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"This is truly interesting. It seems I have been rather discourteous."

Ego turned to look at Xu Yue, who had already arrived at his observation platform. An expression of surprise appeared on his human avatar's face.

"I had assumed that everyone who came with Peter was nothing more than ordinary ants. I never expected someone as special as you among them."

Still influenced by Ego, Star-Lord, whose eyes still reflected the cosmos, turned back to Xu Yue and said,

"Xu Yue, what are you trying to do? Why did you touch my father's things?"

Xu Yue merely gave Star-Lord a deep look, with no intention of pulling him back to his senses for the moment. Then he smiled indifferently and said,

"I merely came to see this so-called Celestial for myself. But it seems I'm still a little disappointed."

Faced with Xu Yue's somewhat provocative words, Ego had no intention of responding. Instead, he said thoughtfully,

"This aura should be from the one I left on Earth. What a nostalgic feeling. Although the loss of one planet will not affect my plan much, touching someone else's belongings without the owner's permission is absolutely a bad habit."

As he spoke, Ego's human avatar's eyes filled with a deep, azure radiance.

An ancient, majestic aura flooded the entire palace.

In terms of sheer depth of power, he even surpassed Odin—and Xu Yue before him as well!

"What astonishing power."

Xu Yue raised an arm, barely shielding himself from that vast aura as he praised it with genuine admiration.

"Then perhaps Lord Ego could tell me how exactly this avatar of yours operates and is used, and how you select from among countless planets."

After a pause, Xu Yue glanced at Star-Lord beside him and continued,

"I believe Peter Quill would also like