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Chapter 148: Dormammu: Who The Hell Harassed Me?

On the top floor of a massive castle in Long Island, Loki held a scepter and looked up at the sky, shouting, "Yes, that's it! Let the world surrender to me!"

The Tesseract was placed on a special machine, surrounded by a protective light curtain in the center.

Above the Tesseract, a blue beam shot straight into the sky, creating a massive portal.

Stark's guess was correct; this was the channel that truly connected Earth with the depths of the universe. Countless Chitauri soldiers and giant Leviathans emerged from it, heading toward the smaller portals nearby.

There were not one, but three smaller portals!

Loki was clever; he knew Thor would try to stop him, but he lacked confidence in defeating him.

Instead of concentrating all his efforts in New York, Loki chose to spread out his forces, hoping that a single spark could ignite a wildfire.

The Ark reactor in this castle was much larger than the one in Stark Tower, as it needed to power a castle spanning dozens of acres.

However, opening the second stable portal was also quite challenging. The primary requirement was that the destination had to have sufficient energy sources to resonate with the magical power of the portal.

Loki identified three potential locations. One was Stark Tower, which he had chosen in his original plan. It was a densely populated area, ideal for his purpose.

However, Loki was too cautious to leave the Tesseract unattended, so he created an illusion to make it appear as if he was on the Stark Tower roof.

The other two portal destinations were less desirable. According to Dr. Erik, they were remote places where hardly anyone lived or traveled.

One was in a highly undeveloped country, with poor communication and security. The other was located in the southern Himalayas, an area with no 2G network coverage.

Kamar-Taj, with its array of portals in the air, did not experience any disturbances.

As soon as Loki initiated the portal, the Ancient One returned to Kamar-Taj.

Facing the blue portal created by the Tesseract, a golden portal of the same size appeared at the other end of the sky.

A Tesseract portal and a Kamar-Taj portal—Ancient One waved her hand, and the two portals converged quickly.

The blue portal merged into the golden one and vanished.

Ancient One landed back on the ground, taking a weary breath, and ordered, "Don't linger here. Go about your business!"

The disciples in the square exchanged confused glances.

"Magic? What just happened to the portal?"

A blue portal materialized in a dark, destructive space.

Countless Chitauri and Leviathans strode through the space channel with arrogance, only to be met with a vast expanse of enormous ravines.

Chitauri Soldier: "???"

Dormammu: "???"

After a brief moment of confusion, the Chitauri's vanguard officer remembered his mission. He raised his laser gun and shot Dormammu in the face.

Those who are unaware are often fearless!

In the next moment, Dormammu revealed what true horror was.

A colossal hand, hundreds of meters wide, covered the sky. With a single swipe, all intruders were transformed into dark energy.

With another flick of his hand, several high-flying Leviathans were turned into blood mist.

The dark space returned to silence.

Dormammu looked at the sudden appearance of the portal. His expression remained calm, though the dark space trembled slightly.

If it weren't for the presence of the three Sanctums on Earth, Dormammu would have considered forcing open a space gate to Earth.

At that moment, a large number of Chitauri appeared through the portal again.

This time, they seemed fearless and rushed toward Dormammu recklessly.

Dormammu: "Damn it!!!"

For Kamar-Taj, the Chitauri were a minor inconvenience; it was Dormammu who lost sleep over them.

For Wakanda, however, it was a full-blown disaster.

Over Wakanda, an interstellar war had begun.

And Loki, the instigator, was atop the unfinished castle, watching the battle in New York from afar through an illusion while overseeing the enormous palace.

"My brother really enjoys himself, moving the Golden palace to Earth. Unfortunately, this castle now belongs to me!"

Loki smiled with satisfaction.

"Too bad you're just dreaming!"

The voice Loki least wanted to hear came from beside him.

"Boom..."

A thunderbolt struck from the sky, and Loki, unable to dodge in time, was knocked into the air. Seeing Thor charging toward him, Loki was almost paralyzed with fear...

Fortunately, a Chitauri fighter jet flew in to catch him and quickly sped into one of the portals.

Loki's luck held; he entered the portal in New York and could still be rescued.

Had he ended up in the dark space, well... that would have been a different story.

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