Hearing Star-Lord's words, Ash could not help falling silent, because he had never imagined that Star-Lord would trust him this much, that he would actually be willing to transfer power to him. If Ash had any ulterior motives, Star-Lord's fate would probably be miserable!
"Perhaps you inherited your mother's kindness, but sometimes being too kind isn't a good thing." Ash slowly shook his head, stared into Star-Lord's eyes, and said, "I already told you before that my control over this power is far beyond yours. That also means that if I wanted to, I could use the power you transfer to me to do many things..."
"Then would you use this power to do anything?" Star-Lord stared right back into Ash's eyes and asked without yielding in the slightest.
Just as Star-Lord himself had said earlier, after learning Ego's true face, Star-Lord had no fondness whatsoever for this power of his. In Star-Lord's eyes, as long as he could avenge his mother, even giving up all this power would be nothing to regret!
And very clearly, the current Star-Lord did not have the ability to kill Ego or perish together with him, but Ash, trapped before him, was obviously stronger than he was.
If he could free Ash, then even if he had to pay some energy, the two of them combined would still be stronger than Star-Lord alone had been before.
"That old bastard Ego actually managed to have a son like you. Seems genes aren't the absolute factor in shaping a personality!" Ash laughed with emotion, then looked at Star-Lord and said seriously, "Then let's try it. Don't transfer too much divine power at first. I'm worried your divine power might be absorbed by these vines too..."
With a buzz, Star-Lord nodded, and a stream of divine power