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"Hey! Wait! We're not done yet!" Runner shouted as he gave chase from behind.

What a persistent bastard.

Richard grumbled inwardly, but did not hesitate. He immediately stretched out a hand and twisted it toward the empty space ahead. A void instantly opened in the cosmos, forming a vortex flashing with lightning and churning with chaos.

That was the power of the Space Stone.

Its spatial functions had been blocked on Sakaar, but now that he was a hundred thousand miles away from Sakaar, he could use spatial teleportation however he pleased. No matter how much Grandmaster's black tech was amplified, even a hundredfold or ten thousandfold, there was no way it could interfere with spatial abilities from so far away.

Although he had previously stored the Space Stone elsewhere for use as an anchor, now that he had left the restricted spatial zone, he only needed a thought to summon the Stone back to his side.

Nexus gripped Galacta in one hand and accelerated into a sprint like a hundred-meter dash, vanishing into the chaos in an instant.

However, as a cosmic deity famed for his speed, Runner was clearly not merely fast on his feet.

Nexus emerged from the Space Stone's wormhole and reappeared hundreds of galaxies away in the blink of an eye. But before he could fly very far, golden light flashed through the void behind him. That gleaming golden figure actually appeared out of thin air again, still chattering away.

"What? Leaving already? Didn't I say we weren't finished?"

Richard glanced back at him.

Troublesome.

Fusing with Galacta and transforming into the Star Destroyer form had taken a serious toll on him. Even now, he could still feel that maddening hunger. Although the energy drain had stopped after the fusion was undone, Nexus was continuously