Marvel: Extraordinary Comprehension

Chapter 141 CHAPTER 141: Dimensional Suppression! The Mad Titan's Dream Shattered

"What… did you say?"

Thanos spat the words through clenched teeth, glaring at Lucci, bloodshot eyes filled with fury.

Did he just call me weak?

BOOM—

Suddenly, an utterly unprecedented storm of purple energy erupted from Thanos's body!

Lucci's casual declaration—"You're too weak"—seared into Thanos's arrogant soul like molten iron, driving him over the edge.

All strategies—all cosmic balance, all plans—he forgot them all in that instant!

Now, only one thought remained: completely and thoroughly annihilate this man who dared insult him!

Thanos bellowed like a madman, unleashing the full force of the Power Stone into the Infinity Gauntlet, heedless of cost or restraint!

Purple energy billowed around him like living flames. His massive body strained under the overload, tiny fissures appearing on his skin as destructive purple energy flared from the cracks—

It was a ghastly sight.

Forsaking all skills, he mustered the purest, most primal destructive might, nearly making his own body explode as he concentrated it in his palm!

Condensed to the limit, the violet sphere of destruction quickly formed, swelling larger and larger!

The entire Wakandan battlefield felt the deathly pressure!

All fighting seemed to pause simultaneously, as if by unspoken agreement, everyone's gaze locked on Thanos—the demon god ablaze in purple fire.

"Careful!" Jean Grey, Thor, Superman, and the others all cried out in alarm, sensing this strike's power surpassed all previous blows—

This was not merely enough to pierce a planet. This… this blow could erase worlds from the galaxy!

But even faced with this ultimate power, which would make even gods tremble, Lucci remained completely calm. He gazed at the frenzy-consumed Thanos with a… trace of pity in his eyes.

"If you truly don't understand, let me show you what real power is…"

Lucci said quietly.

Just as Thanos fired the orb of destruction, transforming it into a violet beam of light that tore through heaven and earth toward Lucci,

he slowly raised his hand.

He made no attempt to gather energy or raise a defense—

He simply waved his hand toward the annihilating ray, as if shooing away a flying pest.

The next second—

An unbelievable, universe-silencing sight unfolded.

The planet-shattering purple energy beam began to shift strangely as it sped toward Lucci.

Its form twisted, its essence altered.

The destructive beam's tip abruptly "melted," transmuted into a flock of radiant, fluttering butterflies.

The middle of the beam unfurled, turning into a wave of dancing, colorful ribbons.

From the tip, like a pencil mark erased bit by bit, it gradually faded into nothingness.

Within seconds, the apocalyptic attack… was simply gone.

In its place, beautiful butterflies danced before Lucci, then faded gently from view.

It was as if the world itself turned silent.

Everyone's brain seemed to crash at this impossible, reality-defying scene.

What just happened here? Magic? Illusion? No—something even greater.

The power to rewrite "reality" at will!

Thanos's mad howl abruptly stopped.

He remained locked in place, arms extended, face frozen with limitless bewilderment and incomprehension.

His ultimate gambit, his final card, his all-or-nothing attack…

Was just turned into… a flock of butterflies?

"What… what kind of power is this?"

Thanos's voice came out hoarse and dry, filled with disbelief.

"Is this… the Power of Reality?"

"Wait! The Reality Stone isn't even activated! What's happening?"

Faced with Thanos's frantic question, Lucci calmly lowered his hand as if he'd done the trivialest thing in the world.

"You're right," he replied, his voice carrying clearly to all.

"This is the power of reality."

"Impossible!"

Thanos instinctively protested, pointing furiously at Lucci's hand.

"The Stone's not even glowing! How can you use the Reality Stone's power?"

Hearing this, Lucci smiled—like a kindly adult at an ignorant child.

"Activate? Why would I need to activate it?

Of course, I'm not using the Infinity Stones' power—

It's because I've comprehended the fundamental laws they embody."

"Time, space, reality, mind… to me, the so-called Infinity Stones are just introductory tools—

Aids to help one understand the universe's true essence."

"Even without them,"

Lucci's gaze returned to the utterly dumbfounded Thanos.

"I can still wield their power.

And—"

"That power is perfect, unlimited, and truly… the power of Law."

BOOM!

Those words struck Thanos like a god's thunderbolt, driving deep into the heart of his very soul!

His massive body trembled violently; all the confusion and madness vanished from his face, replaced by an unprecedented, bone-deep despair—a stillness that reached his core.

He finally realized—they hadn't even been playing the same game.

He'd spent his entire life collecting these six stones to wield godlike power.

But Lucci had simply comprehended the Law directly!

…

Meanwhile, as Lucci faced Thanos, the situation in Wakanda changed!

Without the threats of Thanos and the Reaper, and without Ebony Maw's command, the huge Chitauri and beast armies became nothing more than sheep to be slaughtered before the united, morale-high, and power-packed Earth alliance.

Hulk, revived from the ruins, unleashed all his hurt and humiliation onto the hapless alien beasts, tearing through them like a living, green force of nature.

Magneto hovered in the air, directing a storm of death made of every metal, armor, and aircraft in the enemy's ranks, deadlier than modern artillery.

Wakandan technology, Amazonian martial skills, mutant superpowers, Avengers teamwork—

Every force of the Unified Earth was unleashed to the max!

What had been a difficult defense turned into a one-sided massacre.

"My lord! Wake up!"

Watching his army collapse like a house of cards, Ebony Maw panicked like an ant on a hot skillet.

"The ground forces are annihilated! We must decide—fight or retreat—immediately!"

His voice finally snapped Thanos out of his faith-shattered daze. Blinking, Thanos looked around at the fleeing hordes, then back at Lucci, who remained calm as ever, as if already in total control.

For the first time, hesitation—and even fear—shimmered in his eyes.

Retreat?

Thanos, master of a thousand years of cosmic conquest, had never said the word "retreat."

But if he didn't…

Just as Thanos hesitated, a furious thunderous roar rained down from the sky!

"Trying to run? Not so easy! STAY!"

Thor!

Seeing Ebony Maw attempt escape, Thor roared, channeling the full might of Stormbreaker and all his wrath into his battle-axe.

"Fall to hell!"

Thor hurled his axe!

It transformed into a thunder comet, crackling with blue lightning, chasing after Ebony Maw with divine speed.

Ebony Maw, sensing the mortal threat, pushed his telekinesis to the limit.

In an instant, rocks and metal fragments rushed together, forming dozens of thick defensive walls before him!

But against Stormbreaker's godly power, all were useless—

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The comet of thunder blasted through them all!

Ebony Maw could only watch death's lightning reflected in his widening pupils. He screamed, but it was too late.

The next instant, Stormbreaker struck home—

No explosion, no scream.

The entirety of Ebony Maw's body, upon contact, was destroyed, utterly disintegrating into cosmic dust!

Dead in a single blow!

Watching his last and most loyal subordinate die right before his eyes, Thanos's brief fear and hesitation instantly transformed into unhinged madness.

There was no escape!

"Aaaaaah—!"

In despair and wrath, Thanos howled up to the sky. The Soul Stone on his gauntlet glowed with an ominous and unnatural light!

If he couldn't win physically—then he'd utterly crush Lucci's spirit!

"Soul Rip!"

A formless, terrifying power, invisible to the naked eye and targeting the very essence of the soul, lanced across the battlefield, ignoring all physical barriers and plunging straight into Lucci's soul!

This was the most dangerous, vicious attack of all—the best-case scenario was being rendered an idiot on the spot; at worst, your soul would be obliterated.

But even that, which could make gods tremble, did not so much as make Lucci blink.

As the blade of the soul neared, his eyes remained calm.

"Play with my soul and mind? Boasting before an expert, are you?"

The Law of the Mind—activate!

In Thanos's perception, his soul attack struck an invisible wall and vanished.

Suddenly, the world around him changed.

He was no longer on the Wakandan battlefield, but falling into a never-ending maze of winding corridors and eerie stairs—the Maze of the Mind!

On the walls—his most painful memories:

The destruction of Titan, the cries of his people, the despair in Gamora's eyes when he sacrificed her…

An endless wave of negative emotion battered his soul.

"No! All of it's fake! Break!"

Thanos's soul thrashed, roaring within the maze, but there was no exit.

In the real world, all anyone saw was the cosmic tyrant abruptly freezing in place, his gauntlet raised high, eyes suddenly empty and dull—

Lucci shook his head at the immobilized Thanos, soul trapped in the mind labyrinth.

He turned and grasped a simple, ancient longsword—Path Fire Sword—that appeared silently in his hand.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lucci's wrist flicked—

"Shing!"

A flash of sword light.

"Splurt!"

Blood gushed!

Thanos's thick, gauntleted left arm was neatly severed at the shoulder!

"Aaaaaaaaaah—!"

The searing agony yanked Thanos's soul instantly from the mind labyrinth.

The first thing he saw: his severed arm, the Infinity Gauntlet he'd dreamed of for a lifetime lying on the ground.

Then came the pain and crushing despair of utter loss—

No! My hand! My Infinity Gauntlet!

Thanos howled high and sharp.

Everyone on the battlefield gazed in shock.

What just happened?

Why did Thanos, once invincible, freeze up just before Lucci cut off his arm?

Lucci paid Thanos's screams no mind. To him, it was like stepping on a troublesome ant—no pity or emotion.

He gestured, and the severed arm, still wearing the gauntlet, flew into his grasp.

In full view of all present, Lucci casually extracted the purple Power Stone and the orange Soul Stone.

With a wave of his hand, the severed arm and long-sought Infinity Gauntlet quietly disintegrated, evaporating into nothing, not even ash remaining.

It was as though they'd never existed.

After gathering the new stones with the ones already in his possession, Lucci put them away as if collecting casual trophies.

This calmness and composure dealt the heaviest, most crushing blow to Thanos and all remaining enemies on the field.

Their master's arm was cut off publicly, their treasures stolen, the Infinity Gauntlet—the symbol of supreme power—destroyed like trash.

All remaining soldiers and beasts lost all will to fight, surrendering to despair!