Chapter 953: Chapter 790: Internal Decision_3

Tony immediately became on guard, with the Iron Armor covering his body once again.

“Hey, something’s off about her. Is she cursed or something?”

“No, she’s distorting time to heal herself.”

Although Tao Yu’s talent for time was slightly inferior to that of space, her three Deifications still made her quite formidable!

She could clearly feel the Chaos and Distortion of time around the Ancient One.

The reversal, interspersion, and complex manipulation of time were far more intricate than her own limit of Time Stop.

It seemed like she was continuously segmenting, cutting away the Pollution piece by piece and casting it into other temporal dimensions.

Using an unpolluted past version of herself to distribute the pressure.

After a moment of seizure-like slideshow, accompanied by a shake of her head, the rotten flesh on her face seemed to have been discarded, restoring her to her normal appearance.

“My apologies to the guests.”

The initiation of spatial teleportation was already quite astonishing, but still understandable.

Theories of spatial folding and jumping were something Tony could accept.

But the scene before him was truly beyond his common sense!

What the hell!

“No offense taken, no offense. It was presumptuous of me to start, please feel free to continue, Master.”

Tony nodded with not quite a standard gesture of hands pressed together.

At the beginning, it seemed he had been rather offensive…

“Actually, Mr. Stark, you were also one of my choices. You have the potential to become the Supreme Mage.”

The Ancient One didn’t mind Tony’s transgression, as she was well aware of his character.

Holding the Time Gem, she had seen so very much…

“Master, can you still observe the future normally?”

Tao Yu was curious to ask on the side.

He wondered if his intervention was part of the future she saw.

And the Ancient One seemed to know exactly what Tao Yu wanted to ask, simply shaking her head and saying,

“Since I dared to contact the Abyss, the Eye of Agamotto has been severely damaged. Although I can still make some predictions, they are all fragmented, and the future is unclear.”

“But if it weren’t for the fact that I was also eroded, this sensation would be quite… pleasant.”

The Ancient One was somewhat reflective.

The reason she chose to pass on her mantle was not only because she valued Stephen, but also the profound sense of loneliness in the stream of time was a significant factor.

Simply put, she was depressed.

And since the Time Gem came in contact with the Abyss and was affected, the Ancient One actually felt more relaxed.

Then, she gave Tao Yu a deep look and said,

“Moreover, in every fragment of the future I saw, there was no trace of you, the guest. You seem to be completely detached from the World, a true Outsider.”

Hearing the Ancient One’s words, Tao Yu found it quite normal. Whether it was his status as an Outsider, his habitual Divination disturbances, or his own Divinity, all could lead to such a change.

“So I changed my mind in the end. Although Stephen is indeed the most outstanding disruptor of all generations, he is still within the game. Only you, the guest, are able to shoulder such a heavy responsibility…”

Tao Yu was nodding along to the side, but upon hearing this, he suddenly felt a bit bewildered.

What’s going on?

“So, I would like you to become the next Supreme Mage to guard this World.”

“Me? No way, I can’t shoulder that kind of burden.”

Tao Yu waved his hand dismissively, still preferring Stephen to take up the mantle, as he was merely a passerby in this World.

“…The Eye of Agamotto, the Book of Vishanti, and the Book of the Dark Arts will all be passed on to you, the guest, as the legacy of the Supreme Mage.”

“Guarding the World? That does seem like something I’m supposed to do after being acknowledged by the Thunder God’s Hammer, it sounds rather tempting…”

Tao Yu spoke earnestly.

He had never expected this; he had been coveting the Mind Stone, but now it seemed he could first get his hands on the Time Gem?

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[Time Gem*Eye of Agamotto*Abyss-Polluted Heart of the World]: This represents the temporal origin from the birth of the universe, containing the secrets of endless time, controlled through Secret Techniques to harness some of the primal powers of time, afflicted by Abyss Pollution resulting in temporal disarray…

As Tao Yu held the Eye of Agamotto in his hand, he was slightly stupefied.

The Time Gem was peculiar, and Tao Yu felt that he could directly absorb its Power to fulfill his new Talent; this vast Power of the World was much greater than the less than one percent of the previous two fragments.

In total, if all six Infinite Gems were gathered, his new Talent would definitely come to fruition.

Key is that absorbing the Infinite Gems themselves would surely bring some additional benefits to him.

Just like with the Silmaril and He’s Jade Disc, leaving this World wouldn’t make it too exaggerated, but it would definitely be advantageous.

Otherwise, given the unique nature of the Time Gem as the sole origin in the current World, purely as an item, it would depart as almost comparable to those items kept by the Time Administration.

However, on another note, if he chooses not to directly absorb it for the time being, he could also utilize the control techniques passed down by the Supreme Mage to harness its power in this World.

The Power of the Time Gem is formidable, but mastering this power is difficult. Apart from the Infinity Gauntlet, the Ancient One used the Eye of Agamotto to encapsulate the Time Gem for its utilization.

“Unfortunately, although I’m not afraid of Pollution, its abilities are indeed quite restricted before I absorb it.”