2077 Outrageous Graduation Exam
The night passed.
Luke slept soundly on the couch in the lounge before he washed up in the morning and had breakfast.
At that moment, Alfred, who had been keeping an eye on news related to Strange, sent a message. "There is unusual activity at the Hong Kong Sanctum. Extreme spatial fluctuations and energy reactions have been detected."
The London Sanctum? Something had gone wrong there before the incident with the Ancient One yesterday, but Luke hadn't dwelled on it.
As long as the mega bigshot was fine, any damage to the Sanctum was nothing.
Tony's Malibu Beach villa had been blown up, and so had Stark Tower in New York. In the end, even the Avengers' New York base in 2023 had been blown up.
This proved that if you wanted to be a bigshot, it was normal for your place to be blown up once or twice.
On the other hand, an organization like the Justice League had yet to be blown up even once; it was clearly excessively cautious.
Luke's own five-story nest? That was the residence of an idle private detective and a homebody tech nerd. Naturally, nobody paid attention to him.
Also, the London Sanctum had only suffered some damage, and the main structure was basically intact.
The situation at the Hong Kong Sanctum was different. The space and energy fluctuations there basically proved one thing — a terrifying existence was about to come out.
Only an existence like that would release their power wantonly.
When Luke told Blink the location, the girl's expression relaxed.
After her ability was activated under Hive, she had already reached the upper limit of what she was capable of. Opening a portal anywhere on Earth was a piece of cake.
She could also try opening one anywhere in the solar system — the condition was that it had to be a place she had been to before, which made it easier to set down a space 'anchor.'
In the last few years, she had flown around on a private plane whenever she was free.
Naturally, she had been to a global metropolis like Hong Kong, from Central, Wan Chai and Tsim Sha Tsui, to Yuen Long and Lantau Island.
Thus, it didn't take her more than ten seconds to open a portal, and that was just to ensure that she didn't open the portal in the wrong place.
Telling her to stay at the base and prepare to teleport other people over at any time, Luke stepped forward.
He decided to check the situation first.
If he really ran into some creature like Old Mephisto or a ghost, he wouldn't need to call anyone else.
After stepping out of the portal, he turned around.
That was where the Hong Kong Sanctum was located, and where the energy fluctuations were getting stronger.
He glanced at the virtual screen.
New data appeared, the energy fluctuations now over ten times stronger than before, and still increasing.
Clearly, this was just the beginning.
Luke's face immediately darkened. Holy sh*t! Was this the 'graduation exam' that the Ancient One had left for her disciple? This was ridiculous!
It wouldn't be strange for these energy fluctuations alone to take out a huge chunk of Earth if there was an explosion.
Thinking quickly, he flew into the night sky.
As he rose, he saw a bluish-purple fog slowly spreading out.
The fog was like a huge wave that easily covered buildings dozens of meters high. Against this dark bluish-purple background, strange planets speckled red, green and yellow emerged from the fog.
To Luke, it was like an alien monster slowly unfurling its fingers – no, it was just the hair on its hand.
Planets of varying sizes were connected by 'blood vessels' of the same color, making them look like enlarged DNA chains.
Luke's intuition for danger was going crazy, warning him that the thing in front of him was far more terrifying than he could imagine.
Luke, however, was calm. In any case, this was just a clone.
His main body had already sent an emergency signal for the relevant people on his side to immediately take out a small escape ship from their space storage and take off.
This was a safety measure that he had set up at the lowest level of consciousness in the minds of his friends and family.
Once they received the highest warning level and the safety measure was activated, they would subconsciously follow the drill which they had practiced many times before.
Looking back, they would think that it was a conditioned reflex, and wouldn't wonder why they were so 'obedient.'
Even if they were suspicious, Luke would use Real Dream to make them overlook it.
Everything was for their personal safety. Taking a trip out to space was nothing!
While Luke dealt with the most important issue of personal safety, the clone flew close to the bluish-purple fog.
Alfred had already scanned three abnormal Kamar-Taj sorcerers.
They were wearing red combat uniforms and had huge dark circles around their eyes.
It wasn't eye shadow, but more like the skin and flesh had been corroded by something.
The three sorcerers had cold expressions, and their mental fluctuations were like that of fanatical worshipers.
Luke landed opposite them.
The trio paused.
The man in the lead murmured, "Dark Knight?"
Luke's blue and white lenses flashed as he looked around.
This street in front of the Hong Kong Sanctum had not yet been submerged in the bluish-purple fog. Instead, it was a mess, with the bodies of civilians everywhere.
People from the nearby shops, whether they were employees, bosses or customers, lay everywhere.
Tables and chairs at street stalls had toppled over, along with customers of all ages.
Luke frowned. "Did you do this?"
The leader of the group didn't answer at all, and they all started moving their hands.
The air between their hands warped, and transparent blade-like weapons appeared.
The three of them grabbed the blades and charged at Luke.
Luke curled his lip. You dare use this lousy attack strategy with that sort of speed?
He couldn't be bothered to question them again.
The real problem was the d*mn thing that had appeared in the Hong Kong Sanctum.
The three people in front of him… couldn't even be considered ants.
He swiped at his waist with his left hand and threw out three Bat darts.
The black Bat darts whizzed through the air, but the three people opposite him ignored them.
The leader waved his hand. A mirror space appeared, and the Bat dart shot into it.
Luke raised an eyebrow. This guy could at least think in battle!
At that moment, the three of them reached him and slashed at him with the transparent blades.
Luke sighed. As expected of melee sorcerers.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Snap! Boom!
With a series of bangs, the three sorcerers were sent flying like cannonballs. The two lackeys each smashed into either side of the street, while the leader plowed a shallow trench dozens of meters long in the street.
"I'm a professional at close combat," Luke murmured, before he turned around.
A ring of glowing sparks slowly closed behind him, and Strange and an African-American man looked at him in shock.
Luke nodded. "You're here. Then think about how to deal with that big guy." He then pointed in front of him.
