Chapter 166: The Law of Time
According to his performance in the MCU, Dormammu did not recognize the Eye of Agomoth, but he could tell that the mage was holding some kind of powerful artifact. He could sense the formidable energy in that small instrument, and what made him even more uneasy was that there was a very special attribute in that energy, something very unfamiliar to him, and which he instinctively felt bad.
"I don't know what tricks you're playing, mage," said Dormammu in a low voice, "but no tricks are in my presence! ”
This is said both to Michael and to himself. This is his dimension, his realm, and he is invincible in this darkness! He has devoured countless worlds, all of which are ruled by him. Here he is the rule, he makes the rules and can change the rules at will, nothing can hurt him!
Dormammu suppressed his uneasiness about the little magic device. He roared and opened his mouth, and the purple stream of light spewed out again, locking onto the black gold armor floating in the space.
Michael unhurriedly raised the Eye of Agomoto, and the mana was released, and the green ring nested around his wrist, slowly spinning like a circular stream of green water. In front of the "eyes" that opened in his hand, a green magic circle appeared, and the magic circle was also ring-shaped, but the pattern that composed it was a bit like a transparent dial.
The magic power was released, and majestic energy poured out of that "eye", as if it was expanding into an invisible realm at a rapid speed. The purple beam slowed down as it rushed into the field, eventually stopping the car less than a few centimeters from Michael's raised palm. The beam was eerily frozen, like a river suspended in time, frozen in a choppy frame.
Michael's free left hand pinched a seal, and his right hand, which held the Eye of Agamotto, reversed in the counterclockwise direction of the illusory dial. His movements were as if he had typed the command "Hurry Back" in the field in front of him, and the indomitable stream of purple light began to recede along the path it had come from, retracting all the way back into Dormammu's mouth. A cloud of purple flame spilled from the corner of Dormammu's mouth, and it looked like he had swallowed the purple light.
The evil god repeated the angry expression and lines just now.
"I don't know what you're up to, mage. But in front of me, any trick is ...... What" he looked surprised, as if sensing something was wrong, "What's the matter what did you just do?"
Michael ignored it.
"Roar, !!"
Dormammu burst into a shout, raised his right hand, and clenched his huge palm into a fist in the air. Four asteroids in different directions seemed to be captured by an invisible force at that moment, and they deviated from their respective tracks and smashed towards Michael with a roar. The four planets caught him in the middle and collided violently, shattering and rubble flying, bursting with firelight, and a fireball mixed with smoke and rubble expanded at an alarming rate......
The expansion of the fireball stopped.
Moments later, the fireball began to shrink in reverse, reindenting into the center where the four asteroids collided. The smoke also shrank back, and all the pieces of rubble that flew out in all directions returned the same way as if they were attracted by a magnet, and put them back together. The four asteroids turned back the way they had been pulled, defying Dormammu's will.
"Impossible!"
Dormammu roared, and with a wave of his hand, a huge cone of dark power shot out from the sky. It castrates beyond the speed of sound, and the diameter of the cylinder is even longer than Michael's entire person. Thick spikes pierced the door, intending to pierce him with his armor.
Michael's left hand changed, and his right hand was still holding only the eye of Agamotto. The mana was unleashed, and the sharp cone was fixed in front of him. His right hand reversed, and the spiky flew backwards back to where it had been.
It's time, it's the power of time.
It is true that Dormammu rules this dimension, and he can indeed control all the laws of this dimension at will. But according to the introduction in the movie, the concept of "time" does not exist in this dimension at all. And the time that appears in this realm now is the law brought by the Eye of Agamotto in Michael's hand from the dimension where the earth is located.
In a way, this dimension can be seen as eternal because it transcends time. But on the other hand, it also makes time Dormammu's greatest weakness. If it were gods of the same strength as Dormammu in other dimensions, they might not be so helpless against the Time Primordial, but the concept of time was completely foreign to Dormammu, and he couldn't deal with it.
So in this realm where time does not exist, Michael, who holds the Time Primordial, can arbitrarily determine the rules of time. He can make time go straight or he can turn back time. He can speed up time to a thousand times its original size, or he can reduce it to one ten-thousandth of the normal time, or even simply pause it.
In the same way, he can manipulate time in an entire area, or he can only specify specific areas or specific things to manipulate time, as Doctor Strange does in the movie.
Dormammu roared, a punch that struck with the wrath of God. The magic of the Eye of Agomoto flowed, and the energy of time exploded, and the dark demon god was frozen in place, keeping the punch posture motionless. Michael flew parallel to his eyes, holding the Eye of Agomoto with both hands, trying to extract as much energy as he could. The green light seemed to turn into a howling storm gathering in his palm, brewing a devastating blow.
The energy of the original stone shot out, like a sword that slashed everything! Green blast energy slammed into Dormammu's body, shattering his dark body! The body of the Dark Demon God, whose time had been suspended, began to disintegrate from the point where it was hit, and the entire body cracked into pitch-black smoke inch by inch, until it was engulfed in smoke and dust from head to toe like a building that had been targeted and blasted.
"Roar!!
Like a loud roar from the sky, the momentum of the explosion even shook the entire dimension. It's like an invisible layer of glass violently shattered, and the realm constructed by the Primordial Stone of Time is smashed to pieces by magic from the outside world!
Dormammu doesn't understand the laws of time and can't compete with it. But he had the power to be called a god. He channeled the endless dark power of this dimension and slammed into the time field constructed by the eye of Agamotto, as if he was using the laws of this dimension itself to hit the time laws brought by the primordial stones, shattering the time realm with his strength.
"Stupid mage! Do you think you can defeat me with this kind of trickery, and you will regret it! Pay a terrible price for this! ”
Dormammu seemed to be in a state of rage, but his harsh words sounded like they were coming from the sky, and the sound was getting farther and farther away.
Michael noticed that the dark space around him began to move, and all the asteroids and the colored light in the space that came from nowhere began to fade away. The dimensional entrance to Earth began to slowly shrink, and there seemed to be signs of closing.
The master of the dark dimension, the evil god Dormammu, who has boundless power, seems to be ready to escape.