Theo's face twisted with disdain and arrogance as he raised his right hand, gripping the distant spaceship with invisible force.
In an instant, a terrifying gravitational pull seized the vessel, dragging it violently through space before slamming it straight into Thanos.
Explosions erupted one after another, fire and debris swallowing everything as Thanos was buried beneath the wreckage.
"I will turn this entire planet into your grave."
Theo tucked the Mind Scepter at his waist. Veins bulged along his neck as he pushed his psychokinesis to its absolute limit. The surrounding space trembled as he reached far beyond Titan Star, locking onto sothing massive.
A cot, larger than Earth itself, was wrenched from the depths of space.
Flas ignited across its surface as it accelerated, tearing through the void and hurtling straight toward Titan Star.
The sight alone was overwhelming.
Two planetary bodies on a collision course, enough power to annihilate everything in existence within range.
From the shattered remains of the spaceship, Thanos and the mbers of the Black Order forced themselves out, their bodies covered in burns and blood. They looked up, their expressions shifting into shock as the blazing cot filled the sky.
"What a joke..."
Fear spread rapidly. If that cot struck, Titan Star would not simply crack, it would be torn apart completely.
What kind of monstrous power was this?
"Who are you?" Thanos asked, his voice steady despite the destruction around him.
He was not afraid of death. Even if the planet shattered, he believed he would survive, though not without serious injury. His subordinates, however, would not be so fortunate.
Theo did not respond.
Instead, a pressure shield ford around his hands as he leaned sideways, grabbing at the very atmosphere ahead of him as if it were sothing tangible.
Then he pulled.
Cracking sounds echoed as the vast atmosphere twisted and collapsed, tearing apart under his control.
"Ahhh!"
The sudden distortion of space and force sent everyone into chaos. Bodies floated uncontrollably, orientation lost, weight aningless. It felt as if invisible teors were slamming into them from every direction.
Those with weak defenses exploded instantly, reduced to nothing.
The survivors fared little better. Their organs felt like they were being crushed and torn apart from within.
At the sa ti, the cot continued its descent.
Theo gave no one a mont to recover. Both attacks were designed for total annihilation.
However, the cost of such power was imnse.
At that mont, Theo made a decision.
He needed to leave.
There was no point wasting ti here. Finding the Infinity Stones was far more important. With them, eliminating Reincarnators and Darkness would beco effortless.
That had been the plan from the start.
But a series of missteps had led everything to spiral out of control.
Now, it had co to this.
A talisman appeared in Theo's hand, radiating spatial energy.
The Space Jump Talisman.
Unlike the Shrinking Ground into an Inch Talisman he had used before, this one allowed for far greater distance. It was one of many consumables he carried for survival.
Without hesitation, he tore it apart.
Nothing happened.
Theo froze.
anwhile, in a separate dinsion, Lucien watched everything unfold with clear amusent. It resembled the Mirror Dinsion, close enough to observe, yet completely detached from reality.
As Theo activated the talisman, Lucien clenched his right hand.
The Space Stone responded instantly.
The entire space surrounding Titan Star froze, twisted, and locked in place.
So when Theo attempted to escape, he remained exactly where he stood.
"What is going on?"
Panic crept into his voice.
He pulled out more talismans, tearing them one after another, over ten in total.
Still, nothing changed.
He did not move even a single inch.
"Damn it!"
Theo looked up.
The cot was already descending, close enough to blot out everything.
A drop of cold sweat slid down his face.
Then it struck.
The collision between the cot and Titan Star unleashed unimaginable destruction. Light and heat consud everything as a massive shockwave burst outward, sweeping away nearby teorites.
Darkness itself was scattered.
The explosion continued for a long ti.
When it finally settled, Titan Star was gone.
In its place were countless fragnts drifting through space, glowing like dying embers.
On one of those fragnts, two figures lay barely alive.
Theo.
Thanos.
Both were covered in blood, their bodies mangled and broken.
What was more shocking was that all five mbers of the Black Order had survived, though they were barely clinging to life.
"Cough... cough..."
Theo spat out blood as he struggled to stand. His expression was filled with frustration and regret.
This was his own doing.
In his mind, he cursed the system that had given him useless talismans when he needed them most.
His arm, barely attached, trembled as he summoned another talisman. This one radiated life energy.
He tore it.
His wounds began to heal rapidly. Flesh regenerated, bones reford, and his aura surged back to its peak.
He tore another.
And another.
After three in total, Theo stood fully restored, as if nothing had happened.
In the distance, Thanos watched in stunned silence.
Then, just as Theo relaxed...
Lucien moved.
From another dinsion, he launched a sudden and brutal attack.
His right fist carried the combined forces of Power, Ti, and Space, slamming directly into Theo's back without warning.
The timing was perfect.
Theo had just recovered. His guard was down.
Without any form of future prediction, he had no chance to react.
The mont Lucien's vibranium gauntlet made contact, Theo's body might as well have been paper.
The fist pierced straight through his chest.
At the sa ti, eight crystal thorns wrapped in Armant Haki and intense heat shot out, locking him in place and tearing into his body.
But Lucien was not done.
His left hand, wrapped in soul energy, grabbed onto Theo's very soul and began to rip it out.
Everything happened in an instant.
Theo could not even scream.
His body convulsed briefly before going still.
Then, he turned to ash.
His soul was forcibly dragged out and devoured.
Only then did the crystal thorns retract.
Lucien stood there, satisfied.
A perfect execution.
Bending down, he picked up the Mind Scepter. Without hesitation, he crushed it and extracted the yellow Mind Stone.
As it neared his gauntlet, it automatically embedded itself.
Power surged through him imdiately. Veins bulged along his neck as he endured the overwhelming energy.
When it finally settled, Lucien looked at his hand.
Four stones.
Power, Ti, Space, Mind.
Only Soul and Reality remained.
"Still too inexperienced."
He glanced at the ashes that had once been Theo, shaking his head as if disappointed.
Even though Theo was gone, Lucien still spoke as if he could hear him.
He enjoyed it.
Showing off to the dead was safe, even if it lacked the sa satisfaction.
"Four Infinity Stones..."
Thanos, leaning against broken debris, stared at Lucien's hand, his expression filled with shock and desire.
He had spent years searching for them.
Now, soone held four at once.
Lucien stepped closer.
"Let's make a deal. You find the Soul Stone, and I will snap my fingers to erase half of all life in the universe."
Thanos narrowed his eyes, studying him carefully.
Lucien continued calmly.
"The universe has limited resources. Population growth is uncontrolled. Eventually, every planet reaches collapse, just like yours did."
His tone remained steady.
"If half the population disappears, the remaining half will thrive. Resources will stabilize. Planets will recover. The universe will heal."
Thanos's expression shifted.
For the first ti, he saw soone who understood his vision completely.
A kindred mind.
Without another word, Lucien grabbed him.
A Space Gate opened.
In the blink of an eye, they vanished from the shattered remains of Titan Star.
Far away, on Xandar, events were already unfolding.
Gamora and Star Lord had t.
The Guardians of the Galaxy were gathering, preparing to escape the planet aboard their ship.
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