Chapter 478: Undying Viper
The collision of the white energy blast and the purple light wave caused the space beneath Thanos's feet to seemingly collapse. A powerful shockwave spread outwards from where their fists and palms met.
Like a nuclear bomb exploding in the center of the ocean, sending hundred-meter giant waves surging across the Sea Surface.
Thanos stood in place, quietly glancing at Clark Kent. A deep intensity flickered in his Eyes. Thanos raised his Head, looking at the Stars further away.
A strange, immense power was gradually dissipating there.
"Death! Do you really hate me that much!"
Recalling having just gone to the Death World and seeing that figure on the Divine Throne of Death that haunted his dreams, Thanos even felt an impulse to give up resisting and let this guy in front of him kill him again.
But he couldn't do that. Death didn't like him; even to avoid him, she didn't hesitate to place the Undying Curse on him! The stinging pain woke Thanos from his contemplation. He lowered his Head and looked back at the Earthling before him.
In those Eyes filled with rage, two streams of red light were gathering, shooting towards his Head.
"You are quite good. Even in the entire Universe, there are few Warriors as powerful as you!"
Thanos's Voice echoed in the silent vacuum of Space: "Unfortunately, you cannot kill me—"
"Cannot be killed? Bruce Banner, Tony, Steve - they are all dead. Why can't you be killed? What right do you have to control the Life and Death of others!"
The Expression on Clark Kent's face was splitting with rage. Clark Kent was someone who rarely got angry. As Superman, he always gave the impression of viewing everything equally.
The last time he was this angry was when Loser Kidnapped his mother.
At this moment, Clark Kent's Eyes were almost seeping blood. Scarlet Heat Rays surged and spread from within his Eyes, almost forming two surging tides of red light, blasting towards Thanos.
The Reality Stone on Thanos's Right Hand pulsed with light.
"Undying is not a blessing. Orderly Life and Death is the most perfect balance in the Universe. This World is already terminally Ill!"
The Reality Stone raised a red barrier, blocking in front of Thanos, blocking Clark Kent's Attack for him.
The two Heat Ray light waves struck this barrier, instantly splashing a large amount of red sparks.
Across the barrier, Thanos looked at Clark Kent and said, "Each Civilization is like a Virus parasitizing the Universe. They are unrestrainedly consuming the already scarce Energy Source in the Universe.
Only by eliminating them can this precarious Universe be saved!"
"Why are you telling me this?"
Clark Kent furrowed his Eyebrows tightly, but there was no sign of relaxation in those Eyes, still continuously shooting Heat Rays towards Thanos—
"If the Universe's Resources continue to be wasted so recklessly, everything will eventually head towards Destruction."
"I admire your Strength. Why don't you save this World with me? As a Return, I will spare you Earthlings!"
Thanos did not immediately launch an Attack on Clark Kent, perhaps because he was confident of Victory.
In any case, he just sat there watching Clark Kent shoot Heat Rays at him, then looked around, looking at the Warships that had become the Ghost Fleet, and the Black Order Soldiers who were nowhere to be found.
Thanos didn't seem too regretful. He just slightly raised his Eyebrows, and instead threw an Olive Branch towards Clark Kent.
"Do you think I would pledge allegiance to an Executioner?" Clark Kent looked at Thanos mockingly and retorted.
"Alright."
Thanos narrowed his Eyes, looking at Clark Kent: "As a Powerful One, I Respect your choice, but I believe the Power of the Soul Stone will make you Obediently kneel beneath my Throne! You will become my new General!"
"Bang!"
Clark Kent didn't say anything else; he just used actions to show his thoughts. He swung his Fist, smashing punch after punch onto the dark red barrier of the Reality Stone.
With every punch, he used two hundred percent of his Strength. Even if the bones in his Arms developed countless cracks under this heavy recoil Power, he had no intention of stopping.
And under the fierce fist wind strong enough to tear apart mountains, after hundreds of punches, spiderweb-like cracks began to appear on that dark red barrier and quickly spread towards the entire barrier.
"Hmm?"
Thanos looked at the barrier that was about to break, his Complexion suddenly changed. He hadn't expected Clark Kent could Shatter the barrier condensed by the Reality Stone.
Just as Thanos raised his Wrist and was about to use the Power of the Soul Stone to turn Clark Kent into his most loyal servant.
A Golden Light, however, flew directly above his Head. That Golden Light split into thousands of light and shadow in mid-air. The Afterimages of the Dark Gold Great Staff filling the sky, like a golden impenetrable defense, instantly smashed towards him.
Thanos raised his Head. Raising his Hand, the faintly glowing Soul Stone aimed upwards, planning to deal with that Monkey holding a stick first.
He raised his Head. The Golden stick above his Head, like a golden meteor, blasted towards him. But amidst the stick Afterimages flying everywhere, where could he see that scarlet Figure?
Hundreds of kilometers away, Frank controlled the Dark Gold Great Staff with his Mind, constantly smashing it towards Thanos.
The Dark Gold Great Staff flew under the Space, stick Afterimages filled the sky. As a Magic Treasure personally Refined by Boss Tang, this Dark Gold Great Staff is a true Illusion God Level Magic Treasure, possessing Self-awareness.
It didn't even need Frank to swing it himself; it could also fly and kill Enemies under his Order.
Moreover, under the Control of the Magic Treasure True Spirit, this Dark Gold Great Staff seemed to have been liberated. The stick, as thick as a water vat, transformed into thousands of strands, smashing down.
Smashing down on Thanos's Head, that dark red barrier constantly trembled.
Coupled with Clark Kent's hundreds of punches per second, punches that could be called life-risking, the barrier condensed by the Reality Stone was constantly being Shattered.
Although with a flash of light from the Reality Stone in Thanos's Hand, that barrier could be propped up again, in just over ten seconds, that dark red barrier had already been Shattered hundreds of times.
Every instant, a dark red barrier was Shattered.
Just as Clark Kent's punch blasted through a barrier, a White Light took advantage of the gap before a new barrier formed, flew behind Thanos's Body, taking advantage of his inattention, and tightly embraced him.
Soon, Thanos's Arms, Body, and Feet were tightly entangled by Carol.
Carol pulled back on Thanos's Arms with all her might. The Power erupting from the Lightspeed Engine within her Body instantly Controlled Thanos in place.
"Hiss!"
While Thanos was struggling and distracted, when the Reality Stone barrier in front of him disappeared, Heat Rays burst forth from Clark Kent's Eyes, like two blasting energy ship cannons.
They slammed into Thanos's Body.
Perhaps because Clark Kent was not inherently murderous, the Enemies who died under his Heat Rays were not even a fraction of those killed by that Ancestor next door, who was skilled in Getsuga Tensho.
But if you were to truly discuss the killing Force of Heat Rays, Homelander's Heat Rays weren't even fit to carry Superman's shoes.
Superman's Heat Rays are a true Great Killer Weapon even in the DC Universe, only slightly inferior to Darkseid's Omega Beams.
In multiple Combat against Thanos, the Reason his Heat Rays were repeatedly ineffective was because he was facing Thanos holding the Infinity Stones.
To some extent, Thanos's Status in the Marvel Universe is even equivalent to Darkseid's Status in the DC Universe.
Not to mention Thanos was still holding the supreme treasure symbolizing the Rules of the Marvel Universe.
Taking advantage of the energy barrier collapsing from the Reality Stone dissipating, two scarlet Heat Rays shot directly at Thanos's Chest!
The two Heat Rays annihilated everything in front of Thanos and solidly landed on Thanos's Body.
The Golden Armor on Thanos's Body immediately burst into large amounts of sparks and were burned with two Holes.
The two Heat Rays directly pierced Thanos's tough Skin. The extreme High Temperature directly cooked his Internal Organs.
The Severe Pain coming from his Body caused Thanos, who was Locked by Carol, to struggle violently.
The next moment, a Dark Gold Great Staff as thick as a water vat smashed onto Thanos's Head. The heavy Dark Gold Great Staff instantly smashed Thanos, causing Blood Water to splash everywhere.
Thanos let out a Bellow. He suddenly exerted Power with both Arms, directly breaking free from Carol's Palm binding his Arms. Breaking free from the restraint, his Right Hand slowly tightened.
The Infinity Gauntlet in his Hand bloomed with a Purple Light. Just as he was about to deal with Carol, who had once again grabbed hold of his Arm and wouldn't let go.
"Crack!"
A Golden whip whistled like a rising Sun, heavily lashing onto Thanos's Right Arm.
Thanos's tough Eternal Titan Body was instantly broken open. The Wutu Mountain Driving Whip, heavy as over a dozen Mountain Ranges, smashed onto his Arm. That Arm of Thanos instantly hung down at a ninety-degree angle.
It hung down limply.
"Hohohoho—"
The Old Demon Dragon, having succeeded with one Strike, looked at the extinguished Purple Light, laughed wildly as he swung the Wutu Mountain Driving Whip in his Hand, lashing it onto Thanos's Body whip after whip.
Thanos couldn't break free from Carol's restraint and could only watch as the whip lashed his Body. At the same time, Clark Kent flew up, and heavy punches followed, landing on his face.
Simultaneously, above Thanos's Head, a Dark Gold Great Staff as thick as a water vat was also constantly smashing down towards his Head. Under the Great Strength of three forces, enough to shatter Stars, Thanos was tightly restrained. Unable to dodge, he soon saw the Goddess of Death he yearned for again!
As he grew weaker and closer to the Boundary of Death, in Thanos's blurring Eyes, he vaguely saw Death wearing a black long dress, leisurely crossing her legs, her left Hand on the armrest of the Throne, her Right Hand propping up her chin, sitting on the White Bone Throne in a reclining posture.
Sensing Thanos's Aura, Death raised her Head. Her skeleton covered in white bone revealed an Expression that was not very friendly.
Thanos felt the cold Aura emanating from Death. He could feel Death's attention was on him.
"Death..."
Thanos raised his Hand. Just as he was about to speak, the next moment, a massive Power expelled him from the Death World.
The next moment, like waking from a dream, Thanos, whose entire Body had been almost smashed into a pulp, opened his Eyes again.
As soon as he opened his Eyes, a Great Strength heavily smashed onto his Body. Under the Force of this star-shattering punch, Thanos was instantly sent flying thousands of kilometers, smashing heavily onto a Ghost Warship.
Like a nuclear bomb exploding on the surface of that Warship, that Warship was blasted into a ball of Firelight.
In the Explosion of the mushroom cloud rising from that Warship, the next second, a Red Light streaked across Space, like a Meteor with an elongated tail flame.
Clark Kent was like a rugby player, throwing himself into that mushroom cloud, slamming hard into Thanos's Body.
Thanos hadn't reacted yet. In this merciless Impact, he was rammed by Clark Kent, consecutively smashing through dozens of Spaceship Warships floating in the cold Space.
In the merciless Impact, Warship after Warship was pierced by the two of them, exploding into clusters of fireworks in the Universe.
Clark Kent's heavy punches, comparable to nuclear bomb Explosions, mixed with this Superman's full-blown rage, smashed onto Thanos's face punch after punch.
"Bang bang bang—"
"What right do you have to decide the Fate of others!"
Clark Kent smashed and Bellowed at Thanos repeatedly.
That crazy scene even made King Ghidorah, who was collecting the scattered ownerless Warships in this Star Zone nearby, swallow his Saliva.
Under Kane's Order, it was originally working hard as a laborer, cleaning up the unclaimed "Junk" on this Battlefield!
Those Warships whose Souls had been Devoured by Sky Demons and had lost their Masters.
Originally, it had just seen that this Area had quite a few relatively intact Warships and was about to collect them, when suddenly those Warships Exploded right before its Eyes.
How could the usually tyrannical Titan King tolerate this? Its three Heads all opened their mouths, preparing to spray Gravity Beams towards the culprit.
In an instant, it met Clark Kent's Gaze as he turned his Head, a Gaze filled with scarlet Blood Threads!
"Just some metal lumps, they're everywhere here, no need to care!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
King Ghidorah's three Dragon Heads exchanged a Gaze with each other, and very obediently flapped their wings and flew far away from this Area.
Cracks erupted from the surface of Thanos's Armor, but Thanos still looked at Clark Kent with the posture of a Victor, even though his mouth full of teeth had been knocked out.
"You are angry! Have your Family and Friends returned to Death?"
"I've seen that kind of Expression countless times. When I equally slaughtered those Civilizations, those Survivors looked at me with that kind of Gaze.
You should thank me. Everything will eventually return to Death, and I merely slightly advanced this step!"
Thanos said this while quietly clenching his Right Fist, wanting to use the Power of the Infinity Stones to completely destroy the Man before him. But when he moved his Fingers, he was startled to find that the Infinity Gauntlet on his Right Hand had disappeared without a Trace!
"What, without that Gauntlet, are you just Junk?"
Clark Kent's left Hand tightly choked Thanos's Neck, his Right Hand clenched into a Fist, hitting Thanos's face punch after punch.
After Thanos noticed the Infinity Gauntlet had disappeared, his Complexion suddenly changed. After taking another punch from Clark Kent, he countered with a backhand punch to Clark Kent's face.
Clark Kent was caught off guard and staggered on his Feet from the hit, but he quickly reacted and returned a punch to Thanos.
Two Men who could be called the strongest in two Universes thus began a bare-knuckle brawl.
"Whistle! Whistle!"
Frank held the Golden Infinity Gauntlet in his Hand. Two streams of Golden Light shot out from his Eyes. Blowing a Whistle, he watched from afar as Thanos and Clark Kent punched each other.
He didn't notice that beneath the Meteorite he was standing on, a Figure almost like a Shadow was lurking there, like a coiled Viper, staring with a pair of cold Eyes at the Infinity Gauntlet in his Hand.
(end of chapter)