That "corpse" had been unconscious all this time, and the unconscious corpse could never have imagined it.
He had only just awakened from the attack of one enemy, only to see another true mortal foe!
Covered entirely in blood, Thor's eyes widened in a furious glare, and he immediately threw a punch right at Thanos's head!
"To think I actually get to see you again, this is truly... pfft!!"
Before Thor could even finish his sentence, he violently coughed up a large mouthful of blood. His thick beard was instantly dyed completely red.
Yet he paid no mind to his injuries at all, simply throwing punch after punch at the constantly blocking Thanos.
At the same time, he kept roaring continuously.
"This is absolutely wonderful. It lets me kill you a second time! Thanos!!!"
"Another one who harbors hatred toward me. However, my enemy is not you!"
Thanos casually blocked Thor's fist, then directly grabbed Thor's head with his massive hand!
Thor was already severely injured to begin with, so he was completely unable to resist the Mad Titan's assault at this moment.
Thanos lifted Thor with effortless ease, constantly increasing the pressure on Thor's skull with his right hand.
In just a brief moment, Thor's eyes rapidly filled with blood, and blood continuously poured from his nose and mouth.
But Heisenberg was still there!
"Haha, you cannot beat me, so you found a weaker guy to bully?"
While teasing him, Heisenberg charged forward and directly lifted Thanos's massive body into the air.
Following that, he violently hurled Thanos out of the Avengers Compound ruins, sending him flying backward at high speed to crash right into his own army!
While in midair, Thanos positioned Thor beneath him as a cushion. Just as he was about to hit the ground, he tossed Thor directly onto the earth, stepping steadily onto Thor to ensure his own safe landing.
Instantly, Thor violently spat out another massive mouthful of blood. He immediately collapsed weakly in place, practically drained of all his strength!
"Thor!!!"
"Fuck!"
Seeing this scene, Captain America and Iron Man felt an indescribable heartache, but there was truly nothing they could do!
Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw's offensive was endless and unrelenting. This was especially true for Ebony Maw; this guy was honestly even harder to deal with than Strange!
Meanwhile, their side's two main combatants were incapacitated. The Hulk was buried deep underground, and nobody knew when he would be able to climb back up. Thor, after being injured earlier, had once again suffered practically fatal damage!
Barton, Natasha, and Ant-Man were all protecting the heavily injured Rhodey and Rocket.
Facing the endless stream of Outrider beasts and the Chitauri army, just staying alive was already a massive struggle for them. It was useless to expect them to provide any breakthrough assistance!
"We need reinforcements!" Iron Man roared loudly, and Captain America quickly nodded.
"Yes, we need backup!" As he spoke, he tried his hardest to tighten his grip on the shield in his left hand.
"But even without backup, I can do this all day!"
Bang!!!
Bzzzt!!!
Mjolnir was swung rapidly, and even more Outrider beasts died by his hand!
The shield in his left hand blocked continuously, keeping Cull Obsidian's attacks at bay time and time again!
His left arm grew increasingly numb and painful, but no amount of suffering could ever become an excuse to give up resisting!
Not to mention that right now, they barely still had a rather unfriendly glimmer of hope!
After hurling Thanos away, Heisenberg floated gracefully into the air, gliding across the sky before hovering right where the Mad Titan was positioned.
He watched as Thanos casually hoisted the blood-soaked Thor by the neck and cast a disdainful glance at him.
"Trash!" he spat, simultaneously tossing Thor right into the middle of his own army.
Countless beast soldiers immediately pounced forward. In the blink of an eye, they completely surrounded Thor and began biting him madly.
Even though Thor's divine body could withstand the assault for a short while, it was impossible for him to hold on forever.
He struggled with all his might to push away the enemies swarming over his body, but all he reaped was a growing sense of helplessness and desolation!
Meanwhile, Thanos stood in front of his massive army, panting heavily.
"You are a truly powerful warrior, Heisenberg!" he said, simultaneously reaching his right hand out to the side.
His double-edged sword instantly drifted right into his grasp.
In the distance, Ebony Maw gave a deep bow toward Thanos from afar.
Holding his blade, Thanos gave it two simple swings before looking at Heisenberg with eyes full of ferocity.
"But I am the sole victor, because I do not stand alone!!!"
As his voice fell, an innumerable swarm of giant Chitauri Leviathans surged out rapidly from the distant teleportation portals behind him. In just a brief moment, over a thousand of them had appeared!
There were also the berserker beasts cultivated by the berserker legion over many years. Each one looked like an enraged giant gorilla, thrashing wildly as they bared their fangs and claws at Heisenberg!
There were also Thanos's most loyal subordinates. Those four-armed, beast-like Outriders!
Of course, the Mad Titan's most devoted supporters in the universe were not absent either. The Sakaarans, who piloted all his warships and spacecraft and operated all his mechanical creations!
In just a dozen seconds, over a dozen different factions pouring out of the portals amounted to an army numbering in the hundreds of thousands. And this was merely Thanos's vanguard unit!
Was the reason Thanos reigned as the cosmic emperor based solely on his individual strength?
No, it was not. Throughout Thanos's life, he had truly lost to far too many people.
On a personal combat level, he rarely possessed any proud achievements!
He got beaten up by Odin, beaten up by the Celestials, beaten up by the Ancients, and beaten up by the Watchers!
But a king was not defined solely by personal combat merits. As long as he still had enough followers surrounding him, his glory would never fade!
However, this army he was so immensely proud of... In the eyes of Heisenberg, who hovered high in the sky, they were nothing more than a tool used to elevate his status and put on a grand display!
Furthermore, this tool could draw out even more new tools to perform scene after scene of wonderful spectacles for him!
Just like the countless flashing golden portals that had suddenly appeared behind his own back!
At the exact moment Thanos's army officially charged forward, countless swirling and continuously expanding golden portals illuminated practically every inch of shadow cast by Sanctuary II over the collapsed ruins of the Avengers Compound!
The Sorcerer Supreme, Strange, stepped out from the lead portal. Behind him, countless sorcerers led the innumerable legions of the Avengers, officially assembling for battle!
Pepper Potts, clad in her indigo Rescue armor, was the first to charge into the battlefield!
Valkyrie mounted her winged steed, leading the surviving army of Asgard as they plunged straight into the tide of beasts!
The Masters of the Mystic Arts ignited the magical blades in their hands one by one.
The Wakandan Night Legion raised their Vibranium spears high into the air!
Even Quill had brought along the Ravager legion he inherited from his adoptive father, Yondu!
There was even a figure that brought Thanos immense heartache: his favorite daughter, Gamora!
That green figure was standing right in front of Quill, delivering a ferocious knee strike directly to Quill's groin!
The Wasp's petite figure flew into the crowd, sharing a smiling high five with Ant-Man, Scott.
At the same time, Scott scooped up Rhodey and the little raccoon, transporting them directly to a safe location.
Meanwhile, the little spider violently swung out from behind Doctor Strange. His Iron Spider armor was exceptionally dazzling, instantly making Tony Stark's eyes turn red with emotion!
Most of the Avengers wore expressions of happiness, their hearts filled with hope.
There was only one exception. That red figure. Amidst her profound grief, she floated gracefully to the ground and roared at Thanos with a voice filled with incomparable resentment.
"You took away my true love, my everything, my entire life! Now, I have come for revenge!!!"
Surging crimson chaos energy blasted into Thanos's frontline. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of Outriders were ripped into dust.
And Black Panther roared out that most iconic battle cry at the perfect moment!
"Yibambe! (Hold fast!)"
"Yibambe!!! (Hold fast!!!)"
"Yibambe! (Victory!)"
"Yibambe!!! (Victory!!!)"
Tens of thousands of people roared that ancient Xhosa word, causing the blood of practically every Avenger present to boil with absolute passion!!!
Hovering in the sky, Heisenberg silently admired everything unfolding before his eyes. Only by personally stepping onto this battlefield could one truly experience this kind of overwhelming excitement.
He cast his final gaze upon Captain America, who was holding his Vibranium shield high.
And Captain America did not fail his mission. After all the forces had finished assembling, he immediately roared at the top of his lungs.
"Avengers, assemble!!!"
The roar was instantly deafening. In the blink of an eye, the two torrent-like armies clashed madly together.
With Scarlet Witch, Valkyrie, Pepper, and Strange acting as the vanguard spearhead, the Avengers pierced viciously right into Thanos's coalition forces.
The cycle of life and death continued endlessly. Nobody could be truly safe on this battlefield.
But so what? Heaven to the left, warriors to the right!
Looking at the gradually surging tide of humanity from Earth, Thanos suddenly sensed something.
He locked eyes deeply with Heisenberg, then let out a gloomy breath.
"You are not like them!" he could be heard saying softly all of a sudden. High in the distant sky, the majestically hovering Heisenberg gave him a gentle nod.
"This is not my world, Thanos!" he declared. At the same time, he charged forward in an instant, gathering power in midair before viciously smashing a fist down onto Thanos's high-raised double-edged sword!
Boom!!!
While the incomparably surging force was painstakingly blocked by Thanos, it rapidly split into two streams and dispersed behind him.
That dispersed force did not completely disappear. Instead, it madly swept up all the dust and dirt, annihilating absolutely everything within its reach into tiny specks of dust.
Swish!!!
The air currents swept entirely across the battlefield. With just this single punch, a massive rift over three kilometers long and eight hundred meters wide was forcefully carved out right behind Thanos!
And this punch also caused both the Avengers and Thanos's armies, who had only just engaged in battle, to freeze completely in place!
Under such a strike, at least tens of thousands of living beings in Thanos's army were eradicated. Just a single punch!
It was only at this moment that the Avengers' forces, who had been swept up in the heat of hatred and the thrill of revenge, finally noticed the figure confronting Thanos head-on high above them.
No, it was not merely a head-on confrontation. He was essentially pinning Thanos down and beating him!
The little spider's mouth had always been the fastest. As he performed two graceful leaps and landed right beside Iron Man, he could not help but roar out loud.
"Mr. Stark, hurry and look at God!!!"
Hearing these words, Black Panther, standing not far away, was deeply shocked and firmly etched Heisenberg's silhouette into his memory.
Crossing his arms over his chest, he let out a fierce shout toward his soldiers.
"I do not know who that is, and I do not know if he is God, but I do know that we are going to win!"
"Victory!!!!"
The torrent composed of flesh and blood lost an entire layer to the battle in the blink of an eye.
The blood of humans and aliens had long been completely mixed into the dirt beneath their feet, turning into an indistinguishable color!
The ground grew increasingly damp. It was not rapidly rising groundwater, but the blood and fire flowing from countless lives.
Meanwhile, Heisenberg hovered above all the death and destruction, flashing a radiant smile at Thanos.
"Even though they are not my people, they are quite good, right?"
"Then bring it on!"
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