"This time, you may use the spells I taught you earlier," The Ancient One instructed Kaecilius.
Kaecilius's face lit up with delight.
The next moment, Luo Xia saw the braided middle-aged man start waving his arms and bouncing around like a child.
As Kaecilius moved, streaks of blood-red energy appeared in the air, forming the structure of spell runes. Their elegant lines came together into a complicated pattern, twice as intricate as the Dormammu runes Luo Xia had seen before.
Then the crimson rune became a streak of light and sank into the center of Kaecilius's brow.
"I summon you, Lord of Darkness. Grant me the power to protect."
As Kaecilius slowly chanted the spell, the rune on his brow began to shine. Luo Xia, who had been watching the show, sensed that something was wrong.
He wasn't hearing the voice through his auditory system. It was actually sounding directly within Luo Xia's soul.
Damn it, he really does think I'm the new Lord of Darkness? Luo Xia was utterly stunned.
The Ancient One had actually modified the Dark Ritual for summoning Dormammu, and it seemed to be working quite well. Luo Xia silently sensed the voice inside his soul. It seemed that as long as he agreed, Kaecilius could borrow energy from his AllSpark.
But could AllSpark energy withstand the terrifying hammer before them?
Thor had been charging his attack for some time, and the electricity on Mjolnir had already turned the air into plasma. The lightning had condensed into an electric arc; a single blow would vaporize even steel.
But Luo Xia seemed to have no other choice now. He could only agree to Kaecilius's request. Then, a hundred thousand units of AllSpark energy were drained from him in an instant.
Luo Xia's maximum AllSpark energy was only