Mephisto failed, and his massive demonic body began to shrink slowly until it returned to its normal size.
Shen Mu had no interest in this body either; with a flick of his tail, he tossed it into the Sun, utterly destroying it.
[Ding! The major event "Demonic Gaze" has ended, and the treasure chest has finished charging. Do you wish to open it immediately?]
Shen Mu chose to refuse, because at this moment, a feeling of bloating came from his body, as if he had eaten too much.
He quickly regained his form, then used the Space Stone to open a portal and moved away from the Sun's surface.
Afterward, he no longer controlled the power of the horse talisman within his body.
Suddenly, a dazzling blue light flashed around him, and countless golden energies were expelled from his body, then dissipated into the Universe.
And those gradually losing vitality cells once again became active, like a long-parched land receiving sweet rain.
Feeling that powerful force slowly dissipating, Shen Mu still felt a hint of regret.
In that state just now, Shen Mu felt that his power could easily break through five quadrillion tons, and all his abilities increased exponentially.
This was merely near the Sun's surface; he truly couldn't imagine how strong that Golden Superman, who had cultivated in the Sun for fifteen thousand years, truly was.
However, this experience was also a rare growth opportunity for Shen Mu.
He could feel that the ancient Kryptonian Bloodline within him was beginning to undergo new, unknown changes.
It's just that these changes were relatively slow, and the time required for complete maturation might be very long.
The most original Kryptonian Bloodline, unadjusted, a Bloodline blessed by the Sun God, might not have the same growth potential as the very mature and complete Kryptonian Life Codex within Superman, but it was equally full of unknown possibilities!
"That power, one day my normal state will be able to reach it."
Shen Mu murmured, looking at the Sun still hanging high in the sky.
On Earth, the originally dejected humans suddenly found that everything had returned to peace.
According to satellite images from various countries, both monsters had disappeared!
"God! Was it truly you who eliminated and took away those two monsters?"
"We are saved!"
"Wuwuwu!"
...
People all over the World were instantly filled with excitement and joy.
They had already prepared for annihilation, but suddenly it seemed they didn't have to die; this feeling of falling from the clouds to the bottom, then rising from the bottom to the clouds again, made everyone unable to hold back any longer!
Everyone spontaneously embraced the person next to them, venting their roller-coaster emotions through tears.
However, after waking up from their joy, people in some countries, looking at their homes turned into ruins and their deceased loved ones, couldn't help but feel a surge of grief.
At Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One, witnessing these scenes unfold, had already made a decision in her heart.
She was going to prepare to do something that would reverse the fate of hundreds of millions of people.
But just as she was about to fully unleash her Astral Projection ability, her consciousness was suddenly drawn into a mysterious space by a mysterious force.
Appearing before her was the source of Marvel Universe White Magic, and also the source of power for the Sorcerer Supreme lineage, the tripartite White Magic God, Vishanti.
The Ancient One didn't know why this true God had summoned her.
"Ancient One, wantonly playing with Time will inevitably lead to Time's backlash."
"You are the most potential Sorcerer we have discovered in thousands of years. Since Agamotto became the third face of Vishanti, we intend to cultivate you to become the fourth face of Vishanti."
"If you insist on doing so, then the time for your soul to transcend into godhood will be extended by dozens of times, which means you will continue to endure hundreds of thousands of years of arduous cultivation. Can you accept such a result?"
Vishanti naturally saw through what the Ancient One was about to do, which is why he wanted to give a final warning.
After all, those lives on Earth were no different from dust in the Universe to them, Gods at the top of the Multiverse.
In their view, the value of one Ancient One far exceeded the sum of all those people.
"Your Excellency Vishanti, my successor will become a more excellent Sorcerer than I am. Perhaps he is the most suitable candidate to become the fourth face."
"And ever since I took over this responsibility from the previous Sorcerer Supreme, I have made guardianship my lifelong wish."
"Now that I have the ability to do this, no matter what the final consequences are, I will gladly accept them."
Although the Ancient One was touched by Vishanti's high regard for her, her mind was made up.
"Go forth! Our light shall forever shine upon you!"
One of Vishanti's faces, the ancient God Hoggoth, said encouragingly to the Ancient One.
The other two faces, Oshtur and Agamotto, naturally also gave the Ancient One the same look.
"Your Excellency Vishanti, thank you!"
After the Ancient One bowed deeply to her big boss, her consciousness instantly returned to her body.
Drawing a portal with a casual gesture, the Ancient One appeared at the highest point of Mount Everest, forming a special magic hand gesture in front of her chest.
Then the Ancient One instantly borrowed even greater power from Vishanti.
Unleashing the Astral Projection ability, the mental phantom projected above Earth directly rivaled the dissipated Shen Mu and Mephisto's demonic true form in size.
Therefore, the humans who had just been celebrating suddenly saw another huge figure appear, and their hearts immediately leaped to their throats.
The Ancient One's hand gestures changed, and the eye of agamotto hanging on her chest instantly opened, revealing a brilliant green light, and a green magic circle appeared on her hand.
A huge magic circle also appeared on the chest of the mental phantom projected by Astral Projection.
The Ancient One's projected mental phantom suddenly pressed the green magic circle in its hand towards the Earth in front of it.
The next moment, the Ancient One manipulated the magic circle to rotate counter-clockwise.
Suddenly, Time on Earth began to rapidly rewind; the city ruins originally destroyed by the battle quickly restored, and those coastal countries submerged by seawater instantly rewound to before everything began.
And those creatures crushed by the battle's aftermath also transformed from blood splatter back into human form.
Everything seemed as if it had never happened, except that the people who had died were now full of confusion.
Having completed all this, the Ancient One instantly lost all strength, and her entire being seemed to have been drained of flesh and vital essence, directly turning into a human skeleton.
As she was about to collapse, Shen Mu appeared beside her through a portal and supported her.
Shen Mu couldn't help but admire the Ancient One's ability to use the Time Stone to reverse the Time of the entire Earth.
This could be considered a grand gesture!
However, the Ancient One at this moment seemed to have her soul plunged into a dead silence.
"You think you can just retire like that? You're dreaming!"
As Shen Mu finished speaking, he activated the immortal power of the dog talisman, the healing power of the horse talisman, and the soul-related power of the sheep talisman.
However, Shen Mu found that there was a force constantly counteracting the healing effect—that was the "Power of Time"!
Seeing this, Shen Mu directly took off the Time Stone hanging around her neck, and then directly used his own power to drive the Time Stone to counteract the Power of Time within the Ancient One's body!
Then, the talisman's power instantly took effect.
Immediately, the Ancient One's withered body quickly filled out as if infused with Water, and all permanent damages caused by using magic were instantly healed!
And her almost depleted life force was completely replenished!