The one-eyed Dormammu opened his massive, blood-filled maw. In front of him, an energy sphere the size of a small asteroid rapidly condensed.
Ifrit raised both hands as well. Between his palms, a blazing sun surged upward—matching Dormammu's attack in sheer intensity.
"Die!!"
With a roar, Dormammu launched the energy sphere toward Ifrit.
At the sa ti, Ifrit hurled his own attack. The two forces collided midair.
BOOM—!!
An unprecedented explosion tore through the Dark Dinsion. Within several kiloters, every planet caught in the shockwave shattered into dust. The space between Dormammu and Ifrit was instantly cleared—utterly empty.
Below, at the Sanctum, Doctor Strange and Kaecilius both stopped fighting and looked up.
Not just them—everyone present raised their heads as a massive burst of fire rippled through the dark sky, followed by violent tremors across the entire dinsion.
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In the void, Ifrit and Dormammu faced each other from afar.
Dormammu's fury deepened. He hadn't expected that, aside from that old bastard Ancient One, Earth would produce another human this powerful.
Ifrit shook his arms, then pushed off violently, launching himself toward Dormammu once more.
Dormammu exhaled torrents of purple fla.
Ifrit crossed his arms and took the blast head-on. His advance slowed—but did not stop.
"ROAR!!"
With a furious howl, flas erupted from Ifrit's arms—blazing orange-red fire clashing directly against Dormammu's purple inferno.
The two fires collided midair.
Though Dormammu held the upper hand, Ifrit's flas were gradually eroding the purple fire.
"DIE!!"
Dormammu roared again, increasing his output.
The purple flas surged forward, overwhelming Ifrit. His arms began to buckle under the pressure—his strength failing.
BOOM!!
At last, Ifrit could no longer hold on.
The purple flas engulfed him completely, blasting through several planets behind him.
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When the flas dissipated—Ifrit was gone.
Dormammu paused, sensing the space—then burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! In the end, just a weak and pathetic human. Not even one ten-thousandth of that old fossil Ancient One!"
His laughter echoed through the entire dinsion.
"…Hm?!"
Suddenly—
A streak of orange fla tinged with blue shot forward, slamming into Dormammu before he could react, knocking him backward.
The flas dispersed.
Ifrit reappeared.
But he was no longer the sa.
Behind him flowed ribbon-like strands of blue fire, shimring like the tail feathers of a phoenix. His entire body was engulfed in multicolored flas.
This was the fusion form of Ifrit and the Phoenix—a union of destructive fire and rebirth.
"T-This… impossible!!"
Dormammu stared in shock. No being should have survived that attack—not even the Ancient One.
"ROAR—!!"
Ifrit roared again.
A blazing sun-like fireball ford between his hands—this ti laced with streaks of blue fla.
He hurled it.
Like a teor, it crashed directly into Dormammu's face.
---
At that mont—
The entire Dark Dinsion fell silent.
The explosion blazed across the void, yet no sound followed—as if even sound itself had been annihilated.
Then—
Space began to collapse.
A black point ford, expanding like a black hole, devouring everything nearby. Planets were dragged in, crushed into nothingness.
When the flas faded—
Dormammu's enormous face was half gone.
Only one eye and part of his mouth remained. The rest had been obliterated.
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"Human… you are the first to push to this extent," Dormammu said.
"Even the Ancient One never achieved this."
"What do you want? Or… you could serve . I will grant you the entire universe."
Ifrit sneered.
With a casual wave, a flaming blade shot toward Dormammu.
"Human—don't push your luck!!"
BOOM!
The blade exploded against his remaining face.
To Dormammu, this was pure humiliation.
"Withdraw from Earth," Ifrit spoke—Karl's voice echoing from within.
"Take your hounds with you. Never step foot here again."
"…Hmph."
Dormammu snorted—but said nothing more.
That silence was agreent.
He had no choice.
The power he projected was nearly exhausted. Without his true body, he could not defeat this monster.
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Above the Sanctum, a massive burst of fla erupted.
A colossal beast erged from the Dark Dinsion—trailing radiant, multicolored tail feathers like wings.
Ifrit circled once, then crashed down onto the ground.
Everyone stared at the hundred-ter-tall creature in awe.
Compared to Dormammu, he had seed small—but that didn't an he actually was.
Kaecilius looked on in terror.
He felt no trace of dark energy from the beast—which ant only one thing:
It had nothing to do with Dormammu.
It was tied to Karl.
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Ifrit ignored everyone beneath him and looked up at the Dark Dinsion.
"ROAR!!"
He let out a thunderous roar, flas bursting from his eyes—a clear warning.
The effect was imdiate.
Kaecilius and the zealots began to ignite with purple flas. Their bodies disintegrated into ash, drawn helplessly upward into the Dark Dinsion.
Within seconds, all of them—including Kaecilius—were gone, absorbed into Dormammu's realm.
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At the sa ti, the Dark Dinsion began to recede.
It shrank, pulling away from Earth.
At the very end—
A massive purple eye opened in the void, staring down at Ifrit.
"ROAR—!!"
Ifrit roared back, flas surging violently around him, fire spilling from his eyes in defiance.
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