25. Phoenix: See the poor dagger

Sacrifice, this is a word that often appears in religious ceremonies, this word means to offer sacrifices, ask for a response or return, half of it is mostly used in the exchange of status and high-ranking creatures, and the deeper meaning is "fair trade", how much to give, how much to get, of course, if you can use the ritual scene of sacrifice with a little bit of evil, most of it is itself an unfair exchange.

Distorting reality with the Reality Stone is also a sacrifice in itself, but this Infinity Stone is really not easy to use, for example, Jane Foster will also be forcibly drained by the Reality Stone to distort the present world in a coma, although it has no will, but if your strength is not strong enough, it will not obey you.

According to Kama Taj's oldest documents, the Stone of Reality is meant to be used in conjunction with other Infinity Stones, and it never ends well when used alone.

"Hell dark elves! Hell gems of reality!"

Cyber struggled under the cover of the dark red stream of darkness, he could feel that the thing was absorbing the energy in his body, the fire of life was weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye, once it was completely consumed, the concept of Cyber would cease to exist, and the black sun in the sky was slowly expanding, like a black hole that had burst open, and began to swallow the wreckage of the ground into it.

Cyber senses a big crisis!

"Phoenix !!"

He called the name of the phoenix in the spiritual world, and the next moment, he received a response from the high-latitude cosmic creature:

"Oh, isn't that my lovely host?

"Get this thing off me!"

Cyber said, "It's killing me!"

"Well... The Reality Stone? I haven't seen it in years. ”

The phoenix's voice was as lazy as ever, it seemed to be surveying the dark red liquid covering the surface of Cyber's body, but it didn't immediately come to Cyber's aid, instead, it watched the confrontation between Cyber and the dark red liquid like an indifferent bystander.

"I mean, you seem to have gotten something wrong. ”

Phoenix whispered: "You are just my host, you are not my master, for the sake of food, I have already helped you once, this time, I have to charge!"

"You!

Cyber's voice grew angry: "I'm dead, and you're just..."

"You're dead, I'm just changing another host, don't think too highly of yourself, low-dimensional creatures!"

The phoenix interrupted Cyber's threat, and it took a moment to say, "Just like Grey Jean, you're not the only one on that planet, Cyber Hawke, you don't seem to have figured out one thing yet, I'm the one who takes the initiative in your relationship, you can't really be stupid enough to think I'll meet all your needs unconditionally, right?"

"You see, we all said okay, you help me, I'll help you. ”

Phoenix whispered, "I helped you once, but you haven't helped me yet." ”

"What do you want me to do?"

Cyber didn't have much time to waste, and his voice became cold: "Say your conditions!"

"Very well, that's the attitude of asking for people. ”

The phoenix breathed a sigh of relief, and Cyber could faintly hear Dormammu's wail, it seemed that the phoenix did not kill him, but used him as a long-term reserve food, which was really miserable!

Of course, Cyber is also miserable now, seeing that Cyber is soft, in the voice of the heart, Phoenix said with satisfaction:

"Do you remember the fragments of power that I left in your body at the beginning? The kind of fragments that allow you to borrow my power wantonly, I call it Phoenix Fragments, any qualified person who has ever been a carrier will have Phoenix fragments in their bodies, each of them represents an extension of my power, but it is also the seed of power that I divided, if I want to be complete again, I need to take back the fragments I gave again. ”

"You want me to help you collect the Phoenix Shards?"

Cyber asked in a deep voice, "Are they all on Earth?"

"Hehehe, you still haven't been able to get rid of the limitations of low-dimensional creatures..."

Phoenix smiled:

"Look up at the starry sky, Cyber, my fragments are distributed in every corner of the universe, this is a long collection process, so I need my host to be strong enough, enough potential, you are very suitable, a creature like you, you should not prostrate on the ground and look up at the starry sky, you should join it, promise me, I will help you get rid of the uncontrolled Reality Stone, I can even teach you how to control it." ”

"The Reality Stone is not dangerous, if you know how to use it correctly, it will turn what you think and see into your real and reliable weapon, with it, you are the king of the world, look at all that this ignorant dark elf has done, he could have achieved his weak "eternal darkness" more easily, oh, senseless sacrifice. ”

Cyber was silent.

He is not stupid, the collection of fragments that Phoenix said is a long process, it is a high-level existence in the universe, even it feels long, this time span is estimated to be 10,000 years... Will Cyber be willing to trade 10,000 years for his own survival? Can he give up everything on Earth and be alone among the stars, becoming a lonely watchman?

No, he doesn't want to! No one in their right head would be willing to exchange 10,000 years of time for power, what a brain-dead idea, if you are destined to be alone, even if you are invincible among the stars, what's the point?

"Are you hesitating?"

The phoenix easily sensed Cyber's wavering, and it whispered, "There's not much time left for you to hesitate..."

"Can you change the request?"

Cyber asked, but the next moment he was ruthlessly vetoed by Phoenix:

"Other than that, I don't have anything you need to do, everything in the lower dimensional world is meaningless in my eyes, and you can't get access to other things I need, now, tell me, are you willing, or not?"

"I..."

Cyber felt like he was making a difficult decision, the icy dark aether had completely covered him except his cheeks, and he seemed to have no other choice.

But his fate should not be so tortuous.

"Buzz"

In an instant, the golden portal covering most of Asgard's sky opened in the sky, and a deep voice sounded in Cyber's heart at the same time:

"Don't promise it! It's just a runaway Reality Stone!"

Cyber's spirit perked up, he heard who it was, and the next moment, a jade-like finger pointed at Cyber's forehead, and seventeen brilliant green magic seals rippled around Cyber's body, and unimaginable chaos magic was like a pair of scissors, forcibly surrounding Cyber's body, tearing the dark red liquid covering the surface of the body hard.

"Buzz"

The dark sky shook again, the familiar white robes, familiar cheeks, and familiar bald head appeared in Cyber's eyes, the Supreme Mage who returned from beyond the Ten Thousand Worlds held a rune staff, and pointed to his feet in the dark sky, and the invisible magic power oscillated like a magical shackle, binding the dark red dark aether that escaped into the sky in a golden ball, and finally fell into the ancient one's robes.

At the moment when the Stone of Reality was put away, beneath the body of Cyber who had regained his freedom, the wind of the void that blew everything away suddenly stopped, and the dark sun above the sky still existed, but it no longer expanded.

"Uh... I arrived just in time. ”

A warm smile appeared on the face of the ancient one, who seemed to have regained her health, she looked at Cyber and whispered:

"You didn't promise it, did you?"

"Nope"

Cyber flicked his wrist, he canceled the demonization, and two wings of flame appeared behind him, allowing his body to levitate beside the Ancient One, and he asked softly, "It looks like this request of the Phoenix is terrible?"

"Oops? No, it's not just bad. ”

Ancient One stretched out his finger and pointed it at Cyber's heart, and her voice sounded between Cyber and Phoenix:

"The last time you came to Earth, you took away the strongest and most talented Iron Fist that Kunlun has ever seen, and that time, you said the same thing to that girl, and you told her that it would be a wonderful trip, but now, you have appeared on Earth again, what about the person you took away? Where is she?"

"Humph!"

The phoenix snorted coldly, turned around and disappeared into Cyber's mental world, its voice full of disgust came from afar:

"Nosy female, there's time to spoil my business, why don't you take a good look at your body and see how many years you can live if you are so nosy?"

The Ancient One retracted her will, she shook her head, glanced at Asgard shrouded in darkness, and said:

"You don't need to worry too much, aside from this impossible requirement, the phoenix is a very good spirit in the multiverse, at least it won't deliberately send you to death. ”

"And your body?"

Cyber heard a hint of ominousness from the phoenix's voice just now, and in the face of his question, Gu Yi took a deep breath, and a hint of relief flashed in his eyes like a water pupil:

"I've lived long enough, I've done a lot of things right in my life, but I've also done a lot wrong, this time I went out of the territory, I saw more scenery, don't worry about me, Cyber Hawke, I'm going to die, sooner or later, now, let's solve the trouble here once and for all." ”

The Ancient One was walking in the dark sky, and Cyber followed her, and he glanced at the kingdom below that had been completely shrouded in darkness, and his eyes flashed fiercely, and he whispered:

"Aren't they enemies?

"No!

Gu Yi flatly refused, she looked back at Cyber: "Among the Nine Kingdoms, Asgard's status is transcendent, if it is allowed to be destroyed like this, it will make the Nine Kingdoms return to chaos in an instant, and... Alas, forget it, let's not talk about it yet, you'll find out the reason later. ”

The Supreme Mage stretched out her left hand, and between the flashes of light, the dark aether bound in the ball of light appeared in the palm of her hand, and she looked at the dark aether flowing in front of her fingertips, and she said:

"The Reality Gem, the one that reshapes reality and distorts, the most powerful of the six Infinity Stones, you need to have the right way to use it, Phoenix is absolutely good at this, using it in the wrong way will only ruin your life. ”

"Well, I don't understand..."

Seber shook his head crisply, he glanced at the dark red gem, a little further away from it, this thing was dangerous.

Gu Yi turned his head to look at him, and the Supreme Mage thought for a moment and came up with a very appropriate word:

"It's a medium, not a weapon!"

Her body slowly descended, Cyber flapped the wings of flame and followed her, falling into the path of glory, the Ancient One strolled forward, in the dark dust, Cyber saw Heimdall kneeling on the ground, after realizing that someone was coming, the gatekeeper struggled to support his body with the heavy sword in his hand, he looked at the Supreme Mage walking in the darkness, and the dark aether in her hand, a trace of despair flashed across the face of the most powerful warrior of Asgard.

"Are you going to destroy this place, Supreme Mage?"

Heimdall used his last strength to stand in front of the Ancients, and he shouted, "Are you going to destroy Asgard's last hope because of our hostility?"

"Rainbow Bridge?"

Gu Yi shook his head: "Your hope is not here, and I have no intention of destroying your country and the world, get out of the way!

Heimdall's eyes were full of strong suspicion, but an impatient Cyber stepped forward and threw Heimdall to the ground with a punch, then made a "please" gesture to the Ancient One.

"The path is clear, Master, please do whatever you want. ”

Cyber picked Heimdall's heavy sword from the ground and held it in front of him, "I promise no one will bother you." ”

"You've always been like this, Cyber, and I don't like your violent methods..."

The Ancient One crossed Heimdall's body and walked into the rainbow bridge: "But it's often useful. ”