Don't Fight, I Have a Grudge Against Dormammu!

Deep underground.

Natasha and Kaecilius stood perfectly still, listening tensely for movement outside, not daring to make a sound.

Beside them, Tu Xingsun braced both hands against the ground as earthen-yellow energy enveloped the surrounding walls.

After a long while, Tu Xingsun finally withdrew his hands and used his wide sleeves to wipe away the sweat streaming down his face.

"Immortal, that powerful presence outside has left."

"Whew... You've worked hard."

Tu Xingsun's words made the two of them let out deep sighs of relief, their taut bodies finally relaxing.

"Dismiss."

Seeing that the immediate danger had passed, Natasha waved a hand and dispelled the summon, saving what little spiritual power she had left.

At the same time, Mordo, who was lying on the ground nearby, was finally slapped awake by Kaecilius.

"Fuck, that hurts! My face! My back!"

The moment he woke up, Mordo—his swollen cheeks making him look like a hamster—let out a miserable howl.

"This is insane. I'm already at the fifth level of Body Tempering, yet Natasha's summon knocked me out with a single punch!"

Seeing Mordo wake up with enough strength left to complain loudly, Kaecilius instantly changed his expression.

All his previous concern vanished, replaced by disdain and mockery.

"She's at the seventh level of Body Tempering, and the Golden Armored Warrior she summoned is at the eighth. You're only at the fifth level. The fact that it didn't kill you means you're lucky!"

"Uh... that makes sense." After thinking it over, Mordo felt there was nothing wrong with that logic.

In fact, he even felt that taking a full-force blow from someone at the eighth level with his fifth-level physique and merely passing out proved he was exceptionally gifted!

"Tch, looks like I really do have the potential to fight above my level~"

After smugly saying that, Mordo quickly noticed something wrong with their surroundings.

"What dense dark energy! It's even eroding my body!"

He turned to look at the other two, swallowed with an expression as though his teacher had died, and asked, "We're not in the Dark Dimension right now, are we?"

Kaecilius snapped back irritably, "What do you think?"

Mordo then looked at Natasha, who had remained silent. She too wore a guilty expression, lowered her head, and spoke softly.

"Senior Brother Mordo, it's all my fault. I accidentally let the Golden Armored Warrior punch you into the portal..."

As for his junior sister, the sect master's only disciple, and Kamar-Taj's resident beauty.

Mordo magnanimously waved a hand, his expression exceedingly gentle. "It's not your fault. I was the one who rushed to explain myself and scared you."

"Of course, the person most to blame is Kaecilius. If he hadn't been spouting nonsense, none of this would have happened."

After saying that, he shot Kaecilius a vicious glare, looking as though he was just short of kicking him.

Kaecilius merely sneered and turned away, wearing an expression that said he could not be bothered with an idiot like him.

Seeing that Mordo did not blame her, Natasha sighed in relief and found a spot to sit down.

"Before we came in, I already found a way to notify Master and the others. It shouldn't be long before they come pull us out..."

Halfway through, Natasha suddenly thought of something and asked, "We could open a portal from Earth to here before. Can't we just open another one and go back now?"

Mordo sat up from the ground and shrugged. "No. Portals can only be used within the universe. This is a higher-dimensional space, a time-space outside the universe."

Kaecilius also found a place to sit and continued the explanation.

"Earlier, it was because I established a connection with the Dark Dimension and obtained its coordinates. Mordo was only able to open the portal using those coordinates."

"If we want to return to Earth through a portal again, we'll need coordinates connected to Earth. Unfortunately, we don't have any."

"Then forget it. Let's just stay here and wait for rescue. The energy here is so dense, so it's not like we'll have nothing to do."

Natasha's words immediately won the unanimous agreement of the other two.

Though the process had been somewhat roundabout, they had still achieved their goal of stealing energy.

They would definitely be punished after returning anyway, so they might as well let loose and absorb their fill now!

With that thought in mind, the three quickly entered cultivation, while mist formed from vast amounts of dark energy filled the entire underground space.

No one knew how much time had passed. On the surface of the celestial body above them.

A white-haired, green-eyed woman with exquisite, seductive features and a curvaceous figure suddenly appeared.

One hand rested on the ground while the other was held before her knees. She crouched halfway down with her eyes closed, seemingly sensing something.

Only after a moment did she slowly open her eyes, joy appearing on her face. "I finally found you."

As she spoke, she swung the purple energy blade in her hand at the ground, instantly cutting a huge opening before leaping inside.

Within the underground space.

Sensing the tremors in the ground above, the three simultaneously stopped cultivating and opened their eyes.

"We've been discovered!"

"Prepare to fight!"

After exchanging glances, the three swiftly separated and occupied three corners, prepared to unleash a thunderous assault the instant the person above came down.

Rumble!

A hole soon collapsed open in the ceiling of the underground space.

A figure wearing purple armor over a purple bodysuit and draped in a purple cloak descended through the opening, landing between the three of them.

"My name is Clea, and I'm Dormam—"

"Attack!"

Without giving the person before them a chance to finish speaking, Natasha and the other two immediately sprang into action.

"Blood Waves Overwhelming the Heavens!"

"White Bone Hell!"

"Tu Xingsun, Star Lord of the Earthly Mansion, seek the enemy with the Immortal-Binding Rope!"

The instant the words fell, endless crimson blood flooded down from above, covering the heavens and earth. In the blink of an eye, it filled the entire underground space.

At the same time, dense masses of white bones emerged from the blood waves, transforming into horrifying skeletal soldiers that charged together at Clea, who had been engulfed by the blood.

Clea, now under their combined assault, was instantly stunned senseless.

The strange blood on her body was like man-eating insects, constantly burrowing into her skin while carrying an intense corrosive effect like sulfuric acid.

The skeletal soldiers within the blood waves were even more sinister.

Every strike carried a chill that seeped into her bones, as though her life itself was being eroded and drained away.

Realizing that she would soon die if this continued, Clea exhausted all the power in her body and used her will to temporarily drive away the blood waves and skeletons around her.

Then, with her hair disheveled, she shouted sharply at them.

"Stop fighting! I'm not your enem—"

Yet before she could finish again, she was interrupted by Tu Xingsun, whom Natasha had summoned last.

"Tu Xingsun accepts the command."

The short Tu Xingsun first performed a salute, then pulled the golden belt from his waist and threw it.

As if alive, the belt transformed into a streak of golden light and instantly wrapped around Clea's body, binding her tightly before slamming her to the ground.

"Shit! What the hell are these things!?"

Lying on the ground, Clea finally had the chance to finish a sentence.

As she struggled desperately to break free from the Immortal-Binding Rope, she shouted again at the fastest speed she could manage.

"I have a grudge against Dormammu! He killed my father and exiled my mother! I came here to help you!"