Extraordinary North America: Where are the magical partners?

Chapter 341 Soul Gem, take it!
At the bottom of Black Peak Mountain.

This place is more than ten thousand feet away from the double stone pillars where Rango and the others were just now, but if you think about it from there, the road is very convenient. You can just jump down from the cliff behind the stone pillars and you will be at the bottom of the mountain.

Therefore, this is also the place of sacrifice chosen by the Soul Gem.

As long as you push the one you love down here with your own hands, you will be qualified to obtain the Soul Gem.

According to the Red Skull, the corpses of many people who were abandoned by their lovers were buried here, but those who had the heart to abandon their loved ones strangely did not get the Soul Stone.

He guessed that perhaps the gem's selection criteria, in addition to having to abandon the person they love, must also measure the target's strength and character. If the gem is satisfied, it will take the initiative to throw itself into the arms of the sacrificer.

"What a mess"

Rango complained with disdain. At this moment, he was at the bottom of the mountain, floating above the corpses.

It is worth mentioning that although many of these corpses have been dead for more than tens of thousands of years, the interesting thing is that their bodies are still very intact. Each of them is lying sideways with their eyes closed, as if they are sleeping soundly after a hangover.

"I know this man. I heard that his country was invaded by a force called the Dark Quadrant. As a prince, he brought his princess here, intending to use the power of the Soul Gem to stage a 'Prince's Revenge'. After knowing that he had to sacrifice his loved one to get the gem, he pushed the princess who was willing to accompany him to make a comeback off the cliff without hesitation."

"Oh? But why is the body lying here a man's?"

"The princess was five feet tall and had a waist of five feet. She was the only female general in the fallen empire. It was thanks to her that the frail prince was able to escape from the planet."

"Um"

Rango didn't ask why the woman didn't take the Soul Stone. It was simply because the Soul Stone didn't choose the other person.

But it seemed that the Red Skull had been holding it in for too long. When he finally met the Earthlings from his hometown, he opened his ferocious mouth and kept chattering.

"And the group of women in uniform clothing were originally the wives and concubines of a tycoon in the universe. As his life was coming to an end, the tycoon came to pray for the Soul Stone to grant him an immortal soul. However, this idiot pushed all his wives and concubines off the cliff, but there was not a single one among them that he truly loved. Tsk, tsk, how tragic."

"Look over there, at the guy with his head stuck straight into the ground. He was once a powerful warrior, but was defeated by Thanos, so he searched everywhere for the power to defeat Thanos. When he learned that he needed to sacrifice his loved ones, the young man jumped off the cliff without saying a word, and said frankly that the person he loved most in the world was himself. As a result, although the Soul Stone was touched by him and appeared from the stone pillar, he had already become a cold corpse...hahahaha."

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Listening to the endless chatter around them, many people present couldn't help but look at them strangely, especially Captain America and Tony.

Captain America was surprised that the Red Skull, who symbolized evil decades ago, had turned into a chatterbox. Even if others didn't talk to him, this guy would even anxiously take the initiative to talk.

Tony felt a little ashamed. He couldn't understand why such a clown had made his father, the second most talented person in that world, fight against him for so many years.

"Haha, now it seems that the struggle between Hydra and the European and American camps decades ago was clearly a fight between rookies."

But just as he was secretly complaining, the Red Skull, who had evolved into a social terrorist, actually said out some useful information.

“This is the most pitiful couple I have ever seen.”

The Red Skull pointed at the young man and woman hugging each other tightly at his feet, and his tone was full of regret: "They are a couple who fled from a war-torn planet. They have a desire for revenge against the invaders and are eager to obtain the power of the Soul Stone. They are in a similar situation to the prince and princess."

"However, when they learn that obtaining the gem will cost the life of their loved ones, they compete to be willing to sacrifice for each other."

"Finally, the man deceived his wife with lies, and when her back was turned, he resolutely jumped off the cliff."

"The gem seemed to be touched by their deep affection and was summoned out of the stone pillar. But unexpectedly, after witnessing her husband's feat, the woman jumped off the cliff without any hesitation."

Red Skull shrugged at everyone and said with emotion: "Great love, isn't it?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment, especially since this guy who sang praises of beautiful love was once a perverted war criminal.

"This couple is the most likely to take the gem that I have ever seen. Unfortunately, in the face of power and revenge, they chose to face life and death together."

Red Skull looked at the strange looks from the crowd and snorted with disdain.

In the past few decades, he has seen too much of the evil side of human nature. No matter whether it is the super-rich who owns an entire galaxy or the wandering imperial prince, they all show their most despicable side in the face of power and immortality.

Therefore, occasionally seeing a couple who truly loved each other would be enough to make him sigh with emotion for decades.

Rango looked at the bodies of the couple below, who were hugging each other tightly, and both wanted to protect each other in their arms. After thinking for a while, he nodded with satisfaction.

"That sounds good. OK, let's go with them."

He was willing to fly tens of thousands of feet and come all the way here not just to see a pile of corpses.

The Soul Stone can be obtained by sacrificing the life of a loved one. Rango believes that he can never do this, but this does not prevent him from asking others to do it.

In fact, if it weren't for the trouble, he could just open the portal, find a pair of death row prisoners, and then let Vision use the power of the Mind Stone to make the two fall hopelessly in love with each other, and finally after the sacrifice, he could snatch the gem back from them.

Fortunately, he now has a simpler and easier method.

The next second, under the confused gaze of everyone, Rango hooked his finger at Yumi, and then threw out the Infinity Gauntlet inlaid with two gems, which was directly put on his hand.

"pat-"

A crisp snap of fingers echoed in the air.

The reality sapphire glowed red, and the two corpses on the ground turned into a conjoined stone sculpture in full view of everyone!

"Rango, what are you doing?"

Captain America couldn't help but ask curiously. He wasn't worried that Rango would insult someone else's corpse. Although this friend from another world had a weird temper, his behavior was still decent. He just didn't understand what this stone sculpture meant.

"Don't ask so many questions. Just wait and see."

Rango replied casually, then swung his hands behind his waist!
Swish-!
The jacket was pulled back, revealing a series of animal charms fixed to the belt. On the charms connected side by side, a mouse-like pattern suddenly lit up, and then a blue light shot out and entered the statue!

Then, something incredible happened.

The statue, which had been as dead as a stone sculpture, slowly began to tremble. Its tightly clasped arms gradually relaxed and its eyelids trembled slightly. In just the blink of an eye, the stone sculptured couple miraculously came back to life!
Even though they had turned into stone sculptures, when they opened their eyes and saw each other, their eyes still revealed deep love.

Then, they seemed to remember something and turned to look at Rango at the same time, respectfully calling him master.

Yes, this is the idea that Rango chose.

Use local materials, find a pair of people who love each other, and then resurrect them to die for you again.

It may sound a bit inhumane, but it is extremely feasible.

For example, now, although he is reluctant to use the Golden Fleece to resurrect strange dead bodies, he can rely on the Reality Gem to modify the nature of objects and the Rat Spell to give life to still life, turning the dead into stone sculptures and finally resurrecting the stone sculptures.

And after the other party sacrifices again to obtain the Soul Gem, even if he dies, he can still use the Rat Spell to resurrect the other party.

It is because there is only one Soul Gem. Otherwise, relying on this method, Rango is confident that he can get all the Soul Gems, no matter how many there are!
After a while, after telling the stone sculpture couple his ideas, the two of them just looked at each other and nodded repeatedly.

As products of resurrection by the Rat Spell, their new souls were already branded with the intention of obeying Rango's orders.

"Master. Can I. Can I ask you for a favor?"

The stone sculpture man suddenly asked cautiously, observing Rango at the same time, worried about seeing his unhappy expression, but Rango seemed very casual and smiled, motioning him to speak directly.

The stone sculpture nodded and said slowly: "We are refugees from Xandar. A force called the Dark Quadrant invaded our planet and killed the entire population in order to seize the Power Stone. The reason we fled here is because we want to use the power of the Soul Stone to fight against the Dark Quadrant. If you get the Soul Stone, can you help us..."

His words came to an abrupt end. In front of him, Rango had used the Reality Stone to project an image of the entire Dark Quadrant being destroyed in a super nuclear explosion and Thanos being shot in the head by a revolver bullet.

"It seems that I have already done what you wanted to do in advance."

Rango said as he looked at the couple in front of him who had somewhat strange looks. No wonder they had blue skin before. It turned out that they were the Xandar to whom Star-Lord donated the Power Stone.

At this time, seeing that their greatest wish had been fulfilled, the couple no longer had any burden and followed the crowd, happily continuing to climb to the top of Black Peak Mountain, in front of the two stone pillars.

Buzz—!
As soon as the two appeared, the stone pillar underwent unexpected changes. Strands of orange light began to surround the stone pillar like smoke, as if wondering why this couple who had obviously lost their souls and died completely could be resurrected again.

The stone sculpture couple was no longer surprised by this. They took each other's hands, strode forward, and said loudly: "We are here to take the Soul Stone. To do this, we can sacrifice each other and give up the lives of our loved ones."

As soon as these words were spoken, the two stone pillars shone again, and the orange light almost illuminated the sky.

Seeing this scene, the stone sculpture man did not hesitate, nodded to his wife, and strode to the edge of the cliff.

This time, his wife did not insist on dying with him like she did last time. But even though she knew that Rango could resurrect her husband again, the woman still held his hand tightly with heartache.

Then, under the expectant gaze of everyone, the stone sculpture man jumped down and plunged into the bottomless abyss again.

"Honey!"

The stone-carved woman above sobbed hoarsely, her eyes full of sorrow. Anyone who looked over could see the sincere feelings between the two.

Even Rango began to wonder if he had forgotten to tell the woman that he could resurrect his husband when the time came.

But he didn't have time to think about it, because at this moment, the orange light in the middle of the two stone pillars had begun to slowly condense!

The next second, a shining orange gem appeared between the two stone pillars!

Soul gem!

Seeing this, Rango was about to go up and take it down, but it flew directly in front of the stone sculpture woman.

"This is."

The stone sculpture woman was slightly stunned, then she grabbed it tightly, ran to Rango, and handed it directly to him.

"Master, this is the soul gem you asked for!"

"Haha, I gave it to you in the end."

call out--!
Rango was just about to take the gem, but this guy seemed to suddenly realize that he had been cheated, and he flew out!
The gem dragged its tail of orange light towards the two summoning stone pillars, clearly trying to escape inside!
"Fuck! You're already out, where else do you want to run to!"

With a roar, Rango's body shot out, chasing the Soul Gem closely from behind, and even stretched out his hand to try to grab it!
boom--!
The speed of the gem increased again, and it instantly created a distance between them!
Seeing this, Rango snorted coldly, stopped chasing, and simply raised his hand and snapped his fingers!
A scarlet light quickly spread out in all directions, centered on him.

The originally gloomy and depressing Black Peak suddenly turned into an endless sponge world. The stone pillars in front disappeared without a trace, replaced by two sea clouds floating in the sky.

The Soul Gem's speeding figure suddenly stopped, wandering left and right, but it could no longer find the familiar place it once lived in. It was at a loss, as if it had lost its direction.

"Just surrender and capture me!"

At the moment when the gem hesitated, Rango had quietly appeared behind it. He waved his hand and suddenly grasped the gem firmly in his palm.

Suddenly, the orange light became brighter and the Soul Gem struggled frantically, trying to break free from Rango's control.

However, at this moment, a layer of dark golden light suddenly appeared on the Infinity Gauntlet and slowly covered the surface of the gem.

After a moment, the light of the Soul Gem gradually faded and finally disappeared in Rango's palm.

When it appeared again, it was firmly embedded on the back of the Infinity Gauntlet!
(End of this chapter)