Marvel: Little Genius - Chapter: 439 (Patreon)

"Lord Thanos, our main forces are all gathered together and mixed with the enemy. If we fire indiscriminately..."

Corvus Glaive, one of the Black Order, couldn't help but advise Thanos when he heard the order.

However, what he couldn't have imagined was that the seemingly all-powerful Thanos would be pushed to the brink on this insignificant low-level planet called Earth.

Even before Corvus Glaive could finish speaking, Thanos interrupted him and gave a stern command:

"You just need to carry out my orders. I said, 'fire a barrage!'"

Of course, Thanos wouldn't explain his current desperate and overwhelmed situation. To protect his own life and fulfill his ultimate mission of restoring universal balance, the lives of mere army soldiers meant nothing.

Perhaps in Thanos' mind, sacrificing their lives to contribute to his quest for universal balance was an honorable act for these soldiers.

Since Thanos had issued a life-or-death command, Corvus Glaive had no choice but to obey. He ordered all the gunports on the spacecraft to open and aimed them all at the battlefield below.

The next moment, just like Thanos' command, a fierce barrage of artillery fire descended from the sky like a torrential downpour, turning the already devastated ruins into an even more desolate wasteland.

Affected by this artillery barrage, Scarlet Witch had to release her hold on Thanos and switch to defense.

Naturally, Thanos wouldn't miss such an excellent opportunity and broke free from the Scarlet Witch's Magic mist.

"Ebony Maw, capture that annoying kid running around and bring the Infinity Stone to me!"

"As you command, Lord Thanos." Ebony Maw respectfully replied and turned his gaze towards the battlefield, where the speedster Quicksilver left a silver blur as he moved.

At that moment, Quicksilver was approaching the van where Scott was located with the Gauntlet, while also assisting his comrades who were threatened by the artillery fire along the way.

Beside him, the Kamar-Taj sorcerers who had joined the battle used their magic to create large magical shields, uniting to form protective barriers.

Quicksilver's task was to safely transport his comrades who didn't have time to dodge to the areas beneath these magical shields.

However, just as he was about to rescue another comrade, the ground suddenly started undulating like the surface of the sea.

This unexpected change was extremely deadly for Quicksilver. In his high-speed state, he couldn't adjust in time and was tripped up by the surging ground, crashing to the ground.

But the ground's movement didn't end there. The soil and rubble from the ruins left behind by the Avengers' base, as if having a mind of its own, bound tightly to the direction where Quicksilver fell and sent him straight toward Ebony Maw.

As it turned out, Ebony Maw, upon receiving Thanos' command, had used his telekinetic abilities to launch a surprise attack while Quicksilver was distracted by rescuing his comrades.

For Quicksilver, Ebony Maw's ability to influence a large area was indeed his nemesis. Once captured by the enemy, losing his speed advantage, Quicksilver was nothing more than an ordinary person with a slightly stronger physique, completely defenseless against Ebony Maw's telekinetic powers.

Seeing the Gauntlet and the six Infinity Stones about to fall into Ebony Maw's hands, Quicksilver was frantic!

At that moment, a young voice came from behind him, shouting loudly, "Pass it on, brother!"

Quicksilver immediately recognized the owner of this voice. The annoying voice that had annoyed him immensely had become a lifesaver at this critical moment.

Without any hesitation, Quicksilver tossed the Gauntlet into the sky.

A figure swiftly flew by, carrying the Gauntlet away.

"Wow, I got it, cool! Spider-suit, activate the kill mode!"

Stepping up at this crucial moment was none other than the young Spider-Man, Peter Parker. However, as soon as he received the Gauntlet and landed safely, the bio-enhanced soldiers of Thanos' army swarmed him, disregarding the potential danger from the intense artillery fire in the sky.

Because they were on a flat battlefield, Spider-Man's mobility advantage was greatly diminished.

Unable to use his web-swinging for movement, he had no choice but to rely on his own legs to sprint.

In desperation, Spider-Man had to activate a kill mode on his spider suit, a feature he had never used before.

As the kill mode activated, eight steel spider arms sprang out from the back of Spider-Man's Iron Spider suit, skewering the approaching enemies like kebabs.

However, after undergoing bio-enhancements, the bio-soldiers, who were completely under Thanos' control, knew no fear.

Even as the bodies of his comrades continued to pile up around Spider-Man, the enemy soldiers kept swarming toward him.

"Get away, all of you, just get away! This is too scary!" In the face of danger, Spider-Man still didn't abandon his talkative nature.

At this moment, his communicator came to life with the voice of Captain: "Peter, look up!"

Receiving Captain's command, Spider-Man didn't dare to delay and fully trusted that Captain wouldn't harm him.

As soon as he looked up, he saw a hammer flying toward him. The lightning-fast Spider-Man didn't miss the help Captain was providing. He accurately shot out a strand of webbing, which adhered to the hammer.

Swoosh!

Under the pull of the webbing, he was carried away by the hammer.

"Captain, this can't go on like this. We must stop the cosmic warship from suppressing our ground forces!"

Falcon Sam was also in a dire situation. If the cosmic warship in the sky continued to strike like this, it would cause significant damage to their surviving forces.

Falcon himself struggled to utilize his equipment's capabilities, only able to evade the incoming firepower.

Although Falcon raised the issue, Captain didn't have a good solution for the current situation.

"If only Mark or Baymax were here..." Captain still vividly remembered the scene five years ago when Mark had used an orbital weapon to destroy one of the Black Order's ships.

Unfortunately, Mark hadn't arrived yet, and Baymax had been sent by Doctor Strange to the New York Sanctum  to assist with an unknown task. Even on the battlefield, nobody, not even Tony, had the authority to use the orbital weapons.

However, just as Captain was deep in thought, all the continuous artillery fire suddenly ceased at the same time.

Looking up, all the gunports on Thanos' warships had turned to face the sky.

"Friday, what are they shooting at?" Tony asked Friday.

"Sir, there is a high-energy entity rapidly traversing the atmosphere!"