John unleashed Fiendfyre, but the Space Stone absorbed it all the instant it appeared.
Thanos aimed the stone at John, sending the absorbed Fiendfyre back at him.
The Fiendfyre engulfed John, burning away his clothes and revealing golden scale patterns.
Great swathes of flame coiled around his body, and the clothes on his upper body vanished.
John merely asked something inexplicable.
"How does that power feel?"
Thanos answered with his actions. The Power Stone lit up, and John's body became immovable, as though filled with lead.
He swung his wand with all his strength, opening a fissure beneath Thanos's feet.
"Serpensortia!"
Countless black snakes emerged from the fissure and climbed up Thanos's legs.
The Reality Stone lit up, turning the black snakes into stone statues that crumbled at a touch.
He strode forward, grabbed John by the throat, and lifted him.
His strength kept mounting, his fingers like iron pincers that left John unable to break free.
Golden scales covered John's body, and he punched Thanos in the face.
Thanos's head merely tilted to one side. He touched the blood drawn by the scales, then hurled John away.
John smashed through a small hill and staggered to his feet amid the dust.
The Space Stone lit up. Thanos appeared beside John and drove a fist into his cheek.
John slammed into the ground. Even with his scales, his body fell beneath a punch powerful enough to shatter stars.
Thanos did not stop. Like a football player, he kicked John in the abdomen.
John became a cannonball once again.
Thanos seemed determined to vent all his fury.
His resentment at having his fate changed, and the anger John's provocation had stirred.
John tried to use magic, but achieved almost nothing.
The Reality Stone was magic's bane. Every spell became a glimmer