Outside the World Barrier.
Between the countless parallel Worlds and dimensions.
Before a rift leading to Earth.
Looking inward, it was a vibrant and prosperous World.
Looking outward, it was an endless expanse of danger and darkness.
And at this moment, a colossal, grotesque giant head was roaring furiously at the rift in the World Barrier.
"Ancient One! You bastard! If you have the guts, get out here!"
The terrifying roar vibrated through the surrounding space, and boundless dark energy surged like a tide towards the World rift.
However, whether it was the terrifying sound waves or the seemingly dangerous dark energy, they dissipated completely the moment they reached the World rift, as if transformed by a gentle spring breeze.
Uh... saying they completely dissipated might not be entirely accurate.
Because at this moment, on the inner side of the World rift, a small figure in a golden robe was slowly floating in front of the boundless dark energy.
Before her was an exquisite magic array interwoven with gold and green.
All the deep dark energy that had been dispersed and resolved was absorbed by this inconspicuous magic array at an extremely fast rate.
"Burp~"
As the dark energy before her completely vanished, Ancient One, putting away her magic array, even let out a symbolic, very "polite" burp.
However, her burp made the black head, which was even larger than a star, several times more furious.
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You've burped more than a dozen times, you old bastard! Why don't you choke to death?!
Perhaps noticing the furious expression of the black figure before her, Ancient One also felt that her acting was a bit exaggerated.
She immediately put her clever little brain to work, quickly covered her chest, and feigned a weak appearance.
"Oh dear, I almost couldn't hold on~ Dormammu, try harder~ I'm about to give out~"
Saying this, Ancient One fiercely... gently patted her chest, and immediately coughed up a... packet of ketchup...
Hmm... a whole packet... one that hadn't even been opened yet...
Ancient One, an elder who cherished her body and practiced good health, naturally wouldn't truly make herself cough up blood for Dormammu.
However, the unopened ketchup did look a bit perfunctory.
Ancient One herself wasn't embarrassed; she casually opened another golden portal and gently placed the packet of leftover McDonald's ketchup in Kamar-Taj's kitchen.
Seeing her acting fail spectacularly, Ancient One's expression instantly changed, becoming incredibly serious and sacred.
"Dormammu! As long as I live, I will never allow you to harm Earth!"
At this moment, Ancient One's figure was incredibly majestic, as if thousands of rays of light emanated from her body.
However, Dormammu, on the other side, watched as the thousands of rays of light emanating from Ancient One didn't even make it out of the World rift before they circled back in the air and were reabsorbed by her behind her back. At this moment, his mind was just a continuous "buzz."
"How can there be such a stingy old bastard?!
When I unleash my power, you absorb all of it! But when you unleash yours, you take it all back yourself?!
Looking at this scoundrel who, since the beginning of their confrontation, hadn't even stepped a toe out of the World Barrier, relying entirely on the blessings of the Sanctum Sanctorum to fight him, a somewhat exasperated Dormammu finally accepted reality.
He angrily turned his head and left.
"Ancient One! I'll see how long it takes you to repair these rifts! Just you wait! I'll be back!"
With that, the boundless darkness around him began to recede completely.
Only Ancient One remained behind the World rift, casting out countless golden chains to gather all the remaining dark energy.
And her single sentence.
"Come visit often in the future~"
However, after doing all this, Ancient One did not turn and leave like Dormammu.
Instead, she clasped her hands together again, instantly connecting the linked array of the Sanctum Sanctorum.
An incredibly massive golden magic array rose again, completely covering the entire spatial rift.
The next moment.
"Thump~"
A colossal impact sound seemed to spread from the void.
At some point, a faint black and red flowing energy, not even one ten-thousandth the size of the entire array, had collided with a corner of the super-large magic array, which was big enough to cover the entire spatial rift.
But even though this faint energy was so small, this single collision caused the entire magic array to vibrate violently.
"Come out, Mephisto!"
Ancient One, standing behind the magic array at this moment, looked far more serious than when she had been teasing Dormammu.
And the black and red energy mass that had suddenly appeared and collided with the magic array, after hearing Ancient One's words, quickly floated over, gradually condensing into the form of a charming, long-haired handsome male.
"Ancient One! This isn't what we agreed upon!"
The moment he solidified, Mephisto angrily took a step forward.
However, it was precisely this step that caused Mephisto's body, upon touching the golden magic array, to immediately begin to sizzle and emit smoke.
Forcing him to retreat.
But Ancient One, looking across the magic array at Mephisto, had no thought of relaxing; instead, she tilted her head in confusion and looked at him.
"What was agreed upon? You must be mistaken, right? How could I, the dignified Sorcerer Supreme, make any deals with a demon lord like you?"
Hearing Ancient One's rogue-like words, Mephisto was so enraged that smoke seemed to pour from his seven orifices. He immediately abandoned all pretense of dignity, pointed directly at Ancient One's nose, and began to curse.
"Sorcerer Supreme, my ass! Even a demon like me is more trustworthy than you! More committed to contracts than you, you bastard!"
"It was agreed that..."
Mephisto was about to continue speaking, but the golden magic array before him suddenly surged in size by several points.
And Ancient One, behind the array, spoke with a sinister tone.
"If you say your wish out loud, it won't come true, you know~"
At these words, even Mephisto was stunned for a moment. His head spun for a while before he realized that Ancient One was still playing him.
Immediately, the entire demon was furious.
The black and red flames around him instantly surged, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a colossal red demon tens of thousands of meters tall, roaring furiously at Ancient One.
"Ancient One! Do you think I'm that idiot Dormammu?! Today, either you or I leave this place!"
As he spoke, Mephisto directly extended his sharp demon claws and grabbed at the golden magic array before him.
In an instant, he distorted and deformed the massive golden magic array.
However, Ancient One, behind the array at this moment, smiled slightly.
As her hands rotated, the original golden magic array suddenly began to change.
A brilliant light, pale blue in color, rapidly spread from Ancient One to the entire magic array.
In the blink of an eye, the golden magic array was completely replaced by blue.
Even the intricate runes on the array changed.
Under Mephisto's terrified gaze, a terrifying torrent of energy surged out like a tide from the center of the original defensive array, completely engulfing him in an instant.
Then.
"Boom!" A dazzling blue fireworks display exploded in this void.
In the void, Mephisto faintly heard that bastard Ancient One seem to say a sentence.
"So satisfying~"