Chapter 664 The Crimson King

"Mr. Stark, there are people on the sea."

On the dark and vast sea, the moving figure of Dio Brando cannot be touched by ordinary people's eyes at all.

However, everyone in the New York port is obviously not an ordinary person in the ordinary sense.

The Mind Stone on his forehead flashed with light, and Vision next to Tony immediately turned his gaze to the dark sea.

"Jarvis."

After hearing Vision's words, Tony's Mark58 quickly changed form.

The eye sockets on the helmet flashed with light, and when he switched to night vision mode, Tony could see a figure running rapidly on the sea.

Because Dio was moving too fast on the sea, Tony could only see the waves generated during his running in Tony's field of vision.

However, through Jarvis's slowed-down scene, one can clearly see the process of Diona moving on the sea surface.

"Jarvis, switch to attack mode!"

Looking at Dio Brando running on the sea, Tony felt a flash of shock in his heart.

However, the next second he quickly issued instructions to Jarvis in Mark58.

Following Tony's command, the Mark 58 on his body began to transform, and huge muzzles condensed energy were transformed from the back of the suit and the sides of the shoulder armor arms.

boom--

Amidst the low roar, blue laser rays were fired from the muzzle of Mark58.

The laser cuts through the dark sea surface, reflecting the sea into a faint blue hue.

On the sea, facing the laser fired by Tony.

The expression on Dio Brando's face did not change at all. He just slightly raised the corners of his mouth to reveal a devilish smile, and whispered softly: "Engrave the time."

As Dio finished speaking, an ugly red figure flashed behind him.

At the same time, Dio began to activate the first ability of the invincible stand-in [Crimson King] - Epitaph.

As an A-level character card ability defined by the system, the abilities of the substitute [Crimson King] awakened by [Diablo] are extremely complex, but they are all related to time to a certain extent.

At this moment, what Dio on the sea activated was the first ability of the [Crimson King] stand-in, Epitaph.

The scene of the future is projected through the small face on the forehead of the stand-in [Crimson King].

Its essence is to simulate the future picture obtained after a period of time after the world runs.

For example, previously in the ship's restaurant.

Through the ability of Epitaph, Dio saw the scene of the prisoner attacking him ten seconds later, so he chose to strike first and strangle the prisoner who attacked him.

At this time, through the ability of the avatar to activate the epitaph, Dio could clearly see in Dio's eyes that seven seconds in the future, his figure on the sea would be hit by a laser ray and turn into a wreckage.

Of course, for such a future.

Dio Brando can dodge by relying on his speed which is far superior to [Diablo], the original awakener of [Crimson King].

After all, the clone Dio who combines vampire and stand-in abilities at this moment has its own ability far beyond that of [Diablo] several times. The result of multiplying the two is that the Crimson King was invincible in the past. The essence of ability is no longer a weakness.

"It predicts future trends."

On the sea, the waves under Dio's feet continued to produce ripples, supporting him as he walked on the sea.

Seeing his injured future in his eyes, Dio gave up dodging, but chose to activate the second ability of [The Crimson King] at this moment, which is why it is called the invincible substitute - to remove time.

"Then, let's erase this future and leap forward."

As Dio hummed, the substitute [Crimson King] reappeared behind him.

In a world where the ability to erase time is activated, everything around seems to be torn apart. The cracks in the world are floating in the void. Everything in the port, on the sea, and on the ship has lost its movement at this moment. The only thing in this eradicated world is The only one who still retains his mind is Dio himself, who activated his substitute.

"Now, let's leap into the future, [Crimson King]."

Standing on the floating and broken sea, Dio used the ability of [Crimson King] to remove 0.5 seconds of the unfavorable future of himself being penetrated by the laser.

At the same time, the last ability of the [Crimson King] stand-in was activated - time deletion.

Time trimming and time deletion look very similar, but they actually target two completely different objects.

The former acts on the substitute user, that is, Dio himself. What is deleted is the user's own time. During the process of deletion, the user will be separated from the real dimension, will not interfere with everything in the world, and will not be able to attack others, but at the same time, others will not be able to. Attack him.

The latter's time deletion deals with the memories of this period of time by everyone around.

For example, on the ship before, Dio showed the ability to delete time in front of Captain America, causing him to lose the memory of leaving the bed and walking in front of him.

When time cutting and time deletion are combined, a performance similar to time stopping is produced, or it should be said that time cutting is more accurate.

To describe simply, if all the process and development of the world are described frame by frame using movie reels.

The ability of [Crimson King] is to cut out all the frames that are not good for itself. However, because no one retains the memory during the entire cutting process except the stand-in user himself, the final performance is The result is like teleportation.

"Time, let it flow again."

Eliminating the 0.5 seconds that was disadvantageous to him, Dio ended the substitute ability of [Crimson King].

"Escaped?!"

In the real dimension of time, in New York Harbor, all Tony and others could see was the scene of the laser crossing Dio's body and falling on the sea, splashing a large number of waves.

"What on earth happened, this feeling..."

On the ship, although Natasha couldn't clearly see Dio's figure running on the sea, she reacted instinctively to the flash of laser.

He lowered his head and looked at the mark on his wrist.

The moment the laser appeared on the port, Natasha struggled violently through the restraints on her hands.

However, due to time deletion, she lost the memory of her struggle.

He stretched out his hand to struggle, but found that there were wounds on his wrists, and his thoughts fell into huge confusion for a while.

…

"No, no, there's something not quite right about the whole thing."

Beside Tony, Vision looked at Dio on the sea.

Although the memory of time has been deleted, the Mind Stone on his forehead exudes a faint light, reminding Vision of the weirdness of the whole thing.

Looking at Dio running on the sea, a strong feeling of uneasiness began to surge in Vision's heart.

However, it has not yet shown any performance.

On the dark sea, Dio's figure has turned into a red afterimage.

Instantly jumped onto the huge container at the port.

"Tony Stark, we meet again."

Standing on the container, Dio Brando looked down at Tony and others who were facing a formidable enemy in the port.

His handsome and tall figure looked particularly enchanting under the moonlight.

Twisting his body, Dio's scarlet eyes fell on Tony's suit, and then he grinned, revealing sharp teeth.

"Dior Brando."

He raised his head and looked up at Dio standing on top of the container.

A solemn look flashed across Tony's face in Mark58. Dio still looked old when he saw it on the raft prison monitor.

However, Dior, who came in front of them at this moment, had regained his original handsome appearance.

Needless to say, all of this goes without saying. It is obvious that the Dior in front of him has used some method to regain his youth again, and the most likely method is naturally the [Stone Ghost Face].

"Jarvis, switch modes."

Thinking of the weakness of vampires, Tony in Mark58 gave orders to Jarvis without hesitation.

Following his instructions, the Mark 58 on his body quickly changed form, and the muzzle on the back began to transform into diamond-shaped mirrors, forming ultraviolet lamps according to the design produced by Jarvis.

"What an unfriendly greeting."

Witnessing the transformation process of Mark 58 on Tony's body, Dio's narrow eyes on the container twitched slightly.

He raised the corners of his mouth and showed Tony a strange and inhuman smile.

The next moment, the figure of the [Crimson King] disappeared behind him.

"This is a substitute!"

Under the power of the Mind Stone, the figure flashing behind Dio appeared in Vision's eyes.

Looking at this ugly yet familiar humanoid creature, Vision's mind came to its senses almost instantly.

"Time, start engraving again."

The ability to activate Epitaph.

In Dior's eyes, a picture of the future appeared.

He saw his body scorched black by ultraviolet radiation.

This is the weakness of the vampire transformed from [Stone Ghost Face].

This is also a weakness that Li Ran deliberately left behind.

After all, if Dio Brando, who has mastered the invincible substitute, has no weaknesses, then the entire battle will be a one-sided massacre.

At the same time, it will also conflict with Dio Brando's own role.

Seeing his injured body under the ultraviolet light, the expression on Dior's face did not waver at all.

Because this kind of future will never appear in reality.

Behind him, [Crimson King] activated his ability.

Cut out the injured future.

Time flows again, and everything leaps ahead of that time.

"Sir, the target has been lost."

And in the moment of trance, Jarvis's voice sounded in Mark58.

"What?!"

Following Jarvis's voice, Tony's eyes narrowed slightly, but he saw that Dio's figure on the container had disappeared.

"Are you looking for me, Tony?"

The next moment, Dio Brando's voice sounded from behind him.

Immediately afterwards, a huge force emerged along with the harsh sound of metal friction.

boom--

A large number of damaged mechanical structures on the back of Mark58 were repaired, and Tony's body uncontrollably hit the container in front of him, forming a huge dent.

"Next time, my palm will not just hit you."

Dio raised his palm to keep his hand moving, and looked at Tony's figure landing on the container, with a faint smile on his face.

"Mr. Stark!"

"Tony!"

Around New York Harbor, watching Tony being attacked by Dio.

Spidey and War Machine exclaimed.

Peter controlled the suit and fired a sticky bomb at Dio without hesitation.

As an agile superhero, Peter's abilities have been greatly improved with the addition of his new suit. This improvement gave him a clear advantage during the previous civil war with the anti-registration faction.

However, facing Dio at this time, Spider-Man's advantage was obviously meaningless.

Activate the [Crimson King] substitute ability to cut time.

Everything that was detrimental to Dio Brando's future was eliminated.

As for these complicated processes, the picture shown in Peter's eyes was that the spider silk bomb he shot failed, and the figure of Dio Brando who was originally in front of him came to his side in an instant.

"Oops, dangerous!"

The moment Dio Brando appeared, the spider sense in Peter's body began to issue frantic reminders.

Before the shock in his heart could even surface, the little spider's body instinctively made evasive movements.

It's a pity that even the reaction that has been imprinted in the body's instinct is obviously not as good as the pause effect produced by Dio Brando's [Crimson King] deleting time.

Dio Brando stretched out his sharp fingertips and landed on Peter's body almost without any interruption.

The improved defense provided by the new suit helped Peter resist Dio's attack, but the huge power from his hands still knocked the little spider's seemingly slender body away heavily.

"He...Spider-Man!"

Seeing his friend being attacked, Dragonfly Ned's eyes immediately turned red.

He headed in the direction of Dio Brando and bumped into him without hesitation.

"Senseless behavior. "

For Ned's counterattack, Dio didn't even need to activate the [Crimson King] ability.

With its vampire superhuman speed, he instantly dodged Ned's impact. At the same time, he raised his thigh and exerted huge force to kick the fat dragonfly in the direction of the container like a green ball. .

"What an impulsive guy."

Looking at the Dragonfly Man who was kicked away by Dio Brando, Jack Simon complained with a cigarette in his mouth, but without any hesitation in the movement of his hand, the power of the [Yellow Lantern Ring] flashed, and a A huge baseball glove materialized and caught the Dragonfly Man flying in mid-air.

"Warning, target is extremely dangerous."

Looking at Dio Brando's movements, he posed a huge threat to Tony and others in the port.

All the 'Sentinel' robots around them sounded warning sounds at the same time.

Through the control of artificial intelligence Ultron, aim at Dio Brando in the center and launch a shooting attack.