"Is that so? What a pity. I had hoped to obtain the last two Stones as peacefully as possible. But you have left me no choice."
Looking at the humans of Earth standing ready for battle, Thanos slowly raised the Infinity Gauntlet and clenched his fist.
The next second...
The power of the Reality Stone activated instantly, transforming the once-empty desert into a lush tropical rainforest filled with complex terrain.
Whether they were superheroes or the positions established by the Astartes, all of them were completely divided by this sudden change.
Some were sent to the peaks of mountains, while others fell into lowlands filled with rivers and swamps.
All their previous careful preparations seemed laughable before the power of the Infinity Stones.
"Damn it! Natasha! What are you waiting for?"
Tony Stark immediately flew into the air in his armor and shouted at Black Widow through the comms.
"Relax! I've already sent the signal."
Wearing specially made powered armor, Black Widow leaped from a mountain more than a thousand meters high and hurled the tracking device in her hand toward the enemies surging forward like a tide.
The instant the disc-shaped device traced an arc through the air and struck the head of a biological weapon, it tore open space and released a massive portal.
Before the command system of Thanos's army could even understand what had happened, hundreds of fully armed mercenaries from the Ninth Layer of Baator charged out.
Leading them was a tall, thin Ultroloth wielding a massive scimitar.
It was a Greater Yugoloth, resembling a humanoid creature in robes. Only its elongated head and two eyes gleaming yellow looked somewhat unsettling.
Any enemy who came within ten meters would instantly collapse and fall into a deep sleep.
This was the Ultroloth's unique ability—Hypnotic Gaze.
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