Chapter 243 Soul Gem and Requiem
"You want to kill me?"
Thanos was not surprised by Vilgax's anger.
After all, he had attacked Vilgax mercilessly in the universe at that time. If it had been someone else, he would probably have died under the energy of the Power Stone.
He didn't expect that Vilgax's vitality was so tenacious. Although his injuries had not fully recovered, he was able to move normally.
In comparison, although I am still alive, I no longer have any room for resistance.
To be honest, if death hadn't rejected his soul, there would be no way Thanos would be resurrected at this moment.
Now that he has fallen into the hands of Vilgax, Thanos has accepted his fate.
But Vilgax smiled coldly.
"How could I kill you, Thanos!"
He bent down, grabbed the broken body of Thanos, and left here in a small spaceship before the Xandar people discovered him.
Not long after, at Thanos' original base.
The empty Void Throne once again welcomed its master.
pat!
Vilgax threw Thanos heavily to the ground as if he was throwing away garbage. At this moment, Thanos looked like a stray dog.
He gasped in pain, but his eyes remained fixed on Vilgax.
Thanos couldn't understand what Vilgax was trying to do.
"My goal is to get the Omnitrix, but that guy is more powerful than you." Vilgax said as he found a machine and fixed it on Thanos' body.
Then he said coldly.
"I need more power to get what I want!"
"You--" Thanos' eyes suddenly widened, "You want to take away my power?!"
"you are right!"
As soon as Vilgax finished speaking, the machine that could take away super powers started instantly.
In the animation, Vilgax once used this machine to take away the super powers of the Galactic Volunteers. Not only that, he conquered ten worlds and also took away the power of the guardians of ten worlds.
Now, the Mojos in front of him has the same plan.
"what!!!"
The tremendous pain of being deprived of power made Thanos, whose body was capable of bearing the Infinity Stones, unable to help but let out a terrible cry of agony.
But Vilgax turned a deaf ear to it.
He has been completely intoxicated by Thanos' powerful strength that is enough to rival God!
"Such a powerful force, even the Omnitrix—"
Having said that, Vigour paused for a moment and calmed down a little.
At that time, Vilgax was drifting into the universe due to injury, so he did not see the real battle between Bant and Thanos.
But even Thanos, who possesses such powerful energy, is still no match for Bant.
This made him more cautious about Bant.
Thanos' superpowers alone are not enough!
Far from enough!
"I want to conquer ten powerful worlds and gather all their super powers into my body. Only in this way can I be sure of victory!"
Vilgax thought to himself.
He is going to start the war of the ten realms!
Now, having completely obtained Thanos' super powers, Vilgax is no longer afraid of most forces in the universe. He can even fight against the gods.
But Vilgax took no chances.
He had been by Thanos' side some time ago and had obtained a lot of intelligence about the universe. He planned to proceed step by step.
Vilgax left the Void Throne.
Of course he did not let Thanos go and killed him directly.
And took away Thanos' broken Tyrant's Butcher Knife.
Vilgax intends to reforge them and create weapons of his own.
After hearing that the dwarves were very good at forging weapons, Vilgax also had a target.
Of course, the current kingdom of the dwarves is still under the rule of the Asgard. Thanos learned from him that the powerful Vilgax of Asgard did not intend to take action against the dwarves immediately.
His first target was the ruined giant kingdom, Jotunheim.
After Vilgax left, Thanos returned to the real world from the brink of death again.
At this moment, he looked even more haggard than before.
His originally tall body was no longer there. At this moment, he looked as skinny as a dried corpse that had been drained of blood.
It was like a purple sweet potato that had shriveled up and only the skin was left.
The heavy armor on him has now become a shackle for him, and he is no longer able to move while wearing it.
If nothing unexpected happened, perhaps he would spend the next thousands or even tens of thousands of years of his life in endless bondage and suffering from hunger.
however.
Just when Thanos felt that his miserable ending was doomed to be irreversible.
The Void Throne has welcomed another visitor.
"Gamora...my daughter..."
The person who came was Gamora.
To be honest, Thanos was very surprised to see Gamora appear. He couldn't imagine that his daughter would come back here after his death. He even thought that Gamora might fall into the hands of the Heavenly Sword again.
But now, the appearance of the other party undoubtedly gave Thanos a glimmer of hope.
At least, he is still alive now. As long as he is alive, he has not lost. As long as Gamora can save him, Thanos can still make a comeback.
"Nebula let me go..."
Gamora whispered.
In the Sanctuary, she lost to Nebula because of her inner turmoil.
Originally, Gamora thought that after her failure, Nebula would return all the pain that Gamora had suffered to herself.
But to her surprise, Xingyun not only did not do so, but let her go.
"Our father is dead anyway..."
At that time, Nebula only left this half sentence, and then after getting Bant's permission, she released Gamora.
Therefore, after seeing Thanos, Gamora was very surprised.
"I thought you were dead..." She cautiously approached the skeleton covered in wrinkled purple cracked skin and said fearfully, "You're still alive?"
Gamora said uncertainly.
After all, at this moment, Thanos looks more like a ghost than alive.
"Of course I'm still alive. King Sakaar can't kill me, and neither can Vilgax." said Thanos.
"But how did you become like this?"
When talking about this, Thanos' face was full of pain.
He never dreamed that Vilgax had the ability to create a machine that could take away other people's superpowers.
And the instrument used by Vilgax was obviously different from Bant's watch.
The latter extracted his genes and replaced Bant's genes, allowing Bant to become a warrior like him.
Although this machine is outrageous, there are traces of it.
Just like the Skrulls, after mimicking other people's genes, it is indeed possible for them to display some similar abilities.
But after Vilgax took away his superpowers, his appearance didn't change at all, and he completely inherited his power. This was too unreasonable.
"Vilgax has taken away my power, but don't worry, destiny is always with me, and the fact that I will not die is proof of that."
Thanos said with certainty.
He is not sure if death is still watching him now, but he has returned to this world from the brink of death several times. This makes Thanos never give up.
He felt that one day he would sacrifice half of the life in the universe to death, and at that time, death would surely agree to his courtship.
Therefore, Thanos immediately said to Gamora in a semi-commanding tone: "Save me from this cage, my daughter, just like I saved you from that planet that was about to collapse."
But he waited for a long time and Gamora did not take any action.
"When you say saving me, you mean killing my parents, destroying my home, and slaughtering my race?" Gamora asked in a suffocating tone.
Thanos was stunned for a moment.
His sunken eyes looked towards Gamora.
With tears in her eyes and gritted teeth, Gamora looked at him with hatred.
Her body was shaking.
After fighting with Nebula, Gamora's heart was already filled with doubts.
Now hearing Thanos bring up the old story again, the flame of revenge that had been suppressed for decades was instantly ignited like a powder keg.
Thanos saw this girl with tears in her eyes but a fierce look on her face, like a wounded little animal, desperately hiding her wounds and trying to show her tiny claws to intimidate the enemy.
Perhaps it was because he had never thought that Gamora would disobey him, or perhaps it was because it was the first time he so intuitively felt the hatred that Gamora had hidden for decades. Thanos opened his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know what to say to his beloved daughter.
But he didn't try to defend himself.
On the contrary, after a brief silence, Thanos chose to actively amplify Gamora's anger.
He said: "So, you want to avenge them, your parents now?"
"I am powerless to resist now. You can use the skills I taught you to chop off my head. Or do you not dare?"
Gamora was indeed enraged.
She directly drew out the dagger from her waist, took a few steps towards Thanos, and put the sharp blade against Thanos' throat. The blade pierced into Thanos' shriveled skin, but not much blood flowed out.
How much vitality is left in his broken body now?
"Do you think I don't dare?!"
Gamora cried silently and roared.
She really couldn't do it.
"I taught you, my daughter," Thanos said lovingly, "Don't say too many words to your enemies."
He could feel Gamora's arms holding the dagger trembling violently because of anger, fear, and his coercion.
But Thanos still has to make an extra effort.
"I remember this was a small gift I gave you on the day when the Dark Order razed your home planet... Remember I taught you balance."
"How dare you bring this up!"
Gamora suddenly went crazy as if she was stabbed by a knife.
She was like a madman, holding the blade backwards, and desperately stabbing the dagger into Thanos' body again and again.
At this moment, Gamora had been completely engulfed by the flames.
But Thanos seemed not to feel the pain and watched her madness calmly.
"You can't kill me."
"Bant Parker can't do it, Vilgax can't do it..."
"But I can tell you something that can help you make your wish come true."
Thanos is bewitching Gamora like a devil.
"Infinity Stones."
Gamora's body paused.
She thought of the Soul Stone.
"You deceived me, Gamora, but I will not deceive you." Thanos said softly, "Only the Infinity Stones can truly kill me, especially the Soul Stone you know."
To be honest, Thanos no longer expects to continue living.
But he still had no intention of giving up his destiny.
However, this destiny will no longer be accomplished by his own hands, but will be realized by the hands of his daughter, Gamora.
after a while.
Planet Vormir.
This is a lonely planet.
The steep mountains and magnificent buildings seem to be built by gods, full of mystery and fear.
There is not a single life here, but the whistling wind seems to carry the breath of souls, as if wailing, or telling of hatred.
When the strong wind blew, the white snowflakes brushed across my cheeks like a floating curtain.
Not cold at all.
Just lonely.
And in this snowy wilderness, two shadows kept moving forward.
"Didn't you say that the Soul Gem needs to be exchanged for the soul?" Brunhilde was wearing silver armor.
This time, she was the one traveling with Bant.
"You're not going to sacrifice me in exchange for the Soul Stone, are you?" Brunhilde complained, but she followed Bant closely without any hesitation.
If she were really asked to sacrifice herself, she might actually jump down.
"What are you thinking about?"
Bant reached out and tapped her on the head.
"If you want to make a sacrifice, you have to sacrifice the soul of the one you love, understand?"
Brunhilde's eyes lit up.
"You mean, I sacrifice you?"
Bant: ???
Go against Tiangang!
The two of them joked briefly, but in fact, Brunhilde naturally knew the purpose of Bant's visit.
Because of Loki's knowledge of gems, after obtaining three gems, Sakaar also began to monitor the forms of the remaining two gems.
And a few days ago, Loki said that the Space Gem felt that another gem seemed to have begun to wake up.
The place where the gem's special gamma energy erupted was Vormir.
This made Bant feel very strange.
At present, only he and Gamora know the location of the Soul Stone.
But how could Gamora obtain the Soul Stone?
Who could she sacrifice?
Nebula is now working on Sakaar, and Star-Lord doesn't even recognize her.
There's no way Gamora could just throw Red Skull down, right?
Bant was worried that something might happen, so he put down the universe he was studying and brought Brunhilde, who was relatively free at the time, to Vormir to find out what was going on.
By the way, if the Soul Stone was still there, Bant also wanted to try to see if he could exchange the fake Soul Stone in his hand for the Soul Stone.
Isn't it about souls exchanging for souls?
A fake Soul Gem may still be a Soul Gem.
So they crossed the snowfield, climbed the steep cliff, and saw the Red Skull wrapped in a rag cloak.
The first time he saw Bant, the Red Skull seemed to know everything and said:
"You are too late, King of Sakaar. The Soul Gem has already been taken."
Bant frowned slightly: "Who took the Soul Stone?"
The Red Skull's lips moved slightly, and he uttered a name:
"Quiet."
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