The next morning, the sun slowly rose, and the city gradually awoke from its slumber.
When the first rays of sunlight entered the guest room, Zhan Liu woke up.
He had also enjoyed himself immensely the previous night. The physical prowess of a War God had already allowed him to surpass human limits, so no matter how outrageous his actions were, they would hardly be surprising.
Zhan Liu got up and entered the shower room.
Tony's villa was indeed luxurious enough. Everything was completely controlled by Jarvis, and with voice commands alone, he could fulfill any request. Its technology was a full twenty years ahead of that available to ordinary people in this world.
After washing up, Zhan Liu exerted himself slightly and evaporated the water on the surface of his body. Then he went outside to the villa's courtyard and began his routine training.
After he had trained for more than an hour, Tony and the others gradually got up.
Although Tony had also partied all night, unlike the exhaustion he felt after every previous revelry, he was still brimming with energy and felt refreshed this time.
"Haha..." Tony ran out exuberantly, hugged Zhan Liu tightly, then said with a beaming expression, "Master, do you know? Last night I..."
Zhan Liu glanced at him disdainfully and scolded him, "What an unsophisticated bumpkin. Go take a look at my guest room and you'll know. You're still far from being in my league!"
Tony's face stiffened. He turned and ran back into the villa. A moment later, when he came out again, not a trace of his former arrogance remained.
"Master, is this martial art of ours really proper?"
Zhan Liu snorted and said, "Martial arts are meant to strengthen the human body. Our martial art can even allow one to touch the fundamental power of the universe. It is an unparalleled divine art and supreme skill in this world. How could it be compared with ordinary martial arts?"
"The strengthening of your physique is merely the most insignificant incidental change. As your cultivation deepens, your body will gradually transform and break free from the bounds of humanity."
"You can already withstand blades and axes without injury, but that is only the foundation. As your realm rises, bullets, firearms, and lasers will all be unable to harm you. Once you reach the War God realm, even a nuclear bomb won't be able to kill you."
"Wow, even a nuclear bomb can't kill me? That's incredible." Tony exclaimed in astonishment.
"Actually, nuclear bombs can only show their might on a planet. Once you're in space, in a vacuum, their destructive power is nothing special. Have you ever seen an alien spaceship setting off nuclear fireworks in space?"
Tony silently nodded at that and asked, "Then what realm do you have to reach before you can be considered a War God?"
"Any realm above the Nine Heavens can be called the War God realm."
"Experts at this level can initially manipulate particles at the molecular level. This is the entry point for the strong."
"A War God has extremely tenacious vitality and can withstand the explosion of a small nuclear bomb. Although it would severely damage his vital energy, it wouldn't kill him. Moreover, a War God can heal by absorbing the life force of plants, or by absorbing and transforming animal blood to replenish his own."
"A War God can also fly. Although it consumes a great deal of power, he can fly away from the center of a nuclear explosion at a critical moment, so there's no need to withstand a nuclear bomb head-on. At a War God's speed, unless he's trapped at the center of the explosion, it's extremely difficult for him to die."
"However, magnetic-field experts also have weaknesses. One is the brain, and the other is the heart."
"The brain is the foundation that controls everything. Once consciousness is lost, death is inevitable."
"The heart is the power source that stores and utilizes Magnetic Field Rotation power. Although it is far stronger than an ordinary person's heart, once it is shattered, it is almost impossible to repair."
"Excellent! I'll set my next goal as becoming a War God!" Tony's eyes shone with excitement.
"That's an excellent goal. I believe in you! Tony, you'll become an outstanding War God." Zhan Liu smiled as he encouraged him.
However, Zhan Liu soon wished he could swallow back the words he had just spoken.
"That's right, but before that, my short-term goal is to call over all twelve of Penthouse magazine's cover girls from last year and study together where Superman's physical limits lie!" Tony snapped his fingers and turned to go back inside.
Heh, an outstanding War God? The horniest War God, more like!
Zhan Liu also knew that until Thanos taught him a lesson, Tony would never mature. It was even less likely that he would settle down and live a steady life with Pepper.
However, a War God wouldn't lose much energy over such matters, so Zhan Liu didn't bother with him. He leaped directly into the clouds and flew toward the middle of the ocean.
It was difficult to determine whether Earth was Eternity's heart, but it would be much easier to investigate whether a Celestial infant was hidden inside Earth.
Although it was an infant, its body was absurdly huge.
Even if it were hidden inside Earth, it certainly wouldn't be curled up only within the core. It would inevitably be not far from the crust, quite possibly in the mantle. The only question was whether it was in the upper mantle or the lower mantle.
But that didn't matter. The mantle was only so thick. He would reach the "Gutenberg Discontinuity" after traveling 2,900 kilometers.
As long as he spent another ten days or half a month, he would eventually manage to bore through the mantle. If he still found nothing, he could simply go a step further and punch through Earth to try again. If he still found nothing after that, it could only mean that there truly was no Celestial infant inside Earth.
A hole as thick as a single person was insignificant to the entire Earth. It wouldn't cause the planet to explode. As for the earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters that might result, Zhan Liu didn't care in the slightest.
He was preparing to save the world, after all. So what if a few people died?
As for whether this would anger the Celestials and cause them to come after him—
Heh, if the sky fell, someone with a bigger dick would naturally hold it up. Ancient One and Odin, the two skyfather-level beings, were still alive!
If he didn't detonate this bomb now, was he supposed to wait until Ancient One had left and Odin had fallen asleep before coming over to deal with it himself?
As for whether the hidden Eternals would appear to stop him, Zhan Liu didn't care. Or rather, he hoped the Eternals would show up. That would save him the trouble of investigating, and he could directly confirm that this was the world from the movies and television shows.
The Eternals' combat power was decent, but it was limited to the planetary level. The power of the Twenty-Five Heavens was more than enough to deal with them.
However, he had previously fought Carol and blown Earth apart, yet no Eternals had appeared. They most likely weren't on Earth.
Otherwise, others might not have come to stop him, but that fake Superman—the "loyal dog" Ikaris, who knew his true mission—certainly would have.
From this perspective, there probably shouldn't be a Celestial infant inside Earth.
Zhan Liu didn't care about the others, but the scientist named Phastos had some very interesting abilities. If he could recruit him into the Ultimate Limit Sect to conduct research with Tony, it would surely be a great help in breaking through the bottleneck in their martial art.
It was quite a pity to be missing such an assistant.
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