The Martial God of the Marvel World

Chapter 343 Awkward Triangle Relationship

Facing the attack from his arch-enemy Captain America, the Red Skull didn't even move, allowing the shield to pass through him.

"what?"

Steve then realized that the Red Skull was not in the right state. The shield passed through his body without causing any damage. The Red Skull and his black robe were blown by the strong wind brought by the shield, like light smoke. As soon as the shield passed, the hole was immediately repaired in the blink of an eye. The Red Skull was now obviously a soul body.

"It's useless!" The Red Skull looked distraught, and spoke in a ghostly voice, "The power of the Soul Stone exceeds all existing rules. No conventional method can harm me."

"Why are you here? What conspiracy are you planning?" Steve's expression was a little doubtful. He had fought with the Red Skull for several years and was very wary of him. "I thought you were dead a long time ago."

"I also wished I had died that day, but the Space Gem seemed to be alive and it sent me here. I was bound by the Soul Gem here and became what I am now."

"Steve, can you imagine how I have been through all these years?"

"There is no intelligent life on this desolate planet. Even if I want to find someone to chat with, I can't do it."

"There is no food, no water, no opera, no movies... because of the passage of time, not even a single book has been left."

"In the first ten years, I tried various means to get out of here, but ultimately failed."

"In the second decade, I tried to analyze the gem by scientific means, but to no avail."

"In the third decade, I tried to destroy the altar in the same way as Yugong moved the mountain, but the altar seemed to have life and could control the wind and sand to repair the damage by itself."

"In the fourth decade, I confessed to God, prayed to the devil, cried, and wailed...but no matter what I did, there was no feedback."

"In my fifth decade, I have tried various methods of suicide, but unfortunately, I am still alive today."

"After that, I was completely desperate and gave up. I have been a lonely ghost on this planet, completing the tasks assigned to me by the Soul Stone."

Although Steve and Red Skull are old enemies, he couldn't help but feel sympathy when he saw him in such a miserable state. But he paid more attention to the information leaked from Red Skull's words.

"Mission? What mission?"

The Red Skull turned and floated to the top of the mountain. His words drifted into everyone's ears along with the mountain breeze, "I will explain to everyone who wants to obtain the Soul Stone how to obtain the stone... and the price."

Everyone hurriedly followed him to the top of the mountain, asking at the same time: "How can we obtain the Soul Gem?"

The Red Skull led the way ahead, seemingly slowly but actually quickly, without looking back, but his voice was clearly heard by everyone, "It's very simple, just exchange souls for souls."

"What do you mean?" A bad premonition suddenly arose in everyone's heart.

"If you want to obtain the Soul Stone, you must sacrifice your loved one and exchange your beloved soul for the Soul Stone." The Red Skull's voice was still eerie, but everyone could hear full of malice in his voice.

Passing between two huge long pillars, Red Skull led everyone to stand on the top of the mountain, pointing at the magic circle with ravines below the cliff and said:

"This is the place of sacrifice. As long as you sacrifice your beloved lives there, you can obtain the Soul Stone. The method is very simple. Just jump down from here, or... throw it down."

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they were all shocked at the method of obtaining the Soul Gem.

"Don't trust him! He's Red Skull! The leader of Hydra!" Steve was the first to react and warned everyone loudly. Everyone also realized this and became more vigilant.

"Hehe..." The Red Skull laughed coldly, not hiding his gloating mood.

"The Soul Stone gives me responsibility as well as power. I can know the origins of anyone who comes to this planet."

"Thor Odinson is Odin's son. Nebula is Thanos' daughter. Tony Stark is Howard Stark's son. Natasha is Ivan's daughter. Clint is Eden's son..."

The Red Skull told the origins of everyone present one by one, even Rocket the Raccoon's father, and his number as an experimental animal.

This shocked everyone and there was silence everywhere.

But sacrificing one's own people in exchange for the Soul Stone is something that no one is willing to accept. Especially, everyone doesn't know that Clint and Natasha are already in love, and they think they are all comrades-in-arms. And obviously, according to the rules stated by the Red Skull, comrades-in-arms relationship is definitely not enough to exchange for the Soul Stone.

But they have to get the Soul Stone. Are they supposed to go back to Earth and bring their loved ones here as sacrifices? Not to mention that they are unwilling. Even if they are willing to sacrifice their loved ones, now that Earth is gone, there is no one to sacrifice!
Steve was the one who was most wary of the Red Skull, and the one who least believed his words. He clenched his shield and shouted:

"What do you want to prove? Just because you can tell everyone's origin, can you prove that the Soul Stone must be exchanged for a soul? Is there any inevitable causal logical relationship between the two? Stop lying here! No one will believe you!"

"Hehe..." The Red Skull laughed strangely at the angry crowd. Years of lonely life had driven him completely crazy. Seeing others wandering on the edge of reason and emotion, struggling in pain but helpless, was his only pleasure now.

"I don't care whether you believe me or not. Anyway, I have completed my duty. It's up to you to decide what to do next. You don't have to believe what I say, but I can assure you that if you don't do this, you will not get the Soul Stone."

Steve really wanted to seal the Red Skull's mouth, but no one at the scene could do anything about the soul body. He turned around and encouraged everyone:

"We don't have to believe his lies. This planet is not that big. We have enough time to dig deep into the ground and search for it. Tony, build a detection device. The energy spectrum of the Infinity Stones must be different from other ordinary substances."

"Okay, leave it to me!" Tony agreed without saying a word.

Everyone was quite confident in Tony's skills, and seeing him so confident, their morale naturally improved. However, Nebula suddenly interrupted and said, "What he said is true."

Xingyun always has a cold expression, speaks little, seldom communicates with others, and has little sense of presence, but precisely because of this, when she speaks, her words are always meaningful.

Everyone turned to look at Xingyun, waiting for her explanation.

"My father... I mean Thanos, brought my sister here with him, but in the end, he was the only one who left."

"This doesn't mean anything. Maybe Gamora angered Thanos here and was killed by him."

"No, Thanos never does unnecessary things, and he never kills people out of anger. In other words, he must have brought Gamora here because he had to do so, which shows that Gamora plays an important role in his line of work. Combined with what Red Skull said just now, everything is very clear." In fact, everyone has probably made a judgment in their hearts, knowing that what Red Skull said is true. However, people are often unwilling to face the facts they hate, and are unwilling to miss any opportunity to overturn these facts.

Nebula is a cyborg, much more intelligent than other people, and he doesn't have any other relatives or friends, so he was the first to expose the truth.

After the emperor's new clothes were stripped off, everyone fell silent.

After a long while, Steve said in a difficult voice: "In other words, before we rescue our relatives and friends in the original universe, we must first sacrifice our relatives and friends in this universe?"

"You only need to sacrifice one person." The Red Skull said sarcastically, "But Steve, you don't have to worry. Your beloved has already died of old age, right?"

"So the question is, whose beloved should be sacrificed? Tony's? Thor's? Or whose?"

The Red Skull grinned, with a malicious gleam in his eyes.

Decades!

Finally got back the feeling of being alive that day!

After decades of loneliness and darkness, Red Skull finally has a chance to have fun!

Of course we have to play tricks on these self-proclaimed righteous guys, make them fall apart and start fighting among themselves!
Everyone was preoccupied with their own thoughts. The scene was dead silent, with only the whistling mountain wind blowing past everyone.

The sun, which was about to die, was about to set, making the sky of Vormir dim. Without the sun's light, the moon was just a black sphere, not even as bright as the stars.

Natasha took a deep breath and stood up, having made up her mind.

"We must get the Soul Stone, no matter the cost! The overall situation is the most important!"

Everyone was startled and understood what Natasha meant.

"No, Natasha!"

Almost at the same time, Steve, Professor Hulk and Clint all spoke out in unison to stop it.

Steve looked at the other two strangely and advised, "Natasha, this is not just about self-sacrifice. You have to sacrifice the life of your loved one, so don't do anything stupid."

And what Professor Hulk and Clint said was: "Natasha, it shouldn't be you!"

After finishing speaking, the three of them looked at each other, perhaps realizing something.

Steve shut up, while Professor Hulk and Clint turned their heads awkwardly and looked at Natasha to see what her choice would be.

Natasha didn't look at either of the two men, but instead looked at Steve.

"Steve, I made this decision after careful consideration. There are so many people on Earth waiting for us to rescue them. Don't stop me. The overall situation is the most important thing!"

"No!" The three of them refused in unison.

After another awkward stare-down, it was finally Steve's turn to speak.

"Natasha, things haven't come to that point yet. We still can't confirm the authenticity of the information, and we may be able to find other solutions. We have plenty of time, there is no need to be so rash!"

Although Tony already has someone in his heart, he also had an affair with Natasha before, and of course he doesn't want to see her die, so he immediately interrupted and said, "That's right! Steve is right! Why don't we try to find other ways first? Maybe my technology can solve this problem?"

Thor also said: "It doesn't matter if technology can't solve it. We can collect the Power Stone first, and then come back to Vormir. The only thing that can fight against the Infinity Stone is another Infinity Stone. At worst, we can use the Power Stone to destroy this planet, and then slowly search in the ruins. This is an uninhabited planet, and no one will care. Of course, I didn't come up with this idea because of the impact of the earth's explosion."

Everyone talked at once and came up with a bunch of solutions.

Although Natasha was aware of the need for self-sacrifice, she certainly was unwilling to sacrifice herself if she could avoid death, so she temporarily gave up the idea.

Once everyone made up their minds, they immediately dispersed and began to investigate the magic circle below, trying to find a solution. They were busy and full of passion.

Only Red Skull was furious because his attempt to instigate him failed and he lost his entertainment. But now he was just a soul and could do nothing except talk. He could only watch angrily.

However, Red Skull is very confident about the Soul Stone. He has decades of trial and error experience. He believes that no one knows the Soul Stone better than him. If he can't find a solution, it's even more impossible for others.

He firmly believed that the efforts of this group of people were in vain, and that in the end they could only follow the path he guided.

However, he didn't know that there are people in this world called "Guardians" and a Marvel scientist called Tony Stark.

With the crazy work of Tony Stark and Professor Hulk, it took less than a month for the two to come up with preliminary research results.

"According to our detailed detection, the entire planet is filled with the scent of the Soul Gem. But the Soul Gem is not anywhere on this planet."

"It is certain that the Soul Gem has no entity at present and does not exist in this dimension."

"The function of the following magic circle is not so much to exchange the soul of a loved one for the soul gem, but rather to use the soul of a loved one as energy to give the soul gem a physical body."

"Just like the magic used to transform the ether particles back into the Reality Gem, the following array is used to make the Soul Gem visible."

"In other words, if we have a soul that can replace a loved one as an energy driver, we don't need any souls to exchange."

"And it is well known that the power of any Infinity Stone is pure and infinite!"

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(End of this chapter)