"No! Look at what you've done! What have you done?!"
"Please, don't do this. Bring them back, please!"
"Oh God, this is..."
"I-I don't want to die..."
"..."
As countless clouds of black smoke appeared, everyone present collapsed into incomprehensible despair.
Only Thanos, who had been gravely injured after losing the Infinity Stones, wore a gratified smile before drawing his final breath.
Xu Yue, who had already run out of ammunition and been pushed to his limit, also began recovering at an incomprehensible speed.
"So this is what it means for the Six Gems to become one. It truly is unbelievable... terrifying beyond measure..."
"But the burden is just as terrifying..."
The union of the six Infinity Stones represented something very simple.
Omniscience and omnipotence.
Whatever one wanted to do, whatever one wanted to achieve, could be accomplished directly through will alone, without any logic or reason!
The Holy Grail and the Hogyoku were also wish-granting devices, but compared to the Infinity Stones, their scope was far too limited. They were not even on the same level!
Erasing half the life in the universe to achieve balance, restoring all of one's injuries.
Both could be done with nothing more than a thought.
Yet the price of the Infinity Stones' omniscience and omnipotence could not be offset through wishes!
That was why Thanos had become a farming old man after using them, Banner had lost the use of an arm, and Tony had died outright.
Even though Xu Yue had wished to restore himself at the same time, while every other part of his body had recovered, the hand that had snapped his fingers remained charred black.
The exchange required to obtain the Soul Stone, as well as the price paid for omniscience and omnipotence, could not be negated. That seemed