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"Damn it!" Darkseid only felt a powerful source of gravity tearing his body apart. He almost gave up everything to resist being captured, and continuously released the power of the Omega Effect as a booster to force himself out of the capture of gravity.
He still had the strength to do this. But the surrounding demon-like army and the satellites under his feet were torn apart and then covered the giant's body, being torn and swallowed, becoming part of the giant's surface armor.
"It looks like a black hole." Stephen gasped as he looked at the giant's location. If he didn't seize the opportunity, even he would have a hard time resisting this gravitational pull. His physical fitness was still inferior to that of gods like Thor and Darkseid.
"He's been caught in gravity," Thor said, shaking his head as he watched Darkseid struggle to break free from the force. He believed Darkseid had a way to counter this attack, but he also trusted Luke to take countermeasures. In this balancing act, Thor trusted Luke more. Faced with this situation, he could only try to unlock more of Star Swirl's power, then use it to forcibly break the attack.
Darkseid on the field was just as Thor said, although he was always retreating, gravity was also pulling him back. The current situation was that he could forcibly escape a distance, but he was always within the capture range of the giant's gravity.
Darkseid's gaze suddenly turned to the depths of the starry sky, in the direction of Thor and the others. Two Omega Effects snaked out again. For Darkseid, the power of the Omega Effect could not only be used for attack, but also allow him to move freely in space and time as if they were opened up when the enemy escaped.
Simply put, this could achieve a kind of alternate space-time jump. With only a constantly moving target point, the Omega Effect would continuously break through obstacles along the way. The passages opened along the way could be treated by Darkseid as portals, allowing him to instantly shift through space and time. However, this shift depended on the target's landing point, not his own.
The purpose of Darkseid releasing the Omega Effect in the direction where Thor and the others were hiding was to blast out such a [channel] so that he could escape the giant's strange and difficult-to-escape gravitational capture.
However, the released Omega Effect suddenly twisted again when it bypassed the giant, and fell on the giant, causing an explosion.
"It seems I'm right. The Titan forcibly captured the power of the Omega Effect. But how did he do it? Didn't the intelligence say that the Omega Effect is bound to hit its target? I saw Darkseid was targeting us, right?" Thor watched the entire process, his tone full of confusion. He had already prepared to block the attack and attempted a counterattack.
"I think..." Stephen frowned. He was sensitive enough to sense something was amiss, or rather, something unusual that made him feel uncomfortable. But the entire battle process seemed perfectly normal.
"What did you find?" Thor asked curiously, seeing Stephen's frown. Everything seemed normal to him. There was nothing unusual with either the Titans or Darkseid.
The only thing he couldn't understand was that the Omega effect would always fall on the giant.
Darkseid, who was in the battle zone, was forced to fight the Titan. He didn't even know how the Titan suddenly appeared beside him. There was no spatial fluctuation, but it suddenly caught up with him.
In the past, he had a boundless army of demon-like creatures that could hold any enemy host captive, but now, even the largest of them was useless against this giant. Even if the enemy did nothing but stand still, the demon-like creatures that entered the gravitational capture zone would be like a meat grinder. They would be torn apart and devoured completely.
Darkseid can resist this gravity and can fight the giants in close combat with it, but he is greatly restricted and the whole battle process makes him feel extremely slow and depressed.
He even vaguely sensed that he had forgotten many important things, and that something unidentified was amiss during the battle. However, he was completely unable to process it, or figure out where these anomalies came from.
"Has it been ages since he's used the Omega Effect? He's just thrown away his advantage and engaged in a head-on battle with that Titan?" Watching Darkseid being sent flying by the Titan and then pulled back by gravity, Thor was puzzled. In this situation, shouldn't he have used the Omega Effect to unleash his furious attacks? After all, the power of the Omega Effect was far greater than his own fists and weapons.
Thor didn't think Darkseid was such a stupid person, but because of this, he felt that the battle in the distance that seemed extremely fierce and normal seemed very abnormal!
"How do you know he hasn't used it?" Stephen's face showed a slight surprise mixed with interest. He seemed to have figured out something and asked Thor back.
"He is really useless?" Thor thought carefully and said seriously.
"If my guess is correct, he has used the Omega effect many times. Or, he has used the Omega effect many times without even knowing it." Stephen looked at the giant on the battlefield with shining eyes, who seemed to only know how to punch and fight, as if he wanted to see something from it.
"What did you see?" Thor was a little confused by what Stephen said, so he asked directly.
"Time! It's the power of time! Because I've used the Time Stone, I'm very sensitive to the power of time! What I've always felt strange about was the abnormality of time!" Stephen stopped being a riddler and frankly stated his inference: "I don't know if my inference is correct, but it's obvious that this giant possesses the power of time. Or rather, he possesses the power to cut time!"
"The cutting power of time?" Thor was a little dazed.
"The battle between the two is a staged movie, and we are the audience. But the only difference is that the giant on the scene, as one of the protagonists, still has the right to direct and edit. In other words, it's not that Darkseid didn't use the power of the Omega Effect, but that the beginning, the process, and the result of his use were all cut out."
"Cut off what's harmful to him, and keep what he can accept. That way, won't he always be the victor?" Thor marveled at the Titan's power after hearing Stephen's words, and felt a faint pity for Darkseid as he battled him. Faced with an opponent possessing such power, even a powerful being like Darkseid could only enter the realm chosen by the Titan.
"That's not the case. While this ability involves time, I always feel it should be distinguished from time itself. Furthermore, while the power of time is powerful, there are ways to resist it and even counter it. The strength of the Titan lies in how he transforms the battle process into a performance. You don't have to worry about encountering enemies like the Titan. The prerequisites for using this kind of time-modified power are necessarily demanding.
For example, if you want to cut out a scene, you can't leave it with obvious loopholes. For example, if you have Darkseid use the Omega Effect, you can't cut out the subsequent hit. That would be too obvious, and the opponent would immediately notice it and try to exploit and exploit it. Again, time is powerful, but it's not a final force.
To do this, he first needs to possess the ability to read the future. Mastering foresight allows him to precisely cut out the future before it activates and piece together another scene. Stephen carefully sensed the battlefield ahead, meticulously detecting subtle changes that might otherwise be overlooked, and replied to Tordao with caution.
"In that case, Darkseid will also discover the abnormality, right? After all, it is impossible for him not to use the Omega Effect. Will he not realize his abnormality?" Thor always has some amazing intuition in battle. If it were him, even if his combat power was cut off and his thunder force burst was eliminated, he thought he would be able to realize that something was wrong after repeated cutting.
"What if thoughts, ideas, and so on are all included in the time of being cut? That is to say, every time he wants to use the Omega Effect, no matter how many times it is cut, it will be the first time in his cognition." The Eye of Agamotto on Stephen's chest helps his spiritual tentacles to be more sensitive.
Thor shook his head. Even so, he felt he could still detect something unusual. He trusted his combat instincts.
"Of course, as time passes, the likelihood of discovering anomalies will increase." Stephen added as he watched the battlefield. "Darkseid should have noticed something was wrong, but he probably can't pinpoint the problem just yet. If he's not sensitive to time, then he's probably thinking the Titans are using some means to block his power."
He's currently probing, trying to figure out where the problem lies. His strength gives him the ability to discern anomalies and attempt to resolve them. He must still have some secrets."
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It's like this again!
The moment Darkseid used the Omega Effect, he once again discovered a giant who suddenly appeared in front of him, as if forcing him to block at the right time and thus give up releasing the Omega Effect.
As his body creaked under the hammer, his mind remained clear as never before, and he quickly took control of his numb body. He realized that at that moment, something must have happened, which led to the failure of the Omega Effect.
Attack block?
He didn't need to make any extra moves, just the instantaneous release of the Omega Effect was enough to resist and wipe out the enemy's attacks. It was precisely because of this belief that he was repeatedly attacked by the giant.
What caused the failure of the Omega Effect, which was once so easy to use?
It seems normal to be forced to give up, but when it is combined again and again, it is enough for Darkseid to delve into the abnormality.
The giants brought him enormous pressure. Just with that powerful strength, Darkseid felt that he was unable to resist. He had always been proud of his strength, and the physique of the new gods also gave him unparalleled strength. He never thought that one day, he would be afraid of close combat with others with super speed, super strength, super life, super endurance, and super recovery ability.
But the reality was that he was truly at a disadvantage. Without the power to unleash the Omega Effect, even with his vast combat experience, he struggled to inflict effective damage against the massive giant. The opponent's body was as dense as a neutron star, and its surface was protected by a powerful unknown force. He had previously absorbed multiple Omega Effect explosions without a single iota of damage.
Two particle beams suddenly erupted from the giant's eyes, piercing space and landing directly on Darkseid's raised hammer. The powerful thrust, coupled with the constant pull of gravity, pinned Darkseid to the spot, forcing him to bear the brunt of this sudden energy attack.
In just a moment, Darkseid's hammer-held shield was breached, and then, he was completely engulfed and enveloped by the beam. It was as if a beam of energy shot from the depths of the void struck a meteorite floating in the middle of the road, and the magnificent explosion instantly turned into a dazzling light.
At the center of the dazzling light, Darkseid, enveloped by it, waited until the light dissipated, revealing his shattered and miserable form. His artifact-grade protective armor had crumbled to sap, clinging tightly to his rock-like skin. The powerful attack force of the energy beam not only directly destroyed his armor but also caused considerable damage to his body. Several of his organs suffered severe damage, some completely losing function. He remained alive and able to move only because of his immense vitality and resilience. But even so, his current state was already at its limit.
He could still force himself to continue fighting, but no matter what, he couldn't and didn't have the time to recover his condition.
A more powerful energy beam shot out from a distance, striking the charred Darkseid once again. A magnificent explosion of light appeared in the void once again, brighter and more dazzling than the last time.
"Dead?"
A green coating covered Stephen's eyes, reducing the damage to his eyes from the light while allowing him to observe the battle scene more clearly. Just now, he sensitively noticed that Darkseid's life force had suddenly declined. Now, like a candle in the wind, he was dying.