The Shadow King spoke with a sarcastic remark.
"You want all the light in the universe to converge in one place? You think that's it?"
He stopped abruptly halfway through his sentence.
Because he saw it.
Light surged in from all directions.
These lights come from distant Galaxies.
It comes from those rotating stars that are releasing energy.
They came from the planets where new life was born.
It comes from the hearts of those lives that are in darkness but yearn for the light.
The light wove together in the starry sky, forming a vast field of light that seemed to represent the simultaneous radiance of all life in the universe.
All the light converged on Russell, illuminating the vast universe.
In an instant, the void shrouded in darkness became incredibly bright.
The Legion squinted, staring at the light that even they found blinding.
His body seemed to dim in that instant.
The colossal sun that it transformed into was far more different from the moon and stars in the face of all the converged light.
These lights are brighter than the sun he evolved, and older than his sun.
Legion was incredibly surprised.
Relying on his current super-massive solar transformation, his affinity for light was maximized, allowing him to clearly perceive that the light gathered here included not only macroscopic sunlight, but also numerous Mind Stone forces and lights of hope.
At this moment, Russell, radiant with brilliance, became the source of light, both in appearance and in essence.
The light flowed and reorganized on his body surface, forming a powerful energy field.
It is sacred and brings a sense of peace.
Conversely, the Shadow King, who possesses Professor X's body, is like a rat in the shadows under direct sunlight.
There's nowhere to hide.
The black mist that had painstakingly gathered on his body vanished completely in an instant.
However, the process of disappearing was very clear to the Legion.
He clearly saw the black mist evaporate in the light, dissipate in the light, and transform into something smaller in the light, before vanishing into nothingness.
The tentacles that emerged from the darkness vanished in the bright, starry sky, and countless streams of dark energy were forcibly severed in half.
Without the continuous supply of Dark Fear, coupled with the constant damage from the Light Buff, the Shadow King's body began to radiate with countless holes like a funnel, and his mental state suffered even more severe damage.
He felt as if a million needles were pricking his head all the time.
Needles formed from light shone from every direction, pierced from every angle, and drilled into every crack, spinning and tearing within his consciousness.
These lights were burning his consciousness, cutting through his spirit, and even stripping away his existence.
The Shadow King clutched his head and wailed.
"No... no... how could this be, the light of the entire universe..."
He spoke haltingly and dared not look Russell in the eye.
Russell shook his head as he looked at him.
"Didn't you want me to take action? I've already summoned the light of this universe, and you couldn't withstand it before I even made my move."
He drawled out his words:
"It's a bit useless."
The Shadow King felt like a million alpacas were stampeding through his mind.
He feels like dying right now.
I initially thought this guy who suddenly appeared was at most about the same strength as that big-headed Watchers.
As a result, the moment he opened his mouth, the light of the entire universe truly converged.
It also includes the Mind Stone power to turn the mundane into the extraordinary.
Even God wouldn't have such an attitude!
Knowing that the situation was extremely unfavorable to him, the Shadow King temporarily suppressed the excruciating pain in his body and tried to become ethereal and escape into the Starlight Realm.
That was the place where Professor X sealed him away in the past, and it was also his lair, the place where he hid for countless eras.
To escape this all-pervasive light, he must etherealize his physical form.
He decided to give it a try.
The body blurred in an instant, and a faint black mist appeared. It seemed that the body might become ethereal, but the converging light shone brightly at the same moment.
They surged from Russell's palms and all over his body, transforming into countless luminous threads that flowed towards the Shadow King.
Threads of light danced in the starry sky, peeling away the faint black mist layer by layer from the Shadow King's body.
The Shadow King's blurry body became clear again in the blink of an eye.
Damn it!
Feeling that all his strength was being completely suppressed, he cursed and tried a second time.
The result was not much different from the first time. The black mist barely managed to appear before it was dispelled by the omnipresent light, and the ethereal body had no choice but to passively return to the real world.
Unwilling to give up, he tried a third time.
His body blurred for a moment before becoming clear again.
"Do you need any help?" Russell asked the Shadow King calmly.
The Shadow King was speechless for a moment.
"Your greatest help... was that you withdrew your supernatural powers."
Compared to the inexplicable confidence he displayed before, his words now betray a deep sense of helplessness.
Russell tilted his head.
"You've stopped using your supernatural powers?" he repeated. "Are you sure? Didn't you ask me to seal my hands?"
"I'm sure." Shadow King gritted his teeth and replied several times in a row, "I'm sure, I'm sure."
The light continued to swirl, extend, and tear apart his consciousness, scorching his mind, slicing through his spirit, and stripping away his existence.
Meanwhile, Legion, having taken everything in, accepted that the newcomer was an even more powerful figure than the bald Watchers, Legion spoke up.
"We can't let him go. If we let him go, he'll definitely find another chance to come back to the real world and continue destroying the universe."
Russell thought for a moment.
"That seems to make sense." He rubbed his chin.
Despite the physical and mental torment, the Shadow King raised his lowered head and said in a deep voice:
"I'm not here to destroy the universe; I'm here to absorb fear and grow stronger. The fear of all life is my food, my power... I just want to become stronger."
He paused.
There are many ways to instill fear. It doesn't necessarily have to involve destroying the universe.
Russell nodded.
"That seems to make sense."
The Shadow King looked at him with some surprise; the other party was surprisingly easy to talk to.
"You... you believe me?"
"Whether I believe you or not is up to you." Russell thought of how he had been trying to become stronger ever since he transmigrated.
"If you absorb fear to become stronger, then you're going down the same path I've taken before. Destroying the universe isn't the best answer for you."
He paused for a moment.
"In some ways, you could say you're similar to Galactus."
The Shadow King remained silent for a moment, recalling the Galactus he had just destroyed.
I'm not as greedy as him.
Listening to their conversation, Legion looked at Russell with eager eyes.
"You can't trust him. He lied to Professor Charles, he lied to everyone, he..."
"I didn't believe him, I just... thought he was a talented person."
He took a step forward.
"People should always be given a chance to explain."
"And I... I happen to have a universe that needs to be developed and built."
The Shadow King understood what the person before him meant.
You want me... to work for you?
"That's one way to understand it," Russell said, without denying it.
"Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. Since you say that, you must prove it with concrete actions."