73: I am a god on earth, boy!

Nighttime, sitting on the Villa sofa.

Joa pondered.

'The spark I got this morning, I didn't expect Blacklight Star to take a whole day to devour it.'

He opened the system panel.

Currently, the unconquered instances only included the gifted, Transformers, and elden ring.

The Worlds of the gifted and Transformers could undoubtedly be swept through.

But Joa had already obtained all the benefits from these two Worlds.

So, whether he sent people to conquer them now, or after obtaining the Chaos Seed, the result would be the same.

The opposition had no power to resist.

However, conquering them now and mining would require keeping the space-time gate open constantly, which was somewhat troublesome.

It was better to leave them be for now, and conquer them all at once after obtaining the Chaos Seed.

It would also be easier to integrate resources then.

Currently, Blacklight Star had already kept the space-time gates to Marvel and The Boys world open, synchronizing the time flow.

Opening two more space-time gates to other Worlds would make things a bit messy.

A few days ago, when Joa was strengthening Little Black.

Jill, with the help of Polaris, Christine, and Ada, had successfully resolved all sources of the virus outbreak in the Resident Evil World.

Afterward, the space-time gate was closed by Joa.

'I need to prepare more to attack the elden ring World.'

'The spark from the Transformers World doesn't improve my own strength, so I'll ask the system if there are other ways to increase the number of instance Worlds.'

'I'll find a way to boost my strength, then go find Ancient One to discuss invading the elden ring World.'

With this in mind, Joa posed his question to the system.

'System, besides doing missions.'

'Are there other ways to increase instances?'

"Items drawn from the lottery system can be consumed to pinpoint their World coordinates."

"The Host can use these coordinates to open a space-time gate to their World."

'...You're kidding me!'

'Can I even use that lottery system?'

'If I draw something like an Empress's belly band, will I still be alive?'

'If the Empress really comes after me through the internet cable and erases me with the power of the Great Dao's rules, I'll really be gone.'

'Damn it, what a scam!'

After complaining about the system in his heart, Joa continued to ask.

'Are there any other methods?'

"Retrieving..."

"In the currently bound Main World, Iron Man Tony Stark is about to face a crisis."

"A brain cursed with wisdom can be of great help to the Host."

"If you wish for him to willingly submit, please go to his rescue."

"Randomly customized mission: The First Step of Submission."

"Rescue Tony Stark to gain his favor."

"Reward: Three random instance Worlds."

'Hiss! System, are you playing games with me?'

'Why didn't you give me a mission when I saved Stark before?'

'Because I didn't ask you, is that it?'

Joa was speechless with this not-so-intelligent system.

It wouldn't speak unless asked, and wouldn't move unless kicked.

What kind of thing was this?

However... this system wasn't without its merits.

The customized missions were all aligned with his own goals.

It didn't give him the feeling of being a puppet controlled by system-assigned missions, like protagonists in novels he read before transmigrating.

Opening his eyes, Joa extended his hearing.

Searching for Tony Stark's current location.

It had been quite some time since Tony Stark was rescued by him.

Ever since Homelander submitted, and Joa opened the space-time gate to Marvel, synchronizing the time flow.

Joa first played with Ada for half a month, then rested in the Villa for a few days.

In these nearly twenty days, Obadiah should have almost finished preparing to eliminate Tony Stark.

As expected.

After listening carefully for a while, Joa discovered.

Obadiah was already fighting Tony Stark.

His gaze passed through layers of buildings.

Landing on Tony Stark, who was awkwardly descending from high altitude onto the roof of Stark Tower.

Joa smiled.

"Haha, it's truly nostalgic, a familiar suit of armor."

Getting up and walking out of the Villa.

Joa soared into the sky.

Then, in a few breaths, he flew at an extremely fast speed to the clouds directly above Stark Tower.

His gaze fell on the roof below.

He saw Tony Stark, wearing the Mark 3 armor with red and yellow Color and titanium alloy, struggling to fight Obadiah's Iron Monger.

Joa grinned, not in a hurry to descend.

Until...

"Ready, Tony, get off the roof!"

Inside Stark Tower, Pepper, following Stark's instructions, activated all the energy devices of the giant reactor within the Tower.

Now she just waited for Tony Stark to leave the roof so she could activate the reactor and take down Obadiah.

And on the roof.

The skylight glass was shattered by Obadiah, who was controlling Iron Monger with a machine gun.

Stark, clinging desperately to the railing, heard Pepper's words and stared intently at Obadiah across from him.

He made a decision in his heart.

That was to perish with Obadiah as the giant reactor's energy erupted.

"Pepper! Now is the...time?"

"Wait!"

Stark watched in shock as a Shadow descended from above the clouds at an extremely fast speed.

He said in disbelief.

"Joa?!"

"How are you... here?"

"And you can fly?"

Hearing Stark call this sudden intruder Joa, a sinister smile appeared on Obadiah's face.

"Qiao! Ya?!"

"Is he the Joa who saved you from Afghanistan?"

"Heh! Perfect, I'll take care of both of you today!"

Obadiah clearly had strong opinions about Joa, who had rescued Tony Stark from Afghanistan.

Ignoring the harsh words from the 'ant' behind him.

Joa grabbed the Mark 3 armor, lifted Stark, who was clinging to the skylight railing, and brought him to the adjacent rooftop.

"Tsk tsk, why is it that every time I see you, you're in such a sorry state?"

As he spoke, Joa took out a video camera from the system space and began filming Stark's current disheveled appearance.

Hearing this, Stark looked anxiously at Obadiah, who was not far behind Joa, and quickly said.

"Joa! This is no time for jokes!"

"You need to leave here quickly!"

"Wait for me... careful!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Obadiah behind Joa raised his gun and fired wildly at the two of them.

In a moment of desperation, Stark tried to push Joa away.

He didn't want Joa to be shot dead in front of him.

However...

Stark, trying to push Joa away with force, instead stumbled himself and fell backward.

He landed on the ground with a thud.

Stark blinked.

His expression was very confused.

"Huh??"

"What's going on?"

"What happened?"

Seeing Stark's expression, Joa couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha, I am a god among men, kid!"

"Tony! What's happening up there?"

Hearing Pepper's anxious tone, Stark quickly regained his composure.

"It's nothing, Pepper!"

"Someone's here to save us!"

While Stark and Pepper were talking.

Joa turned around, ignoring the bullets hitting him, and walked towards Obadiah, who was wearing the Iron Monger armor.

"You want to play with me?"

"Then I'll play with You!"