BOOM—!
Karl did not give Dormammu even a moment to speak.
He immediately launched an attack with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, releasing a terrifying surge of cosmic energy.
The strike slammed directly into Dormammu's gigantic energy face.
Dormammu reacted instantly.
He attempted to use his reality-warping ability to distort Karl's attack.
However—
He had severely underestimated the gap between their power levels.
Karl's attack shattered Dormammu's warped reality instantly.
The dimensional space Dormammu had created as a barrier collapsed as well.
Finally—
The attack struck Dormammu directly.
WHOOSH!
Although Karl destroyed the giant energy face Dormammu had formed, it quickly reassembled.
Dormammu immediately cast dimensional magic, attempting to trap Karl.
But Karl broke through the spell effortlessly.
Dormammu then unleashed magic borrowed from other Dimensional Lords, launching countless attacks toward Karl.
Many of those spells targeted the soul directly.
However, Karl had studied the magic of Kamar-Taj.
Although he rarely used it, his mastery was far from weak.
BANG—!
While countering Dormammu's soul attacks with Kamar-Taj magic, Karl also controlled the Ruyi Jingu Bang remotely.
The weapon repeatedly launched surprise attacks from the side.
Dormammu suffered several direct soul strikes.
Gradually, his enormous energy face became dim and unstable.
Yet Karl knew better.
Dormammu could not be defeated so easily.
Karl gathered the immense power within his body.
Then—
He froze time inside the Dark Dimension.
BOOM—!
Dormammu suffered another devastating blow from Karl's Single-Universe-level attack.
He attempted to repair his form using dimensional energy.
But because time had been halted, his recovery became extremely slow.
Suddenly—
Dormammu's form shifted.
He reverted to his true appearance.
Karl sensed fluctuations in the timeline itself.
Dormammu was attempting to manipulate time.
Within his own dimension, Dormammu possessed limited control over the temporal axis.
However, he could not affect the timeline of the real universe unless his true body entered it.
Just as Dormammu prepared to use time manipulation against Karl—
Karl smiled disdainfully.
After all—
Karl possessed both the Self Stone and the Time Stone.
Dormammu's time manipulation did not intimidate him.
However, Karl also realized something important.
Using time alone would not defeat Dormammu.
Dormammu's dimensional immortality meant that reversing time or accelerating it would not truly kill him.
Even rewinding him to the moment he merged with the Dark Dimension would take an unimaginable amount of time.
And Dormammu himself could manipulate time to counter Karl.
At best, Karl could trap him in loops or reverse his attacks.
But that would only delay the battle, not end it.
Just as Dormammu began to believe Karl had no way to destroy him—
Something unexpected happened.
The dark energy of the entire dimension suddenly surged toward Karl.
However—
The moment it reached him, it was assimilated by the energy of the six Infinity Stones embedded in his armor.
Karl's body began to swell with overwhelming power.
This was the sign that he had activated Kaioken.
At that moment—
Karl had pushed Kaioken to an amplification of one thousand times.
With his strength multiplied a thousandfold, his power surged to the absolute peak of the Single-Universe level.
Karl gripped the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
He infused it with unimaginable energy.
Then he unleashed a devastating strike toward Dormammu's true form.
The attack expanded violently.
It swept across half of the Dark Dimension.
At the same time, Karl's body began collapsing under the strain of such immense power.
However—
The Dog Charm and Horse Charm activated instantly.
Karl's body was restored to its peak condition.
But the Ruyi Jingu Bang could not withstand the force.
The weapon shattered into several fragments.
Dormammu panicked when he saw the incoming attack.
The destructive energy was tearing apart the dimensional space itself.
Dormammu mobilized every ounce of remaining dark energy to defend himself.
But it was futile.
He unleashed ability after ability:
Time distortionReality assimilationDimensional manipulationSpatial teleportation
Every technique was swallowed by Karl's overwhelming attack.
Finally—
Dormammu's massive energy form was engulfed completely.
BOOM—!
The entire Dark Dimension trembled violently.
All dimensional space beyond Karl's position collapsed.
Dormammu vanished without a trace.
He had likely been destroyed and was attempting to resurrect somewhere inside the dimension.
Karl collected the broken fragments of the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
The weapon began glowing.
Gradually, it repaired itself.
However—
It was no longer the same weapon it had once been.
Its power had been significantly reduced.
Karl sighed softly.
Then he looked around at the rapidly dissipating dark energy.
Suddenly—
An idea came to him.
Karl used his mental power to contact Ganata, who was still outside the dimension.
Before he even finished speaking—
Three seconds later—
Ganata appeared beside him instantly.
"Karl~?"
She tilted her head curiously.
Karl took her small hand.
"Ganata."
"Devour this dimension."
"You can eat the Dark Dimension and its power."
"That should ease your hunger."
"Later, I'll take you to devour a few more dimensions."
Ganata's cheeks turned slightly red.
"Okay~!"
She nodded obediently.
Over the past few years, Karl had always made sure she had plenty to eat.
Because of that, Ganata had become extremely attached to him.
In the next moment—
Ganata transformed.
Her body expanded into a massive white-blue cosmic singularity, larger than a celestial body.
Then she began devouring everything inside the Dark Dimension.
As Ganata continued consuming the dimension—
Dormammu, who had secretly reformed his body in the shadows, became terrified.
If she devoured the entire dimension—
He would die instantly.
Half of the Dark Dimension had already been destroyed by Karl.
Dormammu's power had dropped to the early Celestial level.
He dared not appear.
Because Karl would immediately attack him.
Unfortunately for Dormammu—
Karl had already discovered him.
Karl instantly used the Mirror Dimension to imprison Dormammu's true form.
With Karl's Single-Universe-level strength, Dormammu had no chance of breaking free.
Karl no longer needed to worry about his escape.
Meanwhile—
Ganata continued devouring the entire Dark Dimension.
She consumed everything:
Dark matterPlanetsDimensional energyEven the dimensional barriers themselves
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