bookbashuk Chapter 73 The Corrupted Timeline
Chapter 73 The Corrupted Timeline
The Holy Lord brought Wanda to the courtyard, where the King and Thor stood, seemingly having been waiting for some time.
Wang glanced at Mordo, who understood immediately and simultaneously activated a magic circle with Wang. However, Mordo summoned a black magic circle, while Wang summoned a green one, with the Time Stone floating in the center of Wang's magic circle.
The two magic arrays responded to each other, and a spatial rift gradually appeared between them. The Time Stone flew into the rift, and in an instant, a wisp of smoke carrying an ominous aura emerged from the rift and surrounded the group.
The Holy Lord frowned. He sensed the aura of the Horse Talisman and the Rabbit Talisman within this aura. It seemed that Mordo was right; there was indeed something the Holy Lord needed in that corrupted timeline.
"Are you ready?" Wang glanced around at everyone.
"Let's begin. I can sense that timeline is evil," Thor said.
The Holy Lord remained silent; he had already expressed his opinion when he agreed to Mordo's request, and Wanda could not leave him.
More smoke billowed out of the crack.
"Keep your minds clear and don't let this aura corrupt you." The king's voice echoed in everyone's minds. "This aura will assimilate those who don't belong to this timeline, turning them into natives of this timeline and dissolving them away."
As the Holy Lord watched these auras rush towards him, he snorted coldly, and the power of the Mind Stone spread out around him. The mist instantly vanished as if it had encountered its natural enemy.
Wang glanced at Shendu with a complicated expression. This was the power of the Mind Stone. As one of the Infinity Stones, Wang could feel the resonance between the Time Stone and the Mind Stone.
The surrounding space began to change, a dizzying sensation arose in everyone's minds, and an aura of irritability emanated from everyone except for Shendu and Wanda. Everyone else covered their heads and forced themselves to calm down.
A creature with the body of a horse and the head of a rabbit slowly appeared before the crowd.
"Solve it! They are the cleaners of this timeline, they will eliminate all life that does not belong to this timeline!" Wang shouted.
Thor glanced at King and Mordo, who were busy manipulating the magic circle and couldn't free themselves, while Shendu and Wanda seemed completely unaffected by the creatures, who were all avoiding them.
"Damn it!" Thor sneered, drawing Mjolnir from his waist, the hammer crackling with lightning.
A thick bolt of lightning shot out from the void and struck the cleaner in front of him.
boom!
A violent explosion rang out, but the Scavenger was unharmed and continued walking unhurriedly toward Thor.
"Grass!"
Thor cursed, rubbing his fingers on the bull rune on the hammer handle. The power of the bull rune spread across the hammer, and another bolt of lightning shot out, this time turning the Scavenger into charred remains.
Wang and Mordo stared in shock at the charred remains of the Scavengers. They had tried to attack the Scavengers before, but their magic had failed to cause them any real damage.
"Has Asgard become this powerful?" The king thought of Odin, who was even more powerful than Beethoven, and a chill ran down his spine. "We cannot make enemies of them."
Wanda reacted differently from the others. The instant she saw the bolt of lightning, she sensed the presence of the Holy Lord. That bolt of lightning was enhanced by the Holy Lord's power. If it were only Thor's own power, he would have needed to exhaust all his divine power to unleash this attack.
The Holy Lord looked with great interest at the bull talisman on the hammer handle. He had previously discovered that his talisman's power had been enhanced after it came to this world, and now it seemed that this was indeed the case.
The ox talisman nowadays can not only enhance strength, but also strengthen power.
Shendu glanced at Thor, and Thor read the message in Shendu's eyes: "How is it? My power works well, doesn't it?"
Thor nodded, glancing warily around. Since neither the Holy Lord nor Wanda intended to intervene, he was left to take on the responsibility of guarding the magic circle.
Fortunately, after the first batch of cleaners were dealt with, this timeline seemed to realize that they were not to be trifled with and stopped trying to stop them.
After a while, the surrounding space completely settled down, and the scene before them changed. It was still the central courtyard of Kamar-Taj, but it was completely different from the central courtyard of the main world.
A scene full of life.
This was Wang's first reaction upon seeing this world in the timeline. It showed no signs of being eroded; on the contrary, it was even more vibrant than the main world.
"What's going on?" Mordo frowned as he saw his surroundings clearly. "It doesn't look like it's been eroded at all."
Thor frowned as well. He could feel the power he had previously expended recovering, and the recovery was much faster than in the main world, even showing signs of surpassing Asgard.
"What's going on?" the Holy Lord asked.
Wang scratched his head and looked at the Time Stone on his chest: "That's right. According to the signs on the Time Stone, time in this world has indeed been eroded, but the current situation is unexpected."
"Who goes there!"
Just as Wang was pondering what was going on, a voice rang out behind him: "Karmar-Taj does not welcome intruders!"
Wang turned around and felt that the person in front of him looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
The Holy Lord also noticed the newcomer. He saw the man raise an eyebrow. It was Stephen Strange, the famous Doctor Strange from Marvel.
"Something's not right." Mordo looked at the man in front of him and whispered to Wang, "In the main world, he's a new magic apprentice in Kamar-Taj, but he's different in this world. Pay attention to his forehead."
Wang looked at Stephen's forehead, where there was a mark—a horse—that didn't look like an acquired tattoo.
Stephen bypassed the King and Mordo, and went straight to the Holy Lord. His brows were furrowed. He felt an aura of submission emanating from the man before him, a submission that came from the very soul.
"Who are you?" Stephen asked.
The Holy Lord also sensed the aura emanating from Stephen's forehead—the aura of the Horse Talisman—and laughed, "Divine Capital!"
The Holy Lord revealed his real name, wanting to see how the person before him would react to it.
As the Holy Lord had predicted, Stephen felt a tremor in his soul upon hearing those two words. He was certain that this was the first time he had heard the name, but the feeling was unmistakable.
Stephen suppressed his shock, composed himself, and said, "It sounds like a very prestigious name. Are you interested in joining Kamar-Taj? I can personally teach you."
The Holy Lord did not answer, but looked at Stephen with a mocking expression, which made Stephen feel uneasy.
"What do you mean?" Stephen frowned. "Does being from another timeline give you the right to look down on us?"
Wang keenly grasped the information in Stephen's words: how did he know they came from another timeline?