"Is this the living planet? Indeed, what abundant vitality!" Floating in space, Galactus looked at the living planet before him, a clear expression of covetousness on his face, then said with some dejection, "Unfortunately, my spaceship and energy siphon are completely ruined."
Using an energy siphon to devour a planet's energy, while slower, results in virtually no waste. If Galactus were to devour a planet using his own power, about a third of the energy would be lost. This was why Galactus was somewhat dejected.
However, even with some waste, a planet with such immense vitality as Ego would definitely be worth dozens of ordinary living planets. It would be an easy task for Galactus to fully recover, and might even keep him in a state of complete satiation for a period.
After a brief moment of dejection, Galactus raised his head and looked greedily at Ego: "Galactus is famished; it's time to eat!"
Speaking of which, Ego, the Celestial Planet, was also feeling quite dejected. His plan to rule the universe had made no progress, and recently, the Zerg had appeared again, leaving the entire cosmic civilization in tatters.
As a Celestial Planet, Ego's strength was decent, but his intelligence-gathering capabilities were extremely poor. There was nothing he could do; his only method for gathering intelligence was to transform into a human form and investigate the outside world himself.
Although he could split into many clones at the same time, they generally couldn't mingle with the upper echelons of cosmic civilizations. After all, his race was completely different from theirs, and he had no interest in associating with those people.
But even so, he was aware of the Zerg invasion and their unstoppable momentum. In fact, many of his seeds left on planets had already been devoured by the Zerg, who favored high-energy items. He was even clearer that nearly half the universe had already been occupied by these Zerg.
In this situation, Ego had sometimes wondered what would happen if his extremely energy-rich planet were discovered by the Zerg.
Therefore, recently, he had been desperately trying to leave his own star system, wanting to travel to the void regions between star systems. Although he couldn't travel at superluminal speeds, he could still manipulate his own gravity to wander between star systems, albeit very slowly.
The void regions between star systems, lacking starlight and gravitational systems, are mostly empty spaces with very little matter.
Unfortunately, his speed was simply too slow. After several months, he had only just reached the edge of his own star system, naturally unable to escape the Super Vision of Shin and Galactus.
As a living planet with sensory abilities, Ego was practically scared stiff when he sensed Galactus's arrival!
For ordinary civilizations, their understanding of Galactus is limited. Those civilizations that truly comprehend Galactus's terror each have their own methods.
Few civilizations can repel Galactus, but many can evacuate all their inhabitants before Galactus devours a planet. Galactus never concerns himself with these fleeing residents.
But for Ego, even if he wanted to escape, he couldn't!
For a living planet, encountering Galactus is like being alone, without even a small knife, meeting a large group of terrifying cannibals in the Amazon jungle. One might as well prepare their last will and testament.
Seeing the 800-meter-tall Galactus flying towards him, Ego, without a second thought, prepared for battle, concentrating all his energy into his clone and rushing out as a beam of light.
There was no other way. His original massive planet form might give him an advantage when fighting other intelligent lifeforms, but against Galactus, it was simply offering himself up as food; his energy would be completely drained. Therefore, he could only condense a clone to intercept Galactus at the outer reaches of the universe.
"Do not disturb my master's meal!"
Stardust immediately stepped forward, transforming into a burst of energy, and intercepted Ego's clone.
"Get lost, you demons!" Ego shouted loudly, looking at Galactus with even more terror, a feeling like seeing a natural predator.
However, no matter how loudly he shouted, his combat power was merely average. He couldn't escape Stardust's interception, and because all his energy was invested in this clone, he couldn't create more clones to stop Galactus.
Arriving above the living planet, Galactus opened his mouth and unleashed a strange energy beam, which struck the planet and continuously drilled towards its core.
At the same time, endless planetary energy was being sucked into Galactus's body through this energy beam, which acted like a straw, immediately causing Galactus's aura to surge.
With one side rising and the other falling, Galactus separated two more light pillars from his hands, aimed them at the planet's surface, and plunged them in, beginning to frantically siphon energy.
"Ahhhhh!" Ego's clone, desperately trying to break through Stardust's obstruction, screamed frantically. With his main body under attack, his clone naturally felt the same pain. That feeling, as if several pumps were inserted into his veins to frantically draw blood, immediately made his eyes red, and he lunged at Galactus recklessly.
However, Stardust was not a mere bystander; on the contrary, she was Galactus's most powerful Herald. Seeing such a huge opening, she immediately blasted Ego's clone with two energy beams, severely injuring him, and then decapitated him with a single strike.
The entire clone immediately dispersed into clusters of milky-white energy. Shin, who was standing idly by, extended a hand, and with a swirl of black mist, absorbed and compressed these energies into energy crystals.
Looking at Galacta, who was staring at him with a greedy expression, Shin said with a mix of amusement and surprise, "You can eat this?"
Galacta immediately nodded frantically: "I'm different from Father. I can absorb any life energy, not just a planet's life energy."
Shin vaguely remembered that Galacta had indeed eaten many aliens, completely unlike Galactus, the picky eater who only consumed planets.
He reached out and handed the energy crystals to Galacta. Galacta happily took them, put them in her mouth like candy, and crunched them up.
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