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"How was I supposed to know he could manifest so many..." Drax muttered guiltily.
"Don't be afraid! I still have a trump card!"
Drax suddenly remembered something, his eyes lighting up as he shouted loudly.
He pushed Mantis, who was hiding behind him, to the front.
"Mantis! Use your ability!"
"Make him sleep! Just like you usually do!"
Mantis hesitated.
"I... I don't know if I can do it..."
"Before, it was always when he was willing..."
"You can!" Drax pressed his hands on Mantis's shoulders, looking at her sincerely with his big eyes full of "wisdom."
"Because... I believe in you!"
Everyone: "..."
Rocket looked at Drax in disbelief.
Not far away, Ego also looked at these two fellows who were loudly conspiring right in front of him with a face full of confusion.
"Are you two... acting like I don't exist?"
"Or do you think that just by shouting 'I believe in you' out loud, you can create a miracle?"
Swoosh—!
A small energy tentacle drilled out from the soil beneath Mantis's feet without warning.
The speed was so fast that there was no time to react.
"Ah!"
Mantis let out a startled cry as her ankle was wrapped by the tentacle and she was swung violently.
Whoosh—Bang!!
She was slammed heavily against a stone wall a dozen meters away, then slid down limply, unconscious.
"Mantis!!" Drax's face paled in shock as he tried to go save her.
But more tentacles had already surged up, cutting them off.
"You absolute idiot!!"
Rocket was practically fuming, roaring while firing his gun.
"Revealing your trump card right in front of the big villain?! Do you have shit for brains?!"
The seemingly endless tentacles surged forward, crowding each other and forcing everyone to retreat steadily.
Yondu's arrow was entangled by the dense tentacles, while Gamora and Nebula were covered in multiple wounds.
Although Jessica could teleport to dodge, she felt powerless in the face of such a full-screen attack.
"There's too many! We can't kill them all!" Quill shouted in despair... Meanwhile, in the Earth's livestream room.
The audience's hearts rose to their throats along with the shaking of the camera.
Groot's filming skills were clearly inferior to Jessica's; the camera shook violently and often captured strange angles.
But that sense of tension still transmitted through the screen.
[My god... how do they fight this? They can't kill them all!]
[It's over, it's over! It's going to be a total wipeout!]
[That big guy is such a 'pig teammate'! I'm so mad!]
[Is that Mantis girl dead... I actually quite liked her type...]
[Where's Homelander? Where did Homelander go?]
[Wasn't he just going to take down the planes? Why isn't he finished yet?]
[Hurry up! They won't be able to hold on!]
...In everyone's eyes, Ego's energy seemed infinite.
Cut one, and two grew back.
Everyone was forced back step by step, their maneuvering space becoming smaller and smaller.
Yondu's Yaka Arrow was blocked by a net woven from several tentacles, losing its speed advantage. Finally, it was slapped away, and Yondu himself was buried under a pile of rubble.
Except for Jessica, who possessed teleportation and monstrous strength and could barely hold on, the rest of the group was gradually submerged by the tentacles.
And Quill.
He was captured once again.
And this time, it was a dozen thick energy tentacles piercing into his body simultaneously.
Chest, back, thighs, arms... every part of his body.
"AAAAAAAGH————!!"
Quill let out a heart-wrenching scream.
Ego was no longer holding back this time. He wanted to fully drain all the divine power in Quill's body, even if it killed him.
Rumble rumble rumble—!!!
As the massive divine power was injected into the planetary core, the entire Ego the Living Planet seemed to begin expanding.
On Earth, the grey crystals that had previously gone silent suddenly lit up with blue light again.
Crack—Boom!!
The rock surface exploded.
The blue energy inside was no longer flowing; it was erupting!
Like a long-suppressed volcano, it had finally found an outlet.
"Not good!!"
Wanda's expression changed drastically.
This energy impact was more than ten times stronger than before!
Bang!!
The golden Vishanti magic circle was instantly covered in cracks, like glass struck by a heavy hammer.
"Hold on!! You must hold on!!"
Wanda bit her lip until it bled, her hands desperately supporting the magic shield as her magic output surged frantically, trying to mend those cracks.
But that sudden burst of power was too strong.
A corner of the magic circle collapsed.
A torrent of blue energy gushed out from the gap, transforming into countless giant tentacles that swept toward the surrounding towns and defensive lines.
"There! The gap is there!!"
"Block them back!!"
Steve Rogers let out a roar, raised his shield, and charged toward a descending tentacle.
Clang!
The shield collided with the energy tentacle, letting out a loud bang. The massive force knocked Steve back several steps, but he held on firmly and did not fall.
"Fire! Fire!"
Bucky raised his Piercer Gauss Rifle, frantically spitting tongues of fire.
In the sky, a gold and red figure whistled past.
"Watch me!"
Tony Stark, wearing his brand new Mark 47 armor, fired his chest Unibeam, blasting a giant tentacle apart.
"Banner! It's your turn! Call the big guy out!"
"Hulk—Smash!!"
A roar echoed.
The Hulk jumped down from the transport plane, slamming into the blue energy pile like a cannonball, grabbing those tentacles and beginning to tear them apart frantically.
The Vought Heroes, in this moment of life and death, displayed incredible combat power.
With their heroic will, they built a defensive line of flesh and blood at the gap.
This scene was synchronized to screens all over the world through Skynet's global livestream.
Billions of people were watching this difficult battle with tears in their eyes.
They saw the Guardians of the Galaxy being submerged by tentacles in the interstellar broadcast.
They saw the Vought Heroes on Earth struggling to hold on.
The blood at the corner of Wanda's mouth, the scratches on the Iron Man armor, the wounds on Captain America... every one of these scenes tugged at their heartstrings.
Fear was spreading, but hope was also burning.
And in everyone's heart, they were all calling the same name at this moment.
The man wearing the stars and stripes cape who promised to protect them.
"Homelander... where are you?"
"Hurry up! We need you!"
"Save us... save them..."
The prayers converged into a sea... Inside the Egos Temple.
"Ah!" Gamora let out a scream, her whole body wrapped by several tentacles, being dragged straight into the ground.
"Gamora!!"
Nebula looked at her sister who was wrapped by tentacles and about to be dragged underground, and rushed forward recklessly.
"Let her go!!" Nebula threw herself onto the tentacles, cutting frantically with her broken blade.
But soon more tentacles surrounded her, her limbs were entangled, and a massive pulling force came.
Nebula felt like her body was about to be torn apart.
"Sister..." She looked at the similarly trapped Gamora, a trace of sadness showing in her eyes.
Is it over... She closed her eyes, waiting for death to descend.
Suddenly!
Boom——————!!!
A loud explosion suddenly came from above.