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Ego's power slightly exceeded Kevin's estimation.
Originally, Kevin thought that with his Reality Stone, even if he couldn't completely destroy Ego, he could at least easily suppress him.
But when they truly engaged, Kevin realized that Reality didn't quite align with his thoughts.
Not only did Ego's power far exceed expectations, but the use of the Reality Stone was also becoming difficult.
Using the power of an Infinity Stone comes at a cost.
No matter what kind of Infinity Stone it is, if there isn't a special medium for transfer, ordinary people using it will absolutely suffer irreversible damage to their bodies.
And even with a medium, when the power used exceeds the medium's limit, it will still cause damage to the user's body.
Kevin could use the Reality Stone without reservation before because the uru ring on his hand acted as a medium, bearing a significant portion of the cost of using the Infinity Stone for Kevin.
But even bearing has its limits.
When Kevin fought with Thanos, he used an ability similar to 'Heavenly Phenomenon' that reached the uru ring's limit, causing a certain degree of wear and tear on the ring.
Later, when he went to find Ultron and used the Reality Stone to stop Earth's nuclear cleansing, the uru ring bore a lot more.
Therefore, fighting Ego now, the power Kevin can use has already reached the current bearable limit.
If he exceeds this limit, the uru ring on his hand might shatter.
The Reality Stone might once again transform into the aether, drilling into nearby living beings.
At that time, even if Kevin could use the Reality Stone, his own body would bear the cost, which is something Kevin does not want to see.
So at this moment, he met with the Guardians of the Galaxy, wanting to cooperate with them to eliminate Ego.
The plan is as follows.
Kevin will hold off Ego, preventing him from focusing on the Guardians of the Galaxy.
And on the Guardians of the Galaxy side, Star-Lord will swallow a part of Ego's body tissue to gain the power to break the shell protecting Ego's brain, which is located at the planet's core.
Finally, the Guardians of the Galaxy will destroy Ego's core, that shimmering blue brain, thereby eliminating Ego in one fell swoop.
"If I swallow this, I can gain his power?"
Star-Lord looked at Ego's clone, which Kevin had transformed back into a flower, his face wrinkled like a rag.
Before Kevin could speak, Rocket jumped over and smacked him on the back of the head:
"If you don't want us to just wander around the universe forever, then you'd better swallow that thing!"
"...I didn't say I wouldn't eat it! Can't I have a moment to prepare?!"
"Just eat it!"
Gamora was also a bit fed up with Star-Lord's dawdling; she directly took the flower from Kevin's hand and, before Star-Lord could react, shoved the entire flower into Star-Lord's mouth.
"Mmmph! Mmmph!"
Star-Lord, caught off guard, had his throat blocked by the fist-sized flower.
Rocket, next to him, kept patting his back, muttering as he patted:
"Swallow it, swallow it!"
Watching this group of clowns put on a 'forced ingestion.avi' in front of him, Kevin's expression immediately distorted.
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He couldn't help but say:
"Uh... I say, guys..."
"Cough, cough, cough... I... I already swallowed it... Rocket, that's enough! I said I already swallowed it!!"
Star-Lord struggled to straighten up, shaking off Rocket who was still bouncing on his back, coughing and roaring in anger.
Then he looked up and asked:
"...What were you going to say?"
"I was going to say... actually, you don't have to swallow it. When I said 'swallow,' it was a metaphor... but never mind, as long as the result is good."
Kevin blinked at Star-Lord, uttering words that made Star-Lord collapse.
"You... couldn't you have said that sooner!!!!"
Star-Lord, who had been forced to swallow such a large chunk of something, now had a dirty word he wasn't sure whether to say or not.
...
Abandoning his clone, Kevin's consciousness instantly returned to his main body, and he decided to selectively ignore the unpleasantness on Star-Lord's side and began to seriously deal with Ego.
Ego was indeed very strong; even with the Reality Stone, Kevin could only fight him to a stalemate.
But in this duel, the victor would definitely not be Ego.
Because Kevin had helpers, Ego did not.
No matter how lackadaisical the Guardians of the Galaxy usually were, they were very reliable in times of crisis.
Kevin, who had broken out of prison with them, had a lot to say about that.
Kevin was very confident in the Guardians of the Galaxy destroying Ego's brain; unless this what if universe caused some new trouble, the Guardians of the Galaxy side would basically be fine.
As for whether Kevin could gain skill points if the Guardians of the Galaxy killed Ego, Kevin did not need to worry about this.
In the The Boys world, Kevin had discovered that although Kevin was nominally the leader in destroying the Supervillain Alliance, Kevin didn't actually do much of the fighting.
The ones who truly fought were Homelander and his group.
But even so, Kevin still gained skill points.
This indicates that the acquisition of skill points has little to do with whether Kevin personally takes action.
As long as the matter is related to Kevin, and he is present during the event it triggers, he will gain new skill points.
Kevin even speculated that the acquisition of skill points might not simply be about changing the plot; the cause of skill points should stem from something that is difficult to explain clearly.
Kevin temporarily referred to it as 'destiny'.
Everyone's Destiny is different in their respective plots; when Kevin modifies destiny, those modified destinies will generate fluctuations, which are then absorbed by the skill tree as skill points.
So it doesn't matter whether Kevin personally kills or personally saves; what matters is whether Kevin is near the person whose Destiny is being modified at the time of the modification.
And now, Kevin was beside Ego.
"Who exactly are you!!!!"
Kevin's thoughts were interrupted by Ego's roar.
His giant, rock-like fist shattered the giant brain condensed from water, and he questioned Kevin.
The water re-condensed; the endlessly flowing water once again formed a towering water giant that blotted out the sky, enveloping the stone giant composed of earth and rock.
"Didn't I say, I am also a god!"
As he spoke, Kevin launched a counterattack against Ego.
The water pierced through the rock, flowing within the rock body, every inch and every millimeter eroding Ego's rocky body.
Under the creation of the Reality Stone, water was ubiquitous.
And in this ubiquitous water, Kevin was a god.
A well-deserved God of Water!
"You are also a god? Are you truly a god?! Then why have I never seen you before!"
Ego seemed to believe Kevin's fabricated words.
He didn't seem to know about the Infinity Stones, or perhaps he knew but didn't care, thinking it was Kevin's own power.
So he had no choice but to believe, as the power Kevin was displaying now indeed far surpassed any intelligent life he had ever seen.
In Ego's eyes, only a being who was also a god could possess such powerful strength.
Ego admitted that the other party was a being of the same level as himself, but he couldn't understand why such a powerful 'kindred spirit' had only appeared now.
If he had appeared hundreds or thousands of years earlier, Ego wouldn't have needed to procreate with other life forms to create new Celestials.
"Why should I meet you?"
Kevin punched away the rock giant Ego had condensed; amidst the surging water, his voice, magnified through the giant's mouth, resonated dully in Ego's ears:
"You are merely a defective product."
"Me? A defective product?! You really dare to say that!"
The rock giant was shattered by the water flow, scattering into more tiny fragments in the air.
These fragments converged in the sky, forming a fist almost one-third the size of the planet, pressing down on the water giant.
Kevin's words enraged Ego.
Ego, who considered himself a perfect life form and a Celestial in this universe, how could he allow others to call him a defective product?
Kevin's 'slander,' coupled with Peter's rebellion, had repeatedly thwarted his plans; Ego was already beyond furious.
He could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and unleashed his inner fury upon the enemy before him.
The rocky giant fist in the sky was like a meteor.
Generating scorching firelight from friction with the atmosphere, the giant fist pressed down from above Kevin.
The water giant, at most a little over a hundred meters tall, was like an ant in the palm of a normal person's hand beneath the rocky giant fist condensed by Ego.
The first contact with the water surface was evaporated; endless steam enveloped the sky, forming thick, pure white clouds above.
As Kevin created more and more water to resist the fist falling from the sky, the clouds in the sky grew thicker.
The clouds condensed and gathered at the horizon, forming a large expanse of dark clouds.
Lightning brewed within them, and amidst the thunderous roar, heavy rain poured down!
"I! Am the perfect! God!!!!!"
Ego roared at Kevin.
He controlled the clouds in the sky, which were a part of his body, revealing a gigantic face that covered the entire horizon, snarling ferociously and madly.
But before he could continue to shout, a long dragon formed by rainwater pierced through the clouds, pierced his formed face, and even Ego's humanoid form hidden within was dragged out.
Rainwater and clouds entwined around his limbs and body, enveloping him like a spiderweb.
The blue-white cloud mass, like a cocoon, was pulled by a long rope of water mist, dragging Ego's created body and violently flinging it to the other side of the planet.
Boom!!!!
The cloud mass crashed into the ground, piercing through the rock layers of the surface, breaking through Ego's layers of protective barriers, until it finally stopped near the core.
The clouds dissipated, revealing Ego's humanoid form wrapped within.
But at this moment, Ego's humanoid form was already in tatters; the skin on his body was constantly being destroyed and restored by the rainwater, and blue veins and human flesh were continuously appearing before Kevin.
A cloud of mist condensed, and Kevin appeared before Ego.
Kevin, who reappeared before Ego, looked him up and down, a mocking expression on his face, and uttered a sentence that made Ego's mind explode:
"Heh heh, what a weak god."
"Die!!!!"
Ego was unusually furious this time; the entire planet trembled because of his rage.
Dust once again covered Ego's body, instantly restoring him to his original appearance.
Then this 'Celestial' with the appearance of a benevolent old man, with dust swirling around his feet, rapidly flew towards Kevin.
The two 'gods,' having returned to normal human size, were about to clash again within the Earth's crust.
Kevin was also prepared for this.
But before Ego approached him, Kevin formed a hand seal and gently pushed forward.
Crack, crack—
The sound of glass rubbing echoed in their ears; the ground beneath Ego's feet and the space around Kevin became strange, as if layers of glass formed a cage, trapping them within.
Mirror Dimension.
A favorite move of the Kamar Taj sorcerers, which can prevent ordinary people from detecting the sorcerer's presence and can effectively trap enemies, preventing them from escaping.
After mastering teleportation spells, Kevin had also learned the other basic spells without a teacher.
He had learned to use the Mirror Dimension.
And in order not to let Ego disturb Star-Lord and his group's actions, Kevin could only choose to temporarily use the Mirror Dimension to trap this body, which contained most of Ego's consciousness, here.
And wait for Star-Lord and his group to complete what he had instructed them to do.
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