The Citadel at the End of Time from an unknown era before Karl was far larger than he had imagined.
Its structure was unbelievably complex.
After he broke through the outermost metal wall, the things inside contained increasingly advanced technology.
Some of the weapons were several levels beyond the most advanced weapons of the present day.
Several times, attacks from above even broke through Karl's defenses.
Some of the technology seemed completely incomprehensible, as though it had nothing to do with humanity at all.
This made Karl suspect that this thing might be a creation left behind by the gods of the ancient era.
For example, beings like the Celestials.
They had that kind of ability and that kind of technology.
Those people ran all over the universe, creating trouble whenever they had nothing better to do.
The Mutants and the Eternals were both weapons they had created using humans as a template.
They could be called two of the most abnormal races in the entire Marvel world.
One could easily imagine what level the Celestials' technology had reached.
So, for a technological creation like this to appear here was actually quite normal.
Karl's caution was carved into his very bones.
After he discovered that something was wrong, he became even more careful.
He slowly destroyed the various defensive devices here layer by layer.
It was like peeling away silk from a cocoon.
He was afraid that some fatal device might be hidden inside.
However, he had no idea how depressed Kang the Conqueror, who was hiding inside his lair, had become because of what he was doing.
This fortress was something Kang had obtained from the ancient era.
It was a massive fortress built by an unknown race in the ancient era to resist the Celestials.
He had even found a time machine inside it.
Even after developing his forces for so many years and expanding his influence greatly, he still had not found anything that could compare to this fortress.
Naturally, this place became his lair.
The outermost defensive devices had all been added by him later.
Facing an enemy like Karl, he did not dare to be careless at all.
He directly activated every defensive device inside the fortress.
He just had not expected Karl's strength to be even greater than he had imagined.
The external devices could not stop him in the slightest.
"Where did this monster come from?"
"With this kind of strength, he can already compare to the weaker gods of the ancient era, can't he?"
The corner of Kang the Conqueror's mouth twitched.
In the ancient era, the battles between the gods had nearly shattered the entire Multiverse.
Those monstrous beings had crushed countless planets beneath them.
Their power could easily be imagined.
He had never expected that he would actually run into someone this powerful.
"Those useless fools in the Time Variance Authority…"
"Why did they provoke this kind of existence?"
"I never should have established so many rules back then."
Kang the Conqueror said this hatefully.
After he created the Time Variance Authority, things could be said to have gone smoothly and without obstruction.
For so many years, no one had ever been able to threaten them.
This had also made Kang the Conqueror lower his guard.
But he had never imagined that they would fail this time.
Looking at Karl outside as he continuously dismantled his defenses, Kang could not help feeling a headache coming on.
If this continued, the entire fortress would be torn open.
"No. This cannot continue."
"I can only use the final measure."
Kang the Conqueror's face turned pale.
This place contained all the wealth he had collected over all these years.
If he used the final measure, half of these things would be destroyed.
However, looking at the situation, if he did not make a decision now, his lair would be dismantled outright, and nothing would be left.
Kang the Conqueror gritted his teeth, his expression turning ruthless.
"You forced me to do this!"
"Overload the core engine!"
"Push its output to the critical state!"
Kang the Conqueror spoke in an extremely pained voice.
This fortress was the product of an unknown civilization, and it was extremely powerful.
The technology inside it was something no one in the present day could fully understand.
Yet even without fully understanding it, Kang had still used the devices inside to create the Time Variance Authority.
He had also created small time-travel devices.
This unbelievable achievement had merely been obtained by reverse-engineering a tiny portion of its technology.
And its engine was the place with the highest technological content.
Its energy source and the way the engine operated were completely unknown.
Once this thing detonated, even he had no idea how great the power it unleashed would be.
Karl was simply too cautious. Kang had no way to use any other methods.
He could only use this final measure.
Looking at the countdown above, Kang the Conqueror revealed a ferocious smile.
Then the entire control room vanished.
It was completely sealed within some kind of protective shell.
Outside, the danger countdown had already begun.
The entire fortress was filled with piercing alarms.
At that moment, Karl outside also sensed a dangerous aura.
For some reason, every hair on his body stood on end.
Without saying another word, Karl immediately withdrew.
However, that sense of danger still did not disappear.
A chill instantly surged into Karl's heart.
At his current level, even a sudden instinctive warning might allow him to sense information closely related to himself.
Let alone such a clear premonition of danger.
Karl decisively tore open space.
He directly entered the Mirror Dimension.
The Lokis and the Sorcerers who were watching the show here were somewhat confused.
Karl did not explain anything.
His expression was still extremely solemn.
With a wave of his hand, the space in front of him began to distort.
In the blink of an eye, he laid down more than a thousand layers of barriers.
Still feeling that it was not safe enough, he altered time.
A layer of abnormal time flow surfaced in front of him, protecting the Mirror Dimension layer by layer.
Only then did Karl truly let out a breath of relief.
The Sorcerers beside him were all stunned.
Compared to the confused Lokis, they understood what Karl had done.
Precisely because of that, they were deeply shocked.
In just a dozen seconds, he had directly arranged more than a thousand layers of spatial barriers.
The Supreme Sorcerer truly deserved the title of Sorcerer Supreme!
But what exactly had happened?
What could make the Sorcerer Supreme treat this as though he were facing a great enemy?
"Sorcerer Supreme, what exactly happened?"
"Why are you being so cautious?"
In truth, they all felt that Karl was being a little too cautious.
"I don't know what happened."
"But we should find out very soon."
"Just watch."
Karl said this.
Then he turned his gaze toward the building he had already dismantled halfway.
The Sorcerers also followed Karl's gaze.
They did not have to wait long.
That shattered fortress suddenly lifted upward.
It was as though an atomic bomb had exploded underneath it.
Immediately afterward, an extreme white light appeared.
The light was incomparably dazzling. Even Karl had to turn his head away to avoid it.
When he turned back again, he was stunned by the scene before him.
(End of Chapter)
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