Chapter 240

, The Genie Starting from Marvel

The moment the mechanical Demon God shattered, Ebony Maw knew it was time to retreat.

The Imaginary Space of the entire Chitauri expeditionary force was linked to the mechanical Demon God. Being forced to restart once, and the linked items dying out, the damage to the Chitauri was much greater than destroying a unit.

Word Spirit: Exile!

Ebony Maw pointed at Korik. Under the power of the Word Spirit, Korik became transparent, as if he were about to disappear from this world.

At this time, Ebony Maw directly used mental power to forcibly take over the command of the expeditionary force. The rear army became the front army, retreat!

Similarly, to prevent the Asgardians from pursuing too fast and biting too tightly, Ebony Maw forcibly chose a small unit to stay behind as a sacrifice to delay time for the retreat of the majority.

When the ships ignited and turned to accelerate, ripples of vibration came from Korik's transparent body. The body transformed from an illusory state into a solid one, and then he continued to charge without saying a word.

Want to come and go as you please? Do you think this place is a toilet?

Ebony Maw pointed his hand toward the asteroid, Word Spirit: Chaos!

Korik slammed on the brakes, blocking the flight path of the Word Spirit, and with a Demon-Breaking battle roar, directly blasted the Word Spirit to pieces. If this Word Spirit had landed in the troops, it might have caused not-so-small damage regardless of friend or foe.

On the asteroid, streams of light gathered in front of Cobb, reorganizing into Barton's appearance. Barton slumped in his wheelchair, his expression dazed. Being kicked directly out of the Imaginary Space was not a very good experience.

"How is the situation?" Barton asked Cobb after catching his breath.

"Phased victory." Cobb turned his head and said to Barton. "The opponent should be retreating."

"That's good, it wasn't in vain after all." Barton replied with a sigh of relief.

"Hmm, you rest, I'll write the report and send it back." Cobb didn't ask where Tiga had gone. Being able to come back safely was good enough. Pursuing more would be a bit ungrateful.

This first battle had a bit of a "tiger head, snake tail" feel, mainly because Ebony Maw didn't intend to fight properly at all. Otherwise, given the disparity in troop strength, even if they could be repelled, the battle damage on the Asgardian side couldn't have been only this little, and the pre-made emergency plans wouldn't have been basically unused.

Ivan Vanko in the General Staff sent the subsequent defensive arrangements to Rogers and the others one by one. After repelling the enemy, many things had nothing to do with them.

According to the arrangements of the General Staff, multiple observation points and mobile turrets were to be built in the vicinity, and the hyperspace route was to be blocked directly. The next time the Chitauri came, the city defense level in this area would have a leap-forward improvement.

A few hours later, the people who pursued and arranged the defensive lines gradually returned to the asteroid. Korik, as the last batch to completely pursue the battlefield, also fell back to the command center.

"Everyone, I officially announce that the enemy has retreated, and we have temporarily won!" Korik's voice was transmitted to every Asgardian warrior's ears through the communication device. "I will immediately request credit for everyone from the God King, but for the next period of time, commanders of all units, please pay attention, maintain the highest level of alert state, and prevent the opponent from returning..."

Listening to Korik's words, Ivan Vanko inexplicably felt a bit irritable. The airframe's algorithm appeared in chaos many times in a row.

"Why this expression? Don't worry? They didn't even win the surprise attack, and the rest is a small problem." A staff officer said to Ivan Vanko.

"No, it's just that the computing power used is too much... a bit overheated, just dissipate the heat." Ivan Vanko prevaricated.

"Alright, if you need any help, remember to mention it to us. From today on, we are official comrades-in-arms." The staff officer said very enthusiastically, and then he and others imagined the Asgardian medals of honor and the battle merits that might be distributed this time.

This kind of environment made Ivan Vanko even more uncomfortable. As the saying goes, don't worry about scarcity, worry about inequality. Everyone is facing the same enemy, and everyone has exerted all their abilities. The Barbarians have rewards from Asgard, what do they have?

It's not that Ivan Vanko wants it, but there are some things he can not want, but the rear cannot not give.

Don't forget, Ivan Vanko and Cobb, who came here this time, still have arrest warrants from inside Earth on their heads. According to the public statement, they are still criminals. Have you ever seen criminals fighting for an entire civilization?

Before this victory, the powerful external pressure left them no time to think about such problems, but the moment the Chitauri began to retreat, these problems would naturally emerge in everyone's heart.

The retreat of the Chitauri means that they are not invincible. The statue of the Giant of Light and Ivan Vanko's computing power verification also mean that there is no absolute insurmountable gap between Earth's high-end technology and interstellar ordinary technology. Therefore, everyone has the mind and the position to think about things in the future.

Similarly, it's not just Ivan Vanko who thought of this problem. On Earth, the leader representatives of the Bermuda Triangle base were also thinking about similar problems.

The atmosphere when the meeting was held was not very good, no, to be precise, it was very bad.

The two sides, holding a hundred years of friendship, began to discuss with each other according to historical practice, and the remaining three sides were also secretly engaging in verbal confrontation.

Facing the powerful Chitauri interstellar fleet, the multiple parties in the meeting could advance and retreat together for a long time, attempting to resist foreign enemies. Besides their own sense of responsibility and belief, another very important point was that the Masters of the Mystic Arts, as a relatively third party, were playing a bottom-line role.

To be precise, the Supreme Sorcerer Ancient One was playing a bottom-line role, which gave everyone a bottom line in their hearts. The enemy is powerful, but their own side is not without any ability to resist. Under this factor, there was no large-scale camp jumping and shock.

However, this role of the Masters of the Mystic Arts only takes effect when facing foreign enemies. As the five parties who have learned about the various philosophies of the Masters of the Mystic Arts through various channels, they all know deeply that as long as Earth has no problems, then the Masters of the Mystic Arts will not care about the confrontation and confrontation between them.

After all, if they cared about this, the Masters of the Mystic Arts wouldn't have appeared in front of everyone until now.

Based on this condition, when discussing internally, all parties have to start considering the interests of their own forces. This cannot be said to be wrong. After all, if you do a project at will, if it succeeds, you will have to reward merit at the end, and if it fails, you will have to share the blame at the end.

It's just that some people in the meeting insisted on waiting for the final result to come out before rewarding Rogers and the others, which always felt a bit petty, although the rewards proposed at this meeting were expensive in every sense.

When Korik appeared, all the surviving units around him began to change direction.

Even in a civilization like the Chitauri that relied on mental control to maintain its army, when encountering a Cosmic Demon God, they could choose to evade forcibly without being judged by a military tribunal.

After all, ordinary spaceships and fighters were really no better than air in front of a Cosmic Demon God. Almost all Cosmic Demon Gods could at least match a standard-level space cruiser.

Those at the level of Odin or Thanos might only be countered by warships like Titan Dreadnoughts or Colossus Dreadnoughts, which only top-tier civilizations could build and maintain.

Korik didn't pay attention to those fleeing units; that wasn't his mission. Using a cannon to kill a mosquito was a complete waste. His target now was the guy in front of him.

Seeing that Ebony Maw had no intention of making the first move, Korik directly started to ramp up the intensity.

Roar, Berserk, Bloodlust—the old trio started the first round.

Following that, Korik's body shook, and the surrounding light, energy, perception, space, and many other elements shattered under the vibration. From a distance, it looked as if a black hole had appeared around Korik.

Divine Power: Subspace Oscillation!

Within the range that the "black hole" could radiate, the subspace experienced violent fluctuations, and most spells and equipment linked to the subspace failed completely.

Just then, Korik, having crossed the oscillating space, appeared behind Ebony Maw, raised his right hand, and—!

Huge power accompanied by fluctuations spread from Korik's fist. If Ebony Maw chose to dodge, this power could also be launched toward the Chitauri flagship.

Word Spirit: Mirror Entity.

Ebony Maw pointed forward, and a mirror image completely identical to Korik appeared in front of him, launching the same attack.

*Crack! * The mirror shattered. In the end, the fake still couldn't beat the real thing.

Word Spirit: Repulsion Aura.

Ebony Maw followed up by swiping his finger forward. Korik, having broken through the mirror entity, felt a powerful repulsive force and was sent flying directly.

Word Spirit: Forced Exile!

Word Spirit: Expel!

Ebony Maw's Word Spirits came one after another, giving Korik absolutely no chance to adjust.

After exchanging a few moves, Korik also had a basic understanding of Ebony Maw. Although the power this person used was a bit strange, the template was very much like an Asgardian mage.

Korik had no experience fighting Ebony Maw, but he had plenty of experience fighting mages.

Divine Power: Demon-Breaking Roar!

A battle roar caused the surrounding energy particles to enter a chaotic state, as if they had been stunned by Korik's shout. Ebony Maw's Word Spirit was also affected and failed to exert its intended effect.

After activating the Demon-Breaking effect, Korik began to charge toward Ebony Maw with one thought in mind: *I want to get close to you! *

As long as he stuck close enough and long enough, the negative effects brought by the Demon-Breaking might even make it impossible for the opponent to survive in space.

Word Spirit: Scene Reproduction.

Word Spirit: Taskmaster.

Ebony Maw calmly raised his hand and launched two more Word Spirits, but this time the primary target became himself, which could reduce the impact of the Demon-Breaking effect.

A purple-skinned head holding a long blade emerged behind Ebony Maw. The blade was stained with blood, clearly having just been through a slaughter.

This was Thanos from a certain massacre recorded in Ebony Maw's memory. At that time, the Black Order wasn't the five fixed candidates of today. In short, it was a very distant memory.