Little is known about Deathurge, besides the fact that he served Oblivion and has had a very special relationship with Craig Hollis.
Deathurge is a wraith-like superhuman entity, whose origin is unknown, who appears to be a messenger of death.
Deathurge can fly at great speeds, become intangible at will, and draw forth from his non-reflective ebony body a variety of simple weaponry such as spears, axes, bows and arrows.
These weapons, also non-reflective black, appear to be made of the same unknown substance as Deathurge's body.
When these weapons strike Deathurge's target, the target dies, a blackness spreading from the spot where the weapon bloodlessly struck and passed through the target's body.
Deathurge's targets are apparently only those who have at least to some degree craved death and oblivion.
Deathurge is able to access the Darkforce dimension, allowing him to travel over large distances in relatively short periods of time.
He is also nearly immortal and can only be seen by the dead, or people with a special connection to death.
Deathurge was previously able to manifest a pair of skis that allowed him to traverse the Astral Plane.
And Knull was of course God of Symbiotes. Together the three go towards the Universe 1395.
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Meanwhile, Ben was travelling towards Universe 12041 on his Interstellar Harley, unknown of the danger, that someone was waiting for him in the middle of Universe 1395.
Recently he has passed the Cancerverse, it was the Universe where all the people were harmed by cancer.
And the cancer was so strong that even Galactus, Thanos and many big entities, no one was spared from the disease. Seeing it Ben used the Gutrot to erase the disease.
The cosmic winds whispered through Universe 1395 as Ben Tennyson, astride his Interstellar Harley, came to an abrupt halt.
Before him stood an imposing trio – Knull, Deathurge, and Mikaboshi.
Ben, eyeing the cosmic beings with a curiosity, spoke up. "What are you guys waiting for? What's the grand welcoming committee for?"
"Someone wants to erase the existence of you, so the void is calling you." Knull said, while his voice resonating with a dark undertone
Deathurge nodded with Knull, "Today Oblivion wished for your death, so I am present here."
Mikaboshi, ever-shifting, observed with a gaze that hinted at ancient malevolence.
"So, you guys are disturbing my journey," Ben said, while he got off from the Interstellar Harley.
"I have faced gods and slaughtered pantheons, yet you dared to stand in front of me. How?" Mikaboshi asked.
Ben gives a mocking smile to them, "Maybe, you have slaughtered pantheons and gods, but I am Ben Tennyson, you can't even break a hair from my head."
Ben, eyeing the three Avatars of Oblivion, Mikaboshi, Knull, and Deathurge, asked, "So, who's going to face me? Or are all of you doing a team-up?"
Mikaboshi, with a smile replied, "Knull is formidable enough; I'll watch from the sidelines for now."
He and Deathurge positioned themselves to observe the upcoming.
"Big mistake," Ben quipped, a smirk playing on his lips, as he focused his attention on the approaching Knull.
Knull, the symbiote god, hissed with anticipation, "Your defiance will be swallowed by the abyss, Tennyson."
He stepped forward, ready to engage Ben.
But then the thing he saw, it shocked him, a green Symbiote tendrils wrapped around Ben's body, his form now adorned with the unmistakable features of a Symbiote.
Ben, empowered by the Symbiotes the power acquired from the Knull of Universe 275, faced Knull head-on.
Knull was so shocked that someone could control symbiotes, exclaimed, "How can you control Symbiotes? And how are you able to do it?"
His body morphed, a Dragon Spider Tattoo forming in the middle of his suit. Two dragon wings sprouted from his back, and he held the Necrosword in his hand, his face and fingers uncovered by symbiotes.
"It's simple. I killed the Universe 275 Knull, just like I am going to KILL YOU," Ben shouted.
Two dragon wings formed behind him, glowing in green, and he summoned a Necrosword surrounded by a magical green substance.
Mikaboshi, observing the battle, whispered to Deathurge, "This Ben Tennyson is really a danger. He even controlled the symbiotes as he desired; Knull was going to lose this fight."
Deathurge, his form shifting slightly, nodded in agreement. "Entropy weaves its own narrative, and this Ben may hold the threads that defy even our understanding."
On the other side, Knull was shocked by seeing the Necrosword in Ben's hands with a different color. He attacked Ben with his sword.
But Ben also retaliated, and in a few moves, he overpowered Knull. As the Necroswords collided, a magical event occurred.
Knull found his Necrosword freeing itself from his hands, moving towards Ben's Necrosword and merging with it.
"You, what are you doing?" Knull asked in anger when he noticed his sword merging with Ben's.
"The same is going to happen to you," Ben smiled as he captured both of Knull's wings and tore them out, merging them with his own draconic wings.
Mikaboshi, observing from the sidelines, whispered to Deathurge, "Ben Tennyson is a true anomaly. Controlling both Symbiotes and the Necrosword, he may rewrite the cosmic rules."
Meanwhile, Knull, now wingless, confronted Ben in disbelief. As Ben's draconic wings absorbed the essence of Knull.
"You, how is it possible you control my symbiotes?" He screamed in shock, it was beyond his comprehension.
"Because, when they merged with me, they had no different will, only functioning by my will," Ben laughed as he tore away all of the symbiote suit from Knull, merging it with himself.
Before Knull could comprehend, his powers were gone, leaving him resembling just a skeletal body. Ben didn't stop there; green tentacles released from his hands, capturing Knull and breaking his bones. Soon, Knull became dust, vanishing from existence.
Now seated on the same Living Abyss throne where Knull once resided, Ben turned his gaze towards Mikaboshi and Deathurge.
"Who's next?" he asked with a mocking smile.
"Me," Deathurge took the stage, creating a sword made of the same material as Deathurge himself.
Flying with great speed and wielding the non-reflective sword, swiftly passed through Ben's body, leaving a spot of blackness where the weapon had struck.
"Game over," Deathurge declared, a victorious smile on his face as he observed the spreading blackness, the lethal effect of his weapon.
"You think it's easy to kill me," Ben smiled back, and the blackness that had spread started to retract and erase from his body.
"Now, it's my turn," Ben announced as he activated the powers of the alien Toxic Nightmare, a result of Gutrot and Toepick's fusion. Although he lost some functions, he gained stronger abilities.
He unleashed Toxic Aegis, a combination of Gas Generation, Gas Absorption, Gas Immunity, and Gas Neutralization.
The gasses released weren't ordinary – they carried a fear-inducing phobia catalyst.
The fear-inducing gas, a potent combination of Phobia Catalyst, Nightmarish Sounds, and Fear Inducement, worked its magic on Deathurge.
Despite not seeing Ben's nightmarish face, the fear grew within him.
His fears escalated to the point that Deathurge manifested a pair of skis, enabling him to traverse the Dark Dimension Plane.
Utilizing the Darkforce dimension, he fled from the confrontation, leaving both Ben and Mikaboshi in stunned silence amidst the cosmic remnants of their encounter.
"So, it looks like only you are now standing here. Well, let's end the fight quickly," Ben commented with his nonchalant attitude.
"You, how can you be so rude to me?" Mikaboshi shouted with anger.
"You don't know about me; I've killed all the gods, heroes, and villains of Universe 357. I've killed over 99.99 percent of the whole universe. And you didn't show a little respect to me. Now, I am going to kill you."
Mikaboshi entered in angry mode, unleashing Nightmare powers gained after killing Nightmare. The powers induced sleep and started nightmares in their dreams.
Ben, understanding Mikaboshi's intentions, chuckled. "You think you can show me nightmares. You can't even make me fall asleep; nightmarish dreams are very far away."
Ben knew that Nemuina Sleep Dust Immunity saved him from any attempt to make him fall asleep.
Seeing Mikaboshi as his last opponent, Ben activated the powers of Cosmic Dracula, a fusion of Alien X and Whampire.
Although he lost several powers of Alien X, including Universe Creation, Reality Warping, Time Waves, shape-shifting, and bat morphing.
He gained the indestructible body of Alien X, along with teleportation, levitation, self-duplication, and the ability to generate black holes.
From Whampire, he inherited Corruptas Projectile, Hypnosis, Sharp Claws, Sharp Teeth, Prehensile Feet, X-ray Vision, and, most importantly, Life Force Draining.
Life Force Draining allowed Ben to drain the life force of other beings, weakening them and acquiring their abilities.
He could absorb and manipulate various forms of energy to enhance his powers, even draining the powers of gods and taking them for himself.
Mikaboshi started growing larger than even Galactus, his form so immense that Earth could easily fit in his palm.
"Your arrogance will cease to end, mortal human," he shouted while attempting to seize Ben's soul.
As the conqueror of Yomi, the Japanese underworld of the Kami, Mikaboshi became the Lord of Death, possessing powers to capture and detain astral bodies.
However, this plan failed, as he couldn't even touch Ben's soul. The indestructible body of Cosmic Dracula prevented Mikaboshi from passing through and reaching the soul.
"I've already said, you can't even break a sweat on me. Try something more," Ben taunted, laughter echoing.
Mikaboshi, realizing his godly powers were useless, attempted to use Cosmic energy. "You are the first person who angers me the most."
Ben didn't bother dodging; the cosmic energies dissipated upon hitting his indestructible body, causing no damage.
"See, I already told you, you can't do anything to me. Try something new," He mocked again, his laughter filling the Universe around.
Mikaboshi struck Ben with both hands, resembling someone swatting a mosquito due to his colossal size.
However, even with his immense strength and size, Mikaboshi couldn't inflict any damage on Ben.
"What are you made of?" Mikaboshi was now shocked, unable to fathom that his strongest hit, capable of shattering a planet in seconds, had no effect on Ben.
"I already said, you can't harm me even a little bit. Now, it's my turn," Ben declared as his sharp claws extended. With a swift movement, he cut off Mikaboshi's finger.
Although Mikaboshi's finger regenerated, he was again surprised that someone could damage him.
Then he noticed that Ben had absorbed the energy from the severed fingers, increasing his own power.
Realizing the threat Ben posed, Mikaboshi unleashed an army of the dead—Olympian Gods, Skrulls, other enslaved deities, Shinma, Oni, and a host of netherworld denizens. He flooded the battleground with a formidable force.
"Now show me what you can do, Ben, because you can't even kill them. They're already undead, and even if you vaporize them, it takes much time," Mikaboshi taunted, laughter echoing.
"How much time? I'll show you. All your tricks were just child's play for me," Ben smiled confidently as he started shooting Corruptura projectiles.
The Corruptura projectiles had the power to turn other beings, whether inanimate objects or undead, into loyal servants under Ben's control.
Corruptura projectiles began to take effect. Undead soldiers, Olympian Gods, Skrulls, and other entities found themselves succumbing to the influence of the Corruptura, transforming into minions under Ben's command.
With the Corruptura Projectiles, Mikaboshi's entire army began transforming into Ben's loyal servants, leaving Mikaboshi astonished.
In just a few minutes, the entire formidable army became Ben's minions.
"Now, it's your turn," Ben declared, initiating the next phase of his strategy.
He started biting Mikaboshi's body, utilizing his Life Force Draining abilities to drain the powers and life force of the cosmic entity.
In doing so, Ben acquired Mikaboshi's abilities and powers for himself.
Witnessing his powers being drained, Mikaboshi resorted to using his Shadow Copies ability, dividing his body into many shadows, eluding even the Olympians.
Unbeknownst to Mikaboshi, Ben possessed Cosmos X-ray Vision, enabling him to easily locate all the shadows.
He then generated a void, immobilizing Mikaboshi and commencing the draining of his power. Ben harnessed the abilities he had absorbed, leaving Mikaboshi in a vulnerable state.
Mikaboshi, realizing that his regenerative factor had ceased and even his immortality couldn't save him, resorted to using his shape-shifting abilities.
He transformed himself into a beautiful girl and employed dark magic to influence Ben.
"See, Ben, I'm just a helpless girl. Please leave me alone," Mikaboshi pleaded in his transformed state, a tactic that had saved him many times before.
However, in the face of Ben, this strategy proved futile. "You can fool the whole world, but you can't fool me," Ben smiled and continued draining Mikaboshi's powers.
Recognizing he couldn't halt Ben's draining, Mikaboshi attempted his last option. He created a portal back to the void, intending to teleport to his own dimension.
As he began creating the portal, Ben swiftly captured him by teleporting in front of Mikaboshi and resumed draining his powers.
Mikaboshi continued pleading with Ben, but Ben remained relentless, steadily draining Mikaboshi's powers.
Gradually, the once formidable Lord of Death weakened, his strength diminishing from the levels he possessed when attacking the Olympians.
Little by little, Ben absorbed all of Mikaboshi's powers, including his immortality. The character once feared as the one who could consume the universe was now reduced to dust.