Chapter 176 : Dark Aster

"The soul recognizes the master? High-end goods."

Bert smiled with satisfaction as he sent his soul breath into the spear of God. The spear of God shook violently, and the holy light made a great effort, flying non-stop in the Space Stone, like a puppy eager to find its owner.

Bert sensed his connection with the Spear of God, raised his hand to release the blockade, and the spear of God immediately flew into his hands. He held the spear of God and laughed. "What about God's Arms?"

"It must be very emotional to kill an angel with the spear of God," Bert said, as he smiled and put the spear of God into his soul. Then, he looked at the Power Stone and found that the light of the Power Stone was about half dim.

Power Stone was very unwilling, but it couldn't fight against Bert, it was just a stone after all.

Reality Stone was very fortunate. Fortunately, it was not him who was sacrificed. Fortunately, the guy promised not to devour himself.

"It's very powerful, half of it is done."

Bert thought for a while and said, "I will sacrifice the energy of the Power Stone in exchange for quickly absorbing the energy from the Eternal Flame and Space Stone."

Aether flashed light and began to modify reality. Under its action, the energy of Eternal Flame and Space Stone was injected into Bert's body.

Sacrificing the Power Stone in exchange for the Reality Stone to help absorb the Space Stone. Good thing that Power Stone and Space Stone can't speak, otherwise they would surely recite poems with tears on their faces.

An hour later, the wish was fulfilled, and the Power Stone was completely dimmed, like an ordinary stone. Of course, it wasn't broken. As long as it was given enough time to absorb the power of the universe, it would be restored to its original state. It would take hundred years to be fully recharged.

Bert felt the surging power in his body and laughed out loud - he officially became god-level, that is, the lord of hell, the level of a Devil.

Of course, it's just power. In essence, Bert is still a human being, not a demon.

Bert said with a smile on his face: "Demons, I will give you a big surprise when you come next time."

Bert was happy, but Rocket was miserable. Upon hearing that the people from the Earth Federation said they didn't know this little raccoon, the Nova Corps immediately revoked his special privileges and sent him along with Star-Lord and others to a prison for felons set up in space, Kyln.

Inside Kyln, Star-Lord, who had changed into a prison uniform, sneered at Rocket: "Isn't there someone above you? Why were you locked up like me?"

"The Blood God just isn't there yet. When he comes back, he will definitely come to save me. I'm very familiar with him," Rocket replied confidently.

Rocket snorted coldly: "I'm not like you, a bastard who pretends to be an earthling."

"I'm an earthling," Star-Lord protested.

Gamora said irritably: "We must escape. Ronan is looking for the Orb, and when he comes here, we will not survive."

"Instead of worrying about Ronan, you should worry about yourself first. Didn't you realize that all the prisoners here are watching you?"

Rocket sneered: "The adopted daughter of Thanos, many people want to kill you. When you can survive tonight, come to me and tell me about the escape. Groot, let's go."

"I am Groot."

Groot said, and Rocket sneered: "Help her? Have you lost your mind? We don't know her."

Gamora glanced at Rocket and said coldly: "Someone paid 4 billion to buy the Orb. If you help us escape, the four of us will split the money."

"Four billion?"

Rocket and Star-Lord both exclaimed in surprise. Rocket immediately patted his chest and said: "Gamora, don't worry, with the friendship between the two of us, I will never let these bastards hurt you."

"I am Groot."

Groot covered his face, and Rocket kicked him so hard that he dared to say that he was shameless. 2 billion? Not even a fraction of what Groot will get in return for risking his life for this group.

When I have money, I will become a rich man like Mr. Wang.

Gamora gave Rocket the middle finger. Under the protection of Star-Lord, Rocket, and Groot, Gamora managed to survive. Star-Lord also used his mouth cannon to win over Drax the Destroyer.

The members of the Guardians of the Galaxy are officially here.

Rocket, a veteran of prison escaper, successfully escaped the next day. Afterwards, they all boarded their spaceship and set out for the realm of Knowhere.

However, not long after they left, Ronan arrived at Kyln Prison with his ship, the Dark Aster. The prison guards were taken aback by his arrival. They contacted Xandar for support while they prepared to resist.

"A group of idiots," Ronan said disdainfully, "if they had escaped immediately, they might have had a chance to live. Now, they will surely die."

Ronan held the Cosmi-Rod and his body was covered in a dark hue. He ordered Nebula, Thanos' adopted daughter whose body is covered in machinery, "Nebula, lead the fleet to kill all the Xandarians."

Nebula nodded.

Under the strong attack of Nebula, Kyln Prison suffered heavy losses, and the defense lines fell one after another. The warden roared on the public channel: "Ronan, Xandar will not let you get away with this."

"I won't let them go," Ronan said coldly, "I will definitely destroy Xandar. Only cowards make peace with the likes of you."

"You are all dead," he added, "no one can save you, but you don't have to be sad, because Xandar will definitely follow in your footsteps."

"Not necessarily," the warden sneered. "Earth Express can save us."

"Earth Express? At this time, you actually expect a courier to save you?" Ronan sneered. "It seems that death has put a lot of pressure on you, and you even started talking nonsense."

"You know nothing about express delivery." The warden said before Ronan could react. Suddenly, a space gate appeared outside the prison and it grew larger and larger. A large number of small combat spaceships flew out of the space gate and furiously attacked Ronan's fleet, catching them off guard and causing heavy losses.

Ronan shouted in disbelief: "This is impossible, how could Xandar have such teleportation technology?"

"Finally come," the warden breathed a sigh of relief. It is apparent that Earth Express is reliable but the price seems to be expensive.

Nova Corps headquarters, Nova Prime Irani Rael asked Bert: "Mr. Wang, can you continue to open the portal?"

"Of course, as long as you need it," Bert replied with a smile. "Customers come first."

Nova Prime said murderously: "Okay, please open the portal to connect to other bases, Ronan has thrown himself into the net, and we just need to kill him."

"No problem," Bert responded without hesitation and immediately opened the portal to connect to other bases. As he had delivered goods to these bases before, he knew their exact location.

"Destroy Ronan," Nova Prime ordered, as the Nova Corps' spaceships transited through the main base and quickly joined the battlefield. With more and more spaceships becoming available, even the mighty Ronan started to become overwhelmed.

Xandar can negotiate with the Kree Empire, and naturally has enough strength, otherwise, it would have been destroyed by the Kree Empire long ago.

"Damn, what the hell is going on? Whole army retreats," Ronan shouted furious and gritted his teeth as he announced his retreat. The Xandarians were chasing after him, trying to destroy this super enemy.

But despite the Xandarians being very brave, the Dark Aster was able to escape using the tail-breaking tactics. Bert watched the scene with a cold eye and had no intention of taking action. On one hand, the Nova Corps didn't ask him to take action, and on the other hand, Ronan was still useful.

Bert reminded: "Nova Prime, Ronan will definitely not appear there for no reason. I think it's better for you to check the prison situation."

Nova Prime nodded and said, "Thank you, Mr. Wang, we will investigate."

Bert smiled and said, "That's good. I don't want anything to happen to Xandar. I like Xandar very much."

"It's our pleasure," Nova Prime said with a smile, but she was secretly thinking, "You like it so much, why don't you give us a discount?"

The space portal is indeed very convenient to use, but at this price, it was quite costly.

...

In Dark Aster, Ronan's expression was extremely ugly. He never thought that attacking a small Kyln prison would result in heavy losses and even an escape.

Ronan roared: "Check, check it for me, what's going on with that Earth Express?"

"Yes," Nebula responded, and immediately invaded Xandar's network. After a while, she said, "Earth Express is opened by an Earthman who has the Space Stone..."

"Space Stone?" A flash of greed flickered in Ronan's eyes, and he sneered: "Having such a treasure and using it to open a courier service, what a waste. If it were me, I would have used it to rule the universe."

Nebula reminded him: "Ronan, don't underestimate this Blood God, even Thanos regards him as a formidable enemy."

"Blood God?" Ronan hesitated for a moment and chose to put the thought aside for now.

Ronan thought of something else, frowned, and said, "I hope this time I won't startle the snake. If the Orb falls into Xandar's hands, it will be troublesome."

Just as Nebula was about to say something, she suddenly came across some information and hurriedly said, "Ronan, someone on the black market network is selling information on the whereabouts of the Orb, and it's also indicated that the Orb is no longer in Kyln Prison."

Ronan quickly said: "What? Buy it now!"

"I have no money, the other party wants ten million."

Nebula spread her hands, she used all her money to upgrade herself and she was broke.

"Ten million?" Ronan's was in a bit of pain, it wouldn't be a big deal if it were in the past, but since he's a wanted criminal now, and he thought about it and said, "Buy it, I will have the people of the Kree Empire pay for it, and the Kree Empire still has a lot of people supporting me."

"Okay," Nebula agreed to the plan. After a while, she received the money and bought the information, and after reading it, she said, "Star-Lord and others are taking the Orb to the Knowhere, where the Collector is offering four billion to buy the Orb."

"Four billion, Collector? It seems that this time there will be a big gain, we'll head to the Knowhere," Ronan said coldly.

"When I get the Power Stone, it will be Xandar's end and the end of the Blood God."

Nebula said coldly, "Ronan, the Power Stone will be given to my father."

"It's not too late to give after I use it," Ronan said insincerely. Nebula's eyes flickered, but she didn't stop him, because she hates Thanos more than anyone else. A father that would replace his daughter's body little by little with machines would be unbearable for any child.

Nebula gritted her teeth secretly: 'Thanos, and Gamora, I will definitely make you pay the price.'

"Ronan is really rich, he knew it would be higher." Looking at the numbers in the account, Bert smiled slightly, he knew Ronan was a good client.

Then, Bert clicked on the screen, and the price of 10 million instantly became 10,000 units, and it was specially stated that the Orb is the Power Stone.

"Natasha, it's time to start," Bert instructed with cold eyes, referring to an undisclosed plan.

"Okay," Natasha nodded very shrewdly and competently, she was a little excited. After lurking for so long, it was finally about to start.

On the Dark Aster, Nebula quickly noticed the price change, she hesitated, but told Ronan about it.

Ronan's face darkened instantly, he didn't care about money, but he couldn't tolerate being played with.

"This matter will never end like this," Ronan gritted his teeth and ordered loudly: "Go ahead at full speed, don't let others get there before us."

...

In a tavern in Knowhere, a Ravager who came to settle there asked the others in a low voice, "Do you know the story of Bert, the richest man in Xandar?"

A red-skinned alien next to him sneered: "Stop showing off your ignorance. Who doesn't know about that Earthling? We even know that he has an affair with the Nova Corps centurion."

There was a lot of laughter around, the life of that Earthling is the dream of countless people, so his story spreads very quickly and far away - so does the gossip.

"Ignorance? How dare you say I'm ignorant?" The Ravager was enraged, and he shouted: "You are ignorant, and you don't even know that the Power Stone is about to reach Knowhere?"

There was a sudden silence in the bar, and after a while, a blue-skinned alien came over and asked, "One of the six Infinity Stones, the Power Stone?"

Being stared at by so many people, the Ravager was a little scared, he took a deep breath, and said stiffly: "Yes, the Power Stone, it will soon reach Knowhere, as long as you can get it, you can become the second Bert."

"The second richest man in Xandar?" Everyone's breathing became fast, who doesn't want to be someone like Bert, who doesn't want to take female stars out for shopping every day, and who doesn't want to date a centurion of Nova Corps?

The blue-skinned alien asked, "How did you know about this?"

"The information bought on the black market is that the Power Stone is in the hands of a guy named Star-Lord. He is coming this way and intends to sell the Power Stone to Collector. Do you guys know how much the Collector offered?"

The Ravager said arrogantly: "Four billion, yes, not four hundred thousand, but four billion."

"Four billion?" All exclaimed, this money is even enough to buy a planet.

"Kill Star-Lord and steal the Power Stone," without any hesitation, everyone immediately made a decision. The blue-skinned alien gritted his teeth a bit: "Quill, you idiot."

Not only in this tavern, but also in many places in Knowhere, people are talking about this matter. Soon, the entire Knowhere is agitated, and the opportunity to become rich overnight and change their lives is just around the corner.