The golden sparks completely dissipated, isolating the chaos and bloodshed of Sakaar in another dimension.
Thanos stared at the spot where the portal had disappeared, his purple face filled with disgust and impatience.
He originally intended to use the power of the Infinity Stones to completely wipe out these disgusting insects, but the dark power that had just seeped in from another dimension made him wary.
Even he felt a sense of unease about the nature of that power.
Forget it, there's no need to get entangled with a bunch of irrational lunatics.
He raised his left hand, preparing to activate the power of the Space Stone to leave this filthy place directly.
Just then, an invisible force field barrier suddenly crashed into him from behind!
This force should have been like a gentle breeze to Thanos, who was wielding the Infinity Gauntlet, but he had just focused his attention on the Space Stone. This sudden impact caused his teleportation to falter slightly, and he staggered.
In a battle between masters, victory or defeat can be decided in a split second.
This is especially true for these zombie heroes who are reduced to nothing more than fighting instincts.
"Roar!"
Thump!
Two roars and heavy footsteps rang out simultaneously.
Taking advantage of this critical moment, the Zombie Hulk and the Zombie Thing pounced on them from the left and right, like two out-of-control siege beasts.
They didn't even attack Thanos's body; instead, they used all their strength to stretch out their rotting, enormous hands and tightly grip Thanos's left arm, which was adorned with the Infinity Gauntlet!
The green giant hand and the orange stone hand, like two unbreakable shackles, firmly locked the arm that was capable of destroying half the universe.
At the same time, dozens of zombie heroes, including Zombie Captain America and Zombie Iron Man, rushed in from all directions like a swarm of sharks smelling blood, their foul mouths agape.
"Get out of here!"
Thanos was utterly enraged. How dare a mere bunch of mindless zombies challenge the majesty of the cosmic overlord?
With a thought, the Power Stone on the Infinity Gauntlet shone brightly with purple light, preparing to blast away all these ignorant flies.
However, just before the gem's light was about to burst forth, an even deeper and more malevolent energy surged from Doctor Doom, who was not far away!
On the face of the Zombie Doom, covered by a metal mask, the flames of his Soul Stone burned fiercely in his eye sockets. He stretched out his withered finger and slashed through the air.
An energy chain composed of countless dark green runes appeared out of thin air and precisely wrapped around the Infinity Gauntlet, instantly interfering with the conduction of the gem's energy!
Thanos felt his connection to the Infinity Stones severed for a fraction of a second by this strange magical power.
In those fractions of a second, all the zombie heroes had pounced on him!
"Roar--!"
Thanos's rage was completely ignited.
"A bunch of lowly insects!"
He abandoned his restrained left hand, clenched his right fist, and the light of the Power Stone spread along his arm, staining his right fist with a destructive purple flame!
"Boom!"
He held nothing back and threw a punch, striking a zombie in the chest.
The zombie didn't even have time to scream before its entire upper body turned to ashes in the purple energy.
Immediately afterward, ignoring the painless bites on his body, he turned around and delivered a powerful uppercut to the Zombie Thing who was clinging tightly to his left arm!
"Bang--!"
The Zombie Thing's iconic, indestructible orange stone head shattered like a watermelon struck head-on by a battering ram under this punch!
Gravel mixed with rotting flesh flew in all directions, and the headless body limply released its grip and collapsed.
"Your turn!"
Thanos kicked the Thing's corpse aside and locked his gaze on the Zombie Hulk on the other side.
He lowered his body and delivered a powerful punch to Hulk's abdomen.
The immense force folded the Hulk's body in half, but he only let out an even angrier roar and swung a punch at Thanos's face.
Thanos's head tilted to the side after being hit, but the force was like a tickle to him.
He grabbed Hulk's arm, slammed him to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw, and then pinned him down, raining down purple fists.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Each punch sent tremors through the entire palace.
In terms of pure strength, the Zombie Hulk, who wielded the Thanos Power Stone.
But the more he was beaten, the deeper the green color on his body became, his muscles bulged even more dramatically, his wounds healed faster and faster, and his roars were deafening, showing a faint tendency to resist.
The other zombie heroes were also Onslaught, unleashing energy beams, sharp claws, and heavy physical blows... all of which landed on Thanos, but they couldn't even break through the skin covering his armor.
Apart from Hulk and Doctor Doom, who occasionally harasses him with bizarre magic, no zombie poses a real threat to him.
"Enough! All of you, die!"
Thanos finally lost patience with these insects.
He planned to use the combination of the Reality Stone and the Power Stone to completely wipe out all matter in this space, including these zombies!
The moment this thought crossed his mind, Zombie Doctor Doom had been standing at a distance, muttering incantations, finally completed his long and complicated spell.
"In the name of Dormammu, bind!"
A hoarse, sinister voice rang out.
It is neither a simple energy attack nor a physical constraint.
Countless strange syllables converged into an invisible decree, directly affecting this space!
Time and space were forcibly frozen in this second!
Even the dazzling light that was about to erupt from Thanos's Infinity Gauntlet froze at this moment.
Thanos's mind was still working, but he discovered that his body, along with the energy of the Infinity Stones, was being suppressed by a force from a higher dimension, rendering him unable to move.
Only one second!
But that's enough!
Just as Thanos was frozen in place, Zombie Mister Fantastic Reed had been ignored by him and lying on the ground like a lump of mud, suddenly moved!
His neck stretched Infinity in a way that defied the laws of physics, like a gray, slippery python, instantly covering a distance of tens of meters and reaching Thanos.
Thanos's golden pupils reflected Reed's rotting and twisted face.
Reed opened his mouth.
"Puff!"
He spat a thick, foul-smelling, dark green liquid into Thanos's mouth, which was slightly open as he roared.
Having done all this, Reed's neck snapped back into place with lightning speed.
As if receiving some kind of command, all the zombie heroes around them stopped attacking at the same time, retreated in unison, creating a safe distance between themselves and Thanos, and watched him quietly with eyes that were a mixture of greed and anticipation.
"Vomit--!"
Thanos immediately wanted to spit out that disgusting thing.
But it was all too late.
The bodily fluid seemed to possess a life of its own, transforming into countless tiny viruses the moment it entered his mouth, frantically invading his body through his esophagus and respiratory tract.
A cold, alien energy, filled with an insatiable hunger, began to spread and replicate rapidly in his cells!
"No--!"
Thanos let out a roar filled with shock and rage.
He was about to activate the power of the Infinity Stones, using the Soul Stone to lock onto the source of the virus and the Time Stone to rewind his physical state a few seconds earlier!
When he focused his mind on his left hand, he only felt a sense of emptiness.
He subconsciously looked down.
The golden glove that carried his lifelong ambition and glory had disappeared from his arm at some point!
Not far away, Zombie Mister Fantastic Reed, was holding up the giant Infinity Gauntlet with his freely shape-shifting hands.
He felt the immense power emanating from the gloves, and a trace of scientist's obsession appeared on his decaying face.
But he soon realized something was wrong.
This power... is incomplete.
His gaze swept over the six grooves on the glove.
Power, space, time, reality, Mind Stone...
etc.
One is missing!
The groove in the Soul Stone Gem, the orange gem symbolizing the essence of the universe 'Soul Stone, is now empty!
In the murky mind of the Zombie Reed, countless fragments of information flashed by rapidly.
Sakaar, the arena, the Grandmaster's collection... the portal... Thor, clad in Asgard armor and Thor Mjolnir...
Before stepping into the portal, he shouted, "Wait a minute!"
It's him!
Thor, who appeared out of nowhere, stole an Infinity Stones at the last moment using some unknown means without anyone noticing!
That bastard!
Just as Reed Richards ' consciousness deduced the truth and erupted with boundless rage—
"Roar--!"
A roar, more terrifying and filled with destructive intent than all the previous zombies combined, resounded throughout the entire palace.
He suddenly looked up.
Thanos's massive body was undergoing a dramatic transformation.
His purple skin began to rot and turn black at a visible rate, his muscles swelled abnormally, and tore through his golden armor.
Those golden eyes, once filled with reason, domineering power, and ruthlessness, now held only the purest, all-consuming turbidity and hunger.
The Zombie Thanos was born.