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Chapter 256 Dormammu

Just as he and the Ancient One had guessed, Dormammu did not devour all those who had been banished.

This wasn't because Dormammu was particularly kind-hearted, but because many of these people were troublesome individuals that even He found difficult to deal with.

Just like Varna, the vampire who was first banished to the Dark Dimension by the Ancient One. This guy was once a friend of the Ancient One, and together they studied the Dark Book, which represents the pinnacle of black magic.

Judging solely from their strength, Varna is indeed no match for Dormammu.

Unfortunately, this guy possesses a lot of forbidden-level dark magic. Even if he is no match for Dormammu, he has the ability to drag Dormammu and the Dark Dimension into self-destruction.

For example, the summoning spell that allows communication with the beholder Shuma Glass...

Under these circumstances, Dormammu naturally wouldn't dare to push too far.

Therefore, He reached an agreement with powerful dark magicians such as Varna, deciding to temporarily leave them in the Dark Dimension to work together against their common enemy, the Ancient One.

Of course, not everyone is qualified to speak with Dormammu.

Those weaker dark mages could not escape the fate of being devoured by Dormammu.

However, these dark mages and dark creatures were far too weak, and even if they were devoured, there would be no benefit to them.

Therefore, Varna, who was once a lord, gave a suggestion: Dormammu should establish a rule of mutual devouring and use the method of raising venomous insects to cultivate these dark creatures.

Once they become stronger, they will devour them to gain more power and knowledge.

Moreover, when dealing with Earth in the future, these powerful dark creatures can also serve as the vanguard, depleting the Earth's remaining forces besides the Ancient One.

From this perspective, the shadow bat wasn't lying; it was just hiding some of the truth.

As for why the shadow bat wasn't worried about being devoured by Dormammu, that has to do with the hierarchy of the Dark Dimension.

Aside from Varna and others at the very top, as well as the native creatures who were originally Dormammu followers, the exiled creatures can be roughly divided into four classes.

The lowest level consists of souls within irregular crystals.

Defeated in the struggle, they were imprisoned within crystals, enduring endless torment, which in turn generated a constant stream of negative emotions, providing energy for the dark dimension.

At an even higher level are newcomers like Lin Yu who have not yet been devoured.

They are prey for other dark creatures, either devoured by them or forced to devour others.

Once a newcomer devours another, it will automatically advance to become a second-level dark creature.

The more dark energy they devour, the more their minds are twisted and corrupted, thus ascending again to become dark energy creatures like shadow bats.

At this point, they are essentially Dormammu's retinue and vassals.

Their entire body's energy originally belonged to Dormammu, so they naturally didn't need to worry about being devoured by Dormammu.

This is why Dormammu devoured mostly second-tier dark creatures.

Lin Yu is now at this level, but with the invasion of Earth imminent, Dormammu needs this dark army, and therefore has not devoured any creatures for some time.

Judging from this, Lin Yu doesn't need to worry about facing Dormammu ahead of time.

"In that case, I won't be polite!"

Feeling the rich dark energy within his body, Lin Yu couldn't help but grin. He immediately flapped his black wings, flew away from the star, and began searching for other creatures in the dark dimension.

In just half a day, he devoured no fewer than ten dark creatures.

Each of these dark creatures was no less powerful than the Shadow Bats from before.

The presence of more than ten dark creatures caused Lin Yu's dark dragon body to surge in power, increasing its size from about 100 meters to 400 meters, and its wingspan to nearly 1,000 meters.

Such efficient killing and devouring naturally attracted the attention of Dormammu, the lord of the Dark Dimension.

But when He discovered that the dark dragon's body was filled with His own dark energy, and that only its energy was outstanding, without showing any other noteworthy abilities, He withdrew His gaze and stopped paying attention.

After all, energy is just a numerical value.

Numerical values ​​are meaningless to Him, the Lord of the Dark Dimension.

Only those with peculiar mechanisms, like Varna, can truly attract His attention.

Similarly, simply accumulating energy is meaningless to Lin Yu.

The reason he devoured so enthusiastically was actually because of something else.

After discovering these things, Lin Yu belatedly realized that these things might be the real reason why the Ancient One had sent him to infiltrate the undercover mission...

Because the Dark Dimension exists independently of the universe, its spacetime rules are different from those of the outside world.

This resulted in Lin Yu's sensory time being delayed by a week, and the Ancient One, who was supposed to arrive a day later, finally arrived late.

The instant the Ancient One descended, a white magic force, which was extremely abhorrent to dark creatures, swept out and spread throughout the entire dark dimension at an terrifying speed.

Lin Yu, who had just devoured a dark creature, stopped. His enormous dragon head, as large as a small mountain, rumbled and looked in the direction of the white magic power.

In an instant, the crimson dragon eyes pierced through thousands of miles and saw the white-bearded old man descending on a decaying planet.

Without a doubt, this was the white-bearded Ancient One he knew best!
But unlike the mischievous old man Lin Yu remembered, the current Ancient One had a solemn expression, her whole body radiating holy white light, and her white robe billowing without wind under the surrounding energy, exuding righteousness and unyielding might.

"...Is this the Ancient One?"

Lin Yu looked surprised, as if it was the first time he had seen the old man so serious.

Just then, the energy around the decaying planet surged violently. The dark energy seemed inexhaustible, condensing above the planet into a black mist hand comparable to the planet itself, which slammed down on the Ancient One below.

In an instant, a massive black mist hand blotted out the sky and the sun, pressing down with terrifying energy.

But the Ancient One's expression did not change at all. She calmly made hand gestures and held up the Eye of Agamotto on her chest.

"Om-"

The next second, the Eye of Agamotto worn on his chest suddenly opened and closed, and an incomparably vast holy energy surged out from it, condensing into a huge phantom eye behind him. The magnificent power of white magic spread out as the giant eye took shape, and in just an instant, it was like a flood, easily destroying the giant black mist hand that blotted out the sky.

The black mist was dispelled, the energy was expelled, and even the decaying planet beneath their feet regained some vitality in the white light.

Ancient One, radiating white light, with the giant eye phantom behind her and a white light shield around her, calmly and indifferently said:

"Dormammu, stop with your boring tricks!"

"Before the power of the divine All-Seeing One, all impurities will be reduced to nothingness!"

The soft words spread in all directions, and the entire dark dimension seemed to fall silent for a moment.

The next moment——

"The Ancient One!!!"

A roar filled with anger and hatred came from the void.

Following closely behind was an aura of evil, darkness, coldness, and decay.

Countless dark purple flames surged wildly from the surrounding void, continuously converging in front of the decaying celestial body, eventually coalescing into a hideous giant face larger than a star.

"boom!"

In the next instant, eyes comparable to stars suddenly opened, dark purple flames burning fiercely in the pupils, looking down at the tiny white figure on the planet.

From afar, he appears as a towering giant standing amidst the stars, with the surrounding planets merely playthings in his hands, and even the dangerous and deadly cosmic storms being nothing more than a breath from his mouth and nose.

It must be admitted that, in terms of sheer energy accumulation, this guy is undoubtedly the strongest person Lin Yu has ever seen.

Even his current golden core clone is no match for Dormammu in a simple energy contest.

However, just because the numbers are inferior does not mean that the mechanism is inferior.

Just like the All-Seeing Power that the Ancient One just used, it is an ability that comes with the Eye of Agamotto in the comics, and it has a strong restraining power against various undead and dark creatures.

Even the mighty Lord of the Dark Dimension is extremely wary of this power.

Gazing at the colossal face before him, so immense that its entirety was obscured, Gu Yitai shone with a powerful light, looking directly into those star-like purple eyes and calmly said:
"Stop, Dormammu!"

"Considering you've imprisoned many criminals for me in the past, if you back down now, I might spare your life..."

"So you're the Sorcerer Supreme!" Dormammu sneered. "I admit, your white magic is indeed troublesome, but unfortunately for you, your opponent today is not me!"

Before the words were finished, figures emerged from the surrounding darkness.

Even Lin Yu sensed a pulling force, as if some power was calling to him.

A thought struck him, and he immediately followed the force to cross space and arrive in front of the giant face.

In an instant, powerful dark auras emanated from my side.

Lin Yu blinked and looked around with interest, discovering that he was surrounded by powerful dark creatures, some of which were powerful creatures he had never seen before and were not much weaker than this dark dragon body.

Among these auras, the most powerful undoubtedly belonged to the three figures at the very front who maintained their human forms.

The leader was dressed in a black, pointed-collar robe, with pale skin, pointed ears and teeth, looking like a vampire. He was none other than Varna, whom the Ancient One had mentioned before.

As for the other two, Lin Yu didn't recognize them, but he figured they must be Ancient One's mortal enemies on Earth.

As expected, after they appeared, all three of them had cold expressions, and their gazes toward the Ancient One revealed a hint of anger and hatred.

Varna, who was in the lead, spoke first, sneering, "Old friend, we meet again!"

“Varna…”

Ancient One glanced at Varna with a complicated expression, then turned to Dormammu and said calmly, "It seems you've really gone to great lengths to deal with me."

"Unfortunately, I already knew that!"

Dormammu's expression changed upon hearing this, as if he understood what the Ancient One meant.

Gu Yi chuckled and said, "That's right, your opponent today isn't me either!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding dark space remained... completely calm.

Gu Yi's smile froze, and he said with a dark face, "Lord Lin?"

The sound spread, but there was still no movement around. Dormammu's surprise and doubt gradually faded, and he couldn't help but sneer.

Just as he was about to mock the Ancient One, a muffled voice suddenly came from behind Varna and the others.

"Don't rush, don't rush, let me finish this one first!"

The sudden sound startled Varna and the others, who quickly turned around to look. They saw a huge dark dragon hovering in the void behind them, tearing at the dark creatures under its claws.

Seeing this, Dormammu finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

He had long since noticed the dark dragon's actions, but because the dragon's body was filled with his own dark energy, he had simply ignored it!
"Gu Yi, Gu Yi, you've really lost your mind!"

"Does this little dragon even deserve to be Dormammu's opponent?"

Dormammu chuckled and immediately mobilized his consciousness, attempting to transform the dark dragon into his own servant.

But at that moment, a will far superior to Him surged forth, not only instantly shattering His consciousness but also erasing the imprint He left in the dark energy, permanently taking that energy from His hands.

How can this be? !
Dormammu was horrified.

But he quickly realized what was happening, his star-like eyes fixed on the seemingly tiny dark dragon.

"...You are also a Dimensional Lord?"

(End of this chapter)