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章 171: 1VS 2

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A tremor ran through Thanos as he scrutinized the phantom. An inexplicable sensation washed over him, causing his body to convulse. He stared intently at the image, his voice laced with suspicion, "What is this? I sense the power of an Infinity Stone, specifically the Reality Stone. Shouldn't that power reside in you?"

Ivan offered a curt nod. "Indeed, your knowledge of the Infinity Stones is impressive. This," he gestured towards the phantom, "is a manifestation I condensed from nothing, utilizing the power of the Reality Stone. It is an embodiment of altered reality."

Darkseid scoffed from beside him. "The Reality Stone truly shines in your hands. Is it condensing a mere phantom? What use is such a thing? Its vacant eyes lack even basic emotions. How could it possibly aid you in combat?"

Ivan remained unfazed by Darkseid's mockery. He retrieved the mirror before explaining further. "A mere image may seem useless, but what if it were an image of my future self?"

Darkseid's expression darkened. A vague sense of unease gnawed at him, though he couldn't pinpoint the source. "Your future self? What do you mean?"

"Did you know Earth harbors a multitude of cultivation systems," Ivan began, his voice lecturing. "Mimicry techniques, ninjutsu, even native martial arts. However, the Taoist method is the most enigmatic, an ancient Eastern tradition. It holds a secret technique known as the 'Future Star Tribulation.' This technique supposedly summons one's future self to fight alongside them. However, it doesn't truly summon your future self. It manifests an image of yourself, honed to its peak through the imagined completion of your chosen cultivation path. Mental power fuels this process, solidifying the virtual body into a condensed Dharma body. The power required for this technique is astronomical, utterly out of reach under normal circumstances. But with the Reality Stone, anything becomes possible."

"The fragment of the Future Star Tribulation I acquired was incomplete, and Earth's ever-changing nature makes successful cultivation nearly impossible. However, it sparked an idea. I possess a unique advantage – from the very beginning, I held a vision of my potential. Thus, I began utilizing the Reality Stone long ago, meticulously crafting an image of my imagined future self. This phantom, however, appears to have transcended the limitations of the Reality Stone itself. It lacks a physical form, yet that's sufficient."

Over the years, Ivan rarely used Reality Stone's power, reserving it solely to solidify this future phantom. Despite its lack of emotions or combat prowess, the phantom embodied the culmination of Ivan's imagined future – a state where his brain had reached its full potential.

Initially, the phantom was a mere reflection of Ivan's physical condition. Merging with the phantom would amplify his strength severalfold. This potential made it his ultimate trump card. Sealed within the mirror, it could further cultivate within the Mirror World. Conversely, the future phantom was a repository of Ivan's understanding of the rules, constantly refining the Mirror World. The future phantom held a position akin to a heavenly law within the mirrored realm.

As Ivan explained, the future phantom dissolved into a stream of light, merging with his body. The world around him seemed to distort, an overwhelming influx of rules bombarding his senses. He nearly lost himself in the deluge.

Thanos and Darkseid perceived a stark change. Ivan's vibrant presence diminished, replaced by a blank, emotionless stare. His aura, instead of escalating, dwindled rapidly. He appeared utterly ordinary, stripped of any power. Yet, his movements held an uncanny precision, adhering to some unseen law. Intuition screamed at them – the current Ivan was far more dangerous than before.

"The second battle commences," a monotonous voice echoed from Ivan's lips. "A fair warning: my emotions are now suppressed by pure reason. My actions will be driven by efficiency and lethality. In simpler terms, I will eliminate you. Proceed with caution. Don't blame me for your demise."

In a flicker, Ivan vanished. When he reappeared, he was already before Thanos, a fist aimed squarely at the Mad Titan's face.

The tables had turned. Moments ago, Thanos was contemplating an alliance with Darkseid, but now he was staring down the barrel of a fist. Their blows met in a resounding boom, but Ivan held his ground this time. The impact rippled outwards, but Ivan's arm grew grotesquely large, the surge of power propelling Thanos backward like a ragdoll.

Not expecting such ferocity, Darkseid lunged at the opening in Ivan's defense. With surprising agility for his size, he aimed a haymaker at Ivan's back. But Ivan seemed to possess eyes in the back of his head. With a swift spin, he met Darkseid's blow fist-to-fist, the other hand grabbing the tyrant's wrist. In a move that defied Darkseid's immense size, Ivan flipped him over his head, sending the colossal being flying like a tossed toy.

The scene was surreal – a being seemingly insignificant in stature manhandling a creature several times his size. With renewed focus, Ivan located Thanos, who had just regained his footing and flung him with brute force. The cosmic titans, Thanos purple and Darkseid obsidian black, collided in a mid-air tumble, rolling across the ground like a pair of monstrous gourds.

The tide had turned decisively. Ivan, now a one-person wrecking crew, dominated the battlefield. The sight would have been enough to strike fear into the hearts of even the most seasoned warriors.

As Thanos and Darkseid disentangled themselves, a grudging realization dawned on them. "We must combine forces," Darkseid rumbled, his voice heavy. "This foe is more formidable than either of us alone. We have no chance in a one-on-one fight. Only by working together can we hope to prevail."

"Agreed," Thanos conceded, his voice laced with a hint of begrudging respect for his former adversary. However, the allure of the Infinity Stones remained an unshakeable obsession. "But after we win, the Reality Stone belongs to me."

"Very well," Darkseid acquiesced. "But I won't leave empty-handed while you claim the prize."

"What do you want?" Thanos demanded, suspicion coloring his tone.

"His body!" Darkseid declared.

A flicker of unease crossed Thanos's face. The idea of a user's corpse transformed into a monstrous pawn unsettled him. He harbored a grudging respect for Ivan, even if they were on opposing sides. The thought of Darkseid wielding such a weapon filled him with apprehension. "His corpse? Do you intend to turn him into some… monster? He's a powerful being, on par with us. Isn't that a bit… reckless?"

"That is my offer," Darkseid pressed. "Do we have a deal?"

Thanos hesitated the allure of the Infinity Stones warring with his trepidation. For now, collecting the Stones remained the priority. A tense silence hung in the air before Thanos finally spoke. "Very well. We agree."

A silent pact formed, the two titans locking eyes before simultaneously launching themselves at Ivan.

Ivan's face, a mask of emotionless rationality, met their assault head-on. His outstretched palms slammed against their fists, the force of the impact pushing him back several meters. A low hum resonated from his palms, and a strange suction force erupted, dragging the two giants toward each other. With a sickening crunch, their bald heads collided.

"Ow!" Thanos and Darkseid roared in unison, both collapsing to the ground clutching their throbbing heads.

Ivan, devoid of sympathy, approached them with a single-minded purpose: eliminate the threats with maximum efficiency. "Fist of Destruction!" "Erase Shooting!" roared Thanos and Darkseid, desperate to break free. A surge of destructive energy erupted from Thanos' fist, a black and red harbinger of doom. Darkseid unleashed a pair of crimson beams from his eyes, merging into a thick, bucket-like beam of light.

Unfazed, Ivan met the attacks head-on. He diverted the brunt of Darkseid's omega rays with a single, well-placed punch. As if possessing a perverse sentience, the beam arced back toward its source at an alarming speed.

Even Darkseid himself couldn't withstand the full brunt of his Omega beams. A direct hit would be catastrophic. Fortunately, his reflexes kicked in just in time, allowing him to divert the energy away, narrowly avoiding self-inflicted harm forcefully.

Meanwhile, Thanos' Destruction Fist materialized into a condensed sphere of destructive energy. With lightning reflexes, Ivan morphed his left hand into a powerful claw, quickly grabbing and crushing the attack.

Unrelenting, Ivan lunged forward, aiming to overpower his adversaries. But Thanos and Darkseid, veterans of countless battles, reacted swiftly. Thanos unleashed a ferocious roar, pounding his fists against Ivan in a relentless barrage. Darkseid, capitalizing on the distraction, fired twin Omega beams from his eyes. The irony wasn't lost on them – sometimes, your greatest enemy is the one who knows you best. Despite their first-time collaboration, their movements held an unexpected synergy.

Ivan, however, remained unfazed amidst the storm of attacks. He weaved through Thanos' blows with an almost leisurely grace, his body twisting and contorting like a willow branch to evade Darkseid's crimson rays. An opportunity arose as Thanos overextended himself. Ivan seized the moment, his finger poised to strike Thanos' chest.

A scarlet streak of light flashed from behind Thanos, intercepting Ivan's attack. Forced to react, Ivan deflected the blow, but another beam curved around, striking him in the back. With remarkable skill, Ivan reached out, palm meeting beam, redirecting the energy to collide with its twin, effectively canceling them.

A new threat emerged as Ivan sensed danger overhead. He looked up just in time to see Thanos descending from the sky, arms outstretched in a powerful strike. Ivan braced himself, arms crossed, meeting the impact. The force of the collision sent him recoiling, but with lightning speed, he coiled his body like a spring, ready to propel Thanos back. Anticipating this, Thanos gripped Ivan in a desperate grapple just as Darkseid's Omega beams converged once more, forming a thick beam of destruction aimed directly at them.

 


章 172: Stalemate

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Not even Thanos, the Mad Titan, could escape Ivan's grasp. With a sickening crackle, Ivan's body contorted, becoming impossibly pliable. Like a greased serpent, he effortlessly slipped free of Thanos' desperate grapple and vaulted over the more prominent being's head.

The window of opportunity was minuscule. Darkseid's Omega beams were a hair's breadth away. Reacting with lightning speed, Ivan lashed out with his leg in a twisting motion, striking the back of Thanos' head. Unaware of the impending doom, the hapless Thanos took the full brunt of the Omega blast. Despite Darkseid's attempt to divert the beam at the last moment, Thanos was struck. The blow was catastrophic.

The armor renowned for withstanding starship weaponry was reduced to a smoldering ruin, revealing a gaping wound on Thanos' purple hide. A cold sweat slicked Thanos' brow as he realized the gravity of the situation. A hairline delay from Darkseid and the Omega beams would have carved a permanent, debilitating gash across his chest – a wound that sapped his very life force.

With Thanos momentarily incapacitated, Ivan seized the initiative, focusing on Darkseid. A whirlwind of martial arts prowess unfolded as Ivan unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks. Darkseid, outmatched in close combat, was forced into a constant retreat. Though boasting physical strength comparable to Thanos, Darkseid lacked the finesse and skill to match Ivan blow for blow. He resorted to spamming Omega beams like a hail of bullets, hoping to slow Ivan's advance if not inflict any real damage.

But Ivan seemed to possess an uncanny prescience. He dodged the beams with effortless grace, their trajectories posing little hindrance. In the blink of an eye, he had closed the distance on Darkseid.

Darkseid, cornered, threw a desperate haymaker, simultaneously encasing himself in a protective halo of Omega beams. The scene that followed would forever be etched in Darkseid's memory. Ivan, with an almost serpentine movement, dipped under Darkseid's fist. His hand, seemingly guided by an unseen force, snagged one of the Omega beams, manipulating the intangible energy with an almost impossible feat. His other hand, now a clawed weapon, lunged for Darkseid's abdomen, sinking five fingers into seemingly nonexistent flesh, creating five small punctures.

In a final act of defiance, Darkseid redirected two Omega beams toward Ivan's head, a desperate gamble for mutually assured destruction. Ivan, forced to react, retracted his hand and turned one beam toward the other with a flick of his wrist, effectively canceling them.

Just as Ivan prepared to press his assault on Darkseid, Thanos, having recovered somewhat, roared back into the fray. A powerful punch aimed squarely at Ivan's back left the smaller being with no choice but to disengage from Darkseid and confront the Mad Titan. Seizing this opportunity, Darkseid, with gritted teeth, reversed course and rejoined the fight, flanking Ivan alongside Thanos.

The three titans clashed in a furious dance of destruction. The battlefield expanded, the very planet trembling under the weight of their blows. The two spaceships caught in the crossfire were forced to flee the atmosphere entirely to escape the devastating concussive blasts.

The scene on the massive screens of Obsidian Star and Apokolips left the assembled warriors speechless. The raw power on display defied comprehension.

Generals watched in stunned silence as the planet buckled under the combatants' blows. The two spaceships, caught in the periphery of the devastating clash, were forced to flee into the farthest reaches of space to avoid being annihilated.

"Who in the heavens are these beings?" whispered one of the Generals, his voice laced with awe. The might they witnessed was far beyond anything they had ever encountered.

Back on the ravaged planet, the tide had turned decisively. Darkseid and Thanos, battered and bloodied, lay sprawled in a crater, coughing up mouthfuls of blood. Ivan, the lone figure hovering above them, appeared relatively unscathed.

Seizing a fleeting opportunity, Darkseid activated a device on his belt, a portal tearing open in the fabric of space. Without hesitation, he lunged towards it, desperate for escape.

But Ivan wasn't finished. With a flick of his wrist, he sent a burst of energy that rippled through the portal, causing it to collapse with a snap. Darkseid caught mid-jump, slammed headfirst into a nearby boulder, his escape thwarted.

Thanos glared at Darkseid with undisguised fury. Darkseid had abandoned him, using him as a distraction for his escape attempt. This was a betrayal, a violation of their fragile alliance.

Swallowing his anger, Thanos knew this was no time for internal disputes. His survival hinged on a united front. With a grimace, he pushed himself to his feet and charged at Ivan, pouring all his remaining strength into a desperate punch.

Ivan met the blow head-on, the impact echoing across the devastated landscape. However, something unexpected happened. As their fists collided, a cloud of blood erupted from Ivan's arm, revealing a network of minor, gruesome wounds.

Darkseid watched with a glint of hope in his eyes. This exchange exposed Ivan's vulnerability. His power, amplified by the future phantom, came at a terrible cost. His body was nearing its breaking point.

Capitalizing on this newfound weakness, Darkseid unleashed a concentrated beam of Omega energy, thicker and more potent than ever.

Ivan, his arm throbbing with pain, was forced to deflect the attack with his other arm. His fingers danced in a complex sequence, momentarily disrupting the beam before sending a burst of energy toward Darkseid. The blow struck Darkseid's shoulder, leaving a bloody wound.

But the victory was pyrrhic. Ivan's arm, once again, dissolved into a bloody mist, the same gruesome wounds reappearing.

A cruel smile stretched across Darkseid's face. "Your power may be immense," he rasped, "but your body is a ticking time bomb. Continued fighting will see your body crumble. A stalemate, wouldn't you say?"

A flicker of emotion crossed Ivan's otherwise impassive face for the first time. A phantom materialized beside him, a mirror image reflecting the bloody wounds marring his arms. A deep sigh escaped his lips.

"It seems fate has intervened," he said finally.

"Perhaps you are right. Further conflict would benefit neither of us. We shall call a truce for now. However, be warned: I will be ready if you choose to resume hostilities."

With those words, Ivan retrieved a mirror, the phantom dissolving back into him. He propelled himself skyward, vanishing into the distance towards his spacecraft.

Thanos and Darkseid, drained and battered, watched him go. They slumped to the ground, their bodies screaming in protest.

"Thanos," Darkseid rasped, breaking the silence. "Have you been aware of this formidable presence on Earth? Why did you not eliminate him before he reached such a level?"

Thanos shot Darkseid a withering glare, the memory of his betrayal still fresh. The exchange went unanswered, the tension hanging heavy in the air.

"Haven't you been keeping tabs on Earth?" Thanos countered, his voice laced with accusation. "After all, you have three Mother Boxes stashed away there. Surely, you had someone monitoring the situation. Did your intel miss this entirely?"

Truthfully, Thanos himself was at a loss. Ivan seemed to have materialized out of thin air, and his immense power was a complete surprise.

Darkseid sputtered, on the verge of an angry outburst. Thankfully, he managed to rein himself in, forcing down his rage. He took a deep breath to compose himself before speaking. "Regardless," he rumbled, "one thing is undeniable – our opponent is formidable. Let's put aside our differences for now. A united front is our only hope against Ivan. He stands in the way of your Infinity Stone collection, and his existence is a thorn in my side as I strive to unify the universe. Our goals converge on this point, do they not?"

Thanos considered this for a moment, then gave a curt nod. "Very well. But our cooperation extends only to dealing with Ivan. There will be no further collaboration on any other matters."

Darkseid readily agreed. Frankly, the prospect of extensive cooperation with Thanos held little appeal. Both were considered overlords in the greater cosmos, acknowledging each other's strength while harboring deep wariness. Given the opportunity, either would eliminate the other without hesitation.

Meanwhile, upon his return aboard the spacecraft, Ivan was greeted by the relieved faces of the Four heads. Seeing him unharmed brought a sigh of relief, especially from Shaw, whose earlier anxiety was still etched on his features.

However, just as the tension began to ease, an unexpected turn of events unfolded...

 


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