Nolan watched as Null hesitated for a moment. Without waiting, he drove another punch forward, shattering Null's body and saying coldly, "You're out of options..."
Null could feel his power bleeding away. It was far worse than being devoured earlier at least then he could still exist in Nolan's shadow.
But this was different. The Abyssal Void had always sustained him, making him effectively immortal so long as the dimension existed.
He never imagined someone like Nolan could exist, someone who could evolve into a Sky Father-level entity and withstand dimensional erosion while retaining a mortal shell.
He seemed human… yet everything about him defied the rules of the multiverse.
Nolan's eyes narrowed, growing impatient.
"… I'll admit, I respect your resolve." He shook his head in disappointment.
The ritual circle beneath them suddenly erupted with tremendous suction, rapidly siphoning the dark, corrupted energies of the Abyssal Void. Evil, Devouring, Entropic rules poured into Nolan's psionic core.
That was when fear finally flickered across Null's face.
His voice trembled. He could sense that Nolan would erase him entirely if he resisted any longer and even if the Abyss was reborn someday, he would never return.
The moment Null pledged his True Name, the ancient contract took hold, and runic chains wrapped around his celestial soul. A searing mark formed, forever binding him to Nolan's will.
Two thin threads of energy extended from Nolan's dual domains, piercing straight into the Abyssal Void's core.
With one hand pressed to Null's head, the other reached into his soul and extracted a long, chain-like construct, the coordinates of the Abyssal Void itself.
Only a Sky Father-tier soul could interact with something that touched the Law layer.
"I'm not going to kill you," Nolan said calmly. "I'm just… extremely interested in studying the Abyss."
His [Master of Research] ability was already parsing the influx of dimensional rule energy.
But true mastery would take time and experimentation.
Nolan spoke quietly with the Ancient One.
"We're out of time… both Odin and I," she said. "If we don't act now, the Dark Dimension will breach Earth's veil and once that happens, the invasion becomes inevitable."
"We'll use Hell's Frontier," Nolan replied without hesitation.
It was the perfect staging ground — a volatile crossroads dimension.
And using it as an assault platform gave them the legal justification they needed. Even Mordo wouldn't be able to block Mystique's return to Earth if it meant stopping the Dark Dimension.
The X-Gene cache offered by the mutants had helped, too especially that energy absorption trait similar to Sebastian Shaw's… but even more refined.
At this point, Nolan's physique wasn't far from a Kryptonian tier.
What mattered now was further enhancement.
Back at Oscorp, Nolan opened the Illuminati communicator Tony made for him.
"Meeting. Before five."
He ended the call and headed straight to Otto's lab.
The Doc Ock incident during the thermonuclear metamaterial test had bonded Otto to his robotic arms, but Nolan had prepared ahead of time; E.L.L. had hard-locked the AI systems to Otto's neural patterns.
"Fusion complete?" Nolan asked.
"Complete. The alloy you recovered has excellent compatibility. We're molding it now."
He followed Otto into a sealed elevator that descended into an underground foundry.
"Tell Norman and the others we'll be mobilizing soon. This is war," Nolan said firmly.
In the foundry, molten metal shimmered like silver magma. Mechanical arms poured it into rune-etched molds. Demon bone at the side pulsed, infusing arcane power into each sigil.
Nolan exhaled a breath of frigid wind that instantly froze the entire batch.
Two bracers sat on the workbench.
He tossed them to Otto. "Try it. Just strike them together."
Otto put them on and clapped both arms.
A translucent golden disc flickered into existence covered in intricate magical circuits.
"It works. One more step forward."
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