"The Kale Witch?"
"With power like this, who in this universe could stand against me? Forget you-even if Thanos himself came here, what could he do to me?"
With that, Ronan swung his Warhammer sharply, sending a thick beam of purple energy hurtling toward Hermione, charged with destructive power!
The beam reached her in an instant.
Yet Hermione merely stood still before an attack powerful enough to annihilate everything.
Just as the purple beam was about to strike her, a faint red glow appeared around her, flowing like liquid.
Something bizarre happened.
The instant the raging purple beam, brimming with boundless power, touched the red glow, it turned into a mass of soap bubbles.
It was as though that world-shattering attack had been nothing but an illusion.
"..."
The wild laughter froze on Ronan's face, his eyes filling with disbelief and shock.
"The Aether!" he exclaimed.
Having just experienced the Power Stone's terrifying might firsthand, Ronan understood the horror of the Infinity Stones better than anyone.
And the young girl before him not only possessed strange magic capable of easily crushing Ebony Maw, but also wielded another Infinity Stone-the Reality Stone!
That merciless reality extinguished his newfound arrogance.
With the Power Stone, he could disregard Ebony Maw, crush Quill and the others, and even felt confident enough to pit himself against Thanos.
But against the Kale Witch, who also possessed an Infinity Stone and whose own strength was unfathomable...
Ronan fell silent for a moment, then slowly lowered his Warhammer. "Kale Witch, I admit that you are indeed powerful. Without the Power Stone, I would be no match for you."
"But now we both possess Infinity Stones. If we truly fought to the death, we'd likely only destroy each other and let that old bastard Thanos reap the benefits."
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