A Gift from the World, Knocking the Ancient One Flying

Lin Du gripped the steering wheel tightly as his sports car sped down the road leading to the mysterious Kamar-Taj.

His thoughts drifted uncontrollably back to that ordinary, distant past. Back then, he had merely been an office worker, drowned day after day in an endless sea of work, his life without a ripple.

Until that one time, when he bravely stepped forward to uphold justice, the melody of his life abruptly came to a halt.

He had thought that was the end of the story, never expecting it to be the beginning of an entirely new journey.

He had transmigrated, leaping from the familiar world into a bizarre Marvel universe.

When he first arrived, he had tread carefully at every step, afraid that one wrong move would send him plunging into an unknown abyss.

In this world, the supernatural and advanced technology went hand in hand, and the collision of magic and science produced astonishing sparks.

Here, one might see sorcerers chanting spells to summon lightning, then turn a corner and encounter heroes clad in steel armor soaring through the skies. Cosmic-level crises hung overhead like the Sword of Damocles, and even the most inconspicuous street corner might conceal mutants capable of reshaping the world.

Fate seemed to have played a joke on him, then quietly slipped him a lavish gift.

In an unguarded moment, his body had unlocked an unprecedented superpower—Fusion Absorption.

With just the slightest touch, whether it was a famous superhero or a mysterious object concealing immense power,

he could draw out its essence bit by bit and fuse those abilities into his own bloodline.

At first, he had merely brushed past an unremarkable hero. His speed had increased slightly and his strength had grown a little, but those tiny changes were already enough to give him greater confidence in protecting himself in this perilous world.

As time passed, Lin Du was surprised to discover that once the abilities accumulated within him reached a certain threshold, they began intertwining with one another, giving birth to entirely new and even stronger powers.

This power of fusion was like a chain reaction caused by chemical reagents meeting. Once triggered, it was unstoppable and filled with endless possibilities.

"This feeling... it's like holding the keys to countless worlds." Lin Du murmured, a confident curve rising at the corner of his lips.

But if he wanted to absorb these heroes' powers, he first had to find and touch them.

At this moment, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Thor, and the others were all still far beyond his reach.

For the time being, he could not reach them.

By comparison, the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj were much closer.

Perhaps he should visit them first. Maybe it would begin an unexpected journey.

Kamar-Taj, a place that guarded ancient and formidable magical secrets.

Lin Du pondered that as long as he could get close to those sorcerers, especially the legendary and supreme Ancient One,

or her capable right-hand aides, Wong and Mordo,

even if it was only a simple handshake, he could find an opportunity to claim their magical power for himself.

Just as Lin Du was thinking about how to fuse those powers,

a figure appeared silently before his car, like a ghost leaving its body.

In an instant, Lin Du could only watch as the car, like a runaway wild horse, charged straight toward that figure.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by the screech of brakes, the figure flew into the air like a kite severed by an invisible hand before crashing heavily onto the ground.

Lin Du's heart clenched as he gripped the steering wheel tightly, his gaze fixed on the person he had accidentally struck.

He stared wide-eyed in disbelief, and the first absurd thought that flashed through his mind was, Did I just get scammed by someone throwing themselves in front of my car?

But calm logic soon reclaimed his thoughts, and he realized that this matter was probably far more complicated than he had imagined...

There was not a single person around. Everything was deathly quiet.

Someone lay on the ground, dressed in strange clothes. Their face flickered in and out of view in the dimness, impossible to make out clearly.

A thought flashed through Lin Du's mind. He immediately pushed open the car door and strode toward the fallen figure.

He examined her for quite a while before suddenly letting out a chuckle.

"This..."

Heaven really was helping him!

Who would have thought that with one hit, his target had been "delivered" right to him!

"Hey, Master Ancient One?" Lin Du asked, half probing and half astonished. He quickened his pace as he approached, his heartbeat accelerating involuntarily, his heart brimming with excitement at the coming revelation.

Up close, the Ancient One's clothes were in disarray, but her eyes were exceptionally bright.

"Y-you... who are you?" The Ancient One struggled to sit up, her voice carrying both wariness and a trace of curiosity.

Seeing this, Lin Du immediately extended a hand. On the surface, he meant to help her up, but deep down, he had already secretly activated that mysterious power of fusion.

"Relax. My name is Lin Du. You could say that we're... rather fated." Lin Du's tone was warm yet firm as he spoke, quietly guiding that incredible energy within him.

It was a power he had acquired by chance, allowing him to undergo a special kind of "fusion" with certain people and obtain their abilities.

"Watch out—" The Ancient One suddenly grabbed Lin Du's arm. Their figures swayed, and they vanished from where they stood.

Almost in the blink of an eye,

a sharp, pitch-black blade of light tore through the air and viciously pierced the spot where they had just been standing.

The ground immediately split open with spiderweb-like cracks, and dust erupted into the air.

Lin Du's gaze locked onto the dark dagger radiating an ominous aura, disbelief flashing in his eyes.

This was Kaecilius's weapon?

The Ancient One's steady voice soon sounded beside his ear.

"Kaecilius, you have finally embarked on this journey of no return."

Kaecilius had once been a disciple of Kamar-Taj, but now he had betrayed his teacher and become obsessed with pursuing forbidden power.

A cold smile curved across his lips. Shadowy energy rippled and twisted around him, making him seem like an envoy from another world.

"Ancient One, your era has already come to an end. I will forge the new order with my own hands."

With that, Kaecilius launched an attack directly at the Ancient One, while in that split second, Lin Du felt an unprecedentedly powerful force surge through his body.

After fusing with the Ancient One's power, he had pushed open a door to a new world. All kinds of miraculous abilities beyond imagination shone brilliantly within the depths of his consciousness, eager to be unleashed.

The instant Lin Du's fingers lightly touched the Ancient One, ancient and powerful energy flooded into his bloodline.

In an instant, images of skills involving energy projection, interspatial teleportation, and mysterious magical whips flashed through his mind one by one, vivid and clear.

That knowledge seemed as though it had always belonged to him, naturally merging into the depths of his consciousness.

[You touched the Ancient One's hand. Congratulations, you have fused with the Ancient One's power.]