Seeing Han Yu remain silent without detonating the island, Ultron spoke up to remind him.
Only then did Han Yu come back to his senses. There was no use thinking so much about it now. The immediate priority was dealing with the floating island.
The two flew away from the island of Sokovia. The Green Lantern Energy at its center exploded with a thunderous boom, blasting the entire island to pieces. It left not a single stone capable of hurting anyone, reducing everything to a sky full of fine dust.
The people on the ground stared open-mouthed at the vast cloud of dust in the sky. If such a huge place had been blasted into countless fragments, they could have understood it, but seeing it reduced to such a vast cloud of dust still made their scalps tingle.
With another wave of his hand, a tremendous surge of Green Lantern Energy poured from Han Yu's hand and enveloped all the dust, forming a "small asteroid." The Green Lantern Energy kept contracting, compressing the dust inside.
If the dust was not dealt with, it would cause great harm to the people below when it fell to the ground.
As he compressed it, Han Yu beckoned with his other hand. Two streaks of light flew out of the dust: one was the Mind Stone, glowing yellow, and the other was Han Yu's Green Lantern Sub-Ring.
"Ding! A new item from the Marvel Universe has been detected: the Mind Stone. A reward can be obtained for every two Infinity Stones acquired. Collect all six for a grand prize!"
"A reward for every two? The rewards for obtaining the Infinity Stones definitely won't be ordinary!"
Han Yu narrowed his eyes. These were among the most powerful objects in the Marvel Universe. The reward for collecting the whole set couldn't possibly be anything less than impressive.
Suddenly, he felt a burning gaze directed at him. He turned to see Ultron staring at him.
Ultron gazed longingly at the Green Lantern Sub-Ring. The Green Lantern Energy he had used to fight the first Ultron had already been inside his body, presumably left there when Han Yu forged it.
Although it would last him a while longer, once it was used up, it would be gone. Ultron genuinely thought the Green Lantern Ring was useful, but he was Han Yu's underling. If Han Yu wanted to take it back, he had nothing to say.
"Here, this is for you. Don't misuse it."
Han Yu saw what Ultron was thinking and flicked a finger, sending the ring flying over to him.
"You're giving this to me? I'll definitely put it to good use!" Seeing that Han Yu would actually give him something so valuable, Ultron grinned and hurriedly took it. "Thanks, boss!"
Han Yu smiled and turned his gaze back to the enormous cloud of dust in the sky. Half a minute later, it had become a ball of earth slightly larger than his palm.
Han Yu hefted the little ball of earth in his hand. Rather than throw it away, he put it into his system space. After all, it had the mass of the entire island of Sokovia, including quite a bit of metal.
It looked only slightly bigger than a palm, but it weighed tens of thousands of tons. If he threw it, someone who didn't know better would think it was just a little ball of earth. By the time they realized otherwise, they would already have been crushed to death.
"Let's go back."
After clearing up the battlefield, Han Yu and Ultron turned into two streaks of light and shot toward the horizon, disappearing from the area.
"There's another empty room on the second floor, the first one on the right. You'll be staying there from now on."
Back at the general store, Han Yu assigned Ultron a room. Wanda and Quicksilver also came out.
"Hey, newcomer. I'm Pietro. I got here before you, so you can call me big brother if you want."
When Quicksilver saw Ultron arrive, he greeted him with a smile. Since Han Yu had brought him in, he was a friend, yet the first thing Quicksilver did was try to claim seniority over him.
Ultron shot him a sideways glance without saying a word.
"Hey, I've got a temper! What was that look supposed to mean?"
When Quicksilver saw that Ultron had merely glanced at him without speaking, he couldn't hold his temper in check.
"I only have one big brother. As for you, forget it."
Han Yu was the only person he acknowledged. As for anyone else, no matter who they were, he wouldn't give them a second thought.
"Come on, let's fight. I'll have to teach you a lesson."
After spending some time with the pirates, Quicksilver had become more carefree and was clamoring for a fight.
Ultron glanced at Han Yu, who merely shrugged. Ultron understood what he meant: they could fight, and as long as they didn't go for the kill, there was no problem.
And so Ultron, still a little angry after the beating Han Yu had given him earlier, went upstairs with Quicksilver to fight in the storage room.
The way the two started fighting at the slightest disagreement left Han Yu torn between laughter and exasperation. As long as they didn't take it to the point of fighting to the death, he wouldn't interfere however they fought.
Wanda shot Han Yu a reproachful look. "Aren't you going to stop them?"
Han Yu went over with a smile and wrapped an arm around Wanda's slender waist. "It's fine. I think Pietro's gotten a little carried away since he gained Green Lantern Energy. Ultron will be careful. Letting Pietro suffer a little might bring him back down to earth."
The two chatted as they went upstairs. Just as they reached the second floor, they saw Quicksilver come out of the storage room, his cheeks looking a little red and swollen. When he saw Han Yu, he rushed straight over and said,
"Han, give me another divine artifact! I want to get stronger!"
Seeing him like this, Han Yu could guess the outcome. Quicksilver had definitely lost.
Han Yu said, "The Green Lantern Energy you have is already the strongest divine artifact. You've barely crossed the threshold with that ring. Spend less time drinking with Ace and the others and more time cultivating, and won't getting stronger be a sure thing?"
Hearing this, Quicksilver scratched his head awkwardly. Without another word, he hurried back to his room. There was no telling what he was tinkering with.
Ultron came out after him and said to Han Yu, "Boss, how did you do that? There's so much space in there."
"You'll find out eventually," Han Yu said, waving a hand with a smile. "What happened in there just now?"
Ultron smiled. "That kid came in and threw every attack he had at me. I just stood there without moving. After I got a little bored, I stuck out my foot and tripped him. He landed hard on his butt and ran off."
Han Yu wasn't surprised by the result. Ultron's body was made of uru metal, which had some resistance to magical energy. Ordinary Green Lantern Energy couldn't do much damage to an uru metal body unless something else was combined with it.
Besides, Quicksilver was an agility-type assassin. He couldn't even hurt Ultron, a super tank who was both tough and hard-hitting.
The thought of Quicksilver fleeing in defeat made Han Yu want to laugh. Even Wanda could barely suppress a smile. They were all on the same side, so it was no big deal to take a loss at one of their own's hands.
A loss at the hands of one of their own might cost them their lives at an outsider's hands.
"All right, go back to your room and get familiar with the body I gave you. I'm going back to rest for a bit."
After saying this, Han Yu also told Wanda to go back to her room and rest. There were some things he still couldn't let her know about.
Wanda knew Han Yu always had things he wanted to do on his own, so she didn't ask any more questions. She obediently nodded and went back.
As soon as he returned to his room, Han Yu took out his Magic Conch Shell and murmured,
"Compared to the timeline I remember, has the timeline here changed?"