But resisting wasn't the same as being immune.
And the beam's push was enormous. Constant pressure forced Julius backward even when he planted his feet and used his fusion power and his allies pushing to maintain position.
It was an energetic flow practically making advancing impossible without spending resources at a rate that would exhaust the fusion long before he could escape completely.
And when the purple energy merged too… The beam wasn't just blocking. It was actively pushing him back.
Slowly but persistently.
The purple energy now, the mutant beasts, the timing, and there was something else strange.
The same mutant creatures that had been entering like mad had stopped suddenly shortly after they reached the final chamber's tunnel. Didn't continue the pressure just a bit before when the beam began. Instead their nearby energy signatures now waited at the tunnel's entrance as if awaiting the energy confrontation's result without directly participating.
