The Great Demon Lord of the American Comics World

Cotton-like white mist drifted above the Fuji Pass, obscuring the more than two-hundred-meter-deep pass.

This fog, though seemingly ordinary, is in fact a powerful barrier that not only conceals the true nature of the mountain pass, preventing people from seeing what lies within, but also harbors hidden dangers and deadly intent.

Li Xingzhou hovered above the mountain pass, his eyes gleaming with spiritual light. He stared at the white mist that drifted back and forth across the pass for a while, never dissipating, then smiled wryly and swooped straight down.

As soon as he entered the fog, the surrounding environment changed rapidly. After a sudden upheaval, Li Xingzhou found himself in a vast open field.

Above the wilderness, the sky was blood-red, and the ground was littered with jagged rocks, corpses, and flowing blood.

A figure dressed in a green combat suit, covered in bloodstains, was crawling on the ground, devouring a corpse.

Upon noticing Li Xingzhou's arrival, the figure suddenly raised its blood-stained face and let out a shrill roar at Li Xingzhou.

"Leona?"

Looking into the other person's bloodshot eyes, which had completely lost all humanity and were now filled only with mad, bestial rage, Li Xingzhou shook his head regretfully, "How pathetic..."

Roar!
Leona, now completely zombified, roared, her mouth torn all the way to her ears, revealing her pale teeth stained with blood and bits of flesh.

Then, she pushed off the ground with both legs, her figure like a phantom, instantly appearing in front of Li Xingzhou. With her right hand forming a knife, she fiercely stabbed at Li Xingzhou's heart.

It was clearly just a hand chop, yet her fingertips emitted a sharp silver light, exuding a sharp aura capable of cutting through gold and jade, and her attack speed was so fast that it broke the sound barrier.

With the speed and power she is displaying at this moment, she could easily kill Garuda before he practiced Qi and Blood Martial Arts in an instant.

It is clear that she not only turned into a zombie, but also awakened the madness of the Orochi clan.

pity.

She was facing Li Xingzhou.

The sonic chop struck Li Xingzhou's chest with a clang. Although Li Xingzhou's shirt ripped open, his chest skin remained unharmed, while Leona's chop shattered into pieces.

First the fingertips shattered, then the knuckles and the palms.

In the end, her entire right hand was shattered by Li Xingzhou's Heavenly Demon Golden Body protective true energy, leaving only a bare, bloody wrist.

The flying bone fragments and flesh didn't even touch his skin or clothes; they were all blasted away by his protective aura.

However, Leona was completely unaware of the difference in strength between the two, and felt no pain whatsoever. With her left hand, she formed a knife with her fingers and swung it fiercely. Her fingertips drew a bright silver arc, bursting out with a sharpness that could cut through iron like mud, and slashed hard at Li Xingzhou's neck.

clang!
With another clear, metallic clang, Leanna's left hand, like an egg hitting a rock, shattered and twisted against Li Xingzhou's neck.

Leona roared, opening her torn mouth to bite down.

But Li Xingzhou simply raised his hand and pointed, his index and middle fingers striking Leanna squarely on the forehead with a soft "plop".

Leona had only a small red mark on her forehead, but the back of her head exploded with a bang, and as blood splattered, her entire skull instantly became empty.

Leona's crimson eyes dimmed, her body swayed slightly, and she fell backward to the ground.

Li Xingzhou shook his head and was about to take a step forward when several more zombie roars rang out, and three figures appeared out of thin air, swaying as they walked towards him.

It was none other than Iori Yagami, Kyo Kusanagi, and Chizuru Kagura!
"The Three Sacred Treasures have indeed been defeated!"

Looking at the three artifacts that had also turned into zombies, Li Xingzhou sighed with regret.

Roar!
Iori Yagami, who had been walking unsteadily, suddenly accelerated, leaned forward, and rushed towards Li Xingzhou. He was three points faster than Leona, and even left a long trail of afterimages behind him.

A towering pillar of fire erupted from Kyo Kusanagi's body, and propelled by the explosive force of the pillar, he was enveloped in flames and hurtled toward Li Xingzhou like a cannonball.

Kagura Chizuru conjured a huge ball of sealing light in her hand and blasted it towards Li Xingzhou.

Facing the combined attack of the three divine weapons.

Li Xingzhou simply raised his right hand and suddenly clenched his fist with his five fingers together.

As he clenched his fist, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted in the sky.

As the thunderous roar reverberated, three bolts of lightning, as thick as buckets and shaped like dragons, descended from the sky, illuminating the entire crimson space. In an instant, they struck the tops of the three divine artifacts, completely engulfing their figures with their immense power.

Boom boom boom...

Thunderbolts crashed down relentlessly, shattering the ground and sending debris flying, creating three large craters, each over ten meters deep and thirty meters in diameter. The bottom of the craters was glowing red, clearly formed into glass-like crystals.

As for the three divine artifacts that were struck by lightning, they had long since turned to ashes and left no trace.

Since refining Bane's remains and creating the "Divine Demon Pill," Li Xingzhou's cultivation has skyrocketed. Now, he can cast any spell with ease, without needing to perform hand seals or incantations.

Moreover, each spell can influence the laws of heaven and earth, using only a fraction of magical power to unleash tenfold power.

The three artifacts that turned the zombies were still quite powerful.

Unfortunately, when Li Xingzhou got serious, he still couldn't withstand even a single spell.

As the three divine artifacts instantly perished, the crimson space trembled violently. Suddenly, a torrential rain of fire descended from the sky, accompanied by countless sharp, sword-like blades and beams of crystalline light like lightning, shooting towards Li Xingzhou from all directions.

With a single glance, Li Xingzhou could discern the true nature of the Fire Rain, Sharp Light, and Crystalline Radiance.

Fire rain is pure, high-temperature condensation, capable of vaporizing steel and melting earth and stone. Its sharpness is unparalleled, cutting through iron like mud, yet as fine as a hair, penetrating everywhere. As for the crystalline beam of light, it is not only as fast as lightning, but also possesses the power to weaken and seal.

If it were Li Xingzhou before he hunted Bane, he would have had a real headache facing this overwhelming triple attack, and would have had to retreat first and find another way to dismantle the barrier.

But Li Xingzhou now no longer takes this level of offensive seriously.

He opened his mouth and spat out a ball of white bone relic, which transformed into a skeletal throne with a ferocious appearance but an ethereal and otherworldly aura.

He leisurely sat on the skeletal throne, and the heads on the armrests of the throne opened their eyes and began to chant.

Amidst the ethereal and pure hymn, the rain of fire, sharp rays, and crystalline light shooting in from all directions vibrated as if encountering numerous obstacles, instantly slowing their attack speed by several percent.

At the same time, a monstrous sea of ​​blood surged forth from beneath the skeletal throne, surging outwards in all directions, extinguishing the rain of fire and dissolving the crystalline light.

Another beam of light shot out from Li Xingzhou's fontanelle on the throne, transforming into the "Heavenly Sword True Lord," dressed in purple, wielding a divine sword, with a cold face and eyes filled with sword light.

With a single swing of his sword, Heavenly Sword True Monarch unleashed a torrent of sword energy, which condensed into threads of light. These threads of light, like starlight, shimmered across the sky, forming a net-like sword array to annihilate the indestructible sharpness.

Li Xingzhou sat leisurely on the skeletal throne, activating it so that, surrounded by a sea of ​​blood and a sword formation, he flew off in a certain direction.

Just as the triple attack was launched simultaneously and its aura leaked out, he also completely saw the essence of this barrier.

As Li Xingzhou approached the core of the barrier, the fire rain falling from the sky grew increasingly fierce, gradually coalescing into fiery meteors and eventually a raging sea of ​​fire. The sharp edges and crystalline beams of light also became denser, covering the sky and the earth.

Unfortunately, it still couldn't stop the raging sea of ​​blood that devoured everything, nor could it break the Heavenly Sword True Monarch's ability to form an array with a single sword strike and refine swords into threads. The skeletal throne that carried Li Xingzhou also flew steadfastly toward the center of the barrier.

Less than a quarter of an hour.

A huge altar then came into Li Xingzhou's view.

Above the altar, three items float: a magatama, a bronze mirror, and an ancient sword.

These are the Yasakani no Magatama, Yata no Kagami, and Ame no Kusanagi no Tsurugi, which have been held by the three sacred treasure families for generations.

"The three sacred treasures joined forces to fight Orochi, but not only did they suffer a crushing defeat, Orochi even used the three sacred treasures against them to set up a barrier?"

Li Xingzhou chuckled and raised his hand to grab at the altar from a distance.

With a single grab, the void trembled, spiritual energy surged, and laws intertwined, manifesting a gigantic hand of spiritual light that blotted out the sky and the earth. Ignoring the sea of ​​fire, sharp edges, and crystal light that blocked its way, it grabbed towards the altar with unstoppable momentum.

Zheng!
With a sharp cry, the Kusanagi Sword unleashed a beam of light that seemed capable of cleaving through the void, shooting straight into the giant palm of spiritual light.

The giant hand shattered instantly, but only for a moment. After the sword light disappeared, the giant hand of spiritual light reformed and relentlessly grabbed at the altar.

The Yata Mirror vibrated and shot out a beam of crystalline light, shattering the giant palm of spiritual light into dust in a single strike. The Yasakani no Magatama then emitted a black hole-like suction force, absorbing and sealing all the fragments of the giant palm of spiritual light.

Seeing this, Li Xingzhou smiled wryly and made another grabbing motion from a distance. In the sky, a giant hand radiating brilliant spiritual light appeared once again.

The giant hand of spiritual light that appeared this time was like a human hand. When the huge fingers and palm trembled, they actually formed a hand seal. Then, they pressed down, and an invisible pressure descended from the sky. The invisible force as heavy as a mountain made the altar shake violently, and cracks burst out with a crisp sound.

The three sacred artifacts hanging above the altar trembled slightly, and their radiance dimmed for a while.

The giant palm of spiritual light pressed down, shattering the altar with a loud bang, and snatched the three divine artifacts into its palm.

The three divine artifacts were still struggling, but Li Xingzhou slapped the armrest of the skeletal throne, and three ancient coffins flew out from the sea of ​​blood below the throne. They opened their lids and each spewed out a stream of scarlet blood, which transformed into three blood-soaked demonic hands. Each hand grabbed a divine artifact and then retreated back into the three coffins with the three divine artifacts.

Then the three coffins closed their lids together, sealing the three divine artifacts inside, and sank into the sea of ​​blood to be suppressed by the Blood Sea Formation.

Once the three divine artifacts were sealed, the rain of fire and meteors, the sharp edges, and the crystalline beams of light in the sky instantly dissipated.

The crimson space trembled violently, the sky and the ground cracked open, revealing pitch-black fissures that stretched from heaven to earth, before finally shattering like a bubble.

Once the barrier was broken, Li Xingzhou returned to the Fuji Pass.

The fog covering the mountain pass quickly dissipated, and Li Xingzhou, who was in the fog, looked down and saw another huge altar below the mountain pass, which was more than two hundred meters deep.

A majestic and sacred figure floated above the altar, looking up at Li Xingzhou in the sky.

On either side of that figure sat two lifeless corpses. Judging from their clothing and appearance, they were none other than Yashiro Nanakase and Shermie, two of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi.

They did not turn into zombies; their deaths appeared peaceful, clearly indicating that they sacrificed themselves to awaken the giant snake.

As for Chris of the Four Heavenly Kings, he will likely become the vessel for the awakening of the giant snake.

After glancing at the corpses of Yashiro and Shermie, Li Xingzhou looked again at the giant serpent with silver hair, a perfect physique, and a sun tattoo on its chest, and said with a smile:

"Truly a perfect divine being... Humanity is now on the verge of extinction. As the consciousness of the world, you have already fulfilled your mission, so why not grant me your wish? In that case, we wouldn't have to fight each other, destroy this famous mountain, and harm the flowers, grass, birds, and animals below."

The giant snake was silent for a moment, then slowly said:

"I can't die."

"No one is immortal." Li Xingzhou's smile faded, his expression indifferent. "Humans and gods alike, all must die eventually. Even the universe will one day perish. So why can't you die?"

“If I die, and no one guards the seal, then all things in the world, after humanity, will perish completely. As the agent of the world's consciousness, I will certainly not allow such a terrible outcome to occur.”

"Oh?" Li Xingzhou was somewhat surprised. "All things perish? Why do you say that?"

"I didn't create the zombie plague," the giant serpent said calmly. "I merely used the power of the world to weaken its toxicity and guide it, causing it to mutate to target only humans. As for its true origin..."

The giant serpent pointed at the altar, and a beam of light shot out from the altar, rising into the air and slowly unfolding into a curtain of light.

Immediately, an image was projected onto the light screen.

It was a bustling modern metropolis, and one that Li Xingzhou was very familiar with.

The city projected onto the light screen was ablaze with flames, countless plumes of smoke rising into the sky, skyscrapers collapsing, walls crumbling, and streets littered with cars that were either twisted and deformed or on fire.

Furthermore, staggering figures wandered through the city, each with a ferocious appearance, bloodshot eyes, and covered in blood.

That was a city that had been overrun by zombies.

Moreover, it was New York, a city familiar to Li Xingzhou.

He even saw some familiar figures dressed in hero uniforms in that zombie city.

"What if... a zombie universe in a different timeline?"

Seeing Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and other Avengers heroes who had turned into zombies, mingling among the zombie horde and searching for any living person they could devour, Li Xingzhou couldn't help but frown slightly.

That was a hopeless universe, because even Thanos with the five Infinity Stones eventually turned into a zombie.

As the giant snake projected the image, it spoke calmly:
"A month ago, our universe collided with another universe. Although the dimensional collision did not affect reality, it created a spacetime rift between the two universes that allows passage between them."

"Meanwhile, a zombie crisis has already occurred in the opposite universe. In order to prevent the zombie virus from spreading to this world, the three kings of Orochi tried to awaken me and destroy or seal the spacetime rift, but they were met with resistance from the three sacred artifacts who were unaware of the truth."

"But the three divine artifacts are unaware that the immense energy from the dimensional collision has already awakened me. It's just that I'm still lacking the last bit of energy to fully descend to the mortal realm."

"In the final battle against the Three Sacred Treasures, Yashiro and his companions realized that victory was impossible, so they decided to sacrifice themselves, using their souls to replenish the last bit of energy I needed to descend to the mortal realm..."

Li Xingzhou nodded knowingly:
"You successfully descended using Chris's body as a vessel and defeated the three sacred artifacts."

"good."

The giant snake said calmly:
"Afterwards, I sealed the spacetime rift, but before sealing it, I obtained a small amount of zombie virus. I used divine power to guide its mutation, weakening its toxicity, and then released it, spreading it across the globe. After lying dormant for half a month, it was finally detonated to complete the plan to wipe out humanity. Now, the plan has succeeded, humanity is extinct, and all things on Earth can recuperate." Li Xingzhou smiled and said, "In that case, can't you retire gracefully?"

The giant snake shook its head and said:

"Not yet. I am the core of the spacetime rift seal. Once this body of mine perishes, the spacetime rift seal will gradually collapse. At that time, zombies from the other universe will surely flood into our world."

"The zombie virus in that world will cause all plants to wither and the land to turn into desert. Even animals will be infected. Furthermore, the zombies in that world will devour all living things, not just humans. Without this seal, our world will also become a dead planet full of deserts."

"I cannot actively eliminate all the zombies in that world, after all, I am not the representative of the world's will. If I were to go to that world on my own initiative, without the support of the world's will, my power would plummet. Therefore, I can only seal the rift and adopt a defensive stance."

Li Xingzhou could understand the giant snake's explanation.

but……

What does this have to do with him?

Even if the world turned into a desert planet, it wouldn't affect him at all.

At worst, we can move Elysium to his world.

He then smiled slightly at the giant snake and said, "I'm sorry, but from my perspective, I don't care what the world will become in the future. After all, I am a human being, and not an extreme environmentalist. Since humanity in this world has perished, the survival of all other things is meaningless to me."

"Fifty years!"

The giant serpent slowly said:

"The two universes will only have a brief contact, at most fifty years, before separating according to their predetermined trajectories. At that time, the spacetime rift will naturally close, and I will no longer need to maintain the seal. Whether you want to avenge humanity or covet my power, I can give you a satisfactory explanation."

The reason why the giant serpent would negotiate with Li Xingzhou was because he had witnessed Li Xingzhou's overwhelming breakthrough of the barrier and knew that he was also a powerful being, like a true god.

Although Orochi is the agent of the world's will, since it descended using living beings as its vessel, it is limited by those living beings and can exert relatively limited power.

Furthermore, he is currently using most of his power to maintain the seal. If he were to withdraw his power to fight Li Xingzhou, the seal would immediately break, and the dangerous spacetime rift would reappear.

"Fifty years is too long, I don't have that patience."

Li Xingzhou slowly raised his right hand, and suddenly thick clouds filled the sky. Huge bolts of lightning, like dragons and serpents, surged and flickered within the clouds, occasionally revealing their magnificence.

"Nature magic has no effect on me," the serpent said calmly. "Lightning, storms, fire, ice and snow... any force originating from nature cannot harm me."

Li Xingzhou said with a smile, "Why don't you take another closer look?"

The giant serpent narrowed its eyes and stared at the thunderclouds in the sky. It saw that the huge bolts of lightning in the thunderclouds, which resembled dragons and serpents, had been stained with streaks of blood and were surrounded by wisps of black mist.

That was the despair and resentment of countless humans, drawn together by some unknown force and gathered in the thundercloud.

The lightning, which was extremely powerful and fierce and should have been able to refine all evil, was instead, under Li Xingzhou's meticulous control, harmoniously coexisted with the dense, ink-like, terrifying resentment, even achieving a balance of yin and yang, and merging into a terrifying and unparalleled destructive force.

"Under the laws of Heaven, every cause has its effect. Humanity has suffered the backlash of the world's will for oppressing all things and destroying nature; this is the karmic consequence they bear. But what karmic consequence will you bear if you were to wipe out billions of humans with a single thought?"

Li Xingzhou said leisurely:
"Those billions of victims naturally cannot retaliate against the world. In fact, without anyone to guide them, the resentment of billions of people will only be scattered and disorganized. No matter how much they hate, it won't hurt you in the slightest."

"But now, I have guided them and brought them together. And you are not the untouchable world will; you are merely an agent of the world will who has descended to earth, possesses a physical form, can be touched, and can even be injured and bleed."

"So, you should bear the brunt of all humanity's resentment. But with your power, can you withstand the backlash from the resentment of billions of people?"

Li Xingzhou understood the supernatural power of cause and effect.

The endless resentment that converged from all directions was drawn by him using his supernatural powers of cause and effect.

Furthermore, this attack, specifically targeting the giant serpent, is absolutely impossible to dodge or even resist.

Orochi is, after all, merely an agent of the world's will on Earth, not a "representative of the Way of Heaven."

He is a god, but not a supreme god or a cosmic god.

Gazing at the ever-thickening black clouds, feeling the increasingly intense thunder and resentment, the serpent assessed the consequences of launching this attack and slowly said:
"If the seal is broken, what you will gain is a world filled with nothing but despair. Is it worth it for a moment of pleasure?"

“You don’t understand me,” Li Xingzhou smiled. “So you’ll never know what I can actually get.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he pointed at the giant snake and said, "Goodbye, giant snake."

Boom...

The void trembled, and the lightning, entwined with countless blood threads and black smoke, resembled giant dragons and serpents leaping from the clouds, charging fiercely towards the giant serpent on the altar in droves.

The giant snake sighed softly, offering no resistance as it endured the thunderbolts and the resentment that clung to its body.

Even as the representative of the world's will, Orochi's power is not limitless, limited by his physical body that can be touched, bleed, get injured, and even perish.

However, the force that Li Xingzhou leveraged was far too great.

The resentment of billions of people will sustain his revenge indefinitely, until the last bit of resentment is exhausted.

Faced with such immense power, according to Orochi's assessment, if he were to withdraw the power that sealed the spacetime rift and fight the opponent with all his might, the best outcome would probably be mutual destruction.

Even spacetime rifts could be expanded by the power unleashed during a fierce battle between the two sides, becoming even larger.

Therefore, instead of wasting energy on a pointless fight to the death, it's better to conserve energy and maintain the seal.

Even without his supervision, the seal could only last for another ten years at most, which is still better than collapsing immediately.

As for ten years from now...

Perhaps a new agent of the world's will will emerge to seal the spacetime rift.

Or maybe...

Complete extinction is the ultimate fate of this world.

Endless resentment poured into the giant serpent's body, frantically tearing at his flesh and soul, while destructive lightning also bounced around him, destroying every single cell.

The aftershocks of the thunder spread to the area around the altar, engulfing the corpses of Yashiro and Shermie, and gradually refining them.

I do not know how long it has been.

As the dazzling lightning gradually dimmed, as the endless resentment dissipated, and as the last leaping lightning disappeared into the void, the serpent was no longer visible on the altar, leaving only a golden, round "relic" radiating a pure divine aura.

This is the final crystallization of the Great Serpent's divine power, which was both deliberately refined by Li Xingzhou and also contained some of the Great Serpent's own will.

He hoped that this "gift" would prompt Li Xingzhou, who valued "cause and effect," to come and seal the spacetime rift ten years later.

Li Xingzhou certainly understood what the giant snake meant.

In truth, he did not need the serpent's gift. Even if the serpent resisted, it would only diminish a few percent of his divine power.

The remaining harvest was still enough to feed and drink his fill.

However, since the great serpent is so sensible, he could send someone to oversee the seal when it breaks down.

Anyway, he has three primordial spirit avatars, and he doesn't need to come in person. He can just send one of the primordial spirit avatars to oversee things for a few decades.

Li Xingzhou reached out and retrieved the extremely pure divine power crystal. After examining it with his divine sense, he nodded in satisfaction.

"With this achievement, I am one step closer to the ancient method of elixirs."

After putting away the relic-like crystal of divine power, he looked at the two blood-red crystals, each the size of a soybean, floating on the altar.

That was the last remnant of Yashiro and Shermie.

It is the purest "serpent blood" that condenses from their uninfected corpses under the refinement of thunder and fire.

If one can withstand the power of the serpent's blood by consuming these two crystals, one can gain partial abilities of "Dry Earth" and "Wild Lightning".

Of course, if one cannot withstand it, one will go insane, or even explode and die.

Li Xingzhou raised his hand and took two blood-red crystals, played with them for a while, and then put them into his mustard seed space.

He himself certainly didn't need these two things, but he could use them to train his subordinates.

Wu Yaksha and Garuda are physically powerful and exceptionally talented. Now, with their cultivation of Qi and Blood Martial Arts, their physiques are getting stronger every day. As natives of this world, they may be able to withstand the energy of these two serpent bloods.

Even if they can't withstand it, it doesn't matter. Li Xingzhou can extract the serpent's blood before they go crazy or explode, thus saving their lives.

After collecting his spoils, Li Xingzhou landed on the altar, sat down cross-legged, and spread his divine sense to sense the space-time rift beneath the altar.

Within the spacetime rift, a giant serpent with eight heads coiled up, completely sealing off one end of the rift.

Those eight giant serpents are the seal left by the great serpent. They appear to be serpentine, but they are not living beings. They are manifestations of natural forces.

However, without the giant serpent guarding it and continuously circulating natural power, the serpent's body began to emit wisps of smoke, which gradually dissipated into the void.

Those wisps of smoke are the ever-dissipating forces of nature.

Although the power that formed the seal has begun to dissipate, given the size of the giant serpent, it will take at least ten years for it to completely dissipate.

"That's right, we don't need to worry about it for the next ten years."

Li Xingzhou smiled leisurely, then took out the divine power crystal again, infused it with his divine sense, and made the divine power crystal, which originated from the same source, resonate with the seal, infinitely amplifying his divine sense.

Afterwards, his divine sense traveled through the space-time rift to the other side of the rift, where he surveyed New York City from God's perspective.

The vast city of New York has almost completely become a zombie capital.

Not only did almost no ordinary people survive, but even the vast majority of superheroes were not spared.

However, Li Xingzhou eventually found several survivors on Manhattan Island.

On the rooftop of the Daily Bugle building, there are several tents and simple tin shacks.

Several people were sitting in the open space between the tents and the tin huts, eating simple canned food.

Among these people was an acquaintance of Li Xingzhou.

Well, he can't be considered an acquaintance of Li Xingzhou; he should be described as a "parallel universe counterpart" of that acquaintance.

That guy is Happy, Iron Man's bodyguard and driver.

Aside from Happy, whom he recognized at a glance, Li Xingzhou had never seen the others before, but he could still make out some of them from their clothes and appearance.

There was a young man wearing a red and blue bodysuit who looked exactly like Spider-Man, Peter Parker.

There was a woman wearing a yellow and black bodysuit, who appeared to be the Wasp.

The handsome guy with disheveled hair and a steel arm must be Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier.

There was also a bald black woman with a long spear beside her, dressed in a Wakanda guard uniform, who was probably a member of the Wakanda King's Guard.

There was also a man and a woman whom Li Xingzhou didn't recognize; perhaps they were just ordinary people who were lucky enough to be rescued by this heroic team.

Judging from the atmosphere during Peter Parker and the others' meal, they didn't seem desperate. They were chatting and laughing and were quite optimistic. It's hard to tell if they were finding joy in hardship or if they were having a mental breakdown and were acting a bit neurotic.

After observing for a while, Li Xingzhou seemed to be deep in thought:
If there's a zombie universe in another timeline, and even the Sorcerer Supreme has sent his message there, it seems like you could go there and scavenge for some junk.
For example, the vibranium of Wakanda, or the Infinity Gauntlet of the zombie Thanos—although the power of the Infinity Stones drops drastically when they leave their original universe, degenerating into extraordinary stones with only slight superpowers, they are still somewhat divine. Combined with the Infinity Gauntlet, they can still create a powerful superhuman.

"It feels like it has potential."

Li Xingzhou pondered for a moment, but did not act immediately.

Because Thanos hasn't come to Earth yet in the zombie universe.

According to the timeline of the zombie universe, Thanos's henchmen will only come to Earth to find the Mind Stone after the Hulk returns to Earth and meets Peter Parker and the others. They will then be infected and bring the virus back to Thanos's ship, thus infecting Thanos as well.

Dr. Banner is not among Peter Parker's group, indicating that he has not yet returned to Earth.

Since the time was not yet right, Li Xingzhou was not in a hurry.

After briefly checking the seal, he spread his wings and soared into the sky, transforming into light and flying back to the City of Bliss.

Next, it's time to refine the Orochi's divine power and enjoy a pleasant level-up. (End of Chapter)