fictionpage Chapter 1991, titled "The Abyss of Gap," offers a panoramic view from an absolute height.
Chapter 1991, titled "The Abyss of Gap," offers a panoramic view from an absolute height.
Chapter 1991, titled "The Abyss of Gap," offers a panoramic view from an absolute height.
This aura continued to rise, becoming increasingly vast and profound, seemingly without end, threatening to crush this starry sky and reshape the laws of this place.
But just as this climb reached a certain critical point, it abruptly disappeared.
It was as if they had ascended to a level that was incomprehensible, unobservable, and imperceptible to most people.
Thanos was still standing there, but in their perception, that place was "empty"; not empty in a physical sense, but empty at the level of "information" and "perception".
They could see Thanos's figure and "observe" him, but all the detection methods returned was "nothingness".
All known methods of observation failed in his case.
Tony frowned deeply, and Loki gripped Gungnir, the spear of eternity.
This feeling, which was beyond their comprehension, made them extremely uncomfortable, but they also knew that Thanos had used some means to become stronger.
It's highly likely related to the system he carries.
As for panic, there was none. No matter how strong Thanos became, he could never be a match for Bai Xuan.
Unless he somehow turns this world into his own.
It's not possible with just the Infinity Stones.
Rick was the only one in the room who could vaguely "touch" the edge of Thanos's current state from the perspective of "rules".
The Star Cup trembled slightly in his hand, emitting a low, alarming sound that only he could hear.
He could sense that Thanos was in an extremely unstable and dangerous state. He seemed to be standing at a critical point, and once he completed a certain kind of "compilation", his very existence could have an irreversible impact on the existing cosmic structure.
He slowly raised the Star Cup, and the chaotic light within it began to flow in an orderly fashion, as if constructing some extremely complex ability.
He felt he had to do something.
At the very least, the process needs to be interrupted, or a "gap" needs to be created.
Even the closest wolf, Grey Wolf, felt something was off.
It felt neither Thanos's "power" nor his "threat," just as a person wouldn't "feel" the "power" of the air.
But just like everyone else, it didn't panic, nor did it feel anything.
If you can't even sense Thanos, what could you possibly sense?
After an unknown amount of time, the changes in Thanos gradually stopped. He stood quietly in place, as if adapting to, understanding, and taking control of this new "self".
Then, Thanos slightly shifted his gaze.
Those dark eyes, containing the light of birth and death of stars, calmly swept over everyone present.
There was no murderous intent, no oppressive aura, and not even a trace of emotion.
But just as his gaze swept over it...
An invisible force was acting on them, as if everything they constituted—material, energetic, spiritual, and informational—was being watched by a higher-level will, and was subtly showing a tendency to be "covered" or "negated."
Loki felt like a snake being baked in the sun, stiff and powerless.
There's nothing we can do, nothing we can do but wait for the final verdict.
Tony also directly experienced this "negation".
He could see the hairs standing on end and goosebumps rising on his bare arm skin—the instinctive reaction of a living being to an incomprehensible threat.
He forced himself to think calmly, but his brain seemed to be disturbed, and his thinking became sluggish.
In Rick's eyes, a higher-dimensional power was expanding around Thanos's body, like an ink droplet falling into clear water, eroding and rewriting the original rules.
In his own world, he could easily do what Thanos is doing now, but in this world, he can't.
And Grey Wolf
Its body had returned to normal at some point. It scratched its furry ears, blinked, and looked around.
"Uh, what's wrong with you guys?"
Grey Wolf looked at Loki and the others with some confusion.
It is completely incapable of understanding the oppression that others are experiencing, an oppression rooted in the very nature of life.
Thanos's gaze, powerful enough to distort reality, fell upon him as if a slightly stronger breeze had blown by, leaving him completely unaffected.
Thanos didn't care about this.
Given Grey Wolf's unique nature, even if he strengthened it ten more times, it wouldn't really have any effect on it.
Don't try to outdo the world of comedy in terms of fighting power.
His gaze settled on Loki.
"Let's start with you."
Thanos's voice rang out softly, and then, before everyone's eyes, he appeared in front of Loki.
"Pfft."
The sounds of flesh being pierced and blood rang out.
Thanos's fist pierced through Loki's magnificent golden armor, through his resilient divine body, and emerged from his back.
Golden divine blood slowly seeped out from Thanos's arm, condensing into eerie and poignant blood beads in the vacuum.
Loki's body stiffened abruptly, like an insect frozen in amber.
Life force, divine power, and everything about him as "Loki" poured out of that hideous void like a flood bursting its banks.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, to let out one last laugh, but only large gushes of blood foam mixed with ice crystal fragments came out.
Gungnir, the spear of eternity, slipped from his unconsciously loosened hand, its tip gleaming completely, and drifted slowly into the cold void like ordinary iron.
Nothing can be done, nothing can be accomplished.
Despite possessing the power to negate death, at this moment he was just like a mortal.
He was simply killed, and died so easily.
"Loki!!!"
Thor let out a heart-wrenching roar, his eyes instantly becoming bloodshot.
He frantically channeled the almost stagnant divine power within him, his body wanting to rush forward recklessly, but under Thanos's gaze, his body seemed to be preventing him from doing so.
This caused every movement to be as slow as a snail's pace, and he could only watch helplessly as his younger brother's life force rapidly dimmed like a candle in the wind, eventually turning into coldness.
Thanos withdrew his arm expressionlessly, as if he were merely pulling a finger from a sand pile. He didn't even glance at the corpse. The divine blood on his arm turned into ordinary dark red ice crystals the moment it left his skin and scattered away.
Then, his gaze fell on Tony.
Tony responded with a slightly cynical smile.
"Is it my turn now?"
"Why don't you turn around and take another look at Loki? What if he's actually not dead and is preparing to ambush you right now?"
"You know, the god of trickery always likes to surprise you."
Tony's voice betrayed no fear whatsoever, but rather carried a hint of mockery.
Because he wasn't afraid to begin with.
With Bai Xuan around, how could Loki possibly die? If he really were dead, the chat group would have given a warning long ago.
Moreover, the Ancient One has not yet appeared.
It couldn't be that she was afraid of Thanos's power, could it? It's more likely that someone stopped her, or made it unnecessary for her to participate in this battle.
How could he possibly be afraid?
Thanos did not respond to Tony's words.
Loki isn't dead? He killed him himself, how could he not know whether Loki was dead or not?
Even if you summon the Goddess of Death, he'll still be dead!
Tony wanted to say something more, like Thanos being enhanced but still bald, but the next moment...
Thanos appeared directly in front of Tony; a hand gripped Tony's throat.
The instant he was touched, all the power flowing within Tony seemed to be sealed off, unable to circulate at all.
Tony finally understood why Loki had been like a lamb to the slaughter, offering no resistance whatsoever.
It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.
Under this touch, your connection with your own power is forcibly severed. You are no longer the master of power, or even the master of your own body, but just an "object" fixed on an anvil.
How can we resist?
"Click".
With a soft crack, Tony's cervical vertebrae shattered instantly.
The light in Tony's eyes quickly faded and dimmed.
The hand that had been gripping his throat loosened casually.
Tony Stark's body, devoid of all life and power, floated limply like a puppet with its strings cut.
Thanos glanced at him, then turned his gaze to Rick.
Although the Star Cup is troublesome, trouble doesn't mean it can't be solved.
The most troublesome one is actually that Big Bad Wolf.
But after he kills Rick, Grey Wolf will probably leave on his own.
With that thought in mind, Thanos raised his right hand and pointed at Rick.
A suffocating sense of being "locked in" descended upon Rick, preparing to crush the barrier of the Star Grail and "erasure" Rick from this spacetime along with it.
But just as Thanos's will was about to materialize, Rick slowly raised his head, a complex emotion in his eyes.
Regret, resentment, relief, and a faint sense of apology.
He didn't look at Thanos, who was about to launch an attack, but instead slightly turned his head, as if speaking to the empty void beside him, and said in a calm yet regretful voice:
"I'm sorry, Senior Bai Xuan."
"We really can't solve this problem with our own strength alone."
"In the end, we still need to rely on your strength."
He lowered his head, looking at the star cup in his hand, a somewhat bitter smile curving his lips.
Despite accepting Bai Xuan's help and gaining the approval of the group members, he grasped the Holy Grail, possessed the power to rewrite the world, and became the "One God".
As a result, in this time traveler mission, he was still unable to meet the mission objectives.
Despite numerous reasons such as "world limitations," "inability to exert full strength," and "the opponent's evolution exceeding expectations," in Rick's heart, these reasons could not completely conceal the deep-seated regret and self-doubt.
Did he really do his best? Was he really unable to do any better?
Holding the Star Cup and bearing expectations, he still needs to call upon Senior Bai Xuan's power to clean up the mess.
The moment Thanos heard Rick's voice, his eyes, which seemed capable of devouring everything, suddenly contracted!
Senior Bai Xuan?
There's one more person?
How could he not have noticed from beginning to end?!
How can this be? !
At his current level of life and perception, all information in this area should be crystal clear, like the lines on the palm of his hand.
Unless a terrible thought suddenly pops into Thanos's mind.
Unless the other party's level of existence is higher than his!
Or perhaps, the other party's existence is beyond the scope of what he can "observe" at this moment!
Just as Rick finished speaking, Thanos was shaken to his core.
Before Rick, in the void that was originally empty, a figure gradually appeared, growing from faint to dark, from ethereal to real, as if stepping out of an ancient painting.
He was a young man.
Black hair, smooth and natural; black eyes, deep and serene.
His face was a pure "perfection" that transcended gender, race, and all worldly aesthetic standards.
It wasn't just simple handsomeness, but a divine beauty that was harmonious and natural to the extreme, as if the concept of "beauty" itself existed to interpret it.
Every proportion of her facial features and every curve of her contours seems to have been calculated and sculpted by the laws of the universe. Too much would be too flamboyant, too little would be too bland. She is just right, making people forget the mundane and feel at peace.
He stood there quietly, without emitting any pressure, energy fluctuations, or even the slightest sense of presence.
Unless you see it with your own eyes, you can't even "perceive" his existence.
But the moment he appeared, Thanos's oppressive aura vanished, as if all the despairing suppression from before was just a brief nightmare.
Thor felt the stagnant divine power within him begin to flow again. He stared in shock at the suddenly appearing black figure, his heart churning with turbulent emotions.
Who is this?
Then, boundless grief and anger overwhelmed him once again. He looked at his brother's floating corpse, his teeth grinding together.
As for Rick, the moment Bai Xuan appeared, his body, which had been tense to the limit, suddenly relaxed, and he almost collapsed.
He put away the Star Cup, bowed slightly, took half a step back, and completely relinquished the battlefield.
Bai Xuan's gaze calmly fell on Thanos.
There was no hostility in his gaze, nor much emotion, as if he were looking at a tree by the roadside, a cloud in the sky, or an ordinary star in the universe.
Thanos stared intently at Bai Xuan, the starlight in his dark eyes fluctuating violently for the first time. It was a wariness of the unknown, a sense of unease about things beyond his control, and a primal tremor that he himself had not even noticed, a feeling of being looked down upon by a deeper being.
He, Thanos, the Titan who conquered billions of planets, the overlord who wielded the Infinity Stones, Thanos who had just broken through the limits of life and reached a higher dimension of power.
For the first time, I felt something in front of this suddenly appearing human.
That abyss called "gap".
too long.
It's really too long.
So long ago, Thanos had almost forgotten what it felt like to be looked down upon from an absolute height by some being.
Since he transmigrated to the Marvel world with the system and became Thanos, the Eternal Titan, he has had a starting point that transcends the ordinary.
An incomparably powerful physical body, a spirit as vast as the sea, and the ability to survive in the universe.
These are just the basics.