Chapter 465: Trap, Veterans
Inside the midsection compartment leading to the Sanctuary (ship), a burly purple figure strode out, looking with interest at Tony Stark before him, and the Avenger arriving one after another behind him.
"Hmm! I've seen you before!"
Thanos extended his Right Hand, wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, and stroked his chin with its vertical lines, speaking to Tony Stark.
"I've seen you too! But you didn't have a head back then!"
Tony Stark cautiously stared at Thanos before him, but his mouth remained as venomous as ever.
"Is that so? That's a bit of a pity! You should have left him for me!" Hearing Tony Stark's words, Thanos didn't get angry, but instead showed a regretful expression.
Tony Stark saw clearly through the face screen of his nanotech armor that this guy's expression genuinely conveyed regret that they hadn't left the Thanos from another Parallel Universe behind.
But why would they leave that guy behind? To have a Thanos party?!
Facing two Thanos, just thinking about the scene made Tony Stark's scalp tingle.
Thanos was not in the mood to explain the reason to him. He spread his palm towards Tony Stark:
"Hand over the things! I will consider giving you and your planet a dignified method of death!"
"What things do you want? Your head? I can't remember where it's buried?" Tony Stark spread his hands, looking at Thanos with a punchable expression.
"Or do you want the Infinity Stones? You Executioner, do you think we would hand them over to you?"
"No! I want your technology for traversing Parallel Universe!" Thanos smiled at Tony Stark, then, under Tony Stark's shocked gaze, he clenched his right fist.
From the Infinity Gauntlet on his Right Hand, a red light bloomed, instantly covering the entire Sanctuary (ship). The entire spaceship immediately transformed into an environment similar to a Roman Colosseum.
However, this arena was clearly dozens of times larger than the Roman Colosseum, obviously not designed for humanity.
"This is the Titan Duel Arena. Back on Titan, my tribesmen liked to settle disputes through duels to determine victory and defeat! I always thought their behavior was foolish!"
Thanos moved his wrist, his face full of reminiscence: "But thinking about it, I do miss those times!"
"But you killed them all!" Tony Stark stared intently at the red gemstone on Thanos's right fist: "The Reality Stone, the Aether, how is it in your hands?"
"Why do you think I gave you so much time! Was it because of the Ancient One or because of Odin?! Hahaha, I don't fear them! I just needed time as well!" Thanos extended his Right Hand in front of his eyes, admiring the radiance emitted by the three Infinity Stones.
"You used these three months to find these three Infinity Stones!?" Tony Stark quickly understood.
"I have you to thank for that. I got the coordinates for the Power Stone and Soul Stone from Nebula's memory, but finding the Reality Stone did take me some time!"
After completely sealing off the inside and outside of the Sanctuary (ship), Thanos no longer worried about these little bugs escaping and patiently explained.
"Of course, in these three months, I also did some other matters, such as creating some trouble for that Master Ancient One and Allfather Odin! At this moment, the Ancient One should be held back by her old friends! If Odin dares to come and save you, the Frost Giants of Jotunheim will break through Asgard!"
Thanos's gaze swept over Tony Stark, Thor holding Stormbreaker, Dr. Banner the Hulk, Hawkeye Barton, Black Widow Natasha, and Bruce Wayne wearing a black batsuit.
He hadn't seen this guy in the black suit in Nebula's memory, but he could tell at a glance that he was just an ordinary person, with nothing worth his attention.
"Hulk!"
With a bellow, Hulk leaped out from somewhere, roared at Thanos, then pounced on Thanos, swinging a fist at him.
Facing the green, pot-sized fist smashing towards his forehead, Thanos raised his hand and threw a punch, striking first despite moving later. The Power Stone on the Infinity Gauntlet flashed with purple light!
"Bang!"
Hulk was directly sent flying over ten kilometers away by a single punch, embedding himself into the wall of the Duel Arena created by the Reality Stone transformation.
If the Duel Arena created by the Reality Stone transformation hadn't been so sturdy, that single blow would have been enough to send Hulk flying into Space. In terms of strength, Thanos's punch was absolutely no less powerful than the Old Demon Dragon's whip.
"Thanos, die!"
At the same time as Hulk attacked, Thor raised Stormbreaker with both hands, wrapped in flashes of lightning, the axe wind howling as it cleaved towards Thanos's head.
Since that one time he missed, Thor now aimed Stormbreaker squarely at the head.
But Thor clearly underestimated the current Thanos, or rather, this Thanos!
Thanos, who had punched Hulk away, disappeared as if teleporting, dodging the longsword thrust by Diana from behind him. When he reappeared, he was behind Thor, bending his arm and heavily elbow striking towards Thor's back.
Thanos's elbow strike seemed capable of piercing a Hole through Space itself. If Thor were to take this hit, he would surely cough up three liters of blood even if he didn't die.
Just as his elbow strike was about to land on Thor's back, a tortoise shell-shaped golden light suddenly lit up on Thor's body.
Crack!
Thanos's howling elbow strike landed on this golden light. The golden light instantly caved in like a balloon under immense strength, completely collapsing to its limit.
Then, with a pop, the golden light burst open, and a plain jade tablet in Thor's arms turned into ash at the moment the golden light shattered.
"Whoosh!" The reacting Thor turned around and swung his axe at Thanos!
But Thanos's figure had already left his attack range, floating in the half-empty Space of the Duel Arena, looking thoughtfully at the gradually dissipating golden light on Thor's body.
"What the, Thanos can fly?"
Thor stared wide-eyed at Thanos floating in the air, rubbing his eyes, seemingly unable to believe it.
The rest of the crowd also looked at Thanos in disbelief. "Be careful, this Universe's Thanos is different from the one we encountered. His speed and strength are very fast. Don't let your guard down!"
Tony Stark reminded them on the communication channel: "Barton, Natasha Romanoff, Mr. Wayne, activate your armor! Don't go head-to-head with this guy! Dr. Banner, try to see if you can enter the Quantum Tunnel and leave this Universe!"
Tony Stark looked at the lost signal of Superman Clark and Captain on his armor screen, glancing down with some worry. After Thanos unleashed the ability of the Reality Stone, the Space Gate jointly cast by over a dozen Mage from Kamar-Taj also disappeared.
Tony Stark had a vague bad feeling, they seemed to be trapped in this huge Duel Arena. On Earth, King, who had lost contact with Tony Stark and the others, drew a Space Gate with over a dozen Mage, intending to return to Kamar-Taj.
Their Space Gate malfunctioned again. King tried drawing sparks one after another, but couldn't connect to Kamar-Taj, as if a barrier was isolating him from Kamar-Taj.
Helplessly, he could only draw a Space Gate and take over a dozen Mage to the New York Sanctum, planning to find Master Mordo to inquire about the incident at Kamar-Taj.
In a certain country, on the Tibetan Snow Mountain, the once lively Kamar-Taj was now empty. Master Ancient One, dressed in yellow robes, stood on the snow peak, facing the strange dark purple nebula above her head.
The massive nebula seemed capable of swallowing Earth whole, and two giant purple eyes, like two full moons, stared coldly at the Ancient One.
Master Ancient One faced the strange nebula above her head with a relaxed expression. With her hands behind her back, the Eye of Agamotto on her chest emitted a faint green radiance.
The radiance of the Time Stone flashed, and this area seemed to fall into the mirror dimension.
The purple nebula projected downwards, and a black robe mage appeared opposite the Ancient One.
"Ancient One, after so many years, you're still so rigid!"
With a low sigh, Dormammu, who had transformed into a human form, took off his hood, revealing the image of a kind-faced white-haired Elder. He shook his head at the Ancient One, saying with some regret.
"Dormammu, I never expected that one day, you would also cooperate with others," Master Ancient One looked at Dormammu before her, chuckling softly.
"Indeed, over the years, you've been relentlessly causing me trouble. How could you miss this opportunity to obstruct me?"
Ancient One looked up at the Sky:
"But the Partner you found this time isn't very good?"
"Hehehe, Ancient One, I can't break the power of the Eye of Agamotto, but this time it's my turn to hold you back. I will make you watch Earth head towards destruction!"
"Then I shall truly wait and see!"
One, the once strongest dark mage, now a dimension lord; the other, the universally recognized strongest Sorcerer Supreme. The two did not erupt in conflict. Perhaps they both knew that even if they fought, they couldn't determine the victor. So, the two simply looked up at the horizon. The outcome there would decide the fate of Earth.
Unlike the snow peak on Earth, where the two most outstanding Mage in human history were watching the stars, chatting, and reminiscing.
Asgard, however, was clearly on the verge of a great war.
Under the rule of the Nine Realms, in the distant Jotunheim, the Frost Giants kingdom, one of the Nine Kingdoms, launched a rebellion against the tyrannical Odin.
Odin personally led one hundred thousand Asgardian warriors to Jotunheim to quell this conflict. Under the full attack of Allfather Odin, who was full of suppressed anger, the Asgardian warriors took less than half a day to crush the rebellious Frost Giants like a hot knife through butter.
But just as Odin was preparing to settle accounts with this batch of Frost Giants, his raven brought him a bad news: Heimdall had discovered traces of the Dark Elves in Asgard.
Odin could only hand over command authority to his subordinate general and rushed back to Asgard. As soon as Odin left, a large number of Frost Giants, under the command of their King Laufey, quickly launched a counterattack against the Asgardians. In the high altitude of Titan, brilliant fireworks still flickered non-stop. On the surface of Titan, dozens of Space Gate, each the size of the Arc de Triomphe, constantly flashed with spark.
Large numbers of human soldiers were emerging from tunnels and evacuating Titan in a hurry through these Space Gate. Opposite one Space Gate was clearly a large Military Base located on an island.
When these human soldiers evacuated back to this Military Base, super-large transport ships belonging to various countries transported ship after ship of soldiers away.
At the same time, large passenger aircraft were constantly landing and taking off at the Military Base. This scene was simultaneously playing out at Military Bases across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
The decapitation strike officially began, and the Earth Alliance fighting on Titan lost its effect. Staying here could no longer achieve the purpose of tying down the Alien Coalition Forces.
To avoid greater casualties among these human soldiers who had contributed to Earth on the front line, the World Security Council made a plea to Tang Song, hoping they could help these soldiers return home.
In the high altitude of Titan, Kane stood with his feet on the back of King Ghidorah, whose body size had shrunk to over ten meters, his hands crossed over his chest. He watched these disorganized but orderly soldiers passing through the Space Gate. He pursed his blade-like lips, the sharp glint in his eyes making people dare not look directly at him.
After more than ten days of brutal war, out of nearly five million soldiers, less than seven hundred thousand survived.
The brutality of the war was rare in human history, but for Kane, these soldiers were undoubtedly good prospects, a Military that had truly been refined by bloody war.
Because Titan held a certain unique important status for Thanos, his numerous civilization allied forces were destined to no longer be able to use ship cannons to launch saturation attacks on the Ground on Titan, only able to conduct landing operations.
Dropping Ground forces to fight the Earth Alliance soldiers.
In over ten days, five million Earth Alliance soldiers faced the frantic attack of Ground forces from nearly a thousand civilizations.
Preliminary estimates suggest that the Ground forces deployed by these Alien Coalition Forces were dozens of times that of the Earth Alliance.
The alien weaponry used was hundreds of years more advanced than that of human soldiers. This war was far more brutal than the wars familiar in human military history.
Numerous Alien Coalition Forces possessed advanced weapons hundreds or thousands of years beyond Earth Civilization, employing dozens of attack methods including space fighters, bio-war beasts, clones, and biochemical gas.
The Earth Alliance could only rely on the tunnel advantage dug in just three months, using this meager geographical advantage to face wave after wave of encirclement by Alien Coalition Forces.
Facing over tens of millions of Alien Coalition Forces, in multiple waves of encirclement, although both sides intentionally restrained themselves, Titan was still riddled with Hole—
While Kane used magic power to maintain those giant Space Gate, his eyes flickered with sharp light, clearly interested in the over seven hundred thousand surviving elite veterans.
However, this matter still required the Boss's consent. Kane looked towards the Mountain Peak in the distance. A Space Gate was also open there, and several fighter jets were flying out from within the Space Gate. What kind of existences are deities? Since Tang Song's divine manifestation on Earth, the heads of state of various countries have been searching for information about deities.
That was the fear of the unknown regarding higher-dimensional life forms, just as Mr. Guo consulted some theological experts and the Elder of the Taoist Association.
If deities truly existed in this World, then those high and mighty immortal/deities, sitting on the Cloud Top and looking down on all living beings, yet none of the living beings could surpass them in psionic power.
Viewing all living beings as little bugs was likely the mindset of these deities.
They could be tolerant, they could be benevolent, they could be as warm as a spring breeze, they could be as kind as a loving father, and they could be as caring as a loving mother.
But in every religion and faith, the behavior of deities causing world destruction was commonplace.
Since receiving Tang Song's invitation to attend the banquet, Mr. Guo, as a head of state, and his Think Tank had anticipated the scene of meeting this manifested deity many times.
He truly didn't expect that the first time they met, he would hear an ancient poem from the mouth of this deity before him.
"East wind blows all night, setting off a thousand trees of flowers, scattering stars like rain!" Mr. Guo looked up. And indeed, watching countless fireworks explode in the eerie green Sky, turning into brilliant pyrotechnics, had a unique flavor!
(End of chapter)