Chapter 158 Satan's Claw and Harvest Rune But let’s not talk about whether Levi can beat Loki. Loki is not alone. It’s okay to beat him up, but if he really kills him, Thor and Odin will not sit idly by. Just when Levi was a little confused, the Dementor finally realized his current situation and saw clearly what kind of special existence was strangling his neck. His face was suddenly filled with panic and fear, and he even forgot to struggle. "Are you a devil from hell?" Levi snorted, "No, on the contrary, I'm actually sending you to hell!" With his light shout, the Dementor's body suddenly stiffened, and then two flames began to burn in his eyes. Levi threw the Dementor aside, but before his feet touched the ground, his body and the metal sickle began to turn into ashes, until even the dust was burned out. The power of hellfire is not something his fragile body or ordinary metal can withstand. At the same time, Levi also felt a very weak power surging into his body. It was the reward he received after judging a sinner.
However, even if the Dementors had committed all kinds of evil in his life and had at least killed two or three hundred people through various cruel or not-so-cruel means, the power gained by judging him would be minimal. If converted into strength, it is only a few dozen kilograms. Perhaps for other Ghost Riders, this is a long-term and stable way of improvement, but for Levi who has the system, it can basically be ignored. Moreover, there are probably not many people in the world who are as sinful as the Dementors. Then Levi waved his hand, and the hellfire spread rapidly, turning all the Hydras around who were injured but not dead and kept wailing into ashes, which relieved some of their pain. But without judging through the Eye of Judgment, this kind of simple killing will not increase much, but Levi doesn't care much. Then he followed the Dementors' memory and swept away like the wind. The defenders who rushed to the scene after hearing the news could not see any trace of him at all. Only a few guys who were closest to it could vaguely detect a little bit of the smell of sulfur and the burning breath. According to the memory of the Dementors, Levi began to move down the spiral staircase. Although each floor has a rather complicated verification system and metal gates, it is very difficult for ordinary people to pass through. But he just waved his fists and feet casually and easily overcame all difficulties and obstacles. For a moment, various alarm sounds and the shouts of the defenders almost merged into one, but even his shadow could not be seen. This made Stark, who was in the secret room on the lower level, sweat all over his face and head. "Damn it, who can tell me what happened?" First, the most outstanding experimental subject was mysteriously taken away, and the other experimental subjects suffered heavy casualties. Soon after that, the base was raided again. Similar incidents happened twice within one day, but he didn't have any useful intelligence. He doesn't even know who the enemy is, how the enemy does this, or what the enemy's ultimate goal is. This is terrible! He even felt a little regretful. If he had known this would happen, he should not have rushed back but should have run as far away as possible. Now it’s too late even if he wants to run! Before any of his subordinates could answer his question, there were a few metallic hissing sounds, and in full view of everyone, a hand burning with flames suddenly appeared on the half-meter thick alloy door. Then the hand tore the door into pieces easily as if it were a piece of paper, revealing a skeleton covered in flames. Stark was stunned for a moment, and then he shouted like crazy: "Attack, kill this demon for me!"
But before the soldiers could make any move, Levi used his abilities of emotion manipulation and fear absorption again. So what had just happened above happened again, and many soldiers began to attack each other like crazy, with Stark being the only exception. Although he yelled a few times, he quickly forced himself to calm down. As an old antique who has lived for more than a hundred years and experienced countless ups and downs, he is still somewhat capable. But after seeing how powerful Levi was, he no longer dared to show any hostility, and instead chose to surrender. "Wait, don't do it. I am very powerful in the human world. No matter what you want, I will try my best to satisfy you. Even large-scale sacrifices are fine, as long as you don't kill me!" "Oh? The human world? It seems that this is not the first time you have dealt with a special being like me?" As Levi said this, he casually threw out Hellfire, and soon the surroundings became quiet. Even though he was just a weakened version of Ghost Rider, he still seemed to have an easy time dealing with these ordinary soldiers. However, his attention was more attracted by Stark's right claw. It was a blood-red claw more than a foot long. Although it was called a claw, it actually also had half of a forearm attached to it. It was made of a special material that was neither gold nor stone. On the back of his hand there was a small, glowing stone with the letter "J" engraved on it and a circle of intricate patterns around it. It was the rune that the Dementors had mentioned - Harvest! Stark hesitated and did not respond immediately, but Levi had already obtained relevant information from his brain. This was indeed not the first time he encountered a supernatural being. He got this harvest rune after accidentally killing a group of zombie pirates dressed in ancient Viking costumes on the sea. So when he saw Levi for the first time, he thought Levi had rushed out from the underworld to ask for his lost items! This made Levi more and more certain that the Harvest Rune was related to Asgard. No, perhaps it was also related to Helheim. Otherwise, those undead would not come to Earth so casually. Not wanting to waste any more time, Levi grabbed Stark with one hand and his body suddenly flew into the air. Compared with the other party's answers, Levi prefers to find all the answers himself. His questions are just to make the other party remember the information related to this matter, so that when he uses telepathy later, his efficiency will be higher. This made Stark both shocked and angry. At the critical moment, he kept begging for mercy, but he did not give up resistance with his hands. He used all his strength to activate Satan's Claw, releasing lightning in an attempt to get himself out of the predicament. It’s a pity that this level of attack is still far from enough to deal with Levi’s telekinesis. His struggle was useless. Levi took control of him with just a thought and began searching for his related memories like flipping through a book. Most of them were similar to what the Dementors had said. Strucker didn't know much about the origin of the Harvest Rune. He had activated its power purely by accident. There are only two points that the Dementors are unclear about. This Satan's Claw was also forged from the Uru Divine Gold that was obtained together with the Harvest Rune. It can store a large amount of electricity, which has allowed Strucker to kill many enemies and traitors within Hydra in the past. How to say it, in Levi's opinion, this way of utilization is just like Wakanda using vibranium to forge spears. It can be done, but the efficiency will undoubtedly be very low, which is essentially a huge waste. If it was a strong man like himself, or some wizard who knew spells, it would be fine. But if it's Stark, even if he has taken human strengthening drugs and is obviously much stronger than ordinary human special forces, how much combat power can he exert alone? But if it is used to manufacture energy equipment or something like that, his technology tree will surely climb up a lot, right? As for the second point, it involves another leader of Hydra, Daniel Whitehall, and a special Inhuman. Similar to Strack, Whitehall was also a colleague of Red Skull, an old antique who was active during World War II, but now at nearly a hundred years old, he is still very young.
However, the way he achieved longevity was slightly different from Strucker's. He discovered an immortal female Inhuman and used scientific means such as gene transfer to drain the Inhuman alive, thus achieving immortality himself. Afterwards, Whitehall dissected the powerless Inhuman alive, dismembered him into pieces, and discarded him. But Stark had a lot of spies under Whitehall, and he used them to collect the pile of body parts. His original intention was to do some experiments himself, which could be regarded as a way to make use of waste. But unexpectedly, after being stitched up again, the female alien was resurrected and showed a special power to absorb the vitality of others! Of course, she didn't live long, and by then, Strucker had obtained the Claw of Satan and the Harvest Rune. When faced with a being with similar power, his first thought was to kill it completely and continue to monopolize it. However, after careful consideration, he decided to maximize the benefits. He first gave the female alien a large amount of "tonics" to restore her to her best condition, and then killed her completely. Now that the female alien's body was gone, she naturally could no longer cause trouble for him or Whitehall. Even though the conversion efficiency of Satan's Claw was very low, that killing still allowed Stark to gain more than a hundred years of life. It is conceivable that if the female alien had not been killed, she could theoretically live for at least 20,000 years. Later, Stark pretended in front of others that he needed to harvest lives regularly, but in fact he had already accumulated hundreds of years of life. Anyone who really wants to take advantage of his weakness will definitely be taken advantage of by him. He is truly a shrewd and calculating person. After learning all the information, Levi became more and more certain that this matter was related to Asgard or Helheim, and he also felt a little sympathetic towards Skye. That’s right, if nothing unexpected happens, the female alien with a miserable experience is actually Skye’s mother, Jia Ying, who comes from the ancient Eastern country. However, according to the plot he knew, after being dismembered, Jia Ying should have met Skye's father, Mr. Hyde, not Stark. Mr. Hyde captured many people for Jia Ying to use as supplements to revive him. Later, Jia Ying became a leader and gathered many extraordinary people under his command. She also established an "afterlife" similar to the secret realm of Kunlun, preparing to take revenge on Hydra and even the entire world. But now things have taken a major turn, and she probably won't have that chance. Well, maybe not. If there is some existence in the underworld behind the Harvest Rune, then the death of the body is far from representing the true end! Next is some information about Strucker's organizations and other Hydra leaders. Strucker's sphere of influence is mainly in Europe. In addition to modifying the Iron Overlord he obtained from New York into a Dreadnought, his previous main research direction was electromagnetic weapons, and he has made certain breakthroughs. Then there was part of the legacy he inherited from the Red Skull, which were those slightly outdated energy weapons Levi had seen before. That was the technology that Red Skull had originally developed from cosmic magic. Despite being in disrepair over the years, it still retained considerable power, at least much stronger than ordinary gunpowder firearms. In addition to this base, Strucker also conducts various businesses all over the world. Making money is one of them, and hiring and training troops is another. Although there are many disputes within Hydra, they have a common desire, which is to restore their peak status during World War II and even rule the entire earth. Then there is Whitehall, who mainly stays in Southeast Asia. Having tasted the sweetness of benefiting from the Inhumans, he is frantically searching for anything that might be related to them, as well as other existences that might allow him to achieve immortality. At the same time, he has a very good personal relationship with Alexander Pierce, who is lurking in ., and it was Pierce who released him from . prison.
Just recently I heard that he had the audacity to reach out to Tibet, wanting to study living Buddhas or something like that, but he was severely dealt with by the . Bureau and suffered extremely heavy losses. Next is Madam Viper, who is mainly entrenched in the island country, bullying the Japanese all day long, and has basically no contact with other leaders. In addition, there are many other leaders, such as Kraken, Baron Zemo and Gorgon. But Stark didn't know where they were exactly. After all, for Hydra, there was no trust between them, and they were more of a competitive relationship. What he knew for sure was that there was another special alien - Hive. A beehive can be seen as a collection of a large number of insects. As long as there is one insect that is not dead, it can occupy the bodies of other insects and resurrect. Therefore, as early as in ancient times, it had been exiled to an alien planet by other aliens. Over the years, a small group of his fanatical admirers, the Malik family, have tried to save him. But not only did Stark not provide any help, but he tried every possible means, including but not limited to assassination, to sabotage the opponent's actions. And as far as he knew, many other leaders had also taken similar actions, and now no one wanted to find another boss to take over for themselves. If it weren't for the current head of the Malik family, Gideon Malik, who had already climbed to the senior position of member of the Security Council, he might have been killed by the many Hydra leaders working together. Then there's this Gorgon, this guy is related to the Hand. After Madam Gao and the other five members of the Hand defected from Kunlun and expanded their influence throughout the world, it was inevitable that they would come into conflict or disagreement with Hydra. At the beginning, both sides suffered losses, but later they found that no one could do anything to the other. In order to avoid further losses and to avoid being discovered by SHIELD and others, they naturally changed their attitudes and eventually adopted a certain degree of cooperation. Gorgon is a leader sent by the Hand to Hydra, and this is also a secret within the Hand. Although Yali used the Eye of Judgment when she killed Mrs. Gao before, the Eye of Judgment is not telepathy. It can only detect things related to crimes or sins, so it still has certain limitations. The title of Gorgon comes from the snake-haired monster in Greek mythology. It is unknown whether he is a human, an alien, or has received some kind of random blessing or treasure. The only thing that is certain is that he is a blind man who is good at swordsmanship and can cast the Eye of Petrification, just like the legendary Medusa. I guess once he finds out that the Shuu is going to be massacred, he will launch a counterattack or something. The last one is related to the Zodiac. In addition to being the leader of Hydra, Strucker also has a secret identity, that is, the leader of the Zodiac. This is really hard to find, and it takes no effort to get there. The information that I had been searching for for a long time in danger but couldn't find was obtained by chance now. In addition to some basic human strengthening potions, as the convener of the Twelve Palaces, Stark also knows the true identities of the other nine palaces. One of them is Madame Viper in Japan, and the other is Dumdum Dugan of the Howling Commandos affiliated with . These two guys are the only special ones among them, and Stark was forced to let them join. Then there were two vacancies, one was Stark's vest, and the other was just killed by him and there was no time to replace it. As for the rest of the members, they were all ordinary businessmen, at least very ordinary in Stark's opinion. He originally planned to find an opportunity to annex them one by one. He had raised these guys for so many years, and it was time to reap the harvest. But now, all of it has gone to Levi.
With the help of the intelligence that Strucker has, theoretically, as long as Levi continues to advance his plan, he may be able to acquire dozens of large companies that have made achievements in various fields and accumulate more than 300 billion in wealth. However, Levi does not have that many people at his disposal. If he just copies everything, it will be easy for people to notice something unusual, and the situation will need to be handled carefully. Secondly, we can find an opportunity to lure out Dumdum Dugan, whose Howling Commandos are all monsters, including vampires, werewolves, mummies, etc. Although Levi doesn't think highly of them, by copying them, perhaps he could create some loyal and reliable subordinates. After sorting out the relevant information and searching Stark's memory to confirm that there was no other valuable information, Levi forcibly took off the Claw of Satan. The severe pain caused by this immediately freed Stark from his controlled state. But before he could say or do anything, Levi had already put on the Claw of Satan and broke Stark's neck cleanly. If Jia Ying was really sacrificed to the underworld, she would surely be overjoyed when she saw that Stark suffered the same fate, right? Although this is just his guess and Jia Ying may not appreciate it, it doesn't take much effort anyway, right? (End of this chapter)