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Chapter 206: The Road to Becoming a God
Although Dormammu is now just a clone condensed from a part of the dark energy intercepted on Earth by Du Mu, Dormammu still does not want to be destroyed.

The fact that Du Mu possesses Infinity Gems was important just now, and it is still important now, but the reason for its importance has changed.

Previously, Dormammu wanted to tell his original body that the new Sorcerer Supreme possessed the Infinity Stones, so that he would not consider coming to Earth for a few hundred years.

But now... it has been discovered that there is a space gate on Earth that connects to another world. Even if the Supreme Sorcerer possesses multiple Infinity Stones, it is worth risking half of his own wealth to give it a try!
That's another universe! A brand new, idyllic universe where there are probably no demons from other dimensions!
Another universe actually has limited meaning to mortals. Being able to travel to another universe is not much different from being able to travel to an unknown alien planet in the same universe. You also have to be lucky enough to land in an environment that is compatible with your own ecology in order to survive.

But for the dimensional demons, as long as the universe has not been developed by other dimensional demons, and there are no strong people at the level of dimensional demons...

It was simply the most sumptuous feast in the world! Fat meat lying flat on the ground ready to be slaughtered, a paradise flowing with honey and milk!

Dormammu is confident that in just a thousand years, he can surpass Vishanti, Cytorak, and Mephisto and become the most powerful demon!
Even...even if I'm a little luckier, that world really doesn't have any powerful cosmic beings...

Dormammu's heart is filled with incomparable desire and insane greed.

He might even go one step further and become a true god who rules the entire universe, above the dimensional demon god! An eternal existence with infinite energy, like 'eternity'!
The temptation is too great. The dimensional demon is out of reach for mortals, but from 'finite' to 'infinite', for a dimensional demon of this level, it is also a step to heaven.

There is no will left that can resist this temptation.

What’s more, Dormammu is a demon who vents his greed and evil at will.

However, Dormammu is struggling just one step away from heaven, and it is out of reach.

The chasm that stands in the way of ascension is the burning power gems... and more importantly, the Supreme Sorcerer whose exact strength is still unknown!
"Damn the Sorcerer Supreme!"

Dormammu cursed the most vicious curse... although it sounded very harmless.

But for a Dimensional Demon God of this level, it was meaningless to mock the other party's relatives, status, or identity. Before, when he said Du Mu was an ant, he really thought that the other party was not worth mentioning. Now, even if he scolded Du Mu, he used the title of Supreme Mage.

For a demon like this, as long as there is a trace of energy in the entire dimension and it has not been completely annihilated, for eternal life, "death" is the most vicious and deepest curse.

Through the Mind Stone, Du Mu had a clear view of Dormammu's thoughts.

He looked at Dormammu, who was imprisoned by his magic and ground with the power gem in the center of the magic circle, and smiled slightly.

I have also learned the basics of the opponent's magic and knowledge through the Mind Gem, so there is no need to go deeper. Many spells cannot be cast by anyone other than a dimensional demon.

But even if a small number of humans in Dormammu's mind can use spells, it is very valuable.

In the books of Kamar-Taj, the amount of human text seems large, but in fact it is more about studying how to carve flowers out of a small ball of magic power.

It is meticulous, but it lacks the grandeur of the dimensional demon who does not care about the use of magic power and casts spells only to achieve goals and effects.

But these are also small paths.

Through the Mind Stone, Du Mu saw the most fundamental and basic part hidden in Dormammu's knowledge system...

For example, how to become a dimensional demon.

Of course, becoming a dimensional demon god means a lot. Putting aside those parts that disregard human ethics and moral life, let's just talk about a practical issue of interests... For Du Mu, becoming a dimensional demon god, the improvement in strength may not be a leap forward.

After all, he had the bug of the martial arts gym. The tenfold feedback of strength allowed him to grow from a mortal to the level of being able to compete with Dormammu in just a few months.

Can becoming a dimensional demon make you stronger? Maybe, but only to a limited extent.

However, this limited power required Du Mu to sacrifice almost everything outside of himself... for example, all the planets he had ever visited.

After all, in a sense, the dimensional demon is a cosmic gluttonous snake. If it does not devour matter and space-time with energy, it is useless to become a dimensional demon.

But this does not mean that the knowledge of becoming a dimensional demon is not important to Du Mu.

Quite the opposite.

Before becoming a dimensional demon god, the transition stage of completely binding himself to a domain is what Du Mu needs most now!

What is Du Mu's most precious possession?
Of course, it is a martial arts school that allows you to travel to all the heavens and worlds and get ten times the feedback from your disciples!
But the martial arts hall is still made of bricks and stones. With Du Mu's current strength, it is so fragile that it is no different from powder.

They all scatter at the slightest blow.

The feature of the building that can be bound to the portal makes it difficult for Du Mu to rebuild the martial arts hall.

Even if one brick is missing, it won't work, even if there's a bug like the Ship of Casteius.

But what if... I completely bind the martial arts school to myself?

In this way, can he even break the limitation that he can only get feedback when his disciples grow in the training ground?

This is uncertain, but Du Mu thinks it's worth a try.

Well, while browsing the knowledge of Dormammu, Du Mu suddenly thought of Odin’s daughter Hela.

So that’s how it is… Did Hela get imprisoned by Odin because she wanted to completely merge with Asgard and achieve her own success?
But after all, Du Mu had never been to Asgard, nor had he seen Hela. These were all guesses and were not completely certain.

It’s just that in Dormammu’s knowledge system, it’s a certain stage before he becomes a dimensional demon, which is very similar to Hela’s performance in the original movie.

Du Mu thought to himself, is this the reverse path to becoming a god?
It is not about gaining power from material things, but about giving your power to material things.

But on the other hand, most of my strength was given to me by the martial arts school.

From left hand to right hand, there is no difference.

“Ugh—Aaaaaah—!”

While Du Mu was constantly searching Dormammu's memories to make sure there was nothing wrong with what he had learned, Dormammu himself had problems.

He was finally unable to protect himself from Du Mu's ever-improving spells and the siege of power gems, and all his defenses were completely broken down.

At this time, all the means Dormammu used to resist the power gem were countered by the spells cast by Du Mu himself. On this basis, he was almost defenseless and completely exposed to the attack of the power gem!
"No! Wait, Supreme Sorcerer, let's negotiate a deal!"

"Don't kill me. From now on, I promise not to come to Earth again and never covet this space and matter again!"

"Even my dark energy, I'll give you as much as you want! All for free, without any price!"

Dormammu was so panicked that he no longer cared about his dignity and tried to beg for mercy from Du Mu at all costs.

At this time, Dormammu's originally condensed body was no longer in human form. It was more like two pieces of plasticine that were kneaded together, and the color of the power gem was inevitably mixed in.

In the past, Dormammu used this method to transform the matter he devoured. This process was like humans tasting delicious food, and it was a daily enjoyment in his long life.

But today, Dormammu was like a mortal who swallowed a mixture of paraquat, cyanide, hospital needles, magma, sulfuric acid, and damn burning gasoline!

Every bit of energy in his body was screaming and wailing, being completely consumed by the destructive purple flame of the Power Stone! A strong and real fear rose in Dormammu's heart.

This fear was so great that it even affected Du Mu's ability to read the magical information in the other person's mind.

Du Mu had to stop studying for a while and asked in surprise: "Dormammu, are you so afraid of death?"

"Although it's strange to ask this, you are just a clone, a ball of energy separated from the dark dimension."

"Even if you die now, it will have no effect on your true body. Why are you so scared?"

Du Mu's tone was like a casual chat, with a hint of confusion in his calmness.

"You've even started to talk nonsense... Since I have the ability to kill you, how can I let you go back and tell the main body about me?"

His attitude was in stark contrast to Dormammu, who was struggling madly as if he was in a sea of ​​fire and wailing like a dying man. The contrast between stillness and movement was extreme.

Dormammu felt a bone-chilling chill and despair in Du Mu's seemingly relaxed but actually unwavering attitude.

He couldn't help but roar, "Don't compare me to those mortal ants! Your lifespans are so short, and your death is only a few hundred or even decades earlier. The loss is not worth mentioning at all!"

"I am Dormammu, the eternal lord of the dark dimension!"

"Damn you, Sorcerer Supreme! I curse you! I curse you!"

"Ughhhhhh!!!"

It turned out to be the case.

Du Mu understood.

After all, compared with the dimensional demons, the life of mortals is too short, like a mayfly, which makes their death meaningless in the eyes of the immortals.

Even if at this moment, all life on Earth died in an instant, all their lost lifespans, and even the lifespans of all their theoretical descendants combined, would not be even one billionth of the lifespans lost when a dimensional demon like Dormammu died.

Therefore, the dimensional demons are hypocritical in the eyes of some mortals. They themselves fear death to the extreme and cherish their lives far more than the most timid mortals, but they look down on ordinary people who are fearless and defend their homes.

Even if it's just a clone.

The death of the clone is also death.

After all, this dark energy possesses Dormammu's own will and thoughts.

Or to put it another way, every drop of dark energy is an "individual", and their collective consciousness combined is Dormammu.

So in fact, there is no such thing as clones and original bodies. They are just the difference between "a small piece of the original body" and "most of the original body".

Even if this small piece of the body no longer consumes any matter or ability and relies solely on consuming its own energy to maintain life, its lifespan will be longer than the lifespan of billions of humans combined.

While Du Mu was leisurely studying the psychology of the dimensional demon, Dormammu was suffering the most painful torture since his existence.

Dormammu could no longer utter a word. All he could do was roar and scream.

The destructive purple flame of the Power Stone was like a meat grinder drilling into his body, as if to grind Dormammu into pieces.

Originally his body was extremely huge, at least equivalent to half of Stark Tower.

But now Dormammu, the remaining dark energy, has almost reached the size of a mortal.

And as his strength weakened, the speed at which he was devoured by the purple flames became faster and faster!
Suddenly, the red shadow of the king appeared on Du Mu's body.

Du Mu raised his eyebrows and looked at the king's armor covering his body which was suddenly covered with cracks.

It seems that Dormammu is not just talking big.

He was really cursing Du Mu.

The spell used was a curse, a real curse.

"I didn't expect the spell I just learned would come in handy so soon."

As for the content of the curse... it's obvious, it's 'death'.

After all, this is the thing that the dimensional demon himself fears and hates the most. At such a critical moment, he naturally tried his best to launch the most extreme attack on Du Mu.

This curse spell is indeed quite interesting. After all, it was able to break through the layers of defense and magic circles set up by Du Mu, and was finally blocked by the Shadow of the King.

Unfortunately, Dormammu, who was only human-sized, had only enough energy to break through the Shadow of the King cast by Du Mu after he completely gave up resistance.

"Uh……"

Dormammu could barely make any sound.

He only had energy the size of a basketball left, like a head, on which condensed the eyes used to cast the curse, which were now bloodshot.

DOOM... No, it’s Du Mu. His real name is Du Mu. I can see the name written on his soul.

But why, how is it possible, why did the curse fail? ...

Dormammu couldn't figure this out.

In the end, even this head-sized dark energy was completely burned to ashes by the destructive purple flame.

Du Mu looked at the area where Dormammu had completely disappeared, and using the magic he learned from Dormammu, he began to look for any possible traces of Dormammu's fake death and escape or hiding.

Dormammu's knowledge has been learned. Du Mu originally wanted to study the existence of dark energy, but he got first-hand information directly from the mind of the Lord of the Dark Dimension, so it didn't matter anymore.

If Du Mu wants to replace Dormammu and become the master of the dark dimension, he will intercept some of the dark energy and take it to another universe to devour it, becoming a cosmic snake, constantly expanding his own power, and then return to Marvel to merge with Dormammu and use the Mind Stone to erase the other's will.

The path is clear, but it doesn't have to be.

after all……

Viewed from the scene.

The dimensional demon is no more than this.

(End of this chapter)