Having inherited the genetic potential of Black Bolt and been nurtured by Ragna's immense reserves of faith energy, Daisy "Skye" Johnson had now grown into the new Black Bolt King. Her destructive power had reached an unprecedented level, nearing the threshold of the fourth-order limit.
How could Ragna overlook such a powerful force?
Skye had already arrived on Vormir alongside Ragna and the others, but she had been concealed under Hexi's Reality Gem's shielding, making her presence undetectable to even the most perceptive beings on the battlefield.
Her attack power was unparalleled, but compared to the Celestials, Titans, and even the Elders of the Universe, her body was relatively fragile. Moreover, her ability to manipulate vibrational energy, while devastating, required precise calibration to match the unique frequency of her target. Without such preparation, it was impossible to unleash a fatal blow instantly.
Thus, Ragna had hidden Skye as his ultimate trump card.
One shot.
One kill.
Thanos had to die in a single strike.
If the attack failed, the Soul Gem's subconscious influence and the universe's inherent malice toward Ragna could trigger catastrophic consequences. The Celestials could enter the battlefield in full force, Thanos might seize a breakthrough opportunity, or worse—an unforeseen calamity could strike.
Ragna wasn't willing to take that risk.
Nor did he want to give the Soul Gem's latent consciousness a chance to resist.
The Soul Gem was special. Unlike the other Infinity Gems, it contained an intelligence—a fragment of the universe's very origin. The Infinity Gems were linked to the fundamental laws of existence, and the Soul Gem, among them, was the most enigmatic.
It held secrets beyond even the universe itself.
Ragna had long pondered why the soul could give rise to faith and why faith energy was seemingly boundless. How could faith empower Angels, forge weapons, and even rewrite reality?
In theory, energy within the universe should be conserved, but the soul and mind defied this rule.
Where did their energy originate? Where did it go?
The implications were terrifying.
Under the cover of Hexi's Reality Gem, Skye had spent a significant amount of time analyzing Thanos' vibrational frequency. Now, after meticulous calibration, she was ready. A single, devastating shockwave locked onto Thanos.
At Ragna's silent command, Holy Keisha and Liang Bing exchanged glances.
Facing Thanos, who continued to fight relentlessly despite his injuries, they activated the full power of their Infinity Gems.
• The Space Gem bound Thanos, restricting his movements.
• The Mind Gem counteracted the influence of the Soul Gem in his possession, disrupting his ability to wield its full power.
Then, from the void, a silent yet cataclysmic vibrational force was unleashed.
The moment Holy Keisha and Liang Bing restrained him, Thanos realized something was wrong.
That level of control barely harmed him.
Which meant—this was a setup.
A new enemy was about to strike.
Skye finally revealed herself.
At the same moment, the subconscious will within the Soul Gem sensed the imminent threat. As if reacting to danger, two more Celestials emerged from the void, summoned by the universe's self-preserving instincts.
However, their arrival came too late.
Thanos' expression twisted as his throat convulsed—he tried to speak, but no words came.
As Skye's destructive vibrations coursed through his body, every cell, every molecule, and every particle of his being began oscillating at an uncontrollable frequency.
Then—
Thanos disintegrated.
His once-indomitable body crumbled like grains of sand, dispersing soundlessly into the void.
Skye's power was absolute. Vibrations that resonated at the right frequency could reduce even the most durable matter to dust.
Thanos was no exception.
Holy Keisha wasted no time. The moment Thanos perished, she channeled the Space Gem's energy, teleporting forward to seize the Soul Gem before any other force could react.
Then, across the cosmos, two blinding streaks of light cut through space.
Two rainbow-hued beams descended from the void, striking the newly arrived Celestials.
Asgard's Bifrost.
And the Angelic Bifrost.
The Bifrost was not merely a transportation network—it was a weapon, one of the most terrifying in the universe.
In the past, Odin himself had used the full might of the Bifrost to slay a Celestial.
This time, however, without Odin's divine power behind it, the Bifrost only inflicted grievous wounds upon the two Celestials rather than annihilating them outright.
Still, it was enough to halt their advance—temporarily.
Holy Keisha, her wings unfurling, pushed the Space Gem to its limits. With a burst of divine energy, she and Liang Bing retreated to the sanctuary of the Angel Kings.
Now, she possessed all six Infinity Gems.
But the moment she gathered them, a glint of treachery flickered in Collector Tivan's eyes.
Then, without hesitation, he abandoned his enemy and lunged toward Holy Keisha.
He wanted the Gems.
Tivan, the Grandmaster of Collection, had spent eons amassing rare artifacts. His knowledge of the Infinity Gems ran deep, and he had long coveted their power.
A weapon materialized in his hands—an artifact with six empty sockets, perfectly shaped to house the Infinity Gems.
He wasn't alone.
Of the thirteen Elders of the Universe, eight betrayed the alliance, instantly forsaking their battles to rush toward Holy Keisha.
Each revealed hidden trump cards, desperate to seize the ultimate power for themselves.
Most of the Elders, like Ragna, had a common enemy in the Celestials. But they also had their own ambitions.
Tivan was the first to reach Keisha, his weapon outstretched.
The Elders of the Universe had turned against their supposed ally.
Worse still, rather than taking advantage of this schism, the Celestials aligned themselves with the Elders, launching a simultaneous attack on Keisha.
The greed on the faces of the cosmic Elders was unmistakable.
Yet, for the first time, the usually expressionless Celestials displayed an emotion far rarer than rage or malice.
Fear.
A dreadful realization had dawned upon them.
The universe's origin consciousness had conveyed a single, inescapable truth—
Something far more terrifying than Ragna, than the Elders, than Thanos himself, was about to happen.
Ragna watched the chaos unfold.
The Elders' betrayal.
The Celestials' desperation.
The impending collapse of the battlefield.
But rather than reacting with alarm, he remained utterly composed.
Not a flicker of panic crossed his face.
Instead, a sneer curled at the corner of his lips.
Tivan reached for the Gems—
And then, Holy Keisha smiled.
Her wings flared open, and the six Infinity Gems lit up in unison.
A pair of colossal silver wings stretched outward, adorned with radiant gems pulsating with limitless power.
From the beginning of this war, Ragna had never intended to mount the Infinity Gems onto the Sun Scepter.
The real weapon—
Was Keisha herself.
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