Chapter 671 Weakness

"The future has changed."

New York Harbor.

The epitaph immediately projected the changed future into his eyes.

He was distracted and cast his gaze on the portal. What reflected in Dio's scarlet eyes was Doctor Strange Stephen Strange.

"It seems that you have been constantly using your abilities to change time."

After a period of magic practice at Kama Taj, Stephen's control over magic has become more and more in-depth. With his own magic equipment, although there is still a clear gap between him and the Supreme Mage Ancient One, he is already a magician who can stand alone. Master.

Especially after Ancient One handed him the Eye of Agamotto, Stephen has vaguely looked like Doctor Strange.

Raising his hand to control the portal behind him to dissipate, Stephen looked at Dio and the ugly [Crimson King] behind it and immediately raised his eyebrows and said.

"It seems that even the [Crimson King] cannot escape the power of the Time Stone."

In the antique shop, Li Ran couldn't help but narrow his eyes as he looked at Doctor Strange who came to the port through the portal.

[The Crimson King]'s ability to erase time can delete everyone's memory, but it obviously still cannot escape the perception of the Eye of Agamotto or the Time Stone in it.

However, look at it from another perspective.

This is a matter of course. No matter how powerful the [Crimson King]'s ability is, it can only remove more than ten seconds of time in the world and foresee the future in about ten seconds.

As one of the infinite gems, the time gem can easily reverse time, pause time, foresee several futures and other incredible abilities. Even if Stephen is cruel and ignores the impact of the gem on reality, he can completely create A closed time loop that allows the world's time to repeat itself until it collapses.

Of course, as the caretaker of the Eye of Agamotto for this generation.

Unless he is on the verge of despair, Stephen will not easily use the power of the Eye of Agamotto to create a time loop.

This was what the ancient pair taught him, and it was also Stephen's realization after he became more and more familiar with magic.

The power of the Time Stone doesn't come without a price.

It just seems to have no cost. In fact, the cost of using the power of gems is borne by the entire world.

Antique shop Li Ran's thoughts did not affect the clone Dior's next actions.

Its gaze fell on the Eye of Agamotto on Stephen's chest, and it activated the substitute ability of [Crimson King] without hesitation.

"I see that the opportunity to transcend fate lies in you."

In the eradicated world dimension, Dio Brando is walking in the broken void world.

While being removed, Dio cannot interfere with the operation of other objects, but he can move around the world.

Walking to Doctor Strange Stephen Strange, Dio stretched out his slender palm and placed it on the Eye of Agamotto.

Although Dior cannot make changes in time, it can prepare in advance.

"Sure enough, the final winner is me, Dio!"

Dio's palm overlapped with the time gem on Stephen's chest, and he was planning to grab the Eye of Agamotto in his hand the next second his time-removing ability ended.

However, at the moment when Dio was about to activate the ability leap of [Crimson King] to eliminate this period of time.

Suddenly, he noticed that the corners of Doctor Strange's eyes in front of it moved slightly.

"What?!"

Seeing this subtle movement, the expression on Dio Brando's face seemed to be a huge blow, with an expression of disbelief.

"Impossible, why can you perform actions during the cutting time?"

Among the abilities activated by [Crimson King], the only one who can take action is obviously himself as the substitute user.

"Cut time."

Under Dio's shocked gaze, Stephen Strange's body, which was imprisoned in time, moved.

The time gem sealed by magic on his chest shimmered with green light and shrouded his body. Stephen raised his arm to form a time magic circle wrapped around it.

Looking at Dio in front of him: "It's really a dangerous ability, if I hadn't mentioned using the Eye of Agamotto to see the future."

After noticing the strange changes in time, Stephen had already glimpsed the future scene at the port through the power of the time stone.

He saw the future where Dio would take away the gem from him, so he made preparations in advance.

He used the power of the Eye of Agamotto to form a time magic on his body to avoid the influence of the [Crimson King] ability on himself.

Faced with the invincible ability of [The Crimson King], Stephen could only use more powerful time power to crush it.

"No, I don't believe it. The power of [Crimson King] is invincible, and there can be no loopholes."

The expression on Dio's face began to turn crazy as he watched Doctor Strange break free from the time he had been stripped away from.

It activated the ability of the substitute and eliminated the time in front of it.

However, the surrounding time did not leap forward as a result.

The time magic circle on Doctor Strange's arm is constantly rotating, emitting a faint green light.

"It's not just you who can control time."

Looking down at the time gem shining on his chest, the expression on Stephen's face turned into confidence.

"I can too."

With the power of the Time Stone, Stephen paused time around him.

Through the future glimpsed by the time stone, Doctor Strange already knows the weaknesses of Dio's stand-in [The Crimson King].

[Crimson King] certainly has the powerful ability to eliminate all times that are unfavorable to him, but he also has an unavoidable weakness.

That is, there are restrictions on the activation of the [Crimson King] substitute ability.

In other words, [Crimson King] cannot continuously cut away time. It must end its ability to allow time to flow again before continuing with the next cut.

Such a weakness may not be noticeable in ordinary battles.

In other words, even if the enemy is aware of its weakness, there is nothing he can do about it.

Because [Crimson King] can completely cut off the time before being targeted to avoid this unfavorable situation.

However, the one who discovered the weakness of the double was Doctor Strange, who also controlled the power of time and was even more powerful.

The outcome of the battle was already determined the moment Dio ended the [Crimson King]'s stand-in ability.

Under the influence of the power of the Time Stone, the time that Stephen paused was not as short as the dozen seconds when Dio activated [Crimson King] to remove it.

Realizing his situation, the stand-in behind Dio [Crimson King] once again activated the ability of Epitaph.

However, no matter which future projection it is, it tells Dior that it has no chance.

In the future scene, it sees that every time it fights back, it is resolved by Doctor Strange using the power of the Time Stone.

Doctor Strange, who has mastered the power of the Time Stone, is in some ways more powerful and invincible than Dio.

"No, this is not my future as Dior. I don't recognize this future..."

The ability to activate Epitaph time and time again will not change in the future.

The haughty expression on Dio's face became distorted.

It looked at Stephen in front of it and yelled crazily.

"This is certainly not your future."

Facing the increasingly crazier Dio in front of him, Doctor Strange Stephen's expression was extremely calm.

The time magic wrapped around his arm began to rotate again.

Captain Marvel's fingers moved.

Immediately afterwards, brilliant photon energy burst out from her body.

"What am I?"

Looking down and looking at the complex time magic circle that appeared on her arm, Carol Danvers had a dazed look in her eyes.

"This is the magic that allows you to move freely during the suspended time."

While looking at Dio with vigilant eyes, Stephen spoke to Captain Marvel who had resumed action.

Even though he had learned the power of magic from the Ancient One, Stephen did not believe that he could defeat Dio with his own magic alone, especially when he had to distract himself from trapping the opponent with the power of the Time Stone. Avoid the situation where [Crimson King] seizes the flaw and activates the ability to eliminate the unfavorable time.

Stephen made it clear why he was able to use the power of the Time Stone to crack the Crimson King's ability.

There is some element of surprise in it.

And once Dio escapes from the suspended time, it will undoubtedly be impossible to trap the other party in the same way.

Therefore, he must deal with Dio during this timeout.

Perhaps Stephen himself does not possess this ability.

But he can leave it to someone who can do that.

For example, Captain Marvel Carol Danvers.

After hearing Stephen's words, the look in Captain Marvel's eyes gradually changed from confusion to determination.

Her eyes swept over everything that was suspended around her, and quickly locked on Dio's body. The large amount of photon energy on his body formed a brilliant light.

"No, I, Dio, am invincible. [Crimson King] activate your ability to leap through time..."

"Don't come over here ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

…

"So, I'm dead?"

In Avengers Tower, Tony looked at Jack Simon in front of him and glanced down at his intact body.

The injuries caused by Dio's penetration of his body seemed as if they didn't exist.

However, Tony clearly remembered that he had been penetrated through the chest by Dio.

This kind of injury that would be fatal to ordinary people did not leave any mark on his body.

"To be precise, you once transformed into the immortal dead."

With a cigarette in his mouth, Jack Simon took a deep breath.

At the same time, under Tony's gaze, the gold coin in his hand bounced up, spinning and flipping in mid-air and finally falling back into his palm.

"[Aztec Gold Coin], this is an abnormal [contained object] that the 'Chaos Insurgency' took in after leaving the Foundation. According to legend, [Aztec Gold Coin] was once used by the Aztecs to protect themselves from massacre. , a gift used to bribe the Spanish colonist Hernando Coste. However, Coste broke his promise after accepting the gift and greedily destroyed the Aztec civilization, so the gold coin was cursed. Anyone who took the gold coin would They will all be punished for eternity and become the dead.”

"So, this is the purpose why you gave me this [Aztec gold coin] in the first place."

Before heading to the port for action, Jack Simon once handed Tony the [Aztec Gold Coin].

"I'm just planning for a rainy day."

"Anyway, thanks, Jack."

If it weren't for this [Aztec Gold Coin] that Jack Simon gave him.

Or, Tony has died at the hands of Dio now.

"Don't forget, we are collaborators."

"Collaborator."

Hearing Jack Simon's words, Tony's eyes flashed.

He turned around and looked around him. The original Avengers had long since fallen apart due to the civil war.

Even after experiencing a death.

Tony decided to put aside his hatred, and Nick Fury also proved that there was a huge conspiracy behind the entire "Superhero Registration Act". Even the president himself who promoted the implementation of the bill showed signs of being controlled. Fortunately, This situation occurred with the arrival of Captain Marvel. With her powerful perception, she successfully resolved the crisis and subdued the red giant General Ross who controlled the army.

Unfortunately, the culprit who caused all this has disappeared.

On the other side, after realizing that the Avengers' battle with each other was just a conspiracy.

Captain America, the anti-registration faction, gave up his plan to continue fighting. He realized that such a battle had no meaning except causing deeper harm and hatred between superheroes, and disbanded the anti-registration faction's team. And left with the Winter Soldier.

Tony didn't do anything to stop it. He at least watched everything happen silently.

He just gave the reason for his injury to the outside world and stepped down from the front line of the registration faction.

As the registration faction led Iron Man to retreat, the anti-registration faction disbanded.

Because of the Superhero Registration Act, the specter of civil war between superheroes and weirdos seems to have dissipated.

However, on the other hand, the American government discovered that instead of making American superheroes and weirdos more obedient, the American government found that the Superhero Registration Act caused more problems, especially when it became clear that there were obvious obstacles in the promotion process of the entire bill. under defective conditions.

Because they had to change their approach and make concessions on the Superhero Registration Act.

For this reason, the federal government agreed to Nick Fury's proposal.

Let the defunct S.H.I.E.L.D. be re-established, with Nick Fury once again serving as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The new S.H.I.E.L.D. was responsible for registering the act, and the act was no longer as mandatory as before.

The investigation of extraordinary beings has always been the work of SHIELD in the past.

Therefore, this action by the federal government also represents the complete end of the Superhero Registration Act in a certain respect.