"I have a proposal."
Idea King Tony raised his hand, attracting everyone's attention.
"Why don't we destroy this War Blade and then use it to reforge a weapon? You know, this big guy beside me hasn't had a decent weapon for a long time."
Regardless of what others thought, Thor was moved anyway. He even ignored Tony's address to him and said with a hint of excitement, "Stark is right. Because I've been using those broken copper and rotten iron all the time, that's why I can't beat those weirdos. If only my hammer was still here."
"Your hammer?" Pupa then realized that Thor was indeed no longer carrying that hammer. He hadn't noticed it just now.
"My sister destroyed it." Thor showed a hint of embarrassment. Tony on the side spoke directly, "Hela crushed his hammer, crushed it with her hands."
Ignoring Thor's dissatisfied gaze, Tony continued, "So this God of Hammers lost half of his power, and plus his injuries haven't healed, now his strength might only be one-third of what it used to be."
Thor stopped talking, just like Tony said, he is now only slightly stronger than ordinary Asgardians, which is why he thinks even if he loses him, the Shelter won't have any loss.
He is no longer the invincible Thor. Now he can't even handle two or three Asgardians. The expectant gaze cast by the remaining partners made him even more unbearable.
Asgardians are still expecting his rise, but Thor knows he is almost in the soil, but now it's different, he has an opportunity to rise again.
"I'm afraid not." Martian Manhunter shook his head.
"Why?!" Thor became anxious immediately. He who had just gained hope looked a little anxious. "If you think I snatched your spoils, I can pay the price to exchange for it."
"It's not such a materialistic reason." Martian Manhunter denied Thor's guess. "This War Blade, you can't destroy it."
He had tested it when he just killed Corvus Glaive. The toughness of the Peerless Blade is beyond imagination. This is predictable because it can cut open a Vibranium body, even if it is sharper, its own strength is not enough.
"The benefit in front of you has confused your mind. This Peerless Blade can even cut open Vibranium, it's not something you can destroy now."
"What about you? Can't you do it either?" Steve asked.
"I can, but the price is too high." Martian Manhunter looked at the War Blade in his hand. "Because even if I destroy it, there is no way to reforge it. Do you still remember the forging condition of Vibranium?"
Tony couldn't help but click his tongue. It's not that he didn't know the thing Martian Manhunter said, but the huge benefit plus the long-term high-pressure environment made him a little anxious.
"Then what are you going to do with it?"
"Send it back." After Martian Manhunter said this, he took the War Blade and walked out of the base.
"What?" Tony's expression distorted. Others also suspected that they had misheard. Even if you want to do this kind of thing that benefits the enemy, you shouldn't say it in front of everyone, right?
Martian Manhunter's speed was very fast, and he arrived outdoors in the blink of an eye. But the Avengers are not ordinary goods either. Although Thor was one step slower, he still caught up with Martian Manhunter who had just walked outdoors.
"Wait a minute, buddy." Thor grabbed Martian Manhunter's arm. "You're joking, right?"
Martian Manhunter did not answer Thor's words, but turned his head to look at the latter. Those fiery red eyes seemed to be able to see through the mind. Thor felt that he was naked in front of the other party, without any secret.
"Your injury seems to have recovered."
This irrelevant answer made Thor himself and the Avengers who were slower to chase out stagnate.
"My injury..." Thor let go of Martian Manhunter's arm, looked down at those rough hands, and couldn't speak for a long time.
Just like Martian Manhunter said, if it was an ordinary Asgardian, it would be absolutely impossible to catch up with his speed just now. Logically speaking, Thor, who is now only slightly stronger than a normal Asgardian, is absolutely impossible to do it.
"Your injury and the shadow in your heart are inextricably linked." Martian Manhunter said slowly. "The thing you fear has become shackles, locking you up. If it's you now, you absolutely can't lift that hammer."
After speaking, ignoring the unresponsive Thor, Martian Manhunter turned around to prepare to continue his plan, but this time he knew to explain it first.
"Don't worry, allies." Martian Manhunter weighed the War Blade in his hand. "This is to test an important thing. This thing can allow me to estimate the specific strength of Thanos's army."
Hearing Martian Manhunter say this, Steve hesitated for a few seconds, then stood up. He firmly said to Martian Manhunter, "Then do it. We believe in your judgment."
Hearing the Shelter's director say this, others didn't say anything anymore. After all, Martian Manhunter saved them first. If the other party really wanted to harm them, with his strength, there is no need to do so many twists and turns.
"Thank you." After Martian Manhunter finished speaking, he took the War Blade and flew away, disappearing from everyone's line of sight.
After flying into the air, Martian Manhunter entered invisibility. After a short period of charging, he flew up at a speed close to the speed of sound.
After flying for about ten minutes, Yang Le found a deserted place. After observing with X-ray vision, he repeatedly confirmed that there were indeed no creatures here.
Nodded, Yang Le was very satisfied with this place. After canceling invisibility, he slowly landed, and then looked at the sky. Through layers of clouds, relying on the Martian's powerful physiological ability, Yang Le easily saw Thanos's fleet floating in outer space.
Left foot stepped forward, right foot moved backward, left hand assisted eyes in aiming, right hand holding Peerless Blade tried hard to extend backward. Yes, Yang Le was preparing to throw Peerless Blade into Thanos's fleet like throwing a javelin.
After a short period of aiming, Yang Le confirmed the goal. The originally slender body suddenly bulged, looking like Hulk from a distance.
Shoulder drives elbow, elbow drives hand, waist and horse unite, cells of the whole body exert strength together!
"Boom!" The sound like a high-yield explosive explosion sounded one step slower. In an instant, Peerless Blade was gone without a trace. Martian Manhunter's body became slender again. If you ignore the land collapsing underfoot, everything was as if nothing had happened.
…Ebony Maw stood on the bridge of the main ship with a normal expression, observing Earth not far away. Corvus Glaive has been gone for a long time, and there is still no reply. In his opinion, the other party is likely dead.
But the other party's death is valuable. It's better to say that he sent Corvus Glaive to explore the road. This is also the reason why he diverted Proxima Midnight, after all, the former's life is worthless, but the latter is not.
Ebony Maw who was thinking suddenly noticed something. He raised his head and found that a meteor was flying from the direction of Earth, and the goal was the bridge of the main ship where he was, or rather, it was him.
That thing's speed was too fast, and there was no time to mobilize the fleet's weapon. Ebony Maw could only think of a method himself. He immediately mobilized his ability and wanted to use telekinesis to stop the attack flying towards him.
Just when telekinesis made contact with the other party, Ebony Maw felt like he had hit a Star Destroyer. He seemed to be an ant trying to stop a chariot, only slightly weakening the meteor's speed, but unable to change the result.
Helpless, Ebony Maw could only try his best to pull back and push the meteor at the same time, but even so, he couldn't stop it. The meteor seemed unstoppable.
Bean-sized beads of sweat slipped from his forehead. Ebony Maw didn't even have the strength to move his footsteps. He could only watch helplessly as the meteor flew closer. It is estimated that after a while, he would be buried with the main ship.
Sure enough, the unstoppable meteor destroyed the main ship's window. The huge damage even blasted a big hole in the bridge. Watching that thing getting closer and closer to him, Ebony Maw's heart had fallen to the bottom.
"Pa!" A hand wearing bronze gloves popped out from Ebony Maw's peripheral vision, grabbed the incoming meteor. Ebony Maw, whose heart was about to jump out, subconsciously turned his head and just saw the face engraved in his heart.
That was his master, Thanos.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 562 Thanos
The ingredients used to make a spaceship, even if you thought about it with your butt, you'd know they couldn't be ordinary goods, especially since this is Thanos's main ship.
But in front of the Peerless Blade, it was nothing more than a mantis trying to stop a car, just like digging tofu with a spoon, passing through the transparent viewport without encountering any resistance.
Due to well-known reasons, the viewport, which had only revealed a narrow crack, instantly developed cracks across its surface due to outer space, and then scattered like ice crystals.
Believing that it wouldn't be long before Ebony Maw would be killed by outer space, he felt he might not even last that long, as the sharp Peerless Blade would pierce right through him.
Just as he was about to lose his life on the spot, a huge hand wearing a bronze-colored gauntlet grasped the incoming Peerless Blade, the sharp blade tip stopping right in front of Ebony Maw's right eyes.
Looking at the coldly gleaming blade tip in front of him, Ebony Maw, who was almost developing a fear of sharp objects, subconsciously swallowed his saliva, his dispirited appearance taking a long time to recover.
"Da."
A huge palm rested on Ebony Maw's shoulder, as thin as a dry branch, the warm body temperature and solid touch pulling him back from losing his consciousness.
After seeing Thanos's figure in his peripheral vision, Ebony Maw finally completely regained his senses, and the feeling of near-death from just now finally dissipated now that he saw his pillar of support.
"Your Majesty, the spaceship was…" Ebony Maw was about to speak, but Thanos stopped him with his free hand.
"Shhh." Thanos repeatedly looked at the War Blade in his hand, as if he hadn't noticed the imminent danger at all.
Ebony Maw still wanted to speak, but suddenly noticed the Infinity Gauntlet on Thanos's hand. The blue gem and red gem embedded in the Infinity Gauntlet on his left hand lit up together, and the space around them rippled like a peaceful lake surface into which a pebble had been thrown.
By the time Ebony Maw regained his consciousness again, everything around him had returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.
"Hold your breath and concentrate, Ebony Maw." Thanos didn't even lift his head, just said calmly. "I can hear your heartbeat from here."
"To let Your Majesty see my undignified appearance, your subject is deeply ashamed." Ebony Maw took a few deep breaths, and then opened his mouth to say, "Your Majesty, Corvus Glaive is already dead."
"I can see that, Ebony Maw." Thanos twirled the War Blade, then casually tossed it aside. Surprisingly, the War Blade did not stick into the ground due to the effect of gravity, but instead floated in the air.
"Give our first fierce general some time, let's go chat about other business first."
Hearing a hint of mockery in his sound, Ebony Maw thought Thanos was still dwelling on the matter of failure, or perhaps blaming them for their inefficient business, having spent so much time and still failing to obtain the Time Stone.
Not understanding Thanos's idea, Ebony Maw could only temporarily put away his proud tongue, obediently following behind Thanos like a mute, all the way back to the Command Center.
Thanos sat on his throne, and instructed Ebony Maw below, "Summon the other generals back as well."
"As you command, Your Majesty." Ebony Maw bowed and saluted, turned around and flew away behind him, leaving only Thanos sitting on the throne, looking at the two empty sockets on the Gauntlet with a complex expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
…
When Corvus Glaive regained his vision again, and saw the familiar environment again, he knew he had returned to his own main ship.
After taking in the environment of the Command Center, the first thing he saw was Thanos sitting on the throne. That tall and sturdy figure was the master he followed, and also the object of his fear.
"Your Majesty." Corvus Glaive quickly knelt down, his sound was trembling. Even death had not made him feel fear, but Thanos in his presence made him tremble uncontrollably.
"Tell me." Thanos sat on the throne with an imposing gesture. "Exactly who did you lose to?"
"He claimed to be a Martian, Your Majesty." Corvus Glaive said with a tremor, causing Proxima Midnight beside him to show a look of intolerance.
"Martian?" Thanos's expression changed for the first time. He showed an expression of doubt.
"Your Majesty." Ebony Maw floated out at the opportune time. He just slightly raised his hand, and the Peerless Blade turned its head and aimed at his master Corvus Glaive.
"Corvus Glaive is lying, we all know there is no life on Mars."
Thanos narrowed his eyes. In his long years, he had indeed never heard of life surviving on Mars in the Solar System, but as an enlightened leader, he decided to first listen to Corvus Glaive's explanation.
Ebony Maw also knew this, but as a court jester, he was used to reading faces and observing expressions, and was best at judging his master's idea. At this time, coming out to show majesty and play the black face for Thanos was one of his duty.
Although court jesters' endings are not good after the master they serve dies, Ebony Maw didn't think Thanos would die young. No human in this universe could do such a thing.
Proxima Midnight gripped the spear in her hand tightly, making a creaking sound, but in the end, she didn't dare to go any further.
"It's true, Your Majesty!" Corvus Glaive didn't dare to resist, only dared to lower his head and explain. "He said he came from another universe, every word I say is true, you can use the Mind Stone to check my brain."
In order to survive, Corvus Glaive could be said to have used every trick in the book. In fact, even if he hadn't said it, Thanos himself had this idea.
Thanos waved his hand casually, and Corvus Glaive, who was originally kneeling on the ground, floated up from the ground, lifted by an invisible power and brought to Thanos's presence.
Thanos, who was already in preparation, opportunely extended his left hand wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, and just covered Corvus Glaive's head as he flew over. As the yellow gem on the Gauntlet lit up with light, all of Corvus Glaive's ideas and memories were displayed in Thanos's presence.
When Corvus Glaive regained his consciousness again, he had already returned to below the throne. Thanos was still sitting on the throne, only his gesture had changed, but Corvus Glaive could know just from these things.
He survived.
"Corvus Glaive did not lie." Thanos said, using his hand wearing the Gauntlet to tap his own head. A yellow light flashed by, and a yellow thread was pulled out by his left hand.
Thanos flicked his hand casually, and the thread turned into three streams of light and flew towards the remaining generals. Before the three could react, the streams of light crashed into their brains.
Ebony Maw covered his head. Memories he had never seen before suddenly appeared in his brain, it was memories about a stranger he had never seen before.
Green skin, crimson eyes, a symbol he had never seen before, and also the strength that crushed Corvus Glaive and made people shrink back in awe. It seemed this was the "Martian" that Corvus Glaive had spoken of.
Ebony Maw, who had regained his consciousness, looked at the other two. It seemed they should be the same as him, having been implanted with Corvus Glaive's memory by Thanos.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 563 Gamora
If Ebony Maw and the others were to comment on the Martian Manhunter in their minds, there would only be one.
Powerful, that was the most direct impression. According to General Corvus Glaive's memory, the Martian Manhunter was simply powerful in every aspect—powerful physical strength, bizarre body control ability, and mental abilities that were impossible to defend against. He was practically a war weapon specifically forged for battle.
It was possible that relying solely on the Black Order and the Outrider Corps would be completely ineffective against the Martian Manhunter. This opponent was clearly not someone who could be defeated by numbers.
To defeat him, they could only rely on their Master, the Cosmic Emperor Thanos himself, who sat upon the Throne.
That's right, although the Martian Manhunter had displayed unbelievably powerful strength, none of those present felt fear. This was all thanks to their Master Thanos.
Thanos's power had accumulated bit by bit over time and had continuously deepened in everyone's inner heart. This was not something a suddenly appearing Greenskin could shatter.
After all, easily dealing with General Corvus Glaive was something Thanos could do even without the Gauntlet. Otherwise, why would the ambitious General Corvus Glaive return to serve Thanos? Naturally, he had been subdued by force.
Everyone here was a loser who had submitted to Thanos's great strength. They were well aware of Thanos's strength. Moreover, Thanos was now wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, which held four Infinity Stones. No one present believed Thanos would lose.
Therefore, everyone, even Ebony Maw, known for his wisdom, believed that the matter to be discussed at this meeting should be related to the missing Time Stone and Soul Stone, or at worst, just dealing with the defeated General Corvus Glaive.
Only Thanos, facing the powerful being from an unknown race who had suddenly appeared, felt a sense of urgency added to his already anxious inner heart. The unknown represented a variable, and Thanos disliked things that were not under his control.
"There is no need to worry about that creature that suddenly appeared, Your Majesty," Ebony Maw stepped forward at the opportune moment. "Your subordinate is not perceptive, but even I have noticed that you have added another Gem to your hand. The day your long-cherished wish is fulfilled is just around the corner."
Under Ebony Maw's reminder, the other three generals, who had been preoccupied with their own thoughts, finally noticed that on Thanos's left hand, wearing the Infinity Gauntlet, an unfamiliar purple gem was silently flowing with mysterious light.
"I went to Xandar, to the Nova Corps headquarters," Thanos shifted his gaze to the gem, and worry disappeared from his eyes. "I retrieved what was rightfully mine, and also obtained news of the Soul Stone."
"This is truly good news," Ebony Maw bowed slightly. "I believe the day destiny arrives is not far off."
"I have already been to the place where the Soul Stone is hidden," Thanos said with a complex expression, and then asked a seemingly unrelated question.
"Has Gamora returned?"
"Not yet," Ebony Maw replied respectfully. Although he did not understand why Thanos suddenly wanted to recall his adopted daughter, he still complied.
"We contacted Gamora. She said she needed some time to return and should still be on her way. Should we switch to Nebula? She is in a nearby galaxy."
"No need," Thanos stood up and slowly walked down the Throne. "I cannot wait that long. Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, you two come with me."
"Yes." ×2
Corvus Glaive and his wife quickly responded to Thanos's order. Corvus Glaive even added a sentence afterward.
"Your subordinate will definitely redeem himself through meritorious service."
"That is the promise I need from you, Corvus Glaive."
Thanos walked past Corvus Glaive and his wife with a blank expression. Only after the distance was appropriate did the two slowly follow.
"Before I return, continue searching for traces of the Time Stone on Earth."
"Is it still necessary to continue recalling Miss Gamora?" Ebony Maw asked.
Thanos stopped his pace and continued after a few seconds, "Continue. If she returns, let her join the search."
"Yes," Ebony Maw no longer opening his mouth, lowering his head until Thanos disappeared from his line of sight.
…
In the vast and boundless cosmos, a small spaceship was gradually advancing towards its goal.
Gamora's expression was as usual, but her flustered gaze and hands tightly gripping the control panel betrayed her inner heart. She was not as peaceful as she appeared on the surface. This all stemmed from her father Thanos.
Even though she didn't want to go back, Gamora still obeyed the order, secretly piloting a small spaceship away while keeping it hidden from her noisy partners.
She wondered what would happen to those guys in the future? Gamora thought to herself, whiling away her time.
Unconsciously, the originally noisy group of people gradually became blurred, and only a handsome but annoying idiot became increasingly clear in her brain. Perhaps it was because this idiot had said something stupid not long ago.
Shaking her head, Gamora drove the man who liked Earth classical music out of her brain. Just as she was about to focus her attention on driving, the sound of an alarm came from the control panel.
"Warning! Locked on! Warning! Locked on!"
Gamora was startled and quickly called up the visuals from the camera at the rear of the spaceship. After zooming in, she saw a spaceship with an ostentatious but very old-fashioned design. Without guessing, she knew she had encountered space pirates.
Her own spaceship was just a small one, and generally speaking, it had no value to plunder. The cost of the missiles these guys used to lock onto her might even exceed the value of her spaceship.
"These scum just want to have fun!" Gamora quickly made a judgment. Space pirates committed all kinds of evil deeds, including arson, murder, and plunder. These guys' spirits were already abnormal, and attacking passing spaceships was simply normal for them.
"(Swear Words)!"
Watching the missiles getting closer and closer, Gamora cursed and forcefully slammed down the button beside her.
As soon as the button was pressed, the speed of the spaceship suddenly increased a platform. The armor at the rear popped open and shot out dozens of missiles, colliding with the missiles behind her.
Relying on the decoy missiles, Gamora dodged the first attack, but she knew that this was far from getting rid of these murderous pirates. She was not yet in safety.
The spaceship she was piloting was just a small one, and the weapons it carried were very limited. Half of the decoy missile reserves had also been used up. She had to immediately find a method to get rid of those people.
Just as Gamora was thinking about a countermeasure, she suddenly noticed a small light spot appearing in the real-time video recording. She quickly turned her line of sight to the video recording and discovered that the light spot was indeed the pirates' spaceship, but at this moment, they had turned into brilliant fireworks.
Someone had helped her deal with those pirates. Who could it be?
Just as Gamora was pondering, a spaceship that she was extremely familiar with passed through the smoke generated by the explosion of the pirate spaceship and was rapidly approaching her.
It was precisely that group of noisy guys she had been thinking about just now.
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 564 Guardians of the Galaxy
Unconsciously, Gamora's corner of mouth turned upwards, but the communication request that rang out in the next second made her react.
After returning to an expressionless look again, Gamora then connected the communication.
"Buzz buzz buzz."
Perhaps because of the spaceship explosion nearby, the communication device first entered a brief period of electric current sound, and then it was connected.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" A familiar sound rang out, Gamora tried hard not to look at the human face on the monitor that deserved a beating.
"This is the Guardians of the Galaxy, beautiful lady, it seems you need some help."
"Fuck you, Quill." Gamora expressionlessly let Quill recall his hometown language.
"Wow!" Star-Lord revealed a surprise expression. "Is this your attitude towards a benefactor? Or is it that you don't like the hero saves beauty routine?"
"To be honest, you and hero don't match, Quill." A thick sound came from outside the visuals, it was Drax.
"What?" Star-Lord seemed to have heard something unbelievable. "I'm not a hero? I've saved this universe several times! In this universe, who is more qualified than me to call himself a hero!"
"Fart, Quill." This slightly sharp sound was Rocket's. "How many times? Do you want me to use my finger to tell you?"
"Keep your own finger to fiddle with your little brothers!" Star-Lord lost some respect. "Remember to put away your claw and be careful not to leave a scar!"
"I am... Groot." A wooden sound, with a unique way of speaking, no need to guess, it must be Groot.
"Hey! How are you talking, chopstick spirit!"
"Well said, good child! I said we should learn through fun, you can always learn something beyond my expectations!"
"You will spoil the child like this! I should have thrown those discs away as cosmos garbage."
Star-Lord argued red-faced with Rocket Raccoon outside the visuals, and finally said with a warning meaning: "Groot, if you say that kind of words again, I will chop you into chopsticks and sell you to Chinese fast food restaurants."
"I think, are we going off topic?" A gentle sound rang out, it was Mantis who had recently joined them. "Weren't we just discussing Gamora's business?"
"Right, right, right!" Star-Lord came back to his senses. "It's all Rocket and Groot's fault, they had to divert the topic."
Drax: "Actually, it was me who diverted the topic."
Rocket: "Don't dwell on it, Quill's brain can't remember so many things."
Groot: "I am Groot."
Star-Lord felt that his blood pressure was about to exceed his height, arguing like this would never end, it's better to get to the main topic quickly.
"Back to the main topic." Star-Lord coughed lightly a few times, ignoring Rocket and others beside him. "Why did you suddenly run away secretly, Gamora? Aren't we a team?"
Facing Star-Lord's problem, Gamora was silent for a while, and then said: "My father contacted me, he asked me to return to his side."
"Your father? Thanos?" Star-Lord widened his eyes. "Why did he suddenly remember you?"
"I don't know." Gamora looked serious. "But I guess it's inseparable from the Infinity Stones."
"Then we can't go back even more." Star-Lord recalled everything he heard about Thanos. "Who knows what humanity-destroying things he will do, shouldn't we run far away at this time?"
"This is what the great hero who saved the universe is saying." Rocket interjected into the conversation at the right time.
"That would put us in a passive position." Gamora said before Star-Lord got angry, if the latter had spoken first, it was estimated that they would fall into the previous endless war of words again.
"If I disobey father's recall order to me, then he will definitely send people to catch me back, his order has always been absolute, no one can resist it."
"Then beat back the people who come to catch you." Star-Lord said as a matter of course. "We have solved many powerful enemies, and we are still afraid of them, you won't forget that we defeated his subordinate Ronan, right?"
"Ronan doesn't even dare to fart in Thanos's presence." Gamora friendly reminded. "If subordinates can't catch me, he is very likely to come in person."
"That's just right." Star-Lord leaned back and said. "My good brother Drax's knife has long been thirsty and unbearable!"
"Roar!" Drax cooperated and roared loudly.
"We almost couldn't even beat Ronan before." Rocket kindly reminded. "If it weren't for your clumsy dance, we would have been buried in the soil long ago."
"Since it works, then it's not a clumsy dance!" Star-Lord reasonably ignored the first half of Rocket's words, and then impulsively replied to the second half of his words.
"In short." Star-Lord pulled the topic back to the right track again. "My point is, no matter what happens, we should be together, we are a whole, have you forgotten?"
Star-Lord's words touched Gamora, she was silent for a while and then said: "Quill..."
Hearing Gamora's trembling sound, Star-Lord was very serious on the surface, but in his heart he was smug, thinking that a little guy like me is so charming, wouldn't I fascinate you to death.
"You haven't watched those discs less either."
"This is not the key point!"
After a noisy argument, Gamora still returned to the Benatar, after re-boarding the ship, Gamora ignored Star-Lord's hug and asked a problem.
"How exactly did you find me?" Gamora asked doubtfully, the spaceship she was riding was not the small spaceship attached to the Benatar, but a new spaceship that had no connection with them, in theory Star-Lord and others should not be able to find her.
"Rocket installed a locator on this spaceship." Star-Lord pointed to the raccoon human behind him who was driving the Benatar. "Because he took a fancy to the power system of this small spaceship, and wanted to learn secretly when other people's guard was weak."
"Hey!" Rocket called out dissatisfiedly. "How can the business of a machine be called stealing? I call that learning, learning, understand?"
"Yes, yes, yes, master of learning through fun." Star-Lord rolled his eyes at Rocket.
Gamora looked at the two speechlessly, she felt that she might not be able to escape from these people's palms in her life.
Although she didn't hate it.
"Okay, where is our destination?" Star-Lord walked towards his seat. "Is your Dad hiding on that bird-shit planet waiting for us to beat him up?"
Star-Lord's bold words made everyone present speechless for a while, Gamora also sighed helplessly, and then walked towards her position with long legs.
"He is on Earth now, which is also your home."
"This aspect is not bad." Star-Lord hooked up the corner of his mouth. "I can just go back and take a look, listen up guys, we have two goals, one, to beat up Thanos, and two, to go to Earth for vacation, let's go!"
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 565: On the Verge of Eruption
Under Star-Lord's bold words, the Benatar once again carried the Guardians of the Galaxy on their journey.
To celebrate persuading Gamora to return, Star-Lord even started playing a song from his mother's specially selected Awesome Mix.
"Hooked on a Feeling," he felt this song best expressed his current mood.
In a high-tech spaceship freely roaming the cosmos, decades-old songs were playing inside. This wonderful contrast was something ordinary humans couldn't appreciate.
Driven by the music, Star-Lord swayed in his chair, closing his eyes and humming his beloved song. At this moment, he lived under his mother's gaze, radiating his vitality like a child. He felt he must be the most dazzling kid in the universe right now.
But in the eyes of the other Guardians of the Galaxy, Star-Lord at this moment was like a fat meat worm trying to break out of its eggshell.
"Record a new symptom, Groot," Rocket whispered to the little tree-person. "Sandwich overdose syndrome. The patient becomes obese from excessive sandwich intake and then fantasizes that he is a superstar."
"I am Groot."
The beautiful melody drowned out Rocket and Groot's muttering. Feeling good, Star-Lord began to radiate his charm everywhere, just in time to look at the whispering father and son duo.
Facing the electric eyes Star-Lord cast over, Rocket and Groot waved back with smiles, then whispered, "I'm going to vomit. I never want to eat a sandwich again in my life."
"I am Groot."
Gamora was speechless at Star-Lord's antics, but she had to admit that the latter's actions did distract her from the tension. Perhaps she should take advantage of this moment to relax and forget about Thanos for now.
The influence of the Awesome Mix was very powerful. Except for Star-Lord, everyone else was more or less affected. First, Mantis and Drax. One was simple-minded, and the other was slightly dazed, pursuing their true feelings in their actions. Hearing good songs, they also started swaying.
Then there were Rocket and Groot. Although Rocket often bickered with Star-Lord, he would not question Star-Lord's mother's taste. He also liked these songs very much, and Groot felt similarly.
With his partners all getting hyped up, Gamora, who was originally preoccupied, was also infected by the melody and the surrounding partners. She also sat in her position and started tapping her feet to the rhythm, and the amplitude became larger and larger. In the end, she even closed her eyes and hummed along like Star-Lord.
The interior of the spaceship was filled with joy for a time, until…
"Bang!"
"What the..." Star-Lord was almost thrown out. He opened his eyes and was about to curse Rocket's driving skills when he was immediately stunned by the scene before him.
Not only him, but the other Guardians of the Galaxy were also the same. The scene before them was truly terrifying.
Outside the window of the Benatar, three people were standing in front of them. Gamora was extremely familiar with these three. The one in the lead was none other than her father, Thanos.
"Father…" A flash of fear flickered in Gamora's eyes. Star-Lord first glanced at Gamora, who had become self-enclosed again, and then looked at Thanos with a displeased expression.
Drax looked furious, as if he couldn't wait to draw his weapon and rush into outer space to fight Thanos. Rocket and Groot showed vigilant and curious expressions respectively. Mantis was a little at a loss, not knowing what expression she should put on.
Thanos looked at his daughter, who was only separated from him by a glass, and a trace of tenderness that no one could detect flashed in his eyes. Then, he raised his left hand wearing the Infinity Gauntlet.
A dazzling blue light bloomed, and in the next second, Thanos and Corvus Glaive behind him disappeared from Star-Lord and the others' sight.
"Where did he go?" A moment of panic appeared on Star-Lord's face. "And that thing is the Power Stone? Isn't that thing on Xandar?"
"Obviously, my father used some means to get it." Gamora's expression was complicated. Suddenly, her body trembled because a hand was placed on her shoulder.
If it were an ordinary person making such a sudden attack, Gamora would be able to remove the hand on her shoulder in the next second, but the owner of this hand made her unable to resist.
"My dear daughter, I am very pleased that you can understand me so well." Thanos gently stroked Gamora's shoulder, looking like a father encouraging his daughter.
The suddenly remembered unfamiliar sound startled everyone present. Star-Lord drew his dual guns, Drax drew his pair of daggers, Rocket had already placed his hand on the trigger, Groot's arms also turned into a hammer, and Mantis also raised her hands in a show of bravado.
"Let go of her, you Sunlight Beach!" Star-Lord stared at Thanos seriously, his tone without a hint of joking. It was rare to see him so serious.
Corvus Glaive behind Thanos knew that Star-Lord must have said something bad when he heard Star-Lord's tone. He raised his war blade to teach him a lesson, but was stopped by Thanos raising his hand.
"You have a good group of partners, daughter." Thanos was still as kind as an old father. If you ignored Gamora's expression, this would definitely be a heartwarming scene.
"Let them go." Gamora pleaded in a low voice, but this tone made Star-Lord, who was already concerned, even more annoyed. When had he ever seen Gamora like this?
"I said, let go of her!" Star-Lord said, gritting his teeth. However, Thanos completely ignored him and ignored Star-Lord again.
"You know, I didn't originally want to interfere in your little game." Thanos stroked Gamora's head. "But I have important things to accomplish, and this requires your help."
Gamora knew he was talking about the Infinity Stones, and she also knew that Thanos must not be allowed to get that thing, so she gritted her teeth and said her first answer.
"I don't know."
Thanos's hand paused, and he said with a helpless expression, "Then it seems I have to use some special means."
"I told you to let go, Purple Sweet Potato!"
Thanos's monologue had long angered Star-Lord. The reason he hadn't taken action was because he was afraid of accidentally hurting Gamora, but when he heard Thanos say he was going to use special means, he couldn't care so much about Gamora anymore, and immediately pulled the trigger.
Brilliant element energy spewed out from the gun muzzle, turning into bullet after bullet and flying towards Thanos's head. As the top gunslinger in the universe, Star-Lord would never miss at this distance. From the moment he fired, he knew he would definitely hit the target.
But that was for other people, not for Thanos.
Thanos just raised his left hand. The gauntlet forged by the Dwarf King, even without storing the Infinity Stones, was a peerless divine weapon, easily crushing the aggressive element bullets. However, this was just the beginning.
The bullet left the gun muzzle, and the battle was on the verge of eruption.