American Comics: Trading Tom Cat

"Let's go, it's time to gather our harvest."

"You probably never intended to let Domam go in the first place."

"Haha~"

“If He knows what’s good for Him, I might let Him go, but I want His dark dimension.”

A super-large dark dimension represents a single dark entity, which can be used by oneself or given to others.

Locke had no reason not to want something this good.

It's not unreasonable to accept some benefits after traveling a long distance to save a demon god who is not even related to you, right?

As for Dormammu's opinion, Locke never considered it. What? Others can take from you, but I saved you, so why can't I have a little something? Are you looking down on me?

Unfortunately, the process ended before it even began.

Dormammu was very sensible; he not only handed over the Dark Dimension but also gave up his life in the process.

…………

In the Marvel universe, a spatial rift suddenly appeared, and Locke stepped out from it.

Looking up at the void, a strange expression appeared on Locke's face.

"Strange, why hasn't Dormammu returned to this universe yet?"

Dormammu was afraid of Locke, and Locke believed him, but not to the point that he was afraid to even go home!

He didn't see Locke instantly kill the other Dormammu.

After a moment's thought, Locke waved his hand, unleashing the omnipotent power of chaos.

"Rule Making - The Balance of Fate!"

The next moment, a strange, illusory scale appeared in mid-air, filled with an extremely dense power of destiny.

The Balance of Fate is a relatively basic ability within the Laws of Fate. It is a fairly basic, universal law technique that does not require reaching 30% to use.

Of course, Locke doesn't have any fate-related abilities; this is entirely simulated using the omnipotent power of chaos. In reality, the effect won't be any worse than the original.

"The Scales of Fate, probing the life or death of Dormammu in this universe."

In an instant, a dial appeared on the illusory scales, with death on the left and life on the right. As weights were added, the pointer of the illusory scales of fate fluctuated violently. Half a minute later, the pointer stood upright, hanging in the very center of the dial, and began to slowly move to the right as time passed.

“It’s currently in a half-dead state and is gradually dying completely.” Locke’s interest was piqued.

"Goodness, it seems that cunning Thanos is quite ruthless. He eats his fellow countrymen and then his comrades-in-arms; he never seems to lose out!"

When Dormammu of this world is in trouble, the answer is readily available without much thought.

The next moment, Locke fell into thought.

"Thanos's graveyard of gods can extract the essence of dead life forms to strengthen himself, so Thanos actually has no need for dimensions (baaj). In that case, that dimension might actually stay in his hands."

Super-large dimensions are valuable. Once refined, one can directly become a single-dimensional lord, not only gaining the status of a single entity but also ensuring that the dimensional is immortal and the demon god is immortal, along with an immortality that drives countless ordinary life forms mad.

“There’s really no one around me who is purely dark. Only Frank is barely on the edge, but Frank hasn’t even fully broken through to the level of the Father yet, so it’s not appropriate to report him to the single-target category.”

It was one thing to be friends before, but now that we're in the same organization, we can't act recklessly. It's not scarcity that's a concern, but inequality. Locke certainly wouldn't do something so foolish.

"Perhaps I can try refining it myself?"

Locke had no interest in becoming the master of dimensions. Relying on external forces was nothing compared to breaking through on his own, with all the great power returning to himself.

Locke wanted to see if he could use the power of a super-large dimension to nourish the three great forces within his body.

The three powers within Locke's body are becoming increasingly demanding. According to Locke's estimation, if the three powers want to advance to the level of Heavenly Father, each of them would probably need to devour more than a hundred portions of Heavenly Father-level energy to have any chance of success.

It would take slaughtering three, five, seven, or eight universes to gather so many Celestial-level beings.

Locke had wanted to try feeding it single-unit energy before, and now he can give it a shot.

He held the dark dimension, which had shrunk to the size of a sphere, in his hand and slowly approached his abdomen.

In an instant, the three originally quiet animals became excited, like cats smelling fish or dogs seeing bones. They became incredibly lively, as if they couldn't wait to be fed.

Locke fell into deep thought. So the question is, who should be fed?

The most important issue isn't who to feed them to. The most important issue is what to do if one of the powers advances and then tries to devour the other two powers.

The current power of time and space cannot suppress the three great forces after the breakthrough.

After hesitating for a moment, Locke took out the Ice Crystal Gauntlets. The power of time and space could not suppress the three great forces of advancement, and there was no reason why a single-target artifact could not do it.

Even if the Three Powers are incredibly powerful, they shouldn't be able to destroy a single-target artifact as soon as they advance!

"Or perhaps, all three powers will advance simultaneously?"

There's no rule that you can only feed one child; dividing them into three is also acceptable.

After a moment's thought, Locke swallowed the Dark Dimension.

Whether they divide it equally or each takes it all, let the three giants decide for themselves.

Once the Dark Dimension entered the body, the three forces, like hungry sharks, pounced on and tore at the power that was trying to control the Dark Dimension!

A moment later, Locke's expression turned somewhat grim. It wasn't that anything had gone wrong; the three powers were of the same level, and there was no question of one being able to defeat the other, so they were essentially evenly matched.

To his dismay, he finally received a clear response.

To elevate all three of the Great Powers to the Heavenly Father level, three complete individual energies are needed!

Something is wrong, this is definitely wrong!

When Wanda ascended to the Ascendant Father, she shared a portion of the Ascendant Father's energy with the White Queen, and the two of them completed their ascension!

Although Locke possesses three types of the Three Powers, it makes no sense that his advancement in the Three Powers would require absorbing power two levels higher!

Moreover, Wanda, Jean Grey, and the Fairy Queen, the three holders of the three great powers, can only be invincible at their level and can barely exchange a few blows with those at a higher level.

Locke's three great powers can make his combat power soar countless times! Locke's current life level is only that of a lower-level Heavenly Father, yet he can kill a lower-level individual. Of course, this is mainly due to the artifact, but the enhancement of his three great powers is also obvious, almost allowing Locke to leapfrog an entire major level.

Locke's three great powers and Wanda's three great powers are completely different things.

The more powerful something is, the more energy it needs to consume, which seems understandable. However, this is ridiculously excessive.

"When did my three sisters, Dali and Wanda, start to change so much?"

"It seems to have started from when the second type of Phoenix Power entered his body~"

When Locke first mastered the power of chaos, apart from having slightly better control over it than Wanda, he wasn't much different from her. It was only after the Phoenix Force entered his body that Locke's abilities began to surge, completely setting him apart from ordinary holders of the three powers.

"Three powerful forces, the power of unification~"

"Perhaps I should find an opportunity to have a talk with the Triune Vishanti."

The Triune Vishanti are the true masters of the power of unification; the three of them are the most unique multi-dimensional beings.

Chapter 137 The Terror of Diversity, the Uniqueness of Diversity

In the outer dimension, there is eternal silence, no strife, no noise, only eternity and tranquility.

Locke did not choose to tear space directly, but instead transformed into a stream of light and descended into this special dimension.

He was not a follower of anyone, nor had he ever developed faith in anyone. After all, those high and mighty beings were not necessarily stronger than him. However, here, in this dimension, Locke showed an unprecedented seriousness, which was a basic respect for the strongest beings.

Because the master of this place is a true multi-dimensional being!

Locke walked step by step into the outer dimension and arrived at the center. Here, he saw a place similar to human living areas, also inhabited by countless living beings.

Further in, after traveling an unknown distance, Locke arrived at the center of the entire outer dimension, where he met the true masters of this realm, or rather, the three masters: - the Triune Vishanti

The Triune Vishanti consist of the all-powerful Oshit, the all-seeing Agamotto, and the aged Hoggus.

These three were not quite what Locke had imagined. They were not three magnificent giants, but rather looked like three ordinary beings: an old man, a woman, and a highly wise scholar.

"You've arrived~" Agamotto, who spoke first with the air of a scholar, spoke in a gentle tone, seemingly harboring no ill will towards Locke and even retaining a great deal of goodwill.

"Greetings, Your Majesties!"

"Your Majesty" is the highest honorific title for a more powerful being, reflecting Locke's respect for the three multiverses.

Wearing a thin veil that partially obscured her face, Oshit let out a gentle laugh.

"No need to be so polite. You're only one step away from where we are now."

"One step?" Locke raised an eyebrow. Not to mention that his current life level is only that of a lower-level Heavenly Father, even his combat power is only between a lower-level single entity and a middle-level single entity. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible for him to be only one step away from multidimensionality!

Agamotto, the scholar, spoke again: "Isn't this why you came looking for us? The power of unification."

Locke's expression instantly hardened, and he looked at Agamotto with seriousness.

Agamotto didn't pretend to be profound and said directly, "As you think, we are not orthodox multiverse, but rather we use the power of unification to combine the power of the three of us, allowing us to achieve a unified sublimation and finally forcibly reach the multiverse level."

"Forced arrival?" The Multiverse is the master of a series of rules, how can this thing be forcibly arrived?

"What do you think multiverse is?" Oshit said softly, "The master of a system of rules? An existence that can easily destroy a universe, whose power radiates to countless parallel universes?"

"Is not it?"

"It's not that it isn't, but rather that it's incomplete."

"That is indeed the most common path to becoming a multi-dimensional being, but there are also some who do not follow that path. For example, if you have the strength to defeat most multi-dimensional beings, even if you have not yet become the master of the rules, does that count as being a multi-dimensional being?"

Locke fell silent. At least in his view, this should be considered as, "I can beat you into calling me daddy, so why can't we be considered equals?"

"That's why we say you're only one step away from us. We don't possess the power of laws within us. If we don't count the power of unification, we can only be considered three incomplete individuals."

Locke's gaze flickered, not because the Triune Vishanti's individual strengths were only those of a single entity, but because... it lacked the power of laws!

Even though Locke has obtained his current heaven-defying combat power through various means, he cannot escape the laws. His advancement is essentially a gradual advancement according to the laws. It's just that he has too much external force and his essence is ridiculously high.

"May I ask why the three Your Majesties do not possess the power of laws?"

"Of course~" Oshit replied gently, her gentle voice always filled with tenderness.

Why do you think we chose this particular method to become diverse?

"Wouldn't it be better if they could each be multiple?"

After a moment of contemplation, Locke shook his head; he really couldn't think of an answer.

Oshit laughed, but for the first time, a different emotion than gentleness appeared in his laughter—a sense of desolation.

"The answer is very ungentlemanly, because we are afraid."

"Scared?" Locke's eyes narrowed involuntarily; he never expected this answer.

"Yes, I'm scared."

"You didn't experience the Ancient God Era, so you don't know just how crazy those guys were in their fight for a seat in the multiverse."

"There were far more ancient gods than you can imagine, but very few have survived to this day. Moreover, those that remain have basically become multiverse beings. Do you know why?"

Locke shook his head again; how could he possibly know the secrets of such ancient gods?

However, the next moment, Oshit casually uttered something that made Locke's expression change.

“They did not all die, but became part of the diversity.”

Locke's pupils involuntarily dilated.

"That's right, just like you imagined."

"The concept of pluralistic uniqueness does not mean that a single set of laws can only produce one master of multiple laws, but rather that everything related to pluralism possesses uniqueness."

"In the ancient god era, countless individual universe gods fought each other, and there were far too many who had reached 80% or 90% comprehension of the laws."

"But, once one cosmic god becomes multiverse, all other single entities of the same system will become part of multiverse. Do you think the five great gods' avatars, which are spread across various universes and have very different personalities, came from?"

"Sigh~"

At this moment, even Locke couldn't help but take a deep breath; this news was truly terrifying.

The hundreds of thousands of clones of the Five Great Gods were actually powerful individuals who once competed with the Five Great Gods for the multiverse!

Silence fell, an unspeakable silence descending upon the scene.

After a moment, Agamotto shook his head and spoke again: "So, we were afraid, we chose to retreat. In the entire omnipotent universe, the super-single is a special existence because the super-single is the only one that can escape when this concept of multi-dimensional uniqueness spreads, at the cost of abandoning all laws, to break away from the concept of multi-dimensional uniqueness."

Locke remained silent; the ancient secrets he had obtained today were truly too powerful to ignore.

"Wait, if we become a single entity now, wouldn't that mean..."

Locke considered a possibility that horrified him.