The Savior of American Comics? I'm the Subspace Evil God!

Chapters 425, 766, and 767: Ronan's New Plan
"What, Nebula, are you trying to go against me?"

Ronan glanced at her coldly and asked in return, slightly raising the hammer head of the "All-Purpose Weapon" in his hand, as if he were about to kill Nebula on the spot if they disagreed.

Especially after receiving the Power Gem, Ronan's confidence is now off the charts, and he believes he can kill his opponent without breaking a sweat.

"No, that's not what I meant."

Although Nebula wasn't intimidated by the other party's threats, she still quickly shook her head, pointing to her eyes and the areas on her body that had been modified into mechanical parts, and said somewhat indignantly:

"Even without me saying it, you must have already seen from me how Thanos treated me back then?"

"So, as long as you promise to kill Thanos next, I'll willingly become a sharp blade in your hand and help you destroy a thousand planets..."

"very good."

Ronan nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this. "It seems you are much more reliable and smarter than your sister Gamora."

"So, are we going to destroy Xandar next?" Nebula asked, somewhat eager to try.

To everyone's surprise, Ronan shook his head slyly, "No, we'll go to Earth first!"

"Huh? Earth? Didn't you say..."

“That’s right.” Ronan interrupted confidently, “Now that we’ve turned against Thanos, he might just send troops to Xandar to intercept us…”

"So we're heading to Earth now, which would allow us to collect the scattered Tesseracts and further enhance my power, or perhaps let Xandar and Thanos's army fight first, thus reaping the benefits!"

"Ah, this..." To be honest, Nebula really wanted to laugh.

What does it mean to be arrogant and conceited?

Ronan's current state is undoubtedly the most accurate reflection of this!
Nebula had previously heard from Thanos that there were many powerful guardians on Earth.

Later, Thanos, through Loki, launched a probing attack on Earth in an attempt to assess the threat level of the Guardians.

Unexpectedly, the outcome was somewhat surprising.

With only a few Avengers involved, the entire Chitauri army, including Loki, was wiped out.

Even the Mind Stone, which Thanos lent to Loki, was seized by the Earthlings.

This simple test resulted in Thanos losing both his wife and his army!

This is why, even though Thanos already knew that there were two Infinity Stones on Earth, he still hesitated to take action against Earth until he was absolutely certain of victory.

Ironically, Ronan, who had just obtained the Power Stone, immediately set his sights on Earth, which Nebula saw as suicidal.

But this fool just stood there smugly pleased with himself.

How stupid!

However, Nebula naturally wouldn't provoke Ronan at this time, so she immediately gave him a thumbs up, praising him against her will:
"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant... This feint will definitely make everyone, including Thanos, run around in circles."

To destroy someone, first make them mad!
Nebula glanced discreetly at the Power Gem embedded in the head of the Universal Weapon, which was emitting a purple light, and a flash of greed crossed her eyes.

With this Power Stone, I should be able to take revenge on Thanos, right?

"Hahaha……"

Ronan gripped the handle of the [All-Purpose Weapon] hammer tightly in his hand and laughed loudly with no small amount of pride, "Now, with the [Power Stone] in my hand, both Earth and [Xandar] will eventually submit to my feet!"

"And once I obtain the [Cosmic Cube], even Thanos won't be able to stop me from ascending to the position of cosmic overlord!!"

In fact, Ronan had his own selfish motives for choosing to target Earth first.

Because Ronan had visited Earth more than a decade ago.

However, that particular operation was a long-range mission initiated by the Kree Empire to prevent the defector Kree scientist Mar-Vell (whose Earth name is Dr. Wendy Lawson) from using the energy of the Tesseract to create a 'faster-than-light engine' to help the Skrulls escape the Kree Empire's pursuit.

However, the entire fleet was terrified and slunk back to base after Captain Marvel Carol Danvers, who had regained her memories, displayed her superpowers in her 'Binary Form'.

For the proud and arrogant Ronan, this was the biggest and most humiliating event of his entire career as the Accuser!

So now that he has the opportunity, he must regain the face he lost in the past.

Let's start our revenge with 'The Exterminator' Carol Danvers!!
……

[The Land of Nothingness] is within.

Bang bang bang——

"You little bastard, how dare you betray me?"

Yondu Udonta roared angrily as he swung a heavy punch at Star-Lord's stomach, who was being held down by two of his men, "Trying to take all of my $40 billion?"

"Do you know that when I brought you from Planet Teran, all the guys on my ship wanted to eat you? They had never tasted a Teran before!"

"In the end, it was I who saved you. It was I who stopped them from eating you. So the reason you're alive today is all because of my kindness to you..."

However, Star-Lord seemed to be used to this kind of intimidation, interrupting with a look of disgust: "Enough, my God, Yondu, are you ever going to stop?"

"It's been over twenty years! Why do you always bring up these old stories every time something happens, as if it's some great thing that my men didn't eat me back then?... Have you ever thought about it? No normal person would think about how to eat people every day?!"

"If you don't eat me, do I need to thank you?"

"You're the ones who kidnapped me from Earth, leaving me all alone since childhood, and now you expect me to be grateful? That's outrageous!" Rocket Raccoon, also held captive by members of the Raiders, and Drax, pulled from the pool, muttered amongst themselves like two bystanders.

"Oh, Quill was really unlucky, he almost got eaten! I'll never call him an idiot again!"

"But he clearly is!"

“I am Groot (Drax is right).”

“Alright, Drax, let’s talk about this privately from now on…”

Yondu Udonta retaliated by slapping Star-Lord hard across the back, yelling angrily, "You little brat, don't give me that! I know you too well. You don't really care about Planet Trunks. You're just scared... I can feel the cowardice in your heart. That's the real you."

"Wait a minute, Yondu."

At this moment, Gamora, who had been captured by the raiders, hurriedly spoke up: "Please listen to me, Ronan has now obtained a powerful weapon called the [Infinity Stone]. With it, Ronan can easily destroy any planet, so..."

Before she could finish speaking, Yondu Udonta interrupted her fiercely, saying, "Little girl, I know what that thing in his hand is without you reminding me."

“Then you should know that we must snatch it back from Ronan as soon as possible,” Gamora said, somewhat excitedly.

"Otherwise, countless civilians will die tragically, whether on Xandar or on Earth... We must warn them that danger is imminent."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Yondu Udonta ignored Gamora and turned to Star-Lord. "Kid, is this how this little girl brainwashed you?"

"You are truly disappointing, so incredibly stupid."

"Since that's the case, as the captain, I have to make an example of you and let my men know what the consequences of betraying me are."

As he spoke, Yondu Udonta whistled softly, and a streak of red light shot straight toward Star-Lord's throat, hovering less than five centimeters away.

It was none other than Yondu's most terrifying killing weapon—the [Sentinel Arrow]!
"Wow, wait a minute."

Faced with a dead end, Star-Lord remained calm and, in a moment of quick thinking, said, "Yondu, if you kill me now, you can forget about making the biggest deal of your life."

"Kid, if you're still talking about that Infinity Stone, I suggest you save your breath... because no one can steal anything from that madman Ronan!"

"No, Yondu, that's just because you don't have a secret weapon."

Star-Lord swallowed hard, then turned slightly to look at Gamora to the side and continued, "She is Thanos's adopted daughter who was sent to cooperate with Ronan, so she knows everything about Ronan... including his fleet and the distribution of his troops, etc."

Gamora then realized what Star-Lord meant and continued, "That's right. Even someone as strong as Ronan has weaknesses. As long as we seize the opportunity, getting back that Infinity Stone won't be difficult."

Yondu Udonta remained silent for a long time, seemingly weighing the truth of what the two said. The scene suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere became tense.

Fortunately, a dozen seconds later, Yondu Udonta's smile returned. As he retracted the [Sentinel Arrow], he changed his previous fierce demeanor and enthusiastically hugged Star-Lord, "Hahaha, I knew you were always tough, that's why I kept you by my side back then."

"Come on, tell me your plans properly..."

Seeing the two suddenly put their arms around each other's shoulders, acting like father and son, Rocket Raccoon muttered to Drax, "My God, I never thought that idiot named Yondu would actually believe such nonsense?"

"Doesn't he know that Ronan just beat us to a pulp?"

"No, I didn't wet myself, I was just knocked unconscious," Drax corrected with a serious expression.

“The key point is…” Gamora whispered a reminder, “We’ve successfully persuaded these raiders to help us fight Ronan’s army. Now all we need to do is figure out whether the Dark Star’s next stop is Earth or Xandar.”

"and then?"

Rocket Raccoon persisted, "Are we really going to help that idiot Yondu get the Power Stone back so he can sell it to some even more evil guy for 40 billion or more?"

“We’ll discuss that later, and we actually have a more suitable candidate for the host planet than Xandar.”

Gamora's mind flashed back to Karl. If even Xandar was no longer safe, then she had no choice but to entrust the Power Stone to this powerful guardian of Earth.

"Everyone, the [Cosmic Orb] slipped through our fingers. We must stop Ronan from wreaking havoc... because we have all tasted the pain of losing our families and loved ones, of losing our normal lives. So this time we must fight, we absolutely cannot stand idly by!"

"But Gamora..."

Rocket Raccoon said somewhat dejectedly, "With the strength of just the few of us, there's no way we can stop Ronan. You and Quill are playing with fire and getting burned. In the end, we'll all die."

"Our wisest choice right now is to run to the other side of the universe as fast as we can. Only in this way... no, only in this way can we live out our lives peacefully before that madman who likes to treat war as a game wreaks havoc all over the universe!"

Gamora didn't refute, but nodded noncommittally. "Rocket, you're right, but what I want to tell you is that I've lived so long and have only ever dealt with enemies before. Perhaps this time... I can live and die with my only friends."

A simple sentence, yet it touched everyone's hearts.

After experiencing prison breaks and life-or-death escapes together, even Rocket Raccoon, who is the most sarcastic and cynical, has come to regard the others as his and Groot's friends.

And he's her only friend!
So, for these fugitive 'losers,' death might not be the most terrifying thing for them!

This time, Rocket Raccoon finally stopped objecting and instead shrugged indifferently, saying:

"Whatever, I'm not going to live much longer anyway, so let's let this bunch of idiots... try being heroes for once?!"

"Please, Rocket, can you stop making the atmosphere so tragic?" Gamora rolled her eyes, then said with a hint of eagerness:
"Things might not be as difficult as we think. I mean... if Ronan's target this time is Earth, then maybe we won't even need to lift a finger... Hey? Where did the Collector's building go?"

Just as Gamora raised her hand and pointed to the area behind her where the exhibition hall was located, about to tell the others her thoughts, she suddenly froze on the spot.

Because the towering building that used to stand there, hundreds of meters tall, has mysteriously disappeared.

But it was just there a moment ago!

Wait a minute, could it have been Mr. Carl who did it?
(End of this chapter)