Nether Void has nothing to do with killing creatures on the battlefield.
If you are talking about The Abyss, your opponent is still the controller of the ability even though you are choosing its target. A creature you control with Hexproof is not a valid target for it. It can't be killed by The Abyss.
The controller of The Abyss controls the ability, but the current player chooses what gets destroyed.
(2004-10-04)
Interesting, I never thought of it like that. Does that mean the behavior of The Abyss is the same as Drop of Honey and cousin? Meaning that if the player has both a hexproof creature and a creature without hexproof (or shroud or indestructible) then the player must choose the valid target?
Absolutely. That they're the one choosing the target doesn't make them able to pick an illegal target, they must choose a legal one if any, and if there is none, the ability is removed from the stack.
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