Chapter 2096: I WILL KILL YOU!!!! "Huh...? Where are we...?" Neremoth questioned as he looked around with a confused look on his face. This space seemed... strange. Even though it did resemble the Outer Space, something felt different. It was... dark. And for the first time in his long life, he found this ’darkness’ creepy. Other than the strange objects, everything here—even the Worlds—were dark. It was almost as if Light did not exist in this place. What’s worse? He could no longer sense his connection to the Universe. It was a discomforting feeling, and what strengthened this feeling even further was the fact that the Space Artifact that should have teleported him to his desired coordinate was not working. According to it, the desired coordinate he set up... no longer existed. It felt like the Artifact was brought out of its usage scope, and it wasn’t a good feeling. Something was wrong. Neremoth could feel it. The signs were bad—he... he might have fallen into a trap. His mind raced, trying to think of ways to get out of this situation, and then, his eyes fell on him. The Anomaly. Hovering in the air with his eyes closed, acting like he couldn’t even see him. Neremoth, of course, did not like that attitude. "I asked a question." He spoke, his crimson eyes narrowed. "Where are we?" He repeated. And this time, Nux, who was still busy comprehending the Laws he devoured, opened his eyes, staring at Neremoth with an expressionless look on his face. He squeezed out a few full seconds of attention from this situation—it was enough for him to comprehend a few Laws, but he could no longer ignore Neremoth any further. No matter what, Neremoth was still an Eternal—one of the strongest Eternals at that. Even if he had absolute advantage here, he still needed to move. And that is what Nux did. He willed himself to appear right in front of Neremoth, and before the being of Darkness could even understand what had happened— BOOOOOOM Nux punched, and in an instant, the weight of hundreds of worlds fell on Neremoth’s body, and for the first time in a long while— He felt it. Fear. His crimson eyes shined in surprise and horror. He tried to move away the instant his mind processed the strength behind that punch but... It was already too late. The punch landed, hitting his chest—the only ’materialistic’ part of his body and the only part that could truly be crushed by a physical attack. In other words, his weakness. Yes, Nux already knew about it. He had done his research. In the limited time he had, the Laws he chose to comprehend and the memories he chose to see belonged to the three True Borns of the Supreme World of Darkness. In that limited time, he understood everything he could understand about the True Borns of the Supreme World of Darkness: how their body worked, the usual abilities they had, their Laws, their Bloodline powers, and their weaknesses. In an instant, Neremoth’s body exploded into black mist, only his widened crimson eyes remained in their place. Nux could see how they were losing their shine, almost as if his life force was slipping out. Soon, the crimson eyes lost all their shine, turning into the black mist similar to the rest of his body, and all this Mist gathered behind Nux, where a new pair of crimson eyes had already reappeared. "W-What was that!? What did you do!?" Neremoth, whose body was reconstructed back to how it originally was, questioned, still horrified by the punch that tore through his defenses as if they were made of paper. "How can a mere Primordial exert this much stre—" He tried questioning but— BOOOOOOM Nux punched, destroying his body yet again. But once again, it did not make a difference. Neremoth’s body reformed, and once again— "How are you moving like that!? I do not sense the Space around me being affec—" He tried asking but— BOOOOOOM Nux punched again. And this did not stop. "Why can’t I stop yo—" BOOOOOOM "Answer my questi—!" BOOOOOOM "You Bastar—" BOOOOOOM "Where is this place!? Who are yo—" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞 BOOOOOOM "I will kill you in the most painful way I can!!!—" Nux continued to unleash a series of deadly punches, forcing Neremoth to reconstruct his body again and again, while ignoring all his words like they did not matter. And they truly did not. The only thing Nux cared about right now was to get rid of him, absorb all the Laws, assimilate them in his Universe, and help Sharnoth. Nothing else mattered right now. Nux knew what was happening and how Neremoth was reconstructing his body again and again. It was the Hollow Rebirth. One of the Darkness Borns’ abilities that came with their blood—an ability that activates when they are struck fatally. It turns their body into black mist only to reform behind the attacker, and while it does chip away 10 years of life force with every use... To an Immortal Eternal, who had endless life force, it was an ability that could be used all the time without any aftereffects whatsoever. What’s more surprising? This wasn’t even the Darkness Borns’ strongest ability. Their blood inherited countless similarly powerful abilities. Unfeel—the ability to suppress all sensory inputs directed at them, essentially making it so they do not get attacked by spells and can hide their presence. Worldless Shell—the ability to form a shield that protects them from all attacks that carry emotions. Movement ability like Darkstep, allowing them to move through darkness at a speed that breaks the limit set by the very Universe. Black Ripple that makes the reality distort with every step they take. Nullfang, a Claw of Darkness that ignores all defense, shields, and magical barriers—an attack that doesn’t cut flesh, it cuts meaning. Once struck, the concept of "defense" in that area vanishes temporarily, making the victim vulnerable to anything. And the list went on. These monsters had other similar absurd abilities that made absolutely no sense. Every single Darkness Born had them, and the abilities only got stronger as they grew. Just with these alone, they held the power to destroy anyone from a non-supreme world. They didn’t even have to use their Laws in battle. After all, just how was one supposed to destroy a being who could reconstruct his body after it was destroyed endlessly? This was the difference between the Supreme Borns and normal beings in the rest of the Universe. Normal enemies simply did not stand a chance. This was the reason the True Borns reigned supreme despite there only being a few thousands of them. Not that any of it mattered right now. After all, Nux was no ’normal’ being. His plan was simple—he was going to punch this bastard and force him to reconstruct his body again and again and again. He was going to do it so many times that reconstructing his body became the only thing he could think about, stopping him from using the rest of his absurdly annoying abilities. And him... Well, he could then focus on absorbing the rest of the Laws and Memories he had left. Yes, unlike back in the Main Universe, where the Eternals were still a threat to him, in here, they were merely an inconvenience. If he moved correctly, he could redirect his focus to more important things. And what’s worse? Neremoth could tell what Nux was thinking and doing—he could tell the bastard wasn’t even taking him seriously, he was being ignored mid-battle. He was being treated like a child being played with one hand as the adult read the newspaper with the other. Humiliation. Absolute humiliation. That was what Neremoth felt during this ’battle’. "I WILL KILL YOU!!!!" He screamed, his anger taking over every other emotion in his mind. The fear of the overwhelmingly powerful punch, all the questions in his head, the feeling of getting the Anomaly for himself—it had all disappeared. He now cared about one and one thing alone. It was killing this bastard as painfully as possible. And while Nux was still ’busy’ comprehending the Laws— BOOOOOOM Neremoth attacked, activating his Domain. In an instant, the air around him froze—a thick pressure spread in all directions. Then—everything went dark. Even Nux’s Universe, which was already devoid of light, now became even darker. If at first it looked like a night under a starry sky, now... It was pure, pitch-black darkness. It wasn’t a lack of light. It was as if the very meaning of Light had ceased to exist. There was... just darkness. And then—his eyes opened. Two glowing crimson slits cut through the void. They didn’t shine, they didn’t light up the darkness. They simply... came into existence. This was Neremoth’s Domain, a Domain created from the Law of Absolute Eclipse. Even Nux, who was now trapped inside this domain, was now blinded and had stopped moving. He had absolutely no idea where his enemy was. And then— "I deprive you of your Movement. I deprive you of your Will to Resist. I deprive you of your Physical Power. I deprive you of your Law." Neremoth commanded, taking every single thing away from Nux.