Check-In! The Purest Power in the Universe!

Crack... boom!

The Orb shattered completely in Link's hand, breaking into countless metal fragments that drifted through the vacuum.

The instant the seal broke, a surge of pure, violent energy powerful enough to tear stars apart burst forth like a primordial beast freed after billions of years in a cage!

A purple Stone hovered above Link's palm, radiating a terrifying, destructive light.

The Power Stone! One of the six singularities born at the dawn of the universe, the embodiment of the law governing all "power" and "energy" in existence!

"Get away!"

"Don't look at it!"

"A mortal who touches it will turn to ash in an instant!"

Inside the Milano, Gamora and Rocket screamed in terror. They knew better than anyone how horrifying that Stone was. Back then, even with all five of them holding hands to share the burden, their brief contact with it would have been enough to reduce Star-Lord's demigod body to dust.

And now this man had crushed its container with his bare hand, without any protection!

A storm of purple energy swept outward from Link. It was no longer mere light or heat, but the pure, merciless concept of "destruction." Space warped before it, light vanished into it, and even distant cosmic dust broke down into its most basic particles under its radiation.

The Guardians of the Galaxy shut their eyes on instinct and braced for the impact. They could almost see Link bursting apart, torn to pieces and erased from the universe by that energy.

But the destruction they expected never came.

Several seconds later, when they cautiously opened their eyes, they saw something none of them could comprehend.

Link was still hovering there, perfectly still.

The purple energy storm, powerful enough to destroy a planet, was pouring into his body. Countless purple lines