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Chapter 156 Infinite Universe
At this moment, Strange, without holding back, said directly to Ancient One, "Do you know, I spent all my money, traveled thousands of miles, and bought a one-way ticket to come here, and now you're telling me you're going to heal my body with my soul?"
Seeing this, Ancient One immediately said, "You are now like a person looking out at the World from a hole. You spend your entire life constantly trying to learn more knowledge you don't know to make the hole through which you observe the World larger, but now there's an opportunity to show you that the hole can be even larger, truly laid out before you, yet you are trying extremely hard to avoid and reject this opportunity."
Hearing this, Strange said, "The reason I refuse is because I don't believe in any of those myths about organ chakras, and I also don't believe what you just said about faith. There is no such thing as a soul in this World."
"Humans are just matter, everyone is the same, even you are just a faint speck of dust in this vast and endless Universe."
Facing Strange, who was now standing before her in a hysterical state, Ancient One did not show the slightest anger at Strange's offense; instead, the smile on Ancient One's face became even brighter.
"You underestimate yourself."
"You think you understand me very well now, don't you? Actually, I've already seen through you!"
Saying this, Strange excitedly pointed his finger at Ancient One's chest. Seeing this, Ancient Onedecided not to waste any more words and, seizing the opportunity, locked Strange's arm, then suddenly struck Strange's chest with her palm.
However, facing such a strike, Strange felt no pain, but the next moment, Strange was surprised to find that in his vision, a body identical to his own stood before him.
But soon, Strange also realized that he was floating in mid-air.
At this moment, after seeing the shock on Strange's face, Ancient One simply extended her hand and beckoned to Strange's soul, and the next second, Strange's soul, as if pulled by some force, instantly returned to his body.
After his soul returned to his body, Strange quickly asked Ancient One, "What did you just do to me?!"
To this, Ancient One calmly replied, "I just pushed your soul out of your body."
Looking at Ancient One's expression at this moment, it was as if she had just done something effortless.
But even at this point, Strange still firmly believed in the science he had studied, and immediately suspected the tea he had just drunk.
"What did you put in that tea you gave me? Psilocybin or a hallucinogen?"
"That was just a cup of tea, with a little honey added."
"What just happened to me?"
"In an instant, you entered a soul World, a World where the soul is separated from the physical body."
Facing Ancient One's answer, Strange asked in confusion, "Then why did you do that?"
"Because I still have many unknown things to tell you. Open your eyes wide!"
After speaking, Ancient One did not wait for Strange to react, but suddenly extended her hand and pressed it on Strange's forehead.
Instantly, Strange felt as if he had been struck into a wall by an incredibly immense force, and then Strange also noticed that the scenery around him began to become illusory.
Then the surrounding scenery kept changing.
Suddenly, Strange was horrified to find that he was rapidly flying out of the atmosphere, uncontrolled by gravity.
Facing this supernatural phenomenon, Strange could only keep telling himself that all of this was just an illusion.
But in the next instant, Strange felt himself being sucked into a completely unknown tunnel.
Just then, Mihachi's voice came to Strange's ear: "If this continues, I think his body might not be able to bear it."
As Mihachi's voice fell, Strange found himself briefly back in the great hall, but the next second, Ancient One leaned down, looked at Strange, and said, "I think he's doing fine!"
Saying this, she pressed on Strange's head again, and instantly Strange fell into another illusion.
At this moment, Strange was surrounded by wondrous sights he had never witnessed before, but Strange had no mood to appreciate these things.
Just then, Ancient One's voice reached Strange's ears.
"You believe you understand the laws governing all things in the World, you still think the material Universe is everything, what is true? What secrets are hidden behind what you perceive? At the end of reality, soul and matter intertwine, and thought sculpts reality."
At this moment, Strange gradually recovered some sanity from his initial panic, but just as Strangethought all of this was about to end, Strange was horrified to find that many small hands were splitting off from his own hands.
Moreover, these newly split hands quickly climbed onto his body, covering him completely in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Ancient One's voice entered Strange's ears again.
"Our Universe is just one of infinite Universes. Worlds are infinite; some Worlds are vibrant, while others are evil and filled with slaughter. In those dark corners, savage forces are greedily waiting for their opportunity."
After Strange traveled through countless Worlds, a World filled with evil and darkness suddenly appeared before Strange.
This World had no light; everything in it had lost its original vitality, and broken sights were everywhere.
Soon, Strange saw Earth appear before him. Just as Strange wanted to get closer, he suddenly discovered a gigantic human face sprawled on the back of Earth.
Chapter 157 Turning Point
This enormous human face belonged to Dormammu, the lord who ruled the Dark Dimension.
At this moment, Dormammu also sensed Strange, and then he suddenly lunged towards Strange.
Seeing this, Strange instinctively raised his arm to block his face.
"Who exactly are you, Mr. Strange, in this Multiverse?"
The next instant, Strange's body was again pulled by an immense force, moving rapidly towards a certain place, and soon Strange uncontrollably fell heavily onto the floor of the great hall.
"Have you seen these in a gift shop, Mr. Strange?"
At this moment, the Ancient One looked with a smile at Strange, who was lying on the ground in front of her, gasping for breath.
Seeing that he had finally returned to the World he was familiar with, Strange excitedly looked at his trembling hands, then raised his head to look at the Ancient One in front of him and said, "Please teach me all of this!"
But unexpectedly, the Ancient One refused him directly.
She then had Mihachi throw Strange onto the street outside, and then mercilessly slammed the wooden door shut in front of Strange.
Soon, only Strange's helpless roars remained on the street.
Afterward, Mihachi found the Ancient One again.
Before Mihachi could say anything, the Ancient One said without turning her head, "Do you think I shouldn't have thrown him out?"
Mihachi did not answer directly, only smilingly said, "He has been waiting at the door for five hours. He has a Strange power within him."
"Yes, stubbornness, arrogance, and ambition—it feels familiar."
"He reminds you of Kaecilius."
Kaecilius, as the most talented student under the Ancient One, ultimately fell into darkness due to his desperate craving for power and his temptation by the Dark Lord Dormammu.
In the Ancient One's eyes, the current Strange was extremely similar to Kaecilius in the past. The Ancient One truly did not want the tragedy that befell Kaecilius to be re-enacted upon Strange.
After all, one Kaecilius was already a huge headache for the Ancient One; if there were another Strange, even the Ancient One would feel incredibly exhausted.
Therefore, before the Ancient One first came into contact with Strange, she wanted to properly temper Strange's mind.
This led the Ancient One to seek out Arthur , hoping to set up a few trials to test Strange.
But soon, Mihachi also said to the Ancient One, "A few pages of the Darkhold have fallen into Kaecilius's hands. If Kaecilius learns the contents of these pages, his strength will undoubtedly increase greatly, and he will surely turn around and destroy all of us. The forces of darkness are spreading rapidly and will soon threaten the World we are currently in. I think if Strange could join us earlier, it would certainly play a crucial role in our fight against the dark forces."
After listening to Mihachi's words, the Ancient One fell into deep thought.
Immediately, all the scenes of her previous conversation with Arthur flooded into the Ancient One's mind like a tide.
When the Ancient One first met Arthur , the latter had told her that there was no need to doubt Strange's character, but everything Arthur said, even the Ancient One, as the Sorcerer Supreme, had never foreseen through the power of the Time Stone.
Moreover, as the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One had her own judgment for everything. Although her cultivation realm had reached the Ancient One's level, the vanity of human nature also made the Ancient One have to care about her demeanor; it was impossible for her to change her initial thoughts just because of Arthur 's words.
This is why, even after the Ancient One learned about the future from Arthur , she remained so indecisive.
And at this moment, Mihachi was constantly persuading the Ancient One.
This caused the Sorcerer Supreme to waver in her choice for the first time.
Strange was completely unaware of everything that was happening in the great hall. He had already been dragging his exhausted body at the entrance of the Sanctum for a full five hours.
Normally, after experiencing everything Strange had witnessed about the origin of the Universe, a normal person should be resting and recuperating inside the Sanctum.
After all, such an experience would leave anyone physically and mentally exhausted.
This is also why Mihachi took the initiative to plead with the Ancient One. The spell the Ancient Onehad cast on Strange earlier was much stronger than on anyone else in the past; even when Mihachi first came to Kamar-Taj, he had not received such special treatment from the Ancient One.
Therefore, Mihachi also saw from this that the Ancient One was still very certain of Strange's talent in her heart, otherwise, she would not have cast a spell of this magnitude. If a person with ordinary talent were under such intensity, they might even suffer a mental breakdown and become an idiot.
"Please, open the door, don't leave me on the street!"
At this moment, Strange's bitter pleas kept coming from outside the Sanctum's door.
After everything that had just happened, Strange had already come to view the Ancient One and the Sanctum as his only hope for his hands to recover. This was also the only way to help Strange regain his confidence, so Strange was unwilling to give up easily. For someone like Strange, who was arrogant due to his talent, losing his talent was tantamount to an early death sentence.
Strange was unwilling to live a life without work for even a second.
After a long time, Strange, exhausted, leaned against the wooden door of the Sanctum and fell into a deep sleep.
But even though Strange was asleep, he was still continuously pleading in his dreams.
"Please don't leave me here!"
Before Strange could finish his sleep-talking, the great door of the Sanctum behind him suddenly opened.
Strange, still in his sleep, was completely unprepared and was pulled by gravity, falling heavily into the White courtyard during the day.
The intense pain instantly helped the previously groggy Strange quickly regain his clear consciousness.
Chapter 158 Personal Collection
This time, Strange had obviously kept Mihachi's previous advice firmly in his heart: after entering this door, he must forget everything he knew before and maintain an attitude of utmost piety at all times.
So this time, after crashing heavily into the courtyard of the Sanctum, even though his back was incredibly sore, Strange showed no dissatisfaction. Instead, he said to Mihachi in front of him with gratitude, "Thank you very much!"
Afterward, Mihachi led Strange to an arbitrary room and entered it.
"Tonight, you should first take a good bath and rest. If you still have time, you can meditate a little."
At this moment, Mihachi was helping Strange tidy up the room while speaking to him.
As soon as Strange entered the room, he immediately began to survey its layout.
"Later, Sorcerer Ancient One will summon you."
After tidying up the furniture in the room, Mihachi lit a kerosene lamp on the windowsill, then turned and walked to the room's doorway. Before leaving, he handed Strange a note.
After taking the note from Mihachi's hand and looking at the string of letters on it, Strange asked in confusion, "What is this? Is it my spell?"
Upon hearing Strange's question, Mihachi smiled slightly at Strange and said, "This is the Wi-Fi password here. We're not cavemen."
With that, Mihachi walked out of the room, leaving Strange, still bewildered, alone in the room.
Due to long-term travel, being a newcomer, and the profound shock Ancient One had given Strangedeep in his heart that morning, Strange was already physically and mentally exhausted.
So, as soon as Strange's body touched the soft mattress, he uncontrollably fell into a deep sleep shortly after.
Soon, the next day's sunlight also crept up from the horizon.
After waking up and performing a simple wash, Strange was quickly summoned by Ancient One.
After hastily eating a few bites of breakfast, Strange followed Mihachi back to the great hall from yesterday.
At this time, Ancient One was already seated in the great hall, quietly waiting for Strange's arrival.
Upon meeting, Ancient One immediately asked Strange how he had slept last night. However, Strangehad now shed his previous impatience. After calmly answering Ancient One's question, he obediently sat in place, quietly awaiting Ancient One's next words.
Ancient One also saw what Strange was thinking and, without further ado, began to explain to Strangethe origin behind this World.
"In fact, everything you saw yesterday was due to the existence of spells. These languages that can manipulate magic have appeared in our civilization since the dawn of civilization. If the term'spell' makes all of this seem incredible to you, then you can also view these spells as programs that maintain the normal operation of everything in the entire Universe, the source code that built our reality."
As he spoke, Ancient One demonstrated his magic in front of Strange.
Watching the magic circles constantly change with Ancient One's gestures, Strange was completely stunned.
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Ancient One continued to earnestly explain to Strange, "The power we gain is acquired from other spaces within the Multiverse. After chanting a spell, you can control this magic for your own use, forming shields, sharp weapons, and thus casting spells when you need them."
After witnessing all the miraculous techniques displayed by Sorcerer Ancient One, Strange looked at his hands with immense excitement, then asked Sorcerer Ancient One with a devout expression, "Sorcerer, I just want to ask, with these hands of mine—I mean, you see my hands still tremble constantly even when held in mid-air—how exactly can I, a novice, reach the level of a master like you?"
Facing Strange's confusion, Ancient One counter-questioned, "How do you usually repair damaged nerves, or return a broken, misaligned spinal bone to its original position?"
Hearing this, Strange thought for a moment and said, "Through diligent practice and hard study, year after year."
After he finished speaking, Strange saw that Sorcerer Ancient One's face once again showed that half-smile.
For a long time afterward, Strange, under Ancient One's arrangement, calmly read many books on basic knowledge. After finishing them all, he returned to the Kamar-Taj library.
As soon as Strange entered the library, he was greeted by a person who introduced himself as White.
After learning that Strange had read all the basic theories, White led Strange further into the deeper sections of the library, where only Sorcerers could read books.
While White was still looking for books suitable for Strange's current stage, Strange's gaze was quickly drawn to a row of books hidden in a corner.
At this moment, Strange approached this row of books and asked White, "What are all these books?"
Hearing this, White replied without turning his head, "Those are all Sorcerer Ancient One's personal collection."
"So that means only Sorcerer Ancient One can read these books?"
"Not necessarily. All knowledge here can be shared. However, these books can only be understood by those who have reached the realm of a Venerable Sorcerer. Others, even if they study for three days and three nights, would find them difficult to comprehend."
After hearing White's words, Strange couldn't help but reach out and take the books from the shelf, then decisively opened one.
But soon, Strange discovered that several pages were inexplicably missing from the middle of the book. Strange immediately asked White, "Why are there a few pages missing from this?"
Regarding this question, White fell into a moment of contemplation, as even White dared not speak carelessly about Kaecilius's matter.
Chapter 159: Cultivation
After sorting through his thoughts, Wang cautiously said to Strange, "This was stolen by a Master who originally belonged here. His name is Kaecilius. He used a rope to hang the former librarian, dismembering him."
At this point, Wang suddenly turned around and looked at Strange with a serious expression, then said in a very unkind tone, "Now I am the Guardian of these books. If even a single page is missing or damaged, I will know immediately. If I find out it was you, I will use a rope to dismember you before you leave."
Although Strange did not know why Wang suddenly changed his previously kind attitude towards him, it was clear that Wang felt deep sympathy and anger about the former librarian's fate. And it was obvious that he said this specifically because he must have learned something from Ancient One or Mihachi; otherwise, he would not have said so much to Strange, a newcomer and a novice.
But when had Doctor Strange, who had always lived a life of privilege, ever suffered such treatment at Manhattan Hospital? Just for borrowing a book, he was given a death threat by the librarian here.
For a moment, Strange nervously swallowed his saliva, then tremblingly asked Wang, "I just want to ask, if I return a book late, or if a page of a book I borrowed is lost due to some irresistible force, will I lose an arm or a leg for it?"
However, after Strange finished speaking, Wang still looked at Strange with a serious expression, showing no reaction.
Seeing this, Strange said with some self-doubt, "But everyone around me used to think I was their ray of sunshine!"
Facing Strange's confusion, Wang answered directly, "That's because at that time, you could still pay them salaries."
Strange did not expect Wang to be so direct and immediately fell into an awkward silence.
Knowing that he couldn't communicate with Wang, Strange decisively said, "Alright then, don't look at me like you've been stuck in this library all day, but you really are open-minded. Thank you for introducing me to so many books, and for your chilling story. Finally, I still can't forget your recent threat to me."
At this moment, in a place unknown to Ancient One and Mihachi, Kaecilius led his followers to gather in a church, performing a mysterious and ancient ritual.
In the dim church, Kaecilius took out a scroll from his embrace, and then took out several pages from the Supreme Codex that he had stolen from Sorcerer Ancient One.
Then Kaecilius placed those pages, filled with ancient spells, into the formation that had been set up earlier.
Immediately, Kaecilius turned to look at his followers, and his hands began to draw a certain symbol in the air.
At the same time, Kaecilius said faintly, "From now on, we are about to begin to try and accept this power that can easily destroy the World we live in."
Soon, the silent church echoed with obscure and difficult-to-understand ancient incantations.
As the ritual progressed, Kaecilius gradually felt countless dark powers rapidly surging towards his body. Gradually, Kaecilius also felt the mysterious and terrifying entity that Ancient One had spent years wholeheartedly fighting against—the Dark Lord Dormammu.
At the same time, Dormammu also felt Kaecilius's summons, and then transmitted a part of his power across layers of the Multiverse into Kaecilius's body.
As this immensely powerful dark force entered Kaecilius's body, Kaecilius immediately gained the power to make words come true.
Compared to the immense power Kaecilius gained in an instant, Strange, who was still diligently cultivating in Kamar-Taj, was not so fortunate.
Ever since Ancient One allowed Strange to enter Kamar-Taj, Strange had been following the main group for magical training during the day, and at night he would return to his room to concentrate on studying books about magic.
However, despite Strange's extreme diligence during this period, even more so than when he was studying, after such a long time, Strange still showed no improvement in magic. He couldn't even perform the simplest task of using the Sling Ring to open his own spatial portal.
It was another seemingly ordinary training day, and Strange was training magic with his fellow Master Brothers in the Kamar-Taj courtyard, under the supervision of Wang and Mihachi.
Seeing everyone around him easily utilizing the power of magic, while he, after being in Kamar-Taj for so long, had shown no improvement, Strange once again fell into self-doubt.
And at this moment, Sorcerer Ancient One arrived in the courtyard, surrounded by a host of Masters.
Upon seeing Ancient One's arrival, Mihachi and Wang instructed everyone present who was training to stop their practice.
Ancient One, upon arriving in the courtyard, immediately walked up to Strange and said, "Excuse me for interrupting your training, Mr. Strange, but I have something I need to talk to you about."
After hearing Sorcerer Ancient One's words, everyone present, at the signal from Mihachi and Wang, quickly and simultaneously disappeared from the courtyard.
In the blink of an eye, only Ancient One and Strange remained in the vast courtyard.
Seeing that everyone else had left, Strange immediately said to Ancient One, "I can't do any of this, it's all because of my hands!"
Hearing this, Ancient One calmly said, "The reason you can't do it is not because of your hands."
Chapter 160 Success
After hearing the Ancient One's words, Strange quickly said, "How could it not be because of my hands? I can't even hold them level in mid-air right now!"
Seeing that Strange was still being unyielding, the Ancient One called over Mordo, who was standing nearby.
After hearing the Ancient One's summons, Mordo quickly appeared before them. At the Ancient One's gesture, Mordo rolled up his robe sleeve in front of Strange, and Strange was astonished to discover that Mordo's left arm was a stump.
Then, Mordo, in front of Strange, waved his stump arm and drew an incredibly complex spell formation in the air.
This scene was deeply etched into Strange's mind.
Originally, Strange thought his current situation was the most miserable in all of Kamar-Taj, but he didn't expect the Ancient One to so easily find someone even more wretched than himself.
No matter what, his hands were at least still attached to his body. If his left arm had been amputated in a car accident like Mordo's, Strange couldn't imagine if he could still live as strongly as Mordo.
Just then, the Ancient One spoke up at the opportune moment, "Thank you very much, Mordo. You may go back and rest now."
After Mordo turned and left, the Ancient One turned her gaze back to Strange and said, "As the saying goes, 'drawing a knife to cut Water only makes the Water flow more.' You shouldn't treat all of this as a burden. You must learn to better accept yourself. You must learn to go with the flow and use this power as if it originates from within your body."
After listening to the Ancient One's lecture, Strange quickly asked, "If I'm supposed to go with the flow, then how do I control this power? This simply won't work."
At this point, the Ancient One continued, "Mr. Strange, you must understand one thing: since all things in the World can exist, there must be a reason for their existence. All your previous successes, Mr. Strange, came from your own intelligence combined with some effort, but now you must truly recognize yourself, and then cast yourself aside. Only then will you become more powerful. Follow me."
With that, the Ancient One used her Sling Ring to open a portal on the plaza.
The next moment, Strange followed closely behind the Ancient One and stepped through the portal.
Then, Strange and the Ancient One arrived in a World filled with ice and snow. Feeling the almost suffocating temperature around him, Strange asked in horror, "Where exactly is this?"
"Mount Everest! It's beautiful here, isn't it?"
"But it's really cold!"
But just then, the Ancient One began to explain some scientific knowledge to Strange again.
"At this temperature, if the human body stays for more than thirty minutes, vital organs, including life itself, will be severely damaged. But given your physical condition, I think you might not even be able to last two minutes."
Saying that, the Ancient One actually began to turn and walk towards the portal.
Seeing this, Strange was about to follow, but the Ancient One pinned him in place with her palm.
"What, you want to leave me here alone? No, please don't do that!"
The Ancient One, however, seemed not to hear Strange's plea and continued to walk back on her own.
Before leaving, the Ancient One didn't forget to turn and instruct Strange, "Give in, Stephen!"
After returning to Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One stood quietly in the plaza, waiting for Strange to return before he was completely frozen solid.
Just then, Mihachi also rushed over upon hearing the news.
"How is he doing now?"
"We'll know very soon; we just need to wait a few more seconds."
"Is it really necessary to go this far?"
After the two continued to wait for a few more seconds and found that there was still no movement on the plaza, Mihachi, standing beside the Ancient One, couldn't help but want to act and bring Strangeback.
But as soon as Mihachi's arm was raised, it was firmly pressed down by the Ancient One.
Seeing this, Mihachi understood that he had no ability to stop the Ancient One's decision, so he could only stay put and wait with the Ancient One for Strange to return.
Meanwhile, Strange was continuously trying to open a portal on Mount Everest.
Although Strange had only been there for a short half-minute, his beard was already covered in frost.
The low pressure on Mount Everest had already caused Strange's brain to suffer from oxygen deprivation; at this point, Strange was beginning to become somewhat disoriented.
But after so much time had passed, Strange had made no progress; the portal still showed no signs of forming.
At this moment, not only was Strange himself extremely anxious, but even the Ancient One and Mihachi back in Kamar-Taj were restless deep down. Although the Ancient One's action was to better help Strange unleash his potential, she did not want Strange to die because of it.
But just as Mihachi and the Ancient One were about to give in to their impulses, a sudden movement appeared in front of them.
The next second, a portal appeared out of thin air.
Along with the appearance of the portal, an extremely cold aura hit their faces.
Strange, looking very disheveled, stumbled out of the portal.
Strange was completely frozen at this point, but upon seeing the figures of the Ancient One and Mihachi, he finally let out a long sigh of relief. Not only Strange, but even the Ancient One and Mihachialso let go of their suspended hearts.
Afterward, Strange, with Mihachi's assistance, returned to his room.
Waking up the next day, Strange could hardly believe that he had actually opened a portal on Mount Everest and returned here.
Now, Strange had regained his confidence in life.
Chapter 161 Questioning
After getting himself ready, Strange went straight to the library.
Looking at the refreshed Strange in front of him, Wong's mouth also curved into a smile, and then he asked, "So, what kind of book are you hoping to borrow from the library this time?"
Hearing this, Strange calmly replied, "Books about astral projection."
But what he received in return was Wong's doubt.
"I don't think you're fully prepared yet."
If it were before, Strange would have retreated in the face of difficulty after hearing Wong's words, but yesterday's success helped Strange regain the arrogance he had once lost, and rediscover the confidence of being a genius neurosurgeon.
Now, Strange was confident that he could return to his peak with his own comprehension, so in Strange's view, no one could stop him from doing what he wanted.
"Then let's give it a try, Wong."
Even with Strange's overflowing confidence, in Wong's eyes, Strange was merely an apprentice who had just crossed the threshold, completely unqualified to learn about astral projection.
Therefore, he refused quite decisively.
Strange did not react much to this; he simply turned and left after leaving a word of thanks.
Looking at Strange's departing figure, Wong couldn't help but sigh, feeling that the training during this period had finally worn away Strange's arrogance.
Immediately, Wong returned to his seat and began to read the book in front of him.
But just behind Wong, a portal suddenly appeared out of thin air, and Strange's upper body emerged from the portal. Seeing Wong with his back to him, Strange quickly focused his gaze on the bookshelf in front of him and began searching for what he wanted.
Before long, Strange found many books he wanted, and then quickly reached out and retrieved them.
Just then, Wong suddenly felt as if someone was behind him, so he immediately turned around. But the moment Wong turned, Strange swiftly drilled back into the portal.
After seeing that everything was normal behind him, Wong could only rub his head before turning back to read the book in his hand.
And just as Wong shifted his attention back to the book in his hand, Strange once again opened a portal behind Wong, and began to select the books he desired.
Just as Strange took a book, Wong would again sense something and turn around, but each time Strange was able to perfectly evade him. After going back and forth like this several times, Wong lost his patience and simply took two wads of tissue and stuffed them into his ears.
But after doing all this, when Wong again tried to read the book in his hand, he found that the book he had originally placed on the desk had disappeared at some point.
For a moment, the bewildered Wong felt chills running down the back of his neck, and he suddenly began to feel a little scared.
After obtaining all the books he wanted, Strange was able to successfully separate his soul from his body in just two days.
After successfully learning astral projection, Strange continued to train his magic with the Ancient Oneduring the day. At night, after returning to his room, he would astral project, allowing his physical body to rest and sleep, while his soul continued to study books.
In this way, Strange's learning efficiency suddenly received an incredibly terrifying boost; even Wong and Mihachi seemed insignificant compared to Strange.
But as Strange's studies progressed deeper, Strange quickly discovered a problem, and gradually, Strange actually began to question the content of the lessons the Ancient One usually taught him.
Strange, having once been an excellent student with outstanding learning ability and grades, was also very daring to challenge authority.
Therefore, after questioning the content taught by the Ancient One in his heart, Strange could not wait another minute. So, early the next morning, Strange went directly to the Great Hall, found the Ancient One, and told her his request.
The Ancient One, as the Sorcerer Supreme, had taught magical knowledge at Kamar-Taj for an unknown amount of time. It could be said that all the sorcerers on Earth today were inextricably linked to her.
Thus, it was clear how long the Ancient One had studied this set of theories. However, even the Ancient One herself had not expected that the magical knowledge she had summarized would one day be questioned by a new disciple under her who had only recently begun to receive the inheritance. For a moment, the Ancient One felt a hint of annoyance.
"It was you who begged me to teach you in this very hall. Now you're telling me that you question all the lessons, and now you demand to study on your own."
Hearing the Ancient One say this, Strange could feel the sarcasm in the Ancient One's words, but Strange did not care in the slightest. Instead, he continued, "In fact, in this house, you once opened my eyes, but now you keep making me passively accept some rules that make no sense at all."
Hearing this, the Ancient One angrily said, "Are the rules you're referring to that I don't allow you to use the Sling Ring in the library to take the books you want?"
Seeing this, Strange looked at the Ancient One in disbelief and asked, "Wong actually reported me to you?"
But the Ancient One ignored Strange and simply continued, "Indeed, your speed in learning magic is very fast, but you now need a safer environment to learn."
Saying this, the Ancient One raised her arm and waved it to the side. Immediately, cracks appeared out of thin air in the direction the Ancient One waved her arm, as if a huge piece of glass had appeared in front of the two of them at some unknown time, only now this piece of glass seemed to have been shattered by the Ancient One.
As more and more cracks appeared in front of them, a few breaths later, a passage that looked as if it was composed of countless geometric mirror surfaces appeared before the two of them.
Chapter 162 Reason
Witnessing this scene before him, Strange was once again deeply shocked.
This was the first time he had seen the Ancient One's methods; previously, the Ancient One had always directly used the Sling Ring to open portals, but Strange had never heard of a passage like this.
However, the Ancient One had no intention of explaining anything to Strange at this moment; she had already walked into the passage on her own.
Seeing this, Strange, filled with questions, followed behind the Ancient One into the passage.
But just as Strange expected some extraordinary sight to appear before him after passing through the mirror passage, an incredibly familiar scene appeared before Strange.
After passing through the mirror passage, Strange and the Ancient One did not arrive at some incredibly bizarre place; they were still standing in the main hall, but upon closer inspection, countless differences could be found between this place and the original hall environment.
At this moment, the Ancient One also began to explain: "This is the Mirror Dimension. It is always around us but is very difficult to detect. Anything that happens in this World has no relation to the real World. We usually train and monitor in this World, and sometimes it is also used to isolate dangerous existences."
At this moment, a disciple happened to come to pour tea for the Ancient One. Seeing this, Strangecuriously approached the person, but the person seemed completely unaware of Strange's presence. Even when Strange walked right up to the person, they showed no sign of noticing, not even a flicker of an eyelid.
So Strange also tried to reach out and touch the person, but his hands passed directly through the person's body as if they had no physical form.
However, at this moment, Strange suddenly remembered the danger the Ancient One had just mentioned, and he quickly asked, "Wait, excuse me, what exactly is this danger you just spoke of?"
In response, the Ancient One said nothing. Instead, in front of Strange, she suddenly pointed her deep hands towards the ground beneath their feet, and then the environment they were currently in began to change rapidly. Even the ceiling of the original hall twisted and changed at that moment.
Watching everything around him rapidly change, Strange only felt a dizzying sensation.
At this moment, the Ancient One's voice also reached Strange's ears.
"To understand the endless multiverse, you must understand the corresponding dangers, but if I were to tell you everything you don't know all at once right now, you would surely abandon everything and flee in fear."
Upon hearing this, Strange finally understood why his magical abilities had grown so quickly during this period, yet the Ancient One still kept many things hidden beneath the Water, unwilling to tell him.
It was just like this Mirror World before him. If the Ancient One had shown it to him the first time he arrived here, he would have surely thought he was having a nervous breakdown.
Moreover, Strange still clearly remembered the enormous face, larger than an entire Planet, that he saw in a dimension full of dark energy after he had traveled through countless multiverses.
If he were to come face-to-face with such an existence now, he would surely lose his mind in an instant and become truly insane from fear.
After understanding the Ancient One's reasons for doing this, Strange entered a period of quiet, continuously strengthening his mastery of magic.
One day, as Strange was passing through the square, he saw the Ancient One teaching two other sorcerers. With nothing else to do, Strange stopped and quietly watched how the Ancient One taught these two.
At this moment, Mihachi also happened to arrive in the square. Seeing Mihachi, Strange curiously asked, "Does any of you know how old she is this year?"
Facing Strange's question, Mihachi candidly said, "None of us know the Sorcerer Supreme's age. We only know she is Celtic, but the rest of us are completely unaware."
Hearing this, Strange teased Mihachi, "How can you not know her inside and out, yet still follow her so devotedly?"
In response, Mihachi only said with a serious expression, "We all know she is unwavering, strict, and kind. Although she always seems unfathomable, it is undeniable that she made me. Finally, remember to always believe in your master, and never go astray."
"Like Kaecilius?"
"Exactly."
At this moment, Strange was very curious about what kind of person this Kaecilius was, and why everyone at Kamar-Taj kept urging him not to become like him.
So Strange decided to take this opportunity to ask Mihachi for a clear explanation.
"You know him? What kind of person is he?"
"When he first arrived here, like most of us, he had nothing and no desire to live. He was heartbroken and yearned to find the answers he sought from the endless sea of magic. He was exceptionally talented, proud, and stubborn. He questioned the Ancient One; he even refused to let the Ancient Oneteach him."
"After that, he left Kamar-Taj, and his followers, like sheep, followed him out of here. They were all deluded by false doctrines."
Hearing this, Strange knew that these so-called false doctrines Mihachi spoke of must be those personal collections of the Ancient One that he saw when he first went to the library and met Wong.
But Strange had always been curious: it was only a few pages from a thick book, so why could it cause such a strong reaction from so many people in Kamar-Taj?
Fortunately, Strange directly asked Mihachi.
However, Mihachi did not answer Strange's question at this moment.
"Don't ask about this now. When the time is right, you will naturally be told."
Chapter 163 Attempting Contact
Mihachi then walked over to the weapon rack in the square and casually picked up a staff-like weapon, holding it out to Strange.
"This is a magical artifact. There are too many spells in this world, and some of them are incredibly powerful. Sometimes, even we sorcerers find them difficult to control, and we can be backfired by the spell if we're not careful. So, at times like these, to protect ourselves, we often infuse all those spells we can't perfectly control into an object. This way, we can use these spells freely and better unleash their full, intended power."
After speaking, Mihachi gripped the artifact with both hands, and the artifact, which was originally only forearm length, suddenly extended several times in Mihachi's hands.
"This is the Staff of the Living Tribunal that we use."
Saying this, Mihachi showed Strange all the magical artifacts he possessed. Looking at the dazzling array of artifacts before him, Strange also wanted one for himself.
However, Mihachi believed that Strange was not yet ready to acquire his own magical artifact.
Upon hearing this, Strange wanted to say something more to refute, but Mihachi said, "Whether you're ready or not isn't up to you; it's decided by the magical artifact. But for now, you can only use spells as your weapon."
Back in his room, Strange lay on his bed, recalling his experiences during this time, and also remembered the words he had once said to Christine. He felt a deep sense of apology at once.
After all, when he was seemingly at his wit's end in the eyes of outsiders, the people who had always revolved around him suddenly turned a blind eye to him.
During that period, due to the injuries to his hands, he couldn't even manage basic tasks like eating and washing. Despite his busy work schedule, Christine still came to his home every day after work, carrying a large bag of food and daily necessities to take care of his needs.
But during that time, he was solely focused on finding a place to heal his hands.
Moreover, the memory of how he drove Christine away was deeply etched in Strange's mind.
Now that he had come to Kamar-Taj, Strange had finally found a way to continue living amidst adversity, and so he finally remembered Christine.
Looking at the broken watch on his desk, Strange sat up from the bed and went to his computer.
But after a long time, Strange's computer interface was still stuck on the email draft screen. After all this time, Strange didn't know what to say to Christine.
After some deliberation, Strange finally gave up and closed his computer. Since he didn't know what to say to mend their relationship, Strange decided to focus on magic instead.
Thinking of this, Strange ventured out in the pouring rain in the middle of the night and went to the library, hoping to find a spell there that could resolve his conflict with Christine.
When Strange arrived at the library, after carefully observing his surroundings, he realized that most of the books there had already been read by him during this period.
Furthermore, many of the spells, in Strange's opinion, were simply incapable of helping him repair his relationship with Christine.
But just as Strange stood with his hands on his hips, gazing at the vast sea of books before him, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of Ancient One's personal collection, which had been damaged by Kaecilius earlier.
At this moment, Strange thought that since this book could so obsess Kaecilius, even to the point of risking expulsion from Kamar-Taj to steal it back, then it was clear that Ancient One's personal collection must contain some extraordinary magic.
Thinking of this, Strange walked directly to the Dark Tome without another word, then reached out and took it down.
Immediately, Strange began to carefully read the Dark Tome in his hands, while also munching on an apple.
Soon, Strange turned to the pages that Kaecilius had torn out earlier.
Looking at the torn marks in the book, Strange, filled with curiosity, began to read from that point.
Soon after, a hand-drawn illustration resembling a magical artifact appeared before Strange. Looking at the artifact described in the book, Strange recalled what Mihachi had told him that afternoon about choosing a magical artifact, and he felt an itch in his heart. After all, according to the Dark Tome, this was an artifact capable of mastering time reversal.
Furthermore, after perusing numerous magical texts, he hadn't found any spells related to time. So, Strange stood up and walked to the magical artifact located in the center of the library.
Looking at the magical artifact within reach, Strange tilted his head and looked around, then loudly asked, "Wong? Are you still here?"
But only his own echo answered Strange. Seeing this, Strange decisively took the magical artifact from the shelf and then placed it around his neck.
Then Strange returned to his original seat, looked at the contents of the book, and began to practice the incantations with earnest.
However, just as Strange was casually trying it out with a hopeful attitude, the magical artifact was successfully activated by Strange.
After a metallic scraping sound, Strange noticed that the magical artifact he was wearing on his chest had somehow opened on its own, and embedded within it was an emerald green gem. However, this gem was different from the green gems worn by ordinary noblewomen; this green gem not only appeared green itself but also emitted a vibrant green light in the dark of night.
Seeing this, Strange couldn't help but marvel at his talent in learning magic.
Then, after readjusting his breathing and emotions, Strange refocused his gaze on the Dark Tomebefore him.
Chapter 164 Temptation
Immediately, Strange began to cast the spells recorded in the book, combining the methods described therein with his own knowledge of the Sling Ring.
Soon, he activated the power of the artifact on his chest and the gem within it.
Watching the power continuously gather in his hand, Strange quickly aimed at the apple he had just bitten, leaving only half of it.
As Strange's gestures constantly changed, the apple that Strange had bitten was now visibly restoring itself, as if time was undergoing an incredible transformation on this apple.
Observing the incredible phenomenon before him, Strange let out a gasp of surprise.
After restoring the apple, Strange then began to try to reverse the complete apple.
Thus, the bright red apple began to rot in Strange's hand again.
By continuously restoring and rotting the apple, Strange gradually became familiar with the power of the Time Stone.
Soon, Strange grew tired of constantly tormenting the apple in front of him. Just as Strange was racking his brain for something else to practice spells with, a pleasant breeze suddenly blew into the library's entrance, gently rustling the Dark Tome in front of Strange.
Looking at the pages stirred by the breeze, Strange suddenly remembered the pages of the Dark Tomethat Kaecilius had torn. He quickly flipped to the torn section, then extended his right hand towards the torn area, beginning to unleash the power of the Time Stone.
Although Strange could now initially control the power of the Time Stone, he wasn't entirely confident he could successfully restore an object involving so many secrets.
However, the reason Strange could become the most outstanding neurosurgeon at Manhattan Hospitalwas largely because when treating patients, Strange often had a gambler's mentality, and now Strangewas using that gambler's mentality.
Even if he couldn't repair the torn Dark Tome, it would merely be an insignificant failure for him, but if he could restore the missing pages, it would be a major event for the entire Kamar-Taj.
With this no-lose mentality, Strange increased the force in his hand. Accompanied by a emerald green light emanating from the Time Stone on his chest, the pages of the Dark Tome that Kaecilius had torn gradually appeared before Strange.
Seeing this, Strange's lips curved slightly upwards, and then he eagerly read the content recorded on them. However, after a careful reading, Strange's originally slightly upturned lips drooped, and his brows furrowed tightly together.
"Dark Dimension, Dormammu."
After finishing the content of these pages, Strange muttered to himself.
Although the Ancient One had shown Strange some things about Dormammu when he first arrived at Kamar-Taj, those were far less detailed than what was recorded in this Dark Tome.
At this moment, Strange finally understood why the Ancient One had been unwilling to teach him more about things beyond the Multiverse. In fact, just as the Ancient One herself had said, if the Ancient Onehad told him all of this when he first arrived at Kamar-Taj, given his fragile mental state at the time, he might have gone mad on the spot.
But even though Strange had been studying spells for so long, now that Dormammu and everything about the Dark Dimension were truly laid bare, Strange was so shocked that he was temporarily speechless.
To further understand Dormammu and the Dark Dimension, Strange continued to try casting the spells recorded in the Dark Tome.
When Strange saw the words "Eternal Life," he began to feel a slight longing for the things described in the book.
As Strange continued to cast spells with his hands, the surrounding environment gradually changed. At some point, the space in front of Strange began to twist and fold.
Just as Strange wanted to continue, a sudden roar pulled Strange, who was completely immersed in the Dark Tome, back.
Looking at Mihachi and Wong, who were walking towards him with an aggressive aura, Strangecompletely forgot that he had just mastered the power of the Time Stone.
"Stop! How can you so casually disrupt the spacetime boundaries?"
Facing Mihachi's rebuke, Strange did not offer any rebuttal. He immediately lowered his head and explained, like a bullied daughter-in-law: "I didn't mean to do that. I was just following what was written in the book."
Hearing this, Mihachi said coldly, "What did the book say? Did it not tell you how dangerous it would be to do that?"
To this, Strange quickly replied, "I didn't see any warnings about that in the book."
Hearing Strange's words, Mihachi knew that it couldn't be entirely Strange's fault, after all, no one had ever told Strange about the dangers in this regard.
Thinking of this, Mihachi tried to calm his emotions, and then he seriously said to Strange: "You must understand now that time manipulation creates countless temporal branches, which are extremely unstable spaces. Time paradoxes, spatial loops, you will be trapped in infinitely repeating spacetime, unable to escape forever, or simply be erased from this World, as if you never existed."
Looking at Mihachi and Wong, whose faces were extremely serious, Strange knew that their words just now were definitely not just meant to scare him.
At the same time, Strange also felt a chill down his spine about what he had just done. If Mihachi and Wong hadn't appeared in time to stop him, given his personality, he likely would have continued to follow the book's contents.
"Logically speaking, shouldn't the warning about casting spells be written before the instructions on how to cast them?"
Facing Strange's current glibness, Mihachi and Wong showed no change in expression.
Chapter 165 Casillas
At this moment, White, who had been silent, came to Strange's side and earnestly said to him, "Your curiosity will not only cost you your life, but it may also implicate everyone around you!"
"What you just did wasn't controlling time and space, but destroying it. We cannot arbitrarily disrupt the laws of nature according to our own will. We should defend them. But then again, how did you do that just now? Where did you learn such a complex spell, and how did you even understand it?"
Hearing this, Strange proudly said, "I have the ability to remember things at first sight. Otherwise, how could I have obtained my Dr. of Medicine and Dr. of Science degrees?"
However, Mihachi was not convinced by Strange's explanation. Learning magic is not simply something that can be easily done with extraordinary memory.
Many times, the fundamental reason a Sorcerer cannot cast the spell he wants is that he cannot understand the content of the spell's incantation. In layman's terms, the Sorcerer's comprehension does not allow him to learn this type of magic.
At this moment, Mihachi also said to Strange, "The fundamental reason you can easily cast this type of magic is because you are inherently a Mystic Sorcerer."
To this, Strange said uncertainly, "But my hands still don't listen to me."
"This is only temporary. Your current condition is not permanent."
Hearing Mihachi's words, Strange impatiently asked, "When are you finally going to tell me the truth?"
Although Strange was completely ignorant of many spells, as someone who had frequented Manhattan's high society for many years, Strange had long developed the ability to easily see through people's hearts.
As early as when Ancient One first allowed him to enter Kamar-Taj to study, Strange keenly noticed that whether it was Ancient One, White, or Mihachi, they always liked to speak in halves when talking to him.
Initially, Strange only thought it was because he was just a beginner, so there were many things he couldn't know. But as time passed, Strange's control over magic had already surpassed most Sorcerers in Kamar-Taj.
Strange thought to himself that even if Mihachi and White didn't remember, his current magic wasn't weak at all.
But even after he had reached this level, they still held back from him, and they had also called him a Mystic Sorcerer more than once.
However, every time he pressed them about what this meant, they all deliberately avoided the question.
Seeing Mihachi still acting this way, Strange could no longer suppress the doubts in his heart and directly asked.
At this moment, Mihachi subconsciously exchanged glances with White beside him, then sighed as if resigned, and then slowly began to speak.
"Mystic Sorcerers are like superheroes such as the Avengers, protecting this World from natural harm, and our duty as Sorcerers is to protect our World from the invasion of magic."
"The title of Sorcerer Supreme is also passed down from generation to generation. Sorcerer Ancient One is the current Sorcerer Supreme. Thousands of years ago, the most powerful Sorcerer Supremewas Agamotto, who was a Mystic Sorcerer!"
"He created the Eye of Agamotto, which is what you are wearing around your neck now. Similarly, Agamotto created three powerful Sanctuaries in the current World. This door leads to the Hong Kong Sanctuary, this door leads to the New York Sanctuary, and the one on the far right leads to the LondonSanctuary."
As he spoke, White pointed to the three circular devices located at the library entrance and said.
"In this way, these three Sanctuaries are connected to form a defense line that can protect our World, silently guarding our World from the invasion of Dark magic."
As he spoke, White also used the Sling Ring to objectively display the defense line formed by the three major Sanctuaries before Strange's eyes.
"And our duty as Sorcerers is to protect the Sanctuaries with our lives."
Hearing this, Strange also asked, "Will anyone still come to cause trouble?"
"You never know. How do you know that creatures from other dimensions will stay quietly in their homes like us?"
"Like Dormammu?"
Hearing Dormammu's name spoken from Strange's mouth, Mihachi quickly turned around and asked seriously, "How do you know that name?"
Seeing Mihachi's expression, Strange knew that if he joked now, he would likely be scolded as a fool by Mihachi, so he told them both everything he had just done.
"I just learned about it from the Book of Cagliostro. Is there a problem?"
Immediately, White continued to change the movements in his hand, and then an aura belonging to darkness emanated from White's hand.
"Dormammu is the devourer of the Universe, the Destroyer of Worlds, possessing infinite power and enormous ambition. He wants to invade all Universes and bring all multiverses into darkness. Now, what he most wants to devour is Earth. The pages Kaecilius stole contain the ritual to summon Dormammu and draw power from the Dark Dimension."
After listening to White's explanation, Strange chuckled awkwardly, "Alright, alright, I give up. I won't touch these things again. My purpose for coming here was just to heal my hands. I don't want to participate in any mysterious war."
Just then, White suddenly looked up at a street light above his head, and then anxiously said, "Oh no? It's the London Sanctuary, Kaecilius is here!"
As White's words fell, an entrance to the Mirror World appeared before the three of them, and then a murderous Kaecilius rushed out of the entrance, and then cast a spell, blasting all three of them, including Strange, flying with one palm.
When Strange got back up, he found himself in the London Sanctuary.
Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, Strange stumbled out, constantly shouting their names.
But after a search, Strange found no trace of them.
At this moment, Strange also felt that the surrounding temperature was very low. Puzzled, Strangewalked towards the Sanctuary's main door.
Stepping out of the main door, what greeted his eyes was a street full of British style.
Looking at the bustling scene on the street, Strange looked incredulously at the Sanctuary behind him.
Strange didn't even know how he had gotten from Kamar-Taj to the London Sanctuary.
Chapter 166 Fight
After confirming that he was indeed in the London Sanctum, Strange returned inside, beginning to search for any other presence within the Sanctum.
As Strange moved through the Sanctum, he quickly discovered a storage room at the end of the second-floor corridor, filled with various magical artifacts.
Just as Strange was about to examine these artifacts more closely, a sudden clamor erupted behind him.
Immediately, a figure stumbled embarrassingly into the Sanctum.
Seeing this, Strange was utterly shocked. He had just thoroughly inspected the entire Sanctum, inside and out, yet found no one. So where did this person come from?
However, very quickly, the space at the main entrance of the Sanctum began to fold, and an entrance to the Mirror Dimension appeared out of thin air within the Sanctum.
Then, a voice filled with disdain emerged from the Mirror Dimension's entrance.
"Daniel, since they've appointed you as the Master of this Sanctum, you should be prepared; you will die protecting it."
With that, Kaecilius and his zealots swaggered out of the Mirror Dimension.
At the same time, a blade made entirely of spatial energy appeared in Kaecilius's hand.
The next second, Kaecilius and his zealots charged towards Daniel.
Facing their fierce assault, Daniel, though caught off guard, was fortunately not in any serious danger for the time being.
But at this moment, Kaecilius deliberately disengaged from the fight, then stood aside, found an opening in Daniel's defense, and suddenly cast a spell.
Facing Kaecilius's premeditated attack, Daniel was predictably knocked to the ground.
Just as Kaecilius was about to execute Daniel, Strange quickly appeared to stop him.
The moment Kaecilius saw Strange, he displayed a brilliant smile, then tossed Daniel aside.
Looking up at Strange on the second floor, Kaecilius asked indifferently, "How long have you been at Kamar-Taj, esteemed Doctor?"
"You call me Doctor, but I'm actually called Strange."
"Oh, really? I'm quite curious, what does your name have to do with me?"
With that, Kaecilius suddenly plunged the blade in his hand into Daniel's shoulder, and the latter instantly cried out in pain.
Seeing this, Strange quickly chanted a spell and cast magic towards Kaecilius.
In response, Kaecilius leaped onto the adjacent wall right in front of Strange.
Watching Kaecilius constantly approach him, Strange was momentarily stunned. After all, Kaeciliuswas defying gravity, running horizontally on the wall.
While Strange was momentarily dazed, Kaecilius's zealots had already climbed up the stairs.
Seeing this, Strange quickly blocked an attack and ran deeper into the Sanctum.
Seeing Strange constantly fleeing ahead, Kaecilius crossed his hands, then began chanting a complex, ancient spell in the air.
Then Strange was horrified to discover that no matter how hard he tried to run forward, the distance between him and Kaecilius remained unchanged.
Kaecilius then looked down at the floor, realizing that the solid wooden floor was splitting apart as if it had come alive.
Seeing this, Strange knew that no matter how much he ran, he wouldn't be able to escape. Rather than wasting energy, it was better to stop.
After that, Strange stopped, crossed his hands, and assumed a defensive stance.
In response, Kaecilius let out a disdainful laugh, then signaled his zealots to charge towards Strange.
However, what Kaecilius didn't expect was that his zealots were quickly whipped by Strange, one by one, and sent flying backward.
Seeing this, Kaecilius didn't waste time and immediately began to rotate the space of the corridor.
Suddenly, Strange felt the gravity on his body disappear, and his body began to spin uncontrollably within the corridor.
As Kaecilius continued his actions, Strange quickly became dizzy from colliding with the clutter in the corridor.
Just as Strange lost all resistance, Kaecilius stopped his movements, but the moment Kaecilius stopped, Strange ran towards the end of the corridor as if his life depended on it.
Seeing this, Kaecilius simply made the entire corridor's space vertical.
Facing this change, Strange, as usual, lost the power to resist. At this moment, Strange could only desperately grab onto a window ledge to prevent himself from falling.
Watching Kaecilius get closer and closer, Strange's brain began to work frantically.
Before long, Strange noticed the three portals at the other end of the original corridor.
Without any hesitation, after aiming the position, Strange decisively let go of his hands and fell towards Kaecilius below.
Kaecilius hadn't expected Strange to do this. For a moment, facing Strange suddenly falling, he didn't have time to react before Strange kicked him through the portal behind him.
The next instant, Kaecilius left the London Sanctum and appeared in the Sahara Desert.
Strange himself, at the last moment, held firmly onto the edge of the portal with both hands.
Just as Strange finally managed to climb back into the Sanctum, the zealots who had been sent flying by Strange's whip charged again.
At the same time, Kaecilius, who had fallen into the desert, quickly ran towards the Sanctum.
Seeing this, after ducking under a zealot's attack, Strange quickly pressed the button next to the portal.
The next moment, the portal from the Sanctum to the desert disappeared.
As soon as Strange finished all this and was about to rest, the remaining zealots surrounded him again.