No matter how hard Thanos tried, or what form or substance he became, he could not actually touch the purple stone.
The power emanating from it seemed to surpass the limits of the Universal Level.
He thought it exceeded those limits only because he himself was at the Universal Level, not because he knew the stone's power stopped there.
Even if he reached the Multiversal Level, he might still be powerless against it.
At that thought, he frowned.
"Perhaps those three Celestials knew what this thing was, but Exitar already destroyed them."
Faced with the immense threat of the Fire Phoenix, Exitar had no patience left to puzzle over the Celestials' schemes.
Or perhaps the Fire Phoenix was what the Celestials had summoned.
So he had executed the Celestials he had captured.
Thanos looked at the purple stone inside his body, unable to touch or study it, and felt a wave of frustration.
"If only the system were in this body. Maybe I could try absorbing it."
He shook his head and pushed the thought aside.
His body with the system was still absorbing energy in the Gate of Hell. By now, its points had probably passed a hundred million.
If it came out now, it could reach the Multiversal Level at the very least.
But why bring it out?
Wasn't it better to let it keep absorbing energy there?
It also served as a final safeguard, preventing certain rule-based abilities from killing him outright.
After a while, he gave up studying the purple stone and turned to the question of whether to stay or leave.
The more he thought about it, the harder he found it to walk away.
After all, an opportunity like this was far too rare.
He was not one to agonize over a decision. If