Most of those Multiverse- level beings are beings that have transcended the current dimension. Time cannot affect them. Although they will not ignore spaces below the Multiverse level, they will not be without means to do so.
At that level, no one has a low level of spatial mastery; otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to project their power.
In Meikyō's view, Vertigo's strength was not much stronger than that of ordinary powerful mages like Wang and Mordo. However, with the multiple spells related to Multiverse- level demon gods imprinted on the Book of Cagliostro, it was already able to pose a certain threat to sub-fathers and father-level powerhouses.
The premise is that she can hold on.
The Book of Cagliostro is of a very high rank. It was written by Cagliostro, the ancestor of the Gypsies and a master of black magic and alchemy in history, and he left behind his own magic. It also records some of the contents that he saw in the Darkhold, which was written by the god of black magic, Chthon, who was also a powerful Dimensional Demon God.
This is why the Book of Cagliostro can unleash power that is essentially derived from Multiverse- level demon god, even though this power is negligible to those Multiverse- level powerhouses who have mastered at least one dimension.
However, magic in the Marvel universe follows the principle of equivalent exchange. The energy used to cast magic does not come from nowhere. Even if Vertigo user uses the Book of Cagliostro to cast a spell, they still need to give up something of their own—most of it goes to the Dimensional Demon God, and a small portion becomes Cagliostro's intermediary fee.
Therefore, after casting two spells that were completely beyond his level, the Vertigo black face turned slightly pale, and his body also became thinner.
She had nothing left to give, and even less, so she could only make up for it with her own life force.
In response to this move, Meikyō also used a spell she had recently learned.
The Ring of the Vishanti.
Actually, this is the yellow circular light shield that Kamar-Taj sorcerers often use to conjure in their hands. It's a relatively basic arcane spell, also known as the Seven Rings of the Vishanti.
However, being basic doesn't mean it's unusable. It's precisely because it's useful that it appears more often, and its potential is not low. A typical mage can create one or two rings, while Mordo and the King can create three or four. This can enlarge the shield, protect a space, and connect with other Ring of the Vishanti to create a barrier-like defense.
After reaching five, a qualitative change will occur, the color will turn red, and only top-tier mages can use them, such as Strange, who became the Sorcerer Supreme. They can even block attacks from Godfather-level powerhouses.
The Meikyō's magic was copied from the Ancient One, and it used its own energy, making it easier and more precise to control. Although its magical skill was still not on par with the Ancient One's, it was still able to cast the red Ring of the Vishanti and block the black Lightning.
It's not that there are no other means, but the Ancient One and her companions have used these spells to fight against demons and dark magic for so many years that their spells are the most efficient way to deal with these attacks.
"Looks like you're not going to make it."
Meikyō smiled as she looked at Vertigo in front of her, took out the Ama-no-Ohabari, and used a Black Flame Sword Qi to pierce through the lion-man Brutacus who was protecting her. Then, in an instant, she flashed behind Vertigo and stretched out her palm.
"Click!"
The sound of bones breaking rang out.
At the critical moment, Vacuum traversed space to block Vertigo, but was tightly bound by Meikyō 'Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and strangled.
In just a few minutes of fighting, more than half of the Seven of Salem, who are quite famous and powerful in the Marvel mystery world, have been killed.
"They're all dead, they're all dead!"
Seeing its brothers and sisters die one after another, Thornn charged toward Meikyō as if it had no regard for its own life.
"Thorn, no!"
Gadler couldn't call back Thornn and could only watch helplessly as his younger brother charged toward the Meikyō.
"Your siblings are so close, making me look like the bad guy, even though you're the ones who did the wrong thing."
Meikyō looked at the humanoid monster covered in Thornn that was charging towards her with a death-defying spirit, and stretched out a hand.
"Shinra Tensei!"
A repulsive force surged forth, blasting the Thornn into the wall, and then used Psychic Power to continuously compress the Thornn's bodies.
A cracking sound of bones breaking rang out, and the red spikes on the Thornn body lit up with a red light, accompanied by a violent fluctuation of magical energy, before exploding with a bang.
As the smoke and dust dissipated, footsteps sounded in the expectant gazes of Gadler the Gadler and Vititus the Vertigo.
Their faces instantly turned to despair.
The person before me was completely unharmed.
"The power is actually just average. Not to mention whether it can break through my defense, no matter how strong the power is, you should at least have the ability to hit the enemy. It's really pitiful to die like this without knowing why."
Meikyō grinned widely, looking at the two people in front of her with a beaming smile.
Vertigo once again lifted the Book of Cagliostro with both hands.
The pages of the book shone brightly, and his Vertigo body grew increasingly thin.
"The Words of Shuma-Gorath!"
Crimson energy emanated from the Book of Cagliostro.
This is yet another powerful spell that can make Meikyō feel threatened.
"You deserve to be tortured with a thousand arrows piercing your heart!"
In the void, ten thousand red energy arrows condensed and shot towards the Meikyō.
Meikyō frowned and raised his hand to release his Psychic Power to block the arrows.
"You deserve to be struck by lightning!"
A thick, red Inazuma shot out from the void.
Meikyō had no choice but to use Shield of the Vishanti to protect herself.
The magic in the Book of Cagliostro is very threatening. Even though Vertigo life force is almost exhausted now, I won't live for more than a few minutes if I do nothing.
All I need to do is get through it.
On the contrary, the magic she cast, which seemed to come from her words, was the type that Meikyō had never encountered from the Ancient One.
This piqued Meikyō's curiosity.
"Even with the help of Chthon's Chaos Power, we couldn't defeat this guy. Just who is he?!"
Gadler looked at Meikyō in despair, and with a final grit of his teeth, plunged his hand into his own heart.
Now it's her turn to be sacrificed!
"Chthon is a powerful Multiverse demon god. The power we borrowed is not enough to defeat him. It's just that the price we paid was not enough! Besides my life, I still have flesh and blood, and my soul, which can also be used as sacrifices!"
Vertigo let out a painful scream, and together with Gadler, it turned into a pool of blood and was thrown into the void above the Book of Cagliostro.
For wizards, sacrificing life force is a huge price to pay, but it is not their trump card, because they always have various ways to replenish their life force. A typical example is some dark wizards who kill others to take their lives as the source of their magic.
The soul, however, is the true foundation of a wizard.
Powerful spellcasters, such as the Ancient One, who had a deep understanding of the soul, do not truly die even if their physical bodies perish; their souls continue to exist. In many universes, the Ancient One even became involved with Eternity after her death.
Other methods include resurrection, rebirth, and stuffing one's soul into magical artifacts; there are countless other such operations.
Once a mage uses even their own soul, it means they have risked everything.
Souls are considered a general equivalent among powerful beings in the Multiverse, similar to currency. Different souls, such as greedy souls and noble souls, have different uses. The essence of a soul is very high, and the soul of a powerful spellcaster has even higher value.
That also means that the antelope, who has now offered up its flesh, life, and soul, and the spell that Vertigo will use next are extraordinary.
A voice, like the low murmur of a nightmare, rose up, making people restless.
"Something seems... off? Why hasn't anyone attacked me for so long?"
Meikyō stood there for more than ten seconds, somewhat bewildered.
"Master Meikyō! We've come to help!"
Panting, Mordo, suspended by a rope, leaped down the wall as if scaling eaves.
The pit was over a hundred meters deep, but they couldn't get down with their bare hands. If they wanted to teleport, they couldn't locate it because their senses were limited by the black mist.
"Um, there shouldn't be any other enemies here."
Meikyō pointed to a large area of blood-stained path around them.
Mordo fell silent.
I spent so much time, relying on my years of hard-earned martial arts skills, and with the help of magic, I finally managed to get down from there, and you're telling me it's over?
Just then, a Teleportation Circle composed of golden lines opened beside Mordo, revealing Wang and his group.
Thanks to the Sling Ring on Mordo's hand, Wang and his group were able to locate this place despite their senses being blocked.
"Your Majesty, this is over."
Mordo said to the king.
"No, it's not over yet. Shuma Glass's power projection had stopped increasing, but just half a minute ago, it suddenly became much stronger again. The Sorcerer Supreme believes that something unusual has happened down there."
Wang said to the two of them.
Meikyō probably understood now.
The last spell that Vertigo cast was likely an attempt to summon the power of Shuma Glass.
However, since the Seven of Salem had already summoned it once before, and the spatial coordinates were too close, the power projection that should have landed around the Meikyō did not appear. Instead, it strengthened the power projection that was already in the sky.
"Master Meikyō, do you know the Oshtur's Imprint spell? We plan to cast it together to seal the statue. Then Shuma Glass will lose its coordinates in this spacetime and will be unable to continue projecting power. Once the power projection on it is exhausted, we can end this incident."
Wang pointed to the Eye Beast Tentacle Statue and said.
"Isn't it possible to just destroy this statue?"
Meikyō looked at the statue and said.
"In the seventh century AD, the previous Sorcerer Supreme, Zhang Jiao, could not destroy it even with thunder magic. Later, he borrowed the Eternal Fire from Odin, the king of the gods in Asgard, but still could not burn the statue. Even banishing it to another dimension or sending it into space would be useless. It contains a part of the essence that Shuma Glass cast down. Therefore, this statue, like Shuma Glass, cannot be bound by time, and space has no meaning to it. To move it, only another Multiverse- level God can take action in a higher outer dimension, which means confronting Shuma Glass directly."
Wang patiently explained to the next Sorcerer Supreme.
After the Ancient One steps down, he will continue to serve as the assistant to the next Sorcerer Supreme.
Because his family has been serving the Sorcerer Supreme for hundreds of years, although their strength is not among the top among sorcerers, their knowledge is absolutely top-notch—not only in the magical realm, but also in carpentry, building houses and repairing roofs, financial and human resources management, cooking the eight major cuisines of China, and a whole host of other things that might be useful to the Sorcerer Supreme. They can be compared to a butler like Alfred from DC Comics.
Or perhaps they were originally the Sorcerer Supreme's personal stewards.
"I see. I know Oshtur's Imprint. Cast the spell with me as the core."
Meikyō nodded knowingly, spread his hands, and assumed a ready position.
The other mages also made the same gesture, and then everyone simultaneously made a series of hand seals in front of them, and finally spread their hands out to draw a circle.
A halo shimmering with a soft, golden-white light floated out, encompassing the Eye Demon statue in front of it. It then split into more than a dozen haloes, rotating around a central diameter axis to form a hollow sphere.
The other mages also threw out their own halos, making the surface of the sphere shine even brighter.
Oshtur is the God of Light, representing the omniscient aspect of the Vishanti. His power level is also multi-dimensional, and his attributes are relatively restrained by most chaotic and evil Gods. The seals cast using his power are the most suitable for sealing these things.
Meikyō's gestures changed again, compressing the sphere of light until it finally adhered, revealing the Eye Demon statue.
The light gradually dimmed, transforming into countless incantations that densely covered the surface of the Eye Demon statue.
Another Teleportation Circle opened at this moment.
It was Kaelen who stayed behind outside.
"Everyone! The black fog outside has dissipated. The Ancient One has lured Shuma Glass into a high-altitude battle. All we need to do is exhaust his remaining power!"
The group passed through the Teleportation Circle and looked up at the sky.
I didn't see anything.
The Meikyō, however, allows one to see everything clearly through the Rinnegan.
Because the sky was enveloped by the illusion barrier set up by the Ancient One, no abnormality could be seen from the ground or from the sky via satellite.
Using the same method they had used before, Wang and the others managed to get a rough idea of the situation by flashing a wisp of secret energy in front of their eyes.
All they could see was that the Ancient One and Shuma Glass were fighting fiercely, with thick black mist, golden arcane energy rising and falling, and flashes of green light from the Time Stone appearing from time to time.
Meikyō knew that now it was his turn to show off.