Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 252 White Bald Head and Black Bald Head

Unlike the Hulk, whose potential is limitless, Abomination's potential has been completely exhausted.

His physical abilities could no longer be improved, and he had already mastered the fighting techniques, so there was absolutely no room for improvement.

But Xia Zuo knew that as long as he could learn hard qigong, Hatred would be able to use his strength more effectively and unleash his hard power many times over.

Unfortunately, Hatred inherited Bronsky's memory and wisdom, which created a stubborn cognitive bias that made it almost impossible for him to learn martial arts techniques developed based on Chinese culture.

In this respect, Hate is not as good as Hulk.

Hulk, having no memory of Bruce Banner and with his mind blank, was able to attempt to learn the Tibetan Buddhist Tantric "Dragon Elephant Prajna Divine Skill".

If Hulk is incredibly lucky and truly masters the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Divine Skill," let alone cultivating it to the 13th level, even the power of the ten dragons and ten elephants at the 10th level would make him practically the strongest fighter on Earth.

The so-called power of one dragon and one elephant is calculated based on the cultivator's original power multiple, and the Hulk's power base is terrifying.

However, this possibility is not very high.

Xia Zuo walked towards his room, pushed open the door without looking, and went in. To his surprise, he found that he was not standing on the floor, but on a floating stone.

He suddenly looked up and realized that he had entered a bizarre and fantastical world.

Everywhere you look there are floating stones and islands, the stones arranged in an orderly fashion, presenting a beautiful composition with a strong mathematical aesthetic.

There is a small platform directly in front of you, with a large coffee table and a futon on it.

The most famous bald woman in the Marvel universe sits leisurely at the coffee table, brewing fragrant tea with great interest.

The aroma of tea wafted far and wide, and Xia Zuo immediately recognized it as his favorite jasmine tea with a gentle sniff. It wasn't some expensive green tea, but Xia Zuo simply loved it.

He shook his head and smiled, saying with a hint of nervousness, "Master Gu Yi, you've finally decided to meet me."

Xia Zuo activated [Electromagnetic Control] to fly his body to the platform, sat opposite the Ancient One, and waited for Xiang Ming's final roll.

In the misty air, his voice was somewhat ethereal: "Ancient One, if you had come to me a few years earlier, or allowed me to see you in Kathmandu, I might have become your disciple."

"It's getting late now."

The Ancient One nodded and said, "It is indeed a bit late. By the time I noticed you, it was already too late."

After saying that, she handed over the brewed flower tea. Xia Zuo took the teacup with both hands and asked curiously, "I know that you, Ancient One, can see all the branching timelines of the future and are the undisputed strongest visionary in the universe."

"Didn't you see me in the future?"

The Ancient One poured herself a cup of tea, not caring that the tea was scalding hot, and took a sip, praising, "Although it's a bit too hot, it is indeed very fragrant."

Okay, what she meant was that the aroma of this jasmine tea was too straightforward and not sophisticated enough.

The monk put down his teacup and continued, "Since I wield the Eye of Agamotto, I can indeed see all the possibilities of the future."

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"But Xia Zuo, you are different."

Two years ago, among the tens of millions of possibilities I considered for the future world, I didn't see you.

"Last year, I looked to the future and saw you in at least a quarter of the millions of possibilities, but you weren't that important yet."

"Not long ago, I saw you in all the futures I could see, and you were so important that your Xiazuo Legion had a great chance of becoming a dominant force in the universe."

"After Odin returned to the roots of the World Tree, you took over Asgard and protected the Earth from violent invasion by all external enemies."

Gu Yi seemed to be thirsty from talking, so she picked up her teacup and gave a slight salute. When Xia Zuo returned the salute in a similar manner, the two smiled at each other and then drank the tea in one gulp instead of wine.

The Ancient One remarked with awe, "You are so different, constantly changing yourself over time. In the 500 years since I became the Sorcerer Supreme, I have never seen anyone like you."

Xia Zuo asked, "I understand what you mean, Master, but what I don't understand is, what is your purpose in coming to see me?"

The Ancient One raised a finger: "First, I have never seen someone as destined for greatness as you. I must see for myself to satisfy my curiosity."

She raised her second finger: "Secondly, I need to establish a connection between Kamar-Taj and you, to build a good relationship, so that I can ask you for help in the future."

She then held up a third finger: "Third, I have to beg you now, don't stop me from retiring, I really, really want to retire!"

"Do you know how traumatized I was when I saw you shouting that if a proctologist could do it, I couldn't?" and then forcibly stuffed my soul into my broken body, and then resurrected me in all sorts of strange ways?

"Damn it, I've been working like James Bond for 500 years! 500 years!"

"Even the mighty Great Sage Equaling Heaven has served his sentence and been released; why can't I gain my freedom?"

"Is it wrong for me to want to retire?"

Xia Zuo's heart skipped a beat. Something was wrong with the Supreme Mage in front of her. Something was very, very wrong. She knew far too much.

Ultimately, it was because I let myself go in the future and sent out too much information.

Or has the Ancient One in front of us already broken through the fourth wall and sensed information from outside the universe?

It is well known that people who play magic are very clever, but also very wicked.

What's most annoying is that they like to only say half of what they mean and leave you to guess the rest, which sounds like a charlatan's tale.

The Ancient One, being the supreme sorcerer of his time and the head of all sorcerers, was naturally not immune to the common fate of only being able to say half of his sentence before getting stuck there.

Xia Zuo was furious, but dared not retaliate.

From the Ancient One's words, he knew he would be incredibly powerful in the future, but right now he was no match for the Ancient One.

Although his soul can transform into the Grim Reaper at any time and he is not afraid of the [Soul Astral Projection Palm] at all, the [Mirror Space] and [Time Reversal] are extremely troublesome.

Especially the most shameless ultimate move of the Sorcerer Supreme lineage, the "Save and Load" skill, can be used to farm him like a dungeon boss. He really has no way to deal with it.

Faced with this move, Xia Zuo could win ten thousand times, but losing just once would mean utter defeat.

This is where the power of time is invincible.

Of course, everything free in the world comes with a hidden price. The Sorcerer Supreme gained invincibility by using the "Save and Load" ultimate move, but he must have paid a huge price in places unseen.

The silence lasted for a long time, and the pot of green tea was boiled down to plain water, losing all its flavor.

Finally, Xia Zuo sighed and said, "I give up. What does the Ancient One want me to do?"

The Ancient One smiled, like a fox who had successfully stolen a chick, her eyes crinkling with laughter, exuding an astonishing charm.

That timeless quality, accumulated over thousands of years, surprisingly revealed a hint of girlish cunning.

The mage smiled and said, "Shazo, you must kill Thanos the first time you see him."

Shazo narrowed his eyes slightly: "Strange must have seen an opportunity to win, a chance to take down two Thanos in one go. What's wrong with that?"

The Ancient One sighed, "Originally, I also thought there was no problem. When I communicated with Strange, the future Sorcerer Supreme, he also did not see any problems in the foreseeable future."

"But since you drastically changed the future, I've seen huge problems."

"The timeline of the entire universe has been disrupted, and parallel worlds have collided with each other. This is a power possessed only by the highest deity."

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"All I can guess right now is that it's Thanos's death."

"Thanos is a favored and watched over by the goddess of death; she is always watching him."

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"The death of Thanos will inevitably attract the attention of the goddess of death, and if a second Thanos dies in our timeline, there will be two goddesses of death watching over us."

"As the supreme deities of the universe, the two goddesses of death are actually one, but they are not completely identical. They are bound to be curious about each other and exchange information."

"Every action of the supreme deity will cause changes in the universe."

"Even a single glance, or even just a little bit of mutual interest, is enough to cause a disaster that affects the entire universe."

The Ancient One's expression grew increasingly solemn as she spoke, and she finally concluded, "I haven't found the real problem, but I have seen it: when you killed Thanos the first time you met him, the catastrophe that caused the parallel universe conflict disappeared."

"But most of the time, you deliberately let Thanos go, allowing him to collect the Infinity Stones and snap his fingers to wipe out half of all life."

"After much thought, I have no choice but to come to see you in person and make an exception to ask you to change our future."

Xia Zuo frowned in thought and remained silent for a long time.

The Ancient One was not in a hurry. He magically produced new tea leaves and new spring water and brewed a new pot of tea.

But this time it wasn't jasmine tea, but some kind of green tea that Xia Zuo couldn't tell at all, with a lingering and refreshing aroma.

When the Ancient One brewed the tea for the third time, Xia Zuo finally spoke up and asked, "I have a few questions."

"Ancient One, what severe consequences did the disruption of parallel universes cause? Did it lead to a cosmic extinction? Did it cause a large-scale break in the timeline?"

The Ancient One shook her head and said, "I don't know. After the chaos and conflict in the parallel worlds, the Eyes of Agamotto from different worlds overlapped, which made it impossible for me to see what happened afterward. I can't even risk landing in the future."

Xia Zuo nodded and said, "I understand, but I can't promise you that. I will pay attention to the situation when I first meet Thanos, but what I do then will be up to me to decide."

"I would never make such an important decision now without understanding all the circumstances."

"If the Sorcerer Supreme insists on forcing me, then I will have no choice but to resist you with force."

The Ancient One smiled and waved her hand, saying, "No need, no need. Your agreement to keep an eye on this matter is enough for me."

"Sigh, that's enough."

She clasped her hands together and bowed respectfully, saying, "Thank you very much."

"Shazo, I owe you a favor. From now on, you can open the doors of the New York Temple and go to Kamar-Taj at any time."

"Karmar-Taj welcomes you anytime."

Following the example of the Ancient One, Xia Zuo clasped his hands together, bowed slightly, stood up from the futon, strode out of the small platform, and flew toward the wooden door in the air.

He opened the wooden door, glanced around the room behind it, and confirmed that it was the living room of his villa on Long Island before stepping out with peace of mind.

Xia Zuo took a step and found himself in his own home, with the wooden door behind him leading to his bedroom.

He took a deep breath. This incredible spatial magic completely outclassed the Flying Thunder God Technique in terms of teleportation and long-range positioning.

But this doesn't mean that the Flying Thunder God Technique is inferior. The key difference lies in the fact that the two techniques were developed for different purposes from the very beginning.

The developer of the Flying Thunder God Technique was the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. As a ninja, his purpose in developing this technique was to use it in battle to avoid the lock-on of the Mangekyou Sharingan and kill Uchiha ninjas.

The portals in Kamar-Taj, however, are for traversing different dimensions to confront dimensional demons or create dimensional spacetime traps.

Their enemies were all enormous; many dimensional demons were planet-sized, making precise and rapid teleportation meaningless against them.

For example, Dormammu, the Dark Dimensional Demon God, is enormous; the width of a single eye can reach hundreds of kilometers.

Even if you are teleported hundreds of kilometers away, you will still be within his line of sight, without him even having to move his eyes.

The Ancient One's visit was a mixed blessing for Xia Zuo.

The advantage is that he can freely enter and exit Kamar-Taj and access and learn the unique magic of the Marvel universe.

The downside is that he knows he will be responsible for the entire universe in the future, making decisions that will affect the future on his own.

This is a truly deadly responsibility!

Xia Zuo rubbed his temples, walked to the bar in the living room, and for the first time ever, opened the liquor cabinet and poured himself a glass of strong liquor.

He inhaled the strong aroma of alcohol, then downed the glass in one gulp, feeling the burning sensation in his throat and the sudden burst of intoxication from his stomach.

Xia Zuo's mood improved as a result.

It was at this moment that the artificial intelligence controlling the entire villa turned on the television in the living room and played several surveillance videos, showing that armed personnel with live ammunition had appeared all around the villa.

【Master, should we call the police?】

Before the artificial intelligence could finish speaking, Xia Zuo shook his head and laughed, "No need, you idiot, you truly live up to your name, 'Idiot System.'"

"Can't they see those huge FBI markings? Can't they see the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo on their inner clothing?"

"Most importantly, how could you have overlooked the bald, black-haired old man in that car 400 meters away?"

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