#317 - You should chop off my neck.
The Avengers were completely unaware of the events unfolding around the world!
They were engaged in a desperate battle with the Blood Coven vampires, trying to stop Hive's actions.
Hive, whose hand was on the mask covering Lin Mei's face, felt a shift, knowing that his master, Dormammu, was on the verge of success.
If he successfully helped Dormammu seize Lin Mei's dimension, he would be the number one contributor.
Just as he was about to receive the fruits of this victory!
A fair hand grabbed Hive's wrist, the force causing Hive to frown slightly.
"So, this is your scheme! To seize my dimension and bring darkness to the whole world! To have the vampires of the world hunt humans! To accomplish this, you've really gone to great lengths to conceal your plans!!!"
Lin Mei had already opened her eyes, staring at Hive with her icy gaze!
"Impossible! That was a weapon specifically designed for you mages. You were clearly pierced and showed no vital signs! How could you still be alive!!!"
Hive felt a sense of foreboding upon seeing Lin Mei alive.
"Idiot! You know I'm a mage, do you think I wouldn't have some tricks up my sleeve? You should have had Blade cut off my head! Of course, even if you cut off my head, I wouldn't necessarily die. Don't forget, I'm the lord of a dimension, even if I am the weakest one!" Lin Mei said calmly.
However, these words struck Hive's ears like a bolt from the blue!
He said, his voice dry, "So, you just watched, letting me cooperate with Lord Dormammu to steal your dimension?"
"Otherwise what? Haven't you guys always wanted to do this, but never had the chance?" Lin Mei revealed a pure smile, looking as if she was doing him a great favor.
Hive's face changed drastically. Sensing danger, he tried to pull his hand away, but failed because Lin Mei was tightly gripping his wrist.
"I think that guy Dormammu must have diverted a lot of his will and power to Earth, into my Shadow Realm, right? Since you like plundering things so much, what do you think will happen to Dormammu if I blow up the dimension right now?"
Hive's face instantly turned pale, realizing that he might be standing on the edge of a disaster.
"You… you're insane! Doing that will not only kill Lord Dormammu's will, but also trigger the collapse of the dimension, and the entire Earth could be drawn into the disaster!"
Lin Mei's smile became even brighter, but behind that smile was hidden an unquestionable resolve and madness.
"Mad? I'm not mad, I'm just more daring. Don't worry, the dimensional collapse won't affect Earth. At most, it'll be like the Jackie Chan Adventures world before, where the whole world is pulled into darkness. Anyway, Dormammu has already done that, hasn't he?"
"Besides, why does Dormammu think he can plunder what I painstakingly obtained! Does he really think I'll let him slaughter me? I admit the power of this Dark Dimension Lord! But, if he wants to snatch something from me, he must be prepared to have a piece of his flesh torn off!"
As he spoke, Lin Mei's eyes suddenly became deep, as if he had already calculated the consequences of doing so.
He slowly raised his other hand, and a strange light began to gather in his palm. That was the core of his dimensional power, and also the link between him and the dimension.
"No! You can't do this! You will die, and I will die too. You madman, let me go!"
"No~! Lord Dormammu! Lord Dormammu, this madman wants to…"
Lin Mei summoned a magic staff out of thin air and smashed it hard on Hive's head, forcibly interrupting the other party's attempt to inform.
"Look at me, Hive! You and your master will pay the price for your greed and ambition." Lin Mei's voice was low and powerful, each word like a heavy hammer, striking Hive's heart.
Feeling the powerful energy fluctuations emanating from Lin Mei's body, Hive finally realized that the man in front of him was far more insane and powerful than he had imagined.
He tried to break free from Lin Mei's restraints, but Lin Mei's hand was like an iron clamp, firmly locking him down.
"No! Madman! You can't do this! Lord Dormammu will not let you go! The entire Dark Dimension will become your enemy!" Hive shouted hysterically, but his voice seemed so weak in the face of Lin Mei's determination.
"Idiot! We were enemies to begin with, your threats have no deterrent effect at all!" Lin Mei curled his lips in disdain.
He finally stirred the core power of the Dark Dimension, a power that was already mixed with Dormammu's dark energy, obviously the other party was already eroding Lin Mei's dimension.
Lin Mei hooked the corner of his mouth and murmured, "Don't regret it, you asked for it!"
The mask on Lin Mei's face began to crack!
As a dimensional lord, he directly began to use the dimensional core to self-destruct the Shadow Realm!
Hive was horrified to find that the hand he was trying to break free from seemed to have merged into the void, no matter how he struggled, he could not get rid of the restraint from another dimension.
He realized that Lin Mei really intended to perish together, using the collapse of the entire Shadow Realm to stop Dormammu's conspiracy.
"No! Stop! You can't do this! You will lose everything too!" Hive roared in despair, but Lin Mei's will was as firm as a rock.
The battle between the Avengers had long since stopped because of the commotion on Lin Mei's side.
Blade and the Blood Coven and other vampires felt the dark power about to go out of control from Lin Mei's body, they directly used the vampire's flesh and blood teleportation magic to escape back to the vampire empire.
The Avengers and Whistler wanted to help Lin Mei, but a spatial force that they could not resist forcibly teleported everyone away from the scene.
At this moment, the space of the Shadow Realm began to collapse, and dim light that did not belong to this world shone through the cracks, that was the direct peeping from the Dark Dimension.
Dormammu's will seemed to feel the threat, and an even more powerful energy surged out from the cracks, attempting to salvage the situation.
