Boom!
Thanos sent Thor flying with yet another slash. Using the momentum of his retreat, Thor swung Stormbreaker back around and struck fiercely at Thanos as he charged again!
Clang!
This time, Thor swayed slightly but managed to block Thanos's attack, even with the Power Stone empowering it. While Thanos was stunned for a second, Thor quickly gathered power in his right fist. Rainbow-colored lightning enveloped him, and he released a ball of lightning at close range. The powerful energy left a slight dent in Thanos's armor and sent him staggering back several steps.
"You actually comprehended the law of power during our fight?!"
For the first time, a flicker of emotion crossed Thanos's wrinkled purple face. Thor was even stronger than he had imagined. He couldn't let Thor grow strong enough to threaten his plan!
Thanos's expression turned serious, and the killing intent in his eyes only grew stronger. Energy from the Power Stone surged through his body and converged with all his strength on the Tyrant's Blade. He slashed fiercely at Thor in the distance!
A purple blade of energy three hundred meters long swept through the air, blasting straight ahead with unrivaled power.
This was the first time Thanos had unleashed the full power of one stone since obtaining three Infinity Stones. The law energy contained within the Infinity Stones was still too powerful; his body was showing faint signs of serious injury, and his bones creaked under the strain.
The scarlet Reality Stone lit up. Thanos used it to heal his injuries, then stood quietly in place, waiting for news of Thor's death.
"Holy crap! That's one hell of a move!"
Thor gazed at the terrifying blade of energy and remarked.
During their fight, Thanos had kept using the power of the Power Stone. As a result, Thor had now mastered two-thirds of the law of power, leaving him just one step away from mastering it completely.
As long as he survived this attack, the battle would turn in his favor.
Fortunately, before coming here, he had absorbed the more powerful law of time within the Time Stone the Ancient One had given him, directly speeding up his Heaven-Defying Comprehension. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have comprehended it so quickly.
After all, it was a complete cosmic law. Anyone who had mastered the law of time was far too overpowered. But since he was the one who had mastered time, he could only say that was perfectly normal.
He had also set a time anchor for himself long ago. Even if he couldn't withstand the attack, he would be just fine. Besides, he had another complete law, the law of reality.
With the help of the law of time, his cheat, Heaven-Defying Comprehension, had finally unleashed even more absurd power.
What if he couldn't win for now, or could only fight to a draw?
Sorry, but my cheat only makes me stronger the longer I fight!
Thor mobilized all the power of the laws and divine power within him. In an instant, thunderstorms covered the sky above the entire planet. The sky went dark, as if a giant cloth had been thrown over it. Rainbow-colored lightning danced ceaselessly before gathering in Stormbreaker in his hand.
"Slash!"
With a thunderous shout from Thor, a blade of lightning energy no weaker than Thanos's attack flew from his hand and closed in on the purple blade at astonishing speed.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The instant they collided, everything around them was rapidly annihilated. Matter, space, and even light twisted and shattered.
Under such power, the planet began to tremble. The ground cracked, mountains collapsed, and none of its ecosystems survived the shock wave that swept across the globe.
Finally, with an even greater explosion, the desolate planet began to cave in and collapse from its core. Under the clash of such immense energies, an intact planet began to be destroyed.
"Get out of here, now! If you don't go, it'll be too late!"
As Classic Loki felt the two terrifying waves of energy, he quickly opened a golden portal and urged Betsy and that bunch of weirdos, the Guardians of the Galaxy, onward.
The Guardians of the Galaxy might have been a strange bunch with mediocre fighting strength, but at least they knew when to act. Star-Lord Peter, Gamora, and the others carried the still-unconscious Mantis and Drax quickly through the portal, with everyone else close behind.
Classic Loki brought up the rear, constantly muttering all sorts of magic spells under his breath. His hands waved so rapidly they almost left afterimages.
Over a hundred massive magical barriers appeared out of thin air in front of the portal. Classic Loki's face grew weak as well. He turned and stepped through the portal, then closed it.
The hundred-odd magical barriers held out against the shock wave for only five seconds before they began to shatter. The mountain where the group had just stood vanished, as if it had never existed.
"Cough, cough... Thor, honestly. He could've warned us before unleashing his big move..."
Classic Loki tumbled out of the portal in a rather sorry state. After thoroughly grumbling about Thor, he suddenly noticed that it was strangely quiet.
Pretending nothing was wrong, he got up from the ground and looked at Betsy and the nearby Guardians of the Galaxy.
"Hey, old man, did you do that on purpose?"
Rocket Raccoon complained when he saw Classic Loki emerge. Holding an energy gun, he stared warily ahead, as if facing a formidable enemy.
Classic Loki followed everyone's gaze and saw five familiar figures directly in front of them: the Black Order, led by Ebony Maw. They were clearly inside a spaceship or some other vessel.
So he'd opened the wrong portal too?!
In the starry expanse of space, two figures faced each other from afar. Neither cared about the planet that had just been destroyed beneath their feet. They had eyes only for each other.
"You are stronger than Odin, Thor, but you will be buried here all the same. As a show of mercy, I will bring news of your death to Asgard and Earth."
Thanos sat upon his floating throne, his voice reaching Thor's ears clearly through the power of a law.
"No, no, no, Thanos. Get one thing straight. You couldn't kill me even using the Power Stone at full strength. Now it's my turn."
Thor felt the complete law of power within him as an endless stream of energy poured from his body. He would have inexhaustible power and strength, and he would never tire. Now he truly lacked nothing!
Unfortunately, his Stormbreaker had been smashed to pieces.
The next moment, both men vanished from where they stood. When they reappeared, a large fist and a small one, both wreathed in the law of power, collided, sending another destructive wave of energy sweeping outward.
Thor and Thanos each stepped back, then immediately closed in again, beginning a classic Marvel hand-to-hand fight.
Boom, boom, boom!
Thanos's massive body hurtled toward Thor with terrifying momentum. Thor raised both arms to block, then drove a vicious kick into Thanos's chest.
The two put some distance between them again. Seeing that the Power Stone could no longer suppress his opponent, Thanos clenched his left hand toward Thor, and the pale blue stone on the Infinity Gauntlet lit up.
The surrounding law of space instantly became Thanos's weapon, sealing off the space around Thor before squeezing inward and cutting at him.
Countless spatial cracks appeared. The entire area of space shattered and burst like fragile glass. Under Thanos's control, the power of space pressed down on Thor, leaving him no chance to turn things around.
Thor drew on his divine power to activate the laws of power and reality to protect himself, then quietly began the part where he grew stronger on the battlefield.
A faint green light flashed through his pupils, and the speed at which he comprehended the law of space rose at a terrifying rate.
"Hmm?! The power of time?!"
As expected of a cosmic overlord, Thanos easily caught the fleeting anomaly.
He picked up the Tyrant's Blade once more, and the three Infinity Stones on his left hand lit up at the same time. The strain of using three Infinity Stones at once was terrifying; even with Thanos's constitution, blood began to flow from his nose and mouth.
As long as he could deal with Thor, any sacrifice would be worth it.
The Tyrant's Blade, glowing purple, blue, and red, cut through space and slammed toward Thor with enough power to cleave a star apart while he secretly accelerated his comprehension of the law of space. The blade sank into Thor's chest in an instant, gravely wounding him.
Scalding divine blood drifted through deep space. With Thor's attention divided by his comprehension of the law, the laws of power and reality protecting him were nowhere near enough to withstand Thanos's full-strength attack.
He looked down at the wound, severe enough to have cleaved him in two, and smiled. "Now that really packed a punch."
The next second, a green light enveloped Thor's body and flashed. Time began to reverse, returning to the moment before Thor was gravely wounded.
Clang!
Thor, who was resisting the power of the law of space, suddenly opened his eyes. Blue light flickered in their depths as he calmly reached out and caught the Tyrant's Blade, infused with the power of three laws, between his fingers. He looked at Thanos:
"Thanos, have you prepared your last words?"