The ancient one took the lead. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info She pinched a seal with both hands and raised it outward. The space begins to distort. The ground, which had been relatively flat because of the explosion, is now stretched. The distance between Zorro and the Ancient One has grown many times further from just a few meters before. And that's just the first change. Stretching is followed by folding, and folding is followed by twisting. After a while, Zorro followed the torture rack, his body fixed in mid-air in a large shape, as if there was an invisible ceiling hanging there.

Seeing this scene, the superheroes were surprised and happy at the same time. After all, Zorro was finally going to be defeated. However, as a party, Gu Yi still frowned and did not relax. She felt that during the whole process of being upside down, left and right, and even the space around him being distorted, Zorro did not lose his temper, and did not even try to struggle.

Compared with her dignified face, Zorro now looks very relaxed.

"Oh, please. The magical energy of your Supreme Mage vein comes from other dimensions of the multiverse. I said that the multiverse is dying, which means that you will no longer be able to extract magical energy, and you didn't even bother to ask or something? ”

In the face of Zorro's words, this time Gu Yi was very firm: "I can't shake you, and you don't want to use this kind of nonsense to shake me!" ”

Under her control, the space where Zorro was located began to distort sharply, and at the same time narrowed. It seems that the ancient one intends to use this method to strangle Zorro.

And Zorro still seemed very unconcerned.

"I have to say I'm a little disappointed." He laughed and said, "If you ask, maybe I'll teach you something else to keep you as a mage after the multiverse dies and you can't collect magical energy from there—if you're alive after that." And now, I'd be happy to show you a little bit of the magic of another system. It was a little trick I learned from another race on another planet......"

Zorro's words made the Ancient One realize that his magic wasn't really working. So before he could finish speaking, she did it again. She drew an intricate pattern in front of her with both hands, took Zorro from where she had been pressed against the "ceiling", and then controlled the ground to raise two thick mud walls, sandwiching Zorro's body inside. Subsequently, the two mud walls were retracted to the ground, taking Zorro's body with them.

There was a moment of silence in the space. Except for the corpses of the American team and the superheroes who were defeated by Zorro and fell everywhere, it felt like Zorro had never been here.

He ...... He's dead? Or are you trapped underground? Stark endured the pain in his body and asked the ancient one. As a result, what he heard was an unwilling "No" from the ancient one.

Zorro was gently pushed up by the dirt that seemed to be about to trap him inside and bury him, and returned to the surface.

"I've heard the idea that magic is really just different qualities and techniques that different races have acquired from different perceptions of nature. If this is the truth, then for humans, technology is our magic. Our bodies are not at all powerful in nature, but we have evolved brains that are smart enough that we can develop all sorts of tools. This is our perception of nature. And the so-called magic of your Supreme Magician lineage is actually just a natural perception obtained from the universe of other dimensions that originally belonged to other races. It is not a human thing, but you have limitations in the whole way in the human body, and you must pay a certain price. And I have another kind of magic here. I had been forcibly recruited by the Asgardians, and during a journey that ended very unhappily but with a strange twist, I got a little bit of something from another race, the elves. Now I'm going to show you, the Supreme Magi, the elven magician, as a half-elf—well, I don't know how many elves. Look at it. ”

Next, Zorro began to open and close his lips, muttering words. And then...... It was calm and nothing happened.

"Okay, actually, I'm a beginner, I'm not very proficient yet, let me try again."

Still whispering the incantation, this time, Zorro's magic finally reacted. And after the hilarious failure of the thunder and rain just now, no one, including the Ancient One, would have imagined that the magic of the elves would come so violently.

First, the entire space seemed to begin to condense, and the air became heavier. Later, the ancient one discovered that it was only a superficial appearance, and the real change was the moisture in the air, and the water in the entire surrounding space was compressed and extracted around Zorro. Then, in the air beside Zorro, the outline of a horse was gradually sketched from bottom to top, like 3D printing, and gradually became vivid. When the last blow - the horse's ears "generated", the horse raised its forelimbs and neighed, and then ran towards the ancient one.

Intending to test the power of this magic, the ancient one waited until the horse rushed in front of him. Raising her hand sideways, the horse was easily cut in two pieces by the magic fan she had condensed, and then reverted to the form of water vapor, dissipating into the air.

Even so, Gu Yi's expression became more solemn. First, in the process of "slicing" the horse, she was carried by the inertia of the galloping horse and moved several paces later, which shows the characteristics of this magic - the condensation of scattered material elements in the air into a tangible object, which is much safer and more efficient than risking energy from other dimensions - or seizure - to construct an openwork-like device. Second, the spell hasn't been unleashed yet.

Galloping horses are just the beginning. While the Ancient One was contemplating the galloping horse, the same object appeared in the air around Zorro. First the animals, tigers, falcons, elephants, rhinos; Then there are some dead things, from tennis, football, basketballs, to motorcycles, cars, vans, and big trucks; Then Zorro added a little imagination and made a water giant more than three meters tall. Some of these "weapons" condensed by the water vapor in the air directly collided with the ancient one, simply exerting the effect of impact; Others attack the Ancient One in a similar way, such as a tiger with its teeth and claws, an elephant with its trunk, a water giant with a set of combination punches, and so on. And just when the Ancient One finally dealt with them almost, Zorro's big move came - I don't know if he used the water vapor within a radius of how many kilometers around him, or he took back the water vapor of those "objects" that had just been scattered by the Ancient One, and he actually "summoned" a huge wave ten meters high, fifteen meters wide, and nearly three meters thick, moving the huge wave, and slamming it towards the Ancient One!

In the face of a magical attack of this scale, the Ancient One felt that it would not have much effect to deal with it with magic such as space warp, and it would be too late in time. She immediately changed her strategy. It was only then that Zorro's voice came out of the waves.

"Finally want to use the Time Stones? It's late! ”

The waves were not blocked as the superheroes had hoped, but were naturally filmed. Gu Yi did not succeed in dodging Zoro's powerful move, but was hit by the current of water on a boulder a hundred meters away, spitting blood, describing malaise, obviously losing his combat effectiveness. In addition, the superheroes' side was also affected by the impact of the water flowing in all directions, and they were also washed away with injuries of various degrees. The only one still standing at the scene is Zorro. The Eye of Agamotto was attached to the rope that the Ancient One had used to string it, and he held it to the tip of the knife with another straight knife.

"Five-sixths of the way around."

Even if there is no accident or coincidence, it is just as planned to reach this level, and at this point, Zorro can hardly hold back the excitement in his heart. And the superheroes who are still awake see that he finally got the Eye of Agomoto, and there is not much sense of loss, but a relief that "it is finally over". What happened in less than half an hour, in less than half an hour, was full of ups and downs, and it was really enough for them to digest. But if you think about it, the alien threat has long been lifted, and it's really thanks to Zorro's layout. What happened later, including the desperate blocking of the American team, and the death-defying resistance of Iron Man and others, didn't seem too necessary? So why on earth was that what was supposed to be a battle to fight against the invading aliens became Zorro vs all the superheroes? If Zorro used the Sky Building Ship to crash into the Kree Dark Star and caused the explosion to make both the superheroes and the aliens lose, isn't this the decision of the American team in the first place, and the only chance on the Earth side? If it hadn't been for that explosion, even if Zorro hadn't faked his death and was single-mindedly cooperating with other superheroes, would it have been enough to fight the aliens who still held the three Infinity Stones at the time?

Of course, deception, concealment and exploitation are wrong after all. But whether it is worth rising to the point of fighting for life and death is debatable. Perhaps, as Batman said before, Zorro is always using the opportunity to help superheroes save the world, so that superheroes can let their guard down on him, so as to obtain his personal self-interest. Perhaps what got the situation out of control after the death of Fenrir, Kree, and Mordo was not the scruples about the super-treasure falling into Zorro's hands, or the fact that Earth was facing more threats from outer space and other dimensions, but that the superheroes were unwilling to be taken advantage of.

With that in mind, it's not hard to understand why they were relieved when Zorro got the Eye of Agomoto. And in this whole battle, the only ones who really lost money were the magicians of Kamataki.

Wait, the battle hasn't settled yet!

Without warning, a hole was cracked out of thin air more than ten meters above Zorro's head, and a large hand condensed by energy stretched out from it and grabbed Zorro violently. Through this opening, the few gaps outside the energy hand were revealed, and the superheroes could peek to the other side of the opening, where a domineering purple-skinned humanoid was sitting on a stone pedestal, his eyes full of greed and confidence.

Thanos finally can't sit still!

(P.S.: The points about magic mentioned in this chapter are actually analyzed and summarized by Tolkien's fans from the story of the whole structure of The Lord of the Rings, etc.) ）