Diana's emergence from the dimensional boundaries was not violent or explosive. It was quiet, methodical, the manifestation of a will that had spent years in isolation, waiting, planning, preparing for the moment when she could finally escape. Marcus tried to move, tried to use his newly integrated power with the barrier to contain her, but Diana was faster. She had been created specifically to counter Void Cultivators. Viktor had designed her enhancements with the intention of creating a weapon that could exploit the weaknesses that all Void Cultivators shared. "You look confused," Diana said, her form slowly becoming more solid, more real as she anchored herself in normal space. "You probably thought I was still imprisoned down there. You probably thought that without Viktor to maintai

