The Ancient One's return had brought him an important piece of news.
According to what Agamotto had said, Karl guessed that members of the Celestials would likely come looking for trouble very soon.
Although the Celestials could not really be considered a close-knit group, Karl had killed six of them in one breath.
To the Celestials, this was already an enormous threat.
More importantly, to them, this was a provocation.
The Celestials were so arrogant.
Faced with this kind of situation, how could they possibly not come looking for trouble?
To be honest, Karl was not afraid if a few members of the Celestials came.
In the entire Marvel world, aside from those absurd monsters, there was no one he feared.
The problem was that he was afraid these people would use underhanded methods against him.
Forget anything else.
What if they destroyed his universe from outside the universe?
His teachers, friends, and many others were all living inside this single universe.
If the universe was destroyed, everything in Kamar-Taj would naturally disappear as well.
Karl absolutely could not tolerate such a thing happening.
"Unfortunately, these people really are extremely arrogant."
"Otherwise, I would have attacked them directly."
Karl shook his head regretfully.
The Main Universe was extraordinary.
There were simply too many variables there.
There were quite a few beings there who could instantly kill him.
Powerful Mutants and all kinds of demon gods were gathered in that broken place.
If Karl went there, he would not be able to act however he pleased.
In that case, dealing with the Celestials was naturally out of the question.
"However, I cannot stay inside the universe anymore."
"It is time to enter the multiverse."
Karl thought to himself.
He had originally planned to go to other universes to become stronger.
Inside his own universe, his power could no longer improve.
Even though he was a native life-form of this world, the will of the universe had already begun faintly rejecting him.
He knew that this was because his power was simply too great and had already become a threat to the universe.
The universe would not allow him to continue existing there.
If his strength continued to increase, that rejection would grow stronger and stronger.
It might even suppress his power while he was inside the universe.
This was a kind of self-preservation instinct from the universe's collective consciousness.
Most smaller universes had this kind of protection.
It existed to prevent the universe from falling into chaos, or even death, because of various powerful beings.
Originally, Karl had planned to stay here for a while longer before leaving.
However, the matter of the Celestials had forced him to advance his plans.
"However, I cannot leave this place looking like I ran away in disgrace."
"If they truly dare to come, then I have to give these people a lesson they will never forget."
"Otherwise, they might think I fled in panic."
Karl thought coldly.
He was leaving in order to protect his home.
The battles that came next would definitely be far more intense than he imagined.
What if his universe was affected?
His universe was not like the Main Universe, that absurd place that could casually withstand anything.
Even if great beings beyond the multiverse fought inside the Main Universe, it could still maintain stability.
His universe was only a branch universe.
Even the aftershocks of a multiverse-level battle could destroy it.
Karl absolutely could not allow such a thing to happen.
"Before I leave, I must prepare a grand gift for them."
"It will also let the remaining power of those Celestials serve some use."
Karl thought to himself.
Once one reached the multiverse level, it became extremely difficult to kill them.
Their souls had already become deeply combined with the laws they had comprehended.
What ordinary people called death was completely meaningless to them.
The annihilation of the body and soul was not really an end for them.
Only the erasure of their path was truly fatal.
For beings like the Five Great Gods, they were the embodiment of abstract concepts.
As long as those abstract concepts did not disappear, they would not completely die.
Therefore, for multiverse-level beings, the meaning of death was completely different from what it meant to mortals.
Killing a multiverse-level being was even more difficult.
The method Karl used was the most basic method.
Erasure.
He used terrifying power to constantly erase their laws and erase the origin of their souls.
Even if they did not die, they would be crippled.
Even if they were released, they might need billions of years before they could slowly absorb enough energy to recover.
While Karl was thinking, the spell array he had created was still constantly erasing the essence of the six Celestials.
However, Karl had now changed his mind.
He decided to be even more aggressive.
He would directly turn the remaining terrifying energy of those beings into a massive bomb.
If those Celestials dared to come, then this would definitely leave them with a lesson they would never forget.
"The only problem now is protecting my own universe from being affected."
Karl rubbed his chin as he thought.
If he left behind a trap, its power would definitely be explosive.
The only problem was how to shield his universe from the attack and isolate it from the interference.
"If I can use the power of Chaos Magic to change the universe's state of existence at that instant…"
"Then I can completely avoid the aftershocks of the attack."
"I only need to time it perfectly and make sure the universe can return to normal afterward."
Chaos Magic was an extremely powerful force.
If the Scarlet Witch used it, she could even instantly change the rules of the entire multiverse.
Even though the Chaos Magic Karl controlled was not the strongest version, changing the state of existence of a single universe should not be a problem for him.
He only needed to master the timing.
He just had to make the universe perfectly avoid the shockwave.
"As long as I leave behind a spell array, I can completely control it remotely."
"I can even monitor their actions."
Karl secretly considered it.
Slowly, he perfected his plan.
In fact, this was not difficult.
Most of the Celestials were fools.
Or rather, they could not exactly be called fools.
They were simply too powerful. They had roamed freely across the multiverse for so many years that they had never even considered the need to guard against anything.
They had always disdained the schemes and tricks of mortals.
Naturally, it was very easy for Karl to plot against them.
He only needed to place the remaining soul essence and power essence of the Celestials beside the universe and concentrate them together.
When the time came, as long as he allowed a trace of their aura to leak out, the other Celestials would definitely come to rescue them.
At that moment, the method Karl left behind would activate.
Boom!
After one explosion, nothing would remain.
Even if those Celestials did not die, they would no longer have the strength to trouble him.
If their luck was good, leaving behind a few remnant souls would already be a blessing.
Simple, effective, and lethal.
After Karl finalized the plan, his figure disappeared and reappeared outside the universe.
He found a battlefield where the laws were chaotic, so he could interfere with the Celestials' perception as much as possible.
This would make them fall for the illusion.
Then, he sealed the remaining Celestials in his hands inside that place and arranged the detonation spell array.
Afterward, he added a few layers of concealment.
When the Celestials arrived, this would become his greatest counterattack.
(End of Chapter)
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