Getting Acquainted

"I no longer need to borrow your power! I will destroy Chitauri Prime with my own hands, and then I'll come for you!"

After obtaining the Power Stone, Ronan became utterly swollen with confidence, carrying himself as though he alone reigned supreme over heaven and earth.

Faced with Thanos's question over the video feed, he casually delivered those domineering words that seemed to propel him straight to the peak of his life.

Then he cut off the communication.

He turned toward the Power Stone and, with tremendous willpower, reached out and touched it directly.

Overwhelming power coursed through his body, seeming ready to tear him apart in an instant. Even with Ronan's strength, he felt that he would not be able to hold on for long.

Under those circumstances, he swiftly used the brief opportunity he had barely grasped to press the gem onto his hammer before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Looking at the hammer embedded with the Power Stone, Ronan's face revealed a trace of pride.

Who else in the entire universe could touch an Infinity Stone with their bare hands and survive?

He was the strongest. He was the number one being in the universe!

With that inflated mindset, Ronan spiritedly led his fleet straight toward Chitauri Prime.

That eyesore of a planet was about to vanish from the universe, destroyed by his own hand...

Perhaps because Xu Yue's warship, which looked like nothing to be trifled with, had appeared in space.

After Ronan's Dark Aster arrived outside Chitauri Prime's atmosphere, he hesitated for a moment, apparently considering whether to fire another shot at that warship right there.

But in the end, Ronan felt that firing a shot might lead to something unpleasant, so he decided to destroy Chitauri Prime first.

Because of that, he