Fated Slaughter?

Having secured Tony's Armor, Xia Yu originally intended to participate in the creation of other items such as the Stormbreaker and Hawkeye's new bow, but a message from space completely shifted Xia Yu's focus elsewhere.

Xandar, the capital planet of one of the three most powerful empires in the universe, is the base of the Nova Corps and the usual office of Nova Prime, the supreme leader of the Xandar civilization.

The last time Xia Yu came here, it was a place where all kinds of people from all over the universe lived together. It was a prosperous, bustling, and highly developed civilization, maintaining a good planetary environment.

This is one of the few places in the universe where development is relatively balanced, and Xia Yu quite likes this place.

Now, the place is littered with wreckage, the entire planet looks as if it has been bombarded by artillery shells, with limbs and bodies scattered everywhere, smoke and corpses everywhere, a scene of hell on earth.

Cries of pain and anguish filled the entire planet as people grieved for the loss of loved ones.

The building that symbolized the highest level of Xandar civilization was now in ruins, and the Xandar leadership had been completely wiped out.

A small spaceship was parked in front of the building's ruins; it belonged to Star-Lord and his Guardians of the Galaxy.

Groot, now a teenager, is following Gamora, Nebula, and Mantis as they rescue people everywhere.

Rocket, Star-Lord, and Drax the Destroyer stared blankly at what was happening before them.

The planet they had once saved together has lost all its former vitality.

A flash of light appeared in the void, and a portal opened out of thin air. Xia Yu, accompanied by a fully dressed Tony, stepped out of the portal.

Upon entering Xandar, Xia Yu's eyes narrowed at what he saw; he never imagined Xandar would be in such a state.

Logically speaking, since Xia Yu took the Power Stone directly and the major civilizations in the universe stopped their all-out war, Xandar shouldn't have ended up like this.

"What happened here? It looks even worse than New York last time. Did some kind of interstellar war happen?"

Tony looked at all this and muttered to himself.

"It's Thanos. This place was already like this when we arrived."

Everyone was already quite familiar with each other, so there was no point in making a special introduction. Star-Lord went straight to the point.

Have you seen him?

Xia Yu frowned and asked.

"When we arrived, the place was already like this. We heard the news and wanted to come and see if it was true, but we didn't expect it to be like this when we got here."

Rocket lost his sense of humor; after all, the vast majority of a planet had suffered devastating damage, and even the most carefree person couldn't laugh at such a sight.

Pointing to the ruins behind him, Rocket continued.

"Aside from the Nova Fighters patrolling outside, the Nova Corps didn't even have a chance to fight back. Thanos seemed to appear out of nowhere, directly destroying Xandar's core, and then his fleet bombarded the entire planet."

"How long did it take you to get here after receiving the news?"

The Nova Corps is definitely not easy to deal with. Xia Yu needs to ascertain Thanos's current combat strength, since he hasn't even obtained a single Infinity Stones yet.

"When we received the news, we were nearby. We jumped over in less than an hour. We were told that Thanos's fleet had appeared on Xandar. The other party was a dealer who bought stolen goods here. He wanted the bounty for finding Thanos, so we came here immediately."

Star-Lord continued.

Where are the others?

"Who knows? We can't get in touch with them anymore."

Star-Lord pointed to the ruins and limbs scattered outside and said.

"So Thanos instantly shattered the Nova Corps' defenses and then massacred the planet? He didn't have any Infinity Stones, so how did he do it?"

Thanos came with a fleet, and there's also the Nova Corps defending the area. Star-Lord and his crew arrived in less than an hour. It would probably take Thanos's fleet several tens of minutes to bombard the entire planet.

"It wasn't a rout, it was a sneak attack. My father's fleet appeared out of thin air and destroyed this building in one strike. They weren't prepared at all. The Nova Corps was caught completely off guard and was wiped out in a single blow. After bombarding the planet, they vanished again into thin air."

Not far away, Nebula swayed her hips as she walked over; she had received some information from the survivors.

"I suspect he obtained the Space Stone and teleported here directly."

Nebula looked at Xia Yu with a puzzled expression.

"Impossible, the Space Stone is still safely in our base, it couldn't possibly be in his hands."

Xia Yu gave Tony a suggestive look and said with absolute certainty.

Although many people could see that Tony's Armor contained Infinity Stones, Xia Yu didn't want to leak the news so quickly. He didn't want Tony to become Thanos's next target. As things stood, Thanos was elusive enough; who knew what other tricks he had up his sleeve that others didn't know about, and he might not be able to keep up with them.

"Then you'll need to be careful from now on. His goal is the Infinity Stones, and he could appear next to you at any time."

Nebula looked at Xia Yu and Tony with a suspicious gaze and said...

"I'm just curious why he attacked this place; there aren't any Infinity Stones here."

Xia Yu suspected that Thanos had some unknown motive, but this place should be of no value to Thanos at the moment.

"There's nothing strange about it. My father used to do things that destroyed planets, randomly wiping out half the population. It was his ideal."

Nebula continued.

"But this time is different. He had a purpose. He didn't randomly wipe out half the population; instead, he carried out a large-scale, indiscriminate killing."

Before Xia Yu could speak, Gamora's voice rang out.

A little girl with red skin was also with her.

The little girl was clearly terrified, clinging tightly to Gamora's pants, her head tucked behind Gamora.

"Thanos deliberately left this child behind. During the bombardment, Thanos protected her and asked her to deliver a message to an Earthling. I suspect that person isn't Quill."

Gamora gave Xia Yu a cold look, then turned back and spoke to the little girl with utmost gentleness.

"Don't be afraid, Dorothea, this is just that Earthling. He won't hurt you. Tell him what Thanos said to you!"

The little girl glanced timidly at everyone, then hid half her body behind Gamora again before whispering.

"He told me to tell that Earthling that the inevitable killing and destruction will not disappear because of him."

After these words were spoken, others were still wondering what Thanos meant.

Xia Yu's expression changed drastically in an instant.