There was a reason the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj revered the Ancient One as if she were divine.
Over the past century, she had accumulated a vast amount of wealth for Kamar-Taj.
Among it, the most precious things were these powerful magical artifacts.
All of them were formidable items capable of connecting to the power of gods.
Placed in any other faction, they would absolutely be enough to create the strongest army or cult in a region.
But in Kamar-Taj, powerful magical artifacts like these were everywhere.
Karl had only used a few of them.
After activating the Brazier of Bom'Galiath, flames half a meter high rose from within the brazier.
Karl's expression did not change.
He walked directly into the flames.
Strangely, the flames did not harm Karl at all.
Instead, they parted around him.
He followed the path formed by the flames.
Before long, Karl appeared in a dim environment.
A pungent smell of sulfur filled the surroundings. Around him was a gray, withered land without the slightest trace of green or vitality.
It looked like land that had been drenched in lava after a volcanic eruption.
Everything was gray and black.
The air was also filled with violent energy. The environment could only be described as extremely harsh.
This was Hell.
A forbidden zone for all normal life.
Karl was not one of those extremely fragile beings of the Marvel World. This harsh environment meant nothing to him.
"This should be Mephisto's domain."
"Ancient magical artifacts really are useful."
Karl sighed in admiration.
Why had he not opened a portal and come here directly?
Naturally, it was because Kamar-Taj's ancient artifacts were powerful.
Using the Brazier of Bom'Galiath would not release any spatial fluctuations.
In other words, no one knew that he had arrived here.
Although portals were powerful, the aura fluctuations they released were far too obvious. They were simply unsuitable for sneaking into a place like this.
Karl wanted Mephisto to experience what a surprise truly was.
After concealing his aura, Karl identified the direction. His entire body silently vanished, and he flew toward Mephisto's lair.
In order to avoid attracting anyone's attention, he did not even use any spatial magic.
Even so, his speed was still extremely fast.
Before long, he arrived at an extremely strange-looking castle.
The castle looked like a medieval Western fortress. It was entirely black, with a large number of outward-facing spikes. It looked exceptionally savage.
The enormous castle occupied a vast area, probably tens of thousands of square kilometers, comparable to a small city.
On Earth, it would be impossible to see such a magnificent structure.
Many monsters were standing on the walls of the fortress.
There were things like ghouls, mind-devourers, spirit corpses, and so on. They seemed to be guarding the castle.
Karl also sensed many evil fluctuations among them.
Clearly, Mephisto had placed extremely strict defenses around his own lair.
Even if another Hell Lord came here, they would absolutely be unable to break in easily.
Putting aside how much power Mephisto himself could unleash here, the various dark spells and spell arrays left behind in this place alone would be enough to make an intruder suffer badly.
Unfortunately, he had encountered Karl.
With the Ancient One's teachings, and with the Book of the Vishanti in his hands, what kind of spell array had Karl not seen before?
All kinds of evil traps were no problem for him at all.
Karl said nothing.
His Internal Universe unfolded directly, enveloping this entire domain.
It might be extremely difficult for his Internal Universe to envelop half a universe.
But enveloping a territory of only tens of thousands of square kilometers was extremely easy.
In an instant, an indescribable fluctuation spread outward.
Karl's Internal Universe directly enveloped the entire castle.
A massive amount of information appeared in his mind.
Spell arrays, traps, the puppets stationed inside, the dark creatures—every piece of information entered Karl's mind.
A moment later, Karl withdrew his Internal Universe.
"It really gives a person the illusion of being omnipotent."
Karl sighed.
In that instant just now, he had truly felt an illusion that he could do anything.
Now, he finally understood just how powerful those Multiverse-level beings were.
The power of Multiverse-level entities was not something a tiny universe could reach.
"Looks like I'll have to be more careful in the future."
"When facing Multiverse-level entities, I still need to keep a low profile. This gap is not ordinary at all."
"But Mephisto, you actually aren't here."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony..."
A strange smile appeared on Karl's lips.
He had just investigated the place, and that fellow was actually not here.
Then Karl naturally had no reason to be polite.
In an instant, Karl's figure silently vanished.
He flew straight into the castle.
The warning arrays Mephisto had set up, the puppet guards, and the large number of hellish creatures left here did not notice anything at all.
Even defensive creatures like hellhounds and gargoyles did not sense anything.
Karl strolled casually, as if he were in his own home, and walked straight into Mephisto's castle.
Once inside the castle, the number of warning mechanisms did not decrease. Instead, there were even more of them.
However, mixed among them were all kinds of treasures from Mephisto's collection.
Just like Kamar-Taj, these things had been placed openly in the rooms with great generosity.
"Mephisto, since you're being so generous, I won't be polite."
"These things belong to me now."
"Consider it compensation for the trouble you caused me."
Karl said this casually.
Terrifying psychic power erupted in an instant.
His psychic power instantly enveloped every valuable item in the castle.
Spatial power erupted.
All the valuable items inside the castle vanished in an instant.
At the core of the castle, there was also a huge object that looked like a massive vat.
It was emitting powerful soul fluctuations.
Karl took it away as well.
Immediately, alarms blared throughout the castle.
All kinds of spell arrays were activated, and every vicious trap was triggered.
In an instant, the dark creatures inside the castle suffered disaster.
After being struck by those vicious traps, some had their bodies melted, while others had their souls tortured. It was an extremely miserable sight.
Karl had not even made a move yet.
Yet the dark creatures inside had already been killed in droves.
"As expected of the lord of Hell. He really is sinister."
"He actually strikes this ruthlessly."
The corner of Karl's mouth twitched.
"Fine. Let me end your suffering."
After saying this, Karl flew into the sky.
A pure white light appeared in his hand.
The next moment, the white light suddenly expanded.
It was as if a sun had appeared in the sky.
(End of Chapter)
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