104: The rude Ancient One and the magic-learning Iron Man

Time flew by.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

After this period of preparation,

Joa created five hundred thousand Blacklight Warriors, who were small Supermen as strong as Homelander, from advanced Blacklight Life.

And one hundred thousand Mechblood Life, each over a hundred meters tall.

He did not create too many troops at once.

It wasn't that he couldn't, but that he wanted to gradually consume The Lands Between.

If he launched a large-scale attack from the start, attracting the attention of all forces in The Lands Between,

Then he would likely become the target of all.

After all, no matter how much the Elden Ring World fought amongst itself, the meat would eventually rot in the pot.

But Joa... he was an Outer God from another World.

It's hard to say whether those forces, if they got heated in battle, would unite to deal with him first.

To avoid such a troublesome situation,

Joa planned to first occupy a territory, and then quietly expand his forces.

Until he accumulated enough strength, he would then declare war on all forces throughout The Lands Between simultaneously.

The territory he chose was Stormveil Castle.

Who made Godrick the Grafted the weakest demigod?

You always pick the softest persimmon to squeeze.

"The preparations are finally almost complete."

After a month of intense concentration, Joa could finally relax for a while.

"The manpower from the Ninja World, Hashirama and the others have already assembled them."

"Blacklight Star is also ready."

"So, next..."

"First, I'll go back to the Marvel Universe to rest for a few days, then I'll find Ancient One to ask if she has researched any useful intelligence."

"After that..."

"I can lead people to attack Stormveil Castle."

Joa, high in the sky, looked at the vast, dark mass of troops below, a smile playing on his lips.

'Six hundred thousand troops from Blacklight Star, and at least three hundred thousand Blacklight Warriors who can use ninjutsu from the Ninja World.'

'With nearly a million troops, I don't believe I can't even take Stormveil Castle.'

Although The Lands Between in all aspects was infinitely stronger than what was shown in the game,

No matter how strong it was, not everyone was a knight as rare as the Great Tree Guardian.

In the game, the Great Tree Guardian was a living bulwark guarding the Golden Tree, a rare talent.

It was understandable that Madara and Hashirama were repelled by him.

But those other ordinary soldiers did not have the strength of the Great Tree Guardian.

The Blacklight Warriors were enough to handle them.

If all the soldiers in The Lands Between were as strong as the Great Tree Guardian, then this war wouldn't even need to be fought.

"Tsk, the only regrettable thing is that after devouring and assimilating the Great Tree Guardian and his equipment, it was of no use to me at all."

Joa tried to create a God Tree Guardian or a Blacklight Guardian, a heavy armored knight similar to the Great Tree Guardian.

But after creating them, these God Tree Guardians, who couldn't use magic, couldn't pray, and couldn't do anything, were just for show and had no practical value at all.

They were even inferior to Blacklight Warriors.

"Phew, once I occupy The Lands Between, create my own laws and rules, and reach the realm of a God,"

"Then I can have my own, true Blacklight Guardians."

As his voice fell, Joa's figure instantly disappeared.

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Marvel Universe.

Joa's figure appeared in the empty Villa.

"Hmm? Where did everyone go?"

Releasing his hearing and vision, using Byakugan plus super vision,

Joa, with the Villa as the center, searched all of Los Santos for Kaguya and the others, with 360° no dead angles.

'Shizuka, Anko, Ajisai.'

'Before the war begins, I should at least taste the new women.'

A few seconds later,

Joa saw Kaguya and the others shopping in a mall.

His gaze fell on Shizuka's chest, and licking his lips, Joa left the Villa with great interest.

After several days of sleeping until noon, completely relaxing his body and mind,

Joa came to the Los Santos Sanctum and found Ancient One.

"Sorcerer Supreme, how is it?"

"Have you researched any useful intelligence?"

Still fiddling with the corpse of the Grafted Noble, Ancient One answered without raising her head.

"No..."

"This is a completely different magic system."

"They cast magic and prayers without needing to borrow energy from a great existence, and without paying a price, which is truly astonishing."

"How exactly do they generate magic power within their bodies?"

Seeing Ancient One's tone filled with curiosity, excitement, and enthusiasm for the magic system of another World,

Joa rubbed his nose.

"Maybe it's because their intelligence points are high?"

Raising her head, Ancient One looked at Joa with some confusion.

???

'What does he mean?'

'Is he saying my intelligence is low?'

Seeing Ancient One's serious expression, Joa waved his hands repeatedly.

"Uh... I was just talking nonsense, I don't know why they have magic power in their bodies."

Hearing this, Ancient One turned her head away in disappointment and continued to study the corpse of the Grafted Noble.

Seeing this, Joa pondered for a moment, then took out the Great Tree Guardian's Golden Halberd and the Golden Tree Greatshield from his system space, casually throwing them on the ground.

"No rush, Sorcerer Supreme, you can continue your research first."

"Tell me if you need anything, I'm going to attack The Lands Between in a few days, and I'll get it for you then."

As soon as Joa finished speaking, Ancient One spoke without ceremony.

"Are you going to attack Stormveil Castle?"

"It's best to bring back the corpse of that demigod, Godrick the Grafted, and his Great Rune."

"Only by touching the most essential things of that World might I be able to understand its magic system."

Hearing this, Joa gasped.

'Good heavens, she's really not polite.'

'She's asking for a demigod's corpse, a Great Rune.'

"I understand, I'll send it to you."

To learn and master the magic of The Lands Between, and then use it as a medium to comprehend his own, suitable power system, reaching the realm of a God,

Joa had to satisfy Ancient One's requests as much as possible.

'I can definitely do it, become a true God who masters laws and rules!'

His eyes were filled with determination and confidence.

Joa lifted his leg, ready to leave the Sanctum.

Just then,

A figure, still far away, shouted loudly as he burst into the magic research room that Ancient One had cleared out.

"Sorcerer Supreme, I've finished this book, and Mordo has verified it, but he still insists that I come to you and have you personally assess me..."

"Joa? Are you also here to see the Sorcerer Supreme?"

After bursting into the research room, Stark saw Joa, his face clearly showing some surprise.

It had been a month since they last met, and in this month, he had grown a lot, learning many spells.

'I must surprise Joa in a bit.'

Actually, Joa was already surprised.

"Dr. Doom?!"

Hearing Joa's address, Stark was bewildered.

"???"

"What Dr. Doom, me?"

"Joa, you've got it wrong, isn't Dr. Doom's real name Victor Von Doom?"

Hearing this, Joa came to his senses.

'In the trailer for Avengers 5 before I transmigrated, Dr. Doom looked exactly like You, also played by Robert Downey Jr.'

"Nothing, I just feel that with your genius, you might become a strong person who combines technology and magic, like Dr. Doom, in the future."

"Or even God Emperor Stark..."

Teasingly walking up to Stark, Joa patted his shoulder.

"Keep it up, God Emperor Stark sounds much better than God Emperor Doom."

After speaking, Joa left the Sanctum and returned to the Villa.

Taking Kaguya, Tsunade, Konan, and the others, he left the Marvel Universe.