Bullying in the Name of Justice

After blasting the spaceship wreckage Tony had thrown at him into pieces and transforming into a flock of crows that swooped at Tony and the others, Thanos was about to launch another counterattack.

Suddenly.

A mass of white, viscous liquid webbing splattered across his face.

Right after that.

A nimble figure in a red, blue, and gold metallic spider suit leaped past Thanos as if teasing him, casually slapping him along the way.

"Take this punch!"

"On your left!"

Throughout the ambush, Peter Parker kept up his usual chatter, but Thanos quickly tore the ball of webbing off his face.

Thanos turned toward the direction Peter Parker had swung away in.

Just then, another bald, muscular alien charged at him from behind, wielding two short blades and shouting as he slashed twice at the vulnerable backs of Thanos's knees.

Screech!

The blades made a harsh scraping sound upon striking Thanos's skin, but when Drax turned to look at him after landing his ambush—

Thanos merely staggered slightly and frowned. The backs of his knees, where Drax had slashed, bore only faint white marks. His defense had not been breached at all.

"You've got to be kidding..."

Seeing that Thanos was completely unharmed, Drax, who had always been supremely confident in his strength, froze.

"This is reality."

The instant Thanos understood his situation, he stopped wasting words and threw a punch at Drax, the closest target.

Drax raised both knives to block, but the strength in both his arms was no match for one of Thanos's hands. He was instantly forced onto the defensive, gritting his teeth as his knees slowly buckled and he was pressed toward the ground.

Whoosh—

Behind Thanos.

A circular portal sparking around its edges opened. Doctor Strange stepped through it and, without a moment's delay, summoned