The Collector Ran Away

Things took a turn for the worse so quickly; what was supposed to be a pleasant welcome dinner turned into a farce.

Then, what is known as "inviting a wolf into the house" immediately unfolded.

The battle-hardened super Topaz had only taken one step forward when he was knocked down by Thor's flying hammer.

They even left the hammer on her body.

The surrounding guards were also quickly taken down by the group.

"Is that all?"

Thor looked around blankly.

"I haven't had enough yet. Pulling out a weapon and shouting 'Robbery!' in someone's house—I've wanted to do that for a long time."

Rocket came over and gave Thor a high five.

"Let me do this next time."

Thor said to Rockets.

Banner, Ant-Man, and the others hadn't even had a chance to make a move.

The Grandmaster was completely dumbfounded.

He did indeed covet Xia Yu's genetic sequence.

But aside from that, he did genuinely like Xia Yu as a person; wasn't he very elegant?

He still feels like he's dreaming.

"Xia, tell me this is all fake, just a TV show. How could someone as elegant as you do something like robbery?"

The Grandmaster turned his head blankly and looked at Xia Yu.

He was met with a resounding slap.

"I've been to your lab, and besides, I've never been a particularly elegant person."

Xia Yu kicked Grandmaster away with a powerful kick.

She stepped forward and stomped on his chest.

The Gatling, which hadn't been used for a long time, reappeared in Xia Yu's hands.

Six cold gun barrels were pointed at the Grandmaster's head.

"Now, rob me! Hand over everything, and remember, everything."

With almost the entire Avengers, it was a complete rout for the Grandmaster.

The Grandmaster Venerable was weaker than Xia Yu had imagined.

Xia Yu sent Thor and the Valkyrie to free the slaves.

As for the Grandmaster's guards...

After a few token resistances, the Grandmaster and Topaz were seen being captured.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

They all fled to who-knows-where.

The ringleader has been apprehended; what will become of the rest?

What will become of Sakaar?

Could another Grandmaster appear and enslave these people?

There's no time to worry about that now.

Xia Yu's main purpose was to rob, not to build a home.

The Grandmaster's warehouse contained a large quantity of various materials.

They were all salvaged from years of accumulated garbage.

However, it contained no rare or high-grade metals or similar materials.

The large amount of universal currency in the account naturally benefited Star-Lord, Rocket, and the others.

Xia Yu simply had the Rockets open an account for him, keeping a portion as a backup.

Tony packed up all the data from the lab and took it with him. Whether it would be useful or not would be up to the top scientists in the Avengers.

Finally, only the Grandmaster and Topaz remained. Xia Yu broke their limbs and threw them into the group of released gladiators.

Most of the gladiators here are homeless, which is arguably Xia Yu's biggest takeaway from his trip.

They gained a group of warriors with some fighting ability.

If Xia Yu's future floating continent is truly established, it probably won't be too empty anymore.

However, it would be rather abrupt to let them live on Earth right now.

Fortunately, the Grandmaster has quite a few large spaceships here.

There is also a great abundance of daily necessities.

Xia Yu planned to let them live on the spaceship for a while first.

The construction of the floating continent also requires a considerable number of people.

Because it's uncertain when Star-Lord's father will appear.

Without his appearance, the floating continent would have no place to land.

So many gladiators can't just be placed on Earth, can they?

Let's take it one step at a time and deal with the Collector first.

Xia Yu was a little troubled.

By the way, the Collectors.

Tannery Tivan is the Collector's name.

The founder of the Tivan Group, wasn't his main business extracting various bone marrow tissues from the Celestial Skull?

That Celestial's skull has been transformed into a separate city in the universe, hasn't it?

The only problem now is that it's too far from Earth.

I wonder if Dr. Pym could shrink a skull the size of a small city.

How to bring it back can be discussed later; in any case, Xia Yu has his eye on this place.

The group rested in Sakaar for two days.

Besides taking inventory of collected supplies and arranging manpower, they unexpectedly encountered people sent by the Collector to deliver sleeping pills.

It's no wonder the Collector is so unlucky.

The drug was too potent; he feared his brother might misuse it.

He accidentally knocked out half of the Sakaar people.

So he not only sent someone to deliver the sleeping potion, but also brought along two scientists who had worked with him to prepare it.

This section will explain in detail how to use it to avoid any unintended harm to yourself.

This powerful sedative should be considered a biological weapon.

Xia Yu certainly didn't believe that the Collector had only made this one copy.

Even if it doesn't work for me, it won't be effective.

But at least they escaped a terrible ordeal.

If the sleeping potion arrives, it will cause a lot of trouble for the Grandmaster.

If we hadn't rested for two days, we might have accidentally capsized in the gutter when we got to the Collector.

The group quickly stayed a few more days and made several sets of protective suits for use in combat, in case anything unexpected happened at the Collector's place.

However, Xia Yu still underestimated the ancient monsters like the Grandmaster the Collectors, who had survived since the beginning of the Big Bang.

It has survived to this day despite having little combat power since the birth of the universe.

There aren't many idiots.

Perhaps things went too smoothly for the Grandmaster.

When the group fought their way to the Knowhere...

This place is empty now.

Yes, the Collector ran away.

The Collector anticipated that something was wrong after the sedative was sent out and received no response from the Grandmaster.

Sensing something was wrong, the Collector immediately packed up everything he could take with him.

Carnage all the outsiders in the Knowhere.

I took everything I could carry.

They ran away.

When Xia Yu and the others arrived.

Besides some structures that needed to be demolished, all the energy blocks inside the Celestial Skull were also taken away.

The entire Knowhere had become a dead city.

Moreover, the Collector not only left, but also left a trap for Xia Yu and his group.

After Xia Yu and the others all entered the Knowhere.

Faint yellow smoke billowed from many corners of the city within the skull.

It quickly spread throughout the entire city.

If everyone hadn't prepared protective suits beforehand...

I'm afraid this time everyone will get infected.

Not far from the Knowhere, a small spaceship was parked behind a meteorite.

The spaceship's control panel has many virtual screens.

The image above shows the situation of Xia Yu and his Legion group in the Knowhere.

Seeing that Xia Yu and the others were all wearing protective suits against the gas, the person inside the spaceship quickly dialed a communication number.

"How's it going?"

The image on the screen shows the Collector who has fled and disappeared.