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Chapter 198 Giving Hope to the Ancient One, the Cosmic Scavenger

"Lord Sargeras, your generous and selfless help has given me new hope, and even the will to live." The Ancient One said this with some emotion.

“Calm down, kid. This world will never be destroyed, as long as there are people willing to protect it.” Sargeras smiled and patted Gui’i on the shoulder.

This sorcerer named Ancient One possessed exceptional talent, but his magic was completely different from the magic of their world.

In their own universe, there are six fundamental forces: Holy Light Magic, Dark Magic, Fel Magic, Arcane Magic, Life Magic, and Necromancy, each representing a different type of magic.

Of these, Sargeras was most familiar with the chaotic fel energy and the orderly arcane energy. In order to deal with the void shadow magic, Sargeras had some contact with it, and even some demons of the Burning Legion had more or less come into contact with shadow magic.

However, in order to maintain his lofty and majestic status as the god of magic and the god of order in the Ancient One's mind, Sargeras only demonstrated his powerful arcane magic to her.

Life magic was demonstrated by Azeroth and Rhodes.

Sargeras could tell that this sorceress named Ancient One was under immense pressure, despite outwardly appearing calm and detached from everything.

But in reality, this monk was quite fragile inside; she was quite helpless and even desperate.

Sargeras saw through the Ancient One at a glance, so he gave her a path of light and helped her remove the dark energy from her body.

He even had Rhodes help him, infusing the Ancient One with some of his life force, while Sargeras infused him with some of his power of order, all within this short span of half a month.

Sargeras had many encounters with the Ancient One, gradually delving into the deepest part of the female sorceress's heart and finding her most vulnerable point.

She felt utterly desperate, just as she had felt when facing the Void. But in her despair, Sargeras resolved to fight back and destroy everything in the world. She was determined to stop the Void Lords' plans.

But this woman named Gu Yi wanted to die, to abandon everything, to stop caring about anything, and to let go of the burdens she carried.

People who are in such despair will seize any opportunity given a glimmer of hope. Sargeras has seen far too many people like this.

"Lord Sargeras, and Mr. Rhodes, Lady Azeroth, the greatness of life magic, and the wonder of arcane magic."

"I have already understood. Thank you both for entrusting me with these two energies and allowing me to pass them on to my disciples." The Ancient One bowed to Rhodes, Sargeras, and the three of Azeroth.

In just half a month, the Ancient One began to feel less hopeless. The reason she told the Sorcerers Supreme of later generations not to use the power of the Time Stone lightly was because she had seen too many hopeless futures.

Having witnessed too many failures, she feared that one wrong step would lead to utter ruin. Her heart was already unable to bear the pressure and was on the verge of collapse.

But then, a man named Sargeras appeared, giving her hope, teaching her more powerful magic, and giving her two primal powers to use.

What a selfless, generous, and noble act this is!

Not long ago, she attempted to use the Time Stone to see Sargeras's future and past, because she feared she would be deceived.

But the Time Stone had absolutely no effect. Sargeras, Azeroth, and Rhodes were all shrouded in an veil of mystery, which even the power of the Time Stone could not penetrate.

What could such a powerful being possibly want from him? He's probably after that member of the cosmic gods!

“Ancient One, can you help us travel to Xandar?” Rhodes asked.

"Yes, I am the Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. Over the years, many aliens have visited our world, such as the Kree and the Skrulls. They came to our world decades or even hundreds of years ago."

"I was lucky enough to capture one of their spaceships once, and it has the coordinates of Xandar. I think I can send you there." Gu Yi nodded.

Soon the group was led to a basement where a Skrull spaceship was parked.

"I captured this spaceship decades ago. Back then, the Skrulls and Kree came to Earth, but a woman stopped them. Otherwise, I would have had to take action."

I spent a lot of time learning the Skrull culture and language, and gained the qualifications to pilot this spaceship. You can now take this spaceship and leave Earth.

"Thank you very much, Ancient One."

After chatting for a while, the Ancient One began to teach everyone how to operate the spaceship. For a top figure like Sargeras, it was just a spaceship.

With the instruction manual, he could easily operate the spaceship. Soon, Sargeras and Rhodes also learned how to operate the Skrull spaceship.

After saying goodbye to the Ancient One, Rhodes, Sargeras, and the others left Earth in their spaceship and headed into the depths of space.

The coordinates have been marked in the interstellar space near Xandar, and they will be able to reach it automatically by operating the spaceship.

“First, we need to find the scavengers in the universe. These guys know the exact location of Ego, and his son Star-Lord is among them.” Rhodes began to explain the situation to Azeroth.

To be honest, arriving in space actually relieved Rhodes, because the most dangerous place in the entire Marvel Universe isn't the universe, but Earth! Earth is the most dangerous and central location in the entire universe.

“What are your plans, Rhodes?” Sargeras asked.

"Hmm! This Skrull spaceship still has over 100,000 Star Coins, which are a valid currency in the universe."

Once we reach the vicinity of Xandar, do not rush to land, because we have no identity information and have not registered on Xandar, and will be regarded as invaders.

"We can post a bounty and lure them over. Once they accept the mission, the scavengers will come," Rhodes explained his plan.

In fact, he even wanted to take President Sa to the Void, where there was the head of a dead cosmic god.

Although much has already been extracted from it, it is still the severed head of a cosmic god! (According to the comics, this head was actually severed by the symbiote god Knull.)

“I want to know the exact combat capabilities of this living planet,” Sargeras asked.

The current strength of this clone of his is probably stronger than Archimonde and Kil'jaeden, and the same goes for Rhodes.

On the contrary, Azeroth was able to unleash his greatest power, far surpassing the two of them, because Azeroth was a complete soul that had descended into this body.

"His divine power is immense! If the goal is simply to kill him, then your fel magic should be able to effectively counter him, and so should mine."

"But the most important thing is, how do we imprison it?" Rhodes began.

"If needed, I can use the power of shadow to temporarily suppress his soul, unless his strength is too great."

I should be able to suppress him for a while. Then, Rhodes, all you have to do is open a portal.

"We can just capture him. Once he's with Sargeras, he won't be able to cause any trouble," Azeroth said.

“I can help with this. I also have the ability to manipulate souls. Our goal this time is not to destroy him, but to capture him alive.”

"The planetary material on his body is like a layer of armor, and at its core is something similar to a brain." Rhodes began to explain to Sargeras and the others.

"Hmm! If what you say is true, then the combat power of this living planet shouldn't be too strong. The three of us are enough to suppress it."

"Before that, we need to find his son. I need to study the divine power within him and make thorough preparations," Sargeras said.

"No problem, he'll come to our spaceship himself when the time comes." As long as there's work to earn money, these scavengers in space will run faster than anyone else.

After formulating a detailed capture plan, the group immediately began their operation. After the spaceship made several jumps, they arrived at a star system near the planet Xandar.

Rhodes quickly operated the ship's computer, connected to the space network, and posted a bounty.

Exploration missions, where you serve as a guide for a period of time, will earn you a reward of 100,000 Cosmic Star Coins.

The bounty immediately spread throughout the vicinity of Xandar, and many space mercenaries and scavengers received the news.

However, Rhode rejected some requests from space mercenaries, but instead accepted the scavengers' offers to hire him.

Rhodes, Sargeras, and the others brought their spaceship to a stop on a desolate planet, where they awaited the arrival of these scavengers.

A few days later, the two spaceships arrived at the desolate planet where Rhodes and the others were.

"Boss, is this job really easy? Just being a tour guide and scavenger? And you can earn 100,000 star coins?" A space scavenger looked at his boss.

Yondu, who has the same skin color as the Crees.

“I think it’s very likely that members of some cosmic royal family want to go on a trip. How about we rob them?” one of the scavengers said.

"Shut up! We scavengers also have our own rules. There are some jobs we can do, but there are some we won't do."

"We are interstellar scavengers, not space pirates." Yondu slapped his subordinate to the ground.

"You see, the boss doesn't like anyone questioning his decisions, so be careful."

"Boss, what about that kid? It seems like he wants to go it alone. He even piloted a spaceship away by himself once."

"Let's deal with this first, then we'll go find that brat Quill. This time I'm going to enforce the family rules properly." Yondu revealed a fierce expression.

Led by Yondu, the group arrived at the agreed location, where a medium-sized spaceship was docked.

There were already three people waiting here: a man and a woman with purple skin, and a man who looked somewhat like an Earthling.

“That spaceship! It looks like a Skrull’s. I’ve heard they’re not to be trifled with.” A sharp-eyed space scavenger immediately recognized the spaceship that Rhodes and his group were flying.

The Skrulls have a bad reputation in the universe, and long ago, they were even worse than the Kree. They were outright invaders.

Yondu nodded upon hearing this. Skrulls possess shapeshifting abilities, even at the genetic level, which is why genetic scans cannot distinguish their true forms.

Yondu felt that this matter was getting serious.

“Welcome, cosmic scavengers. This is the money prepared for you. From now on, you will act as our guides and take us somewhere.” Rhodes glanced around at the group of cosmic scavengers but did not spot Star-Lord among them.

Okay! Looks like this kid has probably already gone off to work on his own.

"Gentlemen, you're not Skrulls, are you?" Yondu asked, looking at Rhodes and Sargeras Azeroth.

"Don't worry, we are not Skrulls."

"So can you tell me where you want to go? We can take you there and tell you which places in the universe are too dangerous to go to."

“We want to go to a special place, a place you should know very well, after all, you’ve delivered goods for that guy before.”

“I’ve delivered goods to a lot of people, to be more specific, like their names and nicknames,” Yondu said.

"It is a living planet called Igor, and you once gave him countless of his children."

"What? Please, don't tell me you're going to find that guy. What's your relationship with him?" Yondu's eyes widened immediately.

"That's none of your business. You just need to take us there."

"Sorry, it seems we can't do this business. That guy is quite dangerous. I'm just giving him a friendly heads-up."

"Don't mess with him. He can destroy an entire space fleet with a wave of his hand." Yondu directly rejected Rhodes's suggestion.

Are you kidding me? Go looking for that guy? Do you know how strong he is? He's a true cosmic god.

Upon hearing this, Sargeras's expression clearly turned angry, and his fel energy began to surge.

The group of cosmic scavengers immediately felt immense pressure. Sargeras would not act like a god of order towards these remnants of the universe.

"I'll ask you one more time, are you going to refuse our request?" Rhodes asked with a smile.

"At most, I'll send you to the vicinity of his planet, but I won't get involved in anything else." Cold sweat beaded on Yondu's forehead.

"No problem. By the way, where did your adopted son go? Which Star-Lord guy?"

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These words immediately put Yondu on alert, and he narrowed his eyes as he looked at Rhodes and the others.

"Why are you looking for my incompetent subordinate? Has he done anything to offend you?"