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  As tempted as I am to test my strength by pung a tree, I don't think that would be a good case sidering I'm in a world where Gods are real and highly active.

  Trees are part of Nature itself and I ame many Gods reted to Nature with both of my hands.

  Call me a highly cautious person, but I'm not going to harm Nature without being assured that it won't trace bae.

  Especially since I'm now a devil and devils are sidered the enemy of not only humanity but also the entire world.

  It took me quite a long time before finally finding a huge enough boulder to practi. The boulder itself looks like it would crumble apart just from its cracks where green mold starts to form.

  "I hope you hold on for a bit, buddy." Giving the cracked boulder a small pat before stepping back.

  The first thing I want to test on the boulder is to see if I carry it with my bare hands. I went a little closer and bear-hugged the boulder before g my ass cheeks.

  I could feel my fingers slip through the small cracks otom as I pulled my weight up, going not only against the mass of the boulder but also the pressure of gravity itself.

  It took me quite a while before finding a good posture and finally lifted the entire boulder a few inches from the ground.

  Is alike start to crawl aon the exposure of their s due to their home being lifted. Some crawls around my forearm, causio twitch slightly.

  If I wasn't traio handle such minorities, my past self might've panicked and started rolling on the ground.

  Thankfully, I didn't and only twitched out of annoyance.

  I tried to lift it a few more inches and succeeded, only ing to a stop ohe boulder was h 5 feet off the ground, almost carrying it on my shoulders.

  It's not like I'm feeling the strain already but because the boulder felt like it would crumble apart any moment now, I still have to test my pung strength so I 't have the boulder giving up o.

  o self, find somethier than the boulder to carry.

  Gently pg it ba the ground, I readied myself by cog my arm and closing my fist.

  My eyes sed around the surface of the boulder before finding a good spot to strike.

  Breathing in and out, I unched my fist forward and the four knuckles on my left hand ected with the boulder, burying my fist deep into the boulder, causing an imprint of my fist and causing the cracks on the boulder to worsen.

  From what seemed like a few long cracks earlier, it started to spread across the surfad I know that any moment now, the boulder will fall apart.

  So I stepped bad watched as the third w of motion unfolded itself in front of my eyes.

  Two seds ter, the cracks had fully covered the surface of the boulder and each piece fell apart, crumbling the entire boulder.

  Okay, I'm strong, that's a fact, I could punch a human's head and pop it like a watermelon.

  is my defense, which was already tested during the punch, my knuckles which would normally hurt if I puhe same boulder as a human, look pletely fine, not even a tiny bit of scratch be found.

  So it's a yes that my resilience was also enhanced.

  on the list is my endurance or in more basic terms, my stamina and energy.

  This is the test that I've been eyeing since earlier. The fact that I hold my ow for almost aire hour uhat cart is a testament to my greatly increased stamina, so let's go past that test already.

  Now we're on the energy test. This is what has been bugging me off since earlier. I could clearly feel that my e to the previous universe's energy was gone and instead, I could feel an ominous yet superior kind of energy swirling inside of me.

  You see, ba the MCU world, the sorcerers either draw energy from two sources depending on the spell they'll use.

  If a sorcerer is using a mied spell, it would only require the spell to be powered by the caster's mind itself. The rest of the spells, oher hand, are powered by either the universe's energy or dimensions from the Multiverse.

  Such example that be used is Dormammu's dark dimension, if you vihe Dimension Master himself, the aforementioned individual give you access to draw the energy from his dimension with, of course, an exge.

  The exge vary depending on the Dimension Master, such as the caster's loyalty for eternity, or worse, your soul will be given to the Dimension Master.

  There are many other known exges.

  As for the bes of having access to a dimension's energy, not only it would increase the strength of the caster's spells but the caster would also gain the capability to use the dimension's personal spells, the kind of spells where only by using the said dimension's energy the caster cast those certain spells.

  But this energy of mi feels quite different pared to the universe's energy. It feels untamed and so raw.

  Although it also feels dark and sinister, it's not to the point that it would harm me, the user.

  I wonder how magic works in this world, more specifically, the magic of devils. I've seen Serafall use the said devil energy a few times such as the teleportation magic.

  "She didly tell me the full properties of the devil energy…" Muttering under my breath, I decided to discover it myself and experiment.

  I closed my eyes and got a feel of the said energy.

  A few mier, I had already written a few notes about the devil's energy in my mind.

  First of all, it's ten times more potent and thick than the universe's energy that I previously used ba the world of Marvel.

  Sed, this one is both an advantage and disadvantage. A disadvantage because I now have limited reserves, uhe previous universe's energy in which I have a near infinite amount of energy to draw my spells from. However, this is also an advantage as casting spells would no lorain my physical body.

  You see, using the universe's energy might seem overpowered but it also has limits, and among them is that the caster's capability to cast spells as much as he wants depends on his physical body.

  Using the universe's energy too much would put a burden on the caster's physical body, rendering the 'infinite energy' useless.

  Hence, why sorcerers arely so overpowered because they too, have limits in what and how much they cast.

  My st note about the devil energy, it be expanded, increased, and enhanced in efficy.

  How you might ask? When I say efficy, I mean being able to cast a spell without using too much devil energy, in yman's terms, using little to no of the said energy while achieving the same results when cast in the normal way.

  Putting these babblings aside, it was time to put it to the test.

  Earlier I already used it by casting a wind spell to disrupt the an.

  And now, I'll use something stronger and mostly used by me.

  Transmutation.

  A spell capable of altering the forms or structure of matter itself, and even energy if the caster is strong enough.

  Now, there are two types of transmutation spells. The temporary one and the perma one.

  The temporary one is where the casted spell will revert shortly as it would tinuously siphon from the caster's universe's energy and like I said earlier, stant use of the said energy will strain and even kill the caster's body.

  Perma oher hand, is more advanced and requires intense focus like the spell that Dr. Strange used in the Infinity War movie when Thanos literally threw a bckhole toward him.

  Whereas Dr. Strange used a permaransmutation to turn the said bckhole into a bunch of butterflies.

  Now, what I'm about to cast is obviously just the temporary one, I don't think I'm fit enough to cast the perma one.

  I grabbed a small pebble on the ground and held it on top of my palm. Fog on the pebble, I willed the devil energy inside me to power the spell I was about to cast.

  I tried to use as little as possible to see how much potential the devil energy has.

  To my surprise, I only used what seemed to be a single drop from a bottle of water and the pebble's molecur structure started to remold into a new form.

  The small pebble covered in dirt was gone and repced by silver, albeit the same size as the pebble earlier.

  Now, I was holding a silver instead of a pebble. But I could tell it was temporary due to the fact that for every sed, a single drop from my devil energy reserves is being spent.

  Which means I 't maintairansmutation indefinitely.

  As much as I want to test out how long I could hold it, I still have other spells to test.

  Dispelling the transmutation, the stant stream of my devil energy finally came to a halt, as if putting a cap on an upside-down bottle.

  Closing my eyes, I noticed that almost half of my initial reserves were depleted just by maintaining the transmutation for 5 minutes.

  I guess I have to find ways to increase my devil energy reserves. I'm not sure if my reserves are normal among the Middle-css devils.

  For the few minutes, I tested several other spells, some took minimal ouny reserves while others te.

  Thankfully, I discovered that the depleted reserves slowly get filled back up as long as I rest and don't waste anything more.

  I also tested to see if I could recover devil energy while depleting them at the same time but unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case.

  After a few more tests, it was finally time for the st one.

  Staring at the Sling Ring on my palm, I nervously inhaled and exhaled.

  Whatever is going to happen, I was hoping for the best.

  Hoping that I would be able to jure a portal back to the Marvel Universe.

  I may seem like a person who cks friends because of my profession as a sorcerer but during my stay in the Marvel Universe, I actually made quite a few friends with some of them appearing as characters in the Marvel films.

  Wearing it on my index and middle finger, I raised both of my hands and moved my right hand in a circur motion, drawing sparks in front of me.

  My mind was f an image of the New York Times Square, it was the only image I could form that would ehat the portal would form to the other side.

  A few moments ter, the small sparks expanded in size, fully f a circle made e sparks.

  Before a smile could crawl on my face, I saw nothingness oher side, simir to the same portal I st formed but interrupted by Kaecilius.

  All hopes in my heart were quickly dashed, repced by fear a.

  Notig that the portal was still open, my curiosity got the best of me, and couldn't help but walk closer to the portal to have a good look.

  As my sight became closer, the appearance of the void beyond became distinct.

  It turns out, that it wasly a pce full of nothingness, instead, there was some variety of colors flowing around, it looked something like when you pce a single drop of food c on a pin gss of water.

  That's what the pce looks like to me.

  My first thought was that this was the same pce I found myself floating around after entering the unstable portal earlier.

  "What is this pce?" I couldn't help but mutter to myself as I extended my hand beyond the portal.

  As soon as it ehrough, I felt nothing. And when I say nothing I mean nothing, not even a small gust of wind be felt, it's like air does inside!

  Is this space?

  I resisted the urge to step inside and explore, but thankfully, but survival instine that I was not ready yet to discover what this spaside was.

  So I gave the portal one final look before dispelling it, closing the portal for now.

  Maybe iure when I'm strong enough, I'll try my lud find out more about the space, who knows, maybe it is the key to my way back to the Marvel Universe.

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