"No, they are getting close to my core. Peter, there's something wrong with these friends of yours. Let's stop and deal with them first before continuing!" Sensing that Gamora and the others, led by Adam's Shadow Clone, were about to reach his core, Ego's expression changed drastically.
His core brain was his most vulnerable spot; without protection, a high-energy bomb could destroy it, and he would perish with it. Naturally, he couldn't be careless.
"Do it!"
However, just then, a voice rang out, and Adam's figure appeared next to Star-Lord.
Upon hearing this, Star-Lord immediately stopped channeling the Celestial Divine Power. Instead, he transformed the Celestial Power into a large hand, grabbing Ego's body and pulling it sharply.
"You killed my mother! Die!"
Ego, unable to react in time, was torn in half by the large hand.
"Avada Kedavra!"
Adam delivered a timely finishing blow, using the annihilative properties of the Curse of Slaying to prevent Ego's clone from regenerating, and simultaneously causing Ego's main consciousness to lose focus due to the damage from the Curse of Slaying.
"Go!"
At this point, the Shadow Clone had also reached Ego's core brain unimpeded.
Adam directly Apparated with Star-Lord.
"Mantis, it's your turn."
Seeing his main body and Star-Lord appear, the Shadow Clone turned to Mantis.
Mantis stammered nervously, "I… I'm really not sure I can do it."
In her heart, Ego, her father, was simply too powerful.
At this moment, Drax stepped forward and encouraged her:
"You might not believe in yourself, but I believe in you!"
Encouraged by Drax, Mantis gritted her teeth, placed her hands on the ground, and unleashed her abilities.
The Celestial Power that Ego had just surged with immediately died down again.
"I was just saying it, I didn't expect you to actually be able to do it. You're quite formidable for your small size."
Drax burst into laughter when he saw Mantis truly control Ego.
At this moment, Adam's main body and the Shadow Clone had already arrived before Ego's core brain. Countless sealing Ninjutsu and magic spells were imprinted one after another onto the giant brain matter. He intended to seal Ego's consciousness, preventing him from mobilizing Celestial Power again.
As if sensing the danger of the seal, Ego, who had been put into a sleep state by Mantis, began to struggle fiercely.
"I feel like I can't hold on much longer!"
Due to Ego's violent resistance, Mantis's hands were already trembling.
At this point, Star-Lord's eyes turned White, and he forcefully channeled powerful Celestial Power into the ground, beginning to interfere with Ego's Celestial Power to help Mantis better suppress Ego.
"Almost done!"
At this time, countless Ninjutsu and magic seals, under the control of Adam's main body and clone, slowly began to merge, forming a new seal that completely enveloped Ego's brain matter.
This was precisely the God Sealing Formation, the strongest seal that Adam had created during this period by having all his Shadow Clones research seals from various Worlds and then integrating them!
Its main purpose was to seal the consciousness of powerful beings, causing their consciousness to fall into eternal slumber.
"Just one last step."
With the God Sealing Formation taking shape, Adam's main body placed the Kree War Hammer, embedded with the Power Stone, above the formation. The infinite power of the Power Stone was immediately channeled into the formation.
The God Sealing Formation was extremely powerful, but to ensure absolute foolproofness, it still needed a powerful artifact to suppress it and provide sufficiently strong energy.
And nothing was more suitable than the Power Stone.
Primarily, the normal God Sealing Formation would have been sufficient, but he was going to use the God Tree to extract Ego's Celestial Power later.
This would inevitably trigger Ego's instinctive desire for survival, so it needed to be even stronger.
With the Power Stone suppressing it, the effect of the God Sealing Formation would be greatly enhanced. Not to mention Ego, even the Celestials might not be able to break through it.
"Complete!"
As the God Sealing Formation was activated, Ego's consciousness completely fell into slumber.
"He seems to have stopped resisting."
Feeling Ego's resistance disappear, Mantis released her hands and slumped onto the ground.
Star-Lord also couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead, which had appeared from overusing Celestial Power. He asked Adam with some confusion:
"Why didn't you just destroy this place? That would have been less trouble."
"Your Celestial Power originates from Ego. Once Ego is killed, your Celestial Power will also completely disappear.
Don't worry, I will seal him in a place no one can find. His plan will never be realized."
Adam smiled and released the Orion, telling everyone to get into the spaceship first. Then, he fully activated the power of his Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan, absorbing the entire Ego Planet into his Primordial Space.
Ego Planet's volume was roughly equivalent to that of the Moon, and his Primordial Space could barely accommodate it.
Next, he was going to plant the God Tree, which was very important to him, and it would only be safest within the Primordial Space.
"It… disappeared!"
Inside the spaceship, everyone saw such a massive Ego Planet being absorbed into Adam's eye between his brows, and they once again marveled at Adam's abnormal power.
Even Star-Lord, who had now mastered Celestial Power, still felt completely unable to defeat Adam when facing him.
"The matter is concluded. I will now transfer your payment to your accounts, you three."
After collecting the entire Ego Planet, Adam teleported back into the spaceship and said to Rocket Raccoon, Treant Groot, and Star-Lord.
However, at this moment, Star-Lord patted his chest and replied:
"I don't need my share. I'm the one who gained the most this time. Taking payment again would really tarnish my future image as an interstellar outlaw."
If it weren't for Adam, he didn't know how long it would take to learn about his origins, and he wouldn't have had the power to defeat Ego, save the Milky Way Galaxy, and avenge his mother.
Not to mention, he had now awakened Celestial Power and become a true powerhouse in the Universe.
Even if he were thick-skinned, it wouldn't be appropriate to ask for that 100 million payment at this time.
Especially with Gamora here, he naturally wanted to make a good impression.
"What are your plans then?"
Adam didn't force the payment, merely asking with a smile.
Star-Lord coughed:
"My dream has always been to be an interstellar outlaw, and the heroic kind at that. Since you all are going to find Thanos next, I'm willing to go and help for free."
He didn't want to be separated from Gamora.
"Of course, you're welcome."
Adam nodded, then looked at Rocket Raccoon and Treant Groot.
"Then I'll transfer 100 million to each of you."
"No, we don't need it either. Groot and I aren't unreasonable people. We didn't help at all this time. If you want to give it, it's not too late to give it after we've dealt with Thanos together."
Rocket Raccoon jumped onto Groot's shoulder and said with great arrogance.
It was true that they hadn't helped, but primarily, the time they had spent together had made him subconsciously not want to leave everyone just yet.
However, he wouldn't admit it out loud.