"Hahahaha!"
When Heros said he was going to kill him, Ronan threw his head back and laughed, as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.
"You..."
Just as Ronan was about to mock Heros, Heros suddenly charged forward at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow, swinging his war spear with its tip aimed straight at Ronan's chin.
"Slash~!"
The spearhead sliced a bloody line across Ronan's neck. Fortunately, the wound was shallow, so his dark-purple blood did not gush out.
Heros had not missed. He had deliberately spared Ronan's life. Otherwise, there would have been a bloody hole in Ronan's neck instead of a mere cut.
Then.
Heros lowered his war spear and revealed an undisguised look of mockery as he quietly watched Ronan.
As for Ronan, who had just experienced a brush with death, his shaken mind had yet to calm down. But the moment he saw Heros's contemptuous expression, rage immediately engulfed him.
Ronan gripped the Great Hammer containing the Power Stone with both hands and raised it high. The purple light from the Power Stone grew even more dazzling, forcing Wanda and Pietro, who were watching from a distance, to raise their hands and shield their eyes.
"How dare you look down on me! I'm Ronan! I'm the Lord of the Universe who will soon replace Thanos! Die!!!!"
With a roar, Ronan poured nearly all his strength into swinging the Great Hammer downward, smashing it toward the top of Heros's head.
"Wu~—! Clang—!"
A moment later, a purple-glowing shockwave rapidly surged outward with Heros and Ronan at its center.
The shockwave even caused the individual Energy Shields outside the bridge to rise automatically. Arthur, Pietro, Wanda, and the others also stood behind Carl and Mylon, avoiding injury from the