The Law of Space.
This was the Law in which the Ancient One had been most proficient.
Later, after Karl became the Sorcerer Supreme, it naturally became Karl's most powerful Law as well.
Space was the Law he understood most deeply.
The Law of Space was also one of the most powerful Laws in this world.
Its offensive power was in no way inferior to that of any other Law.
At this moment, Karl used his understanding of space to create an overwhelmingly powerful attack.
Countless spaces had been compressed into that single strike.
Within the crescent-shaped attack, countless different spaces overlapped layer upon layer without end.
It was extraordinarily beautiful.
It was extraordinarily dangerous.
This attack embodied Karl's understanding of the Essence of Space and his interpretation of it.
It represented everything he had comprehended about this world.
Karl's terrifying will was also infused into it, increasing the attack's power even further.
His attack traveled through space.
Distance seemed to have lost all meaning before it.
The attack flashed once in Karl's hand.
In the next instant, it was already directly in front of the Dark Celestials.
It struck at the precise moment when their power could no longer be sustained.
The black energy barrier they had created by linking their power at maximum output was already covered in cracks from Karl's previous attack.
Now, an even more terrifying attack had arrived.
How could the Dark Celestials possibly withstand it?
That highly condensed attack contained the Essence of Space, with billions of worlds seemingly layered within it.
The crescent flashed.
Everything fell silent.
Nothing could resist Karl's spatial power.
Everything was severed.
The rules of reality were severed.
The world itself was severed.
Even the barrier surrounding the Main Universe was split apart by that terrifying power.
An almost endless expanse of void appeared.
It was the realm beyond the Multiverse.
A moment later, the barrier surrounding the Main Universe slowly healed.
However, the Dark Celestials who had been standing in that region had disappeared.
Or rather, half of them had disappeared.
The number of Celestials who had come to Earth was by no means small.
There had been more than a hundred of them.
Scarlet Witch had drawn away more than twenty on her own.
Karl had been facing eighty terrifying Celestials.
He had already killed two of them in quick succession.
Compared to their total number, those two deaths had barely made a difference.
However, Karl's latest attack had surpassed the limits of this universe and torn through the barrier of the Main Universe.
Its destructive power was correspondingly horrifying.
Of the more than eighty terrifying Dark Celestials who had originally faced Karl, only a little over forty remained.
Half of the Dark Celestials had been slain with a single strike.
Nothing whatsoever remained of them.
Every part of them had been utterly destroyed.
Even the incomparably durable armor covering their bodies had vanished.
The runes formed from the rules of reality had also shattered.
Everything had been annihilated.
The remaining Dark Celestials were completely stunned.
Even though they supposedly possessed no emotions, they still felt a primal fear.
Karl had eliminated more than forty Dark Celestials in a single attack.
Was he still human?
Could a mortal truly possess this kind of power?
His strength was already comparable to that of a God.
Was the Main Universe truly this absurd?
For a moment, the Dark Celestials were so intimidated by Karl that they could not move.
The members of the Illuminati watching from Earth were equally shocked.
They had never expected the friendly and approachable Karl to possess such terrifying power.
Those were Celestials!
A single one of them might have been capable of destroying Earth.
Yet Karl had just eliminated more than forty of them in a single attack.
The members of the Illuminati exchanged stunned looks.
Their faces were filled with disbelief.
They had operated in the Main Universe for a long time.
They had experienced countless battles, including many that had nearly destroyed the world.
However, they had never encountered a powerhouse like Karl.
"I truly didn't expect someone who looked as ordinary as Karl to possess such terrifying combat power," Tony Stark said with a sigh.
"Even the ancient progenitor of your mutant race wasn't this terrifying, was he?"
"You may be giving Apocalypse far too much credit."
"Forget Apocalypse alone. Even if you added all four of his Horsemen, they would probably be killed instantly."
"This power is completely beyond our ability to comprehend."
Professor X shook his head.
The members of the Illuminati fell silent.
Karl's power was simply too great.
It was so overwhelming that it filled them with fear.
This was not power that a mortal should ever possess.
"Strange, can you guarantee that Karl is trustworthy?"
"If something goes wrong with him, which of us could possibly stop him?"
Tony spoke with evident concern.
Tony Stark was someone who frequently thought far too much about every possibility.
In more favorable terms, he always planned ahead.
In less favorable terms, he obsessively worried about disasters that had not even occurred.
He was excessively concerned about events that might never happen.
In fact, the entire Illuminati shared that tendency.
Tony Stark was merely the most extreme among them.
After the Avengers were established, he and Dr. Banner created the Hulkbuster Armor.
In secret, he also created the Thorbuster Armor and several other specialized suits.
Before anyone else could devise a countermeasure against him, Tony had already developed countermeasures against his own teammates.
Now that he had witnessed Karl's overwhelming strength, his concerns had resurfaced.
Tony remained wary even of the Avengers who had fought beside him.
Karl had never even fought alongside him before.
Now that Tony had sensed Karl's terrifying and completely uncontrollable power, it was easy to imagine the fear rising within him.
Instead of thinking about how to defeat the Celestials, he had already begun considering how to counter Karl.
"Tony."
"Karl is out there fighting among the stars."
"And you're questioning your teammate at a time like this?"
Strange spoke with an extremely serious expression.
"I'm not questioning my teammate. I'm merely preparing contingencies in advance."
"Are you telling me you aren't concerned?"
"Power this terrifying could cause a catastrophe at any moment if it remains completely unrestricted."
Tony immediately responded with a question of his own.
"I trust Karl," Strange said.
Normally, suspicion between superheroes was practically routine.
They frequently devised contingency plans against one another in advance.
This time, however, Strange stood firmly on Karl's side.
Karl had come from Kamar-Taj.
Strange naturally supported him.
"You cannot place Earth's safety entirely in the hands of one man's moral character."
"What happens if he changes one day?"
"What could we do if he decided to destroy Earth?"
Tony asked.
Strange fell silent.
He knew that such a possibility existed.
Anything could happen in the Main Universe.
They had already experienced far too many extraordinary events.
The situation Tony described could genuinely occur.
Even so, Strange believed this was not the time to discuss it.
(End of Chapter)
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