In the footage, a silver stream of light rushed out of Eternity's Universe and into the First Firmament's Universe.
Then, the silver stream of light glided through the First Firmament's Universe. Wherever it passed, the stars on the First Firmament's body extinguished, and his body's color changed from faint blue to a deeper hue.
Lucas was causing damage inside First Firmament's body to weaken First Firmament.
Just as the First Firmament commanded the Dark Celestials to attack Eternity's Universe and corrupt Logos to disrupt the balance within Eternity's Universe.
"It's just that the Dark Celestials and Logos ultimately failed. Can sorcerer Lucas succeed?"
No one in Taa II could answer this question. Everyone could only continue watching, only to see countless black spots suddenly appear around the silver stream of light.
"This is... the First Firmament taking countermeasures?"
"This is good news. At least it shows that sorcerer Lucas's strategy is effective. Perhaps we can also emulate him." Someone said, eager to try.
Just as everyone was moved by this suggestion, the silver stream of light in the projection suddenly disappeared.
Silence.
The previously intense discussion instantly ceased, and the Taa II laboratory became so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.
"Sorcerer Lucas is dead?" A low murmur reached everyone's ears, filling them with regret and sorrow.
They weren't grieving for Lucas, most people here didn't know him.
They were grieving for the world, for their own future fate.
But there were exceptions, like the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom. They were indeed grieving the fall of this great sorcerer who had given them a new lease on life—partially. More so, they grieved for their Earth.
"If we hadn't asked sorcerer Lucas to save Earth, would people not have to experience the pain and helplessness of the end of the world a second time?" Susan asked, leaning into Reed's arms.
"Perhaps."
Reed said, looking down and gazing deeply into Susan's eyes, "But even if the world is destroyed, it won't destroy the beautiful memories people once had. Every sunrise and sunset, every wisp of breeze and fine rain, I..."
"Hehehe, fools, didn't you notice?" 1610 Mister Fantastic suddenly burst into laughter.
"Although the silver stream of light disappeared, these black spots haven't left that area, and the color of that area is still constantly changing, becoming even deeper."
"Sorcerer Lucas isn't dead at all."
"It seems that's indeed the case."
Prompted by 1610 Mister Fantastic, everyone also noticed the anomaly.
Afterward, the video footage ended, and 1610 Mister Fantastic replayed the segment where the silver stream of light disappeared. He continuously lowered the playback speed, trying to find more details.
Everyone stared intently, not daring to blink despite their dry, itchy eyes.
But the result disappointed everyone.
Even when playing frame by frame, reaching the smallest unit of time, one Planck time per frame, the disappearance process of the silver stream of light still could not be observed.
"Perhaps, we can emulate Sorcerer Lucas and enter the First Firmament's Universe to cause damage, just like the Dark Celestials." A certain Iron Man suggested.
Lifebringer was stunned, taken aback by this bold idea.
After careful consideration for a moment, he refused, "No, the Dark Celestials invaded specifically when Eternity was in a state of sleep and weakness. If Eternity were awake, they would be discovered and suppressed by Eternity as soon as they entered."
"The First Firmament is currently awake. As soon as we leave Eternity's Universe and enter his Universe, we will be suppressed by him."
A certain Iron Man asked, "But why can this Sorcerer Lucas do it?"
Lifebringer explained, "Sorcerer Lucas is almost the strongest beneath Eternity right now. His ability to resist the First Firmament's suppression doesn't mean we can too."
Tony's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Then what if we use a human wave tactic?
"If it's just a few people, the First Firmament can easily suppress them. But what if countless Universes and countless technological civilizations work together to deploy destructive weapons?"
Tony then added, "In fact, we could even develop weapons based on the laws of the First Firmament's Universe to strike him. It just needs a few billion more points of time."
"Time is not an issue." Lifebringer's eyes gleamed.
He had already gathered so many Iron Men, so what if he gathered even more masters of time management?
Moreover, there was already a ready-made gathering place for time management masters in Eternity's Universe—the Vishanti's dimension.
— — —
In the First Firmament Universe, the chase continued.
Lucas devoured all matter and energy in his path as he fled.
The First Firmament roared repeatedly but was helpless.
As a unified, singular Universe, the First Firmament's Universe had a stable structure and could not easily separate and discard the area where Lucas was located.
If the First Firmament insisted on doing so, it would be akin to cutting a piece of flesh from his own body, and the current situation had not yet deteriorated to the point where he was determined to make such a sacrifice.
Although he could not do anything to Lucas, the First Firmament's progress in devouring Eternity was not delayed too much. He could continue to tear Eternity apart.
Devouring Eternity or crushing the bug that bit him. The First Firmament clearly understood which was more important.
Furthermore, the First Firmament also had to consider a problem: what if, after cutting off a piece of flesh for Lucas, Lucas didn't want the severed flesh and continued to target his Universe?
Thus, the First Firmament tacitly allowed the current situation to continue.
But someone disagreed.
Eternity!
In this situation, Eternity was undoubtedly the party suffering the greatest loss.
After learning of Tony and Lifebringer's plan, he immediately created a world for them where time was almost static relative to the outside, and, according to Tony's needs, transferred the personnel, instruments, and materials he required.
Without needing the help of the Sorcerer Supreme, Eternity was the best master of time management.
In less than an instant for the outside world, high-tech weapons targeting the First Firmament's Universe completed the entire process from conception to mass production.
Eternity officially launched a counterattack, spitting his venom at the First Firmament.
Eternity was still continuously scattering specks of starlight under the First Firmament's tearing and erosion, but these specks had changed compared to before.
Countless Universe weapons were hidden within, falling into the First Firmament's Universe as Eternity's Universe shed them.
The first to appear were wormhole weapons.
As soon as they entered the First Firmament's Universe, the wormhole weapons tore through the First Firmament's Universe's spacetime, opening wormholes to random locations. Other various weapons spread through these wormholes to various parts within the First Firmament.
"What is this?"
White light.
Since the Celestial War, the First Firmament's Universe had not seen colors other than dark and blue for a long time.
A Dark Celestial blocking Lucas picked up a white paper floating in the void.
This white paper had no volume, no mass, and was enveloped by a force field, not touching any matter.
This displeased the Dark Celestial and his energy flow easily destroyed this force field.
The next moment, a suction force came from the white paper, and the Dark Celestial almost lost control of his body, nearly falling towards the white paper.
Hmm?
Lucas, foraging around, suddenly noticed something was wrong.
The spacetime dimension in front of him was rapidly collapsing and spreading wildly at the speed of light.
Ten-dimensional, nine-dimensional, eight-dimensional... two-dimensional.
In just a moment, the three-dimensional space of the starry sky in front of Lucas collapsed, and the two-dimensional space rapidly expanded, triggering a larger-scale collapse, all the way to Lucas's front.
"Holy crap, a two-dimensional foil!"
Seeing this, Lucas couldn't help but blurt out.
The two-dimensionalization process would not stop because of Lucas's words. It quickly swept past Lucas and spread into the distance. However, there was no more matter in front of it for it to compress.
A two-dimensional image unfolded in the First Firmament's Universe, the only flaw being that this image was missing a piece, and the gap was still expanding.
Far from being the only one, when Lucas encountered the two-dimensional foil, the two-dimensional foil was already rampant in the First Firmament's Universe.
The weapons targeting the First Firmament's Universe were far more than just the two-dimensional foil.
Nanobots, these weapons targeting conventional matter within the First Firmament's Universe, were growing exponentially. These nanobots continuously gnawed at the matter within the First Firmament's Universe, converting it into new nanobots, which then repeated the process.
Superflow conversion devices.
They generate Superflows throughout the First Firmament's Universe, thereby cutting various parts within the First Firmament, attempting to transform the First Firmament from a singular Universe into a Multiverse.
Science, a gift from the Sixth Cosmos, was now helping Eternity a great deal.
These successive high-tech weapon strikes left the First Firmament in a state of disarray.