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Chapter 133 The Infinity Stones Are Useless To Me
"The Spirits of Vengeance... how should I put it? In essence, they are powerful elemental beings that appeared at the very beginning of Earth's creation," Shakora said after a moment's thought.

"Elemental creatures?" Upon hearing this word, Li Wei was immediately struck by a jolt. Were they the kind of elemental creatures he was thinking of?
“That’s right, it’s an elemental creature. As far as I know, the Zatanos inside this kid’s body was originally an elemental creature, and even an elemental lord. But for some reason, it gained some hellish power and transformed into a demon. Later, it fought a great battle with other vengeful spirits and lost. About two thousand years ago, it was released by a primitive human tribe. But not long after, it was targeted by Mephisto, who captured it while it was weak and used it to strengthen his knights,” Shakora said.

"The great battle between the Primal Spirit of Vengeance and Zarathos also gave many lords an opportunity. The Spirit of Vengeance that my father left me was captured at that time. And a lord of hell like Mephisto definitely has more than one Spirit of Vengeance. It's just that Zarathos is his best creation."

“I see!” Li Wei nodded. He knew that more than one Ghost Rider could exist at the same time. In the first Ghost Rider movie, there was also the previous Ghost Rider, Carter, who guarded the cemetery.

"You mean to use it to strengthen the knight, not to become a knight? So, to become a Ghost Rider, you don't actually need the Spirit of Vengeance?" Levi suddenly realized what was going on and asked.

“That’s right. The knights of the traditional lords should actually be called Hell Knights. They borrow the power of the lords of hell. They are mainly able to control hellfire and have the characteristics of immortality, as well as some other abilities of higher demons. However, Ghost Rider has an extremely special ability that can only be granted by the Spirit of Vengeance.” Shakora nodded.

"The Eye of Judgment?" Li Wei immediately thought of the ability that Shakora hadn't mentioned.

"Huh? You even know that? That's right, it's the Eye of Judgment. How about it? Tempted? As long as you sign a contract with me and become my knight, you can obtain this power." Shakora gave Levi an approving look and said, "Although my vengeful spirit isn't as powerful as Zatanos, vengeful spirits are immune to the power of judgment, and your own strength is far greater than Johnny's. Once you become a knight, you might even be able to suppress him."

It must be said that Shakora's suggestion was very tempting.

That's Ghost Rider, a character who's practically a bug in the Marvel Universe.

It would be impossible for Li Wei not to be moved.

Not to mention, according to Shakora, the Spirit of Vengeance is very likely the elemental creature he is looking for.

However, he ultimately chose to refuse.

Sign a contract with a demon lord? Only a madman would do that.

God knows what tricks these liars have played with the contracts.

Although he and Shakora are now barely friends, that's only because there aren't many conflicts of interest.

A knight's contract... is too risky.

"You could just give me that Spirit of Vengeance directly!" Li Wei shook his head and said.

"You're dreaming! Do you know how precious the Spirit of Vengeance is? I'm giving it to you? If you can come up with a treasure of similar value, I might consider it!" Shakora sneered.

"A treasure of roughly the same level? An Infinity Stone?" Li Wei couldn't help but have a crooked idea of ​​shifting the blame.

While the Infinity Stones are powerful, their power is far beyond what mortals can withstand. One or two might be manageable, but unless Levi is insane, he would never consider taking all of them.

Trading an Infinity Stone for a Spirit of Vengeance from Shakora would be a good idea.

And Thanos, didn't you want to collect all the Infinity Stones? Go and test your skills against Shakalora first!

However, upon hearing Li Wei's words, Shakora showed no sign of being moved, instead looking at him with a half-smile.

"What? You don't believe I can get my hands on the Infinity Stones?" Li Wei raised an eyebrow.

“No, in fact, in terms of value, the Infinity Stones are definitely far superior to the Spirit of Vengeance… But you probably don’t know something, do you?” Shakora said with a smile. “What is it?” Levi asked, somewhat surprised.

“Do you know that in the countless years of the past, almost no demon lords have ever coveted the Infinity Stones—of course, I’m referring to demons in the traditional sense, not demons transformed from other beings… Do you think it’s because they lack the power to obtain even one stone?” Shakora didn’t directly answer Levi’s question, but instead posed a counter-question.

"Is it because the Infinity Stones are ineffective in the Demon Dimension?" Levi immediately realized this.

As products of the physical universe, the Infinity Stones' function is limited to the physical universe.

For example, in the TV series "Loki", the Infinity Stones cannot be used in the TVA, which is the area where the Time Mutation Bureau is located.

Because the Time Mutation Administration is located within a time rift, it has already separated from the physical universe.

The same applies to special dimensions such as Hell.

Of course, some people might cite the endless loop battle between Dormammu and Doctor Strange as a counter-argument.

But the truth is that at that time, Dormammu had already connected his dimension into the physical universe in order to devour Earth, which is why the Time Stone was effective.

If Doctor Strange were to enter the Dark Dimension alone with the Time Stone without the portal open, he would be crushed by Dormammu in no time—the Dark Dimension itself has no concept of time.

Thanos snapped his fingers, annihilating half of all life in the universe, but this had no effect on dimensions like Hell.

Besides the numerous special dimensions, there is another special realm that is also unaffected by the Infinity Stones.

That's the Quantum Realm, which Ant-Man frequents in the later stages of the story.

Therefore, it's understandable that the Hell Lords don't value the Infinity Stones for this reason.

“What you said is only one reason. Another reason is that primal demons like me and Mephisto are simply unable to use the Infinity Stones,” Shakora said, nodding and then shaking her head.

"Huh? Why is that?" Li Wei's understanding of Marvel wasn't to the point of knowing everything.

However, the meaning of the primordial demon that Shakora mentioned is still understandable.

Because the origins of demons in the Marvel Universe are several.

Some of these beings were corrupted and became such beings, such as Zatanus, which was mentioned earlier.

There's also Dormammu, who is said to have once been a powerful human wizard.

Some are gods who fell from grace, such as the legendary evil god Set.

The third category consists of traditional demons like Mephisto and Shakora.

“I don’t know why either. Perhaps only a demon lord like Mephisto, who has existed since the beginning of Hell, would know the secrets… In any case, the Infinity Stones are useless to me,” Shakora said.

(End of this chapter)