The wineglass in Doctor Doom's hand stopped swirling. The moment those three figures appeared, Doom's suspicions were confirmed.
The similarities between Molecule Men across the multiverse, the ever-present yet elusive Black Hand, the identity of Original Beyonder's creator—everything now made sense.
But he said nothing, merely continuing to watch the exchange between the three figures and Eternity. As for how both sides could make sounds in the vacuum of space, he could not even be bothered to consider such a trivial matter.
If they could not even speak in space, they did not qualify as cosmic-level powerhouses at all—let alone the parties currently before them, who were clearly far stronger.
Still, even though Doom had prepared himself mentally, what happened next exceeded his expectations.
The bald Alien in the lead merely raised a hand and fired a thin beam of light, punching a huge hole through Eternity's conceptual, nearly untouchable body. That colossal, planet-sized form was blasted tens of thousands of light-years away, reduced to a tiny point of light in the universe.
Anyone with a little knowledge knew that Eternity was the embodiment of the concept of "existence," not an actual living entity. Seeing him blasted away by some inexplicable ray was like watching a monkey witness creation from nothing—the audience could hardly comprehend it.
Yet the mysterious Alien could not even be bothered to pursue him. After sending Eternity flying, the bald man simply lowered his head and continued operating something on his arm bracer.
Thanos, who had witnessed the same scene, could no longer smile. He pulled back his hood, looked at the images of the three mysterious figures, and said:
"What level of battle is this? With the Infinity Stones and the Infinity Gauntlet, I could defeat a Creator God as well, but not so easily.