"What did you do?!"
After a moment of daze, Knull reappeared not far in front of Lucas. However, his energy intensity was slightly lower than when Lucas first saw him. And he would never be able to replenish this slight decrease.
"I'm eating cake, can't you tell?" Lucas grinned, making a not-so-vivid analogy.
"If you compare the Abyss to a bowl, isn't the Dark Energy the cake in the bowl? What? Do you think my analogy is wrong?"
As Lucas spoke, he fully activated his talent, Energy Absorption, absorbing the Dark Energy from the Abyss.
In an instant, Dark Energy gathered, forming a giant vortex. At the center of the vortex, there seemed to be a bottomless black hole, its terrifying suction firmly grasping the Dark Energy, devouring it completely.
Not only the Primordial Dark Energy, but other substances and creatures in the Abyss, once caught and torn apart by this terrifying suction, would also be swallowed into the black hole.
"You are truly insane." Knull sneered.
Devouring Primordial Dark Energy was easy, but separating it out was difficult.
He waited for this reckless sorcerer to be consumed by the Primordial Dark Energy, to have his mind corrupted, and to fall into the Abyss.
"I warned you, when you gaze into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you."
Knull controlled the Primordial Dark Energy from further away in the Abyss to gather towards them. He also signaled the surrounding dark creatures, ordering them to patrol outside the Dark Energy vortex.
They waited for this crazy sorcerer to be consumed by the Dark Energy, then they would act to keep him in the Abyss permanently.
'If I can use a Symbiote to parasitize him, then I'll have another terrifying combat force.'
'No, such a terrifying combat force cannot be parasitized by those low-level Symbiotes, lest they betray me.'
'How can such a powerful combat force be utilized well?'
Knull's thoughts drifted, envisioning a beautiful future.
However, as time passed minute by minute, Lucas maintained his initial rhythm, absorbing Primordial Dark Energy, like an abyssal beast, never satisfied.
Massive amounts of Primordial Dark Energy entered his body, seemingly without any effect on him.
'What an idiot.'
Watching Knull stand there dumbfounded, Lucas secretly scoffed.
He neither fought him, slowing down his absorption of Primordial Dark Energy nor did he control the Primordial Dark Energy to resist his devouring. He even helped gather Primordial Dark Energy, speeding up his energy absorption.
No wonder he was born an era earlier than Chthon, yet the title of God of Darkness was snatched away.
He had the same divine starting point, even a higher starting point. But his current strength was inferior to Chthon's.
However, it was normal. Adversity makes one strong, while comfort leads to ruin.
Knull's living environment was much better than Chthon's.
If Chthon hadn't worked hard, he would have become food for other gods in the Elder God War billions of years ago.
If Knull didn't work hard, it didn't matter if he lost a few battles. With the Abyss as his backing, he would be able to revive after a while.
Only this time, the Abyss might not be able to back him up.
As time passed, quantitative change led to qualitative change, and the scale of the vortex formed by the Primordial Dark Energy diminished slightly.
Lucas, at the center of the vortex, knew clearly that the amount of Primordial Dark Energy he had devoured had already affected the entire Abyss.
At this moment, Knull felt uneasy.
"Hm..."
With a muffled groan, Lucas controlled a wisp of Primordial Dark Energy to crawl up his neck and face. As if bearing a massive amount of Primordial Dark Energy, his mind was nearing its limit.
Gradually, thin black lines crawled up Lucas's eyes, dyeing the whites of his eyes black. His originally black pupils also became deeper under the influence of the Primordial Dark Energy.
"Phew..."
Knull let out a long sigh.
With a large amount of Primordial Dark Energy lost and the Abyss affected, he, as the Lord of the Abyss, noticed it earlier than Lucas.
However, his sunk cost was too great, and he couldn't let go anymore. He could only hope that this hateful, crazy sorcerer would be eroded by the Primordial Dark Energy and remain permanently in the Abyss.
Otherwise, once Lucas left, the Abyss would suffer huge losses. His strength would also be greatly reduced if he died and revived again.
"Be on alert, don't let this sorcerer escape."
Knull, while instructing his other abyssal creatures and Symbiote dragons to be on guard, silently strengthened and consolidated the Abyss's barrier.
At the same time, he didn't forget to continue gathering Primordial Dark Energy.
In his opinion, a major battle was imminent. This sorcerer, upon realizing that his mind could not withstand such a massive amount of Primordial Dark Energy and was about to lose control, would definitely stop devouring and escape the Abyss.
He wanted to tell this sorcerer that Primordial Dark Energy was not something he could absorb whenever he wanted, or stop whenever he wanted.
However, if Knull had more experience, he would have noticed that although Lucas's condition seemed to be getting worse, and he was getting closer to losing mental control, his speed of absorbing the surrounding Primordial Dark Energy had not slowed down in the slightest.
...
After another long period, the war between Asgard and the Four Realms entered a new phase.
In Vanaheim, Gwen and the others, after killing the Dark Elf leader Malekith, successfully took down the Dark Elf command center.
Wanda controlled the Dark Elf Commander, issued a surrender order, and ended the war.
Loki, who went to Alfheim, the realm of the Light Elves, encountered his physiological father, Laufey. The two had a big fight, and in the end, Loki was defeated and fled using the Space Stone.
Thor, who went to Svartalfheim, the realm of the Dwarves, with the help of Eitri, repaired mjolnir, in the name of love.
With mjolnir, his combat power returned to its peak, and he defeated the Angel Queen. The Angel Queen retreated in disarray under the cover of the Angels.
Finally, the Asgardian side and the anti-Asgardian side gathered in Asgard, preparing for the final decisive battle.
...
At this time, Knull finally noticed something was wrong.
Although he repeatedly deceived himself, at this moment, he had to face the brutal and bleak reality.
The Primordial Dark Energy of the Abyss was exhausted.
And the signs of erosion by Primordial Dark Energy on that crazy sorcerer's body instantly disappeared without a trace.
Just like the Primordial Dark Energy in the Abyss.