Hearing this, Star-Lord struggled to look up at Ryan, forcing a smile.
"Captain Parker, although I'd really like to shake your hand and get to know you, my whole body hurts like hell right now and I can't lift my hand, so please forgive my rudeness..."
Ryan looked at Star-Lord upon hearing this and extended his right hand. The next moment, the runes on the Ten Rings on his right arm glowed with green light, and four rings flew off his wrist.
They attached themselves to the heavily injured Star-Lord, Rocket, Groot, and Drax respectively.
As the glowing green Ten Rings attached to them, their bodies began to undergo time reversal as if rewinding, returning to their pre-injury state in just a few blinks of an eye!
Ding-ling-ling——————
It wasn't until the four rings with glowing green runes flew back to Ryan's right arm that Star-Lord and the others snapped out of it, realizing they had been completely healed!
Star-Lord and the others were completely bewildered, not understanding what had happened.
Only Gamora, who hadn't been seriously injured to begin with, stared fixedly at Ryan and couldn't help but cry out, "Time reversal... You have the Time Stone? You are the Guardian of the Time Stone?!"
Ryan looked at Gamora and said indifferently, "Guardian of the Time Stone? I suppose so, but I prefer to call myself... a collector of Infinity Stones."
"So, now, give me the Cosmic Orb containing the Power Stone."
As he spoke, Ryan fixed his gaze on Star-Lord.
Gamora's pupils shrank violently upon hearing this, and she looked sharply at Star-Lord, shouting loudly:
"No! Peter, you can't give it to him! The Infinity Stones cannot be gathered together, otherwise the danger will be enough to destroy the entire Universe!"
Hearing the conflicting words from the two people in front and behind him, Star-Lord's breath hitched, and a look of struggle appeared in his eyes.
He wasn't an idiot. With just the Power Stone alone, Ronan could make grand claims about destroying Planets and conquering the Universe!
Although he didn't know exactly how many Infinity Stones there were, Star-Lord knew that even if there were only two, the power of 1+1 was definitely greater than 2!
Despite being an interstellar thief on the surface, Star-Lord was actually kind-hearted at his core. Therefore, he was naturally unwilling to hand the Power Stone over to a villain who might destroy the Universe!
But if he didn't give it up, given the other party's strength to easily obliterate Ronan, they wouldn't dream of leaving this place alive today!
While Star-Lord was still agonizing over this, he was suddenly struck hard on the back of the head.
The person who hit him was, naturally, Yondu, who saw that his injuries had fully healed!
Yondu glared at Star-Lord with eyes as wide as a bull's and scolded:
"You brat, what are you still hesitating for? If the Captain were really the kind of person that woman said would destroy the Universe, you wouldn't be seeing me right now, and the Captain wouldn't have helped heal your wounds. The Captain is part of our Raiders family; do you mean to say you don't even trust me?!"
Hearing this, Star-Lord rubbed the back of his head and thought, 'That seems right!'
This person brought his old man to save him, restored his health, and was so patient with him. No matter how he looked at it, he didn't seem like a bad guy!
Besides, wouldn't such dangerous Infinity Stones be safer if kept by such a powerful person?
Therefore, ignoring Gamora's objections, Star-Lord nodded and said, "Fine, I'll give you the Cosmic Orb. Great Sir—ah no, I mean Captain, this way please, I'll lead the way!"
With that, Star-Lord led Ryan toward where the Cosmic Orb was stored.
Gamora wanted to step forward to stop them, but Yondu blew a whistle, and the Yaka Arrow flying in front of her blocked her path.
After Star-Lord and Ryan left, Yondu's gaze turned cold. He scanned the people in the prison and sneered:
"Until the Captain gets what he wants, if anyone dares to move, I'll put a hole in them!"
Following Yondu's words, every Raider immediately aimed their guns at the people in the prison!
Having recovered from his heavy injuries under the time reversal, Rocket turned to the similarly recovered Groot and complained:
"Quill's old man is nothing like that sleazy brat Quill. Compared to his old man, Quill is like a raw recruit!"
Groot: "I am Groot!"
Rocket nodded: "You're saying his old man is a good guy just like Quill?"
Groot: "I am Groot!"
Rocket was a bit surprised: "What?! You're saying that guy who's about to take away our treasure worth hundreds of millions is also a good guy? In what way does he look like a good person?!"
"Groot, you can't think someone is definitely a good person just because they saved you!"
Groot: "I am Groot..." (Feeling wronged ( ´•︵•` ))
Rocket: "You feel he is? I..."
"Shut up, you little rat!" Seeing Rocket and Groot chatting incessantly, Yondu finally couldn't take it anymore and barked out a roar.
At this time, Drax, whose injuries had also been healed, let out a silly laugh:
"Hahahaha, these little rats are the noisiest. Back on my Planet, I used to love roasting them to eat; the meat is very succulent!"
Yondu's mouth twitched, and he said angrily, "You shirtless naked man, you shut up too!"
Hearing this, Drax said aggrievedly, "Because my nipples are very sensitive, wearing clothes is very uncomfortable..."
Yondu: ...
What kind of freaking weirdo teammates did his foster son find?!
Are there ANY normal people?
On the other side, after following Star-Lord through many twists and turns, the two of them arrived at the Kyln Prison's evidence locker.
Star-Lord skillfully found his own storage locker and casually pulled out one of the Universe's supreme treasures, the Cosmic Orb, from his bag and tossed it to Ryan:
"Boss, here's the thing you wanted~"
Ryan caught the Cosmic Orb and, without a moment's hesitation, crushed the orb that served as a container right before Star-Lord's astonished eyes, revealing the purple-glowing Power Stone inside!
Holding the Power Stone with his bare hand, the sensation was far more intense than what the other stones could provide!
Ryan could clearly feel the Cosmic Energy inside his body becoming violent in an instant, and its quality was rising geometrically!
This was the ability of the Power Stone; it could enhance all of your abilities, whether it was internal energy or physical strength!
But there was a prerequisite: your body had to be able to withstand that unreasonably elevated power!
If you couldn't handle it, there was a high probability you would be blown apart by the Power Stone's violent enhancement!
As for Ryan's physical body, it could naturally withstand it completely.
However, the feeling still made Ryan somewhat uncomfortable.
Because the Power Stone kept the power in your body in a constant state of fury, making you so irritable that you wanted to release it and destroy everything!
When fighting enemies, this state might give your combat power a boost!
But in normal times, he didn't like adding this 'Berserk' negative status to himself...
Therefore, after just sensing the Power Stone's ability, he pressed it onto one of the nine iron rings on his left hand!
As for why there were nine, it was naturally because one was still on the Divine Dragon's wrist. After all, without the Reality Power from the iron ring, the Divine Dragon wouldn't be able to maintain its human form.
Actually, he was missing more than just one ring now. Because he had previously obtained the Ten Rings from this Universe's Xu Wenwu, he had actually returned his original left-hand bracelet to Ms. Marvel.
After all, for him, that bracelet served no purpose other than being a vessel for the Space and Time Stones~
Wearing it on his hand made it difficult to even wear Xu Wenwu's Ten Rings, so he simply returned it to Ms. Marvel to make room for the Ten Rings.
Anyway, Ms. Marvel was currently working at his company.
And on the nine rings on his left hand, the Time, Space, and Mind Stones had already been embedded long ago.
With the addition of the current Power Stone, there were already four Infinity Stones on his left hand!
For ordinary battles, the Ten Rings on his right hand combined with the Infinite Power in his body were enough to cope.
And when he encountered a truly powerful opponent, the nine rings on his left hand, embedded with four Infinity Stones, would be one of his greatest trump cards!
Possessing four Infinity Stones, he was already looking forward to the next existence that could make him use them!
And the World is like a giant 'Speak of the Devil' scenario; as soon as you mention it, it's often already on the way!
For example, now...
In the Kyln Prison, no one noticed that a figure lying on the ground had somehow crawled to the back door where Drax wasn't blocking the way and quietly slipped out through it.
This person was, naturally, Nebula, who had been blown away by the Necro-bomb explosion earlier.
As a cyborg, although she had taken the explosion at close range, she hadn't been killed instantly like those grunts; instead, she had survived.
During the time her mechanical body was self-repairing, Ryan had appeared forcefully with the Raiders and turned Ronan into a blood mist, so Nebula simply played dead.
She only dared to find an opportunity to slip away after Ryan had left.
As soon as she left the Kyln Prison and boarded her ship, the first thing Nebula did was dial a channel and say excitedly:
"Father, I've found the Power Stone. Not only that, I've found another Stone, and it's currently with the Power Stone. It is... the Time Stone!"
"Very good, my daughter. Keep an eye on them, I'm coming!" The large purple face on the other end of the channel was none other than the cosmic tyrant, the Mad Titan 'Thanos'!
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