He extended his right hand, fingers spread, and aimed it at Thor.
Dark crimson energy surged from his palm, transforming into countless thin, tentacle-like bands of energy that shot toward Thor.
The tentacles moved too fast for Thor's eyes to follow. Just before they struck him, Strange opened a Sling Ring Portal before him and pulled him through it.
The other side of the Sling Ring Portal was within Earth's atmosphere, several hundred meters above the ocean.
Thor tumbled out of the portal, rolled several times through the air, and Stormbreaker returned to his hand.
His blue eyes fixed on the sky, on the black figure walking down from space.
Knull walked down from space.
He was neither flying nor falling. He was walking.
His feet stepped on invisible stairs as he descended one step at a time.
His black robe burned from friction with the atmosphere, but the burned portions were covered by new black fabric the next second.
Strange stood beside Thor, the Cloak of Levitation fluttering in the wind as magical energy gathered anew in his hands.
Blood still stained the corner of his mouth, but his eyes shone like two stars burning in the darkness.
"Thor," Strange said. "We can't beat him."
"I know," Thor said. "But we can't let him continue like this."
"I'm not saying we should give up. I'm saying we need more help."
Strange opened several Sling Ring Portals. One side led to the Avengers headquarters in New York, while the other opened in the direction of Morgan Manor.
Tony flew out of the first portal.
The Mark LIII anti-Symbiote armor gleamed dark crimson beneath the sunlight, and the red light strip across its faceplate remained striking even in daylight.
He held an energy weapon in his hand, its energy nodes pulsing