Knull was stunned. This man countered him at every turn, effortlessly neutralizing attack after attack.
His expression darkened as his mind raced.
Xiao Han floated up to him and patted his rigid face. "Want to keep going?"
Knull's scarlet eyes flickered wildly. At last, he shrank back into human form.
"What exactly do you want?" His voice held a caution it had never carried before.
Xiao Han dropped his teasing smile. "Two things."
"First, never touch Venom or Eddie. I plan to take them on as my subordinates."
"Second."
He looked Knull straight in the eye. "Come with me and pull off something big."
Knull froze. "What?"
Xiao Han turned toward the edge of the collapsing star system.
"Someone killed Galactus. Now he's hunting the gods of the universe."
He looked back with a dangerous smile. "Interested in meeting him?"
That was right. The instant Galactus had died, Xiao Han had sensed it.
Knull was silent for a long time, then gave a low laugh. "He killed Galactus?"
He raised a hand and tore open a spatial rift. "Lead the way."
Diana tilted her head toward Xiao Han. "What's he doing?"
Venom was dumbfounded. "Wait! You two just agreed on that?!"
Eddie patted Venom on the head. "Get used to it. This guy's mind has always worked in strange ways."
As they left, the rift began to close.
And in a distant corner of the universe, a pair of shadowy eyes watched it all.
Above Doomsday City.
The gray clouds split apart, and a pitch-black rift silently opened.
The Symbiote soldiers in the city suddenly froze, as if an invisible force had seized them by the throat.
The Symbiotes within them trembled uncontrollably. Terror born deep in their blood swept through their bodies.
"Is... is that...?" a soldier asked, looking