The unexpected turn of events in the center of the battlefield drew everyone's attention.
Dark purple magic completely blotted out the sky.
Doctor Stephen, the Dark Supreme Doctor Strange Strange, hovered in mid-air.
The dark purple robes fluttered in the intense energy turbulence.
Annihilus was tightly bound by countless dark tentacles.
The surface of the chitinous armor emitted a dazzling fluorescent green antimatter energy.
This energy can easily tear apart spatial barriers and destroy everything in its path.
However, under the suppression of the tentacles, the antimatter energy was firmly confined to a three-inch area around the Insect Emperor's body.
The Eye of Agamotto on Strange's chest slowly opened.
An eerie green light shone upon Annihilus.
The dark purple force field rapidly expanded outwards, covering an area of several kilometers in radius.
The nightmare barrier took shape, completely sealing off spatial travel.
All external forces were completely isolated.
"A mere inferior being."
Strange uttered a few words, and more thick, dark tentacles emerged from the hem of his robe.
The tips of these tentacles were covered with slits filled with sharp teeth, aiming straight for Annihilus's face.
The Annihilus roared, raising its silver-gray metal staff high.
He mobilized all the antimatter energy within his body, unleashing the strongest attack of his life.
A beam of pure antimatter light pierced through the void, heading straight for Strange's chest.
Where the beam of light passed, even the air was completely Oblivion, leaving behind a pitch-black vacuum trail.
On the city wall, Magneto Erik immediately raised his hand, and powerful magnetic shields layered in front of the city, guarding against any potential shockwaves.
Strange didn't dodge; faced with such a terrifying energy attack, he simply opened his mouth.
The jawbone split open at an inhuman angle, revealing a bottomless, pitch-black interior to the mouth.
That was the Nightmare Abyss within his body, specifically designed to devour the energy of dimensional demons.
The beam of antimatter light shot into the darkness.
It vanished without a trace, without even causing a ripple.
Strange closed his mouth, and his throat bobbed.
Annihilus froze in mid-air, staring incredulously at the freak before him.
His elusive, galaxy-destroying strike was swallowed whole by the opponent! There wasn't even a burp in his face.
A sense of dread instantly gripped the Insect Emperor's entire body.
He flapped his membrane wings sharply and retreated at full speed.
"Bang!"
He crashed into a dark purple, transparent barrier.
The Shadow Cage had already sealed off this space.
Strange raised his right hand and suddenly clenched his fingers.
The tentacles wrapped around the Insect Emperor tightened instantly, their sharp tips piercing into its hard chitinous armor.
The purplish-black corrosive demonic flames spread along the tentacles; these flames did not burn matter, but rather magic and Soul Stone.
A piercing scream echoed through the sky.
The energy ripples from their clash spread outwards.
The swarm of insect soldiers within a radius of tens of meters didn't even have time to flee before being instantly reduced to dust by the energy impact.
Strange hand seals.
Images of Ikonn activated.
Hundreds upon hundreds of Strange's dark clones appeared in mid-air in an instant.
Each clone unleashed a terrifying illusion, completely surrounding Annihilus.
He was bombarded with attacks that were difficult to distinguish as real or feigned.
Deadpool stood beneath the city wall, his hands covering his head, his mouth agape in an "O" shape, his white eye patch flashing.
"Oh my god! Wait a minute! Stop! Am I seeing things? Isn't this the Dark Strange from What If, who destroyed the universe for love?!"
Why not just stay in the animation studio and instead come to a live-action battlefield to fight giant bugs?!
Fox split up and was later swallowed up by Disney, and now they're even letting animated characters parachute into reality? Are the writers just randomly changing settings for the sake of power levels? If I'd known crossovers were this easy, I would have already gone to the Spider-Man- Man set to freeload!
Cyclops Scott, on the X-Men's side, adjusted his Ruby-Quartz Visor.
The high-energy rays he emitted could barely penetrate the shells of a few insects.
The man in the robes in mid-air actually swallowed Universe Level attack whole.
Scott turned to look at Jean Grey.
Qin shook her head.
Spiritual energy simply could not penetrate that dark purple area.
The Chibi Hulk, holding Vibranium hammer, stares blankly into the air.
"The green guy got beaten up badly, and Hulk wants to smash that green guy too."
Thor looked away and turned to the control panel beside him.
Emma Frost stood in front of the screen, arms crossed.
The soft glow of the screen illuminated her fair face.
"Is this the outside help you hired?"
Emma Frost tilted her head slightly, her red lips parted slightly, and her words carried a hint of scrutiny.
Thor walked over to her and casually put his arm around her waist.
"Not an outside helper, just a newly recruited subordinate."
Emma Frost didn't struggle; she simply let him hold her, her chin slightly raised.
"How did he absorb it? The energy fluctuations on this guy are very abnormal. He just swallowed antimatter energy whole. Even with my Star Diamond Body, it would take some time to transport that level of energy to subspace and decompose it."
Betsy appeared behind Thor without his noticing.
She didn't speak, but listened quietly.
Thor's fingers gently caressed Emma Frost's waist.
"This guy's a womanizer."
Thor stared at Strange on the screen, who was unilaterally beating up the Insect Emperor.
"To save his girlfriend, he studied forbidden dark magic and devoured countless dimensional beings."
"Utterly plunged into darkness."
"He was even willing to destroy his entire universe just to reverse that Absolute Point in Time and bring people back."
Emma Frost turned around and looked directly at Thor.
"He succeeded?"
Thor chuckled softly.
"How is that possible?"
"The universe was destroyed, but his girlfriend still didn't come back to life."
He locked himself in an empty, Void, guarding that broken barrier.
Thor paused, tapping his fingers on the edge of the console.
I happened to run into him while I was running into him.
I told him I could help him save the person.
Emma Frost raised an eyebrow.
"You helped him do it?"
"Certainly."
"I used the laws to reshape his girlfriend's Soul Stone and body."
"And then, he became mine."
Thor spoke of it casually.
But the women present could all discern the deeper meaning behind it.
Destroying a universe for one person.
Emma Frost was silent for a few seconds.
Are there many beings as strong as him in the multiverse?
Thor released his arm from Emma Frost's and turned to lean against the control panel.
He started counting on his fingers.
"That's too much."
He raised the first finger.
"Every universe has its own Celestials."
"Those guys were born with cosmic-level combat power, capable of creating and destroying stars at will, and their size is even larger than planets. They treat the universe as a laboratory."
Raise your second finger.
" The Five Creator Gods: Eternity, Infinity, Death, Oblivion, and Galactus."
"These are the embodiment of the rules of the universe."
"Although I may occasionally be proven wrong, my fundamentals are there; I grasp the basic laws of the universe."
Raise your third finger.
"There are also all sorts of dimensional demons and ancient gods."
" Dormammu, Mephisto, Cyttorak, etc."
"In their own dimension, they are invincible; anyone who goes in is doomed."
Thor lowered his hands and spread his arms.
"Then there's this kind of extreme variation, like certain heroes or villains."
" Doctor Strange has absorbed countless amounts of energy."
" Ultron, who has collected Six Infinity Stones."
"Or someone who has mastered some kind of Celestial."
Thor looked at Emma Frost.
In short, to sum it up in one sentence.
"You may be invincible in one universe, but once you step out into the multiverse, there will still be monsters stronger than you."
Even if you are invincible in the multiverse, there will still be beings stronger than you.
Even if you stand above the multiverse, there will still be someone who can challenge you.
Emma Frost listened quietly, her fingers tapping lightly on the edge of the control panel.
"So, where does my current strength fall?"
Thor closed his eyes.
A powerful mental force swept over Emma Frost and Betsy in an instant.
More than thirty kinds of cosmic laws were operating within him, clearly analyzing the energy levels of the two women.
Thor opened his eyes.
"I've enhanced both of you."
"It should now be around the mid-to-late stage of the Highfather Level."
"It hasn't even reached the Universe Level."
Emma Frost snorted coldly.
"So low?"
"That's not low."
" The Universe Level is a hurdle. I've strengthened you, and your upper limit should be the Universe Level."
"Going any higher, it's very difficult to get there by external means."
Thor stroked his chin.
"Unless I can transcend the multiverse and reach a higher level, perhaps I can help you break this limitation."
Emma Frost turned around and looked back at the screen.
"This is fine as it is."
She slightly raised her chin and put her hands back into her suit pockets.
"Anyway, I'll just take care of my Frost City."
"There really are guys I can't beat..."
Emma Frost turned her head and glanced at Thor, a slight blush creeping onto her fair earlobe.
"I'll give you a chance to prove yourself."
Betsy chimed in from behind.
"My job is to take care of the grunts; the big ones are yours."
Thor couldn't help but laugh.
On the battlefield.
Strange's torment is coming to an end.
Annihilus's chitinous armor was riddled with holes by the corrosive demonic flames.
The energy of antimatter was completely drained.
Strange raised his hand.
Countless black tentacles pierced directly through the Insect Emperor's body, and the Soul Stone extraction was activated.
Annihilus writhed in agony as a vast amount of Soul Stone energy surged into Strange's body through his tentacles.
Strange's face, illuminated by a ghostly green light, opened its massive maw and swallowed the shattered Soul Stone of the Insect Emperor whole.