Let me show you a new way Chapter 201

Over seventy years ago…

Inside a Hydra plane.

The Red Skull held his head high, a powerful light of greed suppressing Captain America. Delusional from the power of the Lantern Ring, he uttered these words:

“Where is its source? How powerful must the energy there be? If I could enter… if I could obtain it…”

Soon after, the Red Skull’s inner fear was exposed. The Yellow Lantern Ring betrayed him, and he was knocked unconscious by Captain America’s fear illusion, falling from a great height and being frozen for seventy years.

When he awoke, he found that the world had changed drastically. Nazism had failed, Hydra had gone underground, and his former glory, his past brilliance, had vanished like smoke with time.

Moreover, in this era, he was no longer as invincible as before.

Setting aside other matters, that Iron Man, according to the data, his armor was becoming increasingly miraculous, some even reminding the Red Skull of legendary magic.

This made the Red Skull calm down, not attempting to directly provoke war. However, the greedy Red Skull had no real intention of stopping his schemes. He secretly infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., and by combining some of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s black technology research data on the Lantern Rings with the summoning power of his own greed, he actually succeeded in confirming the approximate origin of all Lantern Rings.

Massachusetts, USA.

So the Red Skull unhesitatingly went there, attempting to find the source of the Lantern Ring’s energy to gain immense power, so that he could obtain everything he desired.

Unfortunately, he failed.

Although he could sense the mysterious rhythm, he could not enter. The emotional space of the Lantern Rings was hidden in another dimension; no one could open it except its creator.

However, sometimes, miracles do happen in the world.

The time was half a year before the Convergence of the Nine Realms was about to occur. At that time, Loki and Hela were still living in Queens, New York, and the Ancient One was still dutifully staying in Kamar-Taj.

And at this very moment, an invisible spatio-temporal fluctuation arose, from unknown origins, but this fluctuation caused a very significant impact. And as if by fate, this spatio-temporal fluctuation, accompanied by the increasingly imminent Convergence of the Nine Realms, produced a wondrous resonance, and a spatial gate leading to the negative emotional space was thus opened.

The Red Skull was immediately ecstatic. He now believed even more firmly that he was the true Son of Destiny; it was only natural that destiny had chosen him. There was the Cosmic Cube containing immense power, the ring that fell from the sky and landed on him, and now a door that opened directly for him, welcoming him in.

It was as if destiny had arranged everything, and he was once again favored by fate.

With a loud, maniacal laugh, the Red Skull stepped through the spatial portal and entered the emotional space.

In an instant, an endless surge of power made him feel utterly intoxicated.

That power, that fullness, that ultimate sense of strength, that emotional energy that seemed as if it would never be depleted.

But in the next moment, something was triggered.

The magic set here seventy years ago was activated. Three chains extended from the Lantern Battery, tightly binding the bewildered Red Skull, firmly restraining this self-inflating man.

Thus, he was trapped in this space filled with negative emotions. Time here seemed to be in disarray; he didn’t know how long he had spent, only able to fruitlessly gaze at the powerful energy he had once dreamed of, seemingly within reach, yet infinitely far away.

As time flowed, the Ring of Greed on his finger gradually merged into his flesh. The power of greed had become deeply rooted, and the pain of unfulfilled desire constantly plagued him.

But under these circumstances, the fire of greed in his heart grew even stronger, even more potent. And he was precisely in a place where this greedy power was extremely strong, which led to his body gradually beginning to change.

His flesh began to transform.

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“Is that… Schmidt? He’s still alive?” A blue figure flew over, Captain America looking in shock at the enormous island and the man with the red skull face at its center.

“Captain America!” The Red Skull suddenly looked up, and just like their great battle on the plane seventy years ago, his eyes gleamed with a light symbolizing greed and fear.

“Seventy years ago, you told me I was a coward!” The Red Skull looked at Captain America, the man he had once considered a clown, but who had ultimately defeated him.

“I admit, you were right, I am indeed a coward. I fear weakness, I dread death, I’m afraid of being unknown…” As the Red Skull spoke, the orange light on his body intensified, and his body even began to swell, becoming less and less human-like.

“But I believe that one’s life is about continuously overcoming fear. I fear weakness, so I must strive to become strong. I dread death, so I must try to live forever. I am afraid of being unknown, so I must conquer the entire world!” The Red Skull said, revealing a snake-like smile.

“And the one who stands at the world’s apex is I, who has no fear left!” The Red Skull roared madly, his body swiftly enveloped by a mass of orange light and beginning to rapidly expand. His body continuously stretched and grew, his limbs rapidly shrinking, scales began to appear on his body, his head flattened, and his massive eyes stared intently at everyone present.

Finally, the orange light slowly dissipated, and an ugly, gigantic python appeared before everyone.

Its body was hundreds of meters long, entirely orange-yellow, and intense greedy desires filled its mind. Immersed in greedy energy within the negative emotional space, the Red Skull was no longer truly human.

His body was composed of orange light energy; theoretically, no matter how powerful the force, it could not kill him! Because he was the very embodiment of greed in this world!

“The power of greed, the power of fear, and an immortal body!”

“I am Jörmungandr, I have surpassed all humans and gods!” The gigantic python let out an arrogant roar, its voice echoing across the entire world.

As he roared, powerful energy fluctuations instantly spread out. Orange light and yellow light formed a powerful shockwave, rapidly surging towards the heroes outside the island.

His body surged with emotional energy like an ocean, allowing him to squander power freely, without considering consumption or recovery.

The powerful shockwave instantly knocked down all the heroes outside. Captain America was directly blown away, the intense impact shaking his Vibranium shield loose from his back, causing it to fall into the distance and disappear.

Iron Man, meanwhile, instantly activated a magical defensive measure, protecting himself and Thor who stood beside him, but they were still inevitably blown far away.

And the voice of that giant python echoed from afar.

“Go, go kill, go conquer, go bring death, go spread fear across the world!”

Countless orange Lantern Specters densely filled the sky.

And leading them was the Original Sin.