A thunderous boom shook the air.
Rampaging energy tore through the depths underground.
The smoke and dust no longer drifted freely, but were compressed by shockwaves into gale-force winds that seemed almost solid.
Scattered rubble became a hail of bullets.
Quicksilver, Pietro,
became the core engine of this dance of destruction!
He no longer simply enveloped Quill. Instead, he transformed himself into an overclocked crimson storm!
He spun and darted wildly around Quill's swollen, flame-wreathed giant Pac-Man form,
at speeds beyond the limits of the naked eye.
Every pass not only intensified the flames, but also injected his own kinetic energy and shockwaves into them!
The high-frequency vibrations in the air ignited the flames into ultra-high-temperature plasma jets.
They condensed into countless crimson whips
that lashed viciously against Ego's rock giant.
Every strike left behind molten craters and spiderweb-like cracks.
Using his speed, Pietro created countless tiny energy vortices across the surface of Quill's energy sphere.
Those vortices frantically absorbed the energy Quill released, then Quicksilver guided and focused them.
They formed energy drills with immense penetrating power, precisely stabbing at the energy nodes of Ego's giant form.
At the same time, Quicksilver constantly anticipated Ego's counterattacks.
As enormous stone fists came crashing down,
he yanked Quill's massive energy body aside at the last possible instant.
Ego's attacks missed again and again.
"Now, Quill!"
Quicksilver's voice was nearly distorted amid the high-speed vibrations.
Driven to his limit, the flame-wreathed Pac-Man
had its energy compressed and accelerated to an unprecedented peak.
It became a burning giant projectile.
With extreme penetrating force, it slammed viciously into Ego's chest!
Boom—
The scales of victory tipped!
The rock giant's chest began cracking and melting apart inch by inch the instant it made contact.
Furious roars erupted from Ego's mouth.
The giant body staggered backward