Looking at the hand Ego held out to him, Star-Lord knew he could not trust him, yet he still felt an urge to reach out and take it.
Perhaps it was because of their blood connection, or perhaps because of the hope in his heart. Just as he could no longer resist the temptation and reached out, Lu Qi suddenly said:
"Do you want to end up like your brothers and sisters—killed by Ego and tossed into some corner to become a pile of bones?"
Star-Lord jolted awake and realized that he had already gotten extremely close to Ego. Cold sweat instantly broke out all over his body.
Wasn't he supposed to be wary of Ego? How had he trusted him for no reason?
Seeing this, Ego shot Lu Qi a resentful glare.
Just then, he had secretly contacted Mantis, who remained on the ship, and told her to influence Star-Lord's thoughts so that he would return to Ego's planet with him.
After all, there were several people behind Star-Lord whose backgrounds he could not figure out, so he had not directly abducted Star-Lord.
But now that his scheme had been exposed, they had completely torn off all pretenses.
Tentacles shot explosively out of Ego's body, reaching for Star-Lord.
Seeing Ego transform into a tentacled monster in an instant, Star-Lord was so frightened that he immediately ran back.
But Ego came too fast. Star-Lord could not dodge in time and was directly seized.
The moment Star-Lord was in his grasp, one of Ego's hands transformed into a tentacle as well. He intended to plunge it into Star-Lord's chest and immediately begin absorbing the energy in his body.
Dealing with the two people behind Star-Lord might have been troublesome with his strength alone, but after draining Star-Lord's energy, he could begin