Chapter 252

Chapter 252

The Celestial's energy wave struck gently against the blood cocoon encasing Damian.

The cocoon shook slightly before a crack appeared, gradually widening until the 'cocoon' opened completely.

What seemed like a cocoon turned out to be something entirely different.

A humanoid creature with a pair of gigantic crimson wings stood in space, its eyes opening to look at the Celestial.

Damian, who had just awakened, was utterly confused.

He looked at his hands and saw that his entire body seemed to be covered in a layer of crimson energy that obscured his skin.

He appeared to be a being entirely made of energy. Damian examined his hands from both sides, noticing they resembled claws.

Suddenly feeling something different on his back, he turned and realized he had wings.

He didn't know what had happened. The last thing he remembered was the excitement of the battle and absorbing the blood of all the Celestials.

He didn't know if his current state was something temporary due to the enormous amount of energy contained in their blood, but he felt really great as if everything was within his reach.

"Cortana?" Damian said in his mind, trying to communicate.

Suddenly, his expression changed as he felt he couldn't detect Cortana, immediately frowning with a sense of foreboding.

"Master," Cortana said in Damian's mind, her voice sounding somewhat disheartened.

Damian almost sighed in relief, feeling notably calmer upon hearing her voice.

"Master, I realized you're not a hero. I died, and you didn't appear at the last moment to save me," Cortana complained, sending an image of her aggrieved face to his mind.

"Of course, I'm not a hero. Don't I look more like some sort of final boss?" Damian joked about his appearance.

"What happened?" Damian asked, referring to her.

"My body was destroyed. It's a bit difficult to talk; the Celestial creates a rather powerful interference," Cortana said, sending an image of what had occurred.

Damian immediately frowned, feeling angry about what Cortana had to endure. The excitement and euphoria from his new form noticeably calmed down.

"Hm?" Damian said, frowning as he suddenly felt a slight itch on his body. The energy wave from the humanoid creature in front of him seemed to be the cause.

According to what he saw in Cortana's memories, its effect was to disintegrate, but it didn't seem to have much effect on him.

"Who are you?" Damian asked the Celestial.

"It doesn't seem to be able to speak; its mental waves are chaotic, probably due to the fusion. It likely has trouble communicating, but they clearly know what they must do," Cortana said.

"That's fine, it doesn't matter," Damian said, looking at his body where the Celestial's energy wave continued attacking him.

It almost seemed to have an effervescent effect but didn't seem to cause him much harm.

His eyes fixed on the Celestial again before he flew through it in an instant, his hand, or rather claw now, slashing towards the Celestial's neck, cleanly severing it from its body.

Damian looked at his hand curiously while simultaneously trying to move his new wings. It was a bit strange for him to have two new limbs.

"Hm?" Damian suddenly frowned, turning to see the fused Celestial, its previously severed head reattaching to its neck.

The Celestial's gaze fixed on Damian before it extended its hand toward him, channeling a wave of energy.

Damian looked at the energy ray before glancing at his claw and extending it towards the ray.FiNd updates on n(o)/velbin(.)com

The energy wave quickly struck his claw, causing it to disperse to the sides.

Seeing the lack of effectiveness, the Celestial ceased its attack before forming an armor around itself and proceeding to attack Damian in hand-to-hand combat.

Damian merely gave a broad smile before clashing directly with the Celestial.

When their two fists collided, the winner was immediately evident.

The armor created by the Celestial was shattered by Damian's punch before his hand pierced through and struck directly at its chest.

The Celestial was sent flying while Damian pursued and constantly struck it.

"It doesn't seem that strong," Damian said in his mind to Cortana.

"That's because you have become too strong. What happened to you?" Cortana asked, looking stupefied at Damian.

"I really don't know. All I know is that this is the most delicious blood I've ever tasted," Damian said, striking the Celestial's chest with all his strength, causing the entire armor to break into pieces.

"I'm sure Carol wouldn't like to hear what you're saying," Cortana teased, after all, those words had always been meant for Carol.

"It's alright, I'll finish this guy and head home to see who has been misbehaving while I was away," Damian said, shaking his head.

"Can you kill it? It seems immortal," Cortana said.

"Indeed, at the moment it appears to be," Damian said, nodding.

Laura reacted first and quickly clashed with Thanos using her rifle. To her surprise, she was sent flying instantly, feeling a crack in her rifle.

Laura smashed through several rooms before stopping, slightly dazed. She hadn't thought there would be such a difference between her and Thanos.

Tony took the opportunity to retreat momentarily before creating missiles with his suit and firing them at Thanos.

Thanos saw the missiles and quickly tried to break through the wall to avoid them, only for his head to hit the wall hard without making a scratch.

The missiles didn't wait and quickly bombarded him, filling the hallway with fire.

When the smoke cleared, Thanos almost seemed to have question marks above his head.

He had clearly seen Tony break through the wall effortlessly, and Laura had also smashed through several rooms.

Tony was also dumbfounded to see this.

Neither of them had any way of knowing that Cortana controlled the palace's enchantments in the background, clearly identifying between allies and enemies.

At that moment, Wanda arrived, attracted by the sounds of explosions. Her hands quickly filled with crimson mist, which wrapped around Thanos' weapon, pulling it towards her and disarming him.

Thanos quickly stood up, trying to grab his weapon back, but Pietro quickly approached and punched Thanos directly in the nose, throwing him off balance.

Pietro reappeared next to Wanda while holding his wrist with a pained expression, feeling his fist throb.

"That guy isn't made of flesh," Pietro said, gritting his teeth next to Wanda.

"Don't be a baby," Wanda said, rolling her eyes as she sent Thanos' weapon flying far away, planning to give it to Damian later as a trophy.

At that moment, Laura appeared from the destroyed wall, her suit unscathed.

"I thought you'd take a break," Tony said upon seeing her arrive.

"That guy hits pretty hard," Laura said.

Thanos, at that moment, found himself surrounded, with no exits through the apparently reinforced walls, no weapon, no army.

Despite this, his expression was still calm. There was no immediate danger to his life; for now, he had to keep exploring the palace to find the way to the stones.

Before they started attacking him, Thanos quickly ran towards Tony and Laura. Retreating was impossible; he had to hurry the search as soon as possible.

With his armor, he almost turned into an armored tank that didn't plan to stop for anything.

His body zigzagged, trying to avoid Wanda's attacks while covering his face with his forearm to protect himself from Tony's repulsors.

Laura advanced to face him. She was much weaker than him, so she could only use the one advantage she had.

The incredible resistance of her suit.

Laura timed Thanos' movements before launching herself at full speed at his legs.

Using her own legs as leverage, she managed to trip Thanos. If it weren't for her suit, she probably would have broken her legs with the titan's great strength.

Seeing Thanos stumble, neither Tony nor Wanda hesitated to hit him.

Pieces of armor flew off from Wanda's magic impacts or turned red-hot under Tony's beams.

Thanos didn't take those attacks for free. As the culprit, Thanos naturally took it out on her.

He slammed Laura several times against the ground, but Thanos, who had never felt anything when hitting, for the first time felt a slight pain in his knuckles.

The attacks kept falling on Thanos. Frustrated with the situation, he grabbed Laura's leg before using her to shield himself from the attacks. When the attacks stopped, he used all his strength to throw Laura at Wanda.

He then ran directly at Tony. Despite receiving several attacks, Tony was also somewhat vulnerable in the narrow hallway.

Thanos grabbed Tony by his arm and leg before using him as a battering ram to break through the walls.

Tony quickly unleashed multiple attacks on Thanos, but he seemed able to endure them calmly.

The worst part was that his back was against Thanos' chest, or he would have fired a good energy beam from his chest.

"Laura, help me, what's this guy's skin made of?" Tony said as he created knives on his limbs and tried to stab Thanos.

Thanos almost ran through the entire palace, demolishing wall after wall until he suddenly reached some stairs going down, with an elevator at the bottom guarded by two sentinels.

He immediately assumed he had reached the place, looking at Tony in his hands. He thought for a moment before simply throwing him back with all his strength.

Two robotic guards quickly launched themselves at him, but being somewhat clumsy, Thanos skillfully caught their heads before crushing them.

Seeing the elevator, Thanos quickly wedged his fingers in between before forcing it open.

Entering the elevator, Thanos looked at the buttons and tried to press them to go down, but it didn't work. He immediately assumed there was some kind of key.

Looking at the floor, Thanos quickly used his fists to break the metal before throwing himself down.

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