72: Devouring the Fire Source and Blood Life

America.

Above the Colorado River.

Joa’s gaze was profound.

“Let me see, where is the spark.”

Using his x-ray vision, Joa flew rapidly, constantly scanning the riverbed through the surface of the river.

A few breaths later.

“Found it!”

Seeing the huge black cube covered in runes at the bottom of the river, a smile appeared on Joa’s lips.

Adjusting his angle.

With a splash.

Joa plunged straight into the river, sending up large sprays of Water.

Breathing underwater was a trivial matter; he could completely alter his body structure.

He could have grown gills, but as the new Superman, Joa didn’t need to bother.

Even without oxygen for a short time, he wouldn't die.

He arrived in front of the massive cube, which looked to be at least a hundred meters in length and width.

Joa raised his hand and touched it.

The spark was instantly stored in the System space.

The river water surged over immediately, filling the void left by the spark.

The Water level of the entire Colorado River dropped imperceptibly.

“Heh, utterly simple.”

His figure vanished.

Joa returned to the Marvel Universe.

In the living room of the Villa.

He touched his nose, and his figure vanished again.

This time, he arrived at Blacklight Star.

The luxurious decoration of the Villa was not suitable for storing the enormous spark.

Placing the jet-black cube, covered in mysterious runes, on the corroded ground.

Joa pondered how to use this thing.

In Transformers, Bumblebee used an unknown method to shrink the spark.

This spark was like a computer, storing all the data and technology of Planet Cybertron from ancient times to the present.

It also possessed an immense, almost infinite amount of energy.

But Joa wasn't a Cybertronian; he had no idea how to use this thing.

How could he completely control this thing?

Joa fell into deep thought.

The spark could bestow life and a soul upon highly advanced technological organisms.

It was like the Rat Talisman in Jackie Chan Adventures.

Autobots, Decepticons, Maximals, Predacons.

Of the four races, the Autobots and Decepticons were the most famous.

‘The Blacklight Virus can infect and corrode inorganic and organic matter.’

‘Perhaps… I can try infecting the spark with the Blacklight Virus.’

With that thought, Joa controlled the entire Blacklight Star, beginning to devour the spark.

Countless dense tentacles gradually climbed onto the spark, wrapping it, and dragging it into the core of Blacklight Star.

Joa closed his eyes, carefully experiencing the changes in the spark within Blacklight Star.

One breath, two breaths.

One hour, two hours.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

A massive surge of energy suddenly erupted from within the spark.

In an instant, it replenished the life energy that Blacklight Star had consumed earlier when strengthening the Blacklight Warrior.

“Holy crap! It worked!”

Although he didn't know the principle, the success in controlling the spark made Joa's heart exceptionally excited and thrilled.

He took several deep breaths, calming his mind.

Joa moved his will.

A life form, distinct from Blacklight Life, a combination of machinery and flesh, was created.

This was a completely unimaginable life form, a perfect fusion of machinery and flesh.

Humanoid in shape, with a biological brain encased in full metal.

The hands and feet of its four limbs were made of mechanical metal, with weapon barrels on them.

Its entire body's muscles were largely exposed, glowing with a black and red light.

‘This is so damn cool! Holy crap!’

They say mechs are a man's romance, but Joa felt that this kind of Mechblood Life was more to his liking.

“Great and Supreme black light will!”

The colossal Mechblood Life knelt on one knee, bowing its head, respectfully greeting Joa with a voice that was both like and unlike an electronic synthetic sound.

“You… since you are the first I created, from now on, you shall be called Zero.”

“Thank you, great and…”

“Call me Father God.”

“Thank you, Father God, for bestowing the name!”

Ever since Blacklight Star devoured all organic and inorganic matter from the Prototype World.

The life forms Joa created, and everyone strengthened by Blacklight Star, could now transform into any form.

After devouring and controlling the spark, making it the energy core of Blacklight Star.

The races that the spark could create merged together.

There was no longer a distinction between Autobots, Decepticons, Maximals, or Predacons.

After all, if they could all transform into any form, then there was no point in dividing them into races anymore.

They were all Blacklight Race.

Looking at Zero, Joa couldn't even imagine how strong this thing was.

Its massive size allowed it to contain more energy.

The ability to control magnetic fields, the abilities of a mini Superman.

Place Zero in any World of low power level.

Like a low-martial arts, low-mystic, or a World where technology had just managed to leave its Planet.

He would be a World-destroying ultimate BOSS, crushing everything with ease.

No one could stop him.

Due to its massive size, it could contain more energy.

In terms of combat power, Zero was much stronger than the Blacklight Warrior and Joa himself.

‘Damn, with this thing, I feel like even the elden ring World can't stop me.’

With the almost infinitely vast energy of the spark as its power source.

Joa could churn out troops at any time.

The only regret was that after the spark was devoured and infected by Blacklight Star, he couldn't take it away or store it in the System space.

Because the current spark was already a life form.

It could only be stored on Blacklight Star.

His own faction's strength had increased.

But it didn't help much with the improvement of his own body's strength.

This left Joa somewhat disappointed.

If he was willing to give up his humanoid form and become a Mechblood Life, his strength could also reach the level of Zero.

But why would Joa give up his humanoid form for some small improvements?

That was absolutely impossible.

With a wave of his hand.

The space-time gate to the Transformers World opened.

But looking at the space-time gate, which was only two meters wide and tall, completely insufficient for the hundred-meter-tall Zero to pass through.

Joa frowned.

Having the ability and sufficient strength, yet being limited by the size of the space-time gate and unable to send a large army to conquer Worlds, made him very annoyed.

Moreover, even if those Worlds were conquered, if their resources couldn't be integrated and utilized, that wouldn't work either.

He couldn't possibly go to each World, collect resources with his System space, and move them to Blacklight Star, could he?

That was too undignified.

‘Thanos! Come quickly!’

‘I'm now eager for the Chaos Seed to merge several instance Worlds together and go all out to attack other Worlds.’

Zero's smallest size was this hundred-meter-tall state.

If it were to shrink further, it would cause energy dissipation and waste.

This was also the reason Joa didn't want to transform into a Mechblood Life like Zero.

He sighed.

Closing the space-time gate to the Transformers World.

After ordering Zero to stand by on Blacklight Star.

Joa returned to the Marvel Universe.

The space-time gate from Blacklight Star to the Marvel Universe was still open in the facility.

It was too troublesome to fly back to the Villa just to use the space-time gate.

If it was just him, he didn't plan to use the space-time gate.

It was much more convenient to just return to the Villa directly.