The instant the liquid metal fell, the air in the control room froze.
The silver droplet hovered three centimeters above the Void Walker's head, held aloft by some invisible force.
Fine ripples spread across its surface, each ring shimmering with an eerie light.
The Void Origin inside the Void Walker seemed to sense a delicious meal. It surged upward of its own accord, forming black lines across his smooth body.
The lines writhed beneath his skin like veins, converging toward his head.
At last, the liquid metal fell.
The moment it made contact, everything erupted.
Silver and black energy tangled like two giant pythons, unleashing a piercing hiss.
The Void Walker's body arched violently. His spine cracked, and his limbs convulsed as though he had been electrocuted.
The liquid metal spread wildly, flowing down from his head to cover his face, neck, and shoulders before eating into his torso.
Wherever it passed, silver swallowed the black on his skin, only for the black to surge back a moment later. Two utterly different forces fought for control.
Wanda held Adam tight as Chaos Magic raised seven layers of barriers before them.
She could feel the madness saturating the air: chaos on the Conceptual Layer, born from the collision of two supreme forces.
Everything in the room that wasn't bolted down began to shake. Metal panels hummed, and sparks spat from the corners of the lab benches.
The golden Third Eye on Strange's forehead opened fully. Vishanti power formed a runic array over the entire control room, forcibly stabilizing its crumbling spatial structure.
Chu Hang stood at the center with both arms outstretched. Gold-red and silver-white light burst from his palms.
The Phoenix Origin and Control Origin worked in tandem, forming a Law Domain five meters across around the Void Walker.
Inside