Chapter 451

"Please rest assured, Lord Luode, I will be loyal to you. You have given me something I have long dreamed of." The fire man said.

Extremely powerful strength, an immortal body—what could be more precious than this?

Moreover, according to Lord Luode's words, he can even take me away from this void. There is nothing more perfect than this.

I will surely be loyal to Lord Luode. At this moment, the fire man didn't even realize that Lord Luode's mental power was slowly influencing him.

"Lord Luode, I can also serve you. I am the Red Tank." A helmeted strongman pushed through the crowd, approached Lord Luode, and began to volunteer himself.

Red Tank—Lord Luode knows this guy. But if it's the comic version of Red Tank, Lord Luode would indeed accept him. However, the movie version of Red Tank is just a somewhat formidable mutant.

Lord Luode has no interest in making such guys do dirty work, for his Saint Seiya legion can easily handle it.

"Lord Luode, I am the Spirit Butterfly. I can manipulate various energies."

"I am the Toad Man. I possess all the abilities of a toad."

"I am."

After seeing the benefits the fire man gained, a large group of villainous lackeys immediately began volunteering themselves. Most of them were mutants, some were ordinary villains, and even a few vampires were among them.

However, in Lord Luode's view, they were all just a bunch of wine sacks and rice bags, plus cannon fodder.

"Fire Man! These guys are now under your rule. Watch over them." Lord Luode said.

"Yes, Lord Luode! Believe me, I can handle them." The fire man immediately bowed to Lord Luode and said.

"Excellent! Take this. Eat this peach, and you will gain several hundred more years of life, and your physical quality will further improve." After saying this, Lord Luode threw to the fire man a defective version of the flat peach previously planted in the dark elf lands.

This flat peach can increase lifespan by several hundred years and greatly enhance physical quality.

After eating the defective flat peach bestowed by Lord Luode, the fire man's life level further increased, and he is now completely a superhuman.

Even without using his flame-controlling superpower, his combat strength is not inferior to any of the villains present, and even the recently volunteered Red Skull has inferior physical quality compared to the fire man.

"This small magic staff can consume your stamina to summon a wisp of evil energy flame. I believe you can control it well." Lord Luode thought for a moment, then took out an evil energy staff from his hand and threw it to the fire man.

This is a small gadget I made when I was still a sorcerer, capable of converting life energy into evil energy fire. Ordinary sorcerers have no interest in using it, but it will be very useful for the fire man.

Now that his physical quality has improved and his internal life energy has increased, he can already control evil energy fire. After a period of time, when he returns to his own world, Lord Luode will have him study the power of the small universe.

Then he will be able to control more special flames, which can play unexpected roles against opponents with special abilities.

"Lord Luode, my ability is far stronger than the fire man's. Why do you look down on me? I will never be loyal to that guy, the fire man!" Red Tank said angrily.

In this gathering place, my status is not much lower than the fire man's. Yet now, this new boss who killed the old boss has taken a liking to the fire man's abilities.

He even gave him so many rewards, but completely overlooked me. This has dealt a huge blow to his self-esteem.

"Hehe! Since I've entrusted them to your leadership, you at least need to subdue them. Now go show them your power." Lord Luode smiled and said.

"No problem, Lord Luode. Then, you scraps, let's play a game. Whoever can defeat me can take my position. You can come one by one or all together." The fire man said with a cold laugh.

My current strength is completely incomparable to what it was before. This is the perfect time to establish authority using this group of lackeys.

"Everyone, attack together!" Red Tank led the charge, rushing first toward the fire man.

Then he was engulfed by the surging evil energy flames and instantly burned to ashes.

Even the accomplices who acted were somewhat surprised. He had just used the staff Lord Luode gave him, then amplified and released the evil energy fire, but he didn't expect the power to be so great.

Know that my ability isn't just about enlarging flames—it can also increase their power. But just now, I merely enlarged a small evil energy flame the size of a spark. I didn't expect the mighty Red Tank to be directly burned to ashes, leaving not even a trace.

This caused the lackeys who were just charging to suddenly halt their steps, frozen in place, faces full of disbelief.

Make no mistake—Red Tank's physical quality is formidable. This guy can withstand rocket fire, and ordinary heavy weapons have no effect on him.

Even when enraged, he can flip a tank over directly. But this green, eerie flame directly burned him to ashes, leaving not even a trace.

"Hahaha! Who else wants to come up and try?" The fire man said with an arrogant expression.

The villains present looked at each other. At this moment, not a single person dared to speak. They all turned mute and then collectively knelt on the ground, becoming subordinates of Lord Luode's subordinates. As for the dead Red Tank, Lord Luode did not resurrect him.

Such tank-type characters are common in the Azeroth world and even the Saint Seiya world. Lord Luode doesn't care how many die—after all, you're not the comic version of that Red Tank.

Now the selection for the multiverse team has reached three: middle-aged Wolverine, Deadpool, and Thunderous Blazing Fire.

The old Wolverine has completely lost his ambition and drive. Moreover, his current physical condition and mindset are no longer suitable for joining the multiverse team. Therefore, Lord Luode plans to send him back to his original universe after returning, so he can peacefully enjoy his old age.

As compensation, Lord Luode requires the little wolf girl x23 from the Wolverine trio to be the new recruit for the multiverse team.

A few days later, Yi Liehuo returned with several of his companions: Erika, who is nearly fifty; the Card King, whose memories have been erased and abandoned; the aging Blademaster; and the grown-up, aged X-Weapon Little Wolf Girl.

Upon meeting, the little wolf girl flung herself into her old father's arms and burst into tears, saying, "I thought I would never see you again."

The reunion of father and daughter was deeply moving. Even Deadpool picked up a camera and took a commemorative photo.

But Lord Luode doesn't care about these. Next, for the multiverse team, Lord Luode selected the Blademaster, Erika, the Card King, and the little wolf girl to join, adding Wolverine Logan, Deadpool, and Thunderous Blazing Fire—making seven members in total.

Although Erika is an ordinary person, she possesses excellent combat will and is inherently an assassin. If given supernatural power, she can rapidly grow.

The Card King's ability is also special—he can serve as a control-type player or as a long-range firepower output.

As for the Blademaster, he is a commander-type figure with rich combat experience.

Equivalent to the team's tactical master, Thunderous Blazing Fire, Wolverine, and Deadpool are firepower output, responsible for combat and fighting—just fight well.

"Cool! Let's have a resonant name, like the X Special Forces." Deadpool said.

"Your X Special Forces have already been wiped out. Face reality!" Lord Luode, standing nearby, retorted.

The superhero team established by this idiot Deadpool can be said to be the fastest to be annihilated—able to die one by one on the skydiving route! Being able to gather these talents together, Deadpool is also a talent himself!

"I want to declare one thing: you are not recruited by me, but by the God of Time, Loki, that is, the behind-the-scenes boss of the Time Management Bureau.

I made a deal with him: I will train you, enhance your overall strength, and then hand you over to the God of Time, who will assign your subsequent missions." Lord Luode said. "Oh, I thought you, the boss, personally recruited us. How unfortunate—I originally wanted to follow you and work." Deadpool said.

"Cut it out! I will absolutely not recruit you to become my subordinate." Lord Luode said with a shudder.

"Loki? Is he the Norse world's god of deceit, the fire god Noki?" Erika asked.

"No! He is Asgard. Just think of him as an alien who, due to some accident, became the God of Time of the multiverse. In a certain sense, he alone maintains the existence of the entire multiverse." Lord Luode said.

"Alright! It seems our new boss has quite a background. Then, what do you plan to teach us?" Erika said, looking at Lord Luode.

"Good question. I will teach you a kind of special power called Haki. It is divided into two types: Observation and Armament.

Observation Haki allows you to foresee opponents' attacks in advance. Even if trained to the extreme, you can foresee the future—what will happen in a few seconds or even minutes." Lord Luode said.

This move is quite useful, equivalent to enhancing one's own senses.

Very useful, it allows one to anticipate an opponent's attack in advance, even predict the future—wow, I feel like a future warrior. Deadpool spoke.

The second type of Haki is called Armament Haki, which is essentially a kind of armor; this Armament Haki can cover the body's surface or your weapons, enhancing both defense and attack power. Luode spoke.

Now, the two-color Haki of the pirate world no longer requires going to the pirate world to cultivate; one has reached the realm of the primordial god.

As long as Luode wishes, anyone can learn these two types of Haki under his guidance, just as Sargeras once learned Armament and Observation Haki merely upon first seeing himself.

"Putting on a suit of armor for oneself, or putting armor on one's weapon, increases attack power. If I had known this move earlier, killing vampires would have been much easier." The Blademaster spoke.

"Besides, there is also a power called profession, which is quite special. Erica, you are more suited to the Rogue profession, which allows you to become invisible and use various assassin skills.

As for you all? You are suited to the Warrior profession, burning your own rage to attack opponents. Card Emperor, you can practice the Hunter profession, which also helps improve your long-range attack capability.

As for Thunderflame, your flame control relies on your own stamina, so you should also choose the Warrior profession." Luode spoke.

The two-color Haki of the pirate world, along with the special professions of the Azeroth world, have already enabled them to undergo earth-shaking changes in combat power.

Of course, Luode also uses them—some special elixirs brought from the Black Myth world to further strengthen their physiques, after all, we can't have a few fifty- or sixty-year-old old men and women go to war.

There are indeed a few here who are quite old in age.

"Understood, instructor, then let's begin teaching us!"

For the next half month straight, Luode remained in the Void Realm, beginning to teach these recruited members the two-color Haki and the special professions of Azeroth, with Luode's cheating teaching style, this bunch's growth speed was very fast.

No way, Luode would directly let them master the two-color Haki and have them mentally manifest the cultivation methods and various advanced techniques of Azeroth world professions.

Then he fed them elixirs to elevate their physiques, and afterward, using his own time artifact, seven days of time allowed these guys to undergo a full seven years of training.

During this period, the Little Wolf Girl grew from an eighteen- or nineteen-year-old girl into a sexy, mature woman of twenty-five or twenty-six.

During this period, Luode also threw his recently recruited partners into training together, after all, this guy's strength is somewhat weak.

For the sake of future combat convenience, Luode directly had the Fire Man learn the path of the Warlock.

When everything ended, Luode fulfilled his promise and brought everyone back to Deadpool's world.

"Oh my god, I'm finally back—seven whole years, I've been tortured by you bastard for seven years." Upon returning to his own world, Deadpool immediately knelt on the ground, face streaked with tears, speaking through sobs.

During these seven years of training, Deadpool suffered a fate worse than death; given his carefree nature, being trapped in one place for seven years, constantly fighting teammates, was the greatest torment for him.

Before the crowd could even react, another flash of green light passed, and Luode, along with his recruited multiverse squad, appeared before the God of Time, Loki.

"Welcome, newcomers! Hahaha! Well done, Mr. Luode, you've given them the power of another world—now these guys are truly elite." Gazing at the seven-person squad before him, the God of Time Loki spoke with a satisfied expression.

The power of other worlds has made this multiverse squad's strength extremely formidable, enabling them to carry out dangerous missions.

"If you're satisfied, then what about our deal?" Luode spoke.

"First, the Cosmic Pantheon agreed to your deal, but the Pantheon on Earth—you cannot touch them; someone will resolve this trouble in the future, this is part of time.

They will tell you how to manufacture the seeds of the Pantheon, while what you must provide is the Titan's method of gestation, and also a way that does not harm planetary life's birth." Loki spoke.

"Sounds like we're getting the short end of the stick! They only provided the method to manufacture Pantheon seeds, while we have to provide the Titan's gestation and birth methods." Luode spoke.

"Don't worry, partner—this is already the result of my efforts. If it weren't for me being the God of Time, maintaining the balance of the entire multiverse, the Pantheon wouldn't even give me the time of day." Loki spoke.

The members of the Cosmic Pantheon are indeed extremely arrogant; even if I am the God of Time, sometimes they won't give me face.

If it weren't for the Titan from another world, whose gestation and birth methods are indeed crucial to the Pantheon, they wouldn't have agreed to the trade at all.

"Add one more thing—I need some of your time power." Luode spoke.

As for the power of the Cosmic Pantheon, Luode only needs the seed manufacturing and planting methods.

What Luode truly wants is Loki's time power, after all, Loki's current identity is that of a God of Time who maintains the balance of the entire multiverse.

"Hahaha! So you're after my power, huh? No problem—if it's life from this universe, I absolutely won't let even a trace of my time power leak, but you come from another world, so I can give you some." After a moment's thought, Loki agreed to Luode's request.

"Then please, God of Time—this is from another world, the artifact you gave me. Just infuse your divine power into it." Luode smiled, took out the time artifact given to him by Supergod Sargeras from another world.

"The God of Time from another world—I can see this time artifact is exquisitely crafted, and it can also transmute your divine power.

Into time power; its existence far exceeds my imagination—he is extremely powerful." Loki spoke.

(The power level divisions in the comic world are actually quite chaotic, especially in the Marvel world, where the strength divisions between multiversal and single-universal entities are especially messy—an entity that defeated a multiversal being could even be defeated by a mortal.) Then he infused part of his time power into this artifact and stopped.

Then he returned the time artifact to Luode.

"That God of Time is indeed extremely powerful—he is practically equivalent to all the fortunes of that world." Luode also smiled, took back his time artifact, then nodded at Sargeras beside him.

"Then don't resist—I'm now bringing you to the place where we trade with the Cosmic Pantheon." Loki nodded at Luode and Sargeras, then activated his ability.

Another flash of light passed, and everyone appeared in a mysterious cosmic space—this is the agreed-upon trading place between Loki and the Cosmic Pantheon. (End of chapter)