American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 159: Is the Ancient One Injured?

After holding the first and second events, Xiao Xian finally expanded the Hell Space to the size of three football fields, and the reserves of the world's origin also doubled. Although it was still pitifully small for a dimensional lord, it was at least not so small as to be pitifully small.

With a knife plunged into his heart, Xiao Xian attempted to travel to the world where Jigsaw and Amanda resided. Although, according to Kamar-Tekki's knowledge, it wasn't easy for a dimensional lord like Xiao Xian to travel to other worlds; they would easily be blocked by those worlds. Only those worlds without protection would allow dimensional lords to come and go freely. But one should always give it a try, shouldn't one? Perhaps the world Amanda resided in was one of those worlds?

When Xiao Xian chose Amanda's flesh and blood, his soul did not quickly travel to Amanda's world. Instead, it seemed to bump into something midway and returned to the interface where he chose the body.

"Alright." Xiao Xian pursed his lips and returned to the Hell Dimension. Fortunately, the database of Kamar-Tekki and the knowledge inherent in the Hell Dimension contained many methods for disguising oneself as a native of the world and bypassing the detection of the world's will. Xiao Xian still had two informants there, so getting there wouldn't be too difficult.

Direct invasion is an option, but it would consume a massive amount of world essence. Xiao Xian's world essence is currently quite limited, and even if he connects, he might not be able to defeat the enemy. It would be awkward if there were hidden powerful figures on the other side.

Amanda and her companion's souls had already been recorded in the Hellish space. After spending some money to bring them back, Xiao Xian tossed a book and a box of gold in front of them respectively.

"I need your help with something."

"What are your orders?" Amanda and the other woman exchanged a glance and said to Xiao Xian together.

"I want to go to your world, but I've encountered some problems and need your help," Xiao Xian said to Amanda and the other woman.

"The book contains some methods that can help me descend to your world. After you get there, try the methods in the book. If magic works, use magic. If magic doesn't work, you can use prayer, sacrifice, or other methods. Anyway, you don't lack scum over there. The box contains gold, which is your operating expenses and wages."

"We understand!" Amanda and the other woman quickly replied. "We will definitely bring you to our world as soon as possible."

"Alright, go ahead." With a wave of his hand, Xiao Xian sent Amanda and the other person back to their world. He then changed the rules of the Hell Space, making it restart the detection and recruitment mode.

Unlike the vertical saw space, which pulls people out of everything it encounters, Xiao Xian set the principle for pulling people out of the hell space as follows: first, it detects them. After detecting the true name corresponding to the soul aura, it does not pull them out immediately, but reports it to Xiao Xian. After Xiao Xian reviews it and confirms that there are no problems, it pulls them out.

Furthermore, Xiao Xian adopted different principles in selecting targets. When it came to pulling people, he would pull anyone, regardless of whether it would be a loss or whether they deserved to die. Of course, if the other party was from another world, then as long as they weren't a big shot like the Ancient One, Xiao Xian would pull them, even if it meant losing money. Not to mention anything else, the world coordinates that came with them alone were enough to make it worthwhile.

Standing at the core of the space, looking at the light screen in front of him, Xiao Xian hoped to be able to pull people from another world. At this moment, the Ancient One sent a message through magic.

"Tomorrow at 2 PM, Mordo will join forces with Kaecilius and their followers to launch a rebellion against me and attempt to steal the Eye of Agamotto. At 3:08:24 PM, I will be accidentally stabbed to death by a magic sword. Remember to come at the exact moment and avenge me in front of everyone."

"Don't come to our real world until then, otherwise you might disrupt the future, and the Time Stone won't be able to see your impact on the timeline."

"It's accurate to the second!" Upon seeing the Ancient One's message, Xiao Xian silently mourned for Mordo and Kaecilius for half a second, then sent a message to the Ancient One.

"Okay, I'll be there on time."

The library in Kamar-Tekki was as quiet as ever at night. As the library's night watchman, Wang had grown accustomed to this tranquility in the still of the night. However, tonight, this tranquility seemed to be disturbed by some subtle change.

The king's intuition told him that there seemed to be other life forms in the library. Using magic to probe the library, he unexpectedly encountered a person he never expected—Casillas.

At this moment, Casillas stood in a dimly lit corner, holding an open spellbook in his hands, muttering something under his breath. A faint light flickered from the pages in his hands, as if he were casting a spell on some incantation within the book.

Wang remembers this book; it's the one that Gu Yi has been reading frequently lately, reading it whenever she has free time.

Looking at Casillas, the king's expression changed, but in the end he did not sound the alarm. He simply shut down the detection and continued to pretend that he had not seen anything and closed his eyes to rest.

If something happens to Gu Yi, his successor Xiao Xian, although annoying, is easy to deal with. Wang is confident that he can remove him from the position of the Supreme Master.

If the Ancient One hadn't met with any mishap, the King certainly wouldn't have dared to covet the position of Sorcerer Supreme. As for outliving the Ancient One? The King felt that even his own grandson's grandson wouldn't live to see the Ancient One die of old age.

However, there was one thing that Wang was very curious about: Did Kaecilius have a death wish? He actually thought of plotting against the Ancient One. Where did he learn the magic that he thought was powerful enough to use to ambush the Ancient One?

Of course, the King didn't have high hopes for Kaecilius's attempt to assassinate the Ancient One. Given Kaecilius's level, even selling his soul to a dimensional demon wouldn't be enough to assassinate the Ancient One.

But what happened next was beyond the king's expectations.

The next day at noon, sunlight streamed through the library's tall windows, illuminating the quietly arranged bookshelves. The library returned to its usual tranquility, with scholars and magicians engrossed in their respective studies.

The Ancient One suddenly walked into the library, and amidst the praise and respect of the crowd, she walked to the depths of the library, and then, as if unaware of anything, picked up the spellbook that Kaecilius had used to cast the spell.

To Wang's astonishment, the Ancient One seemed completely unaware of the book's anomaly. As she turned the pages, attempting to comprehend the magical theories within, the black magic cast by Kaecilius began to take effect. The symbols on the pages suddenly glowed with a black light, and a powerful, dark energy was released directly from the book, striking the Ancient One.

The powerful aura of the dark magic made Wang tremble involuntarily. Wang was very certain that even a slight aftershock of such powerful dark magic could easily break through the protective magic on his body and destroy him completely.

Even though the Ancient One was incredibly powerful, it was impossible for her to emerge unscathed from such a powerful dark magic attack.

Sure enough, when the dark magic dissipated, the Ancient One was still standing, but blood was spilling from the corner of her mouth, dripping down her chin to the ground. This was the first time the King had seen the Ancient One injured.

So even the Ancient One wasn't invincible after all, Wang thought to himself as he looked at the scene before him.

(End of this chapter)