Donnie hurried away with the others, not even extracting the Omega Effect—though he had no use for it anyway.
Without the Anti-Life Equation, the Omega Effect alone was incomplete. It did not really matter whether he had it or not.
After stripping away the two cores, Donnie suddenly felt his heart pound. It was not only because of the two Core Energies, but also because of something far away. It seemed that something terrifying was probing in this direction.
The feeling had come without warning, but Donnie had no intention of hesitating. He immediately fled with the others.
Only as they put more distance between themselves and it did that sense of dread gradually fade.
"What happened?" Vishanti asked in confusion.
Donnie's face darkened. "Something near the Origin Wall was looking toward Apocalypse. If we had stayed any longer, we would have been exposed to an unknown gaze."
Vishanti's body twisted slightly, and the three faces on it all showed confusion and surprise.
"Was it Yuga Khan? As far as I know, apart from Yuga Khan, no one has been able to extend their own power outward," Vishanti said quietly.
When the Spectre had ambushed Darkseid last time, it had originally succeeded. Yet Yuga Khan, who had still been on the wall at the time, had forcibly revived the utterly dead Darkseid. That incident had been truly shocking and had stunned many beings.
Yuga Khan was the only known person capable of projecting his own power from the wall.
If anyone could now extend their gaze beyond the Origin Wall all the way to Apocalypse, it could only be Yuga Khan.
"Is that guy really coming down?" Optimus Prime asked in a low voice.
"Even if he isn't, it will be soon. His actions are becoming increasingly obvious. Last time,