Chapter 732: Power Stone

As Mike left, the Spatial Gate he created did not disappear.

Peter saw this and praised him silently as “righteous.” He then quietly signaled Gamora and Rocket Raccoon, before going to his foster father, Yondu, and whispering: “What I’m about to say is very important. That Orb actually hides the Power Stone, which can destroy half the life in the Universe. Mike’s next target is likely it as well, so for safety, you and your team must not follow us.”

There is no grudge that lasts overnight between father and son. Before leaving, Peter kindly gave his foster father a warning.

“You brat, you only know how to cause me trouble.” In reality, Yondu didn’t care about things like the Power Stone; the more precious an item, the more dangerous it usually was.

And compared to his son’s safety, those things were just material possessions.

Taking advantage of his subordinates’ eyes being drawn to the Spatial Gate, Yondu slapped Peter’s shoulder hard again, then pulled out a black card containing Interstellar Credits and stuffed it into his hand, urging: “Get lost quickly, and don’t come back again.”

Clearly, Yondu saw that his foster son intended to run away, but this suited him just fine.

The kid is grown up, after all; it’s good for him to go out and see the world.

“Dad!” Peter, having been stuffed with a “bank card,” suddenly felt overwhelmed with emotion.

Tears seemed to be welling up in his eyes.

“Alright, you little brat, take this rare opportunity and leave quickly. From now on, learn to take care of yourself alone…” Yondu turned his body to avoid his foster son’s gaze.

“I will, Dad. You take care too.” With the escape opportunity being rare, Peter bade farewell to his foster father and led Gamora and the others toward the Spatial Gate.

He intended to slip away before the Ravagers could react.

However, with several grown people, including the tall Groot, how could the Ravagers not notice?

“Oh no, they’re trying to escape!!”

“Can’t let Peter leave…”

Perhaps because Peter and his group were acting too sneakily, the Ravagers’ stress response was triggered, and they all raised their weapons, with a tendency to surround them again.

“Ahem.” His small movements having been discovered, Peter simply stopped hiding. After clearing his throat, he bluffed, saying: “You all better think clearly. We are friends of that Mr. Mike from just now. Are you sure you want to make us stay?”

At the same time, Peter deliberately puffed out his chest to make himself look confident.

Behind him, the Destroyer and the Ent, hearing Peter mention Mike’s name, puffed out their chests spontaneously without needing any reminder.

They looked quite proud.

“We really can’t afford to offend that gentleman…”

“If Peter really is his friend, I don’t think we need to do any useless work…”

“Better to avoid trouble than to cause it; maybe we should just let them leave…”

Given the lingering intimidation from Mike’s previous decisive killing, and because the most troublesome thorns in the team had already been killed by Mike earlier.

Therefore, Peter, who wanted to bluff, was actually about to succeed.

“Let them go!”

Just then, Yondu in the crowd suddenly shouted.

It had the effect of settling the matter.

The Ravagers were already inclined to let the trouble that was Peter leave, and now their leader had given them a way out.

So, the group quickly cleared a path for Peter and his people.

“Hmph, now you know how powerful I am, right?” Peter, addicted to acting, deliberately huffed before leading Gamora and the others to the pure white Spatial Gate.

Before leaving, he suddenly stopped and looked back at his foster father one last time.

“Cool, Boss, this spaceship can actually be controlled by voice. I won’t have to worry about not being able to pilot a spaceship alone anymore.” On the other side, Nebula, who had returned to the 500-meter giant spaceship with Mike, happily touched things left and right in the high-tech cockpit.

She had the consciousness of a real worker.

Especially since the spaceship came with jump-capable spatial nodes, meaning no more long travels through the Universe. For this, Nebula loved this giant spaceship even more.

“Where are we going next? To Xandar or Sakaar? I can’t wait.” Just like someone who had received a new toy and wanted to play with it, Nebula, having restarted the giant spaceship, asked Mike.

“Wait a little longer, we still have guests who haven’t arrived,” Mike replied.

He intentionally didn’t close the Spatial Gate; it was a path left for Peter.

With the other party’s wit, he should be able to understand the intention.

Just then, Peter, along with Gamora and the others, walked swaggeringly out of the Spatial Gate.

“How was I just now? Was I cool? I totally stunned those guys.” As if he had accomplished a great feat, Peter, having just escaped danger, intentionally tried to show off in front of Gamora.

Perhaps he had hit puberty.

The two hadn’t actually known each other for many days, but Peter always felt that the green-skinned Gamora had a unique attraction.

This indescribable situation had never happened to Peter before.

This was also why Peter had been willing to give his only chance of survival, the oxygen mask, to Gamora earlier.

“Stop talking, isn’t it embarrassing enough?” Unfortunately, Gamora didn’t think much of Peter, who was a “loser” in both appearance and personality right now.

The way he looked so smug made her feel even more embarrassed.

Crucially, all of this was seen by her sister, Nebula.

Realizing that the “guests” Mike mentioned were Peter and his group, Nebula kept a look of contempt.

There was no way around it; the leaders of the two teams, Peter and Mike, were just too different.

Or perhaps there was simply no comparison.

In short, with Mike backing her, Nebula felt that she had, unsurprisingly, won the “war” against her sister again.

This subtle desire to win felt great.

Gamora, who had a “telepathic connection” with her sister, knew exactly what was going on in her sister’s mind and was sulking because of it.

It could be said that the carefree Peter had suffered an unprovoked disaster without even knowing it.

“Embarrassing? I used my own intelligence to get us out of danger, what’s embarrassing about that…” Peter, who hadn’t realized what was going on, subconsciously retorted, then went to Mike and said: “Mr. Mike, thank you for the portal. You saved me again. If you ever need anything, I will definitely go through fire and water…”

“Stop, no need for you to go through fire and water. If you keep being this mushy, I’ll send you back immediately.” Mike pushed away the clinging Peter with disgust.

Don’t look at how nicely he spoke; in reality, he was treating Mike like a powerful figure to rely on, with the suspicion of trying to cling to his coattails.

This was not a good situation.

“Uh, alright, I won’t say anything.” Peter, interrupted, shrugged disappointedly, then realized he was on a magnificent giant spaceship.

This configuration and this spacious area were infinitely better than the best spaceship Peter had ever seen, the “milano”.

“Cool, is this the spaceship you got from the Knowhere? It’s truly amazing…”

Just like Nebula’s earlier reaction, Peter, without any regard for his image, ran into the cockpit and touched everything like it was a treasure.

This erratic and childish behavior made Gamora, who was behind him and feeling embarrassed, speechless as she covered her face.

She couldn’t even bear to look—

“Right, our next plan should be to go to Xandar and take back the Power Stone. What are we waiting for? Let’s go!” Peter said to himself and was about to operate the spaceship.

“Get lost, this is my and Boss’s spaceship, you aren’t allowed to touch it—” Nebula finally couldn’t help but speak up.

“Uh, I’m just looking… can’t I even look…”

In the end, Peter stayed in the cockpit, crouching in a corner aggrieved, watching Nebula select the coordinates for Xandar and then pilot the spaceship to perform a spatial jump.

Further back, Yondu on the milano secretly wiped his dry eyes. When he saw the giant spaceship enter the spatial wormhole, he immediately gave orders: “Prepare to set sail, target Xandar!”

Clearly, Yondu was still worried about his son’s first voyage after going independent and intended to follow and check on the situation.

On the other side, Ronan the Accuser, who already knew the power of the Power Stone, couldn’t help but have some different thoughts while holding the stone.

He had defected to Thanos precisely to gain enough power to destroy Xandar.

Now that the power was in his hands, his heart expanded rapidly, and he decided to cast aside Thanos and go it alone, going directly to destroy Xandar.

Just as he led his fleet through wormhole technology to the outer space of Xandar, he unexpectedly received a video call from Thanos.

“Ronan, so much time has passed, have you found the Orb?” Thanos’s purple face remained expressionless, but his tone already carried dissatisfaction.

“Orb? You should be talking about the Power Stone!” Ronan, who had already decided to tear off the mask, sneered without hesitation and said: “It is in my hands now, and I will use it to destroy Xandar…”

“Just watch. After I destroy Xandar, you will be the next unlucky one.”

Living under someone else’s roof was naturally not easy.

Ronan, who had defected to Thanos for power, naturally felt very stifled under Thanos.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he was summoned at will and dismissed at will.

Now that he had power, Ronan was definitely going to take revenge.

“Very good. It’s been a long time since anyone dared to speak to me like that.”

“Of course.” Ronan, in front of Thanos, calmly took out the Orb from his body, opened it, and pressed the Power Stone onto his weapon, the war hammer.

Suddenly, a purple-red light flashed, and the once plain hammer instantly turned into an “artifact”.

“This is the interest…”

Ronan, holding the powerful artifact, suddenly turned and fired two purple-red energy waves, killing Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, the married couple who had been standing on the other side with little presence.

Yes, Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, who both belonged to Thanos’s Black Order, were a married couple.

They had been sent by Thanos to assist Ronan in finding the Orb, and also to monitor Ronan for Thanos.

Ronan had known about this for a long time.

Therefore, after gaining power, Ronan killed this couple immediately.

It counted as a provocation against Thanos.

Thanos on the other end of the video could no longer remain calm; he stood up angrily from his throne to condemn Ronan.

But before he could speak, Ronan smilingly ended the video call.

“Target Xandar. This time, I want Xandar to really feel the taste of fear—” In a great mood, Ronan immediately issued the order to invade Xandar to his fleet.

Just as Ronan’s fleet was attacking Xandar’s external defense network, two more giant spaceships suddenly appeared in Xandar’s outer space through the wormhole space.

They were, respectively, Mike’s high-tech spaceship and Yondu’s milano.

“It’s truly spectacular!”

Peter, who saw the battle scene outside through the wide holographic projection screen in the cockpit, couldn’t help but exclaim.

The Nova Corps of Xandar, discovering the enemy invasion, had mobilized thousands of small spaceships to form a “solid” defensive network on the planet’s surface.

The scale was undeniably huge; ordinary planets simply didn’t have this kind of foundation.

However, Ronan’s fleet wasn’t to be trifled with, especially the flagship dark aster, whose configured laser cannon weapons were incredibly powerful.

Therefore, under the lead of the dark aster’s powerful firepower, the copper wall and iron fortress formed by Xandar’s spaceships eventually developed gaps.

Next, Ronan’s fleet, with an attack that spared no cost, broke through the point and opened the gates of Xandar.

It sounds simple, but in reality, in a space war of this scale, countless spaceships were falling every second.

Even the small fleet group behind the dark aster on Ronan’s side didn’t have many ships left after breaking through Xandar’s defenses.

The battle was extremely tragic.

“Can’t let Ronan enter Xandar with the Power Stone, that will kill many people.” Seeing Xandar’s defenses broken, Peter, who had been watching the fun, jumped up.

Back at the Knowhere, Peter had realized the power of the Power Stone.

That was just a small portion of its power leaking out, and it almost turned the Knowhere into ruins.

If Ronan were to fully unleash the Power Stone’s ability on prosperous Xandar, Peter couldn’t even imagine the consequences.

“Get lost—” Seeing Peter trying to operate the weapon buttons on the spaceship again, Nebula kicked him away, then turned to look at Mike and asked: “Boss, should we help?”

Mike’s high-tech spaceship was also equipped with powerful laser cannon weapons, and their power shouldn’t be inferior to Ronan’s dark aster.

Nebula was confident in shooting down the dark aster, but she needed Mike’s permission first.

“Do it,” Mike nodded and gave the order.

Then, a powerful laser beam shot out from outer space, piercing through several of Ronan’s fleet’s small spaceships before hitting the similarly huge dark aster directly.

Amidst flashes and sparks, the defensive shield outside the dark aster didn’t last long before being shattered by the laser.

Then, amidst explosions, the dark aster tumbled and fell toward Xandar.

“Beautiful!” Peter cheered upon seeing this.

Gamora and the others nearby also showed slight smiles on their faces.

“Don’t be happy too soon. Ronan’s own strength is not bad, and coupled with holding the Power Stone, this level of attack won’t kill him.” Mike timely poured cold water on everyone.

“Then do we need to go down to Xandar to check?” Nebula asked confusedly, while also seeking Mike’s opinion.

Peter, Gamora, and the others, who had reacted, lost their smiles, and now looked at Mike with serious expressions, waiting for his next instruction.

“It’s not just to check, the Power Stone belongs to me.” Mike spoke, clearly showing his intention to deal with Ronan.

“Understood—!” Nebula received the order and immediately piloted the giant spaceship to fly toward Xandar.

Back in the rear, watching the spaceship his son was riding enter the Xandar battlefield, Yondu immediately ordered: “Continue forward, we’re going to join the fun too.”

“Uh, Boss, I think with our strength, we shouldn’t get involved in a war of this level…”

“Yeah, Boss. We don’t want that Orb thing anymore…”

The Raider team, composed of space wanderers, were all old hands, knowing what they could get involved in and what they shouldn’t.

The space battlefield formed by thousands of spaceships was undoubtedly a meat grinder.

The Ravagers on the milano were very panicked.

“What are you afraid of? We’ll just watch from afar and not get close…” Yondu said loudly: “Listen to me, continue forward—!”

Of course, that’s what he said, but if Peter encountered trouble, Yondu would definitely be the first to step forward to help.

It was fortunate that some of the troublemakers on the milano had been eliminated by Mike earlier. Among the remaining Ravagers, although some still had slight complaints about Yondu’s order, no one took the lead, and the milano eventually followed Yondu’s order and approached Xandar.