Instant Kill with One Palm

Thanos floated in space, merely watching the Warriors Three charge at him with cold eyes.

The Black Order warriors and Interstellar Behemoths had not failed to try to stop them, but all had been slain by the three.

From this alone, they did have some strength, but to him, they were merely slightly larger ants.

He did not know why Odin had sent these three fools charging over to their deaths, but since they wanted to die early, he would grant their wish.

With that thought, he even placed Tyrant's Blade behind his back and folded his arms across his chest.

A moment later, the Warriors Three fought their way to Thanos in a triangular formation.

Stark, the big man, flew at the front, while Fandral and Hogun flanked him on both sides.

Looking at the purple giant in the distance, Volstagg began to grow excited.

As long as he killed the enemy leader, this invasion would basically be over.

Then he would become a hero of Asgard. His status might even rise further, and becoming a councilor of Asgard would not be impossible.

At that thought, excitement made the energy throughout his body boil, causing him to fly even faster.

"Purple sweet potato freak, die!"

As he spoke, he raised the battle axe in his hand and brought it down fiercely.

Thanos did not even bother to spare him another glance. He merely shook his head disdainfully.

"You talk too much."

After saying that, he raised his palm and slapped downward.

Seeing that Thanos did not even draw a weapon and was looking down on him so much, Volstagg was instantly delighted.

The Double-Bladed Battle Axe in his hand was a famous divine weapon of Asgard. It had once destroyed a satellite a thousand kilometers in diameter.

Now that his opponent was being so overconfident, perhaps he could kill him in a single strike.

At that thought, he seemed to see glory and military merit beckoning to him.

"Repent slowly in hell!"

With an angry roar, the divine weapon on which he had placed such high hopes finally struck the enemy's palm.

But in the next instant, he felt enormous resistance coming through his hand.

What happened next made his eyes widen in utter disbelief.

The Double-Bladed Battle Axe was actually destroyed like tofu, and even the entire axe head was smashed apart by his opponent's slap.

How was that possible?!

This battle axe was a divine weapon capable of cleaving apart planets. Could Thanos's body be even harder than a planet?

But he was given no time to think. In the next moment, that purple palm arrived before his eyes.

Then his head, too, was smashed into fragments like tofu.

For a moment, red and white filled the surrounding space.

Yet Thanos still did not stop. He continued pressing downward.

Immediately afterward, Volstagg's body turned into a pile of minced flesh that scattered in every direction through space.

"No!"

Fandral and Hogun roared in fury at the sight.

Stark was the eldest among the three. Besides brotherly affection, they also regarded him much like a mentor.

Back then, Volstagg had been the strongest among them, but in order to teach them, his strength had gradually fallen behind.

Of course, part of the reason was also that he had grown old and his body had begun to put on weight.

But that could not erase Volstagg's kindness, guidance, and deep friendship toward them.

At that thought, the two ignored the gap in strength between both sides. Energy surged through their bodies at full force as they swung their weapons fiercely.

"Don't!"

Thor let out a grief-stricken roar from afar.

He was furious over Volstagg's death, but he was also trying to call Fandral and Hogun back.

If Thanos could slap Volstagg to death in one blow, what chance did they have?

But consumed by extreme rage, Fandral and Hogun still attacked without hesitation.

And the outcome was exactly as Thor had expected. The two were slapped to death by Thanos with a single palm, as easily and effortlessly as swatting two mosquitoes.

Because they were in the vacuum of space, flesh and blood flew everywhere, with red, white, and all manner of gore and blood drifting in every direction.

The scene was extremely bloody.

Odin, however, felt nothing over the deaths of the Warriors Three.

The only pity was that they had failed to test Thanos's true strength and had died for nothing.

But this also made him more cautious.

Because he was not confident that he could defeat his opponent.

If he, too, were defeated, Asgard would likely be finished.

At that moment, seeing that his father had not acted for so long, Thor could not help feeling a trace of disappointment.

But he quickly tightened his grip on Mjolnir and flew toward Thanos.

"Thanos! Die!"

His bond with the Warriors Three was also extraordinarily deep.

Whenever he went out to suppress rebellions, he would bring them along to fight at his side, and they had forged profound camaraderie through battle.

When Loki had tried to harm him, it was also the Warriors Three who had stepped forward first and gone to Blue Star to find him.

At that thought, lightning began flashing all over his body, while Mjolnir in his hand crackled with even more electricity.

As he flew onward, every Black Order warrior and Interstellar Behemoth touched by the lightning around him was instantly electrocuted into charcoal.

No one could stand in his way or stop him from taking revenge.

"Don't go! Come back!"

Seeing his son act so impulsively, Odin could no longer remain seated.

Even he, at Skyfather Level, was not confident in dealing with Thanos. Thor, who possessed only Sub-Skyfather strength, had even less chance of being Thanos's opponent.

Going over there now was simply throwing his life away.

Seeing that his son showed no intention of stopping, Odin clenched Gungnir in frustration and gave chase at tremendous speed.

His son absolutely could not die. Otherwise, who would inherit his grand ambitions and his realm?

In the distance, seeing Thor and Odin flying toward him one after the other, Thanos finally stopped being so casual. He gripped Tyrant's Blade behind his back and drew it.

He could look down on the so-called Warriors Three, but he did not dare underestimate Thor, much less Odin.

As the Ruler of the Milky Way, Odin's strength was among the very best at Skyfather Level.

Moreover, Gungnir in his hand possessed a certain guaranteed-hit attribute. Together with Zeus's weapon, Thunderbolt, it was known as one of the two strongest divine weapons of the gods.

As for Thor, although he was still weak now, in the future he would even be able to fight Thanos alone while Thanos wielded all six Infinity Stones.

Stormbreaker had even nearly ended Avengers Three.