The surging necromantic energy crashed into an invisible wall, rapidly withering and dissipating less than three meters from Hela, as if it had been fast-forwarded through billions of years, heading straight to its end.
The green light of the Time Stone flashed between her fingers.
"This is your magic, Doom?" Hela's voice held a hint of amusement; she hadn't even moved an inch. "It's nothing but borrowed power, utterly insignificant before the true authority of time."
"Goddess, you know nothing of power." Doctor Doom's voice came from all directions, the distorted electronic tone echoing through the mountains and forests, making it impossible to discern his true form.
"What you possess are merely fragments of the universe's rules. But Doom has long since transcended those rules!"
Before the words were even finished, the ground suddenly exploded!
Countless pale arms burst from the ground; they were not skeletons, but were made of pure demonic energy, carrying the sulfurous stench of the depths of Hell, and they gripped Hela's feet tightly.
At the same time, dark green clouds churned in the sky, and huge, twisted, and painful human faces emerged from the clouds, opening their mouths wide and letting out silent roars.
That was a mental attack, directly impacting the Soul Stone!
Hela finally frowned; this mortal was far more troublesome than she had imagined.
She slightly raised her left hand, and the orange light of the Soul Stone shone forth, spreading out a soft halo that completely neutralized the invisible mental impact.
Immediately, she lightly stomped her foot, the blue light of the Space Stone flashed, and she instantly disappeared from her original spot, appearing a hundred meters in the air, easily dodging the entanglement of those magical arms.
"Do you think you can hide?" Doom's cold laughter followed like a shadow.
Suddenly, he appeared behind Hela, his hands raised high, and a thick, heavy grimoire bound in human skin and metal floated in front of him, its pages turning rustling even without wind.
With his obscure incantation, a dark energy deeper than the night surged from the grimoire, transforming into a gigantic three-headed Hell that roared as it pounced on Hela.
"Annoying fly." Hela was utterly enraged. She stopped trying to test him; this mortal had repeatedly challenged her authority and had crossed her bottom line.
"Get out of my way!"
She turned abruptly, and the red light of the Reality Stone exploded in her eyes.
The world around her instantly distorted. The three-headed Hell that was supposed to pounce on her let out a wail in mid-air, its body melting like wax into a harmless pool of dark green liquid that dripped onto the ground.
Immediately afterwards, Hela stretched out his right hand, palm facing up.
"Buzz--"
Centered on her, thousands of swords identical to the Nightsword in her hand materialized out of Doctor Doom. Each sword was shrouded in pure black death energy, radiating an aura of ending everything.
"Go to hell."
She clenched her fists tightly, and the purple light of the Power Stone exploded like a pulse, injecting violent energy into each of the Nightsword.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh--!"
Thousands of longswords, imbued with the power of death and the might of the Power Stone, transformed into a purplish-black torrent of steel, shooting towards Doctor Doom shriek that seemed to tear everything apart!
The force of the attack seemed to pierce through the entire sky!
"Damn it..." Steve held his two shields tightly in front of him, the violent energy shockwaves stinging his cheeks. He looked at the rain of swords, his throat dry.
An attack of this level is simply beyond the ability of ordinary people to withstand.
Doctor Doom stood still, facing an attack powerful enough to wipe out an army, without flinching or dodging.
"Puff puff puff puff puff--!"
Countless longswords pierced his body with pinpoint accuracy, pinning him firmly in mid-air. Black death energy exploded wildly on his body, tearing his green Cloak to shreds and shattering his metal armor inch by inch.
Is this... the end?
As Luna Snow Seol Hee looked at the figure pierced by ten thousand swords, a ridiculous thought just arose in her mind.
The next second, Doctor Doom, who was pinned in mid-air, began to become transparent. Then, like an unstable signal, it flickered twice before turning into a wisp of pure dark green magical energy and dissipating into the air.
A clone!
Hela's pupils contracted sharply.
Almost instinctively, she mobilized the power of all Six Infinity Stones, forming an energy shield around herself woven from six-colored light.
Almost at the same instant the shield was formed.
"Too slow, goddess."
Doctor Doom's cold voice sounded behind her.
The real Doom had appeared behind her at some point, his palms facing her back, the dense necromantic energy compressed into a dark green energy ball.
"Boom--!!!"
A deep green beam of light, condensed to its extreme and seemingly capable of corroding the Soul Stone, slammed solidly into Hela's shield.
The six-colored shield lasted for less than half a second before exploding with a deafening cracking sound.
The terrifying energy, still surging, slammed violently into Hela's back.
"Ugh!"
Even the bodies of gods are not entirely immune to this kind of pure magical damage from another dimension.
Hela let out a painful groan, and like a cannonball, she plummeted straight down from the sky, crashing into the forest below!
"BOOM--!!!"
The earth trembled violently, and a huge crater with a diameter of over 100 meters appeared in the center of the forest, with dust billowing into the sky.
Everyone was speechless with astonishment at what they saw.
The Symbiote on the Black Skull stopped its agitation and stared at the deep pit.
For the first time, fear was revealed in the Kraven the Hunter's Beast -like eyes.
Despite the excruciating pain from his wounds, Amadeus Zhao knelt on the ground, staring in disbelief at everything that was happening.
That arrogant Goddess of Death, who looked down on all living beings as ants, and whom the entire Earth united against... was actually knocked down from the sky by Doctor Doom in a single blow?
"Can... can he win?" Seol Hee's voice trembled slightly as she looked at the Doctor Doom, who hovered in the air like a demon god. Her heart, frozen by despair, began to beat violently again.
"Don't be too happy yet." Cyclone Lei Ling's voice was unusually solemn. She spread her hands, and a visible barrier of airflow enveloped the survivors, resisting the violent energy storm.
"The battle... has only just begun."
She had barely finished speaking.
A deathly aura, far more terrifying, more evil, and more chilling than ever before, shot into the sky from that deep pit!
The entire sky darkened completely at that moment, enveloped by a pure, eerie green death energy.
The moisture in the air was condensing, the trees were withering, and even the light itself seemed to be retreating in the face of this force.
"A mortal..."
"A mere mortal... dares... to injure me!!!"
A voice filled with extreme rage, as if emanating from the deepest hell, resounded deep within everyone's Soul Stone.
Hela slowly rose from the deep pit.
Several cracks had appeared in her dark green armor, and wisps of necromantic energy, like black venomous snakes, coiled around her wounds, only to be quickly purified by the even more powerful divine power of death.
The crown of death on her head was askew, and her face, which always carried arrogance and indifference, was now filled with pure rage and murderous intent.
What's most terrifying is the Six Infinity Stones she possesses.
They no longer flickered individually, but simultaneously erupted with unprecedented brilliance. Six forces representing the origin of the universe intertwined and merged wildly around her, forming a visible, colorful energy storm.
Space is distorted, time is disordered, and reality is beginning to crumble.
" Doom!" Hela's gaze was fixed on Doctor Doom in mid-air. She roared, each word uttered with a hatred that wanted to grind him to dust.
"You succeeded! You successfully enraged me!"
"This is exactly what Doom hoped for." Doctor Doom, facing a scene resembling the end of the universe, remained calm. He spread his arms, and the Hell Grimoire reappeared behind him.
"Let me show you how far you are from becoming a true god, even after collecting all six stones!"
Before he finished speaking, the magic book behind him burst forth with endless dark green light, transforming into a towering pillar of magical light.
Hela simply raised her left hand slowly, pointing it towards Doctor Doom, and then slowly closed her fingers.
"Die!"