Phoenix Body

What made Li Congxin, who had originally planned to solve the problem through sheer verbal persuasion, suddenly start cursing was the Dark Energy drifting through the air of this universe.

Just as he tried to explain his actions, the previously calm Dark Energy in the air suddenly turned violent.

In the blink of an eye, it formed an invisible vortex that rapidly sucked in the surrounding Dark Energy. In an instant, it had drawn all the Dark Energy Metal within ten thousand meters toward the Himalayas. The originally sparse Dark Energy had reached a terrifying level that was almost visible to the naked eye!

This was only the beginning. Li Congxin had reason to believe that if this continued, the more than one hundred Mutants on the other side would all be corrupted by the Dark Energy and become beings similar to the Dark Apostles. Even the Avengers would face the danger of being corrupted by the Dark Energy the moment they stepped outside the area covered by the Sky-Shattering Sword.

What a Dormammu. As expected, he had prepared long ago, using one despicable trick after another.

First, he opened a passage connecting the two worlds and let himself enter to investigate the situation. Then he created what looked like an exploitable opening, luring Li Congxin into arranging the Sky Punisher Six Swords. After that, while Li Congxin was away, he began wildly accelerating the corruption of this world, thereby creating this misunderstanding between the X-Men and Li Congxin—one that would be extremely difficult to explain in a short time.

Now that the time was ripe, was he finally revealing his true intentions?

If the problem had only appeared in this one place, Li Congxin was confident that he could completely control the situation.

But what about elsewhere? Who could guarantee that the same problem would not appear? For example, in the places where the other Mutants were, or where the human leaders of this universe were located…

And there were also the places in the universe where the other teams of Avengers were stationed.

If problems appeared in all those places at once, then even if Li Congxin could create clones of himself, he still could not attend to every location simultaneously!

With no time to waste on pointless explanations, Li Congxin flickered and vanished from the sky above the Himalayas. The next moment, he appeared in Hyperdimensional Space, near the outer perimeter of the X-Men Universe.

Dormammu’s true body was standing there, controlling the Dark Energy he had previously injected into the X-Men Universe. When he suddenly saw Li Congxin appear before him, a cruel smile immediately curled across his lips.

The next moment…

"Bang!"

The instant Li Congxin appeared, he condensed a gigantic fist of divine power and slammed it viciously into Dormammu’s face. Dormammu had been exerting himself to control the Dark Energy and had no time to dodge or evade.

With that single strike, Dormammu was sent flying ten thousand meters away. Meanwhile, the Dark Energy gathered throughout the X-Men Universe dispersed once more after losing Dormammu’s control.

The gloom was swept away, and everyone who had been trapped beneath the dark vortex could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With a single punch, he had resolved the urgent crisis Dormammu had caused in the X-Men Universe. The sheer power of it was enough to make anyone proud.

Yet in the face of this result, Dormammu showed not the slightest trace of dejection, while Li Congxin displayed no hint of smugness either.

That was because this outcome had been inevitable from the moment Dormammu began stirring up the Dark Energy in the X-Men Universe. As long as he did that, Li Congxin would inevitably follow the trail back to his location. And with Li Congxin’s current strength, stopping him was no difficult task.

In terms of realm, after refining four Infinity Stones, Li Congxin had reached the mid-stage of the Multiversal Level. He was practically on par with Dormammu in his current state. Even if he was slightly inferior, the gap between them was not large. Under such circumstances, Dormammu could not fight Li Congxin while splitting his attention to do something else.

But likewise, if Dormammu could not split his attention, neither could Li Congxin!

Seeing that this fated opponent had successfully been drawn out of the Singular Universe, the smile on Dormammu’s face grew even wider. "Heh heh… You despicable thief, you finally agreed to come out of the Singular Universe?"

At this moment, Li Congxin had no choice but to abandon the idea of returning to the Himalayas to preside over the situation. He shook his head lightly. "Dormammu, you went to such lengths to lure me out. I thought you had some incredible power in your hands, powerful enough to crush me." As he spoke, his body had expanded until he was nearly as tall as Dormammu, and his gaze swept over the latter from head to toe. "Now that I see it, it’s nothing special!"

"Hmph!"

Hearing Li Congxin’s contempt, Dormammu shouted angrily and waved his hand, firing a highly concentrated beam of energy at Li Congxin. "Killing you will be enough!"

Yet Li Congxin neither dodged nor evaded. He merely drew an Any Door in front of himself, directly reflecting Dormammu’s energy beam back. The schemer, who preferred plotting to actual combat, was blasted flying once again.

"Snap!"

After a snap of his fingers, several deep, steady notes from a guzheng suddenly rang out in the empty space. The rhythm then abruptly accelerated, followed by rapidly sung lyrics.

"Laughing at you and me for wasting all our schemes, chasing the beauty of flowers reflected in a mirror; afraid that luck will vanish in the blink of an eye, lost in greed, anger, joy, evil, and rage…"

With the ultimate evolved version of Chief Qiao’s giant sound system, Li Congxin lunged forward. The terrifying Vengeance Divine Power in both his hands was massively amplified by the music. With a casual palm strike, he unleashed a giant dragon capable of swallowing planets, roaring as it pounced toward Dormammu.

Two Multiversal Level powerhouses were battling, yet what they displayed looked more like the fighting style of martial-arts masters. The contrast was undeniably strange. However, with the BGM’s enhancement, Li Congxin—whose strength had originally been considerably inferior to Dormammu’s—erupted with terrifying power even greater than his opponent’s. In a furious barrage of attacks, he actually forced this veteran Multiversal Level powerhouse into retreat after retreat!

Received Impression Points from Dormammu +99999!

Received Impression Points from Dormammu…

Received…

"Damn it!"

Being pinned down and hammered repeatedly by Li Congxin inside Hyperdimensional Space, Dormammu’s frustration was obvious. Large amounts of Impression Points kept appearing one after another, while he continued cursing furiously.

Yet even after being beaten so miserably by Li Congxin, Dormammu, as a veteran Multiversal Level powerhouse, still maintained his pride. He neither retreated nor surrendered, nor did he show any intention of changing his battle strategy. He simply gritted his teeth and fought Li Congxin to a standstill.

A vicious battle at the Multiversal Level had already surpassed the limits of ordinary humans’ understanding of time, space, dimensions, and more. The fight, which had begun as tense and fierce, gradually became indescribable…

Yet no matter how indescribably the battle changed, the advantages and disadvantages between them did not change in the slightest. Li Congxin still relied on his BGM to pin Dormammu to the ground and rub him into the dirt, leaving him capable only of defense and utterly unable to counterattack.

Watching the injuries on Dormammu’s body grow increasingly severe, and seeing much of his divine power blasted apart by Li Congxin, he had gone from completely overwhelming Li Congxin in terms of divine power at the start to merely matching him in quantity now. At last, this veteran Multiversal Level powerhouse could no longer endure it.

"Boom!"

Another giant dragon of divine power blasted Dormammu flying. Suddenly, Dormammu shouted, "Bastard, are you really just going to keep watching? What happened to joining forces? Don’t think you can wait until I’m killed before appearing. You should know that Li Congxin has completely mastered the laws of space. If he wants to leave, you have no chance of keeping him here."

Just as expected!

Dormammu truly was an old schemer. He had indeed prepared a backup plan for this clash between Multiversal Level powerhouses!

"To think you would be beaten into such a sorry state by some brat who has risen to prominence for less than ten years. You really are a complete good-for-nothing, Dormammu!" Amid a voice dripping with boundless disdain, a phoenix cry suddenly rang throughout the entire void.

Immediately afterward, Li Congxin felt the surrounding space enveloped by energy filled with scorching heat and an aura of destruction. Even if he wanted to use his spatial abilities to escape, it had become extremely difficult.

His gaze instinctively turned toward the direction where the aura of destruction was thickest. What entered his view was a gigantic fiery phoenix more than a hundred times larger than the sun, staring at him playfully!

"Kid, I remember telling you not long ago not to let me encounter you in Hyperdimensional Space. I never expected you to be so brave. In such a short time, you’ve already treated my words as wind passing through your ears and taken the initiative to come running into Hyperdimensional Space."

The Phoenix Body!

Seeing this sudden powerful enemy, Li Congxin felt a headache coming on.

Regarding today’s battle, although it appeared that every step of his actions had been forced, with Dormammu leading him by the nose, the truth was that everything had been completely within his expectations.

They were all Multiversal Level beings. Everyone knew exactly what tricks the others could play.

The strategies Li Congxin could think of were naturally not strange for Dormammu to anticipate. Conversely, although Li Congxin could not guess the exact process of the methods Dormammu might use in response, the general direction of events had never exceeded his expectations.

This included Dormammu using his home-field advantage to pin the blame for the Dark Energy on Li Congxin, as well as using drastic measures to force Li Congxin out of the Singular Universe and into a head-on battle with him in Hyperdimensional Space.

All of this had been completely within Li Congxin’s expectations. Since he could imagine it, he had naturally arranged countermeasures in advance. With the BGM’s enhancement, he had not been afraid to face Dormammu directly at all.

However, Li Congxin had never imagined that the Phoenix would appear!

Although he and Dormammu had long been locked in a life-or-death struggle, and their repeated clashes had drawn the attention of the Phoenix Body, he had never expected Dormammu to take the initiative to seek cooperation with the Phoenix. Even more surprising was that, given the Phoenix’s temperament, it had not killed him on the spot. And despite its arrogance, it had actually agreed to join forces with Dormammu and deal with him together!

This was getting serious!