American Comics: Trading Tom Cat

Sensing the deep sorrow and grief emanating from the speck of light, Poison Thanos frowned.

There are countless Thanos in countless parallel universes, a fact that the Poison Thanos is well aware of.

However, even if they are not the same individual, Thanos should still maintain his pride. Even if he is killed and embraces death, it is not a sad thing for Thanos, but rather a happy thing.

Poison Thanos was unaware of what had happened to cause such sorrow and grief in a Thanos, but at this moment, a cold glint flashed in his eyes. This wasn't directed at the being who had seemingly killed another Thanos, but at Thanos himself. Such a Thanos was utterly disgraceful, and a chilling killing intent even surged in his eyes. Such a disgraceful Thanos had no right to live, not even the right to embrace death.

After a moment of contemplation, Poison Thanos activated the light. He wanted to see what Thanos, the disgrace, had gone through to become so resentful and sorrowful.

A point of light entered the brain, and instantly, a series of extremely impactful images appeared in the mind.

A powerful Thanos tore apart galaxies, suppressed the World Tree with unparalleled might, and launched an invasion of the Nine Realms. Whether it was the Heavenly Father or lower-level individual warriors, they were all merely tools to please him. He was domineering and incomparably powerful...

Until this powerful Thanos encountered his greatest adversary, a man named Locke.

A fierce battle, an unprecedentedly fierce battle, without any schemes or tricks, only a head-on, absolute fight. In the end, Thanos was defeated by the man named Locke.

Finally, their conversation, and those seemingly ordinary words, were filled with boundless confidence and anticipation.

"I stand in this realm, awaiting the arrival of countless powerful beings from across the universe to challenge me!"

At this point, the information contained in this point of light was nearing its end, until finally, a sorrowful voice rang out.

“I am not afraid of death, and it is my long-cherished wish to embrace death.”

"But what will happen to that man if I die? He'll never find a worthy opponent again!"

"My other self from another universe, I will go to search for him, to find him, so that he will not be lonely for too long!"

Silence, long silence.

I originally thought it was a disgrace to Thanos, but I never expected to see such an amazing scene. That Thanos was very strong and did not disgrace the name Thanos at all.

more importantly……

"I stand in this realm, awaiting the arrival of countless powerful beings from across the universe to challenge me!"

After a long pause, the poison Thanos laughed, a sinister and gloomy laugh.

"I conquered all of this. I thought I had lost my goal. Interesting, so interesting!"

"Locke, I'll remember that name!"

"Even if I have to cross countless universes, I will find you, and then, I will completely conquer you!!"

At the same time, in countless universes, powerful Thanos almost simultaneously received the message. Some were furious, some were excited, and most of all, they were expectant—expectant of the man named Locke.

Finally, the last speck of light containing Thanos's information about the Graveyard of Gods arrived in a special universe. This speck of light searched around at a special frequency, but found no trace of Thanos's energy, and was about to leave.

Suddenly, an incredibly old hand pierced through the universe and reached out, grabbing the point of light.

At that very moment, the point of light began to struggle violently.

The aged Thanos raised his withered eyes and said indifferently, "Isn't this a message for Thanos?"

"That's because you're no longer worthy of being called Thanos, the elderly Emperor Thanos~"

Along with this voice, a figure suddenly appeared on the point of light.

Young, handsome, and heroic, his aura was even more profound than the vast universe.

The other person sat cross-legged in mid-air, yet it seemed as if they were looking down at him from another dimension.

Thanos's pale eyes remained indifferent, as if devoid of any emotion or spirit.

"Is there a Thanos stronger than me?"

The young and valiant man nodded, then shook his head.

"Aside from that one Thanos who can only be born in special times, you are indeed the strongest."

"With the power of a super single entity, it slaughtered an entire universe. The Titan's body, which had grown to its limit, possessed almost infinite cosmic energy, and it had indeed reached an extreme level of power."

Even with such praise, the aged Thanos's eyes showed no change whatsoever.

"Why am I, the strongest being, not worthy of being called Thanos?"

It was a rhetorical question, but the tone was so indifferent that it didn't matter if no answer was heard.

"You are praying~"

"You are praying for death, praying to be embraced by death."

"Emperors never pray!"

"You are a loser and do not deserve the name of the Emperor Thanos."

"You are not the opponent I was looking forward to."

The aged Thanos fell silent, then turned and walked into the depths of this shattered universe.

There was nothing to be disappointed about, nothing to question, and even that tiny glimmer of light was actually unimportant.

Suddenly, a delicate gray hue fell from the starry sky, and a figure dressed in a black wedding gown quietly appeared opposite the young figure. Looking at the young person opposite her, she couldn't help but exclaim, "So young!"

The young being smiled and said, "Lady Death, you are surprisingly beautiful in this universe."

"Are you flirting with a lady whose age is comparable to the universe? A mysterious being from the future."

"Heh, if that's what Lady Death thinks, then so be it."

"What a rather ungentlemanly young man!"

"A gentleman? Why should I be a gentleman? I'm already invincible, what need do I have for being a gentleman? Wouldn't that be a waste of my invincibility?"

The Death Lady, dressed in a black wedding gown, suddenly narrowed her eyes. She abruptly raised her head and looked into the void. After a moment, she lowered her head again, her eyes filled with astonishment and disbelief that should not have appeared in her gaze.

"Traveling through time and space, returning to the past, and arbitrarily altering the past is nothing special. But you claim to be invincible, and even Eternity and Infinity have no objections. Just how far into the future do you come from that you can make Eternity and Infinity acknowledge your invincibility?"

"Guess~" The young man's face was full of teasing.

The Lady of Death frowned her delicate brows: "I can't see through you. Your life force is clearly not ancient, but that's impossible. No living being can achieve multiplicity in such a short time and then transcend eternity and infinity."

"Now you see it!"

Lady Death didn't want to discuss the topic anymore because she felt that this mysterious, young, and multifaceted man who lacked martial ethics didn't seem like a decent person.

"I don't understand. Since you are already so powerful, why do you want to return to the present and even deliberately meet with him?"

"You misspoke, Lady Death. It's not that I returned to the present to see him again; rather, I came back specifically for him."

The Lady of Death's beautiful eyes narrowed: "He is just a single individual, and there is no possibility of him going any further. What you are doing is unreasonable."

"In this world, there is no such thing as reasonable or unreasonable things."

“Lady Death, (ma ma hao) It’s not important to be old in age, but to be old in mindset, that’s what it means to truly enter old age, like you, and like him.”

"In my life, the only ones who can truly be considered enemies and opponents are Thanos, one Thanos after another: poison Thanos, God Graveyard Thanos, all-in-one Thanos... I have had a series of exhilarating battles with each of them, and I am very satisfied and content."

"But there's one thing I can't accept, and that's this aged emperor Thanos!"

"He was my last opponent before entering the world of multi-faceted competition, and also the opponent I most anticipated and longed for. But I never expected that he was just a piece of trash whose mentality had withered away, who only wanted to throw himself into your arms. What a boring opponent he was~"

"So, I came back and denied Thanos the chance to receive that message. He is not qualified to be my final opponent."

"Soon, a new, young, true emperor, Thanos, will be born in this universe. That is the ultimate opponent I crave."

"So, Lady of Death, give this thing to its true owner."

The Lady of Death accepted the point of light and asked with some curiosity.

"You're actively trying to change history; aren't you worried that this will affect your future?"

"Isn't that more interesting?"

Isn't it interesting? Death fell silent. Beneath that interesting surface, Death saw something deeper: absolute confidence, an extreme confidence that even He found astonishing.

Chapter 171 The Allure of the Dimensional Lord

"No!"

With a final, unwilling roar, the powerful single-target undead Dormammu was completely killed by the wounded Ghidorah the Planet Eater!

The three heads of Ghidorah, panting heavily, stepped forward and simultaneously poked at the corpse Dormammu with great excitement.

Suddenly, Ghidorah the Star Eater froze, turning around stiffly to look at Locke, who had appeared behind it at some unknown time. Instantly, the once domineering Void Dragon, with its three heads and six pairs of golden eyes, looked aggrieved.

"Aww~".

He let out a cautious, low growl.

It's not fair! I killed him! I killed him!

He was badly injured!

Besides, it was agreed that we could eat it!

Locke chuckled and tapped the middle of Ghidorah's head.

"I didn't say you couldn't eat it. You did a good job this time."

Ghidorah the Star Eater's six eyes lit up. He turned around, staring longingly at the remains of Dormammu, then turned back to look at Locke.

Locke reached out, and streams of dense necromantic energy surged continuously from Dormammu's body. After a moment, Dormammu, which had been exuding a strong aura of death, returned to its original pitch-black color.

"Go ahead, you can eat now. With such a strong aura of death before, aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache?"

"Ouch!"

The Star Eater Ghidorah let out an excited howl and charged forward, tearing at the target with its massive jaws.

This behemoth's combat power is almost comparable to that of Ghidorah the Planet Eater. So the energy contained in a single corpse is almost equivalent to all the energy that Ghidorah the Planet Eater has devoured since its birth. How could the dragon not be excited!

Locke's gaze deepened slightly as he watched Ghidorah, the Planet Eater, excitedly devouring the corpses of Dormammu.

Given Ghidorah's incredible resources, once it devours this corpse Dormammu, it should be enough to challenge a single target.

At that time, the combat power of Ghidorah the Star Eater will be enough to reach the limit of a lower-level single-target attack, and it will not be much worse than Locke when he does not use his ultimate attack.

Using such a powerful individual as a mount would be considered an extremely luxurious privilege in all the myriad realms of the universe.

Watching Ghidorah, the Star Eater, excitedly howling as it devoured the creature, Locke shook his head, turned around, and tore through the void. He still needed to continue retrieving other powerful undead entities.

Speaking of Thanos in the Graveyard of Gods, he was truly a formidable opponent. Not only did Thanos give him a good beating, but he also left Locke with an extremely generous gift: not only the core of the Graveyard of Gods, but also twenty undead beings at the level of the Heavenly Father, five undead beings surpassing the Heavenly Father, and numerous minions. The necromantic energy contained within these beings was exceptionally abundant.

It's even enough to power a necromancer in a single-target attack!

With such a dense aura of death, it's highly likely that Thanos went to some other universe and went on a rampage of slaughter before he made his move.

One by one, the deathly energy was completely recovered.

Earth, New York City.

Completely exhausted, Tony Stark collapsed to the ground, his Mark armor completely destroyed. In the end, he was basically using his armor as a shield, charging into close combat with the enemy. To be honest, he was killing monsters faster than his armor.

Beside him, the other Avengers members lay sprawled out in disarray.

At this point, none of them could stand up. Even the captain, who had always been full of energy, looked like he had overindulged in debauchery and didn't even have the strength to lift a finger.

Suddenly, Spider-Woman, looking incredibly energetic, appeared before everyone, shielded by her webs.

Seeing the energetic Spider-Woman, Tony Stark said jealously, "Gwen, I'm envious. How come you've fought more enemies than all of us combined, and you still look so energetic?"

"Oh, you mean this? It's the Rejuvenation Fruit. It's not a very useful fruit normally, but it can restore vital energy, which means it can restore strength and spirit."

Tony Stark's eyes practically lit up with envy. This was considered useless?! This thing was an absolute godsend for any warrior!

"Mr. Tony, you're interested in the Rejuvenation Fruit? You should have said so earlier; I have some here."

Tony Stark was taken aback for a moment, then swallowed hard and stared wide-eyed at Spider-Woman.

Not to mention him, the Avengers members standing nearby were all energized at this moment, staring intently at Spider-Woman.

"Don't look at me like that. I didn't bring that many. I usually just eat them like regular fruit, so I didn't bring many."

As she spoke, Spider-Woman pulled a... basket directly from her badge!

It's bigger than a human head, and a whole size bigger than a regular fruit basket.

Very well, you didn't bring much.

Envious? I'm so envious my molars are numb from clenching them!

People treat these kinds of treasures like ordinary fruit, eating them for fun, and might even pick and choose the flavor.

When Spider-Woman gave him the fruit, Tony Stark couldn't help but shake his head: "Now I finally understand why you and Natasha's strength has improved so quickly."