"This matter? This is my gift to all life in this universe upon my first arrival!"
"After all, doesn't life always yearn for higher peaks?"
"They desired treasures, so I provided them with information about the treasures."
The elder Thanos continued to chuckle, his shamelessness far surpassing Lin Feng's.
"Moreover, with your abilities, this information posed no threat to you, did it?"
"You call this a gift?"
Not getting the answer he desired, Lin Feng was simultaneously angered and amused by the elder Thanos's perfunctory response.
It was true that it posed no threat to Lin Feng.
However, it did pose a threat to Blue Star.
And it had indirectly disrupted the order of the universe.
Who knew how many people desired these six heaven-defying existences.
"Yes, I told them information they didn't know, doesn't that count as a gift?" The elder Thanos shrugged, feigning innocence.
"Twisting words!"
Facing the elder Thanos's nonsensical babbling, Lin Feng no longer wished to say anything more.
Strike first, strike last, and you eat dirt!
"Since that's the case, I have a gift for you too, take it!"
Lin Feng's eyes widened, and his left fist swung out without hesitation, swift and decisive.
The six Infinity Stones simultaneously unleashed their brilliance.
The energy condensed into a single rope, carrying world-ending might, and shot from Lin Feng's fist, piercing space and directly striking the elder Thanos's chest.
The light arrived in an instant, engulfing the elder Thanos.
The elder Thanos was pushed back by the beam of light.
His massive feet carved two deep grooves in the ground.
When the light beam dissipated.
Smoke rose from his golden armor, but there were no apparent injuries.
"Young man, so impetuous!" the elder Thanos exclaimed.
Before he could even utter a few words, he unleashed such a powerful attack.
However, he seemed to have forgotten that in his youth, he was even more impetuous than Lin Feng.
"Don't you like giving gifts?!"
"Then I shall give you a grand funeral!"
"It would be fitting for your arrival in this universe, wouldn't it?"
Lin Feng sneered.
"Heh, this gift, I cannot afford to accept!"
The elder Thanos waved his hand towards the Thanos of this universe.
The Infinity Gauntlet, along with the six Infinity Stones, was swiftly stripped from the cinematic Thanos's hand and flew towards the elder Thanos.
"What are you thinking!"
Seeing him reclaim the Infinity Gauntlet, Lin Feng roared and vanished from his spot.
He reappeared precisely in the path of the Infinity Gauntlet, intercepting its flight.
Clutching the gauntlet to his chest, Lin Feng's eyes instantly turned as red as the sun.
"Old man, accept your funeral!"
A heat ray imbued with the power of the Infinity Stones surged forth, piercing the black fog and illuminating the land.
The energy contained within this attack was several times more potent than the previous one.
The elder Thanos clasped his hands together, his form becoming ethereal.
He used spatial escape to swiftly relocate, instantly changing his position.
He did not choose to directly withstand the heat ray.
The heat ray missed its target but cleaved the black fog planet in two, creating a distinct parting.
A massive chasm was left in its wake, and the black fog for a thousand miles around was instantly dispersed.
"Not attacking?"
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow, watching the elder Thanos relocate, yet he still didn't attack.
This did not align with the personality of Thanos described by Tiwan.
Provoked to this extent, yet acting like a turtle hiding in its shell?
"To be honest, I do not wish to wage war with you!" the elder Thanos said, shaking his head.
His tone suggested that Lin Feng had gained a great advantage and should be grateful for it.
"You stirred up this trouble, and now you say you don't want to fight?" Lin Feng was furious.
Without a word, he unleashed another Infinity Stone-powered heat ray.
What were you doing before?
You've already spread the news of your Infinity Stones throughout the universe.
And you made Thanos snap his fingers.
And now you tell me you don't want to fight?
Facing the highly destructive heat ray.
The elder Thanos resorted to his usual tactic, clasping his hands together again, his form becoming ethereal.
However, this time, it seemed he did not succeed.
Something unseen seemed to have yanked the elder Thanos fiercely.
His ethereal form faltered, and he returned to his corporeal state.
Lin Feng also sensed something was amiss, but the situation was in his favor, so he instinctively increased the output of the heat ray.
*Bang!*
The heat ray now struck the elder Thanos precisely.
This blow was incomparable to the earlier punch.
The energy, already at a single-universe level, was amplified by the Infinity Stones.
The terrifying heat instantly melted the golden armor on the elder Thanos's chest.
Purple blood splattered, and a large bloody hole appeared on the elder Thanos's chest.
It did not pierce through; the elder Thanos's defense was incredibly strong.
With this single blow, the cinematic Thanos would have lost his upper body.
"Damn it!"
The elder Thanos spat out a mouthful of blood.
The wound on his chest was severe, his ribs clearly visible.
He clasped his hands together again, performing an action that Lin Feng hadn't anticipated.
As if fleeing, the elder Thanos, along with his presence and everything about him, vanished entirely from this place.
Simultaneously disappearing were his massive palace and Hulk and the others.
He ran?
Lin Feng blinked, his attacking posture faltering.
He raised an eyebrow, and a powerful bio-force field enveloped the entire planet.
A carpet-like search of the planet yielded no results.
He further expanded the search range, extending into space, but still found no trace of the elder Thanos.
Lin Feng looked at the Infinity Gauntlet still in his hand, feeling bewildered.
His worldview was somewhat shattered, making it hard to believe.
Wasn't Thanos in the comics supposed to be incredibly ferocious? How did he run away like a scaredy-cat?
He ran so decisively!
So decisive that he abandoned such a powerful artifact?
It didn't make sense; there was no logic to it.
Lin Feng tentatively snapped his fingers with the Infinity Stones.
He focused on locating the elder Thanos.
However, after the snap, the Infinity Stones transmitted a message: he was no longer in the universe...
What the heck?
Lin Feng was both stunned and amused.
The situation had taken a dramatic turn.
He had escaped the Marvel universe?
What was the purpose of this old executioner?
Could it have been that last heat ray attack?
Lin Feng stroked his chin, unable to stop himself from pondering.
He had been prepared to obliterate this entire star system, yet the elder Thanos turned into a cowering turtle.
However, he clearly saw the elder Thanos's body freeze momentarily, as if an invisible giant hand had restrained him for an instant.
Thinking back, it was as if someone was helping Lin Feng.
His thoughts began to clear up.
No wonder the elder Thanos had been unwilling to attack from the beginning, as if he knew someone would help him.
This way, it all made sense.
The elder Thanos had something to fear.
After all, someone was helping him! And with sufficient power.
Then the question arose, who was helping him?
As Lin Feng struggled to figure it out.
A voice echoed in his mind.
"Why don't you ask the wondrous system?"