"A month ago?"
"Yes."
Os, the one-eared man, explained, "The demon… Skull Island is surrounded by a massive, violent storm system. If you're not familiar with the route, you'll be torn apart by this storm system once you enter."
Speaking of which.
The one-eared man took a sharp breath, easing the pain in his ear, then continued to look at Howard, "Miss and Mr. Peter suspect that if Mr. and Mrs. Peter hadn't died in an accident over a decade ago, they should be on that Skull Island."
Howard raised an eyebrow at that.
"Howard Peter and Mary Peter?"
"Yes."
"Did only Peter and Felicia go up?"
"There was also a squad of eight soldiers. Due to the time window, according to the plan, we, the people outside, were supposed to deliver a month's worth of supplies that day."
"That was the day after we were attacked."
"The result…"
"Our people were all killed, and even the modified helicopter transporting the supplies was taken by them."
"Fortunately, they didn't touch the supplies, which is why I'm still alive."
"Otherwise…"
At this point, the one-eared man shook his head with a sigh.
Then he bared his teeth, instinctively wanting to cover his aching ear, but as soon as his hand touched it, his expression twisted into a wail.
It really looked painful.
Not faked.
Howard thought to himself, and after the one-eared man calmed down with a cold breath, he continued to ask, "Where is Skull Island? Point the direction."
The one-eared man heard this, took a broken compass from his pocket, checked it, and pointed to the east.
"There, if you fly about fifty kilometers further in that direction, you'll see a massive storm system."
"The compass will fail there."
"This is the closest safe distance, and that's why this experimental Base was built here."
"Thank you."
Howard thanked the one-eared man in front of him, then prepared to leave.
The one-eared man was stunned.
"Wait, when will the reinforcements arrive? My ear."
"They're here."
"Where?!"
The one-eared man happily walked to the window, looking at the vast sea outside that had already turned to night, then turned around, looking bewilderedly at Howard.
But…
Where was Howard's Shadow?
"Hiss!"
"Where did he go?"
The one-eared man looked at the empty doorway, and a chill instantly shot up, reaching the top of his head, causing him to shiver involuntarily.
Before long.
Howard had already arrived in front of the massive storm system that the one-eared man had mentioned, and without stopping, he plunged directly into the heart of the massive storm system.
The next second.
The world changed color.
Rumble!
Within the massive storm system, equally massive, constantly striking, multicolored lightning illuminated the churning dark clouds around them.
Similarly, within this massive storm cloud, there were countless huge vortices, swirling, and even lightning that was caught in them would be instantly torn apart.
Howard swiftly moved through it.
Various lightning bolts of different colors and types constantly flashed around him, accompanied by a red light, a red lightning bolt as thick as a bucket struck directly towards Howard.
Just as this lightning bolt was about to touch Howard, his figure flickered in place, and he had already left the lightning bolt behind him.
He had originally wanted to test if his physical body could withstand lightning.
But at that moment, he suddenly remembered the time on Mars when Thor unleashed his power and summoned thunder, the incredibly exhilarating feeling of countless lightning bolts striking his body, which instantly made him abandon the idea of tasting this red lightning.
After abandoning the idea of seeking abuse, Howard's speed increased once again, and before long, he burst out of this thick storm system.
The next second.
It was as if the world had changed.
"Wow!"
Howard, who had burst out of the dark storm system behind him, floated silently in the air, looking at the scene before him, and couldn't help but exclaim.
As far as the eye could see!
The sky was blue, a deep, deep blue.
The clouds were White, the kind of snow White.
And the Water below was black, the kind of black that you couldn't see the bottom of.
Clear Water is shallow, green Water is deep, black Water is an abyss!
It's just…
"That's not right."
"It was already dark outside when I came in, wasn't it?"
"Here…"
"Is time messed up?"
Howard looked up at the azure sky, recalling the scene when it was already dark when he first entered, and first ruled out the incorrect answer that he had traveled through the storm clouds for an entire night.
It took him at most less than three minutes to pass through the storm clouds.
And even then, two minutes of that time were spent considering whether or not to taste the multicolored lightning in the storm clouds.
But now, the sky outside is dark, while the sky here is daytime, which can only indicate one thing.
The time here is also somewhat chaotic due to the thick, massive storm system surrounding it, which looks exactly like a donut.
As Howard thought, his gaze very smoothly locked onto the Skull Island that the one-eared man had mentioned.
Actually, there was no need to search.
Because in this vast, calm sea, there was only that one island, and it was exactly as the one-eared man described it; from a distance, the entire island indeed looked exactly like a giant skull.
This reminded Howard of a peculiar place that existed in the Marvel Universe.
The Land of Nihility.
It is said that the Land of Nihility was formed from the head of an ancient God, and the flow of time within the Land of Nihility is also different from that outside.
So…
Is this also caused by the head of a God?
Howard thought, looking at the giant island not far away that looked exactly like a skull.
The island was covered by dense vegetation in most areas, with tall trees and intertwined vines.
In the center of the island, there seemed to be a steep peak and a deep valley.
The island was also dotted with mountains, and multiple waterfalls cascaded down from the mountains.
However…
Looking at it this way, it seems there are no traces of living creatures on the island.
Howard thought to himself, controlling his posture, and flew towards the nearby Skull Island.
But just as he was about to reach the coastline of Skull Island, a sudden pressure instantly swept over him.
In just a moment.
He felt his energy being frantically suppressed.
"Damn it!"
"What the hell?!"
Feeling himself about to crash, Howard quickly flew back, and after leaving the coastline of Skull Island, once his energy stabilized, he couldn't help but curse under his breath, then looked at the seemingly ordinary, but now incredibly magical Skull Island with a look of surprise and uncertainty.
But he was sure that the feeling just now was not an illusion.
He was too familiar with this feeling.
When he was still on the continent of Africa, his first encounter with Mephisto, although Mephisto did not show his face that time, the terrifying tremor emanating from Mephisto, who had projected from Hell and borrowed the body of Hell Hulk to speak with him, was almost identical to the tremor he had just felt.
That was the invisible suppression of a superior being over an inferior one.
"So…"
"Is this Skull Island really the head of a true God?"
Howard's thoughts churned, and he stood outside Skull Island with an uncertain expression, looking at the Skull Island that had seemed ordinary just now, but now appeared incredibly magical.
Frankly speaking, he didn't really want to go in.
A wise man does not stand under a tottering wall.
He was a bit unsure of the nature of this mysterious Skull Island. What if there was really some danger inside? Although he wouldn't die, he would only experience Nirvana.
But the taste of Nirvana wasn't pleasant either.
Even for the Phoenix itself, everyone knows that after one Nirvana, its combat power can greatly increase, but you don't see the Phoenix undergoing Nirvana first when fighting.
Just then.
A sudden roar erupted.
The next second.
Howard, who was quietly suspended in the air outside Skull Island, saw a commotion in the dense forest below, followed by a huge tree seemingly being uprooted by something, then whistling like a meteorite towards him.
"Good heavens!"
"There really is a master."
Howard saw this, muttered to himself, then swung his right fist.
Boom!
Under the Supersonic Punch, the fist wind whistled, but at the moment it entered the range of Skull Island, its speed sharply decreased to an ordinary Sonic Punch, but even so, it still blasted the incoming giant tree into endless wood chips.
In an instant, endless wood chips fell like rain, instantly turning the forest below a yellowish-brown.
At the same time—
Howard also saw what the creature that had just thrown the giant tree at him was.
He just looked down at the creature that stood upright in the rainforest, exposed to his view, and his expression was a bit stunned.
A terrifying creature, similar to an ape but infinitely closer to a human in its upright walking posture, appeared before Howard's eyes. It was about thirty to thirty-two meters tall, with a massive physique that was suffocating to humans, extremely developed and terrifying shoulder and back muscles, and a body covered in coarse, dark fur.
"This is…"
Howard looked at this massive, terrifying ape-like creature, his expression visibly changing from initial curiosity to astonishment, and then to his current confusion: "King Kong?"
Jesus Christ God.
How in the world could King Kong be here?
How did King Kong end up in the Marvel Universe?
Wait a minute.
By the way, isn't there a special issue that depicts the Avengers fighting King Kong? (There really is such a comic, and there's also the Avengers fighting Transformers. I'm still debating whether to add Transformers too.)
Howard thought to himself, then looked at King Kong, who had just appeared, and instinctively gasped.
The next second.
Standing in the dense forest on the island, King Kong, who possessed a pair of eyes that revealed wisdom and a sense of responsibility, looked at Howard, who was suspended outside his home and had just unleashed a terrifying aura. He spread his arms and let out an angry roar, facing the enemy who was trying to invade his home.
"Roar!"
"Get out! Leave my home!"
"…"
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