The instant the white light exploded, the altar's spatial structure began to collapse.
Molecule Man's body on the cross looked like a canvas being torn apart. Countless fine cracks appeared across his skin, each spewing a stream of pure white energy.
Those streams were no ordinary physical phenomenon. They existed on a higher plane.
Wherever they passed, space itself was erased into nothingness.
Clark reacted first. He became a streak of silver-white light and charged toward the cross, activating his Kryptonian cells and Beyonder Concept at the same time.
He thrust both hands forward, raising a silver-white barrier around Molecule Man to contain the runaway energy.
But the instant the white light touched it, the barrier began to corrode, as though someone had poured acid on paper.
Clark gritted his teeth and poured his Beyonder Concept into the barrier, driving its strength to the limit.
Yet the white light played by no rules. It was rewriting the barrier's very definition, forcibly erasing the concept of defense from reality.
Wanda was quick to react. She formed seals with her hands, creating a second defensive layer of dark red Chaos Magic over Clark's barrier.
Chaos Magic could rewrite reality. She tried to redefine the runaway energy as harmless light.
But the moment her magic touched the white light, her face went deathly pale.
She could clearly feel that the energy held a far higher priority than her magic. It was like a system administrator editing an ordinary user's document: whatever changes she made would be overwritten by someone with greater authority.
The black alloy walls around the altar began crumbling to powder, collapsing inward along with the floor.
This was no physical destruction. The white light was devouring the entire area's Presence.
Chu Hang stood still, his gold-red and silver-white eyes fixed