Countless thick tentacles grew from its skin, writhing like enormous pythons. Their surfaces were coated in sticky fluid that gleamed under the light with a sickening, heart-stopping sheen.
Even more striking was its head. Compared with its body, the head was relatively small, but it had a huge mouth filled with sharp, razor-edged teeth arranged like interlocking sawblades. Its eyes were dull and lifeless, yet they carried an icy, savage glint.
This monster was none other than the Abilisk, a beast capable of crossing dimensions and traveling to different parallel universes to devour energy.
Seeing that colossal creature fly out of the wormhole and head straight toward the energy plaza, Rocket Raccoon's expression turned grim.
"Well, this is gonna be fun."
Facing the Abilisk as it came crashing directly toward them, Drax was the first to attack. Like a frenzied beast, he roared and charged at the Abilisk.
His muscle-swollen arms rose high, and the sharp daggers in his hands flashed coldly, aimed straight at the monster's thick tentacles.
The Abilisk reacted extremely quickly. One tentacle lashed over like lightning, carrying a howling gust of wind, but Drax showed no fear. He twisted sideways and nimbly dodged it. Using the momentum of his evasion, he slammed a fist into the tentacle with a heavy, muffled impact. Yet the tentacle merely trembled slightly before whipping around again, its strength astonishing.
Star-Lord stood to the side, his quad blasters wildly spitting fire. Bullet after bullet shot toward the Abilisk like meteors.
The rounds struck the monster's leather-tough hide, only sending up strings of sparks and leaving shallow white marks. They could not cause any real damage at all.
"This big bastard's hide is way too thick!" Star-Lord cursed while moving nimbly across the plaza, dodging the Abilisk's attacks.
The twin guns in Rocket Raccoon's hands kept spewing fire.
He aimed at the Abilisk's eyes and pulled the trigger. Plasma rounds whistled out, carrying scorching heat.
With a bang, a plasma round hit the target. One of the Abilisk's eyes instantly burst, and green fluid poured out.
The monster twisted its body in pain, its tentacles thrashing even more wildly. The nearby buildings collapsed one after another under its attacks, raising clouds of dust into the air.
However, the Abilisk did not give in.
It opened its huge mouth and sprayed out a blast of rainbow-colored quantum energy. Like a dragon of destruction, it swept toward the Guardians of the Galaxy.
"Move!" Star-Lord shouted.
Everyone scattered quickly. The energy beam brushed past their bodies and struck a building behind them, instantly triggering a violent explosion. Flames shot into the sky as fragments flew everywhere.
Drax spotted the moment the monster opened its mouth and charged again.
He leaped up, grabbed a row of sharp teeth inside the Abilisk's mouth with both hands, and pulled with all his strength, trying to tear the monster's jaws open.
The Abilisk struggled desperately. Its head shook violently as it tried to fling Drax away.
But Drax clung on tightly. His feet braced against the monster's lower jaw, every muscle in his body tense, veins bulging as he used every ounce of strength he had.
At that moment, Gamora saw that Drax was in danger and immediately rushed toward the Abilisk's neck.
She drew two daggers from her body, leaped high, and brought both blades down together, stabbing them deeply into the wound on the Abilisk's neck. Then she twisted hard, and dark green slime spurted out again.
The Abilisk's movements suddenly froze, and its roar grew weak.
Rocket Raccoon seized the opportunity and cranked his newly modified laser cannon to maximum power. Blinding laser beams shot toward the Abilisk.
The beams struck the Abilisk's wound and pierced straight through its head.
Under everyone's combined attack, the Abilisk finally could not hold on anymore. Its massive body slowly collapsed and crashed heavily onto the battery plaza, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust.
The battle was over. The members of the Guardians of the Galaxy were all panting heavily. Each of them had more or less suffered injuries, but victorious smiles spread across their faces.
Star-Lord walked over to Gamora and patted her shoulder. "Nice work. We made it through again."
Gamora nodded slightly. She liked the feeling of winning.
Drax walked to the Abilisk's corpse and kicked it hard. "Hmph. If you dare provoke us again next time, your fate will be even worse!"
Rocket Raccoon jumped down from Groot's shoulder, walked into the middle of the group, and raised the gun in his hands. "For the Guardians of the Galaxy!"
"For the Guardians of the Galaxy!" everyone shouted in unison, their voices echoing above the plaza for a long time.
But just as everyone was preparing to keep celebrating and get ready for the party they would later invite Harry and the others to attend, wormholes suddenly opened in the sky again.
What shocked them even more was that this time, there was not just one wormhole, but three.
The next moment, three monsters even larger than the first Abilisk stepped out from within and lunged toward the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Seeing that scene, everyone in the Guardians of the Galaxy went numb.
Facing one Abilisk had already required them to use everything they had, barely surviving by the skin of their teeth. Facing three at once was completely out of the question.
So without hesitation, they tried to flee while asking the Sovereign for help.
Once the communication connected, Star-Lord said anxiously to High Priestess Ayesha, "High Priestess, the plan has changed. There isn't just one Abilisk this time. There are four of them!
"We've already killed one, but we don't have the strength to fight three Abilisks at once, so hurry up and send troops to support us, or we're going to have to run for our lives!"
What Star-Lord had not expected was that High Priestess Ayesha had no intention of coming to support them at all.
"The Sovereign are a perfect race. How could we possibly fight disgusting monsters like the Abilisk?
"I will increase your payment. Five times the original amount. Hurry and kill them for me."
Normally, Star-Lord certainly would not have refused High Priestess Ayesha's offer to increase the payment. But right now, the problem was that they were simply no match for three Abilisks. If they accepted this job, they would have money to earn and no life left to spend it.
So what use was the extra payment?
Star-Lord's expression turned serious, and he said firmly, "High Priestess, you have to send people to support us, or we're running. We're not taking this money."
Unexpectedly, a mocking look appeared on High Priestess Ayesha's face. She said slowly, "You no longer have the chance to escape. We will seal every passage leading out of the energy plaza. Now you have only two choices, kill the Abilisks, or be killed by them."
Star-Lord's expression changed drastically. He had not expected High Priestess Ayesha to be this despicable. He immediately turned to look, and sure enough, all the other passages leading from the energy plaza to the outside had already retracted.
Their ship was currently parked at the Sovereign homeworld's spaceport. Now there was no way for them to escape from the energy plaza built hundreds of meters above the ground.
"Damn it!" Star-Lord roared. Then he told the others what had happened and asked them what they should do.
Rocket Raccoon immediately ran to the edge of the energy plaza and watched helplessly as the passages to the outside retracted. He could not help cursing loudly, "That damn Sovereign High Priestess! What a bitch! If we get out of here, I'm gonna make her pay!"
The others did not take Rocket Raccoon's words seriously. After all, even Rocket Raccoon himself knew he was only talking trash.
The Sovereign High Priestess had a noble status. She was not someone small-time figures like them could compare with. In fact, if the Sovereign High Priestess truly became dissatisfied with them and sent a large fleet of combat ships to hunt them down, it would be very difficult for them to escape.
Star-Lord snapped irritably, "Stop talking crap and hurry up and think of a plan. What can we do to get out of here? I don't want to become a pile of shit a few hours from now."
At that moment, the most hot-tempered one, Drax, had already started fighting the three Abilisks.
But he was not even a match for one Abilisk, let alone three.
These three Abilisks might not have been hungry yet. They did not immediately devour the energy inside the batteries. Instead, they focused their attention on Drax.
Drax had an extremely tough body and could take a beating, giving the three Abilisks the impression that he was a fun punching bag.
So they stood in a triangle and kept knocking Drax through the air toward one another, playing with him amid his screams.
Seeing this, Gamora smiled helplessly. "Looks like we can live a little longer."
"Groot!" Groot also expressed his agreement.
But going on like this was no solution. Even if Drax's body was incredibly tough, he would not be able to last long under the continuous assault of three Abilisks.
In the end, they would still face the fate of being eaten by the Abilisks.
Just as the Guardians of the Galaxy were trapped in worry and helplessness, a portal suddenly opened in front of them.
The instant they saw the portal, several of them immediately thought of something, and their eyes lit up.
Then the young man who stepped out of the portal confirmed what they had been thinking.
They were saved!
Harry had just stepped out of the portal. Seeing the scene before him, he asked in confusion, "Who is that? Your new teammate? His hobbies seem a little extreme. He's actually into being a masochist?"
Several black lines seemed to appear across Star-Lord's forehead. What the hell did he mean, being a masochist? He was clearly getting beaten over and over!
If you don't believe it, just listen to Drax's screams. He's about to be beaten to death!
Star-Lord hurried over to Harry and pleaded, "Hey, buddy, with your strength, you can definitely save Drax from the Abilisks!"
Although the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy were all idiots in their own ways, their natures were still good. On top of that, Harry had a very good impression of Rocket Raccoon, so of course he would help them.
Harry shrugged and said casually, "Of course."
Harry gradually walked to the center of the energy plaza. At some point, three metal coins had appeared in his hand.
Immediately afterward, he rapidly constructed a magnetic field and wrapped it around the coins.
Under the effect of the magnetic field, the coins were fired out in an instant. Like three artillery shells, they carried dazzling arcs of electricity and incomparable speed as they shot toward the three Abilisks.
The three Abilisks seemed to sense the danger descending upon them. They tossed Drax aside and kept shifting their massive bodies, trying to dodge, but it was already too late.
The coins struck their heads with unstoppable force, instantly unleashing a burst of powerful energy. The light was so dazzling that no one could look directly at it.
Amid deafening screams, a huge hole was blasted straight through each of the three Abilisks' heads. Dark green slime gushed out like fountains. Their massive bodies swayed a few times before collapsing with a thunderous crash, throwing dust into the air.
In just a few seconds, the crisis that had pushed the Guardians of the Galaxy into a hopeless situation was easily resolved. The sight left the Guardians completely stunned.
Back on Xandar, they had seen Harry display his power and defeat Ronan's army single-handedly. Now it was the same again. To Harry, the extremely dangerous Abilisks were like ants that he could kill with ease.
Star-Lord stared at Harry enviously and could not help asking, "Harry, how did you train yourself to become this strong? Can you teach me?"
Harry shook his head.
"My strength is divided into two parts, innate talent and acquired learning. Innate talent is determined at birth, and acquired learning isn't suitable for you, because you don't have a talent for spells."
Just as Star-Lord felt disappointed, he did not expect Harry's tone to shift. Dense Analytical runes appeared in Harry's eyes as he stared at him and smiled.
"Why are you so disappointed? I only said innate talent is determined at birth. I never said you don't have any."
Star-Lord: "???"
"Wait. I have innate talent? Then why have I never felt it?"
Harry explained according to the numerous streams of data that appeared in his eyes.
"Your innate talent seems incomplete. You only have the part that uses energy, not the part that absorbs energy.
"Even so, it has still given you quite a bit of strength. For example, all of you are my Lenders, but you've always learned magic the fastest, haven't you?"
After hearing Harry's explanation, Star-Lord did not look happy at all. He scratched his head and said dejectedly, "So what? I'm still no match for an Abilisk. If you hadn't come over quickly this time, we would have been dead for sure!
"Harry, is there any way to complete my innate talent?"
Harry thought for a moment, then gave his answer. "You might be able to ask your relatives about your parents. Since your bloodline possesses special power, one of your parents is definitely no ordinary mortal."
Hearing this, Star-Lord hesitated. Thinking about it carefully, it had indeed been a very long time since he had gone back to Earth to visit his grandfather.
At the same time, he was certain that his mother had only been an ordinary woman from Earth with no supernatural power whatsoever. That meant the source of this strange bloodline in him could only have come from the father who had abandoned him long ago.
Star-Lord certainly did not want to look for the man who had abandoned his wife and child, but at the same time, he was deeply curious. He really wanted to know what kind of person his father actually was.
And if possible, he very much wanted to punch his father in the face and ask him exactly why he had abandoned his wife and child.
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