Alien X Descends!
"Omnitrix, unlock root privileges!"
As Jiang Li whispered, the watch that had been with him for so long did not emit its usual green light, but instead burst forth with a deep, silent black Nebula that seemed capable of swallowing light.
The bustling battlefield of Wakanda fell silent in that instant.
The wind stopped, the fire went out, and even Thanos's dark red energy veil, capable of rewriting reality, came to a halt before this expanding black mass.
When the black light dissipated.
Jiang Li, who was standing there, disappeared. In his place was a humanoid silhouette.
He was entirely black, yet his body contained countless glittering stars and galaxies, as if he himself were a condensed universe. He had three sharp horns on his head, and his eyes were two points of emotionless white starlight.
Alien X (Alien X / Celestialsapien).
He remained suspended in mid-air, motionless.
"What... is this?"
Thanos stared at the "space man" before him and instinctively felt a Soul Stone run down his spine. The four Infinity Stones in his hands were trembling violently—not as a warning, but as... fear.
"Bluff!"
Thanos suppressed his unease and roared. He clenched his left fist, and all four Infinity Stones lit up simultaneously.
"No matter who you are, you must kneel before the laws of infinity!"
"Reality Collapses!"
Boom!!
A dark red ripple of reality swept in, attempting to turn Alien X's body into a pile of meaningless, colorful bubbles. This was the Reality Stone's highest authority—the power to alter the nature of matter.
The red light engulfed Alien X.
However.
One second passed, then two seconds passed.
The starry figure still hovered there, the stars on its body slowly rotating along an unchanging trajectory, without a single speck of dust changing.
The laws of the Reality Stone... have no effect on him.
Meanwhile, within Alien X's consciousness space.
This was an endless green Nebula. Two enormous, god-like faces floated before Jiang Li.
On the left is Bellicus, representing anger and aggression; on the right is Selene, representing love and kindness.
"Oh, look who's here!" Bellicus's voice boomed with fury. "A new voice! Yet another mortal trying to borrow our power!"
"Don't be so rude, Bellicus." Selene's voice was gentle as water. "This is our voice too. Hello, Jiang Li. We've been watching you for a long time."
Jiang Li stood between the two, not rushing to argue like the other Ben. He crossed his arms, looking calm and composed.
"To make a long story short, gentlemen."
Jiang Li pointed to Thanos, who was being attacked by enemies outside.
"There's a purple sweet potato spirit outside, holding a few broken stones, thinking he's the god of the universe. He's insulting the word 'god,' and he's insulting you who possess omnipotent power."
"He wanted to destroy half the universe," Selene said sadly. "That's so cruel."
"He dares to challenge our authority?" Bellicus roared furiously. "Unforgivable! He should be wiped out! Witnessed completely!"
"Look, you've reached a consensus."
Jiang Li snapped his the Snap.
"Selene wants to save lives, Bellicus wants to punish the offenders. And I can help you achieve that."
"So, give me control." Jiang Li stretched out his hand, his eyes sharp. "Let me teach that country bumpkin what real 'power' is."
Bellicus and Selene exchanged a glance.
"Proposal: Authorize Jiang Li to fully control the body of the Celestialsapien, as a way to punish Titan Thanos," Bellicus said coldly.
"I second that." Selene nodded gently.
"Resolution passed."
"Motion Carried."
The real world.
Thanos had already fired hundreds of energy cannons, and even used spatial cutting and power shockwaves, but that black figure was like an ink spot on this painting, impossible to erase no matter how hard he tried.
"Why?! Why aren't you moving?!" Thanos was almost hysterical.
Just then...
The starry sky figure that had been silent all along suddenly moved.
He slowly raised his right hand.
The movement was simple and slow, but in Thanos's eyes, it felt like the entire universe was pressing down on him.
"You're noisy."
Alien X's voice rang out. It wasn't the voice of one person, but a superposition of three voices— Jiang Li's indifference, Bellicus's anger, and Selene's majesty. This voice, with its own reverberation, exploded directly in everyone's mind.
"Now, quiet."
Alien X extended a finger and gently touched Thanos.
"Certainly."
Buzz----
Without any warning.
Thanos's ferocious attack stopped instantly. He remained in a punching stance, his purple muscles, burning with life force, froze, and the light on the Infinity Gauntlet went out.
It's neither time stopped, nor space confined.
It's the law of cause and effect.
Jiang Li's single finger severed the cause and effect of Thanos's "action".
"How... is this possible..."
Thanos was horrified to discover that he couldn't even move his eyes, and even his thoughts were becoming sluggish. His prized Infinity Stones were now like a few ordinary glass beads, completely unresponsive.
Alien X slowly floated up to Thanos.
Compared to Thanos's towering 2.5-meter frame, Alien X is not large, but at this moment, in everyone's eyes, he is even more imposing than the previous Ultimate Way Big.
"You seek balance?"
Jiang Li (Alien X) looked into Thanos's eyes, which were filled with fear.
"Your so-called balance is just an arithmetic problem for the incompetent. True gods don't need to subtract."
Jiang Li reached out and gently grasped the Infinity Gauntlet on Thanos's left hand.
Thanos desperately tried to resist, to detonate the Infinity Stones, but he couldn't. He was as vulnerable as an infant in front of this black alien.
"Click."
Jiang Li removed the Infinity Gauntlet, which contained all four Infinity Gauntlet Stones and was even fused to Thanos's flesh, with the ease of removing a glove.
Without the Thanos, Thanos's body suddenly went limp, and his invincible aura instantly collapsed.
"No..." Thanos let out a desperate growl.
"This thing has been confiscated."
Jiang Li casually tossed the Infinity Gauntlet into his subspace pocket (or it simply disappeared), then slapped it across the face.
This slap required no skill whatsoever.
Only the release of omnipotent power.
Smack!
A resounding, incredibly crisp slap.
"Boom! Boom!"
Thanos's indestructible Titan body instantly broke through the first cosmic velocity under this seemingly light slap!
Like a purple meteor, he was blasted into the sky at an altitude of ten thousand meters, shattering the clouds in the atmosphere, creating a dazzling burst of light, and finally turning into a point of light before disappearing into outer space.
One slap, and the atmosphere is blown away.
After doing all this, Alien X clapped his hands as if he had just swatted a mosquito.
He turned around and looked at the group of Avengers behind him who had already turned to stone.
Captain America's mouth dropped open; he didn't even notice his shield had fallen to the ground.
Tony Stark's armor system crashed.
Thor's single eye was filled with existential doubt.
"Alright."
The starlight on Alien X began to recede, and he reverted to Jiang Li's human form. Although his face was somewhat pale (controlling Alien X consumed his mental energy), his eyes remained bright.
Jiang Li looked at everyone, shrugged, and said in a relaxed tone:
"That purple sweet potato spirit isn't coming back for the time being. Anyone interested in cleaning up his spaceship wreckage? There might be a lot of good stuff inside."