What's going on? It seems like Li Yue's attack just now didn't achieve anything?"
During a battle, how could there be a lack of astonished expressions from the onlookers? At this moment, Tony, who was watching the fight, suddenly exclaimed.
He saw that Dormammu was still there, completely unharmed, but for some reason, he wasn't moving and even had his mouth wide open!
"No, look closely, everyone. There's a faint blue mark on Dormammu's face! It looks like a thin blue line!"
"Moreover, the aura Li Yue unleashed just now—even standing here, I felt my heart pound with fear. And Li Yue's attack, even from this distance, gave me a feeling of being unable to withstand it head-on, so his attack couldn't have been completely ineffective!"
Thor, the God of Thunder, answered Tony's question in a deep voice. Undoubtedly, Thor was the strongest person here besides the Ancient One, so his perception was naturally exceptional!
...Meanwhile, Li Yue also had no doubts about himself, because he had an inexplicable confidence in the attack he had just launched!
Sure enough, the subsequent events confirmed Li Yue's thoughts: Dormammu was not unharmed. Not only that, but Dormammu was almost fatally wounded by Li Yue's attack.
Awoo... As the thin, blue line-like glow on Dormammu's face became increasingly distinct and brighter, Dormammu could clearly feel an uncomfortable sensation spreading through his massive body, and he couldn't help but let out an earth-shattering roar.
However, no matter how much he roared, or how enraged he became, he still couldn't stop the uncomfortable feeling in his body from slowly creeping in.
Dormammu's face, which resembled the bark of an ancient tree, was diagonally split from top to bottom by a line emitting an eerie blue light. It turned out that Dormammu's entire face, like the asteroid behind him, had been directly cut in half!
Normally, no matter how severe Dormammu's injuries were—not to mention merely being cut in half, even if his entire body were shattered—he could instantly repair his body by drawing upon the endless dark energy in the Dark Dimension.
But after being struck by Li Yue's blue blade, Dormammu was horrified to discover that no matter how he tried to summon dark energy to heal the wound, it was ineffective.
Moreover, he could feel a special kind of energy adhering to the wound, slowly eroding his body, which was made of the purest dark energy.
It was precisely that special energy that rendered Dormammu's attempts to heal himself utterly meaningless.
The dark energy he controlled for healing, upon nearing that special energy, would be instantly absorbed and depleted.
And that special energy, after absorbing the dark energy, would not only not weaken its corrosive effect on his body, but would even accelerate it.
Dormammu was shocked by the domineering nature of that energy... "What exactly did you do to my body?"
Feeling that his own situation was very bad, Dormammu, both angry and terrified, couldn't help but question Li Yue loudly!
"Did what? I didn't do anything, I just went head-to-head with you in one move, who knew you were so fragile!"
Li Yue's voice was full of innocence; he wasn't really pretending. After all, he had already summoned his weapon, ready for an earth-shattering battle with Dormammu.
However, facing Dormammu's powerful energy attack, Li Yue inexplicably slashed with the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Halberd in his hand. To be honest, he wasn't sure how powerful that attack would be.
But now, seeing Dormammu's huge face split in two, with blue spatial energy still clinging to it, slowly eroding his body, and Dormammu unable to use dark energy to repair his body even in his own domain,
Li Yue belatedly realized that the power of his move just now and the damage it inflicted on Dormammu were not just ordinary, but immense!
"I didn't even use much force, how did you fall down!"
Li Yue was undoubtedly taking advantage of the situation and acting smug. He had thought this battle would be like his last one against Homelander, requiring three rounds of intense fighting to finally defeat the opponent!
Who would have thought it would end like this!
"You, you, you... you are bullying this 'monster' too much."
Dormammu felt the speed at which his body was being devoured accelerate. Now, only the areas outside his two purple eyes remained intact. He couldn't help but roar at Li Yue.
"Stop with the useless talk. Do you agree to my terms now? If you agree to leave Earth, I'll retract those blue energies, and you might still be able to save this body of yours!"
Li Yue, at this moment, seized the opportunity to propose the condition that Dormammu leave Earth!
This was precisely Li Yue's goal. Don't be fooled by Dormammu's seemingly imminent bodily destruction; this body isn't his true form, and destroying it won't truly kill him!
"Don't even think about it! I will not leave Earth! You dared to destroy the body I painstakingly condensed over countless eons using the purest dark energy. I will devour the entire Earth and all living beings on it into my Dark Dimension, turning them into my nourishment!"
"And you are the culprit behind all of this; they will all die because of you! You will forever be immersed in endless regret and endure endless pain! Hahahaha..."
Perhaps it was because the body he had painstakingly condensed over countless eons was destroyed, Dormammu actually fell into madness. Not only did he not agree to Li Yue's suggestion, but he also threatened Li Yue while laughing maniacally.
Li Yue was also a bit helpless. Had he encountered a fake Dormammu? Wasn't he very impatient when facing Doctor Strange? Doctor Strange only used one time loop to annoy him away.
"But when it came to me, why did it turn out like this?"
Li Yue, sighing inwardly, could only watch as Dormammu's massive face, accompanied by his maniacal laughter, slowly vanished under the relentless erosion of the blue spatial energy.
Although the Dormammu before him disappeared, Li Yue knew that Dormammu was not dead, because he had long since abandoned his physical body. The one just now was merely a body he had conjured with energy.
The current Dormammu was the most difficult to defeat, because without a physical body, one wouldn't even know where to begin to kill him!
..."Li Yue, what's the situation now? What's going on?"
Tony's puzzled voice came from behind Li Yue. It turned out that Tony and the others, seeing Dormammu's body disappear, couldn't help but come to Li Yue's side to inquire about the situation.
"Ancient One, is this situation still within your expectations?"
Li Yue, however, did not directly answer Tony's question. Instead, he looked at the Ancient One, who had come with them, and said with some solemnity!
"Don't worry, Li Yue, all of this is within my expectations."
"Do you remember my answer when you previously asked me how many times we had won?"
The Ancient One seemed to have never worried about Dormammu's affairs, still maintaining a smiling expression on her face as she softly spoke to Li Yue!
"Of course I remember. You extended one index finger at the time. My understanding is that we've only won once, is that correct?"
"That's right, and now is that one and only chance to defeat Dormammu! So, Li Yue, I need to ask you for a favor!"
The Ancient One said to Li Yue, her smile unchanged.
"It wouldn't be asking me to... like Tony..."
Li Yue's expression instantly changed dramatically, a bit afraid to think further...