Chapter 722 Betrayal

To catch the bandits, first catch their leader. This principle applies everywhere.

Watching Mike approach, Thanos’s expression grew increasingly serious.

Of course, out of his apprehension towards Mike, he had already taken precautions.

He instantly signaled the Black Order to step forward and hold Mike back.

“Die!”

As the Black Order moved, Scarlet Witch, who had been constantly watching Mike’s movements, roared and immediately unleashed her Chaos Power domain.

She pulled the five obstructing individuals into an illusion.

Crimson Chaos Power continuously eroded her opponents.

Compared to Thanos and Hela, Scarlet Witch’s power might be slightly less, but dealing with the Black Order was more than enough for her.

Perhaps it was because she hadn’t gotten to fight Hela earlier, but Scarlet Witch was now seething with suppressed anger.

And the Black Order conveniently became her outlet.

Upon contact, they were met with Scarlet Witch’s most ferocious attack.

Meanwhile, Mike, with no one blocking his way, easily reached Thanos.

“I’ve heard of your philosophy. To avoid wars over resources, you want to eliminate half the population of the universe. Don’t you think your approach is too extreme?” Mike spoke, as if making small talk, staring directly at Thanos, who was seated on the throne of Sanctuary II.

Thanos’s personality was largely shaped by his upbringing, and he seemed prone to extremism.

But setting aside his personality, he might not be a purely evil person.

Spending some time talking to such a person wouldn’t be a waste of time.

“Since you know my philosophy, then you should understand that you can stop me for a while, but you can’t always happen to run into me,” Thanos retorted.

He tried his best to sound confident.

However, seated on his throne, he was naturally in a position of being looked down upon, and his aura seemed somewhat weak no matter how one looked at it.

“Then let’s try it!” Mike, realizing Thanos had no desire to converse, stopped with the pleasantries.

Holy light glowed in his hand, and he swung it towards his opponent.

Thanos, who had long been extremely wary of Mike, was not surprised by his sudden attack.

He raised his fists, gathering strength, and prepared for a head-on clash with Mike.

After all, more talk was useless; everything depended on strength.

A white and a purple fist met in the air, engaging in the most primitive test of strength.

As a naturally predatory race, the Titans possessed exceptionally excellent physical talent, ranking high among the various races in the universe.

And as one of the best among the Titans, Thanos’s physique was even more abnormal.

In terms of pure strength, his physical endurance even surpassed that of the Hulk in his enraged state.

It was this confidence that made Thanos choose to go head-to-head with Mike.

However, Thanos probably never dreamed that…

Compared to his abnormal physique, Mike, who had been empowered by various special traits, also possessed an equally abnormal physique.

It was a kind of numerical beauty—

As their fists connected, bursts of sonic booms erupted.

Then, Thanos, who had half-stood from his throne to better exert force, was instantly pushed back into his seat.

Even Sanctuary II trembled slightly.

Fortunately, the throne was exceptionally sturdy.

Although Thanos was knocked back, he didn’t appear as disheveled as one might imagine as he sat back down on the throne.

Of course, only Thanos himself knew that in a pure test of strength, he had already lost.

With his mind racing, he began to consider retreating.

As the saying goes: a wise man knows when to retreat.

At the same time, in the battlefield below, Nebula, who already harbored rebellious thoughts, had no intention of genuinely fighting for Thanos.

Seeing Thor and Heimdall rush over together, she fought and retreated, abandoning the Asgardian civilians and Thanos’s army soldiers, and withdrew to the outer perimeter of the battlefield.

Then, upon discovering Thanos was getting the short end of the stick, she retreated further back to Sanctuary II.

On the other side, Thanos, who thought his adopted daughter was coming over out of concern for him, saw Nebula approaching and a hint of relief flickered deep in his eyes.

It proved that even a villain with a heart of steel still had a need to be cared for.

“Thanos, you’re utterly evil!! Today is the day I sever ties with you…”

However, before Thanos could relax, Nebula, who had approached him, vehemently denounced his tyranny.

Given Thanos’s extreme personality, the treatment of his adopted daughters, Gamora and Nebula, was naturally not good.

Thanos’s army believed in survival of the fittest—

Every now and then, the two would be forced by Thanos to fight each other.

The loser would be punished by having a body part removed.

As the “second daughter,” Nebula was much younger than Gamora, and despite her best efforts in training, she rarely won her battles.

Consequently, many of her organs had already been replaced by mechanical prosthetics.

While these mechanical prosthetics could slightly increase her combat power, A woman’s inherent desire for beauty still caused resentment in Nebula’s heart.

This situation also gave Nebula sufficient reason to betray Thanos.

At the same time, the hardships of life had taught Nebula to assess the situation.

While denouncing Thanos, her eyes had been constantly observing the reactions of both Thanos and Mike.

When she noticed Thanos’s expression was off, Nebula immediately hid behind Mike, who looked on with a keen interest in the unfolding drama.

Yes, to some extent, it was Mike who gave Nebula the “courage” to finally decide to rebel this time.

“My dear daughter has finally grown up!” Thanos said sarcastically, with a gloomy expression, looking at Nebula hiding behind Mike.

And then there was nothing more.

After all, Mike’s lack of refusal indicated a high probability that he would protect Nebula.

In other words, now was not the time to punish a traitor.

“You’re lucky this time.” Thanos, suppressing his anger, took one last look at Nebula and Mike, then turned to his army and the Black Order below and shouted, “Let’s go.”

Below, Thanos’s army, already struggling against Thor and Heimdall, quickly retreated to Sanctuary II upon hearing the command.

At the same time, the spaceship was activated.

As for the Black Order, who were held back by Scarlet Witch, upon realizing the spaceship was taking off and Thanos had no intention of waiting for them, they all abandoned their thoughts of counterattacking Scarlet Witch and focused their energy on escaping the Chaos Power domain.

Although Scarlet Witch’s power was much stronger than any single member of the Black Order, she couldn’t keep all five of them at once.

So, as the Black Order desperately tried to escape, the girl chose to change her strategy.

It’s better to break one finger than to injure ten.

Subsequently, the massive and relatively slow-moving Cull Obsidian received special attention from Scarlet Witch.

As the other four Black Order members escaped the Chaos Power domain, the muscular Cull Obsidian was disintegrated into molecules by the viscous crimson light, bit by bit, within the crimson glow.

His dying screams echoed throughout the sky.

High in the sky, the other four Black Order members, who looked back and saw Cull Obsidian’s tragic state, dared not linger and then frantically climbed aboard the Sanctuary II spaceship.

As for going back to save someone, that was not even a consideration for the four of them.

This was also a drawback of Thanos’s high-pressure policy.

The five members of the Black Order, though part of the same organization, did not actually have good relationships.

Of course, the other four Black Order members were certainly grateful for Cull Obsidian’s act of “sacrificing himself to cover their retreat.”

As the saying goes: may your friend die, not me.

Meanwhile, Mike, seeing the Sanctuary II spaceship activate and about to enter the cosmic currents, immediately jumped off the ship.

Similar to Scarlet Witch’s situation, Mike’s current power was stronger than Thanos’s, but if his opponent was determined to simply leave, it would be very difficult for him to stop him.

Behind him, Nebula, seeing Mike’s movement, also jumped down after him…