Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Although he wasn't short of money to repair the ceiling, having his ceiling smashed through for no reason was definitely not a good experience.

"Thor?" Lu Mingfei was stunned. "Thor, shouldn't you have come by spaceship? Where's the ore?"

“Sif is already on her way with the ore in her spaceship,” Thor said. “I had more important business to attend to, so I got here ahead of her via the Rainbow Bridge.”

"What important thing is it?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

"Your business had better be more important than my ceiling," Tony said irritably from the side.

I don't know why I'm so unlucky, but my house has been demolished several times recently.

“Actually, I can’t really explain what happened. My father just said that something that shouldn’t have appeared on Earth has appeared and asked me to help deal with it. He also said that the Ancient One would appear and that I should listen to her,” Thor said. “My father also gave me this.”

Thor raised his hand, and a golden spear made of pure metal appeared in his hand.

Lu Mingfei broke out in a cold sweat.

He recognized that gun! It was Odin's Eternal Spear!

What kind of thing has appeared on Earth that requires the weapons of the Asgardian gods to deal with? And why would it even require the Ancient One?

"The Ancient One?" Tony looked at Lu Mingfei. "The Sorcerer Supreme you mentioned?"

Lu Mingfei nodded: "I remember the Ancient One saying that her duty was only to help Earth defend against invasions from other dimensions and universes. If she were to appear, wouldn't that mean..."

“This means that forces from other universes have entered Earth,” a portal with edges made of Mars opened, and the Ancient One stepped out. “And this force that entered Earth this time is very troublesome.”

"The Ancient One!" Lu Mingfei was shocked. He hadn't expected the Ancient One to appear so soon after Thor finished speaking.

“The situation is urgent, so I’ll keep it brief,” the Ancient One said. “Loki obtained a fake Tesseract, but the fake Tesseract contains the same kind of power as the real Tesseract. When Loki activated it, it resonated with the real Tesseract, distorting space and drawing in a powerful energy entity from another universe, called the ‘Phoenix Force’.”

"Wait, what do you mean by 'the fake Tesseract contains the same kind of power as the Tesseract'?" Tony, who had made the fake Tesseract himself, looked completely bewildered.

“We can explain that later,” the Ancient One said, skipping Tony’s question and continuing, “The Phoenix Force is a powerful force that exists throughout the entire multiverse. Even the Vishanti cannot deal with the complete Phoenix Force. Fortunately, the Phoenix Force that came to this universe is only a weak fragment. Unfortunately, the fragment of the Phoenix Force is very unstable and may go berserk at any time. Moreover, it cannot be destroyed, so we should send it back to prevent it from endangering the entire Earth.”

This was the first time Lu Mingfei had ever seen the usually composed Ancient One act so decisively.

But the next second, the Ancient One said something that Lu Mingfei never expected: "Therefore, Lu Mingfei, we need your power."

"My power?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

He believed he had some strength in his near-death state, but to say that he could solve a problem that even the Ancient One found difficult was giving him too much credit.

“The Phoenix Force comes from a special multiverse,” the Ancient One explained. “Although there are countless multiverses in this world, there are also differences in the degree of similarity between them. The higher the degree of similarity between universes, the easier it is to travel between them. Conversely, universes with too much similarity are difficult to connect. This time, the Tesseract just happened to connect to a universe that we can hardly go to. This is an extremely low probability event, so it is also very difficult for us to send the Phoenix Force back.”

"Then why do you need me?" Lu Mingfei still didn't quite understand.

“Because of the power within you that allows you to travel between two universes, your ability to traverse universes surpasses even the Cosmic Cube. To give you an example,” the Ancient One said, “if our universe is only 30% connected to the universe of the Phoenix Force, making it extremely difficult to cross, then the universe you are in may be less than 5% connected to this universe, or even lower. But even so, you were able to come to this universe, so you should also be able to send the Phoenix Force back.”

“Wait a minute,” Lu Mingfei raised his hand, “Ancient One, let alone the fact that I can only travel between my own universe and this universe, even if my ability can connect to other universes, I can’t bring anything with me when I travel, let alone send the Phoenix Force back.”

“That is your power; perhaps you can try to control it,” Gu Yi said.

"It's too late to practice now!" Lu Mingfei covered his face.

This is like someone in school who has never played basketball being suddenly entrusted with a big responsibility and told, "The next BNA depends on you. You can try practicing basketball. By the way, the next game starts this afternoon, so good luck!"

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad; at worst, we'd just lose. The problem is that the opposing team's lineup consists of Alien Queens, Predators, and Terminators. Once we're on the field, forget about winning; we might not even survive!

“It’s too late,” the Ancient One suddenly looked in a certain direction. “Let’s go. Dr. Banner will come with us.”

"Can I ask for leave?" Lu Mingfei asked hesitantly, raising his hand.

“Oh, right, there’s one more thing. The Phoenix Force itself has no physical form, but sometimes it seeks a host as its vessel. Although the Phoenix Force that appeared this time took on a human form, it is essentially a fragment of power that has been transformed into the image of a certain host. It is not a real life and has no independent consciousness,” Ancient One said. “So when you attack her, you don’t have to hold back.”

"This isn't about whether we show her mercy or not, but rather hoping that she'll show some mercy in the end..." Lu Mingfei complained.

……

In a research base in the outskirts of New York.

"Why is it a woman who came?" Loki looked at Dr. Selvig. "Where is my Chitauri army?!"

“I don’t know.” Servigg shook his head blankly.

"Fine, let's try again..." Loki looked at the test bench, his eyes wide. "The Tesseract... went out?!"

On the experimental table, the once bright blue Rubik's Cube had completely dimmed.

"What... what's going on? Isn't the Tesseract supposed to have infinite energy?"

Loki strode towards the red-haired girl, brandishing his staff and shouting, "Who are you! What have you done!"

The red-haired girl tilted her head, her fiery eyes devoid of any intelligent or emotional color.

Loki's scepter gathered energy and pointed it at the girl: "Answer me!"

The red-haired girl showed no reaction.

A blue beam of energy shot from the tip of the scepter toward the girl.

A pair of wings, seemingly made of flames, bloomed around the girl, and the energy beams vanished before her.

Loki's eyes widened, and before he could react, an extremely dangerous feeling crept up his spine, and a fiery energy wind "blew" toward him.

Loki instinctively raised his scepter to shield himself. The scepter's original blue light disappeared almost instantly, turning into a bright yellow light to resist the energy wind that was "blowing" towards him.

Loki had no time to pay attention to the changes in the scepter. Although the scepter's power protected him, it also brought him a great burden.

Just as Loki felt he was about to give up, a long silver whip shot out, wrapped around his waist, and yanked him violently into the air.

Loki crashed to the ground, the scepter slipping from his hand. He struggled to lift his head and saw a familiar face: "It's you!"

Stepping out of the Ancient One's portal, Lu Mingfei glanced down at Loki, then casually flicked his wrist, sending the Silver Oak sword, transformed into a whip, tossing him into another portal made of sparks.

“He can’t escape,” the Ancient One said, stepping out of the portal. “This portal leads directly to Kamar-Taj prison.”

Lu Mingfei nodded, and the Silver Oak Sword transformed back into a longsword. He wasn't too concerned about Loki's life or death, but if Loki died on Earth, it might really develop into a diplomatic incident between Asgard and Earth. Besides, what if Thor didn't want to pay the ransom after Loki died?

Thor, Hulk, and Tony, who was wearing armor, also walked out of the portal.

Lu Mingfei stared at the large open space in front of the red-haired girl—it wasn't charred black from the flames, but rather the ground was sunken and empty, as if all matter there had been wiped out.

“Be careful, the Phoenix Force can break down and reconstruct everything,” said the Ancient One. “I can suppress it for now, the rest is up to you, Lu Mingfei.”

"What do you mean 'leave it to me'? I have no idea how to do it. Master Gu Yi, can we discuss this further?" Lu Mingfei smirked.

"It's too late. Once the Phoenix Force goes berserk, the damage it causes will be incalculable." Gu Yi spread his hands, and a prism-like transparent plane appeared in the sky, then suddenly pressed down.

Lu Mingfei felt his foot slip for a moment, then immediately felt solid again.

“This is the Mirror Dimension, and fighting here will not affect the outside world,” said the Ancient One, “but it cannot contain the Phoenix Force for too long.”

As the Ancient One's hand gestures changed, the surrounding terrain seemed to come alive, transforming to encircle the Phoenix Force. Countless magical matrices appeared out of thin air around her, and an invisible pressure was applied to the Phoenix Force. Her fiery wings on her back visibly shrank and dimmed.

"Let's go, let's go and take the lost pretty girl home!" Tony flew into the air.

Lu Mingfei raised his sword: "I have to remind you, Tony, that pretty girl in front of you is essentially an energy body that can decompose and reconstruct any matter! It's just imitating a good-looking host, so don't talk about being a gentleman!"

That said, it's really weird. Lately, he seems to be frequently encountering beautiful red-haired women, and each one of them is incredibly skilled in combat.

"Don't worry! I'm only a gentleman to real girls!" Tony raised his arms, and missiles and palm cannons from his Iron Man suit fired at the Phoenix Force simultaneously.

Phoenix Force's eyes had turned into two burning flames. She turned her head to "look" at Tony. The missiles that were fired at her disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye as soon as they got close. The Palm Cannon even retreated and landed on Tony, who was instantly blasted away.

A wall rose up, its material strangely becoming soft and elastic, catching Tony as he was being knocked away.

"Tony, how are you?" Lu Mingfei turned and asked.

“I’m fine,” Tony’s voice came from inside the armor. “I have to admit this isn’t about being a gentleman; she was really dangerous.”

"Hulk! Attack!" Hulk pounded his chest with both fists.

Lu Mingfei's golden eyes shone brightly as if burning. The power of the Word of Power acted on him, and the green color dyed his golden eyes golden-green. Then, he transformed into a green giant about the size of the Hulk.

Before coming, he specially copied the Hulk's power, and the Silver Oak Sword transformed in his hands into a giant sword that matched his size.

"Thor! Hulk! Let's go!" Lu Mingfei shouted.

“Wow, brother,” a familiar voice came from Lu Mingfei’s ear, “you’ve really messed with something big this time.”

Lu Mingfei turned his head and saw the little devil sitting on a raised piece of land, resting his chin on his hand.

163. Chapter 162 Repatriation

In the mirror space.

"Why are you showing up again?" Lu Mingfei looked at the little devil. "Don't tell me you took advantage of my vulnerability to try and get me to make a deal with you. Don't even think about it!"

“This isn’t something that can be settled with a simple deal,” the little devil shook his head. “Faced with fragments of the Phoenix Force, let alone a devil, even God would have a headache.”

"Damn, you can't handle this either?" Lu Mingfei gasped.

“That depends on your definition of ‘getting it done’, brother. Destroying the Phoenix Force is impossible, but sending it away is not impossible,” the little devil said. “Strictly speaking, the Phoenix Force in front of you is just a fragment within a fragment, and it doesn’t even have its own thoughts. Everything it’s doing now is just a reaction to external stimuli.”

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment: "Wait, if she won't act without external stimulation, then why not just leave her where she is?"

“The Phoenix Force exists throughout the entire multiverse. Every universe has the Phoenix Force, and this universe is no exception. It’s just that the Phoenix Force in this universe is not active,” the little devil shook his head. “If this fragment exists for a long time, it may activate the Phoenix Force in this world. At that time… Brother, have you ever heard of Sodom?”

"The city in the Bible that was destroyed by God with sulfur and fire?" Lu Mingfei had learned about this when he watched anime.

“Then the whole Earth will be Sodom,” the little devil shrugged. “Of course I don’t care. As long as you give the order, I can take you to another safe planet. You haven’t sold your soul to me yet, how could I bear to let you die?”

"Your expression right now looks just like a bank telling a major creditor, 'You haven't even finished paying off your loan yet, so you absolutely must stay healthy,'" Lu Mingfei quipped, then asked, "Do you know how to send the Phoenix Force back?"

“As long as you can touch her, I can send her away,” the little devil said. “But you can’t touch her now. Although she looks like a human, that’s just an appearance. Her body is made entirely of phoenix power. As soon as you get close to her body, the part you touch will be broken down by the phoenix power.”

“Of course, losing a hand is a minor matter; it will grow back. But you won’t be able to truly touch her this way,” the little devil said, raising a hand. “To touch her, your body must regenerate at a rate equal to or greater than the rate at which it is being broken down.”

"It sounds painful." Lu Mingfei twitched the corner of his mouth.

“Your Word of Power is called ‘Mirror Eye’. It can copy power, but the power you have copied so far is not enough,” the little devil said. “I will provide you with two more powers. With the three powers combined, it may be able to help you withstand her decomposition for the time being.”

"Let me make this clear first, I will not sell my soul!" Lu Mingfei instantly became alert.

“We don’t accept souls,” the little devil said.

"You're really that kind?" Lu Mingfei asked suspiciously.

“I don’t accept souls, but that doesn’t mean it’s free,” the little devil said. “In exchange, you have to do me a favor.”

"What's the deal?"

The little devil stared at the Phoenix Force and licked his lips: "Let me bite her."