It was estimated that if even a small monster came here at this moment, even an Abomination that Blaine could have defeated with one hand when he first debuted might be able to kill him now.
Maybe this was the side effect of using Dragon Half Moon Slash. After all, such a powerful explosion had still managed to suppress Dormammu. If there were no drawbacks, Blaine would not believe it.
Looking at the outside world, red light, green light, purple light, and black were mixed together. Wasn't this the original appearance of the dark matter world? It seemed that the black cloud Dormammu had summoned earlier had dissipated. And looking at the headless corpse in front of Blaine just now, it seemed that the deceptive revival Blaine had imagined did not appear. Everything had returned to normal. It seemed like things were looking good.
"You looked down on me that badly."
"Ancient One couldn't deal with you."
"But I can. I'm a Bounty Hunter."
"If you want to blame someone, blame your stupid eyesight."
"You chose the wrong person."
"Remember to bring a little brain with you in your next life."
Looking at the dark matter world that had returned to calm and at the vanished Dormammu, Blaine could not help but feel good. He spoke to himself with satisfaction.
"Huh? Why has the moon gone dark?"
Before Dormammu had come out, the passage from the dark matter world to Earth had still been emitting light from Earth. Blaine could see that the outside seemed to be Hong Kong, but the light coming through now was not moonlight. It was only Hong Kong, the city that never slept, glowing with colorful neon lights.
As for why the bright moon had disappeared for no reason just now, Blaine thought it probably was not because it had been covered by dark clouds, but because his Dragon Half Moon Slash had just absorbed almost all of the moon's essence, and then the light had disappeared by itself.
If it wanted to hide, then it could hide. In any case, Blaine's mission had been completed, the threat was gone, and Blaine was no longer needed for the time being. Even if he was needed, it was probably impossible for him to meet the conditions to use that move again.
"Okay?"
"I seem to have forgotten something."
"Oh, right, right."
"I almost forgot about it."
"Something seemed a little strange just now."
"That black cloud?"
"Yes, that black cloud."
"It should have been composed of dark matter energy. That's right."
"Could it be..."
Blaine began chattering again, not knowing what he had thought of. But as he kept thinking, he seemed to fall into deep thought.
He still remembered that a long time ago, when Blaine had wandered through space searching for the star core, he had encountered that dark region of the universe. After that, the Collector had narrated its origin to him.
He still remembered that the Collector had said at the time that he had accidentally stumbled into that space, and then saw a mass of dark, cloud-like matter chasing the space fleet ahead.
Blaine had also confirmed that those warships and the wreckage of the space fortress had indeed come from the advanced secret civilization he belonged to. If the monster beneath the throne in the Himalayas was not lying, that civilization seemed to belong to a family called the Bounty Hunters. And Blaine was also from there.
Now, what Blaine was entangled with was not any civilization or family, but the black cloud behind them. And if the Collector had not lied to Blaine—after all, the Collector's true identity had already been mentioned before: he was connected to the Grandmaster and was also one of the Elders of the Universe—then...
It seemed that the fear the Collector had shown at that time should not have been able to fool Blaine with such a low-level lie.
In that case, the black cloud mentioned by the Collector seemed to share some similarities with the black cloud Dormammu had released just now. It was just that the former was the genuine article, while Dormammu's was a pirated version. After all, as soon as that one appeared, it immediately wiped out an entire fleet. Dormammu's version was obviously not fully prepared yet. Blaine just did not know who had summoned the black cloud composed of dark energy back then, or whether the attack methods inside it were exactly the same as what he had experienced just now.
A few weeks ago, Blaine had still been struggling to understand the relationship between the dark world mentioned by the gorilla-like steel monster and Dormammu's Dark Dimension. Now, it seemed...
Maybe Dormammu's energy really had come from there.
However, did this mean that the Dark Dimension was a node, a branch of that dark space? Had they arrived on Earth through this Dark Dimension, or did this Dark Dimension reveal some important clues?
Also, was the Dark Era mentioned by the Ancient One also related to these things? Blaine's mind still seemed a little confused. Maybe he truly had to wait until everything was about to happen. When the boat reached the bridge, it would naturally go straight, and Blaine would naturally know the answer.
Just when Blaine was about to investigate the clues in this Dark Dimension, his danger perception suddenly activated on its own.
In that emergency, Blaine seemed to have nowhere to hide, but he had no choice except to return to the Hunter Space.
When Blaine returned to the outside world again, he was a little shocked by the scene before him. The space where he had been standing just now was shattering layer by layer, like a broken mirror. This attack method, this technique—wasn't it a dark matter ray?
"Shit."
"Isn't Dormammu dead?"
Seeing this situation, Blaine could not help cursing under his breath.
That's right. This guy Dormammu, no matter how one put it, was a Universe-level existence. If Blaine had really been allowed to kill him, even Blaine himself would not quite believe it. As another boss at the Universe level, immortality was normal. For hundreds of years, the Ancient One had been unable to deal with him. It might also have been because the Ancient One wanted to absorb the energy of the Dark Dimension and prolong her life through it.
Perhaps Dormammu had not been killed on purpose. It was not until the deadline was approaching that the Ancient One realized her mistake.
Now, how could he be killed so easily by Blaine? What was more, Blaine had not even used Moon Devour.
It might be because Blaine's attack just now had caused fundamental damage to Dormammu. Although Blaine asked himself whether he had the ability to completely wipe Dormammu out, the answer was no. But to give him some exercise, to shake his foundation, Blaine was still very confident about that. This had made Dormammu temporarily disappear. It was very likely that Dormammu was taking advantage of this time to heal and recover. It was even possible that the headless corpse Blaine had seen about to explode, and the dissipating black cloud just now, had also been deliberately arranged by Dormammu. The purpose was to confuse Blaine, make him relax his vigilance, and then seize the opportunity to recover and launch a surprise attack.
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