Just as Jiang Xiang had expected, once he sent out his Krillin avatar, he clearly felt the restraints of space.
It was not some spatial power, nor had he gained insight into any laws of space.
The Krillin clone simply sensed that space was restraining him, but he could easily break through it.
At that moment, in Krillin's perception, the Tech, where Jiang Xiang was, looked like a smaller, special space shrouded in mist.
If the shrouded stretch of sea was this entire dimensional space, then the space enveloping the Tech was the dimensional space controlled by the Evil Eye Lord.
Aside from that Evil Eye Lord, Krillin sensed no other dimensional lifeforms.
By that reckoning.
If it had not picked a fight with Jiang Xiang, it would probably have had a guaranteed path to becoming the god of a small dimension.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
The ship was not entirely devoid of survivors. Aside from Jiang Xiang and the others, dozens of people were huddled in the captain's cabin.
It seemed to have deliberately saved them to enjoy last.
Naturally, Jiang Xiang was in no mood to send his avatar to investigate.
Tony Stark certainly lived up to his reputation as a mechanical expert.
Using crude tools, he made several basic walkie-talkies.
There were even headsets they could use.
At that moment, Tony was trying to see whether he could cobble together a few weapons with the tools available.
Everyone ate the food from the lifeboats.
Before long.
Night fell.
Everyone grew increasingly alarmed.
The crew... had all disappeared.
Jiang Xiang and the others did not know roughly how many people were aboard. They searched every part of one deck without finding any clues.
That deck alone had held around seven or eight hundred people.
The entire cruise ship had at least six or seven decks.
Across the whole ship, thousands of people had probably already disappeared.
This cruise had been sponsored and organized by Stark Industries.
Although Stark Industries was a major defense contractor with ties to the military that could not be publicly discussed.
The fallout would probably still be considerable.
Jiang Xiang took out his ingredients and focused intently on making magic potions.
By now, he had built up quite a stockpile.
Both sides were ready.
The decisive battle began!
"It's here!"
Jiang Xiang now focused his mental power on the Evil Eye Lord, leaving him no time to pay attention to anyone else.
He immediately darted sideways into the distance.
Tony's eyes widened, his gaze fixed on Jiang Xiang. In all his years, he had never encountered magic.
Earlier, he had been in no state to pay attention. Now that he was rested, of course he wanted to observe closely.
Ahead, two dark green lights suddenly flared in Jiang Xiang's hands.
Merely looking at those two lights was enough to feel an oppressive force.
This time, Jiang Xiang unleashed his aura without hesitation or restraint.
That oppressive force surpassed the human level!
Of course, perhaps Tony was simply a little weak, making the magical power he sensed seem far too strong.
At that instant, Tony felt a cold sweat break out.
The evil eye emitted an eerie red glow.
Its snow-white pupil abruptly turned blood-red.
It illuminated the pitch-black night.
Tony used his walkie-talkie to tell the others to hide.
He was just about to stand up and find cover, but at some point, several flowers and little stools had appeared beside his feet.
Jiang Xiang struck first.
His figure shot forward like a streak of light.
Together with the eyeball's scarlet glow, it formed a vivid contrast of red and green.
In an instant.
The dark green beam of magic engulfed the eyeball, which stood two or three meters tall.
The eyeball emitted red light to resist the dark green magic.
They seemed evenly matched.
If one ignored the people aboard the ship who had fallen into danger.
At some point.
The flowers, plants, and stools at Tony's feet began to tremble slightly.
Suddenly.
Tony felt as though someone had patted him on the back.
"Pepper? Happy?"
Tony privately realized that something seemed wrong.
Why did that feel a little like rubber?
The others were in similar situations, but Gwen Stacy had the protective item Jiang Xiang had prepared in advance, so she was safe for the moment.
The evil eye easily blocked three consecutive spell attacks and still had enough strength left to attack the others aboard.
Suddenly, it shuddered violently.
A dense mass of plastic hands emerged from the assortment of scattered objects.
"What the hell are this dimension's rules? Why are plastic hands popping out?"
Jiang Xiang cursed inwardly.
By then, Jiang Xiang had noticed that Gwen Stacy's protective item had been triggered.
The others had probably been attacked as well.
This eyeball even knows the Thirty-Six Stratagems?
A feint to the east and an attack to the west?
Pretty clever.
But that was only natural. Since it could manipulate or control a person, it certainly was not a mindless beast.
Besides, it had remained alive and well all this time, so it evidently seldom caused trouble.
Otherwise, The Ancient One would have sent it to its grave long ago.
Jiang Xiang was no longer in the mood to deal with this giant eyeball.
The eyeball, on the other hand, grew even more eager.
It raised its body slightly and blinked hard several times.
The red light seemed to intensify.
Then, at an extraordinary speed, it hurtled downward, charging straight at Jiang Xiang.
The corners of its eye seemed to curve upward, almost like a smile.
Jiang Xiang dodged, then spun around and rushed past the eyeball to the opposite side.
An eyeball that big must have plenty of momentum, right?
Sure enough, the eyeball could not turn in time.
Although its attack had failed, he could still sense its relaxed delight.
It did not think a little speck like Jiang Xiang could do it any harm.
Chaos!
When he saw that eyeball up close.
That was the only thought in Tony's mind.
No, he had no thoughts at all. He only felt waves of dizzying vertigo and numbness.
"This can't go on. No one's holding up anymore."
Jiang Xiang quietly considered the evil eye's weakness.
The red light is blocking everything from view!
Red light?
Jiang Xiang looked at the cross-shaped mark in the very center of the evil eye's pupil.
Perhaps that was its weak point.
Jiang Xiang darted aside, dodging the evil eye's attack.
Then.
Jiang Xiang supported his right elbow with his left hand and slowly extended his right index finger.
His expression practically begged for a beating.
"Come at me!!!"
The evil eye sensed the taunt and furiously attacked Jiang Xiang.
Jiang Xiang led it to a spot the others could see from a distance.
"Demons and monsters, begone-"
Whoosh-
A deep-colored beam of magic shot straight toward the cross-shaped mark.
As expected, it dodged!
Then, next...
"Kamehame-ha!!"
A brilliant white energy wave punched through the evil eye's cross-shaped mark, its light shooting straight into the heavens.
The red backdrop quickly faded.
The colors of the world gradually returned to normal.
A bald man carrying a turtle shell appeared before Jiang Xiang.
He saw Victor and the others slowly approaching.
Krillin spoke. "From the Qi Magic lineage?"
Jiang Xiang nodded eagerly. "Yes, my uncle is Mage Cheng Yang, the archmage of Langya Qi Magic."
Krillin nodded knowingly, though his expression suggested he had not understood.
"I'm Krillin of Langya's Turtle School."
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