Wanda, in a berserk state, unleashed terrifying crimson light from her entire body. This crimson light instantly disintegrated matter at a molecular level, exuding an incredibly powerful aura.
Even the superheroes standing with her were startled and retreated, only for the Phoenix Force within Jean Grey to surge wildly, as if provoked, causing both Phoenix hosts to show strained expressions.
With a casual wave, the crimson light transformed into a massive beam, powerfully shooting towards the Zerg Emperor. The Zerg Emperor, without hesitation, unleashed all his energy to block the crimson beam.
At the same time, he secretly congratulated himself. He didn't know that the Scarlet Witch's outburst was temporary; he thought her initial performance was just to make him drop his guard, waiting for an opportunity to ambush him!
It must be said that the Zerg Emperor, enhanced by the Cosmic Control Rod, was truly formidable. He actually charged forward, step by step, enduring the berserk Scarlet Witch's attacks. However, at this moment, both Phoenix hosts also unleashed Phoenix Flames. Stimulated by the power of chaos, although the two Phoenix hosts didn't reach a berserk state, their strength did increase significantly. They finally completely intercepted the Zerg Emperor.
However, this was a crucial Zerg base, and who knew how many more Zerg were rushing towards it. The Zerg Emperor still felt the situation was under his control.
However, a strong sense of crisis suddenly arose in the Zerg Emperor's heart. He casually swept his mental power, and his heart was instantly filled with dread. He saw Shin gradually re-forming in the void that had been completely annihilated, reappearing once more!
How could this be? Is this guy truly immortal? The Zerg Emperor, utterly horrified, almost had his eyes pop out.
Subsequently, this powerful bug said nothing and directly used his spatial teleportation ability, disappearing from everyone's sight.
This move even left Shin, who had originally intended to first retrieve the Space Stone and then evacuate the superheroes, a little dumbfounded.
The other superheroes were also speechless. It must be said that the impression of the Zerg fighting to the death was already deeply ingrained in everyone's minds. To suddenly encounter a Zerg Emperor like this truly opened their eyes.
"You're alright! That's wonderful. Thank God." The Scarlet Witch rushed over, tears in her eyes. Seeing that Shin didn't have a single hair harmed, she became emotional and started thanking God.
Shin subtly curled his lips. Thank God for what? He should be thanking the Orochi Fruit! If it weren't for that thing, he would have been dead for sure this time!
He never expected that the Annihilation Zerg in the Negative Zone would possess such a treasure. This was probably one of the top few super treasures in the entire Marvel Universe! No wonder it could defeat the major galactic empires so thoroughly.
After comforting the Scarlet Witch, Shin began to deal with the remaining bugs after the Zerg Emperor had fled.
Without the Zerg Emperor wielding the Cosmic Control Rod, Shin was naturally fearless. Although the number of these Zerg in the colossal, nearly star-sized Zerg hive ship was immense, they no longer posed any threat to Shin.
Now that the "economic value" of the Zerg had been discovered, Shin's original somewhat indifferent idea of merely eliminating this crisis instantly vanished, and he became very proactive in dealing with these Zerg.
There's not much to say, really. He simply activated the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit to its maximum, and a Dark Vortex, ten times larger than Earth, circled through the entire Zerg battleship several times, leaving the whole ship spotless.
With the battleship cleaned up, Shin didn't let go of the large Zerg still wandering outside. The mental power of these large bugs was at most a dozen times higher than that of ordinary humans, but their physical energy was tens of millions of times higher than that of normal humans. After all, they were bugs the size of mountains, and the life energy within any one of them could probably make an ordinary divine tree blossom and bear fruit.
If the Otsutsuki clan had encountered such bugs back then… well, if they really did encounter such bugs, they might have been doomed.
These bugs were basically equivalent to small cosmic battleships, the kind that could shoot laser beams from their eyes and spit plasma weapons from their mouths. The Otsutsuki clan's Truth-Seeking Orbs had 100% defense against chakra-based attacks, but there was no concept of elemental counter for these bio-tech weapons.
Coupled with the fact that species capable of surviving in space inherently possessed high physical strength, typical two-person Otsutsuki members might not necessarily be able to deal with these large bugs.
Only now did Shin realize how quickly his strength had improved. The Otsutsuki, whom he had once considered unattainable in the Naruto world, were now mere cannon fodder in his eyes. They were just after-dinner desserts.
The Zerg Emperor had fled to who knows where, evidently having already left this pocket dimension. Shin completely retracted the satellite-sized Zerg cosmic battleships from the periphery, then blew up the Zerg's hive ship, leaving behind an empty pocket dimension.
Then, the group used the Space Stone to leave the Zerg base. Earth's superheroes were not entirely comfortable with Galactus. Similarly, Galactus definitely didn't want to go to the current front lines of the war—whether it was the Zerg, the three major galactic empires, or other cosmic civilizations, his relationship with Galactus could not be described as good. To say that Galactus was universally reviled would not be an exaggeration in the slightest.
If it weren't for Galactus being at the forefront of the universe in terms of both combat power and technological level, with his suicidal duties, he would have probably died countless times over by now.
Now that Galactus was a tiger in distress, if he were to return to the front lines, he might end up being turned into a machine, just as he would have been if he had stayed with the Zerg.
The group eventually found a planet with only primitive life for recuperation. Galactus prepared to devour a few planets to recover. According to him, unless he encountered a planet with extremely abundant life force, it would take at least ten years for his combat power to fully recover.
Of course, Shin couldn't just let him leave. Before that, some questions definitely needed to be asked first.
"You want to collect the Infinity Stones?"
Galactus asked, somewhat surprised, after hearing Shin's question.
Shin also didn't think he could hide it from Galactus. As one of the six cosmic entities, Galactus surely knew the power of the six Infinity Stones when gathered together.
"Indeed. Right now, isn't that the best way to deal with the Zerg? A simple snap of the fingers, and all the Zerg would turn to dust."
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