The Time Has Come

"You killed my mother?!"

Star-Lord's eyes were no longer pitch-black as before. They were bloodshot as he glared furiously at Ego.

"And you dared to crush my Walkman?!"

To Star-Lord, that Walkman was his emotional anchor. Having Ego crush it filled him with rage.

"I'll kill you!"

"Heh heh, just be a good little battery."

Ego remained completely calm, paying no heed to Star-Lord's hysterical roar.

If Star-Lord had not still been useful, he would have wiped him out long ago. Wetting himself in public—you really disgraced me!

"Weren't you asking about your brothers and sisters? They're all in the underground caverns. I can send you to see them. You'll be staying there for the next thousand years."

Ego had completely revealed his true colors.

Under his control, countless energy tentacles restrained Star-Lord. One tentacle even pierced straight through his chest. Of course, Star-Lord did not die, but the Celestial energy he had only just awakened was being madly absorbed by Ego through those energy tentacles.

A look of utter satisfaction appeared on Ego's face.

As though he were taking drugs.

Vast amounts of energy were continuously extracted from Star-Lord's body.

The power system of this world was quite interesting. Setting everything else aside, racial talents like Star-Lord's could carry immense energy the moment they were awakened. Thor's awakening had been much the same.

This was entirely different from the Eastern cultivation system.

Although cultivation also existed in this world, its power was far inferior to the inborn kind, or the kind that was "borrowed."

The main theme of the Marvel World was talent and bloodlines.

Perhaps some mages did cultivate gradually, but their power was always exceedingly weak and unworthy of notice.

As for Kamar-Taj, the sacred land of mages, although they also "cultivated," they cultivated how to use