43: First battle with the Ancient One

Ye Feng's abduction of Wanda and Phoenix Girl caused a huge change in the Marvel Universe timeline.

But he didn't care about that; he returned to the blood wolf.

This time, the system rewards would definitely not be bad.

"Congratulations, Host, for successfully capturing special characters, Scarlet Witch Wanda and Phoenix Girl Jean Grey!"

"The Host has received the following rewards: Top-tier Gravity Operation Theoretical Model, Advanced Mental Power Existence and Operation Theory, and three Any Technology Upgrade Cards (below the four-dimensional level)."

This time, the types of rewards were not many, but each one was extremely precious.

The Top-tier Gravity Operation Theoretical Model could elevate his understanding of gravity to a super-high level, as gravity is involved with black holes in astrophysics.

With this gravity model, it would not be difficult for Ye Feng to create an artificial black hole.

Moreover, the control over the strength and variation of gravity would be in his hands; he could modify gravity variation data at any time to achieve a special environment of supergravity, allowing for the regular combat application of gravity.

The Advanced Mental Power Existence and Operation Theory would allow Ye Feng's understanding and application of mental power to be further sublimated beyond its original foundation.

Ye Feng's accumulated knowledge in mental power had already reached an intermediate level.

Now was his further upgrade in this aspect.

With this, Ye Feng could further simplify and enhance his methods for strengthening mental power, raising its upper limit for mental power enhancement.

The final reward was even more useful: three Any Technology Upgrade Cards.

It could upgrade different technologies, which was very important.

After receiving the system rewards, Ye Feng conducted long-term data collection and research on Chaos Magic and the Phoenix Force.

These two powers were not so easy to analyze and required a considerably long time.

And Ye Feng had to once again turn his attention to this parallel Earth, because the biggest event in the entire world, the alien invasion of New York, was about to erupt.

Ye Feng had no choice but to stop his research and quietly await the outbreak of the Battle of New York.

After this battle erupted, Ye Feng set his sights on the space stone and the mind stone.

Ye Feng was waiting for the end of the Battle of New York; only when this battle ended would it be his moment to act.

However, as Ye Feng stood observing from above the clouds, the Ancient One, the existence he had always been wary of, appeared.

"You are that mysterious variable! You are indeed very powerful! But there are traces on you that do not belong to this universe. Please return the Scarlet Witch and Phoenix Girl, and then leave Earth!"

The Ancient One spoke, not directly starting a battle.

Upon her appearance, she had discovered Ye Feng's unknown and formidable nature, and this unknown made her choose caution.

The Ancient One had not yet finished cultivating her successor; she understood other dimensional demons well and was confident in expelling them completely, but when facing Ye Feng, all she felt was the unknown.

Moreover, the Ancient One found that she could not reverse the time on Ye Feng!

Upon discovering Ye Feng observing the battle below from the sky, the Ancient One secretly activated the time stone to interfere with time.

But this time, the timeline remained completely still; all timeline branches converged into one, becoming the sole timeline of this universe, at the moment she launched her attack.

This also meant that the power of time could not affect Ye Feng at all, and he could not be trapped by means of time loops.

The Ancient One didn't know that as long as the system existed on Ye Feng, the power of time could not affect him.

Since time could not affect Ye Feng, the Ancient One chose a certain degree of compromise.

The Ancient One wanted to compromise, but Ye Feng didn't think so.

Upon seeing the Ancient One appear, and seeing the time stone she carried, he decided to engage in this battle.

Ye Feng possessed the Spacetime Gene; the mysteries of the time stone and the space stone would have a huge impact on his creation of his third or even fourth-generation Spacetime Gene system.

Ye Feng never forgot that no matter how many other abilities he had, his core was always space-time itself.

Even the time stone and the space stone would have a huge impact on his future fifth-generation super gene.

Since the Ancient One had appeared, he wouldn't be polite; he would first test the Ancient One's true strength.

If her strength wasn't that great, he wouldn't mind forcibly snatching the time stone.

Ye Feng quickly pulled out his Blade Bow and swiftly attacked the Ancient One. This time, the Blade Bow used Dark Iron Arrows, which carried Miniature Dark Energy Strike Engines and could also be considered a type of God-Slaying Weapon.

The power used by the Ancient One was Dimensional Energy, which could also be considered a branch of dark energy.

Ye Feng fired three Dark Iron Arrows in quick succession, and these three arrows went directly behind the Ancient One through Micro Wormholes.

But the Ancient One waved her hand, forming a spatial barrier behind her.

However, this spatial barrier did not block the three arrows; they directly penetrated the spatial barrier with the support of Ye Feng's powerful computing power.

As the arrows advanced, the power on their arrowheads, with the help of computing power, disintegrated the spatial barrier's spatial composition, directly eroding out three cavity-like holes in a special way.

The three arrows tracked the Ancient One like guided missiles.

The Ancient One was very powerful; she actually saw through the mystery of the Micro Wormhole. She retreated backward, passing through a space-time gate to Ye Feng's blind spot.

Immediately after, the Ancient One directly used magic to slightly alter the Micro Wormhole's port information, actually projecting Ye Feng's three God-Slaying Weapon-level long arrows to Ye Feng's back.

After recognizing the essence of Micro Wormholes, she could influence them!

This was the terrifying learning and application ability formed by her powerful strength and knowledge!

The Ancient One was using Ye Feng's arrows against Ye Feng.

Ye Feng immediately manipulated the arrows to change direction and strengthened the computing power for controlling the three arrows, causing the Ancient One's influence on the Micro Wormholes to disappear.

The Ancient One had seen through the essence of Micro-Wormhole Technology after only brief contact, but she was, after all, only initially exposed to it and could not compare to Ye Feng, whose mastery of Micro-Wormhole Technology had reached a top-tier level.

After realizing that she could no longer interfere with Ye Feng's attacks through Micro Wormhole power, Master Ancient One waved her hand, creating a Mirror Dimension that directly trapped the three arrows within it.

And Ye Feng, lacking knowledge of Mirror Dimension technology, was temporarily unable to summon the three God-Slaying-level arrows through Micro Wormholes.

The Mirror Dimension created by the Ancient One was highly advanced, directly confining the Micro Wormholes inside the Mirror Dimension, placing them in an unstable state.

Being unstable, they were difficult for Ye Feng to resolve.

"Your power is entirely a technological power, and behind your power, there is a powerful computer-like entity providing support!"

The two looked at each other again, and the Ancient One directly stated her guess about the essence of Ye Feng's power.

Ye Feng was not surprised by this; the Ancient One, as an existence who had suppressed countless Chaos Demons for thousands of years, was naturally very powerful.

This initial skirmish confirmed one thing for him: the Ancient One was definitely a powerful combatant comparable to or even surpassing Kaisa's level.

It was not strange that she could discern that the essence of Ye Feng's power was an advanced version of a computer.

The reason Ye Feng still dared to act despite the Ancient One's power was that he had already calculated a way to suppress her, preventing her powerful abilities from being fully utilized.

Moreover, he had not yet used his carefully prepared power stone armor, as well as his telekinetic and other powers.

But Ye Feng would not immediately use this special method against the Ancient One.

He wanted to test step by step to determine if his methods were effective.

Alternatively, it would also be acceptable if he could achieve his goals through negotiation.

The alien invasion battle below would not end so quickly, so Ye Feng was not in a hurry.

Only after the interstellar spatial channel closed and Thanos could no longer descend would he fully seize the space stone and the mind stone.

"You are very impressive. If you are willing to lend me the time stone for two years and let me hold the space stone for one month, I will not only not be your enemy, but I can also help you protect Earth for two years."

Ye Feng decided not to act first; he was still unsure what other trump cards the Ancient One had.

His current methods could only suppress the Ancient One he knew, and he was not confident if these methods could be effective for a long time.

After all, there were always differences between information in stories and the reality of a real person.

Facing Ye Feng's proposal, the Ancient One had no intention of agreeing.

Because Ye Feng was full of unknowns, he could not gain her trust.

Even if Ye Feng's power was strong enough to help Earth fight many powerful entities, what if Ye Feng reneged after getting the time stone?

Therefore, she would not agree to Ye Feng's proposal at all.

But the Ancient One did not completely shut down this option.

"I can confirm that you are on a path of technological research, and it's related to space-time. But I cannot trust you. If you can truly defeat me, and my power is unable to protect the time stone, then I will agree to hand it over to you for safekeeping for two years!"

Ye Feng felt like cursing her shamelessness.

If he could defeat her, why would he take the item to help her protect Earth? Wouldn't it be better to just snatch it?

"When I can no longer stop you, I indeed cannot defeat you, but I can use the time stone to travel to other timelines. At that time, I will also take the space stone with me! And I have already sensed the aura of other infinity stones on you. Those who pursue the infinity stones will only set their sights on you."

The Ancient One's next words stunned Ye Feng.

It seemed that was indeed the case.

If he could defeat the Ancient One with special methods, even if she couldn't beat him, couldn't she still run away from him?

If the Ancient One delved into the dimensional domain level, how long would it take him to retrieve the time stone?

At that time, his only effective method would probably be to threaten the Ancient One with planet-destroying means.

But the Marvel Universe's Earth was full of hidden powerhouses; he wouldn't dare, alright?

As an Interstellar Bandit, his fierceness was situational and needed to be within limits.

If things truly went as the Ancient One said, he would have to deal with Thanos and those guys before he even got the time stone.

"Alright! I agree, but if you go back on your word, I will make you pay a terrifying price. Remember, I don't want to possess the infinity stones, but to research them for a certain period. This research can be conducted under your supervision at Kamar-Taj!"

Ye Feng chose to compromise and selected a plan that would reassure the Ancient One.

"At that time, if this planet encounters other troubles, I will also take action!"

The Ancient One nodded in agreement.

The two reached a verbal agreement, and then both sides prepared for the next stage of their true contest.

The previous situation was merely a small test between them.