Inventory of Chaos: Iconic Scenes That Shattered Everyone Instantly-Chapter 226: ICISEI Episode 212
Episode 212: The Person in the Entire Universe Cursed with Knowledge: ’Iron Man’ — Tony Stark
『 The planet trembled without pause. Under the blood-red sky, the entire world seemed shrouded in a gray, hazy mist.
Against this apocalyptic backdrop, Doctor Strange, draped in his Cloak of Levitation, descended slowly from the sky.
The deafening crash of the meteor hitting the ground earlier hadn’t caused him the slightest harm; for this Sorcerer Supreme, such an attack was simply not worth mentioning...
He scanned his surroundings with a grave expression, anger burning like a raging fire, almost spewing from his eyes.
With a slight wave of his hands, a dark golden light emerged, instantly condensing into a complex magic circle in his palm.
At this moment, this supreme mage made a bold and resolute decision: he would single-handedly take on Thanos, who had gathered four Infinity Stones...
This was a contest between the strongest in the magical world and the Mad Titan, who intended to destroy half the life in the universe.
One was a transcendent being capable of manipulating time and space, reversing the wheel of fate;
The other wielded the Infinity Gauntlet, possessing enough power to control the cosmos...
Such a duel was destined to become a magnificent battle recorded in the annals of history.
Everyone awaited the outcome of this battle. After all, neither Doctor Strange nor Thanos looked like characters that could be easily underestimated.
The air was filled with a suffocating tension; even the floating dust nearby seemed attracted by this impending energy field and stagnated.
At this very moment, all eyes were focused on these two super-existences, waiting for a single command to unleash an earth-shattering collision... 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ David Bruce Banner (Earth-616): "Even Hulk wasn’t that guy’s match, yet this person actually dares to face him alone." ]
[ Tony Stark (Earth-616): "Have to say, he really is brave." ]
[ Brand (Akame Ga Kill): "A real man should fight silently." ]
[ Ryuga Banjou (Kamen Rider): "Go! Beat him up hard!" ]
[ Kiryu Sento (Kamen Rider): "Is this size difference really okay?" ]
[ Tokiwa Sougo (Kamen Rider): "It’s fine, rest assured." ]
[ Woz (Kamen Rider): "My Demon King, you really are humorous." ]
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『 On the screen, Doctor Strange didn’t waste any breath and directly launched a fierce offensive against Thanos.
He quickly formed complex magic circles with his hands, then slammed them hard onto the ground. Two blinding golden lightning bolts instantly leapt out like two golden dragons.
Carrying high heat, the lightning melted every rock it touched into crimson magma in an instant, then rushed straight towards Thanos.
Thanos leapt high into the air, easily avoiding the lightning released by Doctor Strange, and threw a heavy punch through the air.
His Infinity Gauntlet began to operate. The energy released by the Power Stone instantly turned into a purple shockwave, crashing straight into a giant boulder in front of Doctor Strange, shattering it completely.
At this point, Titan was in chaos.
Meteors fell from the sky from time to time, while the originally stable rocks on the ground floated in mid-air as if weightless, defying all laws of physics...
Facing these giant rocks flying everywhere, Doctor Strange gently pushed his hands forward. The space in front of him immediately turned into a ’Mirror Dimension,’ forcibly blocking the energy of Thanos’s Power Stone.
However, immediately after, the movable ’Mirror Dimension,’ in front of Doctor Strange, was pushed towards Thanos like a wall, attempting to counterattack.
But, following a huge booming sound, the Power Stone on Thanos’s Infinity Gauntlet flashed purple again, using overwhelming power to ruthlessly shatter the mirror before him.
The mirror surface was scattered and broken, looking just like smashed glass.
But this did not stop Thanos’s pace. Next, the Space Stone emitted a bright blue light.
In an instant, it absorbed all the scattered fragments, and in the next breath, formed a powerful vortex like a black hole, lunging directly at Doctor Strange.
This powerful suction force could instantly crush a boulder weighing hundreds of tons into powder.
Seeing this, Doctor Strange immediately clasped his palms together, raising a giant golden magic shield in front of him.
When the rotating void force collided with the defensive barrier constructed by Doctor Strange, two distinct yet evenly matched energies tore at and crashed into each other. Ultimately, they failed to determine a winner and instead exploded simultaneously.
Surprisingly, the massive energy produced after the explosion did not cause greater destruction. Instead, it turned into countless exquisite beings resembling jade-carved butterflies, scattering lightly in all directions, adding a touch of vivid life to this dead planet.
Just then, Doctor Strange used his robes to ascend into mid-air. Countless arms manifested from his body, looking as spectacular as the legendary Thousand-Hand Guanyin...
Immediately following that, hundreds of Doctor Strange figures suddenly appeared on the battlefield. Each one attempted to completely surround Thanos, making the scene increasingly tense. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "So many!" ]
[ Kadoya Tsukasa (Kamen Rider): "He can create so many clones in an instant?" ]
[ Tony Stark (Earth-616): "To think he could do something like this. So, a mage like this exists in our world?" ]
[ Oyama Mahiro (Onimai): "With so many people ganging up on one person, it should be fine, right?" ]
[ Ryuga Banjou (Kamen Rider): "Ganging up, definitely no problem." ]
[ Kiryu Sento (Kamen Rider): "But the gap in strength is also very large. Even with such numbers, it isn’t necessarily an easy task." ]
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『 Hundreds of Doctor Strange’s clones and the main body raised their right hands at the same moment.
Instantly, a golden magic chain appeared in their hands.
With a thought from Doctor Strange’s main body, all the clones acted immediately. The magic chains tightly wrapped around Thanos in an instant.
Even someone as strong as Thanos had no way to deal with this move from Doctor Strange.
Relying on his own strength, he simply couldn’t break free from the bindings.
At this moment, he had to use the Infinity Stones on his person.
Two stones on the Infinity Gauntlet glowed simultaneously: one was the frequently used blue Power Stone, and the other was the orange Soul Stone capable of exchanging a soul for a soul.
The ’Images of Ikonn’ magic was extremely profound and unfathomable. Trying to find Doctor Strange’s true body using conventional means would be like looking for a needle in a haystack—futile.
However, the addition of the Soul Stone completely changed the situation.
Using the power of the Soul Stone, Thanos pierced through the heavy fog and easily identified where the real Doctor Strange was—because no matter how many clones are created, every life possesses only one soul from birth; there cannot be two.
At the same time, the Power Stone also began to display its terrifying power. Purple energy waves continuously bombarded all of Doctor Strange’s clones...
The scene instantly fell into chaos, but this was merely the beginning of the great battle.
In the next moment, countless clones of Doctor Strange in mid-air vanished in smoke under the sweep of the shockwaves, leaving only Doctor Strange’s main body suspended in the air.
People watching the screen could even see the souls of those clones returning to Doctor Strange’s body.
Because these clones, cultivated by Doctor Strange via the soul, each carried a portion of his soul power.
Shaken by the energy released by the Power Stone, Doctor Strange stumbled; he actually got distracted at a life-or-death moment!
To maintain his balance, he had to split his attention, but this was the most fatal mistake.
Thanos sensed this opportunity. Grabbing at the air, he used the power of the Space Stone to drag Doctor Strange over.
Even though Doctor Strange tried to cast a spell again, it was to no avail.
Thanos tightly gripped Doctor Strange’s neck and said coldly, "Wizard, you’re full of tricks."
Frankly speaking, this was indeed the first time Thanos had engaged in such a long contest with someone else; clearly, the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth was not someone to be trifled with.
Glancing at the Eye of Agamotto hanging on Doctor Strange’s chest, Thanos yanked it off him abruptly.
As he gazed at the Time Stone emitting a ghostly green glow within the Eye of Agamotto, a sneer curled the corner of his mouth. "A pity. You never once used your greatest weapon."
With that said, he increased the force in his hand, crushing the relic of Kamar-Taj—the Eye of Agamotto—into fragments. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Chika Fujiwara (Love Is War): "It’s over, now this stone is snatched too." ]
[ Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto): "Damn it." ]
[ Genos (One Punch Man): "Are half the people in that world about to disappear?" ]
[ Oyama Mahiro (Onimai): "No! I don’t want to die yet!" ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Paimon hasn’t eaten enough yet, Paimon doesn’t want to die either!" ]
[ Keqing (Genshin Impact): "Um, the situation in another world shouldn’t affect ours, right?" ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Oh, right." ]
[ Izaya Orihara (Durarara): "How can you be sure it won’t affect us?" ]
[ Keqing (Genshin Impact): "This...." ]
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『 But unexpectedly, unlike the Tesseract, which let the Space Stone fall into his hand before, this time it left behind only a pile of powder.
Looking at the remaining residue in his palm, Thanos was instantly furious. "This is a fake? Then where is the real Time Stone?"
Without waiting for Doctor Strange to reply, he threw Doctor Strange like garbage.
The Doctor rolled several times until he hit a large rock and completely lost consciousness.
Thanos looked at the unconscious Doctor Strange lying on the ground with uncontrollable rage, the killing intent in his heart growing even stronger. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Eriri Spencer Sawamura (Saekano): "It scared me half to death, but thankfully it turned out to be fake." ]
[ Doraemon (Doraemon): "The real one must have been hidden too, right?" ]
[ Tony Stark (Earth-616): "Then in that case, is everything okay?" ]
[ The Ancient One (Earth-616): "No, this is a simple blindfold trick; it will be discovered very soon." ]
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『 Just as he raised his hand high, preparing to deliver the final blow, suddenly, an unidentified mechanical object flew in rapidly, directly jamming his left hand that wore the Infinity Gauntlet, preventing him from closing his fingers to exert power.
"If you dare throw another moon fragment at me, I guarantee I will fly into a rage!"
Accompanied by this angry voice, Iron Man, clad in battle armor, descended from the sky and landed on the ground with a boom.
Seeing the arrival, Thanos turned his head to look at that existence.
"Tony Stark!"
Tony Stark, wearing the nano-armor, never expected his name to be known by this great demon who had destroyed half the universe. For a moment, he was stunned.
"You know me?"
"Of course. I know more than a little about you!" Thanos revealed an unfathomable smile, the corners of his mouth rising: "You’re not the only one cursed with knowledge."
"Then you guessed wrong. To me, the only curse is you!" 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Kiryu Sento (Kamen Rider): "Cursed by knowledge?" ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "Interesting." ]
[ .....]
『 The voice had just fallen.
"BANG—!"
"BANG—!"
"BANG—!"
Dozens of micro-missiles suddenly shot out from the armor on Iron Man’s back, slamming straight into Thanos.
Thanos didn’t even have time to activate the power of the Infinity Stones before he was enveloped by an explosion.
Seizing this excellent opportunity, Iron Man rushed forward without hesitation. His two mechanical arms quickly transformed into giant devices resembling heart pacemakers, smashing ruthlessly into Thanos’s chest.
This force was difficult to parry even for someone as strong as Thanos; he was seen stumbling back several steps before barely stabilizing his figure.
However, even after receiving such an attack, Thanos showed no fear. He tore off Iron Man’s faceplate, followed closely by a heavy right hook, knocking his opponent several meters away.
After breaking free from the restraints, Thanos raised the Power Stone in his left hand, and purple light instantly illuminated the entire battlefield.
"BOOM—!"
A powerful column of energy burst forth from the Power Stone, lunging at Iron Man with the force of a thunderbolt.
However, Iron Man was already prepared. The armor on his right hand transformed into a giant shield in the blink of an eye.
This shield, made of unknown material, forcibly withstood the violent impact from the Power Stone, causing all onlookers to gasp in amazement.
Even though the shield temporarily blocked the Power Stone’s energy impact, Iron Man knew very well that this shield wouldn’t hold for long.
He quickly dodged to the side, evading the energy blast.
The thrusters under Iron Man’s feet accelerated abruptly, and in an instant, he rushed in front of Thanos.
He leaped into the air, stomped fiercely on Thanos’s left hand, and immediately activated a binding device.
Immediately after, his fist transformed into a giant hammer shining with blue light, smashing ruthlessly into Thanos’s face.
"BANG—!"
Thanos stumbled from the blow, his tall body retreating several steps.
It felt like liquid was flowing on his face. He raised his right hand to wipe his face, looked closely, and found a drop of purple blood on his finger.
Looking at that drop of blood in his hand, Thanos mocked, "After fighting for so long, just this little bit of blood?"
After speaking, he sneered. His bound left hand suddenly pulled with force, directly destroying the mechanical restraint device.
Then he threw a punch, sending Iron Man flying.
Throughout the process, the air seemed to tremble for this fierce battle. Every movement was filled with tension and crisis, making people hold their breath waiting for what would happen next.
Thanos launched a counterattack, the horn of war blaring deafeningly. Iron Man was knocked flying backward, and before he could stand firm, Thanos had already arrived in front of him, swinging a massive fist to smash him.
Under Thanos’s heavy blows, Iron Man had no way to parry, only barely able to block a series of attacks with his arms.
Suddenly, Thanos’s hand grabbed fiercely at Iron Man’s helmet.
The Power Stone on his finger erupted with a blinding wave of energy, blasting the defenseless Iron Man several meters away again.
Lying on the ground, a dying Tony watched the approaching figure but did not give up the struggle. He quickly gathered energy, shooting two scorching lasers from his palms, and controlled the nanotechnology to reallocate power to the other palm, attempting to cause effective damage to Thanos with double firepower.
However, this seemingly fatal attack was easily neutralized by the opponent.
Thanos simply raised his hand and absorbed all the incoming beams into the Infinity Gauntlet.
Immediately after, he strode over to Iron Man like a meteor and easily shattered the face armor on the opponent’s face with just one hand.
Even so, Iron Man did not back down.
He managed to block one attack, then immediately mobilized the remaining nano-energy to transform the nano-armor on other parts of his body into a sharp weapon, stabbing straight at the enemy’s vitals.
But regrettably, in the face of absolute disparity in strength, any technique appeared pale and powerless. Thanos not only caught the stabbing blade with his bare hand but also snapped it with a twist of his wrist and viciously stabbed it into his opponent’s body.
With a scream, Tony Stark finally fell to his knees, gasping violently. 』
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〜Dimensional livestream, Chat Room〜
[ Arataki Itto (Genshin Impact): "That looks a bit painful." ]
[ March 7th (Honkai: Star Rail): "That’s not just painful, he got stabbed right through." ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "Does that armor on his body use nanotechnology?" ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "Interesting method, actually able to mobilize nano-energy from other parts of the armor to convert it for use by other parts." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Why do I know what every word means, but when you put them together, I don’t understand?" ]
[ Umaru Doma (Himouto): "Don’t worry, I don’t understand either." ]
[ Oyama Mahiro (Onimai): "+ 1+ 1+ 1" ]
[ Tony Stark (Earth-616): "Although I haven’t developed this armor technology yet, since the future me can develop it, then the current me can also manufacture it even more quickly." ]
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