Chapter 222: Hela's intelligence, the secret of the Celestials

Luode nodded. That's right! The next mission objective is to bring back the Celestial's head.

Besides that, have the Cosmic Scavengers collect some interstellar weapons, and even collect some weapon production lines.

Over these days on the ship, Yongdu has contacted his former subordinates and had them make large-scale purchases, as for the money.

We're about to head to the Void; in this situation, will we be short of money? "Do you need me to send the legion's fleet over to help you?" Sargeras asked.

"No need, we'll handle this ourselves. His head isn't much bigger than this planet." Luode shook his head.

However, speaking frankly, Luode doesn't hold much hope for the Celestial head mined by that collector, because it's been mined for years, and even its interior has been hollowed out.

Still, for Sargeras, it's a decent specimen.

"Got it, you guys act quickly!"

Luode nodded, intending to close the portal, but at that moment Sargeras's avatar passed three Infinity Stones through the portal to his main body.

"Let me first study these three gems! Their power truly astonishes me."

Upon hearing that, Luode nodded and temporarily stopped closing the portal.

The three Infinity Stones, after leaving the Marvel Universe, have just arrived before Sargeras.

Originally radiating unparalleled violent energy all over, it instantly vanished, then turned into three ordinary gems with nothing remarkable about them.

Sargeras held these three gems, examined them carefully, then showed a hint of disappointment.

"The power on it has indeed disappeared; now its essence is just a relatively hard gem. The original infinite power and infinite might are gone."

The power of this Infinity Stone is such that merely embedding three of them in my sword yields such tremendous might.

If we could collect all six gems, we could surely annihilate the Void Overlord, and do so with ease.

But alas! Upon reaching our own universe, it becomes just an ordinary gem with no ability at all.

Luode hearing this, shrugged helplessly.

That's natural! When I first arrived in the Marvel World, I had once considered the Infinity Stones.

But unfortunately, once an Infinity Stone leaves its original universe, it immediately loses its function—not because it inherently lacks infinite energy, but because only in the Marvel world can it have infinite energy.

Otherwise, the Space Stone energy Luode stole back then would not have been just energy, but a complete Space Stone.

However, as my strength grows, Luode has gradually sensed that his future spatial ability will surpass that of the Space Stone.

"But they gave me great inspiration; our power against the Void is now stronger." Sargeras's main body showed an excited expression.

Obtaining this Celestial's brain, a power not inferior to Order Titan's will be under my control; in the future I will forge an ultimate Titan divine body.

Then I will make six Infinity Stones for my own universe, install them on my body, control the six primal forces, annihilate the Void army and become this universe's savior, the true savior.

Luode nodded, then closed the space linking to the Azeroth world, and the party returned to their own starship.

As soon as they entered the ship, Thor rushed forward eagerly.

"Good heavens! Luode! Just now, just now who was that giant? Although I only glanced at him from afar.

But the divine power he possessed and his enormous size—could he be a Celestial?

Just now in the ship, he saw Sargeras's image; at this moment Sargeras's true form is not a huge demonic image, but a radiant Order Titan god Titan image, which to outsiders looks like a normal titan.

And in the Marvel Universe, only the Celestials possess divine bodies the size of planets.

This is a legendary mysterious race; their existence maintains the balance of the entire universe.

"That one over there is a Titan formed after the awakening of a world-soul; it's a being of our universe, not this world's Celestial—don't confuse them."

"It's said these Celestials are mysterious; each possesses heavenly-earthly divine power and can easily create stars." Thor said excitedly.

Asgard's records contain much about the Celestials, even my father Odin once encountered them.

"Then do you know why? What happened between Odin and them after the Celestials arrived?" At some point Hela woke up and posed an ambiguous question.

"Uh! I don't know that either; my father only told me not to provoke them, he had once encountered those Celestials when he was young, back when I wasn't even born yet!"

"Hehe! That's because Odin was harshly humiliated by the Celestials, in their eyes.

Even he, the god-king of Asgard, is merely a somewhat stronger mortal." Hela smirked.

Back then, a dozen Celestials surrounded Odin and gave his arrogant father a stern lesson.

It was precisely because of that encounter that Odin gave up the path of universal domination and instead wanted to become a protector of the Nine Realms.

However, Odin's strength has increased now; if he faced a Celestial alone, that damned old father still has a chance to win.

"Why? Why did the Celestials clash with Odin?" Luode also became curious.

Odin and all the gods of Earth indeed clashed with the Celestials in the comics.

"Hehe! The reason is simple: long ago, the Celestials planted a Celestial seed on Earth; when the number of lifeforms on Earth reached sufficient levels,

that Celestial would awaken and then devour Earth, namely all life on Midgard.

destroying Earth to become a new Celestial; all of Earth's life is merely nourishment required for that Celestial's birth." Hela said. Odin's father once left countless legends on Midgard, even planning to completely rule Midgard.

But it is precisely because of the Celestial race that his father abandoned all that, returned to Asgard, and no longer interfered in anything concerning Earth.

Because this planet is destined to be destroyed in the future, becoming nourishment for the birth of a Celestial.

Back then countless earth spirits wanted to stop this, but ultimately the Celestial used absolute power to make all earth spirits agree not to intervene anymore.

And they relocated off Earth to avoid the impending destruction; now the only gods in Asgard who know this are myself, Odin, and Heimdall.

"What? You mean Earth? Earth's future will be destroyed? It will become nourishment for incubating a Celestial?" Thor's face immediately darkened.

Earth holds an unspoken importance for him.

Thor once joined the Avengers, leaving too many bonds and love on Earth; thus anyone who wants to destroy Earth would be his enemy.

"So that's why, no wonder those gods on Earth—Norse, Greek, Egyptian, even Eastern mythology—would all depart.

It's because of the Celestials." Luode, standing aside, said thoughtfully.

The Celestials incubate on Earth; as the planet's native spirits, they couldn't possibly not know this, but they knew and wanted to stop it yet couldn't, for the Celestials' power is too terrifying.

"Is this, is this Ragnarok? Earth's destruction? So, so father wanted to take us away."

"?? This isn't Ragnarok, kid! Ragnarok is related to the fire giant; legend says it's destined to destroy Asgard—whether you kill him or separate him from the Eternal Flame, it will eventually revive and destroy Asgard." Hela gave Thor a lesson on what true Ragnarok is.

Ragnarok is Asgard's destiny; their rule is dawn, daylight, and darkness, just like a cycle.

Even if Asgard is destroyed, it has little to do with Earth; if Earth is destroyed, it has nothing to do with Asgard.

"I need to quickly inform Tony and the others; there's a terrifying entity buried at Earth's core that must be dealt with right away." Thor immediately planned to contact his former teammates.

"Haha, how laughable, to try to stop the emergence of a celestial god? They've sent the Eternals to protect this entity, and every Eternal member's strength is not inferior to yours."

"They are the perfect war weapons created by the Celestials, and even if you could defeat them, how would you kill a giant god slumbering at the planet's core?" Hela asked.

"If we have the help of the six Infinity Stones, we can then extract it from within the Earth."

Sargeras raised the giant sword in his hand, and three Infinity Stones emitted a strange light.

"The earthly gods of the past also thought that way, but a dozen or so Celestials who descended"

"They made all the gods abandon that idea; even if you collected the six Infinity Stones, you still couldn't defeat the Celestials." Hela snorted.

"You don't need to worry about this; I'm confident we will win this war and extract the Celestial's embryo from Earth's core." Luode said.

"Heh! Don't joke."

"Actually I have a question; I obtained from Earth's Supreme Sorcerer a spell capable of crossing dimensions."

"So is it that on every Earth, on every single-universe Earth, a Celestial slumbers?" Luode looked at Hela and asked.

"Why should I answer you? If you want me to answer, lift my seal and return my divine power to me." Hela glanced at Luode and said.

"Your divine power was sealed by your father Odin; you should know I cannot break his strength." Luode shook his head, rejecting Hela's proposal.

Just kidding, if I lifted your seal, how would I train you then! The deal between me and Odin is a mutual understanding.

"You can't, but that heaven‑piercing, earth‑shaking giant god just now could do it—he could lift my father's seal on me, right?" Although Hela's divine power was sealed, her eyesight remained sharp.

Sargeras's strength is undoubted, stronger than many members of the Celestial race, and even appears more divinely radiant; he will surely be able to lift the seal his father placed on him and regain his divine power.

"Hahaha! Ms. Hela, are you stupid, or are we? It's just a rumor, and you want that giant god just now to help you lift your seal?" Luode revealed a hint of mocking smile.

Hey girl, do you even understand the situation? I'm just asking you a question, and you want us to pay such a high price? Lifting your seal is indeed not difficult, but why should I do that? "However, if you're willing, I can teach you to use the power of our world, and this power will forever be yours, unattainable by anyone else, because it's something you cultivated yourself." Luode said.

For example, the Haki of the pirate world; given Hela's nature, she definitely possesses Conqueror's Haki, and adding some class abilities from the World of Azeroth, if Hela is willing to learn, increasing her strength is still quite easy.

Upon hearing this, Hela also fell into silence; if it's just ordinary news, it seems unlikely to move that giant god, but is the kind of power the other party mentioned really reliable?

"In that case, it's not impossible; fine, I agree."

She still wanted to first obtain some self‑defense power; this mortal body, she's had enough of.

"Then Goddess Hela, answer our previous question!"

"Exploring the multiverse is a very dangerous thing; it might cause a lot of unnecessary trouble, but I can clearly tell you that only the Earth of our universe has a Celestial slumbering within it." Hela said.

Exploring the multiverse is indeed a highly dangerous matter; many universes are not so friendly.

Furthermore, many universes are on the brink of extinction.

"I understand! Hela, I promise you this, I will not go back on my word; after we return..."

"I will teach you a power called Three‑color Haki, and there are several Forces you can choose from."

"Hopefully so; although I don't know what deal you made with Odin, I can tell you that old man is no good." Hela said with a solemn expression.

Your dad is certainly no good, after all he sold you to me.

This old guy is a total super old six! (End of chapter)