Thanos was struck as if by lightning.
His massive body flew backward, crashing through three giant stone pillars in succession before finally stopping.
He looked down at the clear footprint dent in his breastplate and his deformed weapon,
his eyes filled with disbelief.
Meanwhile, Su Ming remained standing firmly where he was, his long blade angled downward,
his armor gleaming amid the smoke and dust.
This pure clash of strength had already decided the victor.
Thanos's face darkened like ink.
The power he had relied on to run rampant across the universe had repeatedly suffered setbacks before Su Ming.
Fury and the desire for Destruction nearly devoured the last of his reason.
He tore off his breastplate and tossed it aside.
"Is that all you've got?"
He growled at Su Ming, a cold smile flashing across his face.
He casually threw away Tyrant's Twin Blades,
clenching his hands in the air.
In his left hand, he gathered pitch-black Destruction energy capable of swallowing everything.
With his right, he drew forth the strange yet warm orange radiance of the Soul Stone.
The two energies representing the ultimate forces of the universe began to merge before his chest.
A fluctuation that made souls tremble spread through the air.
"This is bad! He's fusing laws!"
Doctor Strange was the first to notice something was wrong.
He shouted a warning as the Shield of the Seraphim instantly unfolded,
trying to isolate the fluctuation.
Tony also felt an unprecedented sense of dread and shouted a warning.
"Everyone, fall back! The energy level is off the charts!"
But it was already too late.
Thanos suddenly slammed his hands together before his chest!
"Bzzzz—!!"
A strange ring of energy, mixed with the black of Destruction and the orange of souls,
silently yet rapidly spread outward from him!