In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 432 Clear Water VS Thanos
Without even a single exchange, the battle commenced in an instant.

Missiles and lasers falling from the sky were intercepted by yellow magic arrays and blue defensive barriers that rose into the air.

This is Greenwich, a small town in London. And in London, there happens to be a Sanctuary that houses the Earth's defensive array. With just a few modifications, it can be used to defend against attacks from above and intercept space fleets outside the atmosphere.

The hatch of Sanctuary One opened, and Thanos, holding the Infinity Gauntlet inlaid with two gems, floated in mid-air.

The Power Stone shone brightly as Thanos raised his hand and unleashed a massive purple beam of light downwards.

Meanwhile, Qing Shui, who had already flown beyond the atmosphere, raised her hand and mobilized the power of the Mind Stone, unleashing a golden energy shockwave to intercept the purple beam.

Thanos's eyes flickered, and he pointed to the several enormous wormholes located above the Earth.

Above Greenwich, there are eight spatial wormholes due to the convergence of celestial bodies, some of which are located outside the atmosphere.

Thanos only needs to send his army into one of them as a transit point. If he can make another jump in the middle and find a space wormhole that can connect to the Earth's atmosphere, he can enter the Earth's surface.

This is precisely the main reason why Shimizu chose to set up the battlefield here.

Thanos's army can enter these wormholes, and so can the forces on Earth's side.

This way, the enemy can be kept outside of Earth.

Including Thanos.

Two streaks of light continuously clashed and bombarded each other in space outside the atmosphere.

In the blink of an eye, they clashed countless times in the silent vacuum, destroying several interstellar spaceships.

"boom!"

The shockwave from the Power Stone was easily dodged by Clearwater, who was in a state of accelerated time flow. In response, golden lightning bolts were released from the Mind Stone and struck Thanos.

"Thunder of Bosat!"

The latter reached out and held the Infinity Stones in front of him, releasing a dazzling orange-purple light to protect himself. He even activated the two Infinity Stones and attacked Qing Shui.

Shimizu raised an eyebrow slightly and continued fighting.

Each of his attacks was accompanied by a mental assessment, yet Thanos managed to withstand them all thanks to his extraordinary willpower, even after the power was reduced by the two Infinity Stones.

Thanos's attack also carries the soul attack effect of the Soul Stone. After being blocked by the Mind Stone and the Destroyer armor, Thanos's side can withstand it and then repair all the damage with the Time Stone.

"boom!"

It was another silent collision, and in the end, the two were both swept into a spatial wormhole by the shockwave.

The lava was scorching hot, the rocks were jagged, and smoke filled with the strong smell of sulfur rose up.

This is Muspelheim, the land of fire, where the fire giant Surtur was born.

Large swaths of magma were dispersed by the shockwave.

Thanos touched the blood left from a deep wound on his shoulder, a hint of ferocity in his eyes.

“Clear Water, your soul is strange. You don’t belong to this world. You shouldn’t be here to stop me.”

"none of your business."

Shimizu made a mocking remark and raised his hand to cast a spell using the Mind Gem.

Fal't Flame!
In Muspelheim, a world of fire, fire-related magic can be significantly enhanced in power due to environmental influences.

Thanos quickly retreated, raising his hand to unleash a shockwave using the Power Stone.

The deep purple energy and golden-red flames exploded together, scattering a large area of ​​magma and even stirring up some skeletons buried deep beneath the lava.

These are the various creatures born in this world of fire, just like Surtur, whose skeletons have accumulated over countless years.

"Snapped!"

Thanos, wearing a glove, snapped his fingers.

Under the influence of the Soul Gem, the skeletal undead creaked and stood up, including several bone dragons that breathed fire.

Shimizu also snapped his fingers.

In an instant, countless clones flew out from behind Qing Shui, simultaneously unleashing the Krakan Chains, which, together with the Web of Locked Roads, formed a vast net that enveloped Thanos and the undead army.

……

Earth, Northern Europe, Norway.

Under Carol's deliberate guidance, her battle with Hela shifted from land to sea.

In her fully unleashed Twin Star form, Carol is stronger than Hela, able to suppress her and seize the initiative on the battlefield.

Even though Hela also saw the strange phenomenon in the sky in the direction of London and wanted to lead the battlefield there to restrain Carol with a series of variables, she was ultimately pushed back by Carol.

So Hela could only wait out with Carol in the northern European ocean.

But she wasn't flustered.

As long as Asgard exists, she will not die; she has faith and Carol to sustain her.

Meanwhile, a great battle was taking place in Asgard, the land Hela longed for.

Thunder roared, and weapons clashed.

Thor, wielding a hammer in one hand and an axe in the other, fought hand-to-hand with the cursed warrior while unleashing lightning to clash fiercely with Malekith, thus halting the two greatest warriors of the Dark Elves.

The Cursed Warrior is stronger than Thor and has a wider range of combat skills, even surpassing Thor in close combat.

Even though Malekith had been sealed away for countless years and was in a weakened state with diminished power, his strength was still not to be underestimated after he retrieved the Aether.

If Thor were to be upgraded and obtain the Stormbreaker, he would likely face considerable trouble fighting either of these two.

As for now, although it is difficult, they have managed to hold off the enemy and even become more courageous in battle. In the battle, they have become more familiar with thunder magic, developed their own thunder power and the divine power inherited from Odin, and gradually turned the tide.

On the battlefield further away, Loki, wielding Frostmourne, wore a wicked and arrogant smile. He spread his arms and unleashed torrents of cold and dark magic, slaughtering the dark elves in a frenzy.

In that arrogant smile, everyone could see that Loki was enjoying himself. Enjoying the admiration and approval in the eyes of the Asgardians at that moment.

All of these belonged to Thor, who was far more valiant and completely overshadowed Loki on the battlefield.

But with Thor tied down by the enemy's two top combatants, Loki is the coolest kid in Asgard.

He longed to be like a king, the center of attention.

Loki, feeling smug, couldn't help but let out a soft hum.

Muspelheim.

The light from the four Infinity Stones nearly annihilated all the lava here.

The vast Muspelheim also crumbled under the terrifying collision of forces, as if the world were about to end.

"I cannot kill you, and you cannot defeat me, Earth's wizard. Would you rather stay here and fight me forever?"

Thanos, covered in blood, remained undeterred and shouted loudly at the clear water with high spirits.

The Eternals are born with exceptional endurance and adaptability, enabling them to adapt to almost all the harsh natural environments in the universe.

Because they possess powerful self-healing abilities and the ability to passively absorb energy, although the former is not as powerful as Wolverine or Deadpool who rely on self-healing abilities, they can recover in a relatively short time as long as it is not a fatal injury.

While its ability to passively absorb energy is not as good as Carol's, with the power of the Infinity Stones, this Titan's health bar is so thick that it is very difficult to kill.

This is assuming that these are the only means available to Qingshui.

Thanos clearly believed that continuing the fight like this would not yield any results, so he hoped to temporarily call a truce, with both sides returning home to find new solutions before the next round.

But Shimizu didn't think that way.

"Of course you can't kill me, but I can kill you, and the reason is actually very simple."

Shimizu, suspended in mid-air, looked at Thanos and smiled slightly.

Thanos's eyes narrowed slightly, and then without hesitation, he punched the shattered ground beneath his feet, using the recoil to accelerate his flight towards the wormhole above.

"The reaction was very decisive."

Shimizu looked up at Thanos, and the arms of the Destroyer armor rippled like water, glowing with the faint blue light of the Space Stone.

The Tesseract had already been given to Shimizu by Odin as a deposit long ago.

The reason I didn't show it earlier was to set a trap for Thanos.

Even if she had the Destroyer armor and one more Infinity Stone than Thanos, she could still defeat him. Since Thanos was determined to escape, Shimizu wasn't absolutely certain she could stop him.

Therefore, he needed a space large enough to serve as a battlefield, yet enclosed enough to prevent Thanos from escaping.

Muspelheim, or the dark elves' Watheim, or the underworld Niflheim that shuts down Hela, could all be considered as such a place.

The only solution is to lure Thanos in first, then use the Space Stone to seal off the space in that area, preventing Thanos from escaping.

Of course, Thanos couldn't discover this process, otherwise he would have escaped beforehand, so the Space Stone had to be hidden and done secretly.

Thanos's mind worked quickly, and he reacted almost instantly, flying towards the most likely opening—the wormholes in the sky.

Unfortunately, Shimizu had already made preparations.

Several green time arrays enveloped the spatial wormholes, and as the space gem's dark blue energy surged, the spatial wormholes vanished in the blink of an eye.

Thanos missed his target, but continued his charge without losing momentum, pushing the energy of the Soul Stone and Power Stone to their limits. This caused his strong, thick purple body to radiate a mixture of orange and purple light, and his golden half-body armor shattered and fell to the ground under the influence of the power.

"Ping——!"

A sound like shattering glass rang out, and the space impacted by the energy appeared like a mirror, with several cracks appearing.

If the force is great enough and the energy is strong enough, then even space and time will be affected.

Of course, that's difficult.

The Space Stone flashed, and Clearwater instantly appeared in front of Thanos, unleashing a beam of light mixed with the colors of the three gemstones, knocking Thanos down. The spatial rift behind him also rapidly healed with the energy replenished by the Space Stone.

Thanos stopped talking and focused solely on dealing with the water, looking for an opportunity to escape.

However, as time went on, Thanos found that his hope of escape seemed increasingly slim.

The other side had already chosen the most favorable outcome based on the future predicted by the Time Stone, thus laying a trap for Thanos.

This is the biggest crisis Thanos has faced since his birth, aside from the near-death experience of being killed by his mother shortly after birth.

Several molten boulders, drawn by the Power Stone, blocked Thanos's attack, but were then struck away by a bolt of lightning infused with the power of the three stones, which appeared behind him.

As blood flowed, Thanos gasped for breath, regained his footing, and while parrying, roared angrily at Clearwater:
"Clear Waters! Tell me! What exactly do you want!"

"What do you mean, what do I want to do? Didn't you bring your people to Earth first, trying to steal my two Infinity Stones? Thanos, I just happened to be blocking your path. After all, I'm not really going to give you the two Infinity Stones I have."

Thanos was silent for two seconds, then said quietly:
"Your heart gem... is actually mine."

"Pah! What's yours? What's yours is mine. Believe me or not, these two gems you have are mine too!"

Thanos's face darkened, then he said seriously.

"So what will you do when you have five Infinity Stones? I think it won't be hard for you to find the sixth one by then. At that time, you will have the power to change the entire universe. What purpose do you want to achieve with this power?"
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. If you possess this power, you should shoulder the responsibility and use it to do the right thing!"

"In any case, it wouldn't be such a foolish method as killing ordinary people. The development of all things in the universe has its own laws. Even if you have six gems and can reverse all the rules, it shouldn't be as simple and brutal as you are, cutting it off with one stroke."

Once you have that power, you won't even need to do much. All intelligent life in the universe will spontaneously revolve around you, choose to act according to your wishes, and countless wise beings will be able to offer you advice.

All you need to do is give them a clear enough goal, guide them, check on them, improve them, and correct them as needed.

Thanos started to really think about it.

"What you say seems to make a lot of sense and is indeed feasible, but your method is too inefficient and uncontrollable."

Because the essence of life is greed, a coexistence of rationality and chaos, you, as the guide, are not perfect. Even with the Time Stone, you cannot guarantee that you will be right in everything. Even if you can see the future, your judgment is merely your own subjective judgment, and neither subjective nor objective judgments are absolutely correct. Moreover, this process takes longer, and the longer it drags on, the greater the uncertainty becomes.

(End of this chapter)