"You look like a dwarf with obesity, stupid as a pig."
Star-Lord Peter Quill taunted Thanos with words as his jet boots darted through the sky. Holding his blaster, he fired at Thanos with maximum power.
He was every bit the hooligan, the street punk, hurling every possible verbal insult at Thanos and drawing Thanos's attention onto himself.
Thanos blocked Star-Lord Peter Quill twice with the Infinity Gauntlet, deciding there was something wrong with his head. He clenched his right hand, which wore the Infinity Gauntlet, toward Star-Lord Peter Quill, and immense gravity threw Star-Lord's jet boots off balance, dragging him toward Thanos.
Star-Lord Peter Quill's expression changed drastically. He flailed helplessly as Thanos pulled him close, then took a direct punch. With his jet boots destabilized, he spun through the air with a scream, flying toward Rocket Raccoon.
Rocket Raccoon, who had been aiming at Thanos, could not help pulling his gaze away from the scope. Watching Star-Lord Peter Quill get blasted over like a fan and skid to a stop at his feet, he mocked, "Quill, nice work. You delayed him for 0.3 seconds!"
Then Rocket Raccoon fired a shot into Thanos's chest, halting his movements.
Star-Lord Peter Quill grimaced in pain. "Damn it, Rocket. I think my waist is cracked."
Boom—
Thanos was astonished by Star-Lord Peter Quill's resilience.
Star-Lord Peter Quill had taken one of his punches head-on, yet had merely flown back to his teammates and grimaced in pain.
Normally, he should have been smashed to pieces and killed outright.
Thanos frowned and directly blasted apart the energy cannon Rocket Raccoon had fired.
At that moment, a dark crimson phantom trailed a long afterimage as it raced from afar to Thanos's side, circling him. The kinetic force brought by its high-speed movement was not to