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With a snap, Kim Bradley stood up abruptly, but he immediately realized that at such a distance, he wouldn't even have time to collect the body before he arrived. The only way to get there was by teleporting with magic.

As Kim Bradley turned to look at him, Yang Qiu pointed his finger in the air, and a portal appeared in front of his finger.

Kim Bradley gave a grateful salute, but as he prepared to step into the portal, he hesitated. He was no longer in Russia; would the mystical forces around him take advantage of the situation?

"Go ahead and relax. I was just planning to take a look around here anyway. You don't welcome me?" Yang Qiu said with a smile. He was determined to abide by the rules he had created.

Kim Bradley breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed his longsword, and charged straight into the portal.

Chapter 55 Beating Up a Pay-to-Win Player (Seeking Recommendation Votes)

In the desert, the Mandarin was covered in sweat. He hadn't been this disheveled in a long time since he acquired the ten extraordinary rings.

Indeed, the ring's power is strong, and the ten abilities combined can cover a wide range of areas, but the Mandarin's reaction speed and visual nerves are completely unable to keep up with this battle.

Kim Bradley can't dodge the rays, but he can't dodge the Mandarin's aim either?

He is a man with an all-seeing eye.

Every time the Mandarin's beam is fired, King Bradley has already appeared in another location.

The Mandarin is currently uninjured thanks to the maneuverability advantage that comes with flying.

Shockwave!

The sand and soil collapsed with a loud bang, leaving only a blurry image of Kim Bradley who had been there.

brush!

A flash of sword light appeared, and the sharp sword energy slashed towards the Mandarin.

Gravity ejection!

As the Mandarin retreated, he deflected the sword light, and in that one or two seconds, the distance between the two closed even further.

The Mandarin had considered using hostages to achieve victory, but Ivan Vanko wasn't a fool.

After Kim Bradley had drawn most of the attention, Ivan Vanko led Tony directly underground, where they were now hiding beneath a sand dune, observing the outside world through a small ventilation hole.

Watching his invincible enemy flee in panic under King Bradley's sword, Ivan Vanko's eyes gleamed, his heart filled with excitement.

Tony was also somewhat affected. Kim Bradley's overwhelming power in slicing through all laws with a single sword gave him a sense of déjà vu. He was just like that when he was in the scientific society. No matter who he was, they were trash compared to him in this field!

brush!

King Bradley outside swung his sword again, but the blade deflected a few inches as it approached the Mandarin due to gravity defense, failing to pierce his throat directly.

The enemy was already in front of him, and the Mandarin was terrified. All ten of his rings lit up at the same time.

Various rays shot out from his hands in all directions, but only one remained unseen.

Seizing an opening in the beam, King Bradley once again flashed in front of the Mandarin.

Having learned from his experience, Kim Bradley adjusted his sword-wielding technique to counteract the effects of gravity.

However, when the sword light touched the Mandarin's clothes, a chilling aura spread directly from the tip of the sword towards King Bradley.

The Mandarin was indeed inexperienced, but having lived so long, he still had some backbone. He endured the harm caused by the approaching cold air and laid this trap for King Bradley.

Kim Bradley remained unfazed; he had seen all sorts of traps when he fought with alchemists before.

Putting aside everything else, those people's knowledge far surpasses that of the Mandarin, and their unpredictable methods and adaptability are far superior to the Mandarin's.

The longsword in his hand vibrated rapidly, and a gap appeared in the cold aura on the sword during the high-speed vibration. Taking advantage of this gap, King Bradley flicked his wrist, pulled the weapon out of the ice, and quickly retreated to create distance.

Before King Bradley could launch another attack, he saw the Mandarin clutching his side abdomen and running away without looking back.

What is face compared to life?

The Mandarin wouldn't have lived this long if he hadn't had this understanding.

The trap hadn't even hurt King Bradley, but the sword's tip had still managed to pierce a bloody hole in his abdomen.

If this fight continues, the Mandarin suspects he might die here today.

There was no one around who knew that the alchemist Ivan Vanko was hiding somewhere. Once he recovered his strength, he could strike unexpectedly. No other action was needed. Just a moment of distraction was enough for the Mandarin to feel that King Bradley's longsword was about to fall on his neck.

Seeing the Mandarin fleeing, King Bradley decided not to give chase.

Don't pursue a cornered enemy too far. He wasn't 100% confident he could take down his opponent, especially after the distance was created, which suddenly increased the danger of the battle by more than one level.

"Come out, everyone's gone, what are you still hiding down there for?"

Kim Bradley sheathed his sword and looked calmly at an open space, where the fluctuations of alchemy were more conspicuous to him than fireflies in the dark.

With a gurgling sound, sand surged from the center, and Ivan Vanko led Tony straight up from underground.

"Master Jin, how did you know there was a problem on my end?" Ivan Vanko asked curiously.

“We have to thank Master Kieran for this,” Kim Bradley explained, then looked at Tony Stark, who was still sitting on the ground. “Is this the person you came here to find? Are you sure you haven’t got the wrong person?”

Tony opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word. In his current state, what could he possibly say in response?

“I think I didn’t make a mistake.” Ivan Vanko glanced at Tony and sighed with disappointment.

Ivan Vanko and Kim Bradley's attitude deeply wounded Tony's pride, but in this situation, he could only remain silent.

“Perhaps he didn’t inherit some of Howard’s good qualities. Thinking about it that way, my father did a good thing by leaving me his only good quality,” Ivan Vanko said, shaking his head.

Spurred on by the two men, Tony got up from the ground and asked, "Can I have a shovel?"

He asked Ivan Vanko, "Tony, the super-rich young master, has never been more humble in his life than he is now."

Ivan Vanko blinked, and a shovel made of iron sand appeared in his hand, which he then handed to Tony.

Tony's shovels trudged heavily toward Ethan's body. After the battle, the already incomplete corpse was now reduced to just a few bones clinging to flesh.

"Well, it's alright, at least my mental fortitude is pretty good."

Kim Bradley nodded and said something, and as he spoke, a portal appeared behind them.

Before stepping into the portal, Ivan Vanko turned to Tony Stark and asked, "Need us a ride?"

“No need, I can do it myself,” Tony said as he continued shoveling sand.

"Suit yourself. By the way, remember my name, Ivan Kim Vanko. Hopefully, when we meet next time, you'll at least be within my range of opponents."

As Ivan spoke, Kim Bradley glanced at him. "If you're going to add a middle name, you should use Bradley. What's the point of using Kim?"

Ahhhhh!

After Ivan Vanko and the others left, Tony shouted loudly to vent his frustration.

After burying Ethan's last remaining body parts, Tony sat on the ground and looked up at the sky.

Ethan... may you rest in peace...

Chapter Fifty-Six: Ancient Remnants of Midgard

After passing through the portal, Kim Bradley and Ivan Vanko were transported to different places.

After leaving a note at Kim Bradley's house, Yang Qiu returned home, and the settlement of Script Eight officially began.

Script 8: The Alchemist's Revival

Synopsis: Due to the madness of their community, alchemists temporarily disappeared from Earth. As time passed, this once-glorious group finally welcomed new blood…

Script evolution result: Good

Script evolutions: King Bradley, The Gate of Truth (pseudo), Alchemy

King Bradley: A top-tier warrior who has incorporated the Philosopher's Stone, the ultimate product of alchemy, possesses extensive combat experience, master-level swordsmanship, and is a high-level professional.

The Gate of Truth (False): Contains the gate to truth, possesses a weak sense of self, and currently only the concept has been successfully evolved; the subsequent entities and the truth within them await evolution.

Alchemy: A special training method that follows the principle of equivalent exchange. Currently, the highest-level alchemy books are at the intermediate professional level, with further development to be made.

The script development yielded good results, but most importantly, the information and scope of the mystical side successfully spread from the Americas and Europe to Asia.

As he absorbed the alchemical knowledge that appeared in his mind, Yang Qiu suddenly felt something was wrong. This feeling was not related to alchemy, but to the final development of the script.

Yang Qiu's gaze pierced through the vast distance and landed on the desert where Tony Stark was.

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s fast attack craft landed not far from Tony, and soldiers disembarking from the craft, under Tony's command, were recovering the abandoned Mark I.

Agent Natasha, who came with Tony, kept trying to find various topics to talk about and get some information from him.

The desert in this area is not in a good state. The various sudden appearances of ice and the sandcastles left by Ivan Vanko all prove that mystical phenomena have occurred in this place.

This is the information Natasha wants.

In the past, Natasha's idea would most likely have been successfully realized.

To be fair, Natasha has a very good figure and looks, and she fits Tony Stark's aesthetic standards perfectly.

But now, after suffering several setbacks and being mocked by Kim Bradley and Ivan Vanko, Tony's condition is even more like that of a sage than a sage.

What is a beautiful woman?

Women will only affect his speed of becoming stronger and thinking.

While these people were cleaning up the mess, Yang Qiu, who had noticed something was wrong, teleported directly to this place.

After Kim Bradley, Ivan Vanko, and the Mandarin left, the energy fluctuations in this place should gradually calm down, instead of becoming even more volatile instead of calming down as they are now.

Following the trajectory of the converging energy fluctuations, Yang Qiu, clad in a psychological invisibility effect, slowly walked to the center of the energy convergence.

There's a shovel stuck here, the very same one Tony planted next to Ethan's grave.

The Eye of Insight.

A small magical eye appeared beside Yang Qiu. Through the eye of insight, Yang Qiu could clearly see all the energy lines, and at the very center of this energy convergence point, there was a transparent, illusory, and powerful soul.

Yang Qiu extended his finger and placed it in the very center of his soul. Intricate magic array patterns bloomed from Yang Qiu's fingertip, enveloping the entire soul. Under the effect of the magic array, spiritual power was divided into countless streams and injected into the soul from various parts. A few seconds later, the soul stabilized.

At this point, the appearance of the soul could be seen, and as Yang Qiu had expected, it was Ethan, who had died in this place.

Ethan's soul was surrounded by a spiderweb-like network of energy lines, one end connected to his soul and the other soaring into the sky, disappearing above the clouds.

Just then, a familiar energy fluctuation appeared around Yang Qiu.

“Ancient One, you’re here too… Could it be that Mephisto and his gang did this?” Yang Qiu asked without turning his head.

Mephisto is one of the most powerful demons in Hell. His favorite thing to do is to take human souls through contracts. He is also one of the main targets of expulsion from Kamar-Taj. Whenever an unknown soul appears on Earth, it is most likely that it is this guy or his minions.