A Second "Reply" to Thanos!

Faced with the divine light woven from five colors, which seemed capable of crushing his soul, Ebony Maw felt an unprecedented threat of death.

The elegance, composure, and confidence he had cultivated over thousands of years vanished in that instant.

His instinct to survive overpowered everything else.

He let out a shriek and unleashed every last ounce of his telekinetic power, shaping it into an invisible blade powerful enough to pierce stars and driving it straight at Link!

This was an attack he had staked everything on.

Yet when that blade reached Link, it came to a strange halt.

It was as though the space before it was no longer an empty expanse of the universe, but an invisible, utterly impassable wall.

[Space Stone].

Link did not even move. With a mere thought, he stretched the space between himself and Ebony Maw infinitely. To Ebony Maw, the strike he had poured all his strength into could not bring him even an inch closer to his opponent.

What was this? An insurmountable chasm?

An overwhelming sense of absurdity and helplessness filled Ebony Maw's heart.

"I told you, you're too weak."

Link's voice carried a trace of impatience, as though he were shooing away a buzzing fly.

He decided to end this boring farce.

Through [Soul Perception], he had already seen Thanos's fleet making spatial jumps toward the Solar System.

He needed to clear the stage before that big fellow arrived and, while he was at it, send over another "grand gift."

Link snapped his fingers.

The crisp snap rang out with particular clarity in the silent skies above New York.

Step one, [Soul Stone].

Orange light flashed and vanished.

Ebony Maw's eyes suddenly widened. He felt something vital within his body being forcibly extracted by an irresistible power. His consciousness, his