vncnus Chapter 323 The Bully Who Threw the Red Skull Down as a Sacrifice!
Chapter 323 The Bully Who Threw the Red Skull Down as a Sacrifice!
As the spaceship descended onto the only cliff marked by human activity, Toby, the future Guardians of the Galaxy, and a large wave of Raiders disembarked from the ship.
A figure clad in a black robe, whose feet never touched the ground, appeared not far from them and slowly floated towards them.
Star-Lord swallowed hard, involuntarily taking a step back to shield Gamora in front of him: "My God, Gamora, that guy's legs don't touch the ground, did you see that?"
Gamora's eye twitched, and she glanced at Star-Lord with disdain: "So what? Haven't you ever seen someone who can fly?"
Star-Lord shook his head violently: "No, no, no! That's different! This guy isn't just someone who can fly; I feel like he's more of a ghost!"
This time, before Gamora could even mock Star-Lord, Drax burst out laughing: "Ha! Hahaha! Ghosts? Quill, are you a child? Believing in ghosts? Hahahaha!!"
Rocket joined Drax in mocking Star-Lord: "Haha, Quill, how about your Uncle Rocket gives you a cross from your planet to ward off evil?"
Star-Lord: ......
Toby ignored the commotion behind him, simply walking step by step to the eerie dark figure. Without waiting for the other to speak, he said calmly:
"Red Skull?"
The Red Skull, who was originally preparing to open the box as usual and tell the other party the conditions for obtaining the Soul Gem, was stunned.
He never expected that he would be the one whose box was opened before he even opened it!
That's right, this eerie, ghost-like shadow is none other than Captain America's nemesis, John Schmidt, the ruler of Hydra during World War II, known as "Red Skull"!
Seeing that his identity had been exposed, Red Skull no longer concealed his true appearance and took off his large hood.
It was a terrifying face with no skin, only blood-red muscle stuck to the skull!
This made Star-Lord take another step back, pointing at Red Skull and saying urgently, "See? See? I told you he was a ghost! What normal person would look like that?"
Gamora and the others: ......
Red Skull: ......
Red Skull glanced at Star-Lord and said calmly, "Peter Jason Quill, who calls himself 'Star-Lord,' is the son of Meredith Quill, a human from Earth, and the Celestial Ego..."
Upon seeing that his box had been opened, Star-Lord was initially incredulous, but then became excited.
Now he's not afraid of ghosts or anything like that anymore.
Star-Lord strode forward to Red Skull and asked excitedly, "Do you know who my father is? I don't even know myself. You said his name is Ego, right? And what does 'Celestial' mean?"
"The Soul Stone only told me this much; I have no further information to share..." Red Skull glanced at Star-Lord indifferently before turning his gaze back to Toby, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes:
"Why didn't the Soul Stone give me any information about you?"
Toby smiled slightly: "Perhaps it's because it's already realized that it's about to change hands, and you, the guardian of the Soul Gem, are no longer useful and can retire, so it's too lazy to tell you anything."
The red skull frowned slightly: "As expected, you also want the Soul Gem, but I must tell you, there's only one way to get it: by exchanging your soul for it..."
Snap—
Before Red Skull could finish speaking, Toby slapped him across the face, sending him flying until he crashed against the edge of a cliff!
As Red Skull lay on the ground, feeling the long-lost, excruciating pain in his cheek, his face was filled with disbelief!
How is that possible?
You should know that his physical body was already obliterated by the Cosmic Cube during World War II!
Then his soul was transported by the Tesseract to the location of the Soul Stone, and he became its servant!
How could this guy attack his own soul?
Toby said: "Brand new version, unlimited power, you don't understand, do you? It's an outdated WWII relic!"
He just doesn't have the complete Soul Stone, but he does have the power of the Soul Stone, so naturally he can hit the Red Skull, who is a soul!
Furthermore, Toby estimated that the reason the Soul Stone didn't give Red Skull his information was because he possessed the power of the Soul Stone from another universe, making it impossible for the Soul Stone to read his information!
But Toby wasn't going to explain that much to Red Skull. He strode forward, walked up to Red Skull who was lying on the cliff unable to stand, bent down, grabbed him by the neck, lifted him up, and grinned:
"I don't like negotiating. I'm here today to inform the Soul Gem that its new owner has arrived, not to make any deals with it!"
Even the Red Skull in its spirit form felt suffocated under Toby's massive hand, unable to utter a sound!
Of course, Toby had no intention of hearing Red Skull's last words. He looked down at the altar below the cliff and sneered:
"Heh, soul for soul, huh? It's just a soul, here you go!"
With that, Toby swung the red skull around in his hand and then threw it down hard. The red skull's soul shattered into pieces on the altar at the bottom of the cliff with a crack!
Unsurprisingly, the altar below remained calm. Although the Red Skull was a soul, he was not Toby's beloved, so the requirement was not met, and the Soul Gem did not appear.
"If you refuse a toast offered in kind, then you'll have to suffer the consequences?"
Seeing this, Toby was not disappointed. He simply flicked his right arm, causing the seven-colored rings on his right arm to fly out of his hand and swim around his body like a dragon.
However, just as Toby was about to use his ten rings to smash the altar of the Soul Gem at the bottom of the cliff and force the Soul Gem out, he suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky!
The next moment, the dreamy, colorful clouds in the sky were torn apart, and huge black 'meteors' that sparked from friction fell down!
And the direction they fell was right from Toby and his group!
Star-Lord and the others were completely stunned as they watched the fiery "meteors" fall one by one.
Because of the sheer density of the crowds, they had nowhere to hide, and not even a chance to escape on a spaceship!
That's it, I'm really doomed this time!
Only Toby remained calm and pleased, showing no sign of panic. He simply pushed the seven-colored rings, which he had originally intended to use to bombard the altar below, into the sky!
This time, the Ten Rings did not directly attack the falling "meteorites." Instead, they spread out and hovered above everyone's heads. Finally, the rings connected with each other, forming a huge seven-colored energy curtain!
The meteorites that fell onto the seven-colored energy curtain made a series of dull impact sounds, but they couldn't even dim the energy luster on it, let alone break through it!
This is the bullseye; it can be used for both offense and defense!
It can destroy the world through offense, and protect the world through defense!