Dragon Ball Arrives in Marvel

Chapter 496 Death's Precautions

At this moment, Xu Wenwu, who was on the outside, stared wide-eyed and muttered:
"The dragon's power has increased again, and it has actually granted two wishes."

Yingli murmured:
"A large-scale resurgence of people means the world is about to change."

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Within the realm of death.

Death, one of the five creator gods, smiled slightly at this moment:
"Interesting, they stole so many souls this time."

In recent years, one soul has been stolen from the realm of death every year. It is insignificant among so many souls. Those souls that are taken away have not received the attention of death. In addition, there are indeed some powerful abilities in the universe that can resurrect a living being. Death does not care about this and regards it as a reward for those powerful beings.

However, this time, a large number of souls were taken away and resurrected. Although the number was only a drop in the ocean compared to the total number of souls in the Death Realm, it still aroused the interest of Death.

Death, following the traces of these souls, turned its gaze to the earth.

With just one glance, Death obtained the information she wanted to know.

"Dragon Ball, wish, revival."

"A newly born power?"

“Smith Doyle, that’s really interesting.”

Having obtained the information she wanted, Death's gaze left Earth, and at the same time, Death, controlling her human form, appeared before Thanos.

Death looked at Thanos, the follower he had nurtured, and spoke:
"Thanos, I heard you plan to collect the Infinity Stones and wipe out half of all life in the universe to curry favor with me."

Thanos crouched down, looked at the Goddess of Death in front of him, and concealed his love.

"May the passing of those lives bring you joy."

Thanos annihilated life partly to appease death, and partly because death granted him power.

Death then spoke:
"A type of Dragon Ball that can grant wishes has appeared on Earth, perhaps with the same effect as the Infinity Stones."

"I believe that making a wish upon the Dragon Balls can also increase your efficiency."

As they spoke, the figure of death vanished, as if it had never existed.

Thanos stared at the empty scene before him. If he hadn't been so certain of death's arrival, others would have thought it was an illusion.

"Earth Dragon Balls, I never expected to attract the attention of Death."

"It seems that death is no longer satisfied with my efficiency in killing, and has come specifically to remind me of the appearance of the Dragon Balls."

For countless years, Thanos has been engaged in acts of slaughter throughout the universe in an attempt to curry favor with Death, one of the five cosmic entities. To this end, he slaughters half the inhabitants of each planet he conquers, offering them as a sacrifice to Death to win her favor. Death also grants Thanos a power boost, but he has never dared to reveal his secret love for her. Now, he possesses immense strength, endurance, regenerative abilities, and agility.

His skin is nearly indestructible, especially effective against cold, heat, electricity, radiation, toxins, aging, and disease, allowing him to survive without eating anything.

At the same time, his mental strength is almost impenetrable, allowing him to resist most mental attacks. He can also unleash energy waves or release plasma and cosmic energy through his eyes and hands.

Some of these abilities are inherent to the Eternals, while others are acquired and enhanced through death. (Thanos and other bosses will be strengthened, moving in the direction of the comics; their power levels are too weak.)
Over the years, in order to better satisfy death, Thanos has come up with a new plan: the Infinity Stones Project. He plans to collect all the Infinity Stones and use their power to annihilate half of all life in the universe to please death, while also using this grand death as a way to express his feelings to the creator god.

However, Thanos's plan to collect the Infinity Stones has not gone smoothly over the years, and he has only found the Mind Stone after countless years.

By chance, they found Loki, the second prince of Asgard, who told them that he knew the whereabouts of the Space Stone, which was on Earth.

However, the condition is that an army is needed to help Loki conquer Earth and make him king on that planet.

Thanos initially thought Earth was nothing more than a barbaric wasteland, where the inhabitants didn't even have the ability to leave the planet and travel through space.

However, that place was the territory of Odin, the king of the nine realms. He didn't know that the Infinity Stones were there before, but now that he did, he didn't want to clash with Odin, so he agreed to Loki's request. Besides, Loki's intervention was Odin's family matter, and he could also take the opportunity to see Odin's true strength.

Thanos even gave Loki the scepter inlaid with the Mind Stone as a weapon, but the result was not ideal. Loki was defeated, did not get the Space Stone, and even lost the Mind Stone.

At that moment, Thanos wondered if Loki and Odin were playing a trick on him. However, when he discovered that neither the Space Stone nor the Mind Stone had been taken to Asgard but remained on Earth, he decided to hold off and first search for the whereabouts of the other Infinity Stones.

Thanos didn't dare to openly collect the Infinity Stones, and he didn't even attack Earth.

On one hand, he worried that it was a trap set by Odin to pave the way for his own son Thor, and that Odin might even kill a cosmic overlord to pave the way, especially since his actions in cooperating with Thor to quell the rebellion in the Nine Realms were even more obvious.

On the other hand, Thanos's reluctance to collect the Infinity Stones is now common knowledge. If a major battle were to break out between Earth and Odin, and the entire universe knew that he was collecting the Infinity Stones, it could lead to a coalition of various cosmic powers against him.

Thanos, as the overlord of the universe, is no slouch when it comes to strategy.

His original plan was to find out all the information about the Infinity Stones in one fell swoop, and to collect three or four of them at an extremely fast speed, giving other cosmic forces no time to react. Then, he would use the power of the Infinity Stones to quickly gather all the Infinity Stones and realize his ambition.

Over the years, apart from the Mind Stone and the Space Stone, he has not had any accurate information about the other Infinity Stones. Apart from a few clues about the Power Stone, he has not been able to find any useful information about the Reality Stone, the Soul Stone, or the Time Stone.

As for the Dragon Balls on Earth, Thanos remained in a wait-and-see mode after receiving the news. He searched through countless materials and documents in the universe but found no relevant information, which made him suspect that it might be a conspiracy against him.

Having received the warning of death, Thanos realized that the Dragon Balls must be real, but he didn't know why he couldn't find any information about them among the various forces in the universe.

However, now that the truth has been confirmed, we can send our men to investigate and probe the situation.

However, deciding who to send is something that needs careful consideration and planning.

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(End of this chapter)