Escape

Old Tony’s gaze turned cold. He charged before Thanos at extreme speed, driving his Vibranium dagger viciously toward Thanos’s chest. To his surprise, Thanos accurately grabbed his arm, stopping the dagger from advancing any farther.

"Do you know what’s most annoying about ants? They don’t know they’re ants."

Thanos said with a savage expression. He might have been injured, but he was still a Creator God. How could he fail to deal with mere extreme speed?

"I know. Fortunately, I’m not an ant."

Old Tony suddenly smiled. His entire body exploded with a thunderous boom, berserk energy sweeping through the surroundings. Even Thanos was blasted away, his body torn open with one horrifying wound after another.

Then, a flash of light appeared in the distance, and another Old Tony materialized out of thin air. The previous Old Tony had merely been a clone formed from Space Energy. This one was the real body.

"Nicely done."

S Phastos had not expected Old Tony to be a fake either. He praised him, then controlled the cannon barrel to fire a massive beam over ten meters wide at the retreating Thanos.

"Get lost!"

Thanos roared and used the Concept of Power, smashing apart the light beam capable of destroying a planet with one punch. The surrounding space shattered across vast stretches like glass.

Before Thanos could retract his fist, two figures appeared behind him out of thin air: Wang Bert, wearing a Sentinel Robot, and the fat deadweight Thor. With the surrounding space unstable, Wang Bert had used Quicksilver’s ability.

Wang Bert then bound Thanos with Mind Energy, preventing him from moving. At the same time, Thor raised Stormbreaker, crackling with lightning, and viciously swung it at Thanos’s neck, trailing black spatial cracks behind it.

Thanos shattered Wang Bert’s restraint through brute force. Then, he turned to evade Thor’s axe and kicked Thor flying.

Seeing this, Wang Bert vanished from in front of Thanos. Just as Thanos was about to search for him, a mass of green light sealed his time, leaving him unable to move.

That was not all. A strange soul power enveloped Thanos’s consciousness, leaving him muddled and unaware of where he was or what he was doing.

"Kill him."

The five Infinity Stones on Old Tony’s chest lit up at once. The Time Stone and Soul Stone immobilized Thanos, while the Reality Stone, Space Stone, and Power Stone frantically released energy, forming a tricolored sphere in Old Tony’s hand.

Old Tony then shouted, and the tricolored sphere transformed into a massive beam that blasted toward Thanos.

"I’ve been waiting for this moment. Let me show you the ultimate trump card I prepared for dealing with the Blood God."

S Phastos grinned. A hatch on the right side of the New Sanctuary opened, and a massive cannon hundreds of meters in diameter extended out. Then, accompanied by blinding light, a small sun fired from its barrel and shot straight toward Thanos.

That was right, a small sun. Aside from being smaller, it was practically no different from a real sun. This was S Phastos’s trump card: the Sun Cannon.

"Thor, use your ultimate move."

Wang Bert did not use any trump card. Instead, he used Mind Power to boost Thor’s abilities to their limit.

"Thunder Destruction Slash."

Two mysterious runes glowed in Thor’s eyes. Then, he raised Stormbreaker, which blazed with lightning as if it were formed entirely from thunder, and swung it through the air at Thanos.

After Thor launched his attack, Wang Bert focused on Thanos again. He was waiting for Thanos to use his counterpart. The moment he did, today would be his day of death.

At that moment, Thanos recovered from the Soul Stone’s control. Sensing the three powerful attacks, his expression changed slightly.

"Tony Stark can actually use five Infinity Stones? And Phastos and Thor both possess attacks at the Ancient God level?"

Thanos gritted his teeth. If he were at full strength, such attacks would amount to nothing. One punch would be enough. The problem was that he was seriously injured, and the wounds Wang Bert had inflicted last time had never healed.

"You truly have exceeded my expectations, but you underestimate me too much. I am Thanos, a Creator God."

Thanos roared and forcibly shattered the Time Seal around him. Then, he twisted space-time and, while accelerated, threw over a thousand punches in succession. The force of the punches split into three streams, each meeting the attacks from Old Tony, S Phastos, and Thor.

The tricolored beam collided with Thanos’s punch force and was immediately blown apart. The remaining power became sharp arrows that shot at Thanos one after another. Thanos screamed as wounds appeared all over his body.

S Phastos’s Sun Cannon exploded directly, turning the surrounding area into a sea of white. The New Sanctuary nearly melted from the heat, and warnings kept flashing from Old Tony’s Anti-Blood God Armor, forcing him to use the Reality Stone to lower the temperature.

Thor’s Thunder Destruction Slash had only just reached Thanos’s death line when it was shattered by Thanos’s punch force. However, because death had been touched, Thanos could not help coughing up blood.

Three people attacked while one watched. Thanos’s injuries worsened, but he did not die. He still stood in the void, his face filled with arrogance and savagery.

Thanos wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said mockingly, "That was your only chance to kill me. Unfortunately, you failed."

"Why do I feel that they succeeded quite well?"

Wang Bert sneered. "Thanos, this is only the beginning."

"Is that so?"

Thanos smiled disdainfully. "Blood God, you truly have exceeded my expectations. Unfortunately, you were too impatient. The next time we meet will be the day you die."

Old Tony’s face was icy. "Next time? Who gave you the illusion that there will be a next time?"

Thanos could not be bothered to respond to Old Tony. With a thought, many parts of the New Sanctuary exploded at once. Huge amounts of fire and energy ravaged the main ship’s interior, intending to reduce it completely to ash.

Everyone’s expressions changed. Wang Bert immediately Teleported back to the main ship to save people, while S Phastos shouted and opened a portal to flee.

Old Tony gritted his teeth and activated the Time Stone to immobilize Thanos. Thor roared and swung his axe at Thanos. Thanos smiled scornfully, punched open space-time, and stepped into a space-time vortex, vanishing.

"Damn it!"

Old Tony cursed unwillingly and turned to return to the main ship to save people. Thor followed him back as well.

Inside the main ship, the massive explosions sent everyone sprawling. Seeing that things were going badly, S Ikaris pulled S Kingo and S Druig out of the main ship, passed through space, and disappeared.

Wang Bert was too busy saving people to stop them. He brought the Super Heroes and Eternals back to Earth before the New Sanctuary completely exploded.

Just after Wang Bert and the others escaped, the New Sanctuary fully detonated, becoming a mass of space junk amid dazzling white light.

On Earth, Thor unwillingly smashed his axe into the ground and cursed, "That bastard Thanos got away again."

Old Tony was equally unwilling to accept it. If the Blood God’s main consciousness had not been trapped in the Mind Sea, Thanos would never have escaped this time.

Wang Bert was quite calm, since he had expected this outcome long ago. He asked Ant-Man, "Did you get everyone out?"

"We got them out, but there are some problems with them."

Ant-Man replied, "Captain has become a vegetable, Strange has turned into the Thing, and as for that dwarf elf, he’s become a drunkard."

"He didn’t need to become one. He was already a drunkard."

Wang Bert looked at the drunken dwarf elf and could not help rolling his eyes. Then, he walked over to Captain and shouted, "Wake up."

Steve jolted violently and regained consciousness from his sealed state. He slowly opened his eyes. He was confused at first, but quickly remembered what had happened. Looking around at everyone, he smiled. "It’s nice to see all of you as soon as I wake up."

"Actually, it would have been better if you’d woken up while we were beating Thanos until he pissed himself."

Wang Bert smiled, then walked over to Strange and used magic to undo his petrification spell.

Strange quickly returned to normal. He first let out a sigh of relief, then warily looked at S Tina and the others. "What’s going on?"

"Relax. They’re on our side."

Wang Bert smiled. "Because of my handsome appearance, they decided to abandon darkness and join us."

"That’s right, we’re on the same side."

The female Eternals gazed at Wang Bert with infatuation and nodded repeatedly.

Strange was stunned. He looked Wang Bert up and down, then asked in astonishment, "Handsome appearance? Wait, who are you?"

"Who else could I be? Other than me, who could undo your petrification magic?"

Wang Bert spread his hands. Then, he thought of something and turned to S Phastos with a pained expression. "Old Tony, Tony, get ready to restrain this guy. I’m going to undo the magic on him."

Old Tony and Tony walked over to S Phastos and said disdainfully, "Bert, that’s discrimination against homosexuals. You could get sued for that."

"As if you two are any more accepting of it."

Wang Bert snapped his fingers irritably. S Phastos abruptly regained consciousness. His expression changed, and he immediately tried to use his ability to escape, only for two Tony’s Vibranium daggers to bar his neck.

"I surrender. I’m a researcher. I should receive preferential treatment."

S Phastos said obediently. With so many Super Heroes present, he had no chance of gaining an advantage.

"A researcher? As if we aren’t researchers too."

Old Tony snorted. Tony, Dr. Banner, and the others nodded repeatedly. Wang Bert rolled his eyes. American doctors all liked going into battle personally.

"Enough nonsense."

Wang Bert asked the female Eternals, "Why were your strongest Eternals following Thanos?"

"It was Arishem’s order."

S Tina replied, "It ordered us to obey Thanos’s commands and kill Iron Man Tony Stark."

"What?"

Old Tony froze. How had this become his fault? Wang Bert was also somewhat astonished. He asked, "So the reason the Celestial Group saved Thanos and sent you to help him was to kill Iron Man?"

S Tina nodded. "Yes. Arishem said Iron Man would endanger this universe and ordered us to kill him no matter what."

"I think that Arishem makes a lot of sense."

Falcon looked at Old Tony and said, "I even want to team up with it."

Winter Soldier added, "Me too."

Old Tony shouted unhappily, "I’m saving this universe, not harming it."

Strange said coldly, "But I think this universe would be better without you."

Old Tony glared at him. "Magician, you haven’t wanted to harm me for just a day or two."

Strange was about to retort when Wang Bert waved his hand. "Stop arguing. Whatever Arishem’s purpose is, choosing Thanos means it is our enemy."

Steve added, "Exactly. Thanos will not spare Earth. We should unite now."

Falcon and the others snorted and stopped bringing it up. Wang Bert asked, "What is Thanos planning?"

"He sent Makkari to threaten the major planets and forbid them from selling food to Earth. He also sent Gilgamesh to organize the Ravagers as cannon fodder."

S Tina replied, "As for Starfox, you already know about him, so there’s no need for me to repeat it."

"They’re forbidden from selling us food?"

Old Tony’s expression became extremely grim. "This is trouble. Earth’s food will not last long. If this continues, even the Blood God will not be able to endure it."

Wang Bert shook his head. "I can endure it, but without food, people will starve to death."

"Damn Thanos. That’s too vicious."

Hawkeye cursed. The next second, he clasped his fists and sang loudly, "Gong Xi Fa Cai." Everyone rolled their eyes. That song again.

Black Panther asked, "The Three Great Empires of the universe should not fear Thanos’s threats, right?"

"No, they will fear him. That is Thanos, the Thanos who once killed half the people in the universe. In fact, even without the snap incident, Thanos was already a major figure in the universe. Ordinary people would never dare provoke him."

Wang Bert shook his head. "Besides, Earth has no relationship with the Three Great Empires. They have no reason to offend Thanos for Earth."

Black Widow said unhappily, "We saved half the people in the universe."

"Natasha, that’s naive."

Wang Bert shook his head. "It seems buying food will not work."

Steve grew extremely anxious. "Then what do we do? Without food, Earth will definitely collapse."

Old Tony gritted his teeth. "If it comes to it, I’ll use the Reality Stone to create massive amounts of food. After all, this was originally my fault."

Winter Soldier said, "That’s a good method. It saves Earth and eliminates the Demon King."

"Bucky."

Steve said helplessly, "We cannot save the world by sacrificing others."

Nick Fury walked in from outside and said, "Perhaps we can use death row inmates as sacrifices. Or perhaps the strongest Eternals."

Everyone turned to look at the female Eternals. The female Eternals gazed at Wang Bert with infatuation and said, "If the Blood God needs it, we are willing to sacrifice ourselves."

S Phastos shouted, "Blood God, you can’t do this! If you do, what difference is there between you and villains like us?"

Rhodey said, "Of course there’s a difference. We do it for justice."

"It hasn’t come to that."

Wang Bert waved his hand. "If they won’t sell, we can steal it. There’s no need for sacrifices. We cannot commit crimes."

"Steal?"

Everyone was stunned. Ant-Man complained, "Isn’t stealing also a crime?"

Tony asked, "Bert, do you mean we should steal food from those planets?"

"Yes. Not only will we steal it, we’ll steal it openly and arrogantly."

Wang Bert nodded. "With our abilities, those planets cannot stop us at all. We can get as much food as we want. Solving the food crisis will not be a problem."

Everyone’s expressions were a little strange. That truly did not sound like something a heroic figure should say.

Nick Fury blinked and said with a smile, "That’s right. We really should steal it openly and arrogantly."

"Hey, stop speaking in riddles and explain it clearly. You Earthlings are so troublesome when you talk."

Star-Lord said unhappily. Everyone immediately turned to stare at him expressionlessly. Star-Lord shuddered under their gazes and made a zipping motion in front of his mouth, indicating that he would stop talking.