Back in Kamar-Taj, Richard waved to Strucker and said, "Alright, go do whatever you need to do!"
Baron Strucker did not turn to leave; a look of hesitation crossed his face.
"Um, Master... could I borrow Arnim Zola from you for a moment...?"
Richard raised an eyebrow and asked, "What do you need Arnim Zola for?"
Strucker immediately explained, " Master, the takeover of S.H.I.E.L.D.. is nearing completion. I need Arnim Zola's help to fully integrate S.H.I.E.L.D..'s forces into HYDRA!"
Richard was surprised and couldn't help but ask, "You've taken down S.H.I.E.L.D.. so easily?"
Baron Strucker bowed and replied, "Yes, Master! We have basically taken control of all of S.H.I.E.L.D..'s branch bases around the world!"
"Of course, some of them are in the hands of the Malick Family and forces like Daniel Whitehall, and I haven't ordered anyone to touch them yet!"
"Besides, all the die-hards in S.H.I.E.L.D.. are now locked up in the Rat Prison."
Richard thought of Nick Fury and Carol Danvers on the Wanderer, and laughed, "That's perfect, I have two men on my hands, you can lock them both up in the Rat Prison later!"
"Wait, I'll go bring them here..."
After saying that, he disappeared into the main hall.
Two minutes later, he returned carrying one in each hand.
Richard, mentioning the unconscious Nick Fury, chuckled, "You should recognize him, Nick Fury, the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.."
Then, he put down Nick Fury and brought up Carol Danvers: "As for her, few people on Earth know her name, but in the universe, she's infamous; she can scare alien kids to tears!"
"But..."
Richard clicked his tongue and shook his head, saying, "It's a pity this woman's ass is too crooked... I've taken back her source of power; she's just a human genetically modified by aliens now..."
With a wave of his hand, Nick Fury and Carol Danvers swiftly floated toward Strucker.
Then he took out a Sealing Spirit Orb from his pocket.
" Arnim Zola..."
His mind probed into the Sealing Spirit Orb, and after communicating with Arnim Zola's soul for a while, he directly tossed the Sealing Spirit Orb to Baron Strucker.
Baron Strucker immediately bowed and thanked him, saying, "Thank you for your understanding, Master!"
Richard waved his hand dismissively. "Remember to come to me if you run into trouble! Alright, go on with your work!"
Baron Strucker bowed again and carefully placed the Sealing Spirit Orb into his pocket.
Then, he drew a circle in the air and opened a Portal.
Then, lifting one in each hand, they disappeared into the Portal.
After he left, a Crimson Mana swept Richard away and he vanished.
Crimson Latitude, atop a secluded cliff.
This place is filled with strangely shaped rocks, and there is no life here.
Richard placed the Six Infinity Stones on the ground one by one.
He extended his right hand, just as he was about to make a move.
Upon seeing his bare right hand, he was first taken aback, then his expression turned to one of annoyance. "Damn it! I forgot I didn't have the Infinity Gauntlet!"
Richard frowned in thought, then suddenly slapped his forehead. "Oh dear, my brain!"
"Looking for a donkey while riding one..."
" Tony can create the Infinity Gauntlet using nanotechnology..."
"I have the Crimson Armament, capable of countless transformations! It's just a mere Infinity Gauntlet, nothing to me!"
With a thought, a Crimson Mana suddenly surged from his right hand, quickly forming an energy version of the Infinity Gauntlet.
The Infinity Gauntlet has six evenly distributed grooves on the back of its hand...
Richard raised his hand, and the Six Infinity Stones on the ground flew up with a 'whoosh' and automatically embedded themselves into the six slots.
He tried clenching his fist and nodded in satisfaction.
"Very good, very good..."
Immediately afterwards, Richard clenched his fist and began to activate the Six Infinity Stones...
'Buzz!'
The energy version of the Infinity Gauntlet suddenly trembled slightly, and complex transformation Secret Rune flashed rapidly across the gauntlet's crystal-clear interior.
All Six Infinity Stones lit up.
Then, six energies of different attributes surged out from the gem, and under the effect of the transformation and fusion Secret Rune, they were smoothly transformed into a chaotic Mana.
"Hmph!" Richard couldn't help but grunt.
The moment that Chaotic Mana entered his body, it immediately stimulated the Crimson Mana within him.
But as the Crimson Mana surged into the Chaotic Mana, it was instantly bewildered...
'So comfortable~'
This is the most direct feeling that the Crimson Mana conveys to its Master, Richard.
Richard simply released himself from the constraints of the Crimson Mana.
In an instant, the Crimson Mana and the Chaotic Mana merged together as if water and milk were blending together.
His heightened senses immediately detected the change in the Crimson Mana...
It has been purified considerably!
"Good heavens, he almost advanced by half a rank?!"
Richard was somewhat taken aback and remarked with a sigh.
As the Chaotic Mana flowed through his body, he instantly felt that everything around him had undergone a tremendous change!
"Time... space..."
Richard's eyes were dark and bright; in his view, time and space instantly materialized into thin lines within the Crimson Dimension...
Countless fine lines converge and intertwine to form the river of time and the vast network of space!
When? Everything around it underwent a dramatic change.
A strong feeling suddenly welled up inside Richard...
With a simple flick of a thin timeline, he can instantly accelerate, stop, or decelerate a person's timeline at a specific point in time...
Or it could involve constructing, relocating, or collapsing a particular space in a certain place.
Richard's pupils dilated instantly, and his eyes turned completely black.
"This feeling..."
He gazed at everything in the Crimson Dimension with utter awe.
"Rise!"
Richard gently raised his hand, and the already high cliff suddenly shot swiftly towards the sky...
"Listen!"
He gave a soft shout, and the cliff that had just pierced the clouds came to an abrupt halt.
"Broken!"
At Richard's command, the entire cliff was blown up like a building being exploded...
No, it's even more exaggerated than that scene!
Suddenly, the entire cliff collapsed into countless grains of sand.
Richard hovered in the clouds, silently looking down...
Scattered sand, carried by a gentle breeze, scattered like petals in the wind, spreading in all directions...
'Hoo~'
The gentle breeze suddenly turned into a hurricane; an unprecedented sandstorm was about to take shape!
Richard raised his hand and pressed down, instantly freezing the newly formed sandstorm in place.
Time was frozen, space was sealed, and even the existence of matter was gradually erased...
Richard blinked, and the sandstorm vanished as if erased by a giant eraser...
"How terrifying... the power!"
He murmured in shock.
Richard surveyed his surroundings; this vast crimson latitude seemed as if he could collapse it with a single thought, and rebuild it with another...
His jet-black eyes were instantly tinged with a chaotic gray, and astonishing Mana surged from his body, instantly compressing and collapsing the surrounding space.
"Destroy..."