"Is that all?"
Having taken Thanos's mental shock head-on, Peter didn't even bother to act anymore and directly mocked him:
"I'm sorry to tell you, but this uncle of yours is immune to all mental and soul-level attacks~"
???
Hearing this, Thanos was instantly dumbfounded, his head buzzing.
You've got to be kidding me!
I went through all that trouble to find two Infinity Stones, only for you to tell me you're completely immune to them?!
How the hell am I supposed to fight now?
Seeing that the combined attack of the two stones he had high hopes for couldn't even scratch Peter, even someone as strong-willed as Thanos felt a moment of discouragement.
However, he was, after all, a galactic emperor who had ruled countless galaxies and conquered countless Planets.
After being downcast for only a few seconds, he pulled himself back together.
He didn't believe any human could be truly invincible.
Much less did he believe that Peter, a human who had lived for less than a century, could compare to his hundreds of years of conquest and planning.
"I don't believe you truly have no weaknesses!"
"And I certainly don't believe you can actually defeat Thanos!"
Thanos roared as the Reality Stone on his Infinity Gauntlet shone brilliantly.
Seeing that the Mind and Soul Stones were ineffective, he began to alter reality instead.
First, he altered the damage he had sustained, and then he rewrote the reality of his body being unable to withstand and break through this sphere of cherry blossoms.
Rewriting reality twice in a row would consume a significant amount of his physical energy, but for Thanos, whose natural constitution was superior to countless cosmic races, such consumption only made him break a light sweat.
Through these two consecutive enhancements, he finally broke through the Gokei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi before him.
The moment he broke through the cherry blossom sphere, Thanos's figure vanished, and in the next instant, he appeared right in front of Peter.
He swung his broad double-edged blade, aiming a horizontal slash straight at Peter's neck.
This strike carried the deadly experience of his hundreds of years of cosmic conquest; it was heavy and delivered from a tricky angle, causing space itself to groan under the burden of the blade's edge.
Peter did not recall Senbonzakura. Instead, with a flick of his wrist, he pulled out his long-dusty Vibranium tang long saber.
The moment their blades clashed, Peter's expression shifted slightly as he felt a faint numbness in the webbing of his thumb and forefinger.
Having been enhanced twice by the Reality Stone, Thanos's pure physical strength was now infinitely close to his state after obtaining the Power Stone.
Behind them, space cracked like shattered glass, and the dispersing gale carved deep trenches into the ocean below.
Realizing how formidable Thanos had become after his enhancement, Peter didn't dare to be careless, and pitch-black Armament Haki quickly coated his tang long saber.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The black blade and the double-edged blade clashed repeatedly, and in the blink of an eye, they had traded over a hundred blows.
After another fierce clash, the two separated.
While Thanos's breathing had visibly grown heavy, Peter remained at his physical peak due to the influence of the Horse Talisman.
But Thanos was not discouraged; instead, he let out a cold, grim smile:
"I see!"
His voice was low and raspy, yet filled with a fanaticism akin to discovering a new continent.
"The Mind Stone is not completely useless against you; it simply cannot damage your soul...
But as long as I give up on using the stone to directly harm you and instead use its power to read your mind, you will have no secrets left before me!"
The moment he finished speaking, the double-edged blade in his hand traced a bizarre arc, thrusting straight toward Peter's waist.
This strike came without any warning, completely defying normal mechanics, and its landing point was precisely where Peter was about to move!
Peter raised an eyebrow, his Observation Haki flaring wildly in his mind.
He quickly retreated, narrowly dodging the lethal blow.
Just as the retreating Peter was about to readjust his stance, Thanos's next round of attacks came one after another.
Fists, kicks, blades, energy blasts—every single attack seemed to foresee his moves, perfectly shutting down all of Peter's counters.
At this moment, the battle underwent a subtle reversal.
Peter was no longer as calm and composed as before; instead, he was constrained at every turn and even forced into a steady retreat.
Even with his Observation Haki active, he was struggling to keep up.
This feeling was incredibly frustrating!
It was like facing a nightmare-difficulty AI in a fighting game.
Just as you pre-input a button command, the algorithm has already predicted your entire subsequent combo.
No matter how you mix up your moves, the opponent always catches that split-second recovery frame to keep you completely suppressed.
"Damn it!"
Peter cursed inwardly. He simply abandoned his precise dodges and parries, deciding to use brute force to break through skill and crush his opponent's calculations with absolute power.
However, the very instant this thought crossed his mind, Thanos's offensive shifted once again.
Atop that broad blade, the red light of the Reality Stone flashed briefly, instantly elevating the sharpness of the double-edged blade to a whole new level!
The Observation Haki in Peter's mind began to sound frantic alarms.
Almost instinctively, he raised his black blade to block the landing point of the double-edged blade.
But Thanos had predicted his prediction.
The double-edged blade, which was originally slicing toward Peter's waist, twisted at an unbelievable angle in mid-air.
Changing from a horizontal slash to an upward diagonal cut, it scraped past the edge of the Vibranium black blade and slashed heavily across Peter's chest.
Pfft!
The sound of a sharp blade tearing into flesh echoed clearly across the entire battlefield.
Time seemed to slow down at this moment.
The billions of viewers worldwide watching the live broadcast, the members of the Avengers, the warriors of Asgard...
Everyone watched with wide eyes as the massive blade, glowing with an ominous red light, struck Peter heavily on the chest.
A massive, bone-deep wound stretched from his right abdomen all the way to his left shoulder, and the gushing blood dyed the ground beneath him red.
Peter's body was nearly severed in two by this single slash.
Without a doubt, this was the most severe injury Peter had suffered since his transmigrating.
"Peter!"
Gwen and the others cried out in alarm, instinctively breaking away from their respective opponents to rush over and check on Peter.
But Peter raised a hand to stop them, and immediately after, a soft white light enveloped his wound.
The power of the Horse Talisman activated instantly, and the mangled flesh wriggled and healed at a mind-boggling speed.
In the blink of an eye, the fatal wound vanished without a trace, leaving not even a scar behind.
The divine power of the Horse Talisman, kid!
Peter ran his fingers over the spot where he had just been slashed.
The wound was fully restored, and even his clothes were repaired, but the pain of his flesh being torn apart by the blade still lingered in his nerve endings.
"Very well..."
Peter's voice was very soft, yet it sent an inexplicable chill down Thanos's spine.
"You bastard... you've really pissed me off!"
"You like predicting my moves, huh? Let's see if your mechanics can withstand my raw stats!"
"Fire Wash!!!"
With a roar full of unhinged fury, the Fire Wash Cloth wrapped itself around his fists.
"FLAME DRAGON, PLEASE~!"
The witch rider driver's Flame Dragon Style followed immediately.
And then... the Human Torch gene, Celestial Energy, the Dragon Power, Amaterasu, and the Phoenix Force!
At this moment, Peter unstintingly unleashed all seven distinct fire-attribute buffs. Relying on the balancing Power of the Tiger, he forced them to compress and merge in an utterly unreasonable manner, ultimately gathering them into his fists!
At this moment, seven billion people across the globe witnessed what it truly meant to see a colorful, brilliant black!
Bathing in black flames, Peter reached out and gestured with his finger to the grim-faced Thanos not far away, a "kind" smile appearing on his face:
"Now... let's begin phase two!"
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