Ego awakened, and the power of the planet erupted in full.
Everyone was driven into desperate straits within moments.
White tentacles mixed with soil gradually wrapped around Gamora and Nebula's bodies.
The passage Groot was running through after planting the bombs in the hub also grew narrower and narrower.
Even the bomb flew from his grasp.
Drax, who should have escaped danger first on the surface, fell into a crisis as well.
The soil beneath his feet seemed to turn into a swamp, swallowing his entire body.
He was completely engulfed and instantly began to suffocate.
Kraglin's ship, which had come to pick them up, was tightly bound by countless tentacles before it could even land.
It looked as though they meant to drag the entire ship underground.
It nearly crushed Drax, who was holding Mantis.
Ego's figure gradually solidified as he calmly walked toward Quill.
"I told you, I don't want to do this alone."
As soon as he spoke, a thick energy tentacle pierced straight through Quill's body.
Quill trembled all over as he was hoisted into the air.
"Do not betray the mission the universe has given you. Follow me, and achieve greater goals...
That is the greatest meaning of your life."
Ego was still trying to force Quill into submission.
Suddenly, Yondu's pained voice came from nearby.
"It isn't my mind that controls this arrow, boy!"
Quill turned his head with difficulty.
Yondu's body was gradually being swallowed by rock and energy.
Before he was completely buried, a voice came through the cracks.
Faint, yet firm.
"It's my heart..."
Clarity gradually returned to Quill's eyes, and beautiful memories flashed through his mind like a slideshow.
Lying in the grass with his mother, sharing a pair of headphones.
Trading dull jokes with Drax.
Soaring through the skies