Chapter 198: Gao Tianzun's Gamble
At this time, Carol's child-bearing bracelet and the light and energy around her body converged inward, forming a layer of hazy light armor on the outside of the uniform transformed by the Nova helmet.
She couldn't help but say in amazement: "Levi, I seem to be able to control the binary state freely, and I feel like I've become so strong now!"
As she said this, she threw a punch. With a flash of light, a meteorite with a diameter of several thousand meters tens of thousands of miles away was instantly blown up by her in the mid-air, and each piece of debris was no bigger than the size of a fingernail.
Compared to a few minutes ago, her attack power has increased by more than ten times?
Moreover, Levi knew very well that it was not just the attack power. Since Yongshi, the creator, had spoken personally, Carol's flying speed, defense and many other aspects would definitely increase wildly.
After unlocking all her abilities, the person wearing the Negatron bracelet will no longer be just Captain Marvel, she will also get a new title - Quasar!
As the name suggests, in this state, the abilities she possesses will be as powerful as a star.
In addition to the further improvement of her original defense against mental and psychic attacks, she will also have almost unlimited energy. This is slightly redundant with the White Hole Beacon she originally possessed, but no one would complain about having too much energy.
The second is light speed flight. There is no need to explain this. If a cosmic-level character does not have the ability to fly at the speed of light or near the speed of light, he is usually not considered a truly strong person.
If you can't keep up with the enemy's pace and can't find where the enemy is when you are attacked, how can you fight them?
And the special ability of space travel. Different from magic teleportation or the use of space wormholes, the space travel provided by the Negative Bracelet uses the special energy field it connects to as a springboard, so it has a higher degree of freedom and can carry people.
Ordinary space travel requires a certain level of physical strength, otherwise you will be torn into pieces by the space turbulence.
The space travel function of the negative child bracelet has much lower requirements in this regard. Theoretically, after Carol has mastered it, she can bring Skye, Daisy and others back to Earth.
This will also be a good help to Levi, and he may be able to use it in the Nova field to achieve similar teleportation capabilities.
The last is binding. Once the bracelet is worn, it will always recognize its owner and will not and cannot be detached unless Carol dies completely.
After obtaining this series of functions, if Carol's original strength could only be considered good, now after fully activating the Negative Child Bracelet, she will become one of the strongest people in the universe.
Although she has just acquired these abilities and still needs a lot of time to accumulate experience in their use, Levi feels that if she really fights the Fallen again, even in a one-on-one duel, even if the opponent uses that kind of temporary enhanced special ability, Carol can still easily defeat the opponent.
If you want to deal with Carol now, apart from rule-based abilities and unreasonable magic, only physical attacks will be relatively effective.
More importantly, becoming the spokesperson for Eternity is, in a sense, not much different from Stan Lee’s signature.
Those powerful beings who know about Eternity will more or less weigh the cost of offending Eternity.
As for those guys who don’t know about eternity, they are either short-sighted or ignorant. Naturally, they will be left to Levi and Carol to deal with.
Thinking of this, Levi couldn't help but feel a little emotional. This is the American comic world full of coincidences and opportunities. In a single thought, strength may change drastically!
As he thought about it, Levi took the initiative to move over and kiss Carol.
"Yes, you are very strong now. If we have the chance, let's go fight Yan Huang and the others."
Carol was excited when she heard this. She nodded hurriedly, "Okay, okay. I didn't perform well last time when I dealt with the Fallen. I must let them see my strength this time!"
Well, that's Carol's other hobby, she loves fighting.
She enjoys fighting for its own sake, but also wants to prove her own worth through fighting.
This is not just an innate character, but also influenced by the family. There is nothing she can do about it, since her father is an alcoholic veteran with PTSD.
Carol and her two younger brothers were often beaten when they were young.
Their mother, Mary, was busy working to earn money at that time and had no time to take care of them.
Maybe she even thought that this little thing was insignificant. Anyway, given the physical fitness of the half-blood Kree, even if she was really beaten, the psychological damage would probably be greater than the physical damage.
At this moment, a rather luxurious spaceship rose up from the distant planet Saka. It was obviously a sightseeing spaceship rather than a combat spaceship.
At the same time, a slightly exaggerated male voice was heard from afar: "Welcome, respected General Nova, hero who slew the Fallen, owner of Thor's Hammer, the great Levi!"
The fact that he took the initiative to come forward to greet you and used such a series of titles shows the other party's attitude.
Being able to emit sound in a vacuum means that the other person also possesses some special powers.
Who else could it be other than the master of Sakaar, the Supreme Lord of the Council of Elders of the Universe?
Levi immediately took the initiative to move over, and the spaceship immediately opened the hatch to welcome their arrival.
Soon Levi and Carol saw an old man with blue skin, white hair, wearing seductive eye shadow and lipstick, and looking quite showy. It was Gao Tianzun.
If you only look at his appearance, no one would know that he is actually a cosmic-level strongman. Instead, they might mistake him for a gay man who works as a clown in a circus.
However, Levi knew that Gao Tianzun was not a gay, but rather an old pervert with an old heart.
If you calculate the time, he should have just given birth to a daughter a few years ago.
Later, the little girl appeared with the nickname "Navigator", and she immediately gave the Avengers and a bunch of other superheroes a big job, making many of them extremely excited, just like her father, Gao Tianzun.
And in terms of potential alone, the little girl is probably much better than Gao Tianzun. In addition to space, she can also use the power of time to a certain extent.
I just don’t know where Gao Tianzun hid the little girl for now. Maybe he is with his mysterious wife who has never shown up?
Levi bowed his hands in greeting and chuckled, "I'm sorry for disturbing you by coming here without any reason."
Gao Tianzun waved his hand in a sissy way and said, "It should be my honor that Your Highness visits my territory as soon as possible after leaving Xandar."
As he spoke, Gao Tianzun winked at Levi in a rather ambiguous manner.
Of course, he was not interested in Levi, it was just because his spy obtained some special information.
It seems that Levi's identity on Xandar is not just a general.
Of course, if that were all, it wouldn't be enough for him to condescend to come.
The real reason why he was alarmed was that the other party had just connected to a special field of power and had a brief meeting with Eternal, one of the five legendary gods, and one of the sons of Eternity - Eternity, and it seemed that they had a very good relationship.
Even the woman next to him showed similar abilities.
He was not sure about the cause and effect of this for the time being, but it was enough for him to receive him personally and treat him as a VIP of the highest level.
Levi immediately understood that this old guy must have planted some spies on Xandar, and there was a high probability that he knew about the close relationship between him and Adora.
There was no way. Adora and I had been missing for several days at the same time, and it was impossible to hide it from some people.
But this is not a big deal. After making the decision, Adora had no intention of publicizing it, nor did she think of keeping it secret for a long time.
After all, she had already said that if she became pregnant, the child would become the heir to Xandar and the Nova Corps, so she would definitely train the child from a young age and let her people know about it.
Otherwise, if an heir suddenly appears, how many people will recognize him/her?
Levi just smiled and nodded, then turned to look at a man next to him who was wearing classical bronze armor, holding a super giant battle axe, nearly two meters tall, with a white skull painted on his chest, and carrying a small shield, a dagger, etc. He looked like a super strong man who could fight.
"I wonder who this is?"
Without Gao Tianzun saying anything, the tough guy groaned, "I am Ares!"
Levi suddenly looked enlightened: "So he is the son of Zeus, the powerful god of war!"
But in fact, he had already confirmed the other party's true identity through the system.
Although Ares is like a clown in myths and legends and many literary works, in the Marvel Universe, Ares in his normal state is indeed worthy of the title of God of War.
He is very strong in terms of strength, endurance, defense, and self-healing ability.
He once fought with Thor, and the two were basically evenly matched. Thor won because he had Meowth Hammer, while Ares had better fighting skills.
The system also told Levi that Ares had two major items worth copying. One was the God of War, whose duties included war, mutiny, battlefields, blood, destruction, martial spirit and chariot racing.
Unlike the mere title of Sif, they are all genuine priesthoods that can generate faith.
Among the many pantheons on Earth, the Greek pantheon is the most developed in this regard. When they were initially weaker, the power of faith could be used to strengthen their strength.
In the Marvel Earth that has entered modern society, these things may not mean much, because people now believe in money.
What? You say you have no money? Even God should get out of my way.
But if Levi goes to a doomsday world like I Am Legend, or some world that still remains in ancient times, the significance will be extraordinary.
In order to survive and become stronger, the indigenous people there must have great enthusiasm for this, and he can definitely become a true god with this!
Although he doesn't really need it, with his current strength, he has already surpassed many gods in myths and legends.
But he can use it to quickly and efficiently collect the power of faith, and then use it to create medals of strength and build his own Ghost Rider.
Even though he has mastered the Nova field and can produce his own Nova in small batches, Ghost Rider is still irreplaceable.
The second item is called the Lord of All Weapons. Ares is proficient in all cold weapons and a large number of modern guns.
That’s right, as the god of war, Ares also knows how to keep up with the times.
And to be honest, modern guns are much more efficient in killing enemies than ordinary swords, so he will definitely like them more.
But for Levi, it doesn't mean much. Compared with face-to-face combat, he prefers to weaken the enemy through other means before the battle, or grasp the enemy's weaknesses, and then crush the opponent with absolute advantage.
But no matter what, these two abilities are worth copying. Even if Levi himself doesn't think highly of them, he can give them to others or use them as consumables.
Carol next to her felt very surprised. After following Levi, she gradually understood a lot of things. She didn't think that the other party just had the same name.
But at this moment, she felt that there was no need for her to interrupt and just leave everything to Levi.
Ares groaned again and did not respond to this sentence.
Being the son of Zeus is both an honor and a heavy pressure.
But Levi was so polite that he felt embarrassed to be rude, so he greeted him politely and glanced at Carol who was staring at him with wide eyes.
He didn't know the true identity of this Nova Centurion for the time being, but he felt a strong threat from him, and he could guarantee 100% that it definitely did not come from the Nova Helmet itself.
But out of courtesy, he just glanced at it and skipped it.
Then he asked impatiently: "You became the new God of Thunder? Then I wonder what Thor is doing?"
As he spoke, he looked at Mjolnir hanging on Levi's waist.
Levi smiled slightly and shook the Meow Hammer casually to let the two guys in front of him know that it was not just a decoration.
"Thor is on Earth picking up girls right now. I'll take his place for a while."
In the legend, Ares was extremely cruel, reckless and rude, but now it seems that he is actually barely polite!
Even though he said it so easily, Gao Tianzun absolutely could not believe that things were really that simple.
Levi, whose origin is extremely mysterious, must have come with some special purpose.
Considering his skin color, perhaps it has something to do with the equally mysterious and powerful Heaven?
This made his attitude even more amiable. Not to mention Levi's own strength, neither the Eternal World nor the Heavenly Palace were people he could afford to provoke.
In comparison, the backgrounds of Asgard and Nova Corps are obviously much worse.
Ares's idea was very simple. He had fought with Thor several times before. Every time, Thor relied on Mjolnir and took advantage of him.
Now that Thor no longer has the hammer in his hand, it's his turn to win.
It just so happened that when he had nothing to do, he would occasionally go to the Earth to play, so he was not unfamiliar with the place!
After chatting for a while, they began to descend towards the planet Saka. Gao Tianzun claimed that he would prepare a large-scale gladiatorial contest as a welcome for the distinguished guests. This time there would be two gladiators with quite strong strength.
Ares raised his fist, indicating that he would also appear as the finale.
He has won ninety-nine consecutive victories here. If he wins one more, he will get the honorary title of Champion of Saka Star.
Gao Tianzun promised him that he would erect a grand sculpture for him on the planet Saka.
From now on, all beings on Saka who participate in and watch the fights will recall his past glorious achievements and glory.
As for the faith that might come from this, he doesn't particularly need it.
So many years have passed, and their Greek gods, and even the gods on earth, have actually passed that stage long ago.
Levi noticed that when Ares said this, Gao Tianzun showed a rather mysterious smile.
With a casual thought, Levi knew that Gao Tianzun probably felt that Ares' duel today might not be so smooth.
With the status and strength of the Supreme Lord, he can give face to Zeus, but he doesn't need to give face to Ares. It doesn't matter if he plays tricks on the latter occasionally. In the parallel universe, Thor, who is destined to become the next God King of Asgard, comes to Sakaar and is still played around by the Supreme Lord as a gladiator for his amusement.
Of course, this is also directly related to the fact that Asgard’s strength had declined significantly at that time, and even Odin had died.
But no matter what, Levi was still a little interested. What kind of strong man came to the arena of Gao Tianzun and could pose a threat to Ares?
There are still several years before the arrival of Hulk. After thinking about it, he thinks that the most likely existence seems to be only one and a half.
Seeing that Gao Tianzun still didn't ask him the purpose of his visit, and seemed to really think he was here to visit, Levi was too lazy to beat around the bush with him.
"To be honest, I came here to see someone, Scavenger No. 142."
Gao Tianzun smiled slightly: "Oh, is it the Valkyrie Brunhilde?"
When he recognized Sif, he had actually roughly guessed Levi's purpose.
Even though Brunhilde deliberately changed her appearance and even turned her skin black, she still couldn't hide it from him.
Moreover, the other party would rather work for him honestly to capture gladiators, and use the money he earned to get drunk all day long, but never thought about leaving Sakaar, which made him feel very interesting.
It seems that only Sif and her are left in Odin's original Valkyrie team?
Levi didn't feel surprised. It was hard to say who was stronger between Gao Tianzun and Odin for the time being, but Sakaar was Gao Tianzun's territory.
If he didn't even know this, he wouldn't have been able to survive from the beginning of the universe to the present and become one of the few dozen active members of the Elders of the Universe.
It has long become his instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm, to carefully explore intelligence from all aspects, and to prepare various countermeasures in advance.
It is estimated that when Brunhilde arrived at Sakaar, he had already figured out the other party's background.
But he probably didn't understand why Odin allowed him to wander outside Asgard, so he didn't take any special action, and didn't even throw him into the arena. He just pretended to be unaware of it.
Levi nodded immediately: "Yes, Sif wants to take her back to Asgard."
It's quite interesting to say. According to Sif, Hela was sealed around 980, and Thor was already hundreds of years old at that time.
But in Asgard, Sif knew about Hela, Heimdall knew about it, and the Enchantress Amora knew about it, but Thor didn't know.
It was as if his memory had been deleted or blocked, and even if Sif had mentioned Hela inadvertently, Thor seemed to have not heard it at all.
At that time, Sif understood that Thor must have been subjected to some special magic.
The one who can use magic of this level and keep it effective on Thor must be either Odin or the Queen of Heaven - Frigga.
Since then, Sif has never said anything about the Valkyries or Hela again.
As for whether Loki knew about it, Sif was not sure. Except for Frigga, no one could know what Loki was thinking.
But unless he was also under the same spell, with his intelligence, he probably knew it.
Gao Tianzun smiled and said, "Oh? It's Sif, not Odin?"
Levi snorted lightly. The meaning of the Supreme Lord was very clear. If it was Odin who asked in person, he would definitely be willing to give this face, but if it was Sif or himself, it would still be a little lacking.
It seems that he has been in the industry for too short a time and has very few achievements. Even though he has just appeared in Yongshi, Gao Tianzun still values him much less than Odin.
Fortunately, he was well prepared: "Yes, I know your habits, let's make a bet."
Gao Tianzun suddenly perked up and was obviously interested: "What are you betting on?"
Levi glanced at Ares, who was watching the show with his arms folded, and asked, "What's the name of the opponent you specially prepared for Ares?"
Ares's face darkened. Was there something about him involved? Did Levi want to bet on who would win?
That would be too much of an underestimation of myself. As a god of war, how could I possibly fail here?
Similarly, Gao Tianzun had a similar idea. If Levi angered Ares because of this, maybe they would have a fight!
With the attitude of watching the fun and not minding the trouble, he said the two names without hesitation: "One has only a code name, I call him 'Two-Headed Man', and the other is called Beta Ray Bill."
He had worked hard to get these two guys, and he had high hopes for them. The former was okay, but he was very optimistic about the latter.
All relevant insiders died due to various "accidents". He didn't believe that Levi could know their origins and strengths just by relying on two names!
Levi thought to himself, as expected, it was just as he had guessed.
The two-headed man is a robot made by an unknown race. Unlike the two-headed ogres in many games, its heads are not carried on the shoulders, one on the left and one on the right, but one above and one below, with the extra one located at the throat.
The upper head has combat skills, the lower head knows common sense and so on.
Coupled with its super-strong alloy body, it was able to compete with the normal Hulk for a time, making it half a threat to Ares.
But with too many heads, it is easy for them to quarrel with each other, even robots are no exception, which seriously weakens the combat effectiveness of the two-headed people.
In addition, robots are usually relatively weak in resistance to lightning and the like, which makes the two-headed man's weaknesses as prominent as his strengths, so it will not become a real threat.
It is slightly worth mentioning that in some worlds, the creator of the two-headed man has some relationship with the Inhumans and is not dead.
Every time the two-headed man is destroyed, the manufacturer will work hard to improve the technology and materials, etc., to upgrade it. Although it will be dismantled every time, it can be regarded as a small BOSS of the model.
But looking at Gao Tianzun’s appearance now, it is estimated that the creator of the two-headed man in this world has long been killed by him.
As for Beta Ray Bill, he later became the Horse-Faced Thundergod.
His race is the Corbins, who are located in the same galaxy as Earth.
Once, the Fire Lord Surtur led his entire army to attack Asgard and destroyed his planet in the process.
The survivors of the Corbin people could only escape by warships.
The Corbins are not particularly technologically advanced, at least when it comes to space travel.
So in order to avoid accidents during the fleet's space voyage, they took great pains to create a robot named Alpha Ray to serve as their guardian.
It's just that Alpha Ray is too stupid, crazy and extreme. When protecting the fleet, he often causes a lot of unnecessary additional damage and losses. Eventually he was temporarily sealed off by the Corbins.
After that, the Corbin people changed their mindset, which was to transform humans into biochemical machines, and Bill was the new guardian after passing many tests.
As a biochemical robot, he possesses super strength, speed and endurance. He is also immune to all diseases, viruses, poisons, etc., and has a strong mental resistance.
At the same time, as a guardian, he can also sense the location and direction of other tribesmen and warships almost at any time.
And then the most important thing is that he once lifted the Meowth Hammer and defeated Thor when he was in a weakened state.
And in many aspects such as character, bravery and martial arts, he won the recognition of Odin, and was finally awarded the hammer Stormbreaker, which is said to have the same power as Meowth, and became the Horse-Faced Thor.
After that, he did not disappoint Odin and Thor's trust and did a lot of work for Asgard. Especially when he participated in the fight against the Fire Lord Surtur, he was particularly active.
When he is in his peak state, Thor and Ares are very close in strength, and he can definitely pose a strong threat to Ares.
And Levi was sure that there was absolutely no water in the fact that Bill lifted the Meow Hammer.
Unlike the robot Vision or the elevator, he really got the recognition of Meowth Hammer, without exception in all parallel universes, and even Odin acted very surprised and astonished every time.
Levi nodded: "In that case, let's use them as a gamble, right?"
Gao Tianzun seemed very interested: "How do you want to bet? Who will win? Or how long can they last in Ares's hands?"
Ares snorted. He wanted to hear what Levi would say. Otherwise, even if he had a high probability of not being able to beat Levi, he would definitely remember what happened today!
Levi chuckled and shook his head, "No, I want to bet on whether any of them can pick up my hammer."
Ares, Einstein, Bill, Thor and Hulk are the gladiator champions of Sakaar throughout the ages, but that doesn't mean their strengths are all the same.
At least at this moment, Ares is definitely the strongest.
Not to mention his own strength and divine power, his seemingly inconspicuous armor and the axe in his hand are all divine weapons, right?
What could Bill and the two-headed man, who were unarmed, do to fight him? This kind of bet was meaningless.
As soon as the words came out, Gao Tianzun and Ares were both stunned. This was really an answer they had never expected!
Ares immediately burst into laughter: "Levi, you are very good, you are more interesting than Thor. I will be one of them in this bet. I bet none of them can afford it!"
Asgard and Thor have often boasted about the relationship between Mjolnir and Thor. In the past, there were only Odin and Thor, and now there is Levi, making a total of three qualified beings.
Well, no, he once heard a drunk Zeus say that it seemed that there were others before Thor.
But he couldn't be sure for the time being whether it was Zeus's drunken nonsense.
After thinking for a moment, he reached out and took off a very luxurious, even feminine-looking small shield from his arm.
"This was given to me by Aphrodite, forged by Hephaestus himself. It is definitely no worse than the gold products made by the god Uru of Asgard. Consider it my bet."
Gao Tianzun couldn't help but smile in a rather ambiguous way. Hephaestus is the god of fire and craftsmen in the Greek pantheon, and is also the younger brother of Ares.
Aphrodite is the wife of Vulcan and the goddess of love, beauty and sexual desire.
But the relationship between her and Ares was not just that of an ordinary sister-in-law and brother, they were also lovers, and she even gave birth to five children for Ares in one go!
Of course, the goddess of beauty did not just have affairs with Ares. She also had relationships with other gods, demigods, and mortals. In total, she gave birth to at least a dozen children.
This is what has been exposed, and there may be many more in secret.
Of course Levi had heard of the name of the goddess of beauty. Even in the notoriously chaotic Greek pantheon, she was considered the most famous bus.
As long as she likes him, he is almost like a god or a human. She can sleep with him whenever she wants and she doesn't have to pay for the ride. But her legal husband is not allowed to do so, which is very outrageous.
But no matter what, if the shield is made by the Green-haired Turtle, the God of Fire, even if the shield has no name at all, the quality is absolutely guaranteed.
The God of Fire and the Dwarf King are two of the most famous blacksmiths in the Earth's pantheon.
Gao Tianzun did not make a decision so quickly. He was thinking.
Mjolnir's rules for choosing a master are well known to everyone. Excluding Levi, only Odin and Thor are qualified in Asgard.
Since Odin has the Spear of Eternity, Mjolnir almost becomes Thor's exclusive weapon, otherwise it would not be called Thor's Hammer.
Levi gambled with it so rashly, did he know something in advance?
Could it be that one of those two people is qualified?
No, maybe that's exactly what he wanted me to guess, maybe he was deliberately misleading me, but I'm not that brainless guy like Ares!
Although he had made a preliminary decision, out of caution, Gao Tianzun still smiled and said, "I wonder how you want to bet?"
"I bet at least one of them can lift the hammer, and it's Thor's brother, Loki, the god of trickery from Asgard!"
Although according to the current situation, there is the threat of the giant snake ahead, as long as Loki doesn't mess up, he will definitely not end up like he did.
But Levi still wanted to use Loki to go fishing, and then seize Thanos's Mind Stone, so it would be better to let Loki suffer.
Gao Tianzun immediately became interested: "I've heard of that little guy, he suits my temperament very well."
Well, it's just temper.
Due to the huge gap in their strength, he can play many games without restraint, while Loki can only sneakily do some small things that he doesn't think highly of, but the bet is indeed a good one.
"Then I will do the same as Ares and bet that neither of them can lift the hammer. The stakes are Brunhilde and her silver Pegasus."
As for Loki and Brunhilde's own opinions, they did not seem important to them.
Although they have some strength, they have no possibility of resistance.
Levi was a little surprised: "Her horse is still alive?"
All Valkyries, including Sif, have a special mount - the Silver Pegasus.
As long as the Valkyries ride on the Silver Pegasus, they can obtain the authority temporarily granted by Odin, activate special abilities, and be directly teleported from Asgard to a battlefield in the Nine Realms with many dead people.
The Valkyries will select qualified talents on the battlefield, and then use their teleportation ability to lead them to Odin's Valhalla, and transform them into heroic warriors to prepare for Ragnarok.
However, the lifespan of the Silver Pegasus itself is not very long. Hela slaughtered the Valkyries and was sealed thousands of years ago. How did Brunhilde's Silver Pegasus survive to this day?
Gao Tianzun deliberately hesitated and said, "I was a little curious about its special abilities, so I gave it a little bit of power and made some modifications."
"But I can guarantee that it is not only alive, but also much stronger than before."
At this point, Gao Tianzun's eyes flickered: "Besides, I think it might be able to give you an unexpected surprise!"
(End of this chapter)
