Loki's Showboating Failed, and Raine Secretly Sealed His Magic!

"Hamir... if I remember correctly, you developed this technique, right?"

A Master turned his head and asked dully.

Hamir's eyes bulged almost out of their sockets, and his lips trembled violently.

What the hell!

He indeed created the spell, but it definitely did not look like this!

He wanted to cry without tears, driven so crazy he wished he could yank out his own beard.

When he figured out this spell back then, it was purely to show off his skills and create some complex, flashy fluff.

Aside from being decent at tying people up, this thing could not even cut through a wooden stick, possessing zero offensive power whatsoever!

"Hamir, did you old bastard hold something back?"

The colleague beside him pointed at the light screen, "You call a spell that instantly vaporized tens of thousands of elites harmless?"

Hamir was genuinely crying: "I really didn't! Who knows why it turned into this ghost of a thing in Raine's hands!"

No matter how he explained, the surrounding Masters rolled their eyes in unison, making it clear they did not believe him.

What kind of cosmic joke was that!

Alien high-grade alloy armor—countless high-tier destruction spells smashed against it without leaving a single mark.

Raine used a broken piece of rope to instantly shred over a dozen warships, and you call that harmless?

If this did not count as offensive power, there were no lethal weapons left on Earth!

The Masters frantically self-hypnotized in their hearts.

It was definitely because Raine used a different version, absolutely not because they were too weak.

If they did not think this way, their hundreds of years of magical attainments would simply be a complete and utter joke.

To preserve the mental fortitude of the entire Kamar-Taj, Wong took a deep breath and laid down the final verdict: "Pass down the order, what Raine cast was the ultimate secret technique secretly taught by the Sorcerer Supreme!"

Everyone nodded desperately, feeling immensely relieved.

"Raine saved everyone and is the hero of Kamar-Taj," Wong added.

After today, Raine's name was destined to be engraved in the bones of all sorcerers.

The frontline battlefield.

The clamor abruptly ceased.

Although the battle was won, the tens of thousands of sorcerers on the ground not only failed to cheer, but instead felt extremely stifled.

Without even getting a chance to strike, the monsters had been wiped out by a single person.

Was this guy's mana infinite?

Even the Sorcerer Supreme opening their ultimate didn't pack this much of a punch!

Fortunately, the space portal had not been fully closed, and before long, a fresh batch of alien troops leaked through.

Following Raine's recent massive purge, the number of this wave of enemies plummeted, and the sorcerers finally found their sense of existence, easily crushing them.

Seeing the situation stabilize, Raine reined in his aura, directly tore open a portal, and stepped into the rear command post.

"Masters, just killing minor grunts is useless."

As soon as Raine entered the tent, he found several grandmaster-level figures staring at him like he was a monster, staring so hard it made his entire body's hair stand on end.

He scratched his head and flashed a signature, shy smile: "Masters, why are you staring at me like that?"

Wong pretended to dry-cough twice, forcing his face to straighten while frantically ranting internally.

A single person sliced tens of thousands of regular alien troops like cabbages, and you have no idea what you just did!

"Ahem, nothing." Wong quickly adjusted his expression, "What were you trying to say just now?"

Raine put away his smile, his expression turning serious: "We must find a way to completely block the space portal in the sky!"

"The Chitauri army is endless; as long as the gate remains open, they will eventually fly the mothership in. Once the interstellar mothership descends onto Earth, relying solely on us won't withstand the concentrated fire of its main cannons."

The universe was vast, even if the Chitauri army ranked at the bottom among numerous galaxies.

Yet for Earth at its current stage, it was still a devastating, dimensional-reduction strike.

If they didn't close the gate, they could only wait for death!

"We've tried, it simply won't work."

Wong furrowed his brows, his expression sinking so low water could drip from it.

"The outer layer of the portal is wrapped in a strange, high-energy barrier. All of Kamar-Taj's destructive spells smash against it without even making a sound."

Several Masters sighed one after another.

Everyone knew that blocking the gate was the key. As long as the space channel was closed, the remaining alien grunts would be turtles in a jar.

The problem was, they couldn't break the shield!

Facing this rule-based power belonging to the cosmic source, the means of the sorcerers appeared utterly ridiculous.

"I do have an idea."

Raine glanced around, his tone resolute: "Loki's Mind Scepter can pierce the energy shield."

The Tesseract and the Mind Scepter came from the same origin, belonging to high-dimensional energy of the same tier.

Using magic to defeat magic and gems to restrain gems was the only solution.

Wong's eyes lit up, not bothering to ask how Raine knew such top-secret intelligence at all.

"Pass the order! Lock onto Loki's location and seize the scepter at all costs!"

The rooftop helipad of Stark Tower.

The remaining members of the Avengers reassembled.

Looking battered and bruised, the group tightly surrounded the culprit behind this disaster.

"Loki, give up and surrender!"

Thor raised Mjolnir, panting heavily.

"Give up and surrender?"

Loki toyed with the long-handled scepter inlaid with a blue gemstone, his gaze full of playful mockery.

"Are you out of your mind? I am Asgard's greatest sorcerer. Surrender to a bunch of mortals like you? In your dreams!"

As soon as those words fell.

"Roar!"

Hulk didn't bother listening to nonsense, his legs violently shattering the ground as he charged straight at Loki like a heavy tank.

Gale winds howled, and green fists the size of sandbags were about to smash Loki's head to pieces.

Loki stood in place, the curve of his mouth growing increasingly punchable.

Swish!

Hulk's fist directly passed through Loki's body.

The afterimage dissipated, and unable to stop his momentum, Hulk crashed through the thick glass curtain wall with a thunderous roar.

"Brainless beast."

Loki slowly stepped out from the shadow on the other side of the helipad, his face full of disdain.

Steve raised his Vibranium Shield and shouted sternly: "You can't escape! Hand over the scepter!"

"Escape?"

Loki acted as though he had heard the greatest joke in the world.

He paused the scepter in his hand.

Hum!

A wave of light and shadow distorted.

Dozens of identical Lokis materialized out of thin air, turning the tables to surround the Avengers in the center.

"Now, exactly who is surrounded?"

The dozen Lokis mocked in unison, their voices overlapping in layers.

Thor was so angry his back teeth felt itchy.

When it came to hand-to-hand combat, he could grind his brother into the dirt.

Yet right now his divine power was nearly bottomed out, and facing this kind of elusive illusion magic, he was simply helpless.

Several superheroes pressed their backs tightly against one another, standing on high alert.

Loki relished the thrill of a cat playing with a mouse, leisurely declaring: "You really can fight. But what about now? Each of you can barely even stand. Yet my army is endless!"

"After today, Earth belongs to my rule, and as for you lot, not even scrapings will be left!"

He raised the scepter high, his eyes filled with fanaticism.

"You won't get away with it!" Thor roared.

"Mere clowns."

Loki waved a hand casually. Steve was struck as if by a heavy blow, sent flying backward to roll in pain upon the ground.

"I was captured by you purely to sow discord; did you honestly think you were all that impressive?"

"Roar—!"

Hulk, who had crashed into the building, crawled out once more and ferociously lunged at Loki's true body.

Loki cast a contemptuous glance, just preparing to initiate illusion displacement once again.

Suddenly!

His entire body stiffened. The surrounding space felt as though its mana had been drained away, his limbs heavy as lead, making even moving a finger an extravagant hope!

Thud!

A dull impact echoed.

Loki, stripped of his magical protection, took a solid home run from Hulk.

Flying like a cannonball, he smashed heavily into the concrete wall behind him, wedged in so tightly he couldn't even be pulled out.

The Avengers were left completely dumbfounded.

The villain who had been acting so almighty just a moment ago suddenly stopped dodging? Purposefully taking the beating?

At the same time.

Inside the Mirror Dimension.

Wong nodded approvingly, patting Raine on the shoulder: "Well done. Instant anti-magic—you've actually already applied this kind of advanced binding spell to perfection."

"The Master teaches well." Raine withdrew his seal-forming hands, smiling shyly.

Just now, it was he who had covertly intervened, forcibly severing the connection between Loki and the external mana.

Interrupting spellcasting had always been the most effective move against a sorcerer.

On the ruined wall.

Loki pulled himself out of the rubble pile, battered and covered in dust.