Chapter 182: Backlash

The palm was so large that even from this angle, the people on the ground could clearly see the marks on it.

At that moment, everyone, including Doctor Strange, Watcher, and even Ultron, looked in disbelief.

Ultron stared wide-eyed at the sky, muttering to himself,

"This can't be possible."

Then, the big palm came crashing down, but it didn't do any damage.

It was mostly because Ultron was thrown so high up that he was able to take the whole blow himself.

Ultron raised his hands above his head, his face twisted with a frown as he gritted his teeth, firmly resisting the massive palm.

The pressure kept getting worse, and he knew that if he continued like this, he'd be flattened into a pancake—no, an iron pancake.

So, he made a determined decision.

The five gems on his chest and the one on his forehead emitted a bright light as a massive power surged out of him, hitting the huge palm above his head.

Crack!

In an instant, The huge palm that could cover the whole sky broke like glass when it was hit by a stone and vanished.

"What?!"

As the pressure suddenly vanished, Ultron was confused for a moment.

Then, he realized out what had happened, his face turned angry, and his eyes were filled with killing intent.

Few people knew what had just happened. Only Doctor Strange and the Watcher knew what had happened.

"Hah, not bad,"

Doctor Strange smiled and looked at the Watcher, asking,

"Did you tell him? I only figured it out just now."

The Watcher seemed relieved and replied in a somewhat unnatural tone,

"Of course, it was me!"

Doctor Strange raised an eyebrow because he could tell by the way the Watcher was talking that he was talking nonsense.

Before he could ask further, Ultron encountered another problem in the sky.

"Impressive, you shattered my Buddha Palm with one strike,"

Jack's figure appeared near Ultron, his arms crossed, and a mocking look on his face.

"By the way, how long do you think you can hold on?"

"Until you're dead!"

Ultron clenched his teeth and spoke without wasting any words.

He immediately swings his scepter like a sword towards Jack.

Jack didn't dodge or evade, allowing the scepter to stab into his chest.

Clang!

Ultron felt like he had hit an iron block, and the force of the impact almost stuck him.

"Do you know that this attack is useless against me?"

Jack lowered his head to look at the scepter in his chest and then raised his gaze to Ultron.

"But I'm curious, how many times can you use the power of the Infinity Stones?"

"..."

Ultron remained silent. His greatest secret had been discovered, which made him somewhat lose control.

However, he still used logical thinking and thought about what was the best thing to do.

Staying here was definitely not it.

Ultron's core was full of fear at the moment.

As if seeing through his thoughts, Jack raised his finger and shook it, tutting,

"No, no, no, you can't escape!"

As soon as he said that, a huge circular barrier quickly surrounded them both.

"At first, I thought you would be easy to deal with. But after coming here, I realized that you might be a bit difficult. Now, I'm finally sure of it,"

Jack looked at Ultron with a mischievous grin.

"... That you are indeed easy to deal with!"

"The pressure of using all six Infinity Stones must be too much for you."

Ultron stared expressionlessly at Jack. If robots could sweat, he would probably be drenched in sweat by now.

Yes, as soon as Jack spoke, he exposed Ultron's biggest weakness.

It all came down to the fact that he was a machine.

In short, the Infinity Stones had too much power. He had a body like Jack's, it was hard to handle the energy of the stones without showing signs of coercion.

Do you all know that even someone as powerful as Thanos became useless due to the energy backlash of the Infinity Stone?

That's Thanos's weakness.

His body can't handle the energy of the Infinity Stones.

It may sound funny, but it's true. There's no perfect being in this world or anyone.

Thanos has one of the strongest bodies in the multiverse, but even he can't withstand the energy of the stones, let alone a bunch of electronic parts, despite Ultron's body being made of vibranium.

But remember, Thanos can crush Vision's head with his bare hands. Although vibranium is tough, it's still not a match for him.

Ultron's weakness is similar.

He suffers damage every time he uses the Infinity Stones.

The more he uses them, the deeper the damage, and it's irreversible because the damage caused by the Infinity Stones cannot be healed.

This puts him in an awkward position. It means Ultron has only two choices.

Either he can give himself a stronger body that can totally ignore the Infinity Stones, but there's no way to do that because there's nothing like that anywhere in the multiverse.

The second choice is simple.

Well, he's a robot, so he can just replace his damaged body with a new one.

That's the simplest and most effective solution.

Naturally, that's what Ultron did.

However, the transformation process takes time, and Jack obviously won't give him that time.

Now, the entire space has been isolated by Jack, and Ultron can't even project his consciousness outside.

He only has two choices now: either break free from this prison and run away, biding his time to rise again, or... confront Jack head-on.

But the chances of success are very slim.

Almost zero.

Actually, there's one weird solution.

The Reality Stone's power can instantly repair the damage on his body.

But remember, damage caused by the power of the stones cannot be repaired.

So if he only uses the power of one or two stones, he can fight Jack, and neither of them can truly hurt the other.

They would end up in a draw.

However, if he uses too many stones, his damage cannot be repaired, and he will eventually be defeated.

This... seems like a dead end.

Dr. Strange and the Watcher outside have also realized this.

Doctor Strange nods and curiously looks at the Watcher, saying,

"So, you brought us here just to watch his fight? Although it's quite impressive, I still have to ask..."

"Are you bored?"

The Watcher "..."

I should have known he could handle it himself. Why did I bother creating a team?

Ignoring the grumbling Watcher.

Ultron has come up with a plan that isn't quite a plan given the current situation. He did this by carefully calculating.

Brute force.

He doesn't have any other choice now.

So... he fights.

In an instant, Ultron's body explodes with a powerful white light, flashy everyone.

Jack, on the other hand, stays strong and faces Ultron straight on.

Suddenly, he raises his hand and grabs the scepter that is piercing towards his eye in the middle of the white light.

Before he can make the next move, a familiar force instantly invades his body through the scepter.

This force is full of destruction and death, and it killed three levels of cells on his arm in an instant.

If it were an ordinary person, it wouldn't just be three layers. They would turn to ashes.

But Jack doesn't care about this loss. The damaged cells quickly regenerate in an instant.

That's how powerful Superman's body's ability to regenerate its own is.

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