NCCnovel #221 - Building the South Heaven Gate! The changes in the Qiankun Circle!
#221 - Building the South Heaven Gate! The changes in the Qiankun Circle!
Only a dimension can counteract a dimension.
When Luo Fu unleashed the Divine Might Dimension, and the Dark Dimension, the moment they overlapped with Earth.
In his vision, the originally dark and hazy scene instantly became clear.
Luo Fu found himself appearing at the exact right moment.
As he appeared, Stephen Strange had just landed, in what seemed like the umpteenth time loop, and was saying to the massive face composed of planets: "Dormammu, I'm here to negotiate."
"Enough!" Dormammu was exceptionally agitated at this moment. Clearly, Dormammu had experienced this time loop countless times.
And yet, this little insect, whom he could easily crush, was relying on the power of the Infinity Stone to provoke him again and again.
Burning with rage, Dormammu only noticed after Luo Fu's arrival that his dimension had actually overlapped with another dimension.
With a roar of anger, Dormammu quickly abandoned his focus on the little insect before him.
Compared to devouring Earth and avenging the grudge of Gu Yi Mage, who had tricked him out of so much energy, this fellow, who was also a dimension demon god, was far more daunting to Dormammu.
Staring at Luo Fu, Dormammu quickly calmed down and realized.
This fellow was the one whom Gu Yi Mage had helped with all her strength, and even plundered a lot of his Dark Dimension's energy.
"It's you, you bastard!" Enemies meeting were filled with animosity.
On that face composed of countless planets, Dormammu's expression seemed much more humanized.
"Lord Dormammu, long time no see." Luo Fu nodded slightly and said, "I believe you have already noticed that it is not only your Dark Dimension that overlaps with Earth, but my Divine Might Dimension has also descended here. The overlap of the real universe and two spatial dimensions means that neither you nor I can use the power of dimensions to bless ourselves. I think we might be able to talk."
If possible, Luo Fu didn't want to fight Dormammu to the death.
The truth was that doing so, apart from helping Earth, would not benefit Luo Fu himself in the slightest.
Anyway, Dormammu was Stephen Strange's destined nemesis, and it would be better to leave it to him, the future Supreme Mage, to handle.
Right now, what Luo Fu needed to do was simply protect Earth and repel Dormammu's invasion.
However, Luo Fu's idea was obviously impossible for Dormammu to agree with.
Putting aside everything else, Dormammu would never be willing to give up the energy that Gu Yi Mage had tricked away back then.
The Dark Dimension was able to develop so powerfully now, which was inseparable from Dormammu's own efforts.
When Dormammu first discovered the Dark Dimension, it was just a small piece of unclaimed dimensional space.
But now, the countless planets in the Dark Dimension were all accumulated by Dormammu bit by bit.
But before, Gu Yi Mage's wave of operations almost made Dormammu vomit blood.
At this moment, having found the culprit, Dormammu not only wanted to regain his own energy, but he even intended to not let go of Luo Fu's Divine Might Dimension.
"I can let Earth go, but you must first sacrifice your dimension to me." Dormammu smiled coldly and unhesitatingly chose to attack Luo Fu.
A dark energy, wrapped around a huge planet, smashed down towards Luo Fu's direction.
Stephen Strange, who was watching the show, instinctively closed his eyes in despair at this moment.
Seeing the huge planet about to crash down.
Powerful gravity and electromagnetic force instantly erupted from Luo Fu's body.
In just a moment, Dormammu's Dark Dimension energy was forcibly resisted, and the planet that Dormammu had swallowed from who knows where was dismantled by Luo Fu from the molecular level using gravity and electromagnetic force, instantly turning into pure atoms and dissipating into nothingness.
A planetary-sized material body was instantly disassembled into pure atoms, and the surge in the material level alone caused everything around it to explode like a huge explosion.
Luo Fu was naturally unscathed.
Even Dormammu, the instigator, would not be affected by such an explosion.
Only Stephen Strange, under the explosion, instantly vanished into smoke.
And the moment Stephen Strange died, the circle symbolizing the power of the Time Stone presented a Möbius strip-like shape.
Time instantly reversed.
Luo Fu and Dormammu each returned to their starting positions.
And Stephen Strange landed gracefully, subconsciously looked in the direction of Dormammu, and said, "Dormammu, I'm here to negotiate..."
But as soon as the words came out, Stephen Strange realized that Dormammu had long noticed the anomaly of time.
And this mysterious fellow seemed to be unaffected by time.
Coughing awkwardly twice, Stephen Strange cleverly judged that although Luo Fu didn't know if he was friend or foe, he was clearly hostile to Dormammu.
Stephen Strange naturally regarded Luo Fu as an aid on his side.
After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Luo Fu could obviously be used as his help against Dormammu.
As the master of a dimension, the fundamental way to strengthen oneself is to borrow the energy of the dimension to other wizards and mages, and then collect interest. Even some can directly devour the other party's planet as a spatial anchor, just like Dormammu.
Since becoming a dimension demon god, Dormammu didn't know how many planets of lives who had signed contracts with him he had swallowed.
Judging from the countless floating dead planets in the Dark Dimension, it was not difficult to determine how crazy Dormammu was in his identity as a dimension demon god.
But even so, Dormammu had never treated Kamar-Taj like this, not only did he not get any advantage, but he even suffered losses one after another.
Before, Gu Yi Mage cheated him, borrowed his energy, and didn't pay it back at all. When he came to the door, he was even beaten up by the other party.
The creditor became the victim instead.
If it was just like this, Dormammu could wait. After all, after he merged with the Dark Dimension, he would be an immortal demon god.
When Gu Yi Mage was alive, how much energy she borrowed, she could just repay it double when she died.
But who knew that Gu Yi Mage, after tearing her face, did even more excessively, directly stealing the energy he had painstakingly accumulated. And it was still continuous stealing.
Originally, she had malicious intentions when signing the contract. Dormammu was too clever for his own good, and he couldn't find a way to stop Gu Yi Mage.
From that moment on, the time that Gu Yi Mage stole his ability lasted for hundreds of years.
And not long ago, Gu Yi Mage did even worse.
She even directly changed from secretly stealing to openly robbing.
However, the energy that Gu Yi Mage robbed was not used by herself, but was given to another new dimension demon god.
This time, Dormammu suffered a huge loss.
If the energy that Gu Yi Mage stole was used by herself, then when she left the real universe, these energy would still have a chance to return to the Dark Dimension.
But the energy that Gu Yi Mage robbed was given to the new dimension demon god Luo Fu. Being a dimension demon god, the energy in Luo Fu's hands was completely different.
That meant that Dormammu would never have a chance to get back the energy that Gu Yi Mage had stolen and robbed.
This was also why Gu Yi Mage had just followed the Eternal God, and Dormammu couldn't wait to swallow even the Earth in one bite to compensate for his losses over the years.
Now, in Stephen Strange's mouth, he seemed to have suddenly changed from a victim to a guilty party.
That was because Dormammu had completely abandoned his former form. Otherwise, he would have been so angry that his lungs would explode.
Ignoring Stephen Strange, this rookie.
In Dormammu's eyes, although Stephen Strange's will was commendable, he was just a rookie who relied on the power of the Time Stone to pull himself into a time loop.
If the power of time was not noticed, the other party's little tricks might still be useful.
But once Dormammu was alert, relying on the power of the Dark Dimension, Dormammu could completely be above time.
Yes.
As the master of the Dark Dimension, this powerful dimension, Dormammu's essence was above time.
Theoretically, even the power of the Time Stone shouldn't be able to trap Dormammu within the Dark Dimension.
But the situation is somewhat different now. Although it seems that Stephen Strange has ventured deep into the Dark Dimension, in reality, Stephen Strange is located in the direction where Earth and the Dark Dimension overlap.
As a product of the Big Bang, the Time Stone can only unleash its true and powerful force in the real universe. Due to the overlap of the two dimensions, Dormammu's consciousness can break free from time, but apart from his will, he is still trapped in a time loop.
This is why Dormammu reluctantly gave up. It's not just because he was tired of the time loop after killing Stephen Strange countless times and had no choice but to accept Stephen Strange's conditions.
Compared to Stephen Strange, Dormammu now hates Luo Fu even more.
In his opinion, the reason why Luo Fu, this newly emerged dimension demon god, was able to appear before him so quickly and confidently, even wanting to stand on equal footing with him through dimensional overlap, was entirely because the Ancient One had given Luo Fu the energy she had stolen from the Dark Dimension, helping his newly born dimension grow rapidly.
And in Dormammu's eyes, all of that energy belonged to him, it was his hard-earned money.
Too lazy to pay attention to Stephen Strange, Dormammu's head, composed of planets, instantly split open, transforming into a constantly rotating nebula in the blink of an eye.
The power of the nebula seemed to descend from a higher dimension.
In a very short time, one powerful and peculiar life form after another surrounded Luo Fu and Stephen Strange.
This is one of Dormammu's unique powers: creating artificial life forms and continuously strengthening their power.
At this moment, each of the artificial life forms surrounding Luo Fu and Stephen Strange was a being who had once signed a contract with Dormammu and borrowed energy from the Dark Dimension.
They were either wizards or powerful mages who had once been famous.
Faced with the siege of these powerful artificial life forms,
Luo Fu glanced at Stephen Strange and then ignored the Sorcerer Supreme, who was still using the time loop as his greatest trump card.
Gravity and electromagnetism were instantly activated, firmly imprisoning these artificial life forms in place.
However, Dormammu is an existence capable of devouring even planets. Except for the initial moment when Luo Fu caught Dormammu off guard and disassembled the matter of an entire planet with electromagnetism and gravity, turning the entire planet into atomic form in an instant,
At this time, each of the artificial life forms he created had the protection of Dark Dimension energy.
Although Luo Fu's gravity and electromagnetism were powerful, they could not penetrate deep into the bodies of these artificial life forms in the overlapping dimension, at most only imprisoning them in place.
The Night Sky Sword reappeared, and Luo Fu pointed it remotely in Dormammu's direction, saying, "Dormammu, I don't know if you recognize the sword in my hand. For you, suffering a loss before may not be a bad thing, but if you don't give up, I think you will suffer an even greater loss next."
Although he didn't recognize the sword in Luo Fu's hand, since Luo Fu specifically mentioned it,
Dormammu couldn't help but be a little more careful.
But Luo Fu wanted him to give up just like that, and Dormammu was unwilling to give up no matter what.
After all, if it was simply the energy stolen by the Ancient One before, Dormammu would have accepted it due to his inferior skills and impatience.
But in order to help Luo Fu's dimension grow, the Ancient One ruthlessly plundered an extremely large amount of energy from the Dark Dimension. This is the main reason why Dormammu was unwilling to give up.
Of course, this was also caused by sunk costs. The larger the sunk costs, the more unwilling Dormammu was to give up.
"Hand over the energy that the despicable Ancient One stole from the Dark Dimension, and I can promise not to attack you for the time being."
Luo Fu sighed and said, "You are incorrigible. In that case, Dormammu, then try the strongest power of Asgard."
The moment the words fell,
The Night Sky Sword in Luo Fu's hand instantly shone with seven colors of light.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple.
Rainbow-like light flickered on the Night Sky Sword.
Dormammu couldn't recognize the Night Sky Sword alone, but the Rainbow Bridge instantly made Dormammu feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
"Asgard's Rainbow Bridge."
Just after Dormammu exclaimed,
An attack that resembled a rainbow bridge, drawing a curved arc in the air, instantly swept across the artificial life forms created by Dormammu.
And after this instantaneous attack,
Those artificial life forms that even Luo Fu's gravity and electromagnetism could not penetrate were instantly annihilated under the power of the Rainbow Bridge.
After wiping out a large number of artificial life forms, Asgard's planet-killing weapon, the Rainbow Bridge, still had remaining power.
It once again pierced through countless floating planets in the Dark Dimension before finally dissipating into the vast darkness.
"Odin, Ancient One, you two despicable fellows," Dormammu gritted his teeth in anger.
But after truly experiencing the power of the Rainbow Bridge, Dormammu finally began to feel a sense of retreat in his heart.
Before seeing the Rainbow Bridge, in Dormammu's eyes, Luo Fu was at best just a newly emerged dimension demon god who had been specially taken care of by the Ancient One.
But now, Dormammu was surprised to discover that Luo Fu was not just a newly emerged dimension demon god.
It was very likely that he was a backup plan left by Odin and the Ancient One for the future of the Nine Realms.
Earth itself is Midgard, the center of the Nine Realms.
And Odin and the Ancient One suddenly left early. At first, Dormammu thought it was an opportunity, but now he realized that it was simply a scam.
The Ancient One did not hesitate to use despicable means to help Luo Fu seize the energy of other dimension demon gods, and Odin went even further, as if afraid that others would not know, even simply giving Luo Fu the right to use the Rainbow Bridge.
Under such circumstances, if he continued to stalemate, as a dimension demon god, Dormammu was indeed immortal, but the loss of the Dark Dimension would also greatly reduce his strength.
After giving Luo Fu an unpleasant look, Dormammu simply didn't say a word of resentment. As the Dark Dimension left Earth, the dark energy also quickly disappeared from Earth.
With Dormammu's unannounced departure,
Luo Fu had just put away the Night Sky Sword when he quickly noticed that Stephen Strange, who was next to him, was staring at him cautiously with a look of concentration and vigilance. Even on Stephen Strange's wrist, the time loop formed by the Time Stone, resembling a Möbius strip, was still constantly rotating.
Obviously, in Stephen Strange's eyes, Luo Fu was also a dimension demon god who posed a great threat to Earth.
And now, Stephen Strange, who was just a newbie, only had the Time Stone to offer.
Luo Fu glanced at Stephen Strange and quickly reined in the overlap between the Shenwei Dimension and Earth.
Feeling the disappearance of the other-dimensional energy,
Stephen Strange was still in a vigilant posture, because with the disappearance of the Shenwei Dimension, Wang, who was specially trapped by Luo Fu, also came into Stephen Strange's sight.
Almost in an instant, Stephen Strange recognized that the strange barrier trapping Wang was composed of four uniquely shaped long swords.
And Stephen Strange had a deep impression of this kind of long sword, because Luo Fu had just officially summoned Asgard's Rainbow Bridge with such a long sword, not only easily eliminating Dormammu's artificial humans in an instant,
Even countless planets in the Dark Dimension were destroyed by the Rainbow Bridge.
In a short period of time, in Stephen Strange's mind, the threat of Luo Fu had reached, and even surpassed, the level of Dormammu.
Seeing this, Luo Fu then made a move, and the four Night Sky Swords that firmly anchored the space disappeared in an instant.
And the barrier with a faint crimson light also disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Wang hurried to Stephen Strange's side and said, "You actually drove Dormammu away?"
"Now is not the time to talk about this. We have new troubles, and this guy seems to be even more terrifying than Dormammu," Stephen Strange's tone was filled with a faint sense of despair.
Looking at Luo Fu with a complicated expression, Wang bowed slightly to Luo Fu and said, "Lord Luo Fu, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you just now."
"You know each other?" Stephen Strange looked surprised.
"Of course," Wang also showed a surprised expression and looked at Stephen Strange and said, "You don't know Lord Luo Fu? You must know that during the New York War not long ago, Lord Luo Fu was known as the God on Earth."
Stephen Strange suddenly realized, he shook his head and said, "I know about the New York War, but I haven't paid attention to these things."
Actually, Stephen Strange didn't say some things. Before the car accident, he was a standard elite. In the eyes of a large number of elites, whether it was the members of the Avengers or other superheroes, they were just a bunch of freaks.
How could Stephen Strange, who considered himself an elite, care about these people? In addition, Luo Fu's existence was deliberately hidden by the Earth Peace Council.
Stephen Strange, who didn't care about these things in the first place, naturally had even less of an impression of Luo Fu.
Wang looked like he suddenly understood and explained, "So that's how it is. Mr. Luo Fu and Ancient One were once very close. Moreover, he received a lot of help from Ancient One, so he should be here to help us this time."
Stephen Strange looked at Wang strangely, wanting to ask, since Luo Fu is here to help, then why was Wang, a magician who was once trusted by Ancient One, imprisoned in place by Luo Fu's power?
Seeming to have guessed Stephen Strange's doubts, Wang smiled awkwardly and said, "I misunderstood just now. Let's not talk about this. Let's think about how to rebuild the three sanctums! Without the defense of the three sanctums, Earth may be coveted by countless dimensions at any time."
"That's simple!" Stephen Strange said with a confident look. With a flick of his wrist, the green energy symbolizing the power of time instantly appeared, forming a Möbius strip-like shape on his wrist.
Along with Stephen Strange activating the power of time reversal.
Whether it was the people who originally died in the previous invasion of the Dark Dimension, or the buildings that were destroyed by the previous battle.
Under the reversal of time, those who were resurrected were resurrected, and those who were restored were restored.
Seeing this, Wang said with a complicated expression, "Stephen, Ancient One once said that although the power of time is great, those who play with time will inevitably be played with by time. What you are doing…"
"Don't worry!" Stephen Strange said nonchalantly, "I have been played with by time countless times. It doesn't matter if it happens again. Besides, this is the fastest way to restore the three sanctums, isn't it? Moreover, the magic and mystery of Kamar-Taj should be hidden from the public's knowledge."
This time, Wang was completely speechless.
Although Wang is not smart enough, he is not stupid. More importantly, Wang knows Stephen Strange very well. He knows that this rookie broke into the Dark Dimension alone, and the only thing that can compete with Dormammu is probably the power of the Time Stone.
However, the power of time has no direct lethality against the dimensional demon gods who have transcended time itself.
Under this circumstance, Stephen Strange has persisted until now, I am afraid that he has reversed time countless times.
Playing with time may be a taboo for others, but for Stephen Strange, there is nothing worth caring about anymore.
Because he has played with time to the extreme, it can't get any worse.
As Stephen Strange used the power of the Time Stone to reverse time, the system of the three sanctums was instantly rebuilt.
And those creatures from various dimensional worlds who took advantage of the destruction of the three sanctums system to quietly invade the earth were quickly repelled by the power of the barrier.
It should be known that the power of the three sanctums is so powerful that even Mephisto, this cunning fellow, can only descend by finding loopholes, and other than incarnations and projections, he can hardly exert much power on Earth.
Although this time, Luo Fu's invasion was the main force in saving everything, but unfortunately, Luo Fu's identity as a dimensional demon god is still feared by Kamar-Taj.
And Stephen Strange and these people are not Ancient One. Naturally, they cannot treat Luo Fu, this special dimensional demon god, with a normal heart.
However, because Luo Fu's true body exists on Earth, and Kamar-Taj cannot defeat Luo Fu and cannot expel him, they can only let him be.
Luo Fu also felt that he was not welcome in Kamar-Taj.
He didn't even exchange pleasantries with Stephen Strange, Wang, and others, and went straight to the Pantheon again to study the chaos magic that he had just begun to understand.
It was only at this time that Luo Fu was surprised to find that the space imprint he left in the Pantheon, on the territory of the Chinese God System, had been erased.
Without thinking, he knew that the one who could do this must be someone from the Chinese God System. Although the Pantheon gathers all the great god systems, each god system has its own territory.
In an easy-to-understand way, the Pantheon is like a large courtyard. The territory of each god system is like a room belonging to that god system itself.
It is absolutely not allowed for other god systems to enter it.
The Chinese God System is also a powerful independent god system, not an affiliated god system, so naturally it will not be affected or influenced by other god systems.
Soon, Luo Fu understood.
From the moment he had the idea of establishing his own god system, the relationship between him and the Chinese God System was that those who are not of our race must have different hearts.
Even though Luo Fu himself was Chinese from Earth, and even in terms of power, he could barely be considered to have inherited the ancient Chiyou, the God of War. But unfortunately, god systems never look at these things.
Just as Luo Fu was secretly thinking about how to reposition his relationship with the Chinese God System.
A burst of rosy light filled the air, and white mist rose.
Not far from Luo Fu, a gate that looked like a white jade carving, like a memorial arch, appeared out of thin air. On the plaque above the archway, three seal characters were written.
South Heaven Gate.
A familiar figure, stepping on white mist and wearing rosy light, leaped out of the South Heaven Gate and appeared in front of Luo Fu.
"Nezha?"
As Nezha appeared, the South Heaven Gate behind him quickly disappeared without a trace.
Although the appearance of the South Heaven Gate just now was very mysterious, Luo Fu instantly realized that this so-called South Heaven Gate was clearly the same type of product as Asgard's Rainbow Bridge and Kamar-Taj's dimensional gate.
It's just that, compared to it, in terms of visual effects, the South Heaven Gate is undoubtedly more outstanding.
The shining rosy light and the rising white mist, just the appearance, are much more gorgeous than the Rainbow Bridge and the dimensional gate.
After all, the Rainbow Bridge itself also has the effect of a weapon. Even in spatial teleportation, it can even cross dimensions, but the characteristic of the weapon itself makes the riding experience of the Rainbow Bridge not very comfortable. It can even be described as uncomfortable.
And the dimensional gate also has the effect of a weapon. The sparks that tear open the space-like boundary have an extremely powerful cutting effect.
On the South Heaven Gate, Luo Fu did not feel the taste of weapons, but because of this, Luo Fu became more and more afraid to underestimate the South Heaven Gate.
Kamar-Taj's dimensional gate is only used for spatial teleportation, and the side effect of spatial cutting is so amazing. And the Rainbow Bridge also has extraordinary lethality. It is impossible for the South Heaven Gate of the Chinese God System to be just a spatial gate with more device characteristics than practicality.
Arriving on Earth, Nezha hadn't talked to Luo Fu yet. He suddenly seemed to sense something.
The Universe Ring suddenly vibrated violently.
Nezha's eyes flashed suddenly, and he stared fixedly in a certain direction in China.
Luo Fu frowned. He keenly noticed that what caused Nezha to pay attention was the Universe Ring.
Could it be that there is still something left on Earth that is related to the Universe Ring?
Thinking quickly in his mind, Luo Fu really gained nothing.
Perhaps the only thing that can be related to the Universe Ring is Xu Wenwu, the leader of the Ten Rings Gang.
But Xu Wenwu has ten rings.
No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for the Universe Ring to split into eleven all of a sudden, right?
Luo Fu didn't know that the ten rings in Xu Wenwu's hand were a part of Nezha's true Universe Ring that had been split off.
Even the Universe Ring on Nezha himself is just one of the former true Universe Ring.
There is also a ring that is now missing. I am afraid that only the Jade Emperor knows where the last ring he scattered in the universe is now.
Along with the vibration of the Universe Ring, Nezha's expression gradually began to become hideous and evil.
Seeing this, Luo Fu instantly distinguished that Nezha was clearly being eroded by some kind of power.
At any rate, there is still some affection between him and Nezha. Although the Nezha in front of him really has little to do with the Great God of the Three Altars and the Sea in Luo Fu's impression.
But Luo Fu couldn't bear to watch the other party being corroded by some kind of consciousness.
The Mind Stone Scepter instantly appeared in Luo Fu's hand.