Just as Uranus and the Jade Emperor began rallying their forces, a Space Rift opened several thousand kilometers away.
Thanos flew out, wearing the Infinity Belt.
Yes, the Infinity Belt was a Source Artifact.
Because of the rush, Surtur had ultimately turned the Infinity Gauntlet into an Infinity Belt.
According to Surtur, the belt couldn't be taken off, was sturdier and tougher, and could activate the Infinity Stones with a mere thought—no Snap required.
Surtur had praised it to the skies. Faced with a fait accompli, Thanos could only accept it.
He had set three Infinity Stones and two Infinity Source Stones into it.
And the Infinity Belt, now a Source Artifact, could finally withstand Origin Power without falling apart.
The moment Dormammu saw Thanos, he flew over and asked, "How are the preparations? Are you confident you can seal Below All?"
Thanos nodded firmly. "Don't worry. Everything's ready. Once we defeat Below All, I can seal him inside my body and enter Hell Gate."
Uranus stopped his speech and flew over as well, his expression grave. "The safety of the Multiverse depends on you. If you can't seal Below All, we're all dead."
For him, this truly was a last stand.
He would die either at the hands of Below All or at the hands of Above All.
Only by sealing Below All could they have a chance to survive.
Thanos nodded again and repeated patiently, "Don't worry. For my universe and for the Multiverse, I'll seal Below All."
For everyone else, this might be a last stand. For him, it wasn't necessarily so.
The reason he had arrived so late was that he had been arranging an escape route.
If the plan succeeded, he would enter Hell Gate, absorb OBA, and earn an untold number of points.
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