2140 Death of Thanos
Luke and Selina had discussed grabbing the Stones many times before this; the idea had come from Tonyâs attempt to steal the Stones in 2023.
However, they had never fixed on a certain person to grab the Stones. Instead, Knight, Big Dipper and Selina would play it by ear and take the opportunity if they saw it.
Selina hadnât awakened her Evolution ability during the fight in the warship. There were a few times when she wasnât far from the glove, but the chance of failure had been high.
Given Thanosâs combat awareness, if she couldnât succeed in one hit, it would be very hard for her to make a second attempt.
Right now, Selina had the Evolution ability, and was immune to most of the Stonesâ energy. Thanos even planned to take Luke down with him; even if she didnât make a grab for the Stones now, it would be too late.
Also, Luke was confident that it wouldnât be Selina whom Thanos chose to take down with him.
From beginning to end, she had only pestered Thanos a few times, while the person who had made Thanos doubt life was Luke.
Thus, when Luke was about to punch Thanos, the galactic tyrant finally turned his head and looked at him one last time. With a cold smile, he grabbed the Power Stone with his left hand.
Then⊠he touched something metallic and very elastic.
Stunned, Thanos lowered his head and looked at his right hand. He saw a black palm swiftly pulling back. He couldnât help but roar, âNoâŠâ
As soon as he spoke, Luke had already lunged at him from dozens of meters away, his body suddenly swelling up to over three meters tall.
Ten-fold outburst, activate!
Lukeâs strength instantly skyrocketed tenfold. Even with his strong physique, he could feel his muscles and organs crack.
This was the effect of a ten-fold outburst of 140 Strength.
Pu!
Wrapped in Annihilation energy, Lukeâs hand broke through the golden armor like a knife and pierced Thanosâs chest and heart.
Then, the power of faith surged into Thanosâs chest.
Thanos stiffened. He glanced at the thick arm in his chest, then looked up at Luke blankly.
Lukeâs expression was similar to Thanosâs. His eyes were indifferent, and he didnât look excited at all about killing a powerful enemy.
More importantly⊠the system hadnât given him a kill notification yet. Who the hell knew if Thanos still had a backup plan.
The power of faith continued to pour into Thanosâs body, wearing down his strong body and his still tenacious consciousness.
Many scenes gradually appeared in front of Thanos.
When he was besieged and humiliated by others on Titan as a youngster, and desperately slaughtered his way to the top; when he commanded armies in raids and massacres as an adult; and finally⊠the indescribable expression on Gamoraâs face when he threw her off the cliff on Planet Vormir.
The images appeared one after another, before they collapsed under the impact of the power of faith and completely disappeared.
His lips parted slightly, and Thanos sighed soundlessly. Finally⊠it was over.
The consciousness of this galactic tyrant collapsed, and his mind and soul were turned to dust.
Luke grabbed Thanosâs body with one hand and pulled his other hand out of his chest. He then sprayed the hole with a freeze spray.
He didnât want to leave a single drop of Thanosâs blood outside.
Who the hell knew when someone in this universe might be able to clone Thanos one day.
Although the chances were very low, Luke didnât want to test his luck.
When it came to Thanos, this cosmic âchild of luck,â it was best to avoid trouble as much as possible.
Selina asked suspiciously, âThatâs it?â
Luke hummed in response and quickly returned to a height of 2.6 meters.
After a ten-fold outburst, it would take about an hour for his body to go back to his regular height.
For the time being, he didnât want to reactivate his clones.
This was the first time in years that all his stats had returned to him. He needed some time to do research.
Now that Thanos was dead, Luke could say that he had used some âforbidden technique,â and could legitimately ârecuperateâ for a period of time.
In response to Selinaâs question, he simply asked, âOtherwise?â
Something like a battle with 300 rounds and a reversal on top of a reversal could only happen in a movie.
In a battle of this level, victory and defeat were usually decided in an instant.
If they overlooked anything, the victors would become complete losers, and wouldnât even be able to keep their lives.
Thanosâs death looked simple, but he had actually been really hard to kill.
If it wasnât for the fact that he was too obsessed with obtaining the Infinity Stones and carrying out his plan to cull the universe, Luke and Selina wouldnât have had a chance to kill him at all.
Even then, all of Earthâs allied forces and the superheroes â the Justice League, New SHIELD and Wakandaâs elites â had been deployed.
Lukeâs people â the civilian executives and the reserve members â who had been hiding all this time and who had never taken part in an official battle were all mobilized.
Selinaâs unexpected awakening of an Evolution ability gave her and Luke an exceptionally good chance against the energy of the Stones.
In the end, Luke recalled his clones and recombined all his stats. Only after he used a ten-fold outburst, an Annihilation blade, and the power of faith one after another was he able to kill Thanos in one attack.
This was how troublesome it was to kill Thanos, even when the latter wasnât wearing the cheat-like Infinity Glove.
If Thanos had still been able to run after all that, it would be a huge problem for Luke.
An opponent who couldnât be killed even after Luke used all his trump cards basically had the upper hand.
As long as the other party didnât act stupid again, Earthâs population could only scatter to try and preserve the embers of their civilization; it was unlikely they would have the chance to turn things around.
Selina was lost for words. It wasnât like she could say that she wanted Thanos to come back to life so that she could kill him again.
A few minutes later, Tony, Steve and the other Avengers flew straight to the temporary base.
The other people who were further away also arrived through portals.
...
Earthâs superhero team gathered to look at Thanosâs body â it wasnât just one or two people who personally checked to make sure that he was dead for good.
The last person to arrive was Thor, with Wade in tow.
The destruction of the warship had sent them flying. Wade had passed out for a bit, and the GPS or comms on his suit couldnât be used.
In the end, they were discovered by fighter planes from Earth that had been hunting down the last of Thanosâs fighter planes, and Strange brought them back.
When Thor saw Thanosâs body, he looked at Luke with a conflicted expression. âYou killed him just like that?â
Pondering for a few seconds, Luke said, âThen how about you cut off his head now? This was left especially for you.â
After a brief silence, Thor suddenly raised his hand and swung.
Swoosh!
Thanosâs head was sent flying.
Everybody was lost for words. You really did it!
After venting, Thor relaxed.
...
He was still a little depressed, but he had cut off Thanosâs head for Loki, Heimdall and the people of Asgard â he hadnât gone back on his word.
Noticing everybodyâs strange expressions, he put his ax away. âIâm just confirming that Thanos is really dead. Hm, thatâs it.â
Everybody: âŠ