Chapter 332

Li Shui of S.H.I.E.L.D. wore a twisted expression, while elsewhere, Ultron was utterly frozen.

Hadn't Messiah initially struggled against just a few dozen Sentinel robots?

What was this now?

The black titan and the tentacled monstrosity, both capable of easily annihilating Sentinels and evoking despair, had been defeated by him?

A creature the size of a city—gone, just like that?

Ultron stared blankly at Messiah, still floating midair.

Were all Omega mutants this powerful?

He had once thought the White Robed Hero was an anomaly, an outlier among Omega mutants. Messiah, though also an Omega mutant, had seemed far weaker by comparison.

Yet, both were absurdly strong?!

Was this Messiah's true power?

"And I thought about killing him… Was I insane?"

Ultron fell silent.

Amid his terror, even as a synthetic lifeform, Ultron couldn't suppress the creeping envy in his circuits.

What if that power were his?

The thought sparked a surge of greed.

The godhood plan was viable!

If he could obtain Messiah's body, as well as the White Robed Hero's, he would truly ascend to godhood. No one—not even these incomprehensible beings—could stand against him!

"I must have your Omega powers," Ultron murmured, his ambition rekindled.

Military Command Base

The faces of the generals darkened.

Was Messiah invincible?

And this vast range of power…

The generals, officers, Base Commander Alessandro, and Doctor Bolivar were filled with disbelief and worry.

How could they possibly deal with Messiah now?

A nuclear strike?

Dark Dimension

Dormammu's expression was frozen in shock, his face twisted in disbelief.

"A mere human from Earth defeated that thing?" he murmured.

The tentacled creature, which had even made him wary, was gone?

Dormammu understood the implications.

This black-clad man could likely defeat him as well—at least outside the Dark Dimension.

Inside the Dark Dimension, Dormammu remained confident in his invincibility. But outside…

His expression darkened at the thought.

The plan to devour Earth would have to wait. With these two troublesome individuals around, his invasion would surely be thwarted.

Glancing at the Ancient One, still blocking the dimensional gate, Dormammu's unease deepened.

"Ancient One, who is this man? When did Earth gain such a powerful being?"

The Ancient One smiled faintly. "Dormammu, there's much you don't know. Aside from him, Earth has another similarly powerful individual. I suggest you abandon your plans to invade Earth."

"What?!" Dormammu's shock turned to disbelief.

"Ancient One, you're joking. There can't possibly be so many beings of this level."

"You're insane…"

Though he sneered at the Ancient One, Dormammu couldn't shake a lingering doubt. He resolved to question his fanatical followers later for information about Earth.

Reluctantly glancing at the Ancient One and the mysterious figure, Dormammu growled, "Ancient One, I'll let this slide for now. But next time, neither you nor Earth will escape my grasp!"

With those parting words, knowing his plan had failed due to the Ancient One and Messiah, Dormammu began to retreat without waiting for a reply.

Hong Kong—The Scene

Noticing the change, Syd set aside his investigation of the liquid in his spatial ring and turned his attention to the city.

The black and purple energy at the city's center began to recede.

In the blink of an eye, the overlapping area of the Dark Dimension and reality disappeared entirely.

Hong Kong returned to an eerie silence.

If not for the ruined state of the skyscrapers, many might have thought nothing had happened.

Syd glanced at the Ancient One in the distance, unsurprised by Dormammu's retreat.

In the comics, the Ancient One could fight Dormammu to a stalemate without using the Time Stone, relying solely on raw power to drive him back into the Dark Dimension.

It was only after the Ancient One's death that Dormammu dared to invade Earth boldly.

Syd mused.

Though he wasn't sure how much strength the Ancient One retained in this reality, her ability to hold off Dormammu unnoticed spoke volumes about her power.

Even Doctor Strange, with only a few years of training, had performed impressively against Thanos. The Ancient One, with centuries of experience, couldn't possibly be as weak as she sometimes seemed.

And in the movie, Dormammu's surprise at the Eye of Agamotto suggested he had never encountered its power before.

Clearly, the Ancient One commanded respect not through relics but through her sheer strength—unlike Doctor Strange, who relied on the Time Stone's loop to frustrate Dormammu.

Especially since Dormammu, in some sense, transcended time, remembering each iteration of the loop.

"The Eye of Agamotto…"

Syd's thoughts drifted to the Time Stone within the relic.

How could he obtain it?

"Perhaps it's time to visit Asgard and acquire the Infinity Gauntlet," he mused.

Previously, his divine body and powers hadn't reached the necessary levels. Now, he felt ready.

Should he ask Thor for help, or go alone?

As he pondered, the Ancient One's gaze fell upon him.

After a brief moment of thought, Syd decided against engaging in conversation.

In the next instant, the Space Stone glowed blue, ripples of spatial energy surrounded him, and he disappeared from the sky.

Watching his departure, the Ancient One sighed softly.

A yellow portal to Kamar-Taj appeared before her.

Stepping through, the portal vanished behind her.

The World Watches

As one after another disappeared from the scene, the surviving onlookers in Hong Kong, as well as viewers around the globe, stood frozen in disbelief.

Was it over?

Had the ordeal truly ended?

(End of Chapter)

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