Thanos reappeared in front of Jane Foster through the Space Stone, took away the Reality Stone, and at the same time kept a promise that strictly speaking he did not make, leaving Jane Foster safe and sound.
After getting the Reality Stone, Thanos glanced at the broken Asgard again, then turned and left without saying a word, disappearing through the stone's space door.
Luo Wei sat dejectedly among the ruins of the Golden Palace. Hela came over to comfort him, but he seemed not to hear and remained silent.
Even after exhausting the power of Asgard, he failed to stop Thanos. Although Asgard did not suffer as many casualties as in the original work, he still felt that this was a complete failure.
Next, will Thanos still collect the six infinity stones and snap his fingers to make countless lives disappear?
Luo Wei thought about using liquidation to deal with Thanos, but when he thought about it carefully, he knew it wouldn't work.
The power of liquidation is based on the enemy's crazy attacks, and Thanos has no murderous intention at all now. He just wants to get the gems and leave as soon as possible, so naturally he will not attack with all his strength.
Facing infinite power, if liquidation fails, then only the Holy Shield is left.
Use the Holy Shield to protect those around you?
This should be a feasible strategy. Even if Luo Wei has not learned the Holy Shield yet, the more than a hundred spell fragments in his hand are enough for him to protect the people closest to him.
But he was unwilling to live like this.
But there seems to be no other way. Learning the Holy Shield Technique may turn things around, but only if there is an Ashbringer.
Thanos still lacks two gems, and with his amazing efficiency, he will not let Luo Wei have time to create the Ashbringer.
Just as Luo Wei was thinking this, a golden-red halo appeared out of thin air, and then a long-faced man wearing a red cloak walked out of it.
"I am Stephen Strange, the new Supreme Mage." Stephen said, his eyes fixed on Rowe from the beginning.
Looking at the sudden appearance of Doctor Strange, Luo Wei's expression suddenly changed, as if he thought of something.
Doctor Strange continued: "I am aware of the crisis the universe is facing. In fact, we may soon encounter complete destruction."
"Complete destruction?" Luo Wei frowned.
"Yes, the complete destruction of the entire universe, without a single survivor, not even a single bacterium." Doctor Strange said.
Luo Wei didn't speak, but he was a little surprised. After all, Thanos' plan was to wipe out half of all life, not all life. Why did Doctor Strange see a future of complete destruction?
Thor asked: "So why are you here?"
"Of course it's to save us." Doctor Strange took a deep breath, "I used the time stone to see 14 million futures. Except for one situation, we failed in the rest."
Hela couldn't help but ask: "What is that situation?"
"I don't know what it is, it's complete unknown and chaos, and it may ultimately fail." Doctor Strange said, "But there is a glimmer of hope after all."
After a pause, his eyes returned to Luo Wei and continued: "The prerequisite for this kind of chaos to occur lies in you, Sun God."
"On me?"
Doctor Strange nodded: "Yes. I can only say so much, and I only know so much."
Luo Wei fell into a long silence, and finally made up his mind: "This is the only possibility."
"What do you need me to do?" Doctor Strange asked.
"Accompany me to Nidawi and use your time gem to make an artifact born in advance." Luo Wei said.
…
"Where is this..." Thanos looked around blankly, and a building that looked like an altar stood in front of him.
He used the space gem, originally thinking of returning to the dark quadrant, but he never expected to end up in an unknown territory.
The place is desolate and dark, and not a single insect seems to live here.
But that was not the case. Just when Thanos was about to use the Space Stone to leave again, a man in black robes floating in the air like a ghost appeared in front of him.
"Thanos, son of Arals." The man in black robe made a faint voice and revealed the identity of Thanos.
"Who are you?" Thanos asked.
The man in black robe did not answer, but said: "Aren't you looking for the infinite gem? There is one here, and it is the most critical and important soul gem."
While speaking, he led Thanos towards the altar.
Thanos was slightly surprised: "Oh? What do I need to pay?"
"You don't need to pay anything." The answer of the man in black robe was even more unexpected, "As long as you promise to kill one person, the soul gem will be yours."
"who?"
"The sun god of Asgard, Rowe Garrison." The man in black robe said slowly.
Thanos was silent for a while.
In fact, he also wanted to kill...
It's just that Luo Wei's strength is too strong. It's not easy to kill him before he collects the six infinite stones, so he didn't take action when he was in Asgard just now. After all, killing a person has never been his main goal.
"Why kill him?" Thanos couldn't help but ask.
"This is revenge. I don't know the details. I'm just a watcher." The man in black robe said, "After you get the gem, it has nothing to do with me."
"How about it, can you do it?"
Thanos didn't hesitate: "Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, the earth suddenly trembled slightly, and a bright beam of light rose from the bottom of the altar and reached Thanos' side.
Thanos looked and saw a bright yellow gem floating in the dazzling light pillar, emitting strange energy fluctuations, echoing the other four gems in his hand.
He took the gem and embedded it in his glove.
At this point, he has five Infinity Stones, and only one Time Stone is missing.
"And the Time Stone..."
…
Nidawi.
The dwarf's furnace was still burning, but what was different from usual was that a mysterious green light shrouded it.
This layer of mysterious light gives the internal things a completely different time flow rate from the outside world. Luo Wei and the dwarf king Ai Cui are in it. Every movement they make seems to be pressed on the accelerator button, thousands of times faster than the outside world.
Ten thousand times.
So much so that from the outside, their eyes looked cloudy - due to the ultra-high frequency of blinking.
Looking from the inside out, everything outside seems to have been pressed on the pause button and is in an almost completely frozen state.
Doctor Strange is standing outside this time barrier, holding the time stone in his hand, maintaining this difference in time flow rate.
"It's almost done!" Ai Cui said excitedly. The prototype of the Ashbringer has appeared in front of the two of them, and they can already feel its unique light and heat.
Luo Wei also felt his heartbeat speed up.
Despite the help of the Time Stone, the existence of ready-made replacements for Elementium Bars can still be considered a pleasant surprise.
After years of research by the dwarves, they finally used vibranium and Uru to create the perfect metal they dreamed of, the metal that was prophesied to save them.
The vibranium Uru alloy created by the dwarves happens to be the perfect substitute for the elementium ingot. Of course, this is not a surprise. After all, vibranium and Uru are high-quality substitutes for the elementium ingot and arcana.
The only thing that could be considered a coincidence is the mixing ratio.
This makes the birth of Ashbringer just a matter of time.
But at this moment, Luo Weiruo looked up and saw that not far outside the time barrier, a little blue light appeared out of thin air and slowly expanded...
