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"Mephisto may have already appeared on Earth, or perhaps some other dimensional civilization. I'm not entirely sure."

Upon hearing Stephen Strange's words, Lanlock nodded and then spoke:

"In that case, let's speed things up."

Nolan Locke then opened a portal and went to the magical location they had detected.

They appeared in a very small city that seemed unremarkable, but the moment Nolan Locke arrived, he immediately sensed a tremendous energy emanating from it.

This energy carried a familiar aura, which was naturally Morpheus's aura. Nolan Locke's expression changed drastically upon sensing this aura.

Nolan Locke wasn't the only one whose expression changed drastically.

Stephen Strange's expression wasn't any better; in fact, it was even more unpleasant. This was because he sensed not only Mephisto's aura but also another aura that appeared alongside it. This aura felt extremely familiar, so much so that he could immediately guess its identity.

It was clearly Dormammu, the Dark Lord of Hell whom he frequently dealt with. He never expected that not only Morpheus but also Dormammu would actually appear here. Stephen Strange's face was extremely grim. He spoke to Nolan Locke:

"I remember you said before that Dormammu and Mephisto were both seriously injured. How could they dare to appear on Earth? Aren't they afraid of dying?!"

Nolan Locke glanced at Steve Strange and then explained, "If I'm not mistaken, what appeared on Earth wasn't their true form, but rather their clones. If they're just sending out some clone energy bodies, then it probably won't have a significant impact on their main bodies."

Stephen Strange also accepted the idea.

He was certainly aware of the situation he was facing, but he found it hard to accept. The problem was no longer just about four people, but six.

Each of these six individuals is incredibly powerful, and relying on their combined strength to deal with them would be no easy task. Fortunately, he has Nolan Locke by his side.

Nolan Locke is the most powerful being on Earth. As long as Nolan Locke's expression remains steadfast, it's not a major problem for him.

He glanced at Ruolan, but Nolan Locke's expression remained calm, as if he had not encountered any terrifying powerhouse at all.

Seeing this, Stephen Strange's expression calmed down. Since Nolan Locke hadn't shown any concern today, he naturally had nothing to fear. After all, with Nolan Locke around, he believed they could definitely defeat any opponent before them.

Chapter 361: Strike first to gain the upper hand

Ghost Rider and his crew never expected that Nolan Locke and Stephen Strange would appear here.

In their minds, they were the ones who held the initiative. No matter how the war unfolded, they would be the ones to start it. The reason was very simple: they were fully prepared, and now all they had to do was summon Mephisto so they could immediately launch the war.

Under these circumstances, no matter what methods Nolan Locke used, finding them, who were carefully hidden, would not be an easy task. However, they never expected that Nolan Locke would find Stephen Strange, who possessed extremely powerful search abilities.

They had been found immediately, so when Nolan Locke and Stephen Strange appeared before them, their faces showed extreme shock, even extreme dismay. Poseidon, the god of the sea, spoke with a grim expression:

"Didn't they say that Nolan Locke couldn't possibly be here so quickly?"

Why did Nolan Locke appear here so soon after our summoning ritual began? And who is standing next to Nolan Locke? Why is he here as well? And why does he seem to possess considerable energy, and why does he appear somewhat familiar?

Upon hearing Poseidon's words, Ghost Rider, his face grim, spoke:

"It's obvious that we underestimated Nolan Locke a bit, but that doesn't matter. Even though Nolan Locke has indeed found our location, our summoning has been successful. My master Mephisto will be here soon, and can you feel it?"

The aura that is appearing now is not only that of my master, Mephisto, but also another powerful aura. If I am not mistaken, this powerful aura should come from the powerful dark lord Dormammu.

With their help, we'll definitely gain the upper hand in this war and kill both of them. That would make obtaining the Infinity Stones much easier.

As Ghost Rider mentioned the five Infinity Stones, greed gleamed on everyone's faces. This was their ultimate goal for this operation; obtaining the five Infinity Stones meant they could win this war. Soon, a figure emerged from the summoning circle—Mephisto. Standing on Earth, Mephisto opened his arms to the air, embracing it, then took a deep breath and said:

"This is Earth. I've been looking forward to coming here for a very long time."

The last time I appeared on Earth, it seems like hundreds of years ago. I never imagined I'd be back so soon, and this time I definitely won't slink away like that again.

For Mephisto, several hundred years was nothing, so in his eyes it was just a short period of time. But for the others, Nolan Locke and Stephen Strange looked extremely grim upon hearing that several hundred years had passed.

Then, looking around Mephisto's nest, he noticed the three Zeus brothers standing next to Ghost Rider. He frowned when he saw Zeus and the three brothers. Of course, he knew the identities of the three men in front of him. He had even seen them a few times before, but there had been no contact between them. However, that was enough for him to recognize the three men.

Under these circumstances, although he wasn't particularly fond of the three men, he knew that they were his only partners. If he wanted to gain any benefit from this, he had to cooperate with them. Ultimately, who would receive the final reward would depend on them.

But now they need to face Nolan Locke. Mephisto thought to himself, "Nolan Locke walked over, and she quickly sensed that aura and saw Nolan Locke's presence."

Moreover, it wasn't just Nolan Locke; when he saw Nolan Locke, his expression changed slightly because Stephen Strange was also by Locke's side. He hadn't forgotten Stephen Strange.

Stephen Strange's strength, while not as great as Nolan Locke's, is extremely disgusting due to his ability to maintain time.

The last time the Dark Lord Dormammu tried to invade Earth, he failed to achieve his goal due to the interference of Nolan Locke and Stephen Strange.

Mephisto was involved that time as well, but under these circumstances, the two actually cooperated again, if it were just Nolan Locke.

He didn't think it would be too difficult to deal with this, because although he was in a terrible state, he had other helpers who could help him in this matter.

After all, although Nolan Locke was very powerful, they had clashed more than once, so Mephisto was very clear about Nolan Locke's strength. He knew just how strong Nolan Locke was, and that he couldn't defeat Nolan Locke.

However, with so many of them, they would surely be able to defeat Nolan Locke, and even be able to refute his claims. It is under these circumstances that he would so excitedly come to Earth, wanting to defeat Nolan Locke and take the five Infinity Stones.

However, the moment Stephen Strange, who possessed the Time Stone, appeared here, it meant that his previous assumptions had been thwarted. In his view, Nolan Locke should not need help, or rather, should not want to find help.

But he didn't understand why Nolan Locke would approach Stephen Strange and persuade him to join the war, given his deep understanding of human nature.

It has never been able to enter Earth, but that doesn't mean it has no impact on Earth.

Even though its main body cannot enter Earth, whenever the sealing power on Earth weakens, it will send out its clones to enter Earth to find some powerful enough subordinates or to establish some contracts with them, so as to allow its power to penetrate into Earth.

Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze was one of the results of his actions. However, after discovering Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze's potential, he simply made the Spirit of Vengeance sign a contract with him, allowing the two to unite.

In this way, he would have a powerful subordinate on Earth, and he succeeded in doing so.

This caused its power on Earth to surge like never before, making it the most powerful being among the many dimensional lords with Earth's strength, giving it a huge advantage in the struggle for Earth.

Even now, he still has some extremely weak clones traveling around the world, so he is very familiar with the situation on Earth, especially Nolan Locke. He has done a lot of research on Nolan Locke in order to deal with him one day in the future.

Nolan Locke is a very pure businessman, and he acts very domineeringly. He doesn't care about the interests of others at all. Even the rulers on Earth cannot raise their proud heads in front of Nolan Locke.

Even under these circumstances, Nolan Locke didn't choose to do it himself, but instead found a helper, which surprised him greatly. However, even so, he remained clear-headed; thankfully, he hadn't come alone.

If he were here alone, even if the few of them were able to defeat Nolan Locke, capturing him and obtaining the Infinity Stones would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.

But now he has brought another helper with him, Dormammu, the Dark Dimension Lord who had previously cooperated with him. Although Dormammu's background is even more complicated than his, their essential powers are not flawed.

Even after entering Earth, their abilities are very weak. However, if they can exert some power and keep Strange, who has the ability to maintain time, occupied, then the others will be able to defeat Nolan Locke.

They initially thought they would only get 5 grams of Infinity Stones, but when Stephen Strange appeared, they knew that if they could defeat the two of them, they could take the Time Stone from Stephen Strange.

So obtaining the remaining 5 Infinity Stones would then be a piece of cake; they never imagined it would go so smoothly.

They had initially worried that after defeating Nolan Locke, Stephens would have had time to maintain his blue flag and would flee immediately, making it impossible for them to find him. But now, unexpectedly, he had delivered himself right to their doorstep. Thinking this, Mephisto's once-golden smile turned into a deep, cold laugh. He sneered and said:

"It's been a long time since I've seen Nolan Locke and Stephen Strange. I didn't expect to see you here again. I thought we wouldn't have any contact for a long time."

But it seems you're already eager to send me those Infinity Stones.

Hearing what Mo Fei said, Nolan Locke sneered and then said indifferently, "So much time has passed, and I didn't expect you to still be so clueless about yourself and your own strength."

"You actually want to fight me? Do you think you can get those five Infinity Stones from me just because you've found a few helpers?"

Nolan Locke's face was cold and indifferent. He didn't care how strong Morpheus was. He only knew that Nonophisto was a defeated opponent of his, and now he was half-crippled.

Even if we include Dormammu, the Dark Dimension Lord who is on his way, it's the same.

The combined strength of the two of them now is probably not comparable to that battle when one of them exerted their full power.

It probably wouldn't be too difficult for Stephen Strange to stop the two of them.

Since that's the case, he only needs to deal with four people, which was originally part of his plan. Although Nolan Locke knew that the four of them were indeed quite strong.

However, under these circumstances, he believed that his strength was already very different from before, and that fighting against four people would not be a very difficult thing.

Mephisto didn't rush to make a move, for a very simple reason: he was waiting for someone. The Dark Dimension Lord Dormammu hadn't appeared on Earth yet and was on his way. Making a move now wouldn't do him any good.

He didn't want to fight Nolan Locke alone, or Stephen Strange, who possessed the Time Stone.

The former was something he was certain he couldn't defeat, while dealing with Stephen Strange made him feel extremely annoyed, a feeling he didn't want to endure.

Rather than that, it would be better to let Dormammu appear here and then start the war. In that case, they can use their strongest power to face each other and achieve final victory.

Nolan Locke had guessed their intentions and naturally wouldn't let them succeed so easily. For Nolan Locke, defeating them would naturally require some clever tricks. After all, no matter how strong Nolan Locke was now, achieving absolute victory against so many powerful opponents was definitely not an easy task.

Naturally, he wouldn't give Mephisto much of a chance to get his way, so he looked at Stephen Strange beside him and then spoke directly:

"I'll leave the crippled Mephisto to you. I'll deal with the rest. If Dormammu, the lord of the Dark Dimension, appears here later, I'll need you to fight him."

I need some time to deal with those four pieces of trash; I don't want anyone interfering in our fight until then.

Stephen Strange nodded solemnly; he understood the situation.

The opponent's current strength is simply too great. All he can do now is involve the weakest of them, Mephisto, while Nolan Locke has to deal with four extremely powerful enemies, all of whom are at their strongest.

If I can't even complete this task, then Earth will probably be in real danger.

Without any hesitation, Stephen Strange took out the Time Stone, and its power enveloped Mephisto, intending to draw him into his battle.

So he used the power of the Time Stone from the beginning, knowing full well that his power was somewhat inferior to Mephisto's. So why hold back?

So he made the decision without hesitation to go first and unleash his ultimate move!

Chapter 362 The war begins

In an instant, Stephen Strange activated the power of the Time Stone.

The moment it activated the power of the Time Stone, Mephisto was immediately enveloped by its power. Feeling himself trapped within the Time Stone's embrace, Mephisto's expression turned extremely grim.

He knew that his idea of ​​joining forces with others to deal with Nolan Locke had probably failed completely because of Stephen Strange's appearance.

Since that's the case, he can only deal with Stephen Strange first, because only with Stephen Strange can he join the others in other battles.

Fortunately, he is not without help. Although Stephen Strange's power is relatively strong on Earth, it is currently weak. However, if it is just Stephen Strange, then with the power of him and Dormammu, Stephen Strange will definitely feel what it means to be absolutely suppressed by powerful strength.

Stephen Strange's power was no match for the two of them. If the two of them could quickly defeat Stephen Strange, they would surely win the war. Therefore, they roared fiercely and said:

"Dormammu, you'd better speed things up, because if you keep going like this, you might never be able to set foot on Earth again!"

As Mephisto finished speaking, a voice emerged from the energy.

"Mephisto, it seems you're getting weaker and weaker. So many people are fighting against Nolan Locke and you still need my help!"

Perhaps I should consider consuming some Infinity Stones for myself to gain maximum power. Right now, you're probably not even qualified to cooperate with me.

Upon hearing Dormammu's words, Mephisto's face turned extremely ugly. He cursed inwardly, but said nothing.

Since that's what Dormammu thinks, let him think that way. He doesn't care how numb he is now or what kind of trouble he might suffer because of it.

The next second, Dormammu appeared on Earth. The moment he appeared, he immediately sensed two familiar forces. Not only was it the force from Nolan Locke, but there was also another force that he had encountered many times before.

He was extremely familiar with this power; it was clearly that damned Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange.

Although the Sorcerer Supreme Stephen Strange was not as powerful as the Ancient One, he still felt that Stephen Strange was an extremely troublesome opponent. If possible, he would not want to fight such an opponent at all, because the Time Stone possessed by the opponent could limit his powerful power, making it impossible for him to exert his own great power.