The blue-purple mist was approaching rapidly, and the monster made up of large spheres and blood vessels inside was rising higher and higher, already exceeding a hundred meters in height.
The non-chief who came with Strange raised his head and said in a choked voice: "It's the dark space, Dormammu is coming."
Luke looked at him.
There was disappointment in Feiqi's eyes: "It's too late, no one can stop him."
Luke immediately lost interest in this man.
In movies and TV dramas, this person is definitely the weak character who stands beside the protagonist to highlight his greatness and correctness.
If things go wrong, he will be stabbed in the heart by the villain in the end, and then he will repent, and tell the protagonist to "work hard and strive" while coughing up blood, and then he can get his lunch box and leave.
However, Luke didn't say anything to remind him.
The successor that Ancient One is looking for cannot be too weak.
Strange in 2023 is a man who died and came back to life, living safely to the end of the story.
Sure enough, Strange's expression changed, and he suddenly said, "That's not necessarily true."
As he spoke, he put his hands in the shape of symmetrical orchid fingers, and the Eye of Agamotto on his chest turned, and the time gem inside lit up with a green light representing kindness.
A rotating green circular rune appeared on the palm of his right hand, and there were also several circles of green runes on his right forearm.
Strange looked strained, and the green rune slowly accelerated.
The falling water curtain from the exploded fire hydrant nearby gradually stopped, rose to the highest point, gathered and fell towards the fire hydrant, and then went back.
The broken pieces of the fire hydrant flew back and covered the gap again, making it intact again.
The falling neon lights, fallen citizens, and collapsed houses around also entered the "rewind" mode.
Including the three dark-eyed mages who had just been knocked away by Luke, they also flew back to the road and then retreated.
However, they seemed to sense something unusual and slowly made a gesture with their hands.
The rewind of the three people began to "stutter" and have afterimages, but soon stopped and returned to normal, and immediately rushed towards Strange and the African Wizard.
Strange was caught off guard and was knocked several meters away.
Fortunately, the African wizard who came with him also got out of the rewind state and rushed over to stop Ponytail's pursuit, allowing Strange to escape the fate of being pinned to the ground and beaten.
The whole world was rewinding, and all kinds of objects and citizens flying backwards were like large hidden weapons, whizzing around on the ground and in the air.
Strange and Ponytail were moving normally, having to dodge the flying people and objects, but were still knocked around.
The two followers of Little Ponytail were accidentally separated by the restored building in a building on the roadside, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while.
A fat Kamar-Taj wizard also flew up from the collapsed building and landed on the ground in a horse stance.
Strange was quick-witted and pointed his hand at him, releasing his rewind state: "King, wake up."
Seeing the world rewinding rapidly around him, the fat mage surnamed Wang was a little confused: "This is..."
Strange was helpless: "It breaks the rules of time, I know."
Fatty Wang looked at him, then looked at the dark world in the temple that had not yet completely shrunk back: "Okay, we can't stop now."
Seeing this, Little Ponytail, who was not far away, became extremely angry.
He made gestures with his hands, changing them several times in a row, raised his hands high, and slammed them heavily on the ground.
The ground suddenly shook and rippled, rushing towards Strange who was not far away.
Strange, who had just resurrected Fatty Wang, was not careful enough and was hit by the ripples and fell to the ground.
The green circular rune rotating on the right hand suddenly stopped and then disappeared.
The rewind stopped and the whole world suddenly stopped.
Little Ponytail took her hand back from the ground and walked over slowly: "You can't change your fate."
He looked up at the dark world that had just emerged from the temple: "How beautiful. This is the world beyond time and beyond death."
A faint blue light lit up, and a black shadow flashed from not far away and came to Strange's side. It was Luke who had been taken away just now.
Looking down at Strange who had just struggled to get up from the ground, Luke couldn't help but ask, "Just now, didn't you think of leaving me behind?"
Hearing this, Strange turned his head to look at him and smiled bitterly: "Sorry, I didn't have time..."
Luke: “Is it too late now?”
Strange stared at his left hand in surprise, where there was a gem glowing blue.
He could sense that it was the power emanating from this gem that saved Luke from being immobilized by the power of the Eye of Agamotto.
Luke noticed his gaze and said casually: "I have never learned how to use it. It is difficult to control..."
At this point, the light of the space gem on his glove dimmed, and his speech slowed down: "... So, can you hurry up~?"
Strange suddenly realized and quickly waved his hand to remove the power of time that enveloped Luke.
Luke twisted his neck and exhaled softly: "This is much more comfortable."
As he spoke, he moved his hand, and the folding stick at his waist flew out. A smooth axe blade popped out from the top and cut through the neck of the ponytail who was looking up at the sky.
The head with dark circles under the eyes flew up, rolled in the air and landed on the ground, rolling several times before stopping.
Strange, Fatty Wang, and the Non-African Wizard all stared at Luke in disbelief: Wait, doesn't the Dark Knight never kill anyone
Luke hooked his hand and took back the folding stick: "He is no longer a human being now."
The three of them thought so too.
Humans who have been corrupted by Dormammu's power have essentially become another species, just like those who have completed the Embrace.
The Dark Knight never shows mercy when it comes to killing alien creatures.
After explaining, Luke looked up at the motionless dark world and said, "It's useless to kill these small fry. You should think about how to deal with it."
Strange frowned.
Fatty Wang muttered beside him: "Dormammu has already been here. Even if we go back in time, we can't erase its memory. It will reappear on Earth later."
Luke: “How long is later?”
The difference in time length is quite big.
If it is long enough, the people here can be evacuated in advance, so as to avoid the outbreak of a war and the death of tens of millions of people in this city.
If just a few blocks were destroyed, at least hundreds of thousands of people would die.
Fatty Wang was silent for a moment and shook his head: "A few tens of seconds? A few seconds? His power is too strong. It's good enough to delay him for this little while."
Luke glanced at Strange and found that he had some gray hair on his temples, and looked several years older.
He wasn't like this when he was in New York.
Obviously, using the Eye of Agamotto to go back in time on a large scale to save people had a huge negative impact on him.
While Luke was talking to Fatty Wang, Strange was looking at the dark world, with a gleam in his eyes: "Beyond time... Beyond time?"
He muttered Ponytail's last words several times, and suddenly he understood something. He floated up from the ground and flew straight into the forbidden dark world.