his body forward against him.

He saw that Arman was small and wanted to use his size advantage to squeeze him away.

But as he walked a few steps, he found out that the other party was not budging at all.

This made him a little uncomfortable. He is learning one-handed swords in the academy, mainly focusing on agility. Strength is not his strong point.

Still, the body of this elf is relatively slim, only 1.6 meters tall.

Seeing that Arman couldn't be squeezed away, the man's face was a little red.

A 1.7 meters tall man couldn’t squeeze a 1.6 meters elf? What a shame!

In addition, his opponent is a powerless elf!

Arman just swallowed a mouthful of meat at this time, looked at the guy in front of him with contempt, and pushed him with his chest, directly to the ground.

He laughed and said: "Hahaha~ You are too weak, you fell down before I even tried to push you!"

"You!......" After he fell to the ground, the student’s face became even redder. Pointing at Arman, he didn't know what to say.

The students around him obviously noticed the unexpected situation here. Some walked directly closer to Arman, while others looked at it from a distance.

This is the second floor. Most of the people who dine here are high-class nobles. They looked at this situation with sneers covering their faces.

At this time, the square-faced student among the others looked very tense, but then calmly said: "You shitty elf, get out of my way IMMEDIATELY! Or else, your fault won’t be forgiven!"

Arman glanced at him disdainfully when he heard these words. ‘Are these people really mentally ill? It's obviously their fault, why are they blaming it on me?’

‘Are human beings so domineering?’

He didn't understand, so he took two more bites of his meat.

"Do you know who I am?" The square-faced guy on the other side suddenly said.

"Nope, I don't," Arman replied.

"I'm Tom! Tom Morris!" The square-faced guy's face suddenly relaxed and said.

"Tom Morris?"

"That's right!"

"Who are you supposed to be? Are you some famous guy?" Arman asked.

".........."

"My brother is William! William Morris!" Tom Morris’s face twitched slightly.

"Still don’t recognize you..."

"William Morris! The strongest genius in the academy! The man with a legendary talent! He is my brother!" Tom was furious!

"What does this have to do with you?"

"He is my brother!"

"Your brother is your brother, not you!"

"You!..." Tom was furious: "He is my brother! We are brothers! His glory is my glory!"

"Oh! The strongest genius in the academy? Legendary talent? It seems like it. Well, When I grow up, I am sure I’ll be a legend-class too! The kind of legend who is several times stronger than your brother!" Arman casually said.

As a silver dragon that is second only to the golden dragon in the metal dragon family, what he said is true.

As long as they live to old age, it won’t be difficult for him to advance to become a legendary dragon.

But for dragons, being a legend-class is not something to show off.

‘I, myself can easily become a legend, don’t mention my brother! Shillong has the talent of a Dragon God! Do you see me showing off about it? Pff, what a fuss!’

"This elf is too arrogant! How dare he look down on William, who has legendary talent? Look at his tone! He doesn’t even know the meaning of a legend-class!"

"Are all the elves so arrogant like this guy?"

A few students can hardly believe their ears. A legendary powerhouse?! There are only a single-digit number of invincible beings like that in the kingdom!

Even His Majesty respects such people. Why does this elf guy look down on them?

"Fucking bastard! I will fight you!" Tom was mad!

He felt that his elder brother had received the biggest insult in his life!

Because of this, he roared very loudly, and the students around were all attracted.

Is it a duel? It seems interesting.

These local nobles, one after the other’s interest, were piqued.

Chapter 102: S.H.I.E.L.D. is Acting

    "This... Director..."

    Hill looked ashamed and hesitated.

    "I can tell from the way you are reacting that you have found nothing again, right?"

    Furry replied while coldly sighing.

    "I'm still too tolerant with you so far. Phantom Kid has become more active recently, which means that you should have more information to predict his movements."

    "But you still haven't even figured out his identity! Not even an approximation of the location of his hideout?"

    Hill closed her eyes and once again accepted a wave of Fury's verbal baptism. Since S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau listed Phantom Kid as a seventh-level file, Hill has frequently been scolded by Fury.

    Although her mouth was shut, Hill had only one thought deep in her mind at this time, that is: after she finds out who Phantom Kid is, she must severely beat the bastard who had caused her all this headache.

    As for Nick Fury...

    Well, he is now the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., whereas Hill is pretty much a deputy. Only the secretary general is above both.

    No matter how harsh Fury's scolding is, Hill can only listen obediently.

    But this is not important, because both, the current director Fury and Secretary-General Pierce, are old scums that have lived for more than half a century now. It won’t be long enough until they’re gone.

    On the other hand, Hill is still very young. Sooner or later, she will become the director. And when that happens, it will be her turn to sit in a chair comfortably and scold someone...

    At that time, she will also wear a thick black trench coat in the summer, and then sit in the office, enjoying the cold air emitted by the air conditioner...

    The thoughts in her mind drifted farther and farther away, although her expression remained strict. She didn’t register a word from Fury’s scolding.

    Facts have proven that, whether it is an ordinary person or an elite agent, there is not much difference in response to scolding.

    If there is a big difference, it should be that ordinary people have not undergone micro-expression training, so their distraction will be easily noticed, which will lead to more serious consequences...

    "I'm so disappointed in you, Hill."

    It’s unknown how long it took. Fury has finally squirted enough saliva. Maybe he was so thirsty that his mouth dried.

    Furry picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip.

    "I'm sorry, sir."

    At this moment, Hill returned to her senses in an instant and said to Fury with a sorrowful expression on her face.

    Seeing one of his most valued subordinates, regretting with a sincere attitude and showing no impatient expression on her face, Fury felt relieved immediately.

    Back then, when he was working under Pierce, he often got scolded like this, but Fury himself didn't have such a good temper. Every time Pierce scolded him, he showed extremely impatient emotions.

    A confrontation with the boss?

    One can't say that it would happen often, but one should expect many every year.

    On several occasions, Pierce even deducted half a year of his salary, as a result, he couldn't afford enough food. God only knows how painful it was! He still hasn't gotten over these memories up to this day.

    But since the new budget approved by the World Security Council every year was released, no one knows how much Nick gets as a payment...

    According to Fury's style back then, when Pierce stepped down as the director and turned Fury to be the secretary general, it was such a blessing for this latter.

    In Fury’s own words, Pierce would never let a guy who contradicts him inherit his position.

    "Phantom Kid couldn't be found. What about the superpowered individual that rescued him in the end?"

    "... This is the first time a person has ever used such an ability publically. We have never heard of anyone being able to control plants before."

    Hill was silent for two seconds before adding.

    "Initially, all is known is that this ability’s holder is suspected to be a woman, and it may be Kid's lover or assistant."

    "Our botanists discovered after sampling and researching the tree roots that they are very young and, theoretically, it is impossible for them to grow to such a thick degree."

    "So, in addition to being able to control plants, she may also have the ability to quickly spawn them, and we can't judge whether she can only control trees or all plants."

    Fury pondered for a moment and said: "If you can't accurately judge the situation, deal with the worst case scenarios. If the assistant of Phantom Kid can control all kinds of plants, and can quickly spawn them..."

    A scene has been automatically generated in Furry's mind: in the city, towering trees rise from the ground, flowers and thorns grow wantonly, all over every corner.

    Pedestrians on the street were pierced by rapidly growing branches, and tall buildings were penetrated by giant trees.

    Cities have become ruins, humans have become nutrients, and the earth has become a paradise for plants!

    "No, this person is too dangerous and must be strictly controlled!"

    Fury was startled in a cold sweat by his own imagination.

    "Not only the threats on the earth, but also Thor, who appeared in New Mexico last time... Mankind has never been alone in the universe, and these threats are close at hand!"

    "The research on the Tesseract must be accelerated. Maybe it is time to urge Dr. Selvig to move soon, but before that..."

    Furry stopped thinking and turned to Hill.

    "Hill, since there is no way to track the movements of Phantom Kid from the surveillance records, then go and contact him directly!"

    After a pause, Fury shook his head again, and said, "No, Phantom Kid is not the same as the superhumans we encountered before. Simple contact is destined to be useless, so just snatch him back!"

    "Romanov is still lurking by Stark's side. She cannot be assigned for the time being. You call Coulson and Barton back and ask them to bring ten agents of level 5 or above to the Stark Expo to sneak in two days. It is only there that Phantom Kid can be found."

    "However, there are too many citizens at the Expo, and the purpose of S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been to remain out of people's sight..."

    Hill hesitated.

    "Don't worry, Hill, Barton, and Coulson will take care of it."

    Fury was full of confidence.

    "Yes, sir."

    On the other side, New York University has fallen into a boiling state. 

    As we all know, young people tend to have no resistance to all kinds of trendy events.

    News similar to Tony's declaration of war on Phantom Kid will obviously hit the entire campus in the first place.

    No student is refraining from this topic, Iron Man vs. Phantom Kid, no matter which professor is in the classroom.

    As a result, in the midst of today's class, countless professors stopped going on strike. New York University was forced to suspend classes for three days and resume classes after the turmoil has completely subsided.

    The same situation is happening in major schools in New York, especially in elite ones.

    After all, not-so-good schools tend not to have too many brilliant students who can be disciplined by their grades, but at prestigious universities...

    Students who can refute professors are all over the place. So, what're fewer days of class going to do?

Chapter 632: The Enraged Fang Yun (Part 2)

6/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　Two days after the big turtle was taken away, Nebula came to Fang Yun's side with a solemn expression. He already knows where the sixth prince lives. They can only inform Fang Yun of this information, but they can’t directly assist him.

　　"My lord, we’ve found out that there are several sage-level powerhouses beside the sixth prince. Besides, the sixth prince is a powerful sage himself. Unfortunately, we couldn’t determine his exact cultivation level."

　　"En, I know.”

　　Fang Yun didn’t just lie down and wait in the past few days. He also secretly investigated this sixth prince and as Nebula said, he has to face several sage level powerhouses this time, and not one of them is weak.

　　Despite this, Fang Yun was unfazed. He nodded at Nebula, then disappeared from his residence. He headed straight towards the residence of the sixth prince.

　　The residence of the sixth prince is within the edge of the Heisenberg empire. Countless light years away from the Metaverse.

　　Of course, distance is no longer an issue for creatures at the level of Fang Yun.

　　Soon, Fang Yun appeared on a remote planet. He reduced his size to a few meters, then flew towards a giant building. This is a cultivation hall where powerful cultivators can compete against each other, but to Fang Yun, these ‘powerful cultivators’ were insignificant.

　　Fang Yun flew straight to the top of the building, his body shrouded in black energy. He quickly shuttled through the building, looking for the giant turtle, but when he came to the third floor, a person stopped Fang Yun and coldly said.

　　“What are you doing here? This place is not where you should be."

　　"Fuck off!"

　　Fang Yun coldly muttered, releasing invisible mental waves. The person on the opposite side directly spouted a mouthful of blood.

　　In the next moment, he completely released his aura, blowing the surrounding walls and shaking the entire building. He wanted to use this method to notify the other people in the building.

　　"What’s going on?"

　　Many people quickly flew towards Fang Yun’s location and after seeing the unfamiliar dark energy blob, they suddenly became angry.

　　Fang Yun didn't care about these people. He snorted coldly, blowing them off, then headed straight towards a luxurious office on the ground floor.

　　He felt two special auras at this office location, one of them is very familiar. It belongs to the giant turtle. The other should belong to the sixth prince.

　　However, he was surprised upon seeing that the office is completely empty. There wasn’t any trace of the giant turtle or the sixth prince.

　　"Damn it, where did the giant turtle go?"

　　Fang Yun was incredibly angry, his aura unconsciously surged, completely blowing off the building and shaking the entire planet.

　　"Damn it, what the hell is going on?"

　　Outside that building, everyone was shocked by the horrifying aura emanating from the martial hall.

　　"This...this must be the aura of a powerful sage."

　　Someone keenly sensed the powerful aura emanating from Fang Yun's body, and couldn’t help but exclaim.

　　After hearing this voice, other people looked solemn. Especially the ones that have directly seen the energy blob and felt its animalistic aura.

　　"It... it's the cosmic serpent!!"

　　"The cosmic serpent from the Metaverse league!!!"

　　Fang Yun can be considered a famous being in the entire cultivation universe, but his reputation is not the good kind. He is an unfamous brutal cosmic beast, known as one of the most dangerous creatures in the universe.

　　This area is within the edge of the Heisenberg empire, so these people are naturally the citizens of this powerful empire. It’s not uncommon for them to know about their country’s enemies, including the Metaverse.

　　Moreover, Fang Yun is a pivotal character in the Metaverse league and the only creature worthy of attention there.

　　So at this time, many subconsciously wanted to trap Fang Yun, holding him long enough for their powerhouses to come here and deal with him. Of course, many realized the overwhelming difference in strength and escaped to the distance.

　　It didn’t take long for the field to be cleared. Soon after, a large number of soldiers marched to this place, surrounding the square and Fang Yun in the middle, trapping him.

　　The military of this planet is unexpectedly very efficient.

　　"Attack!"

　　Above a tall building in the distance, stood a burly young man. There was a holographic screen hovering in front of him, on which was a handsome young man.

　　This young man is undoubtedly the one who captured the giant turtle, the sixth prince. He grinned as he watched the situation not far away, confidently saying to the burly young man.

　　"Hahaha! Third brother, I have drawn the cosmic serpent to you. What should you do next? You can make your own decision."

　　“Okay."

　　The burly young man nodded. In fact, this was a trap all along. Of course, the sixth prince fancied the giant turtle, that’s why he set out to capture it, but this was just a part of the plan.

　　After catching the giant turtle, they devised a deliberate plan to capture the great serpent.

　　That’s why the sixth prince allowed that team to go back unscathed, and that’s why his position leaked so easily.

　　They also brought the giant turtle to this planet, then used a secret technique to trap its aura along with the sixth prince here, confusing Fang Yun and making him believe that the two of them are when in fact, the two of them have been transferred away a long time ago.

　　In the eyes of the Heisenberg empire, the most attention-worthy and dangerous being in the Metaverse is undoubtedly the great serpent. If they can get rid of it, then the metaverse will no longer constitute any threat.

　　They planned to attract the great serpent to this planet, then either capture it or kill it in one fell swoop.

　　"Give it to me, I will bring down this cosmic serpent."

　　On the other side, the soldiers around Fang Yun suddenly raised their weapons, heaved a powerful battle cry then flew towards him.

　　“Haaaa!!”

　　“Roar!!!!”

　　Fang Yun heaved an earth-shattering roar, shattering the ground around and the eardrums of many of the soldiers. Fang Yun carelessly flung his tail, destroying everything within the range of hundreds of kilometers and killing countless soldiers and people.

　　He looked at a tall building in the distance, it was one of the few buildings that resisted the powerful shockwaves. He also saw the young man standing on the tall building.

　　Fang Yun quickly noticed the similarities between this young man and the sixth prince he saw in the photos. There’s a high chance that these two guys are blood-related.

　　He stared at the young man carefully, quickly noticing the holographic screen in front of him and the person on it. That young man… Fang Yun wouldn’t forget his image. It’s the guy who captured the giant turtle!

　　“Roar!!”

　　“Boom!!!”

　　Upon realizing this, Fang Yun heaved an earth-shattering roar. The shockwaves sent all the people that managed to stand up flying again, creating giant cracks on the ground and scattered the clouds in the sky.

　　Even the young man on the roof of the tall building was shaken a bit by the roar.

　　"What's the matter?"

　　The Burly young man shook his head and said.

　　"Xia Ming, we’ll talk another time. I have to solve that monster first. Hehe, this monster is very powerful. As long as we take it down, even if we only end up with a dead body, we would still greatly benefit. "

　　"Okay."

　　The young man on the holographic screen nodded, but suddenly, his expression drastically changed. He shouted at his brother with an alarmed expression on his face.

　　"Be careful! Behind you!”

　　"..."

　　The young man was puzzled. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt his scalp tingling. A shiver ran down his spine. He slowly looked back only to see that a huge shadow had unconsciously enveloped him, shading the sky around him.

Chapter 101: Tony's Declaration of War

    The next day, the news shocked the whole of New York, spreading all over the streets and quickly spreading across the country.

    Tony Stark, on the cover of Time Magazine, declared war on Phantom Kid in such a public manner!

    Not only that but the New York Times, Los Angeles Daily, Washington Post, Clarion Daily... Almost all newspapers without exception in the United States published this incident on the front page.

    "In two days, I will exhibit the Mountain of Light at the Stark Expo. Phantom Kid if you are watching this piece of news, I want to tell you that the diamond I possess is worth countless times more than Adam Star, Green Cat’s Eye, and the Dresden Diamond."

    In Times Square, a talk show was co-played on countless large outdoor LED displays, with Tony Stark announcing in such a grandiloquent way.

    Tony was facing the camera, his eyes were full of provocation, and his words were as arrogant and demeaning as always.

    "This precious diamond is comparable to the Tamil Ruby. In fact, its value can no longer measure its preciousness."

    "I heard that you are very obsessed with these shiny gems. If you want this Mountain of Light, I will wait for you at the Stark Expo. The location is in the same place at which you stole my reactor, the Central Pavilion!"

    "Then, I will arrest you and put you in the strongest prison in the world. If you have the courage, come and try it on me, Phantom Kid!"

    "If you dare not come, then you don't deserve to be called Phantom Kid!"

    Tony faced the media and issued a declaration of war to Phantom Kid.

    At this time, the host also started her fangirling... Oh no, her work!

    "Mr. Stark, not long ago, not even a week ago, your reactor was stolen by Phantom Kid. Can you tell everyone about this?"

    "In less than a week, have you found a way to restrain Kid?"

    The beautiful young host asked with a professional smile on her face.

    "Last time, I was unsuccessful against Kid, mainly because I was not familiar enough with him. After all, I never paid attention to these little thieves before. But now that I have been bullied at the door of my house, I have to take him seriously."

    Tony calmly picked up a large bottle from the side and took a sip. Although the bottle is not transparent, it can still be seen that the liquid inside is dark green.

    "Mr. Stark, what are you drinking? I do not seem to remember a wine of this color."

    "Oh, this? Uh... this is ordinary vegetable juice. I haven't been drinking much recently, because drinking too much is not good for health."

    Tony looked complacent.

    "Wow, it's amazing. Most people think that Tony Stark has always been a fine wine enthusiast."

    "I used to be, but now it's different."

    With the deepening of the conversation between the two, this interview about the declaration of war on Phantom Kid has gradually developed into Tony’s health care experience...

    Fortunately, the professionalism of the hostess was adequate.

    She soon realized that her show had deviated from the original theme.

    As a result, she once again directed the topic to Phantom Kid.

    "We all know that Phantom Kid is good at disguise, but similarly, Stark Industries has the most advanced artificial intelligence technology in the world. Is it possible to use artificial intelligence's supercomputing power and what we know based on Kid’s relevant data to deduce who in the world is phantom kid?"

    This is also the question of most people watching this talk show.

    Many people are very curious. In this era, surveillance systems are over every corner of every city, and people’s biggest worry is often privacy issues.

    Even if Phantom Kid can be good at disguise, could he really disappear from all surveillance systems without a trace?

    "Of course not. In fact, Phantom Kid left a lot of traces in surveillance monitors. Many of his costumes have been recorded by cameras."

    Tony answered.

    "But what I want to tell you is that the scariest thing about Phantom Kid is not that he can easily imitate anyone's voice. The scariest thing about him is his speed."

    "Speed?"

    After getting this answer, the hostess naturally showed a puzzled expression.

    "Yes, as a magician, one of the most important skills is sleight of hand, and the Phantom Kid’s sleight of hand surpasses any known magician in the world, like David Copperfield, Jason Latti, Michael Aimar, and Leonard Green..."

    "They are the most famous magicians in the world, and they are very fast, but their speed is still as slow as a tortoise in front of a super-high-speed camera. This latter can easily reveal what they have done."

    "Kid is different. I tried to use the unique technology of Stark Industries to slow down a surveillance record of his disguise by nearly 20,000 times, but in the end, I still couldn't see how he changed his mask."

    "Sometimes I can't help but wonder if Phantom Kid can really shapeshift."

    Tony couldn't help but confess his mind.

    "Mr. Stark, you really must be kidding..."

    The hostess obviously doesn't believe what Tony said. Who can't see clearly the content of footage when its speed is 20,000 times slower?

    Doesn't it mean that the hand of Phantom Kid can move more than 20,000 times in a few tenths of a second?

    If this is true, wouldn’t his girlfriend not want to break up with him?

    After thinking of a certain sexual scene, the hostess couldn't help but shiver. It was really terrifying, and it’s too… cool...

    At the same time, S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters, Tricubic Wing Building.

    "What is Howard's son doing?"

    When Fury learned of Tony's high-profile declaration of war on Phantom Kid, he suddenly felt a headache.

    Tony's identity is too special for S.H.I.E.L.D. because his father Howard is one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D. 

    Hence, Nick Fury must always "pay attention" and "protect" Tony's safety.

    "Phantom Kid… Hill, I asked you to pay close attention to the Stark Expo opening ceremony of all the conditions. From that day onwards, you have studied long enough, tell me what you have found?"

Chapter 632: The Enraged Fang Yun (Part 1)

5/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　When the boy stepped on the giant turtle, the latter shook with rage, roaring thunderously. It violently trashed around, intending to throw the young man away.

　　However, the young man smiled contemptuously, seemingly not caring about the giant turtle’s struggle. He lightly extended his feet, then stepped on the giant turtle’s shell heavily, sending shockwaves across his body.

　　“Crack! Puff!”

　　Tiny cracks appeared on the surface of the turtle’s shell, followed by blood seeping out from the turtle’s mouth and nostrils. It seemed to have suffered internal injuries.

　　"So, are you going to quiet down now?"

　　The young man chuckled, then waved his hands at his subordinates.

　　"Let’s go, the goal of this journey is the giant turtle. Now that we have captured it, we should get going.”

　　As he spoke, he waved his cuffs and controlled the giant turtle to go forward. The body of the giant turtle constantly trembled, fighting against his control, but it was futile.

　　After the young man and his subordinates left, the team that was escorted by the giant turtle quickly flew back to the base camp, planning to inform Fang Yun and the others of this matter.

　　The first person to get the news was Nebula. After he got the news, he immediately informed Luo Feng.

　　After a brief deliberation, the two of them headed towards Fang Yun’s resting place with a heavy heart. They are naturally worried about the great turtle, after all, they have coexisted with it for hundreds of years.

　　Its contribution to the Metaverse is as great as theirs, if not greater.

　　"Damn it, it seems to be someone from the Heisenberg empire."

　　As the two of them flew forward, Nebula said bitterly.

　　"According to the information we received. That young man should be the sixth prince of the Heisenberg Empire, Xia Ming."

　　"Yes." Nebula nodded,

　　"It’s said that Xia Ming is a sage-ranked powerhouse. Since he can easily capture lord turtle, it should be true."

　　According to the description of the team that escaped, the young man used just one move to subdue and capture the giant turtle. Only sages with extensive space control can stop the great turtle from escaping and capture it with such ease.

　　"The people of Heisenberg have actually reached out to our territory…”

　　Nebula's expression was very gloomy. The place where the giant turtle was captured is within their territory, though it’s at the edge of it.

　　Another point is that the other party dared to send super powerhouses to their territory. This is simply a provocation, and now that they have taken away a critical member of their country, the great turtle, this is no longer a provocation, but a massive slap in the face.

　　"After we report this matter to our lord, he will certainly not just let go of it. Luo Feng, we must prepare for the decisive war. A war that we might not survive"

　　​​"Yes.”

　　Luo Feng nodded calmly. He did not make the slightest complaint. He is very clear about how protective their lord is of the giant turtle. He will certainly head to the Heisenberg empire to save him, and he is ready to follow.

　　He is prepared to directly fight against their final enemy, even if he can only die in the process.

　　Soon, the two of them came to Fang Yun's resting place, then conveyed their intention of meeting him. The latter soon granted them permission.

　　"My lord.” Nebula greeted Fang Yun, then said straightforwardly,

　　"My lord, the great turtle was caught by the people of the Heisenberg Empire."

　　"What?!"

　　Fang Yun, who was lazily lying on the ground, absorbing the surrounding energy, was jolted awake. He quickly uncoiled and stood up, looking at Nebula with wide eyes,

　　"What did you say? the giant turtle was caught by the people of the Heisenberg Empire?"

　　His face was filled with disbelief. With the giant turtle’s ability, few are able to catch it or even hinder it. That little guy is extremely talented in space manipulation after all.

　　Only a true powerhouse can catch him.

　　"What the hell is going on?"

　　Fang Yun suppressed his anger and asked Nebula with a flat tone,

　　"Who captured him? He shouldn’t have been captured by a nobody."

　　“Your excellency is wise."

　　Nebula took a deep breath and said,

　　"It was Xia Ming, the sixth prince of the Heisenberg Empire who captured master turtle. This person ambushed master turtle and the team he was escorting and captured him..."

　　Nebula gritted his teeth upon saying this. The giant turtle is the second most powerful being in their country and an extremely important comrade of theirs. He hated this sixth prince for capturing him.

　　"My lord, when will we attack?"

　　"Attack?”

　　Fang Yun glanced at Nebula and said,

　　"You don't have to. During this time, you must investigate the whereabouts of the sixth prince. Within three days, I must get detailed information about his whereabouts."

　　"Yes!" Nebula and Luo Feng nodded with serious expressions.

　　The two left from Fang Yun's residence, leaving Fang Yun alone with his thoughts. He tried to calm his raging anger, then touched the spiritual imprint left by the giant turtle on him.

　　This spiritual imprint can make Fang Yun easily sense other spiritual imprints left with the giant turtle. At the same time, it also allows him to perceive the current condition of the giant turtle.

　　"Don't worry, I will save you soon..."

　　Fang Yun muttered internally. As if to respond to his expectation. The spiritual imprints shook lightly as if responding to him.

　　"Huh... at least he’s safe for the time being."

　　Fang Yun sighed lightly, the nervousness in his heart eased a little, but his anger couldn’t be extinguished.

　　"The sixth prince? Since you dare to provoke me, you have to pay the price!"

　　Fang Yun was still a bit anxious. If they want to go to war, Fang Yun is ready to fight them head-on. He never thought that such a large empire, or at least its rulers would stoop so low as to use hostage tactics.

　　He plans to wait for Nebula and Luo Feng to find traces of the sixth prince before he heads to kill him.

　　Fang Yun didn’t practice anymore for the next few days. Instead, he curled his body and conditioned his body and mind to the best state, waiting for the news from Nebula and Luo Feng.

Chapter 631: Truce and Incident (Part 2)

4/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　"Yes!"

　　The people of these two groups replied solemnly, then flew from the base camp and the battlefield, heading to support general Kong in his battle against Luo Feng.

　　"Everyone! Immediately head towards lord Luo Feng’s location and stop these guys from interfering with his battle!"

　　After this order was issued, countless starships and warriors flew out to the center of the battlefield, ready to sacrifice their lives to bring victory to their homeland.

　　“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

　　Countless battles between the two sides started. The terrifying aftermath of the battle continues to sweep around. Amid such a terrifying battle, many warriors were killed by random attacks or simply the aftermath.

　　The sides that had the most casualties were the starships and space jets of the Metaverse, and the majority of their casualties were simply due to the aftermath.

　　It was simply a disaster, but this is how devastating a war between two powerful cosmic empires can be.

　　As time passed, the battle finally came to a halt. Both sides had great losses, whether it was material or manpower losses.

　　The two sides agreed to a temporary ceasefire, but judging from the arbitrary nature of the Moon Seeker Empire and its leader, it would certainly not take long for the battle to resume.

　　A truce was even more impossible because the Heisenberg empire would not allow the Moon Seekers to withdraw nor for the Metaverse to grow.

　　According to the information they collected, it won’t take long for the Metaverse league to grow even further. In fact, with enough time, it wouldn’t be strange if many sages pop out.

　　However, Heisenberg couldn’t personally take action for the moment, at least not yet. Whether it’s because of their enemies, or lack of information about the Metaverse ultimate trump card, Fang Yun.

　　The Metaverse league itself is certainly no match for the Heisenberg empire. In fact, even if there’s a ginormous distance between the two, it wouldn’t be difficult for the Heisenberg empire to destroy the Metaverse, but then they would have to face rage-filled revenge from Fang Yun.

　　Heisenberg is very wary of any kind of possible universe master, no matter what’s its shape. Not to mention that Fang Yun has a very high potential.

　　Overall, as long as Fang Yun is still free and his growth doesn’t stop, the Heisenberg will be hesitant to personally take action.

　　After the end of the war, Luo Feng immediately notified the other leaders back in the Metaverse about the results of the battle. In this battle, their losses were huge. Just the number of dead cosmic-level cultivators has surpassed 500, let alone the injured and lower-level cultivators.

　　After hearing such news, Nebula also sighed. They hadn’t had such casualties for a long time.

　　"Luo Feng, you have done well enough. At least, for the time being, we don't have to face any pressure from the Moon Seeker Empire."

　　Nebula comforted Luo Feng. In fact, he really thought so.

　　In his view, the reason for this truce is due to Luo Feng’s presence and efforts. If he hadn’t shown his power and pushed back the powerhouses of the Moon Seeker empire, they wouldn’t have obtained this truce. 

　　"Yeah." Luo Feng didn't dwell too much on this topic. After exchanging a few more sentences, he returned to his resting place to cultivate.

　　Nebula didn’t say much after seeing this scene. He sighed then also started cultivating.

　　Now both of them can put aside some mundane affairs, especially Luo Feng. Although he is a frontline general, he has distributed more power to his subordinates and given them the freedom to make decisions on non-critical matters.

　　What he needs to do now is to cultivate, cultivate, and cultivate again. Important things need to be said three times.

　　They are now in need of powerful cultivators. Their opponent is too terrifying. The reason why they are still even alive is that their opponent hadn’t taken action yet.

　　"Huh, it seems that the conflict with the Moon Seeker empire won’t end.”

　　About half a year later, Luo Feng looked at the information sent by his subordinates, and couldn't help but shake his head. According to the information, a lot of materials have been sent to the Moon Seeker empire.

　　Obviously, these materials came from the Heisenberg Empire. Just as Luo Feng had guessed before, the Heisenberg Empire is still spending huge efforts to destroy them.

　　However, the Metaverse league naturally won’t just sit and wait for death. The nine training camps have fully focused on training elite students, no matter the cost. Even rests have been lowered down to the minimum. There isn’t time for that.

　　Their students have been given plenty of opportunities to experience battles during this period, especially the seniors. With the temporary truce, the intensity and death rate of the practical experience exercises has decreased.

　　Fang Yun also woke up once during this period, but after seeing that nothing had happened, he returned to a dormant state, unconsciously attracting the natural energy of the universe.

　　However, he didn’t expect that a big problem would occur during his dormancy.

　　In the deep space, a huge turtle was roaming, beside it were many spaceships and cargo ships.

　　Inside these cargo ships were many sophisticated objects, hindering them from carrying long-distance space transmission, so they can only ask the giant turtle to help escort this batch of goods and occasionally carry them through space using its powers.

　　They were about to reach the front line. It stands to reason that after three more space shuttles, they will be able to reach the destination, but suddenly, the space in front of them violently fluctuates.

　　"Hahahaha! this is the famous great turtle of the Metaverse league?"

　　A group of people flew out from the distorted space. At their head was a young man with an arrogant expression.

　　When this young man looked at the great turtle on the opposite side, an evil smirk crept upon his face. He waved his hands to one of his subordinates and said,

　　"Go, bring me back that turtle."

　　"Hahaha, I heard that this giant turtle has an innate affinity for space manipulation. This kind of endowed star beast is extremely rare, don’t kill it. I want to use it as my mount."

　　Looking at the giant turtle on the opposite side, the young man arrogantly said. (TL: Ugh! Again!)

　　"Yes, sixth prince."

　　The person called the sixth prince nodded, then looked back at the giant turtle, his eyes filled with satisfaction.

　　“Roar!!”

　　The giant turtle suddenly roared. He perfectly understood what this young man said and it infuriated him. Therefore, he angrily roared, looking fiercely at the young man, then... turned around and prepared to escape.

　　Unfortunately, although it is quite fast, the subordinates’ speed was even faster.

　　The group of subordinates flew towards the turtle at a terrifying speed and before it could enter deep space, they performed a series of actions, freezing the surrounding space. They gathered around the turtle, using their power to completely trap it.

　　"Run! Run!”

　　The team that was escorted by the giant turtle suddenly panicked

　　"Lord Turtle was caught, quickly, go back and tell lord Ouroboros!”

　　The young man didn’t care about the others. He carefully examined the giant turtle, feeling very satisfied with his new capture.

　　The boy circled the sea turtle a few times, exclaiming in amazement at the giant turtle’s majestic appearance.

　　"It's really amazing. It fully meets the requirements for my mount."

　　After saying this, he leaped on the great turtle’s body. The latter immediately started trembling with rage, steam surged from its nostrils.

　　“Roar!!”

Chapter 631: Truce and Incident (Part 1)

3/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　A terrifying momentum burst out from the opposite figure, shaking a small area of the intergalactic battlefield. Suddenly, all the fighting that was going on before stopped. Everyone looked at the two figures that were facing each other.

　　"This person is the first general of the Moon Seeker Empire, also known as the God of War."

　　Among the crowd behind Luo Feng, a person whispered to his companion. It wasn’t just him, the moment this general appeared, discussion rang out throughout various parts of the Metaverse base and the battlefield.

　　The God of War can also be considered a relatively well-known existence in the Metaverse league.

　　After all, the two empires are now at war. Before they and the soldiers set off, Luo Feng and the other leaders presented them with a large number of enemies they needed to pay attention to.

　　This God of War is one of the people at the top of that list. In fact, he is at the absolute top of the list.

　　According to their gathered information, this God of War is well-known in the Moon Seeker Empire for his power and exploits. He is a late-stage immortal. His cultivation base is higher than Luo Feng.

　　Moreover, this God of War was also the most powerful warrior in the Moon Seeker Empire. He has a role similar to that of a guardian of the empire. The pillar that supports the empire.

　　Now, after seeing this person on the field, everyone's expressions became dignified. Let alone ordinary soldiers, even Luo Feng couldn’t be careless in front of this guy.

　　Looking at the people on the opposite side of the Moon Seeking Empire, all of them looked excited and confident. Even the lord of the Moon Seeker empire started laughing cheerfully.

　　"Now that the God of War of our beautiful country is taking action, it shouldn’t be difficult for him to kill that Luo Feng guy!" The lord of the Moon Seeker empire proudly shouted.

　　Just after he said that many gazes across the battle landed on him, mostly from the Metaverse league. Many looked at the Moon Seekers with anger or disdain.

　　Many of them came from the first training camp, so they naturally know how terrifying Luo Feng’s power is. It has been a long time since Luo Feng fought seriously. Especially after reaching the immortal level, but one thing is clear, his strength is far beyond his cultivation level.

　　They coldly/disdainfully looked at their arrogant enemies. Soon, they might not be able to keep that arrogant smirk on their faces.

　　"Hahaha, a young country that appeared merely a few hundreds of years ago dares to challenge us, they’re just looking for death." At this time, the lord of the moon Seeker empire arrogantly said, looking no different from ignorant/arrogant young masters.

　　Luo Feng glanced at the Lord of the Moon Seeker Empire.

　　At the next moment, his aura surged, followed by the appearance of a small space wave, which promptly headed towards the lord of the Moon Seekers and struck him down.

　　"Ah!!!"

　　The lord of the Moon Seeker Empire screamed as he was flung into the ground. He quickly stood up then stared at the Metaverse camp with an astonished expression.

　　"How dare you?"

　　The Lord of the Moon Seeker empire yelled with a face full of disbelief, 

　　"Damn bastard, how dare you attack me?"

　　The Lord of the Moon Seeker empire was a bit panicked. He was almost killed by Luo Feng just now.

　　"General Kong, our empire’s god of war, kill that bastard and bring his head back to me!"

　　At this moment, the Lord of the Moon Seeker Empire shouted loudly, pointing at Luo Feng on the opposite side.

　　The God of War of the Moon Seeker empire frowned at the ugly state of their leader but still didn't say much. When the emperor issues an order, he has to follow it.

　　Upon thinking like this,  his aura also surged like Fang Yun. The auras of the two began to collide violently, changing the magnetic field of the surrounding celestial bodies, and creating various visions and explosions.

　　“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

　　The confrontation between the two has caused a disaster throughout the nearby star systems. It’s unknown how many unprotected planets and celestial bodies were affected or even destroyed simply due to their confrontation.

　　As the two collided with each other, it sent giant shockwaves that shook the area around them, causing the soldiers to retreat far away and leave them with enough space for battle.

　　The battlefield of the two people continued to expand as with each step they took, they crossed millions of kilometers.

　　"Why haven't the winners been decided yet?"

　　A warrior from the Moon Seeker empire asked the man next to him. This is a question in many people's hearts, especially the Lord of the Moon-Seeker Empire, who seemed a little anxious.

　　He had just confidently given a speech on how their God of War will destroy the enemy leader, but now the two of them are fighting fiercely. Their God of War didn’t have the overwhelming advantage he imagined but was in fact struggling a bit.

　　“Boom! Boom! Boom!!”

　　Luo Feng fought fiercely against General Kong. The two of them fiercely exchanged blows. From fists colliding to intersecting legs to energy and even rule-based attacks. Their battle laid waste to the surrounding area.

　　It would be seen that general Kong had a solemn expression on his face. This opponent is much tougher than he thought.

　　"War God Kong, what are you doing? why haven't you solved your opponent yet?" Suddenly, the lord of the Moon Seeker empire yelled angrily as he watched general Kong separate from Luo Feng, then confront him from far away.

　　"Imperial leader, I suggest sending ten more world masters to work with me to deal with this person."

　　At this time, God of War Kong said something that made the leader of the Moon Seeker empire almost collapse.

　　“What?!"

　　The lord of the Moon Seeker empire angrily yelled,

　　"What do you mean send 10 world masters to assist you? Who would protect me then?"

　　"This person is really amazing. He is a true genius and an incredible warrior" War God Kong sighed in amazement.

　　"His power is beyond my expectations. I’m afraid that our fight can only end with a tie"

　　"This..." After hearing War God Kong's words, The Lord of the Moon Seeker Empire hesitated, then gritted his teeth and said with an angry expression.

　　"Group five, group six, support our God of War. You must take this person down."

Chapter 92: The Hardworking Genius!

Shillong and Arman went their separate ways after arriving at General Sword Academy,

Arman went to the academy to continue his practice with the coach, while Shillong unlocked a separate practice field.

Shillong began to experiment with various moves.

Testing the fatality of "Sword Qi".

The target of the experiment is the ironwood pillars around.

These pillars are inserted into the ground one by one. They are two meters long, and each has a different diameter. Some are only a few centimeters thick, while others are ten to twenty thicker.

He started the test when at the range of 10 meters away from the ironwood pillar.

In Dragonborn state, with his full strength, the Sword Qi that he slashed out was not very effective. Its depth was probably a few millimeters deeper.

This sort of slash, on the battlefield, will only tear leather and cloth armor, it will be ineffective against plate-armored fighters.

Afterward, he started thinking of other fancy moves.

He is different from ordinary warriors. Although he doesn't know how to use their secret moves, he is still proficient in magic!

Be it arcane or elemental spells, his attainments are not of a low level!

This leaves him with a vast room to operate and manipulate his attacks.

He merged his Sword Qi slash with the wind blade spell to form a "Wind Blade Slash" so that the Sword Qi's lethality becomes stronger!

It could make a 2~3 cm hole on the 10-meters-away ironwood pillar!

This level of damage is enough to cut the plate armor and inflict fatal damage!

This Wind Blade Slash seemed to be a trigger, after which Shillong's brain opened up to trying various slashes.

For example, flame slash, and freezing slash. These two slashes, in terms of damage, are not even as good as ordinary sword slashing. But with flame and freezing damage, they become very interesting!

"Well, very fancy!”

Then Shillong worked on developing a slash that combined his three forces.

For example, Gravity Slash: at the moment when the sword is slashed, gravity is applied to the Sword Qi, so that the power of the sword slash becomes much greater than before.

And attaching a wind blade to it would make it powerful enough to cut off a piece of ironwood that is 7 or 8 centimeters thick.

These moves are all fancy, as they belong to weaklings!

However, as a giant dragon, the energy in Shillong's body is more versatile. Like high-level monsters, his energy can be freely transformed into magic power and Battle Qi.

When he uses Battle QI, the lethal force of his gravity sword is enough to cut off a 15 cm ironwood pillar.

Shillong enjoyed it. Although, strictly speaking, the swordsmanship and spells he learned were quite weak!

They are not helpful in terms of combat power!

The reason he learned spells is that he wanted to establish a basic level and use this knowledge to create a magical version of the game console.

He practiced swordsmanship so as to slightly increase his combat power in his Dragonborn form.

When encountering a real battle against a strong enemy, he still has to change back to his main body. His main sources of combat power at this time are naturally his super-speed, super-strength, indestructible defense, nuclear dragon breath, and the three innate gravity abilities.

Practicing until noon, Shillong heard the sound of someone knocking outside the door.

Because he managed to have this practice field for himself alone. People outside cannot enter without the consent of those insides.

Shillong walked to the door, opened it, and looked outside. Arman was standing there in pain...

His originally handsome face was bruised. Obviously, he was “taught” enough by the coach.

He gently covered his face and said, "It's lunch time! Let's go, Shillong! Let's go to the cafeteria for a meal! I heard that the food here is pretty good!"

"A meal?" Shillong frowned unconsciously.

‘It must be expensive! It costs a silver coin a day here to charter a practice field!’

‘There is no reason for the food in this place to be unreasonably cheap!’

‘And the purpose of Arman’s coming is definitely not pure!’

‘He must be trying to get money for a meal!’

‘Bastard! You’re also a tycoon with the value of tens of thousands of gold coins! How dare you try to take advantage of me! Don't you feel ashamed?’

‘Do you want to take control over my money?’

‘Son of a bitch! Well, not really... I raised you for nothing! I gave you so much money, yet you don’t know how to honor your elder brother. You want me to pay for your food all day long!’’

"Go and eat by yourself! I won't go." Shillong rebuffed.

"What? Do you refuse to eat? Human food is so great!" Arman was a little surprised!

‘Has he seen through my plan?’’

"It doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not! As you see, my demand for food is relatively low, so I just have to eat only a small bit!"

Shillong finished speaking, took out a few hard brown loaves of bread directly from his space ring, and then stuffed them into his mouth.

His fangs clicked like he was chewing hardwood, as swallowed a piece of brown bread.

"Would you like to eat it? Although it doesn't taste very good!" Shillong smiled and handed another piece of brown bread to Arman.

"..........."

‘Fuck me! you are vicious!’

‘You prefer eating brown bread over inviting me to dinner!’

"Nah, enjoy your meal! I'll just go to the cafeteria to eat by myself!" Arman expressionlessly refused Shillong’s kindness and then left.

’You brat think I cannot see through you? You, eating a nice meal? No way!’

Shillong smiled in his heart, picked up a piece of brown bread and nibbled it up, then entered the door to continue practicing.

This was all seen by a student who was a few dozen meters away.

He was also on a temporary squad and was shocked when he saw Shillong's strength yesterday.

At the same time, there was some resentment in his heart!

Because he thought that this Dragonborn is so talented and strong because of the genetics of his parents!

And that if he exchanges places with him, he can also do everything Shillong does!

It's just luck, right?

Not really; the scene this student saw today has shaken his view about Shillong!

This Dragonbone… is different from everyone else!

He is a genius who really loves swordsmanship!

Many stories appeared in the student's mind instantly, he even brainstormed a story about Shillong too!

‘This is a Dragonborn who is struggling to live!’

‘Although born with supernatural power, he doesn’t know how to be a good swordsman. So, the poor man can only use the money he earns from his hard work to sign up and learn here!’

‘In order to learn high-strength skills, he spends all his money on tuition, using it to practice!’

‘Look at him! He can't bear to buy some decent food!’

‘He is clearly strong, but he can only afford brown bread!’

‘Look how hard it is for him, what resilience he has, what an iron will!’

‘He is simply a model of my generation!’

‘His nobility makes me ashamed!’

‘I was born into a rich family arbitrarily, but my effort is not as good as one-tenth of hiss!’

‘Shame on me!’

Caesar announced! ‘You will be my goal in the future! I must use the same effort as you and learn from you!’

‘It's decided! After lunch, my lunch break is canceled! I'll keep practicing for the next hour and a half!’

‘Run 5 laps in the playground first! Then chop the iron stake 100 times! Then do 100 leapfrogs…’

‘After school, I will look for Peter! Practice with him!’

‘That's it!’

Caesar nodded secretly and left with a resolute face. Unknown to everybody, this was the event that led to the rise of one of the most powerful swordsmen in the kingdom.

General Sword Academy, because it is divided into three different groups: Star group, Lunar group, and Solar group, their economic status is very different.

So the canteen is also divided into three floors.

The first floor is the dining place of Star Group.

The meals provided here are of good quality and low price.

There was no miscellaneous food like brown bread though.

The cheapest thing you could find here is sweet white bread. White bread is sold for 5 copper coins outside, but only 2 copper coins here!

Complete cost price!

Chapter 91: The Lady in Red

"Since you two have discussed it! Then, Arman, you go ahead and continue to practice swordsmanship!" the coach said, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised.

"Fine! Okay! I will practice!" He was a bit reluctant, but when he saw Shillong's expression, he knew he couldn't escape his fate.

He could only walk to the middle of the arena and raise the sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Peter, who was on the side of the arena, immediately prepared to come forward to accompany the practice.

Now that he sees that Arman’s partner, Shillong, is so good, he had no other ideas in mind but to practice with Arman. Maybe he can befriend him and benefit from this friendship in the future!

But the coach stopped him when he saw him heading towards Arman. He smiled and said: "Peter, you go back and continue your practice with Tom. Leave Arman to me, I will practice with him!"

Peter felt a little helpless at this surprising change of mind, so he had to return.

When Arman saw the coach's creepy smile, he felt that something bad was about to happen.

Matter of fact, it has also been proven afterwards that something bad has indeed happened!

The coach did not phase his training at all!

By the end of the practice, Arman’s body was slapped and slammed completely with the back of the ironwood sword. And the coach said: “This will enable you to learn faster!”

Shillong didn't stop him after seeing this. He did not care as long as Arman wasn’t killed or seriously injured!

The next day.

Shillong and Arman were about to go to the General Sword Academy, walking by the gate of their house.

The hellhound, who was supposed to manifest strength and majesty, looked at Shillong pitifully then at his food bowl, wailing, and giving him puppy eyes. He seemed to have something to say, but he was forced to remain silent by Shillong. He long forbade him to speak, so he could only whimper.

The food bowl contained brown bread that had been shredded and soaked in hot water!

"Why are you whining pitifully?" Shillong asked.

"Ow ow ow..." Shiqi looked down at the food bowl and began to whimper again.

There was a guard next to him, watching, but he dared not to speak.

"Do you think the food is bad?"

"Ow ow ow..." Shiqi raised his head, nodded, and looked at Shillong poorly.

"You poor thing, I kindly take you in, give you something to eat, and you actually hate it! Do you not know how to repay me with kindness?" Shillong said.

‘This dead dog, I spend a dozen copper coins every day to buy him brown bread and he thinks that it is not enough?’

"Woo woo woo..." Shiqi screamed again, while secretly saying in his mind, ‘You only give me brown bread soaked in hot water every day for the past few days, can’t you change my food this time?’

The dog wants to eat himself to death for a change…

He feels that his mouth is full of rough rye and sand!

‘You asshole, if I were a normal dog, you would have ditched me to starve already!’

The hellhound didn't dare to say this, he could only hum, pretending to be in a miserable state, and constantly suggesting. Nevertheless, Shillong was not moved at all.

’Damn you! I've been very kind to take you in, you hellhound, and you still ask for more?’

’White bread? Sausage? Barbecue?’

‘Save your breath!’

Shillong ignored the dog and walked to the college with Arman as usual.

The two guards next to him looked at this scarlet, extremely handsome wolf-like dog, unconsciously revealing a look of pity in their eyes!

‘These two brothers were really stingy right about now! As distinguished guests of President Andre, their status should not be bad, and they will definitely not be short of money, yet, they treat their pets like this?’

This dog is really unlucky!

Ouch...

Shiqi looked at Shillong's back, his eyes full of despair.

‘Is this kind of guy worthy of calling himself a metal dragon? Is it possible that there is such an evil metal dragon’

‘Five-color dragons can't be any more evil, right?’

‘I remember I heard from my compatriots, who worked for Five Colored Dragons before, that although they had a bad temper, they grant you good meat when you work for them!’

’And what about me now?’

‘Nibbling brown bread every day! Man, this is one hard life!’

He silently had a few bites of brown bread, savoring the sandy taste inside, and swallowed it silently, with tears in his eyes.

‘Shall I run away?’

He couldn't help but come up with this idea, but he immediately omitted it.

He has signed a master-servant contract under the persecution of the other party!

‘I can only be his dog for the rest of my life now!’

‘I need to strengthen myself!’

‘I need to take a closer look at the human world outside, and then look for the possibility of turning over!’

Shiqi thought so, took a few bites of brown bread, and then left Andre’s house.

He began to wander in the inner city.

The buildings in the entire inner city are very beautifully decorated. In the morning, many nobles and wealthy businessmen would get up for a walk.

These people either led their pets or wandered leisurely in pairs.

Those dog lovers who led their dogs, after seeing Shiqi, couldn’t help but admire him in their hearts, ‘what a beautiful dog!’

Some people even wanted to pet him, but Shiqi glared at them. The latter were shocked by his fierce aura, leaving quickly.

Shiqi strolled around and came to a food store unconsciously.

The food stores that are in the inner city are all very high-class, specially prepared for the wealthy businessmen in the inner city.

The store doesn't look very big, but there are a lot of things.

Cheese, white bread, a variety of meat products, as well as seafood. Each product is very sophisticated, placed on top. Occasionally, a wealthy businessman passing by will stop and buy.

Shiqi looked at these things and couldn't help but stop. He remained in his place for a long time, staring at the barbecue above.

‘I really want to eat barbecue!’

‘I thought I was a three-headed hellhound, a noble canine demon in hell, a superior race! I cannot believe I have fallen into such a sorry state!’

‘Really Satan is really blind to overlook me!’

He unconsciously began to recall the past.

What happy days they were!

His family lived near a volcano. His community was the strongest in the area. When tired, he sleeps; when he is awake, he eats.

There are all kinds of meat from hell monsters. That meat is so delicious and chewy!

Occasionally, he would go to the human world to play with the wind, fish for a few souls, and eat a few humans with fresh skin and tender flesh! Really, it was the joy of life!

Look how miserable he is now!

The dog who stared at the barbecue, lamenting how much he wanted to go back to his prior life, then eat this human who sells barbecue and those barbecues!

"Hey, you stupid dog, go away!" Just as Shiqi was thinking, a voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

The vendor who was in the house walked up to him and kicked him lightly.

Perhaps because there were no customers for some time, so the vendor was a bit bored, and felt that the dog outside was a bit of an eyesore.

So, he came out and wanted to drive him away.

Shiqi was a little annoyed by the vendor's kick. He wrinkled his nose, exposed his fangs, and showed a fierce expression at the vendor.

This vendor was just an ordinary trader. He was taken aback by the death gaze of the hell dog, Shiqi, and returned to the store in anguish.

Then Shiqi was fascinated by the barbecue again, with the saliva in his mouth falling to the ground unconsciously.

"Woo woo woo woo... I want to eat! Want to eat! I want to eat!"

"What a mighty and cute dog this is! Oh, and it's scarlet!" Suddenly a voice sounded.

This voice continued: "What a cute little guy, do you want to eat?"

"........"

Hearing this, Shiqi finally couldn't help turning his head and looking towards it.

It is a beautiful woman in red good-looking clothes; she is only in her early twenties.

Her figure is outstanding.

She looked at him this time, and her face was full of smiles.

"You must really want to eat it! Your saliva is all on the ground!"

The woman said while gently smiling.

Then she asked the vendor: "Give me one pack of barbecue and this one as well!"

"Okay, Miss Julia!" The vendor exclaimed with joy, he didn't expect this dog to bring him extra income!

He hoped for this dog to come again in the future, and he won’t kick him at all this time!

The vendor happily handed Julia the food she ordered.

Because Shiqi's favorite food has changed the mood of the owner, Shiqi unconsciously focused his attention on Julia's handbag, the one containing the food she bought.

"Wanna have some?" the woman asked.

"Woo woo woo.." Shiqi nodded.

"Come on! Eat! These are all yours!" Julia put the handbag on the ground and opened it to reveal the meaty food inside.

"Woo!" Shiqi's dog eyes brightened, and he took a step in an instant, walked to the front of the food, and gnawed frantically at it!

His whole head was fully inserted into the handbag!

There was enough food for two dogs, and he only took a few minutes to finish it all!

The depression that was chasing him for several days seems to have disappeared!

‘It turns out that the human world is not as vicious as I thought!’

‘I swear, I will never eat any human again!’

"Hoo hoo hoo..." He stuck out his tongue happily, showing a kind expression at Julia.

"Good boy, that’s nice!" Julia seemed very happy while smiling and petting Shiqi's head.

Shiqi did not dare to refuse the other party because of the delicious meal he was granted by her.

After rubbing him for a long time, Julia stood up and said: "Okay! good dog! I have to go now! See you tomorrow."

She said, winking at Shiqi, this eye seemed to contain some deep meaning, and finally waved her hand and left.

Chapter 100: Maybe He Knows a Way to Save You

    A Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands!

    Mathison's eyes lit up, this skill is a powerful skill. Taking the risk to steal the Ark Reactor is indeed the right choice.

    It's just the fact that Mathison's ability is not exactly the same as Lancelot's inherent skills in the Type-Moon verse, because there is no concept of treasures in the world of American comics.

    In the world of FATE, the so-called treasures refer to the realization of sacred artifacts in ancient myths and legends. According to factors such as historical status, popularity, and beliefs, the treasures are divided into six levels from E to EX.

    Since the strength and effectiveness of treasures depend on what legend they have, they are also interpreted as "noble phantasms."

    However, in the world of American comics, although there are the same legendary fantasies, there is no Heroic Spirit that embodies these fantasies into substance.

    Therefore, it is impossible to show the original power of the treasure that exists in the Type-Moon world.

    However, using his newly acquired ability to transform the earth into a treasure, upon holding it, is complete nonsense.

    In the same way, because Mathison himself has no treasures, the weapons he holds in his hands like Lancelot will not have the characteristics of a treasure.

    Nevertheless, the weapon upgraded to a D-level treasure in Mathison's hand will have the energy of a rocket bomb’s explosion.

    Of course, it does not mean that it will explode like a rocket bomb, but it has a matching lethality.

    To make a simple analogy, if Mathison holds a brick in hand, this brick will change from a mortal object to a D-class treasure, but because of its nature, it only possesses the two items of hardness and weight.

    Therefore, when Mathison uses a brick to hit a person, the strength of the hit will be equivalent to the impact generated by the explosion of a rocket, and the person's head will be gone in one blow.

    All in all, with the power of his new skill, Mathison's strength finally reached the realm of supernatural beings.

    After all, red magic is really too unsuitable for battle. Most of its spells are evil spells that can charm, control and even enslave other people.

    Such magic spells are too unsavory.

    In the following time, Mathison abandoned all distractions and concentrated on experimenting with various uses of his new ability...

    At the same time, in Stark Tower.

    "Tony, are you hiding something from me?"

    Pepper stared at Tony, with an unpleasant look on her face.

    "Uh… what do you mean?"

    Tony's eyes drifted.

    "Your body, why did the Phantom Kid tell me that you were poisoned that day, and you have only a few months to live?"

    Pepper's eyes were sharp, and she looked like she wouldn't give up without getting a reasonable explanation.

    "How many times have I told you, I'm fine! Do you want to believe what a thief said to doubt me?"

    Tony said impatiently.

    "No, Tony, you are lying. No one in this world knows you better than me. If you really dare to say that you have nothing to hide from me then look into my eyes."

    Pepper said coldly.

    "I'm tired, I need to rest."

    Tony was stunned. After all, he didn't dare to look at Pepper's eyes and could only avoid the topic.

    "You can't escape. If there is really something wrong with your body, but Phantom Kid knows about it, then it means that he may know the way to heal you!"

    Pepper was agitated.

    "From the first few months, you first went to Monaco to become a racer without a license, and then you let me become the CEO of Stark Industries. A few days ago, your birthday party was even more absurd. You actually asked Rohdes to take the battlesuit that you would only give off if you were to die..."

    "The battlesuit was taken by Rohdes."

    Tony retorted weakly.

    "No one can steal anything from me, unless I give it to him... You said it yourself."

    "Yes, but you said later that one day I will suffer from my narcissism and arrogance. I have suffered twice in a row these days."

    Pepper glared at Tony suddenly, and he closed his mouth immediately.

    "All these signs only prove one thing, Tony, you know that there isn’t much left in your life, and you want to go crazy one last time. With what I know of you, unless there is really no way to save yourself, you will never do these absurd things."

    "Ugh... what Kid said is true."

    After this long persuasion, Tony finally confessed, knowing that there is no point in concealing the palladium poisoning now.

    He was reluctant to tell Pepper about his palladium poisoning because he found himself developing very deep feelings for her.

    Tony likes Pepper. And it's not like he liked that group of cosplaying girls from before anyways, it was just a random desire that popped up in his head because he is on the verge of death.

    Tired of playing, he wants to find the final destination for his soul.

    However, despite discovering his feelings, Tony couldn't express them because he couldn't live long.

    He didn't want Pepper to be sad, so he entrusted the company to Pepper, not only because Pepper was the only person he trusted, but also to make Pepper focus on company affairs and ignore him.

    However, a phone call from Phantom Kid broke all of Tony's planning.

    "Pepper, do you know about the palladium poisoning..."

    Tony told Pepper that the stuff on his chest saved his life, but at the same time it was eroding his body.

    "Then can’t you just remove the chest device?"

    After listening to Tony's explanation, Pepper suddenly said anxiously.

    "I heard that there is a very famous neurosurgeon in New York. If you ask him to perform the operation on you, it will definitely save your life. I remember his name is Strange..."

    "No, Pepper, no, I can't take it off!"

    Tony immediately rejected Pepper's proposal. How could he wait until now if he wanted to have an operation?

    As long as he doesn’t use palladium, the symptoms of poisoning will naturally decrease with time.

    But in this case, Iron Man would disappear from this world, and Tony could not accept such a thing.

    He is Iron Man and will die as Iron Man.

    "Why are you so persistent?"

    Pepper's eyes turned red in an instant. She is the person who knows Tony the best in the world but at the same time the person who can't understand Tony's dedication to Iron Man the least.

    Tony was speechless.

    Pepper took a few deep breaths. She knew she could not stop Tony, and there was no reason to stop him. After all, their current relationship was no longer even superior-subordinate.

    "If you don't want to have surgery, then listen to my previous advice."

    "Go and ask Phantom Kid, maybe he really knows some useful treatment method."

    Pepper said slowly.

    "But I don't even know where Phantom Kid is, how can I ask him?"

    "Just let him know where you are..."

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TL: We have finally reached our goal. From now on, the Young Dragon/Snake Tier patrons will receive 5 chapters ahead. The Adult Dragon/ Snake Tier patrons will receive 10 chapters ahead, and the Ancient Dragon/Snake Tier patrons will receive 20 chapters ahead.

Chapter 99: A New Reward

    "That's right, sir."

    Alfred laughed.

    "However, you are not completely unable to satisfy your thirst for knowledge. Just send the Arc Reactor to the Stark Tower tomorrow morning. You have half a night to analyze the technology of the reactor."

    "However, I suggest that you don't take it apart, because if we don't restore it before dawn, we will be in a lot of trouble."

    Alfred was right. After all, everyone knows that something like the Arc Reactor is useless for a thief to have, but it is not the same for a high-tech company like Wayne Enterprise.

    One could even say that there is no technology company in the world currently that does not want the Arc Reactor.

    No one will believe that Phanom Kid was the one behind stealing the reactor if Tony finds that the latter was tinkered with, as long as it is in Wayne's hands.

    Therefore, compared to researching the internal technology of the reactor, it is most important to check to see if there are any changes that shouldn't occur.

    Bruce raised an eyebrow in confusion. He had hardly been teased like this in his life.

    After all, other people either wanted to kill him or wanted him to collapse.

    But the matter here was that he had to follow the path Kid wanted him to take, and there wasn’t any loss anyway.

    Heartbreaks and his dissatisfaction are not counted!

    Bruce sat down in the driver's seat again.

    "Actually, I have wanted to say it since moments ago, Master Wayne. Have you forgotten that Kid said that he ran out of gasoline, and this car could not be driven?"

    Alfred reminded.

    Bruce calmly replied knowingly: "I made some modifications to this car before. In addition to the original fuel system, I installed a hidden electric propulsion system."

    Bruce put his hands on the designated position of the steering wheel, and then pressed the ring fingers of both hands slightly inward at the same time, sliding the ring finger of his left hand upwards, and sliding the ring finger of his right hand downwards.

    Suddenly, the dashboard in front of him changed.

    From the display of remaining fuel to the remaining power, and the interior of the car emitted a cool neon light, which has given a sense of technological sophistication.

    And the dashboard showed...

    Remaining power: 0.1%.

    The neon glare that lit up in the car just consumed the last bit of electricity, and it went out within three seconds after it was on.

    Bruce: "..."

    Alfred couldn't help but laugh, "I think Phantom Kid has seen your ‘hidden power system,’ Master Wayne."

    Bruce shook his head, got out of the car, and walked straight to the back of the Lamborghini. Then, he put both hands on the back cover of the car and pushed hard, exerting force at the same time with both hands and feet, and directly pushed the car in...

    Early the next morning, Alfred returned the Arc Reactor to the Stark Tower. After all, it was impossible for Bruce to do it in person.

   "You'll never guess what happened after you left."

    New York University, inside the girls' dormitory.

    Barbara vividly described to Pamela the sight of Phantom Kid being chased by Batman and Iron Man at the same time and the huge roots of the tree that later rescued Phantom Kid.

    She did not do so to satisfy her desire to talk, after all, she is not Daisy.

    However, in view of her own housemate's infatuation with Phantom Kid.

    Last night, she couldn't see Kid because of her ‘health issues,’ so her mood must be so low that she cannot even eat anymore.

    So Barbara believes that she has an obligation to tell Pamela everything, whether it is visible on the news or invisible to them.

    What she didn't know was that Pamela knew far more about the incident than her.

    For example, she knew that Phantom Kid was Mathison.

    Although Pamela didn't try to poke this information in front of Mathison, she could determine the true identity of Phantom Kid.

    This is because Poison Ivy can perceive human hormones and biological characteristics. 

    The reason why Pamela didn't realise that Mathison was Phantom Kid a few days ago was simply that she was not Poison Ivy when she encountered Phantom Kid for the first time.

    But it's different now. Last night, she discovered that Phantom Kid had the same biological characteristics as Mathison.

    Pamela, who knew the truth, instantly had mixed feelings. She knew about the unusual relationship between Mathison and Barbara.

    Therefore, Pamela thinks that Mathison rejected her because of Barbara.

    It is precisely because she knew about Mathison's identity that she finally did not insist on following Kid.

    However, she couldn’t tell Phantom Kid that.

    Mathison faintly felt Pamela's train of thought, but he didn't dare to break it either.

    These words cannot be said thoroughly, otherwise, they will end up in a very embarrassing situation.

    Therefore, Barbara saw the muffled Pamela.

    "Thank you for letting me know about this."

    Pamela pulled out an ugly smile at the corner of her mouth. She didn’t know why, but her good feelings towards Barbara at the beginning seemed to be exhausted at this point...

    Time shifts back to last night.

    New York, Chinatown, inside the rental apartment where Mathison lives.

    "So, Batman made a handcuff that inhibits you from using spatial transfer magic, making you almost doubt your life?"

    Charlie asked calmly after listening to Mathison's account.

    He had a very long dog life, and he has seen all weird things, magic, immortality, aliens. He had witnessed it all with his own eyes.

    These things Mathison said did not excite Charlie at all.

    "Although I don't understand magic, this is not really surprising."

    Charlie spoke eloquently.

    "Let me talk about an anti-common sense thing: be it magic or technology, the fundamental principles are the same, but there are differences in the medium to achieve the goal."

    "Most of the things that can be achieved by magic can also be achieved by technology. The only difference is that magic can achieve them more easily. Because both systems use energy and elemental reactions."

    "In science, the basic elements of the periodic table are preferred as the fundamental basis, and thus endless substances are fused. The conversion to magic is the reverse: one first divides the magic into countless attributes, and then carefully explores the nature of these different magic attributes."

    "The biggest difference is that technology uses real energy to achieve everything, while magic relies on mana or borrowing energy from high latitudes to achieve everything."

    "To put it mildly, magic is a shortcut that costs a certain price, while technology is a dumb, down-to-earth way, and many need thousands to tens of thousands of years to catch up with the progress of magic."

    Mathison nodded, what Charlie said really makes sense.

    Now, there is still one important thing that hasn't been done.

    Receiving the reward!

    "Stolen Target: First Generation Arc Reactor"

    "Treasure Value: A"

    "Difficulty: high"

    "Magnificence: S (a powerful opponent can withstand countless ordinary people)"

    This is the first time he got an S-level rating!

    "Final rating: S"

    "Reward: A Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands"

    "A Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands: This is an inherent skill, which is always activated and has the ability to grow. As long as it is an object that can be used as a weapon in cognition, it will automatically be upgraded to a D-level treasure when it falls into the user's hand."

Chapter 98: The Caring Alfred

    It didn't take long for Iron Man to emerge from the hole in the ground and arrive at the place where Pamela saved Mathison.

    "They shouldn't have gone far, Jarvis. Pull up all the surveillance records around the area within ten minutes, and list everyone who appeared as a suspicious target."

    "Okay, sir."

    Tony circled around the neighborhood and found no trace of Phantom Kid.

    On the other side, Chief George also dispersed his police officers out, searching every corner of Corona Park in Flushing Meadows.

    He is very angry now, because, in his opinion, the reason why Phantom Kid managed to escape this time is because of the reckless pursuit of Iron Man and Batman. If the police were the ones to take charge, Kid would not have escaped.

    God knows where his confidence comes from.

    But people should always strive to be confident, huh?

    At least George's police career is very hectic, this is why he behaves very energetically every day.

    George thought to himself that it’s no wonder That chief Gordon designated Batman as a wanted criminal eight years ago. As for how he knew the circumstances of the case eight years ago? Gordon has some suspicion, but the truth isn't important anymore.

    The decline in Gotham's crime rate over the years is obvious to all, and George's focus is obviously different from that of ordinary people. He doesn't think Dent Act really played any role.

    George firmly believes that it is because of Gotham being without Batman for eight years. Without the masked vigilante, social order has become better than before.

    Of course, the facts and his speculation are not that different. After all, most of the patients in the Arkham Asylum have committed various inexplicable crimes in order to challenge Batman.

    And all in all, George couldn't have a good impression on a creature like vigilantes.

    As for Batman, It’s unknown where he went after talking to Iron Man. Even his Batcycle had disappeared, leaving no trace at all.

    Not even on surveillance cameras.

    If Phantom Kid is relying on his exquisite disguise techniques, so that one doesn't know who he is, even if he faces a monitoring camera, then Batman has a hardcore surveillance signal that interferes with everything, and no surveillance camera can capture him.

    At this point, the opening ceremony of the Stark Expo is completely over, and all citizens have left the Expo one after another under the supervision of the police.

    Bruce Wayne is naturally one of these people.

    "What did you say?"

    In the parking lot of the fair, Bruce looked at the security guard with a weird look.

    "Mr. Wayne, I swear everything I just said is true. I saw you and your wife drive away together."

    The young security guard swore in a bewildered manner. At this moment, he couldn't figure it out. Mr. Wayne had already left, so why is he here again now?

    Bruce: "..."

    Needless to say, it must be Phantom Kid in disguise. He actually dared to come back. He is so courageous. Isn't he afraid of Batman’s revenge?

    And more importantly--

    "Is the person helping Kid a woman? Not necessarily, it's not difficult to dress up as a woman with Kid's disguise skills..."

    Bruce mused.

    A few hours later, Alfred came to pick up Bruce in Wayne’s private helicopter.

    "Master Wayne, I heard someone stole your car."

    Alfred couldn't help but joke with Bruce when he got off the plane.

    "That's the latest model just released this year, Lamborghini LP700, sir. You lost a lot today."

    Bruce laughed unconcernedly, "Stop trolling me, Alfred, I'm already sleepy, it's time to go back and get a good night's sleep."

    "Oh yes, I hope you really want to go back to sleep."

    Alfred spoke quietly.

    After a few more hours, Bruce and Alfred returned to Gotham.

    Then, they saw the Lamborghini LP700 that Kid had driven away safely and steadily stopped at the gate of Wayne Manor.

    And there was a message from Kid on the car window.

    "Dear Mr. Wayne, I sincerely thank you for lending me such a luxurious car for a drive. I must admit that the latest Lamborghini feels really great when it is driven. There is just a little problem, that is, I used up all the gasoline in the car. I think Mr. Wayne will not care about such a small detail, right?

    Phantom Kid"

    "Haha, Master Wayne, I'm starting to like this Phantom Kid a little bit."

    Alfred laughed.

    Bruce grinned, he opened the car door with one hand, sat in the driver's seat, and was about to drive the Lamborghini into the manor.

     However, when he stepped on the gas pedal, the car did not start, and there seemed to be something under the gas pedal, against it, to keep him from stepping on it. There was a clear sense of obstruction.

    Bruce's eyes condensed. If those old “friends” from the past touched his car, then he must be stepping on a bomb under his feet, but Phantom Kid obviously wouldn't do it.

    But this does not mean that Bruce will unconditionally trust Kid.

    Bruce opened the car door at the speed of lightning, leaped from the car, and jumped out of it to lay down on the ground.

    "What are you doing, Master Wayne? Did Kid put a bomb in the car?"

    The sudden change surprised Alfred.

    However, the imagined explosion did not happen.

    "It seems that I was overthinking."

    Bruce stood up calmly and patted the dust on his hands.

    He walked back to the car door and squatted down, reached under the throttle, and touched some kind of cylindrical solid.

    Bruce thought of something in an instant and immediately pulled the object out.

    It turned out to be the first-generation Arc Reactor!

    "Is this reactor real, Master Wayne?"

    Alfred asked in surprise.

    "Yes, it is not fake."

    Bruce answered in the affirmative.

    "Why is Phantom Kid putting the reactor in your car? I think it's impossible for him to forget to take it."

    Alfred was puzzled.

    "It doesn't matter what the reason is, the question now is... how do we deal with it?"

    Bruce looked at the Arc Reactor in his hand, a little surprised.

    "Hehe, you have to return it back to Tony Stark."

    Seeing Bruce like this, Alfred laughed inexplicably.

    "Master Wayne, I think you must want to study this reactor properly and then return it, right?"

    Bruce didn't answer, it was acquiescence in Alfred's view.

    "I have to say, Phantom Kid knows you well. He knew you would be interested in the reactor, so he deliberately gave it to you."

    "What do you mean?"

    Bruce wondered.

    "Master, you always act like you know everything, but in many ways, you are actually inferior to me."

    Alfred sighed.

    "I think that phantom Kid will definitely release the news that the Arc Reactor is in our hands. If we don't return it immediately, the reputation of the Wayne family will be ruined."

    "But he knows that Bruce Wayne, no, that Batman  will study the mystery of the reactor carefully."

    "So, Kid giving you the reactor is equivalent to putting a delicious cake in front of you, a cake that you can only watch but not eat."

    After hearing Alfred's words, Bruce couldn't help laughing.

    "So I have to take the initiative to return the reactor, and I have to do it as soon as possible. He is really stingy."

Chapter 97: Escape from the Scene

    The tree roots that gushed out from the ground grew thicker and longer.

    It was even divided into two branches, with the thickest roots sweeping towards Batman, who could only dodge backward.

    The slender roots of the tree gently extended in front of Mathison, and then slammed his handcuffs, causing them to break.

    Then the roots gently wrapped around Mathison's waist and pulled him into the cave created by the roots as they surged out of the ground.

    After a while, the ground stopped shaking, and the roots of the trees that were gushing no longer grew.

    Batman walked to the side of the cave and peeked down to the bottom.

    "Boom!"

    With a loud noise on the ground, Iron Man landed at this location, as the Batcycle drove over with Iron Man automatically.

    "What just happened?"

    Tony asked Batman as he watched the disastrous scene getting destroyed by the huge tree roots.

    "Someone rescued Phantom Kid."

    Batman affirmed that if Kid himself had this ability, he would not have been driven to despair by himself just now.

    "Does Kid have any accomplices?"

    According to Tony's understanding, Kid has always committed crimes independently.

    "Not sure."

    Batman walked to the other side and picked up the broken special handcuffs with space stabilizing effect.

    "Sure enough, ordinary materials can't carry too much energy. These handcuffs are too easy to be destroyed by external forces..."

    Although this pair of handcuffs were made by Batman, the design idea was not entirely completed by him.

    But a long time ago, he met a friend whose personality was so bad that people could not wait to get him killed, and popularized him with certain aspects of knowledge, which allowed Batman to successfully create this pair of handcuffs.

    The enemies he encountered in the past did not need him to use this knowledge until Phantom Kid appeared. Fortunately, Batman did not forget that knowledge.

    "How did you know that Phantom Kid would use a dummy to attract my attention? Even Jarvis didn't realize that it was a dummy."

    At this time, Tony asked what he had been holding in his mind.

    "In Gotham, Kid will use the dummy to get out whenever he commits a crime, and the only place he has the opportunity to release the dummy is..."

    "Because of this?"

    "Because of this."

    Batman said blankly, and Tony didn't know if what he said was true or false.

    In fact, of course, Batman didn't just rely on this to determine the plan of Phantom Kid.

    The real reason should be that Mathison used Bullet Time.

    In the first duel between Batman and Kid in Gotham, he understood the Bullet Time once.

    Although he still doesn't know how Kid managed to achieve that weird state, Batman's body has naturally recorded that weird feeling.

    The feeling as if time had suddenly stopped, and the moment Iron Man broke through the billboard, Batman had a similar feeling.

    He doesn't have a good method to counterattack it yet, but at least he can be sure that the Phantom Kid must have done something at that moment. The most likely thing is to use a dummy.

    That's why Batman planned to make a dummy so that the Batcycle would follow Iron Man.

    And he used the building where Kid released the dummy to infer the best escape route, then guarded his position and waited for his prey...

    In that deep cave, which was at least more than 100 meters underground, slender tree roots led Mathison to move inward quickly.

    Mathison had already guessed who did all this.

    Except for Poison Ivy, Pamela, no one in this world can freely manipulate plants.

    Soon, Mathison felt himself rising from the ground.

    "They will find this place soon. Let's get out of here as soon as possible!"

    As soon as he went up, Mathison heard a woman's voice, it was obviously Pamela.

    She was in a strange state at this time. Her original fair skin was now covered with a light green layer, and even her red hair had been affected in no small way, turning it into a dark red.

    As she becomes more proficient in her abilities, her skin tone becomes darker and darker.

    But when she doesn't use her power, her skin tone remains normal.

    When Mathison just came out to look at her, Pamela subconsciously covered her face and turned away, while also releasing the use of the ability. She did not want to let Kid see her face when she uses her ability.

    After turning around, Pamela has changed back to normal.

    This location is already outside the range of the Stark Expo, but not far away.

    Although there is no surveillance around here, the emergence of tree roots before has caused a great disturbance. Could find them by following the cave, it would not take long for him to reach their location.

    "Thank you for saving me."

    Mathison sincerely thanked Pamela. If it hadn’t been for her rescue, his identity would have been known by Batman.

    Although Bruce may not be adverse to him, he will certainly take the opportunity to blackmail him to become Robin, which is worse than killing him.

    "Hurry up, Kid. There is not much time left. We can pretend to be husband and wife... or lovers.... so that we won't be suspicious."

    As Pamela suggested, her face flushed inexplicably.

    Without further ado, Mathison didn't care about the suitability and immediately put on a high-end suit that he had prepared a long time ago and a valuable watch.

    Then Mathison took Pamela's hand naturally.

    "Why did you save me? Do you know that saving me will cause you a lot of trouble?"

    The two left here quickly, Mathison asked intently on the way, but he regretted it immediately afterward.

    Pamela was startled, then her eyes quickly became firm.

    "I've been in love with you ever since you rescued me from that sinful city!"

    "You know I never let others see my true face, and there will never be an exception."

    Mathison stared into Pamela's eyes earnestly.

    "My footprint will definitely not only stop at the two cities of Gotham and New York. The whole of the United States... and the whole world is my stage. If you fall in love with me, you are destined to not get the happiness you deserve."

    "I don’t mind being with you, as you can see, I have the ability to help you..."

    At this point, Pamela suddenly paused. She thought about the mutation in her body when she uses her ability. She didn't know whether she would, one day, turn her skin tone into a green that could not be restored to normal.

    At that time, she must look ugly...

    "Forget it! I don't want to tie up your feelings, you saved me once before, and I saved you once. We are even."

    Pamela pretended to be calm.

    Mathison did not speak, but suddenly stopped, and then put his hand on Pamela's shoulder.

    "What do you want to do?"

    Pamela blushed and asked, as her heart was pounding.

    "There will be surveillance cameras not far ahead, and you also need a little disguise, otherwise they are likely to find you."

    Mathison said calmly.

    "Huh? Oh, you are right."

    Pamela said disappointedly.

    Mathison put his hands on Pamela's shoulders, and then, with a strong push, Pamela turned around unconsciously.

    Then, she became a noble young woman in an elegant evening dress, matching Mathison’s look.

    "Don't think too much now, wait until you leave here."

    Mathison said softly.

    Pamela nodded, and the two of them moved away without saying a word...

Chapter 630: Special Starships (Part 2)

2/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　Feeling that something was wrong, he wanted to withdraw, but it was too late. The sound of countless explosions sounded from behind.

　　Okada Shinwu and the rest were trapped, looking at the group of starships behind, many of them couldn’t restrain their anger.

　　After the starship blocked Okada’s blow, it immediately launched an extremely vicious counterattack. The attack intensity is completely different from before.

　　"How could they suddenly burst out with such a terrifying strength?"

　　Okada Shinwu wondered, but he didn’t have the time to think, because the ten starships that he faced had completely changed their strategy. It was as if they found their leader, changing into an attack formation and following the lead of the new starship.

　　In the beginning, they might have mostly given up on attacks and focused mostly on containment and energy conservation, but since this domain master-level starship joined the team, the team suddenly became enthusiastic.

　　Under the efforts of these people, even the powerful Okada Shinwu gradually began to struggle.

　　"No, if things continue like this, my energy will quickly run out. I might even be killed by these ants!"

　　Okada Shinwu didn't want to die like this, but he couldn’t be the first to flee. For now, he decided to focus on defense and observe the situation.

　　The Thirty-five world masters were either contained or had the advantage. Only a small number of people were at a disadvantage, and among them was Okada Shinwu.

　　"Why hasn't the order to retreat been issued yet."

　　Okada Shinwu wanted to retreat very much at this time. He didn't care about honor or merit anymore. These things are vain in comparison to his life.

　　Besides, he is already at a disadvantage now. The leaders should be able to see it. They aren’t planning to let him die here, right?

　　"Everyone mustn’t retreat."

　　On the cosmic network, a host was excitedly reporting news about the war, except that the host is constantly pointing to the winning world masters, indicating that they are at an advantage.

　　They didn’t cover Okada and the other world masters that are at a disadvantage.

　　"What's the matter? Are they planning to let us die like this?"

　　Okada could naturally see the host in their camp rambling, and upon seeing him excitedly spouting nonsense about their victory, he was furious.

　　He is in a predicament, his energy reserves are getting lower and lower, causing him to start slowing down, as a result, he is getting more and more injured. This caused the starships’ pilots to get excited in reserve, pushing themselves even further to try to take him down as soon as possible.

　　"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"

　　The war between each other is still going on. However, the world masters no longer had contemptuous smiles on their faces. Each of them seriously fought as they finally knew that their life was at stake.

　　“Boom!!”

　　A loud explosion suddenly sounded next to Okada. The person fighting next to him was struck, shocking him. He quickly looked at the source of the explosion.

　　His companion, an early world master, was struck in his chest, tearing apart his flesh and breaking his bones. He flew back in space as he forcibly resisted the strike.

　　Just as he stopped. Before he could even heave a sigh of relief, he was struck by another giant laser beam at the same location, creating a giant hole in his chest.

　　“Boom! Boom! Boom!

　　After another shower of attacks, the world master’s body, or rather what was left of it laid powerlessly in space. His life has come to an end.

　　"This..."

　　This scene frightened many people on the battlefield. This is the first world master death since the start of this war, and it was at the hand of a domain master.

　　"Hahahaha!"

　　Luo Feng laughed loudly at this moment. This is a clear signal to everyone on both sides. World masters are not invincible. The metaverse has a trump card that can allow them to kill world masters!

　　Since this moment, the image of world masters and even of technological products will change in the hearts of countless people.

　　"Damn it!"

　　In the enemy camp on the opposite side, many people have also seen this scene. However, contrary to Luo Feng’s joyful expression, their expressions weren’t pretty.

　　"Trash, these incompetent pieces of trash!"

　　A general started madly yelling, his face was contorted with anger. A world master-level cultivator was actually killed by a few starships piloted by cosmic cultivators. This is humiliating!

　　“Boom! Boom!”

　　The death of the first world master gave the metaverse league’s comic pilots confidence. All of them started madly attacking their opponents, their confidence fully rekindled.

　　Facing the crazy attacks of these cosmic-driven starships, the world masters fully proved their power. Most of them even destroyed one or two of the starships, forcing them to retreat.

　　However, that was it, their energy was still getting gradually consumed.

　　"Send more manpower."

　　Luo Feng felt that it was almost time and immediately ordered additional manpower to support the starships that were fighting against the top world masters. This was mainly to prevent them from escaping.

　　Almost all cosmic-level starships flew to the battlefield, circling around the world masters. Their main mission is to trap them and provide assistance if needed.

　　"Kill them all!"

　　Suddenly, Luo Feng started giving a speech to boost the morale of his soldiers.

　　"These people killed many of our companions before. Now that they are exhausted, what are you waiting for? You can’t hesitate anymore, use offensive formations to kill them"

　　Luo Feng looked at the battle in space and growled,

　　"You have also seen it, even a world master can be exhausted and killed if you work well together. You did it once and you can do it again. Now work together and kill those bastards!"

　　“Understood!”

　　The atmosphere is becoming more and more intense. Each of the cosmic cultivators controlling the starships brought their concentration to the limit, predicting the next step of their enemies and calculating the optimal course of action.

　　Soon, the second world master has fallen.

　　However, with the death of each world master, the death of cosmic-class starships is even greater. Currently, there are only a bit over 300 starships left.

　　As long as they lose a few dozen more starships, there will be no one left to fill the gap.

　　“Boom!”

　　Suddenly, a huge bang suddenly sounded from the enemy camp, followed by the appearance of a new figure.

　　Luo Feng immediately noticed that figure after his appearance.

　　This person quietly hovered not far from their camp, looking at the figure standing at the head of the camp/

　　"Are you the second leader of the Metaverse league, Luo Feng?"

　　"Yes." Luo Feng calmly said.

　　Nebula is regarded as the first leader, and he is regarded as the second.

　　"I heard that you reached the immortal level a long time ago. It just so happens that my hands are a bit itchy, so fight me!"

Chapter 96: The Crisis of Phantom Kid

Phantom Kid turned a deaf ear to Tony's call and kept flying around the fair.

"Kid! If you don't stop, I am going to launch a missile!"

Seeing Phantom Kid didn't seem to listen, Tony continued to threaten.

However, Phantom Kid in front of him still did not respond.

"Jarvis, lock the target and launch micro missiles."

Tony had to resort to violence.

It's just that, although it is a miniature missile, it is not explosive, but hypnotic.

There are usually two different sets of weapons in the battle suit, one is a pure lethal weapon for terrorists, and the other is a narcotic weapon used to capture ordinary prisoners.

Phantom Kid didn't hurt anyone, and Iron Man certainly wouldn't use lethal weapons on him.

"Poof!"

Two small exquisite miniature missiles shot out of Iron Man's shoulders, hitting Phantom Kid with precision and accuracy.

After the slight explosion, a cloud of hypnotic smoke enveloped the figure of Phantom Kid.

Something weird happened.

Kid, who was hit by the miniature hypnotic missile, not only did not fall into drowsiness as expected, and then to the ground.

Rather, as if a switch was flicked, his whole body suddenly expanded.

"Boom!"

An explosion sounded dozens of times louder than before, Phantom Kid flying in the sky was blown to pieces.

Not a drop of flesh and blood came out.

Needless to say, this is a dummy.

"FUCK! I was fooled. He must have released a dummy on the billboard!"

After Tony locked Phantom Kid as a target, the only moment he lost it was when he faced the billboard.

But that moment was too fast. The time for Mark 4 to break through the billboard may be less than a millisecond. In such a short period of time, he was able to simultaneously release a dummy to deceive them.

Even Jarvis was deceived!

"Phantom Kid... how fast is he! Is that really a speed that humans can achieve?"

Tony was shocked. He never thought that the speed of humans could surpass the speed of machines.

Iron Man stopped and hovered in mid-air.

What's weirder is that on the ground directly below Iron Man, Batman also stopped the Batcycle at the same time...

Simultaneously, near the building where the billboard was smashed by Iron Man, Mathison disguised himself as a mass-faced male in black clothes and tried his best to blend himself into the darkness.

Earlier, he couldn’t substitute himself with the dummy with his conventional speed. And so, when Mathison flew past the billboard cleverly, he activated Bullet Time.

A millisecond was stretched to a minute, making it much easier to get the dummy out and then hide.

"Now that Iron Man and Batman are attracted by the dummy, it is a good opportunity to get out."

Mathison looked at the crowded place not far ahead, and couldn't help smiling triumphantly.

He was walking towards the crowd naturally.

However, before taking two steps, Mathison felt that his hand was suddenly caught.

Looking back, it turned out to be the most unlikely person to be here at this moment.

Batman!

"The one over there is..."

Mathison's pupils shrank and suddenly wanted to understand the situation.

"You like to use dummies so much, so why can't I use them?"

Batman's deep voice came.

"You're right. The dummy I made was the one I made that was chasing you just now. It's much more realistic than the dummy you made. As I thought, you didn't realise it."

"After all, the Batcycle is genuine."

Mathison narrowed his eyes slightly.

"So, you changed into a dummy when Iron Man appeared and I couldn't get distracted by the ground, and set the Batcycle’s autopilot system to use Iron Man’s coordinates so that the Batcycle’s speed and position will match that of Iron Man."

Hearing this, Batman smiled.

"That's right, you are really talented."

"I told you, I'm not going to hang around with you."

Mathison also smiled, and he yanked his hand out, trying to break free of Batman's restraint.

But he failed.

It’s unknown what technique Batman used. But even with the blood of Ackerman, Mathison could hardly shake him.

"Your strength is at least ten times stronger than last time."

Batman was surprised. He had never seen a person able to increase his power so many times in such a short period of time.

Batman took out a pair of weird-shaped handcuffs from his belt and handcuffed them to Mathison's hand.

After all, he couldn't keep holding Phantom Kid with his hands.

"Handcuffs? I don't need a second to unlock this thing... I don't need..."

Mathison found that he couldn't find the flaws in this pair of handcuffs at all.

"Where did you get these handcuffs? I want one too."

Knowing that it was dangerous this time, Mathison kept on talking while forcibly keeping his poker face.

"That is the special handcuffs I made specially for you. There is no second one in the world."

As Batman spoke, he stretched his hand to Mathison's face.

Who the hell is Kid, is today the time in which he will be revealed?

In a hurry, Mathison didn't care much and immediately activated all the magic in the body, intending to teleport and flee directly.

Seeing a flash of red light, Mathison's figure disappeared quickly...

"Um?"

After the magic was successfully cast, Mathison was so shocked that he couldn't hold on to his poker face anymore.

Just because, although he teleported, he only teleported less than two meters!

Batman took a few more steps with a calm expression on his face.

"Very few people can use the same method to escape in front of me a second time."

"What have you done?"

After a brief shock, Mathison forced himself to calm down.

"I just made a simple space stabilization device, which can effectively suppress your teleportation ability."

Batman was talking about the handcuffs that bound Mathison.

"Now, can you tell me… who are you?"

Batman once again reached out and removed the mass-faced male mask from Mathison's head with one hand.

Then it revealed...

Tony Stark's face!

Batman remained silent and continued to tear off Mathison's mask.

This time it is George Stacey!

He continued.

Bruce Wayne's face was exposed...

At this moment, Mathison's heart almost jumped out of his throat, because Bruce's face was the last mask he put on in advance.

Fortunately, Batman didn't continue his actions at this time, but carefully looked at the "face" of Phantom Kid.

"You know, there was a man who transformed his face into this face, but he had to live with this face for the rest of his life."

Batman lamented.

Mathison knew that the person he was talking about was Hush.

After a few seconds, Batman finally stretched out his hand, Mathison could only pretend to be calm, and his brain worked wildly.

"There must be a way..."

"Boom!"

Just as Batman's hand was about to touch Mathison's face, the ground between the two suddenly burst open.

An unusually strong root rose from the ground, forcibly separating Batman from Mathison.

Chapter 630: Special Starships (Part 1)

1/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　This special single-command starship made by the Metaverse league is specially created to deal with world masters. This kind of starship can only be controlled by cosmic-level cultivators.

　　Moreover, even cosmic-level cultivators struggle to control this starship. In fact, they had to sacrifice the majority of their lifespan to control it. It’s been reported that most cosmic-level cultivators only have 10 years of life left after completing a mission through piloting this spacecraft.

　　A cosmic-level cultivator is certainly not immortal, but they usually have a lifespan of thousands of years. This number might change depending on the race, but the span isn’t great.

　　From thousands of years to ten years, it’s no different from death for the average cosmic cultivator. This is a huge sacrifice, but it’s worth it if they can take down world masters.

　　“Vroom! Vroom!”

　　These relatively small starships slowly took off. Each group was composed of ten. The groups quickly broke up, then headed towards the 35 world masters.

　　“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!”

　　Soon, these starships collide with the world masters on the opposite side. With each collision, a monstrous roar sounded, followed by terrifying shockwaves that shook the space in this area.

　　Giant laser beams and antimatter bombs flew around, turning the surrounding area into a wasteland.

　　Ten of these starships were barely able to stop a world master.

　　Luo Feng calmly watched the battle for a few minutes, then set his gaze on the opposite camp. Now that their 35 world masters have been contained, he is curious to see what kind of trump card does the other side have.

　　"Are they finally going to send immortal-class cultivators to the battle?"

　　Luo Feng thought as he looked at the opposite camp. The thought of battling warriors of the same level caused his blood to boil with excitement, a terrifying aura slowly rose from his body, shaking the surrounding area.

　　If the opponent's Immortals are intending to take action, then he naturally will participate in the battle.

　　On this battlefield and on the side of the Metaverse league, he is the sole immortal-class cultivator. Only he is able to deal with the enemy’s immortals.

　　Luo Feng stared at the camp on the opposite side unblinkingly, but the enemy camp remained silent. Apart from sending more warriors to battle, no immortal-class cultivator appeared.

　　Judging from their appearance, they intend to wait for the end of the battle in the middle of the battlefield.

　　At this moment, that battle has already entered a white-hot stage, with more than 300 starships and 35 world master-level powerhouses fighting in space.

　　The starships were constantly being shot down, but soon after, other spacecraft rose from the Metaverse camp and replaced them, continuing to fight.

　　The reason why they only arranged 10 starships per world master is for optimal teamwork.

　　Instead of using more starships to blindly besiege the enemy, it’s better to use a limited number of starships that have the highest degree of cooperation and maneuvering space. In a battle of such a high level, one often needs to travel to several places at the same time with a speed beyond imagination. Without sufficient cooperation and control, it’s easy to collide or interfere with each other.

　　Therefore, to avoid this situation. The Metaverse devised countless experiments and trials before concluding that 10 starships are the optimal number. If one of the ten starships is destroyed, a new one will immediately replace it and continue to besiege the world master.

　　There are plenty of reserve starships, but the number of world masters is limited. After the initial frantic attack, these world masters suddenly discovered that they were trapped.

　　However, they were still not in a hurry, because in their opinion, they can’t be truly trapped by the formation of mere cosmic cultivators piloting ‘special’ starships.

　　Moreover, as world masters, they have their pride. They can’t easily escape, otherwise, they will face humiliation for the rest of their lives.

　　Under this war of attrition, the metaverse lost more than 200 cosmic-level warriors. On the other hand, none of the 35 world masters had fallen, but their stamina was gradually starting to fall back. Injuries also started to appear on their bodies.

　　It was also at this moment that Luo Feng quietly issued an order. Immediately afterward, several starships flew out to replace the recently destroyed starships.

　　However, these new starships are different from the previous ones. The pilots of the previous starships were all cosmic-class, but the pilots of these new fighters are domain masters.

　　Compared to the powerful world masters, domain masters are just a level away. With their power and control, they can completely bring out the potential of the special spacecraft.

　　Naturally, after they joined the fray, the situation changed.

　　Okada Shinwu is a world-level master of the Moon Seeker Empire. He participated in this war with a playful mentality. He knew that there was a guy called Luo Feng amongst the enemy’s army.

　　This person is a true powerful immortal, a top powerhouse, but apart from this guy, the rest of the enemy’s cultivators are just a bunch of garbage.

　　Anyway, Shinwu Okada never took these people seriously.

　　In the beginning, just as he had imagined, these guys were really too weak. They rode a rather strange spacecraft, but it felt like nothing more than a toy to him. It wasn’t difficult to destroy three of these spacecraft and kill their pilots.

　　The screams of the three pilots still resounded in his ears as he destroyed these spacecraft. It felt like nothing less than the most beautiful music in the world to him.

　　He was eager to hear these cries once again.

　　At this time, just as he destroyed another starship, it was replaced by a new one that quickly began to attack him. This starship did not look much different from other starships.

　　​​"Hmph, die!"

　　Looking at the opposite starship, Okada Shinwu grinned maniacally, followed by a sudden surge of aura around his body. He slowly raised his hand and pointed it out at the starship.

　　A trace of light started gathering in front of his palm, quickly converging into an orange glowing energy ball. As he sent more and more energy into it, the energy ball increased in size at an alarming speed.

　　In less than three seconds, the orange energy ball immensely grew. It became a sun-like mass of destruction with a diameter of more than a hundred meters.

　　If the starship directly faces this energy ball, it will immediately get broken into pieces, then swept into a massive planet-sized explosion.

　　​​With a wave of his hand, Okada sent the massive energy ball towards the starship.

　　“Boom!!”

　　"Hahahaha!"

　　Okada Shinwu laughed madly, but before he could laugh for long, his voice suddenly cracked. He looked at the space ahead with wide eyes and a surprised expression.

　　An energy barrier enveloped the starship before the energy ball could reach it. As the energy ball exploded and as terrifying energy raged in the surrounding area, the starship remained stoic.

　　The explosion slowly receded, revealing the hardly damaged starship.

　　"This... how is this possible?"

　　Okada felt that there was a problem. He knew that the previous attack should have perfectly dealt with these spacecraft. Something is wrong!

Chapter 95: The Turbulent Crowd

    Mark IV's flight speed can easily break through twice the speed of sound. And the fastest speed of Kid’s gliding wings, due to innate factors, even if the propeller is used as the power source, does not exceed 150 kilometers per hour, with the maximum being 40 meters per second.

    And at this speed, if there is no professional protective gear, people are prone to vertigo leading to a fall.

    Iron Man is getting closer and closer to Mathison’s altitude.

    "Sir, there is a masked man on the ground that looks like Batman."

    Jarvis uploaded to Tony the bat cycle picture on the ground behind Phantom Kid.

    "Batman appeared here... it must be him."

    Tony suddenly realized, and he instantly confirmed Batman's true identity.

    Mathison didn't panic, and as the sonic boom sounded, he quickly lowered the flying altitude.

    His flying altitude is only about 50 meters, and this depression is only more than 20 meters above the ground.

    In the expo, only a small number of buildings are below this height.

    Moreover, the lowered position of Mathison happened to be the most densely constructed area in the expo.

    Since Mathison couldn’t gain any speed advantage, he opted to limit his opponent's speed.

    In fact, in the process of approaching the ground, Iron Man's deceleration has already begun.

    "There are still five thousand meters away from the target… four thousand four hundred meters… three thousand seven hundred meters… two thousand meters… one thousand six hundred meters… one thousand three hundred meters… one thousand meters… eight hundred Meters... six hundred meters..."

    "Approaching target, current speed one hundred and twenty-seven meters per second."

    Listening to Jarvis' reporting of distance and speed, again and again, Tony stared at Phantom Kid calmly.

    When Iron Man was about to fly to the height of Phantom Kid, the distance between him and Mathison was less than two hundred meters. Tony rushed straight to Phantom Kid, and he could catch the white thief in two seconds at most...

    Mathison had long anticipated the situation.

    He tilted 147 degrees in the air at a clever angle, and then passed right through the middle of the two billboards on the roof of an exhibition hall.

    Seeing that Phantom Kid turned, Tony turned around as quickly.

    With Jarvis's automatic flight system, it can respond quickly even with an interval of only a few tenths of a second.

    However, this does not mean that it can be so accurate that the steering angle and position of the turn can overlap with the Mathison. After all, the initial speed of the two is too different.

    "Boom!"

    Iron Man directly pierced the billboard.

    "Sir, I suggest slowing down when crossing between buildings."

    "Yes, yes, then do as you say."

    Tony couldn't help rolling his eyes.

    He maintained his speed to be faster than that of Phantom Kid, and the two wreaked havoc between buildings.

    Although Mathison's flying skills are quite extraordinary, long-term high-speed steering can ensure that he does not hit any obstacles, but the distance between Iron Man and him is still closing.

    Batman rode a Batcycle, clinging tightly behind them.

    His body is almost parallel with Iron Man above him.

    Shortly, Mathison will be caught up...

    "Look, it's Phantom Kid!"

    "Really, he stole the reactor!"

    "Wait, who is the masked man riding a motorcycle behind Kid?"

    "Don't you even know him? That's Batman!"

    "What, why did Batman show up? Isn't he only active in Gotham?"

    "Look at the sky, Iron Man is here too!"

    "Oh, God! Does that mean that there are two superheroes hunting Phantom Kid?"

    "Cool!"

    While Mathison was flying into the sky without any care in the world, all the visitors in the fair noticed him.

    As well as Batman, who was following closely behind him

    As for Iron Man, no one could fail to notice him.

    Although tens of thousands of spectators in the central exhibition hall ran out before, they just ran out of the exhibition hall and did not leave the expo.

    After all, there was no explosion. After they ran out, they realized that they were just simple smoke bombs.

    These spectators and tourists who originally wandered around in the expo add up to seventy to eighty thousand people, which is a huge group.

    Not only that, outside the fair.

    Director George also knew about the appearance of Phantom Kid at this time. He ignored Tony's request for police assistance and directly led the team into the fair.

    Thousands of police officers joined in.

    Even a wave of citizens who were originally not interested in the Expo suddenly became interested.

    Queens, where Flushing is located, is the largest area in New York. Although the population here is not as great as Brooklyn, it is not any worse.

    Therefore, the new influx of people into the Expo is not a small number.

    "Ta-Da-Da"

    A roar of helicopter propellers rang out.

    Dozens of helicopters flew into the expo, heading in the direction of Phantom Kid.

    Among them, only twelve were police helicopters of the New York Police Department, and the rest were helicopters of major media. All of which were reporters and photographers.

    The showdown in this expo is being broadcast live worldwide.

    The number of people at the expo quickly approached the 100,000 mark.

    Converted to the system's magnificent rating, that is S grade!

    The premise is that Mathison does not use any magic and bullet time.

    As for the physical strengthening brought by Ackerman's blood, it is not an ability that affects the magnificence level.

    However, no matter how strengthened his body is, it is impossible to withstand a blow from Iron Man.

    Obviously, it is impossible for 100,000 people to crowd together to watch the scene where Kid was chased. They gathered in various exhibition halls of the Expo and watched the live broadcast on the big screen.

    God knows what Howard would have felt like if he knew that he had worked hard to design the city of the future, as the light of the world's technology Stark Expo. Nonetheless, the audience did not come for technology, but for another thing.

    "Look, it's Kid-sama!"

    Daisy was not satisfied with watching the live broadcast on the big screen. She ran to the top of the center exhibition hall with binoculars in her hand, just to see Phantom Kid with her own eyes.

    Barbara naturally had to accompany her. After all, who knows if their chase will affect her side; she had to protect Daisy.

    Daisy held up her binoculars and kept screaming at Phantom Kid at the same time.

    "There are two superheroes, Iron Man and Batman, and it is difficult for Phantom Kid to escape smoothly this time."

    Barbara said rationally.

    "I believe Kid-sama will be able to escape easily."

    Daisy didn't care and didn't know where her confidence came from.

    "By the way, Barbara, where is your classmate?"

    "Ah, Pamela? She just said she wasn't feeling well, so she went back first."

    Barbara was a little worried about Pamela's health, but Pamela told her not to follow her. Hence, she stayed with Daisy.

    "It's such a pity that way."

    Daisy sighed.

    "Phantom Kid, stop quickly and give back that reactor to me. That thing is useless to you. As long as you return it, I promise not to prosecute you."

    Tony yelled behind Mathison, and the sound spread through the speaker device of Mark IV, which could be heard by the entire expo.

Chapter 629: Decisive War with the Moon Seeker (Part 2)

6/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　This time, they are planning to completely end the Moon Seeker Empire problem. Of course, the Heisenberg Empire would definitely not give up at that time. It would either support another empire or directly target Fang Yun.

　　However, it would be hard to find an empire that hasn’t clear ties with them and with the power to directly resist Fang Yun. It can only direct an empire with the scale of the Moon Seekers or stronger to deal with Fang Yun.

　　It wouldn’t matter what kind of empire the Heisenberg empire set against them as they will also be destroyed. Eventually, no one will be willing to listen to them.

　　At that time, maybe the Heisenberg Empire will personally act.

　　However, with Fang Yun’s understanding of the Heisenberg empire, he is confident that they will not act harshly.

　　The reason for this is because the other party is too cautious. In fact, it seems to be afraid of Fang Yun for some reason and is trying all measures to gauge his true power and potential.

　　It seems to be genuinely concerned that the Metaverse is going to surpass them and become the first organization in the universe. It’s like they received some sort of prophecy...

　　Fang Yun said to Nebula.

　　"Besides, other empires will definitely not sit back and watch."

　　The Heisenberg empire is not without enemies. Fang Yun is certain that they will interfere if the Heisenberg empire were to personally launch an attack.

　　Finally, the reason why Fang Yun dared to launch this war is because of his confidence in his strength. He is extremely close to the next level.

　　Even with his current ability, he can temporarily stop a universe master, but once he reaches the fourth stage, he would be able to fight an average universe master head-on.

　　With such strength, he finally has the capital to cooperate with those super empires.

　　Of course, in the early stage, they need to show their strength and potential, so that these empires can accept an alliance with them or at least support them to an extent.

　　"Okay." Nebula nodded in agreement, then turned and left, heading to prepare the army for the next battle.

　　Naturally, the movements of the Metaverse league could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of others. The Moon Seeker empire soon learned about the Metaverse sudden deployment of soldiers and war preparations.

　　"Is this Metaverse league not afraid of the Heisenberg Empire?"

　　In one room, the Lord of the Bayer Empire frowned, looking at the information in front of him, he was quite surprised. He has a clear understanding of the power of the Heisenberg empire.

　　He also believes that the Metaverse league should also understand Heisenberg's terrifying power, so why have they decided to face them head-on?

　　"It doesn’t matter. This is just the right opportunity to destroy this Metaverse league." A smile appeared on the face of the leader of the Moon Seeker empire.

　　The Moon Seekers and the Metaverse are in a competitive relationship, especially since they are in the same area and quite close to each other.

　　Naturally, the Moon Seeker would be very happy to see this strong competitor disappear.

　　Both sides began to mobilize their forces to the front line. The Moon Seeker empire for example sends at least one super large starship every day.

　　On this starship, there were at least one hundred thousand soldiers. After putting them on the front line, the starships return back to the base and continue their mission of transporting soldiers and supplies.

　　The same is true for the Metaverse league. In fact, they have even started to recruit civilian cultivators into the army this time. Not only that, even the students that hadn’t graduated yet from academies and training camps were sent to the army as recruits and reverse soldiers.

　　This war will be on a completely different scale from any conflict the two countries had before. When the two giants collide together, countless people will fall and destruction will spread across space.

　　It's just that the Metaverse league’s death rate will certainly not be as high as the death rate of the Moon Seeker empire. After all, there are many students from various universities and training camps in the army. Each of these students is a genius in their own right and they have access to the majority of the resources that the Metaverse can provide.

　　With these people, no matter how strong the defensive lineup of the Moon Seekers, they will eventually be able to tear it apart.

　　On both ends of the battlefield, many powerful people watched the battle. On the Metaverse league side, Luo Feng and Nebula were watching, while on the other side, the Moon Seeker Empire’s leaders were watching the battle.

　　"Damn it, how could this be?" The leader of the Moon Seeker Empire couldn't help but yell after seeing his soldiers getting constantly pushed back.

　　"They’re all a bunch of rubbish!"

　　The leader of the Moon Seeker empire pointed at the bodies floating in space and cursed.

　　The Moon Seekers army consists mainly of their people, mixed with a few Heisenberg empire elite teams. However, the Heisenberg troops make up an insignificant part of the army.

　　And now, the Moon Seekers army, under the attack of the Metaverse’s army, is under an overwhelming disadvantage. They could only retreat again and again after each clash.

　　It can only be said that the army of the Moon Seekers is incompetent.

　　"Quick! tell the people of Heisenberg to take action."

　　The leader of the Moon Seeker Empire suddenly said. He was distressed at the sight of his army getting beaten back like a ragdoll. It can only be said that their army greatly lacks combat experience, unfortunately.

　　Seeing his soldiers fall down like cut wheat, his heart was bleeding. These are his loyal soldiers. If they disappear, his position will become unstable.

　　Then the people from Heisenberg came out.

　　Heisenberg only sent 35 people.

　　Each of these thirty-five people is very powerful. In fact, each one of them has reached the world master level. After appearing, they immediately launched a crazy attack on the soldiers of the Metaverse league.

　　"Hahahaha, that's it, that's it." The leader of the Moon Seeker empire on the stand exclaimed excitedly.

　　He watched in excitement as one wave after the other of the Metaverse’s soldiers were slaughtered, either getting decapitated or totally annihilated.

　　"Damn it!"

　　Back at the Metaverse league camp, Luo Feng looked at the situation in front of him with a gloomy expression. However, he still didn’t move.

　　"Thirty-five world masters."

　　Luo Feng took a breath, then continued looking calmly at the battlefield below. From their camp, a special battleship slowly flew out.

Chapter 94: Iron Man

    "You are really worthy of being called Batman for noticing such small details... But at the same time, your identity is clearly revealed."

    Phantom Kid originally wanted to applaud Batman, but he looked at the briefcase in his hand and gave up the idea.

    This briefcase needs to be well protected.

     "Being able to break through the firewall of Stark Industries' employee files is not something you can do just by having strong hacking skills, you must have a powerful supercomputer as well."

    "As far as I know ...... only one company in the whole of Gotham may be able to build a supercomputer of this level."

    "I should be right, Batman... or should I call you Mr. Wayne."

    Faced with the identification of Phantom Kid, Batman neither admitted nor denied it.

    On the contrary, he made it look like it really is the truth.

    "You really know who I am. I was aware of that since you stole the Tamil Ruby. However, you never disclosed this news."

    "I'm curious, why do you want to keep my secret?"

    Batman stared deeply at Phantom Kid.

    "What exactly are you trying to do?”

    “You, who is keen on stealing gems, why suddenly want to steal Stark's Arc Reactor?"

    "There are so many more valuable things in this world, so why?”

    Phantom Kid waved his hand and said.

    "If you really want to know why, it's probably for artistic reasons."

    "Crime is not art! You need the right guidance."

    Batman did not give up persuading Kid.

    "I believe that you have talents far beyond ordinary people, and you also possess some mysterious powers, so you should use them in proper ways, and lucky for you I need an assistant..."

    While listening, Mathison felt something was wrong.

    "Wait, what do you mean by that? Could it be that you want me to join your team?"

    Mathison's mind was in a mess; this is his chance to be Robin!

    «Should I do it? No, don't! Resolutely, I won’t do it!»

    None of Robins had a good end, and Mathison himself never thought of being a superhero.

    "Batman, I don't want to be a hero. If you don't mean to catch me, but only try to persuade me, then let this be our goodbye."

    Mathison shook his hand at him, then picked up the briefcase, turned around, and ran.

    "Whoosh!"

    A wind sounded from behind Mathison, and he reflexively flashed aside. A bat dart flew past his initial position.

    "You should leave the reactor though."

    Looking up again, Batman was in front of Mathison.

    "Wow, will you release the criminals you have worked so hard to catch too if I do that?"

    Mathison narrowed his eyes slightly.

    "The Arc Reactor is useless to you. If you care about theft itself, then you have succeeded. Put down the briefcase and I will let you go."

    Batman's voice was hoarse and low, bearing no emotions.

    "No, no, no. Taking the initiative to return things and being forced to give up on them are two different things; this difference is exactly what I cannot accept."

    Phantom Kid firmly said.

    "Then you won't be able to leave."

    "Well, give it a try if you can."

    As soon as he finished speaking, Mathison flicked two flash bombs from his sleeves.

    At the explosion’s sound, a strong light flashed.

    Following that, Mathison wasn’t sure where to aim the claw gun at and shot it towards the top of the globe.

    The only tall construction machine in this area is that globe.

    The best way to escape here is to use hang gliding wings, even if Batman follows closely, he will be a step slower.

    However, as soon as Mathison was halfway up, a bat dart flew up from the ground, in between the thick smoke, and cut the rope connecting the claw hook.

    Batman had long anticipated that Phantom Kid would use flash bombs, so he specially upgraded the blindfold of the bat helmet so that it could nullify the effects of the bright light.

    "Thump"

    The rope broke, and Mathison could only fall mid-air. But while landing, he rolled away to offset most of the impact.

    There was no need to use magic, the situation isn’t so difficult.

    Otherwise, the magnificent level of his operation would be cut in half; it is really not worth the loss.

    "Whoosh!"

    There was another sound of breaking through the air.

    The moment Phantom Kid deflated his impulse, Batman took out the claw hook gun from his multifunctional belt and fired it out.

    His target was the briefcase in Mathison's hands.

    Caught off guard, the briefcase was hit by the claw hook gun. The three claw hooks spread out and got attached to the briefcase. Batman pulled it hard and the briefcase came out of Mathison's hand.

    "I will let you taste your own dish!"

    Seeing that the briefcase was about to fall into Batman's hands, Mathison quickly threw out two playing cards.

    One playing card cut the rope, and another playing card hit the briefcase from the side.

    The briefcase was hit by the blow and flew a dozen meters to the side.

    Phantom Kid quickly rushed to it, while Batman was rushing simultaneously.

    Because the straight line distance between Batman and the display case is relatively closer. And according to the situation in the previous matchup in Gotham, his speed is also faster than Phantom Kid.

    It's normal for Phantom Kid to fall behind Batman.

    So, of course, Batman should get the briefcase first...

    BUT!

    "Since you want that briefcase so much, then I will give it to you."

    Hearing that, Batman's pupils shrank, and when he looked back, Phantom Kid was already standing on the top of the globe, grinning at him.

    "Goodbye, detective."

    Mathison jumped off the other end of the globe, his hang gliding wings opened instantly, and at the same time the propellers also stretched out.

    The globe is not high enough, so Kid needs the propeller to generate momentum.

    Now he doesn't care about avoiding the monitor, it's better to escape this place as soon as possible.

    Batman opened the briefcase and saw that there was nothing inside.

    Now it must be unwise for him to try to catch up by gliding, so Batman lightly tapped on his armguard.

    Then, with the sound of "buzzing," a black bat motorcycle sprang out from nowhere.

    Batman got on the Batcycle and drove in the direction where Phantom Kid flew.

    One after another, the two chased each other in the venue of the Stark Expo.

    That's right, the venue of the expo is a huge complex of buildings, and it can't even be rushed out for a while.

    "Sir, I think I found out where Phantom Kid is."

    High in the sky, inside the iron battlesuit, Jarvis's voice sounded at the right time.

    "Yeah, I think I found him too."

    Tony looked down at the little white dot flying in the sky.

    "Let's go down and have a good talk with him."

    Tony locked Phantom Kid, then dived down suddenly. The thruster fired fully, as he quickly approached Phantom Kid at a speed that is several times higher than the speed of sound.

    The strong sonic boom makes it hard for people not to notice him. Mathison looked up and saw a golden-red steel armor coming down to his side.

    There is also a long tail flame behind it.

Chapter 93: Encountering Batman Again

    "The lonely hero fell from the sky

    On behalf of the moon's daughter waiting for an opportunity

    When the wanderer’s journey begins

    I will embark on this glorious ceremony

    To take away the old ark

    Sincerely yours, Phantom Kid"

    Tony wanted to unravel the content of the teaser letter.

    "The Wanderer’s Journey has another name, that is the Journey of the Fool, which is the first number in the tarot card, The Fool."

    "The Fool's rank is zero, which means that the time you do it is zero."

    "Similarly, in the Tarot, the moon is represented by the priestess, which means a wise woman."

    "Like I just said, the riddle of this notice is a cold joke."

    "’The lonely hero falling from the sky’ should mean that I first fell from the sky wearing a battle suit, because I am a hero."

    Tony said narcissistically.

    "I don't know why you use the word falling, but..."

    "I'm sorry, sir, I don't think Ms. Poz will be Phantom Kid."

    Jarvis interrupted Tony suddenly.

    "What do you mean?"

    Inside the battlesuit, Tony wondered.

    "I just scanned Ms. Poz's vital characteristics. She is the real Pepper Poz."

    Tony: "..."

    "Oh, Shit!"

    After hearing Tony's reasoning, Pepper couldn't help showing an angry expression on his face.

    "Are you crazy, Tony?"

    She roared at Tony.

    The familiar Pepper is back...

    "I worry about you so much, and you think I'm a fake?"

    "No, no, I just feel that your attitude towards me today is not quite right."

    Although protected by the battlesuit, Tony's forehead couldn’t help but sweat.

    "I heard Rhodes say that you are sick, maybe even dying! He also said that, with your pride, you will never tell me about this. So, I was told not to act too agitated.”

    As she spoke, Pepper's eye circles turned red.

    "Is that true, are you really dying?

    “What are you talking about! Who told you I was sick?"

    Tony asked as his eyes widened in an instant.

    "It was Rohdes, your best friend."

    "Impossible, Rohdes doesn't even know about this!"

    Tony's eyes got serious.

    "He is not Rhodes, that was Phantom Kid! What else did he tell you?"

    Although Tony was wearing a helmet, and Pepper couldn't see Tony's eyes, his hurried tone made her realize the seriousness of the matter.

    Pepper took a deep breath and stabilized his emotions.

    "He said that he has found a way to cure your illness, but it will take a certain amount of time. He is worried that you will take the untested medicine without authorization, so I should keep this secret until the medicine is successfully made."

    Pepper recalled what Rohdes said when he called the other day.

    "You have been lied to, Pepper!"

    Tony finally understood what was going on. Phantom Kid first used Rod’s voice to deceive Pepper that he was dying and then asked Pepper to keep it a secret. This way, Pepper will act in an unusually different manner.

    Coupled with the content of the teaser letter, it is very easy to mislead others into thinking that Pepper is pretending to be Phantom Kid.

    «But how did Kid know about my palladium poisoning? No, he didn't tell Pepper that I was palladium poisoned. Maybe it was just a coincidence.»

    Tony thought to himself.

    "Listen, Pepper, I'm fine now. Don't dwell on a thief’s lies."

    "Even if he makes you think that I am being impersonated, what can he do? We are both on the stage and there is no one else. What will he rely on to steal the reactor..."

    Pepper frowned thoughtfully, and then she suddenly stopped.

    "Wait, when I came on stage, Happy was also running over here!"

    But where is he now?

    The two of them felt that something bad had happened, and hurried back to the showcase to take a look. They didn't realize it until they found that the Arc reactor inside had disappeared.

    The glass on the back was cut with a neat round opening.

    It should have been cut out during the confrontation between Tony and Pepper right about now. And because Tony was blocking her perspective, coupled with the heavy smoke, Pepper couldn't see the display at all.

    "Jarvis, there was another person here just now, why didn't you sound the alarm."

    Tony asked.

    "Sorry, sir, I have reminded you from the time the smoke bomb exploded that an unknown interference field was created around, reducing the detection range of the suit to less than three meters."

    There was no emotion in Jarvis's tone.

    "Well, I don't see that he is still technical, but this thief boy shouldn't have gone far. Let's catch up with him."

    "Pepper, you go find where the real Happy is."

    Tony tilted his head and dashed upward.

    After flying out of the range of the venue, the detection interference was gone.

    Tony looked in the direction of the parking lot. There was no one there.

    "Jarvis, control all the monitors in New York. I want to know where Kid, disguised as Harpy, has gone..."

    In the Stark Expo site, under the giant globe facing the center pavilion, "Happy" appeared here carrying a briefcase.

    He kept looking around to make sure there weren't many pedestrians nearby and was careful to avoid the location of the monitors.

    "In addition to the zero point, the Fool’s Journey also represents someone you can truly disguise as: Happy Hogan is that simple of a fool. Am I right?"

    Suddenly, a hoarse and low voice came from above.

    Happy’s face was changed, as he looked up.

    A black figure stood on the globe and looked down at him.

    "It means that the daughter of the moon is waiting for an opportunity to make a move. It doesn't necessarily mean that she will do something bad. It may also be due to a certain emotional impulse, being used by someone to do a scene she doesn't know."

    "When did you find out, Batman?"

    Happy sighed, patted his collar lightly, and his bloated belly instantly flattened.

    Then tugged on the shirt and flung it. His disguise lifted.

    The white cloak moved without wind, and the monocle in his right eye reflected unreal backlighting.

    Phantom Kid showed his true form.

    "Your hands."

    Batman said slowly.

    "Happy Hogan used to be an excellent boxer. Although he has retired for many years and has become quite obese, it does not mean that the calluses on his hands will disappear."

    "Even though he has undergone a surgical resection, making the calluses on his hand hard to see, but as long as someone shakes his hand, they can still easily feel the residual calluses."

    Batman jumped off the globe, as he stretched his bat wings behind him right before landing to automatically counteract the impact of landing.

    "Your observation of Happy Hogan is indeed very careful. You have replicated his weight and body fat percentage perfectly, but you must have never shaken hands with him."

    Mathison was speechless for a while.

    He only remembered that Happy did boxing with Tony, but it was more of a playful nature. He was even beaten by Black Widow.

    Did Batman just say that Happy used to be a professional boxer?

    But… his physique is really different from that of a boxer.

    But, again, after all, Happy is Tony’s bodyguard. His personal information was given the best protection in the world, and Mathison couldn’t find out about Happy’s past experiences at all.

    Normally, he was almost inseparable from Tony.

    It wasn't until today that Tony was about to jump off the plane, and Mathison caught the opportunity when Happy was alone.

Chapter 90: A Contest of Skills

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"Now let's compete again! But you can't use all your might. Else, your strength will crush me. This will not exercise your skills. Come on, take your sword and face mine, slowly increase the force until I say stop."

When the coach said that, he raised the greatsword with both his hands and stood diagonally in front of him. While Shillong stepped forward, they both put their swords in an X shape and began to add their strength.

This exercise is meant to let Shillong know how much power should be used to fight.

Slowly, slowly, the coach then called a stop.

"Okay! Use your current amount of strength and practice with me!" The coach said and then stepped back. After the two kept a distance of six meters, the coach couldn't help asking: "How much power did you just use?"

"I don't know! I didn't make much effort anyway!"

"..." The coach was slightly silent. Isn't this too depressing? What does he mean by “not much effort?”

Is this the gap between the Dragonborn genius and humans?

He has such a power without the use of Battle Qi, perhaps only a legendary barbarian warrior can compare to him!

The coach took a deep breath.

"Let's get started! This time we will not use Battle Qi!"

As the coach's voice fell, the two rushed to each other, and as they approached, both of them drew their swords.

“Clang~”

As the two swords clashed, the coach quickly changed his stance, and Shillong changed his stance almost at the same time.

“Clang~clang~clang~”

The swords on both sides collided more and more densely, and the sound was almost continuous!

The exchange of blows between the two was basically invisible in the eyes of the trainees.

The two greatswords danced and on afterimages could be seen.

There are more than a dozen changes of moves per second.

But the coach who was competing with Shillong was shocked.

Generally speaking, ordinary swordsmen fight against each other, and their change of stance speed is between 0.2 and 0.3 seconds.

And these temporary students he is teaching now are between levels 4 and 6.

Their change of stance speed is between 0.2 and 0.1 seconds.

Obviously, Peter is the student with a change of stance speed of 0.1 seconds.

And the coach himself, as a 15th-level swordsman who is close to the general level, has the speed of 0.05 seconds!

But this guy in front of him is surprisingly equal to him in speed. Maybe he is a little bit worse, but this is for the only reason that Shillong is not familiar with it yet!

The speed at which he changes his stance can not be greater than 0.06 seconds!’’

This is different from the unequal battle just now. He was trying to attack by all means, and the other side had just to defend a little!

This is a relatively fair fight!

‘How can this guy achieve this?’

‘This requires not only a very fast reaction speed but to master the swordsmanship skills I mentioned before!’

‘I only talked about it once before. He couldn’t have changed in the span of one fight’

‘How can he actually do this!’

‘Are you sure you are here to learn swordsmanship?’

At this moment, the coach was suspicious of Shillong!

‘I really believed your nonsense!’

“Hu~~”

Shillong's greatsword bypassed the coach's greatsword and slashed towards him.

This sword scared the coach directly and was distracted for a second!

‘I was caught in the way, I should stop thinking about other things for now!’

The coach used an ingenious force to shake Shillong's sword away, and immediately confronted him!

The two battled against each other for 70 or 80 rounds, and the coach found that his advantage was gone!

Shillong is moving faster!

This guy has become stronger while fighting him!

After another 40 or 50 moves, the coach gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Sweat gradually appeared on his forehead, and Shillong's pressure was a bit too great!

Up to now, he could not launch an effective counterattack, but could only do his best to defend!

The sound of iron and wood clanging together became one after another.

Another dozen of moves passed.

The coach had his sword in front of him, and his movements were frozen! Shillong's sword was already on his neck!

"I lost!" He laughed bitterly.

Although he had lost before, it was under the circumstance of his opponent's full strength. But now their competition is tied only to skill, and his opponent defeated him, which was a bit hard for him to accept!

He doesn't know at all whether the opponent is a master of swordsmanship, or whether the opponent is really a genius. A peerless genius that can now fully control and defeat him after hearing the essence of swordsmanship from him once,

The trainees surrounding them were silent. They also knew that Shillong was suppressing his own might at this time. The same guy told them earlier that he was a beginner, but now he can defeat a 15-level master swordsman with the same strength?

Does Shillong think they are fools?

How could such a person exist?

The students looked at each other. Although they didn't speak, the meaning behind it was obvious.

This Dragonborn in front of them is pretending to be weak!

‘Shameless!’

‘He is talented and has great power.’

‘Doesn’t that make him a powerhouse? Why is he flexing in front of us beginners?’

A group of students thought sourly.

Shillong's current technical improvement is entirely due to his brain.

After becoming a dragon, his brain is much stronger than that of his human self.

It doesn’t feel different at normal times, maybe he just has a clearer mind than humans.

But whenever he needs to study something or calculate something, his brain will shift to another state.

He feels like he is turning into a computer. In this state, his memory will become extremely profound.

For example, looking at a tree, there may be thousands of leaves on the branches, each of which has a different texture, yet he can remember it all completely in just a few moments.

It is precisely because of this that he can fully remember the essence of swordsmanship that the coach mention, and gradually integrate it into himself in the next battle.

"You did a great job… I have nothing to teach you." The coach smiled bitterly once more.

"There is nothing else to teach me? Isn't there any great tricks in swordsmanship? Aren't there any powerful moves among the sword arts? When you fought with me before, were you using your full power?" Shillong said.

"Yes! But these are the stunts of those famous swordsmen. Naturally, I also have a few stunts, but these stunts can't be learned by paying money!" the coach said.

"You can't learn them even by paying money? Hmph! I don't believe it!" Arman interrupted at this time.

"Whether you believe it or not, the tuition fees you paid are only enough to learn what you currently have."

"I'll give you a thousand gold coins for you to teach me these stunts?" Arman said.

"A thousand gold coins?" The coach was dumbfounded and shook his head after a second of silence.

"Two thousand!"

"..." The coach was silent for two seconds.

Two thousand gold coins... he has to save more than ten years before he can have such an amount!

"Five thousand!"

"Okay!" The coach suddenly changed his mind.

His eyes were full of righteousness. He looked at Arman with bright eyes and grabbed Arman's arms: "My dear student, I will teach you!"

"Hey, hey, hey ~ let go of me! I was just joking right now! You thought I was serious?" Arman recoiled.

”What a joke, who would spend so many gold coins to learn some shitty mystery of swordsmanship!

Only a fool would spend his money on such wasted matter!”

"............" The coach took a deep breath, trying to suppress the urge to kill this elf, and slowly let go of his hands.

Then, he faced Shillong and said, "Your Excellency, you are already considered a graduate, but will your brother stay here to complete his training?"

The coach was very polite to Shillong. This latter’s strength has compelled him to be this way.

"Of course, he should stay here to learn," Shillong replied.

"Oh~ Why do I still have to train? I was supposed to follow you! Why should I train if you won’t be training?" Arman said.

"There is no harm in doing so. The big deal is that I will pay for your courses!"

"You said it!" Arman looked happy, but then he was a little worried: "But, will you come here with me in the future? It feels dangerous to be alone!"

’What a wimp! Don't know who you are? How can you be such a coward!’

Shillong was speechless. He asked the coach if there was a separate martial arts venue for him to practice.

The answer was yes, but an extra 1 silver coin is required for one day.

Shillong gritted his teeth about this and promised to come to the learn with Arman. But he finally said to Arman: "You pay your tuition by yourself! That's it! Don’t even try to object!"

He regretted paying the tuition fee to Arman!

Chapter 629: Decisive War with the Moon Seeker (Part 1)

5/6 chapter, enjoy.

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　　The entire Metaverse league is operating as a war machine, continuously manufacturing soldiers for combat. Although the number of soldiers on the front line has not increased, Fang Yun has established war camps in various universities. The trainees enter the front line to exercise, after which they join the reserve personnel.

　　These reserve personnel are soldiers who have truly fought on the front line. After these soldiers have experienced the baptism of war, they will retreat from the front line and focus wholeheartedly on their cultivation.

　　After that, they send another batch of graduates to experience war before being sent to the reserve army and the cycle continues.

　　The nine training camps performed best at the beginning. After all, their usual training involves these things, allowing them to quickly adapt to such situations.

　　Of course, other universities aren’t pushovers. They have recruited some talented students through spending a lot of money. These students may not be as good as the top geniuses of the nine training camps at the beginning, but after adapting and growing, their power will not be less than any of the nine camps’ geniuses.

　　This created a sort of secret rivalry between the nine training camps and the private academies. Many people, including the academy's teachers wanted to know who’s the stronger overall and even worked harder for the sake of their school/camp’s honor.

　　This was fueled even more once the corresponding rankings appeared. There was no surprise. The first training camp is the number one overall, followed by the ninth training camp, then other training camps.

　　After the major training camps are the private academies, followed by the public academies. The training camps once again showed their terrifying teaching ability. They are backed by the government of the Metaverse after all.

​​　　Even the schools built by the powerful and influential people using a lot of money can’t be compared to them.

　　Of course, at such a critical time, the competitions between each other are only secondary. Whether it’s the training camps or the private academies, they are mostly focusing on creating reserve soldiers and preparing for the upcoming war now.

　　Luo Feng was also in retreat at this time, though he goes out occasionally to check out the situation, mainly to see the battlefield and whether things have developed according to his imagination.

　　If there is nothing special, he will focus on cultivation again.

　　This time, both the Metaverse and the Moon Seeker empire are developing their forces, but behind the Moon Seeker empire is an extremely rich superpower, which is the Heisenberg empire.

　　Anyway, Fang Yun already knew very clearly that the Heisenberg Empire is definitely supporting the Moon Seeker empire from behind, constantly sending supplies and weapons to them.

　　so, time is not entirely on their side. With the support of the Heisenberg Empire, a large number of advanced cultivators will soon appear.

　　At that time, the Metaverse and Fang Yun's pressure will definitely increase.

　　"This Bayer Empire is really hateful."

　　Fang Yun usually learns about the outside world from Nebula. Naturally, he was annoyed and angry when he heard about the actions and the constant growth of the Moon Seeker empire.

　　Now the Moon Seeker empire is becoming more and more unscrupulous. None of their captured soldiers end well now. In the beginning, everyone complied with a certain set of secret rules, such as not harming civilians, not using super destructive weapons, and exchanging captives, but the Moon Seeker empire is slowly but surely stopping to comply with these hidden rules.

　　Their most hateful actions are against civilians.

　　Their fleets occasionally appear in the territory of the Metaverse league. Of course, they’re always just small troops, but these small troops are merciless. They slaughter every living creature they encounter and destroy any civilized planet they encounter. Their actions are extremely heinous.

　　They are no longer playing by the rules.

　　"This Moon Seeker Empire is really hateful." Nebula nodded in agreement.

　　To be honest, he didn't really care much about the lives of civilians before, but as he communicated with Fang Yun, over time, he found out that he held unusual concern for civilians and weak intelligent creatures. Maybe that’s why he agreed to shelter them in the first place.

　　Anyway, he decided to follow him and become more concerned with civilians. He didn’t mind the change though.

　　"Hehe, do they just want us to start a full-scale war with the Moon Seeker Empire?" Fang Yun sneered. He had already figured out the reason for their escalated provocations.

　　The Moon Seekers’ constant provocation is because they want them to start the decisive war. They are definitely instructed to do so by the Heisenberg empire, intending to confirm the Metaverse league combat effectiveness and capabilities.

　　Of course, the people of the Heisenberg empire will definitely participate in this battle. In fact, the reason why they did so in such a roundabout manner is to force Fang Yun to participate in this battle and thus figure out his combat effectiveness and whether he has reached the Universe Master level.

　　"My lord, what should we do now?"

　　Nebula asked solemnly. He was afraid that the Heisenberg Empire would suddenly start a war. In that case, no one other than Fang Yun would be able to escape.

　　"What to do, fuck them!"

　　Fang Yun glanced at Nebula and said, seething with anger.

　　"Don't they want to use the Moon Seeker empire to test our strength? Then we will let them test it and the entire Moon Seeker empire will pay for it!"

　　Fang Yun laughed at this moment, and said,

　　"Immediately prepare the fleet, we will march forward and lay waste to our enemy! Our goal is the Moon Seeker empire!"

　　"Nebula, tell Luo Feng to go to the battlefield this time. Also, send a few world masters to the battlefield!"

　　Fang Yun sneered,

　　"You must bring down the Moon Seeker empire within half a year."

　　"Yes." Nebula replied heavily.

　　Although he didn't know if they could do it yet. After all, the Moon Seeker empire has the assistance of the Heisenberg Empire, but he decisively nodded.

　　No matter how difficult their mission is, they must fulfill it.

　　"Don't worry, I will be there to supervise the battle when the time comes." Fang Yun gave Nebula a guarantee, causing him to relax.

　　"With your excellency there, we will be more relaxed."

　　Nebula was relieved. He knew that the war would be extremely hard if not impossible to win, but with Fang Yun’s presence, nothing was impossible.

　　Fang Yun was very helpless about this. He is the most powerful being in the Metaverse at the moment. He has to guarantee the basic safety and stability of the Metaverse league as its guardian. Especially since the reason why the Metaverse is facing such a plight is mainly due to him.

　　After Fang Yun issued the order, Nebula began to organize the manpower.

　　Now that the Moon Seeker Empire’s actions are getting more and more outrageous, the Metaverse league finally couldn’t bear it anymore. Previously, they had maintained the state of constant small conflict with them, but now they are ready to start the true big war.

Chapter 92: I Know

    "My name is Happy Hogan, and I am Tony's bodyguard and driver."

    Seeing Pepper and Bruce chatting fairly well, the fat man on the side also intervened in the conversation between them.

    "It's nice to meet you, Happy. I like this name."

    Bruce shook hands with Happy in a friendly manner.

    "Why isn’t Kid-sama here yet?"

    On the other side, Daisy asked depressedly.

    A long time has passed since the opening ceremony.

    However, not even the shadow of Phantom Kid appeared.

    "Maybe... he doesn't want to steal the Arc Reactor anymore. After all, it's not a gem."

    Barbara laughed sarcastically.

    "No, he will definitely come!"

    From the side, Pamela said in determination.

    On stage, Tony looked at his watch.

    "Time flies so fast. It's almost twelve o'clock, so let's start today's highlights now."

    The audience was very seduced, and everyone knew what Tony was referring to.

    It is the exhibition of the first generation Arc Reactor!

    It also means that Phantom Kid might appear!

    "It looks like you are all looking forward to the little guy who rescued me from the cave... but, I know you are looking forward to another one."

    "At the end of the show, let us talk about the Stark Expo in its entirety."

    Tony clapped his hands, and the surrounding spotlights went out.

    The big screen on the booth was on.

    "The founder of the Stark Expo is my father Howard Stark. So, I thought that it is best for him to introduce the Expo."

    Tony said so, but no one could see the complexity deep in his eyes. He respected his father, and at the same time was dissatisfied with his nature, since this latter was always focused on work.

    Many times Tony couldn't help but wonder if his father had never liked him.

    "What!!!!"

    Suddenly, the audience screamed with excitement.

    Tony was puzzled. «Isn't it the videotape of Howard introducing the fair? I don't know how many times I have watched it.»

    «What is this exaggerated reaction?»

    «Is it possible that after a few decades, Howard is still so lofty in the hearts of the people?»

    Tony looked back at the big screen in wonder, and at that, he was stunned.

    Although Howard's voice was playing in the stereo, Howard's videotape was not played on the screen.

    Instead, a white picture with a few lines written on it was released.

    "Mr. Stark, I am here to take the first generation Arc Reactor.

    Phantom Kid"

    Beside the word was, of course, Kid's head.

    Could it be said that Phantom Kid has stolen the reactor?

    But he never appeared from beginning to end!

    Moreover, the current Arc Reactor should still be stored under a certain floor.

    "Jarvis, put on my battle suit."

    Many robotic arms rose again under the floor of the booth, and Tony quickly put on the Mark IV suit.

    "Check who has changed the tape!"

    Tony asked Jarvis to check the surveillance of the fair, and then pressed the switch to raise the display case of the Arc Reactor.

    The floor in the center of the exhibit automatically parted and a display case rose from below.

    A device identical to the reactor in Tony's chest could be seen lying inside the hard bulletproof glass.

    "It seems that our thief did not get his prey."

    After checking out that the reactor in the display case was genuine with the energy detection system that came with the suit, Tony smiled and exhaled in ease.

    However, no one cared about Tony in his suit at this time, their attention was drawn to another thing.

    "Oh, my God! What's that on the ground?"

    "Is that a bomb?"

    Just the second after Tony spoke, many black balls appeared on the ground in the center of the venue inexplicably, and then exploded with a loud bang.

    Dense smoke instantly enveloped the entire venue.

    "It's a smoke bomb!"

    The chaos started suddenly.

    After all, the citizens of New York are not like the citizens of Gotham. Even if they know that they are just smoke bombs, they still can't resist the fear in their hearts.

    The audience in the venue ran out one after another.

    "What’s the big deal, is this scary?"

    On the edge of the auditorium, Daisy looked disdainful. Their position was just off the place with the most crowds, and they were least likely to be crammed in the herd.

    "If we leave now, you won't be able to see Kid-sama."

    Barbara was tempted to say that there are not many true Kid fans in the audience. Who would take the risk and remain here?

    But when her mouth uttered, "Maybe... New York has been too peaceful these years."

    Pamela's eyes flickered, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

    "Tony!"

    As his bodyguard, Happy yelled and rushed to the stage.

    Everyone knows that Tony is wearing a battle suit now, and he doesn't need Happy's protection at all, but this is not the reason enough for Happy to sit underneath and do nothing. A bodyguard must act like a bodyguard.

    Who knew that Pepper was faster than him. When he had just walked out of the auditorium, Pepper was already at the booth.

    At this moment, neither of them noticed that Bruce's seat was empty for some time...

    Even if they noticed, at best they would think that Bruce had escaped like other audience members.

    "Sir, I have checked all the surveillance records, and there are only three people who may have manipulated the videotape."

    Jarvis's voice sounded in Tony's helmet.

    "Who are they?"

    "You, Happy Hogan and... Pepper Poz."

    In an instant, Tony's mind flashed, thinking of Kid's notice letter, he knew who Phantom Kid was!

    "Tony, are you okay?"

    At this moment, Pepper just ran over and asked with concern as he ran.

    «No, no, Pepper has never been so gentle to me...»

    Tony thought in his mind that the real Pepper would actually curse at him for being foolish.

    He immediately stood in the middle, between Pepper and the Arc Reactor display case.

    "Hey, Pepper, don't come over here yet."

    "What, what are you talking about?"

    Pepper paused and asked with a frown.

    "You are Phantom Kid, right?"

    Tony pointed the palm cannon at Pepper.

    "Tony! You are crazy, how could I be Phantom Kid?"

    "Ha, your teaser letter is just too clumsy and highly deceptive. To be honest, I don't like riddles at all, I prefer to crack codes and systems, because all codes have a strict set of logic, and with logic comes breakage."

    "But the riddle is different. The setting of the riddle is purely dependent on the designer's subjective psychology. It can be illogical. It is impossible to guess the meaning of the riddle without the key entry point. I prefer to call the riddle a cold joke."

    Tony said confidently.

Chapter 91: Bruce and Stark

    "I believe everyone knows Gotham's Wayne Enterprise, and I've heard that their boss was just like me before, a slutty playboy."

    "To be honest, I really didn't expect him to participate in my expo at the beginning. Because since eight years ago, this dandy has been living in seclusion. I thought that the board of directors of Wayne Enterprises will soon remove him. I thought He will never step out of his manor in his life."

    Tony joked in a weird tone.

    "Let's welcome Bruce Wayne!"

    As soon as his words had been said, the spotlight hit someone in the VIP seat in the audience.

    It was Bruce.

    Bruce stood up and walked to the booth with a smile, standing side by side with Tony.

    "Wow, Tony, what you built here is so magnificent, it almost dazzles me."

    When he first came up, Bruce joked with self-deprecation.

    "I haven't seen this world in eight years, and I feel like I am almost a savage."

    At his joke, the audience burst into laughter.

    "No, no no, Bruce, if you are a savage, then I would rather be a savage myself. Although Daggett has messed up your company, I have to say that this man is very capable..."

    Tony said seriously.

    "In the eight years since you gave up managing the company, Daggett has embezzled a large number of shares in Wayne Enterprises. If you hadn’t stepped in, he would have almost become unshakable as Wayne’s new chairman. But just after you come back, in just one month, you have made Daggett vomit back the shares he swallowed."

    "That doesn't seem like something a 'wild man' could do. There used to be a person in my company who was very similar to Daggett, but I never saw his face clearly until he used a new weapon on me. After he tried to take my life, I knew that the person I trusted the most had betrayed me."

    "So, after I knew his true face, I vowed to stab his ass, and I did it."

    Tony laughed loudly.

    "Bruce, I can't use that tedious and complicated business method to defeat my opponent like you, because I think that kind of efficiency is too low."

    "Daggett is a bad villain. If I were to protect the city of Gotham, I would rush into his house in my armor suit and press his head on the ground, asking him if he would like to Atonement for the mistakes he committed, and if he doesn’t want to, I’ll smash his head in with a palm cannon.”

    Tony's words caused the audience to laugh again, and everyone knew that Tony was joking.

    However, Bruce, who was in Tony's closest position, didn't think so.

    In his opinion, Tony Stark is also a guy who does not consider the law, especially that, recently, Tony has shown a serious tendency to self-destructiveness.

    Judging from Bruce's experience, this is the precursor to the road to crime.

    In particular, Tony's previous speech seemed to attribute the credit for world peace to himself, as if he was a self-appointed god.

    And what happens when a person sees himself as a god?

    He will judge the world unscrupulously, and all orders and rules cannot restrain him.

    Bruce's eyes narrowed slightly, and Iron Man's previous actions were fairly just. Fighting against terrorists was indeed remarkable.

    However, Tony Stark's performance has been quite worrying.

    Especially since he also has the world's leading technology.

    In Bruce's view, Tony is like a time bomb, which may explode at any time, threatening the entire world.

    But on the surface, Bruce still maintains a friendly commercial smile.

    "Tony, the person you are talking about should be Obadiah, he is indeed a very shrewd businessman. Daggett is far behind him."

    "I don't like businessmen, and I don't like politicians. I believe that technology is the key to achieving world peace."

    Tony expressed his disdain for certain groups, even if he is a businessman himself, and the leader of the businessman.

    This remark made the audience cheer and applaud thunderously.

    "Bruce, do you know... Batman?"

    Tony turned his head and asked Bruce.

    "I think no one in Gotham would not know Batman."

    Bruce said, keeping his face unchanged.

    "I think so, I don't know what you think of Batman, the second superhero in the world?"

    "The second superhero?"

    "The first one is Captain America. He is dead. Let’s look at the existing superheroes in the world. I was kidnapped in Afghanistan last year. Iron Man was only born at that time, and the others are in recent years. Just came out... only Batman started fighting crime ten years ago and then disappeared for eight years."

    "Everyone thinks that Batman killed Harvey Dent eight years ago. Bruce, do you think so too?"

    Tony stared into Bruce's eyes and asked.

    Bruce responded to Tony's gaze, "If the murderer is not Batman, then who killed Harvey Dante? I don't think he would have died by suicide."

    When he chose to carry this blame back then, Bruce had already decided to carry it on for the rest of his life.

    The effectiveness of the Dent Act over the past eight years has proven that many superheroes are not as useful as such a truly effective system.

    "So, I think Batman was never a superhero, and he never thought about becoming a hero."

    When he said this, Bruce's expression was more serious than ever.

    Tony didn't know what to say for a while.

    "Then, I think everyone knows me enough now. Tony, I won't disturb your personal show."

    Bruce smiled, and his seriousness was wiped out.

    Only Tony was left in the booth.

    "Sorry, Mr. Wayne. Tony is such a person, if he offends you in any way, I apologize to you on his behalf."

    When Bruce returned to his seat, he heard a woman next to him speak to him in an apologetic tone.

    "You are..."

    "Virginia Pepper Poz."

    Pepper said her full name slowly.

    "Poz? You are the new CEO of Stark Industries. Tony values you so much. I have always thought that you must be a beautiful and intelligent woman. And as I see you now, my thoughts about you are still the same."

    Bruce praised her.

    "Mr. Wayne, you must be joking, right? How could Tony value me? I'm afraid I'm not as good as that battlesuit he wears. He only let me be the CEO to deal with his mess. "

    Pepper smiled bitterly.