"Hurry up! Hands in the air!"
Seeing Ye Li neither raise his hands nor be caught by the tractor beam, the patrol craft pilot's eyes grew grave....
To ignore a Nova-tech tractor beam—the other party is most likely from one of the Three Great Empires....
'Could they be Kree spies?' the leading Nova Corps centurion couldn't help guessing.
…..
"Nova Corps?"
Pressing a hand on Alita's shoulder to keep her from being pulled by the beam, Ye Li said, "Take me to your Nova Prime. and I can forgive your offense."
The onlookers in the distance erupted—this guy dared to talk so arrogantly?
This was Xandar, the very heart of the Nova Empire's capital!
Even people from the universe's Three Great Empires wouldn't be so high-profile here!
Rocket, Star-Lord, and the others all glanced over as well...
They never expected this no-name guy to actually dare resist arrest from the Nova Corps...
…..
"You even want to assassinate the Nova Prime?"
The Nova Corps centurion was thoroughly displeased; he glared and said, "I now have reason to suspect you're spies sent by Ronan! Men, take them down!"
Several escort craft immediately moved to encircle the two of them.
"Buddy, you look like somebody, but I advise you to play nice and surrender."
Suspended in the beam, Rocket Raccoon quietly advised him, "Live to fight another day; the Nova Corps aren't to be trifled with...
Do what they say for now; once we're in prison... when I break out, I can take you along. Relax, I'm experienced—I've broken out more than twenty times."
At that, his beady raccoon eyes even showed a proud gleam.
Ye Li was a bit speechless... if you've broken out over twenty times, how many times were you caught?
And after a run-in with Alita just now, Rocket was still this chivalrous....
But then he thought, that in the original timeline Rocket protected Star-Lord just because they ended up in prison together, and Ye Li understood.
This really was a chivalrous raccoon....
…..
"Just for that, I'll rescue you lot as well ¨ˇ."
With a wave of Ye Li's hand, his divine field spread out, and Rocket and the others immediately dropped out of the tractor beams.
"Hey! I don't think that's a good idea..."
Rocket wasn't thrilled; eyeing the surrounding, predatory Nova escorts, he said, "This counts as resisting arrest."
"Bring it on—see who's afraid." Seeing things had come to this, Star-Lord simply drew his twin blasters, ready to fight.
Cling~!
Gamora likewise neatly drew her twin blades, glanced at Ye Li, and said, "What's your name? I owe you one."
"World Weaver."
After Ye Li finished speaking, he touched the fingertips of both hands together, quickly forming a divine spell gesture—
In almost the blink of an eye, the originally blue sky above the city was replaced with a completely different scene.
A purple-gold dimension covered the firmament, star-river ribbons weaving through it, bringing with them a mysterious sense of oppression...
The oppressive aura of the descending divine kingdom alone pinned everyone in place, leaving them unable to breathe.
"Th-this... what is this...?!"
The Nova Corps centurion's heartbeat even skipped; he couldn't fathom how the world had changed in a blink....
Only after activating his augmenting Nova helmet did, he manage to say over comms, "Quick! Emergency! Notify HQ! We need support!!"
…..
"Man, what did you do?!" Star-Lord and the others were stunned as well.
Rocket glanced at Alita... had he known the one beside her was this badass, he wouldn't have dared provoke them with a hundred times his courage....
Rocket Raccoon was extremely grateful he'd put in a good word with Ye Li earlier.
Star-Lord looked at the orb in his hand, a thought flashing; he gestured to Ye Li, "You look like a big shot—how about I sell you this Orb? Even Ronan wants this treasure."
Ye Li rolled his eyes... what would I want with an empty shell?
Seeing he didn't seem interested in buying, Gamora offered a suggestion. "If you're not interested in this thing, I can contact a buyer. He's willing to pay four billion. You escort me to him, and we split sixty-forty—you sixty, I forty."
"Hey!"
Before Ye Li could respond, Star-Lord objected, "Lady, this is my property—what do you mean, cutting me out?"
Gamora glanced at the orb in his hand and wanted to snatch it outright... but out of respect for Ye Li, she refrained.
Wuenn!
Wuenn!
Wuenn!
While they were talking, dense formations of Nova Corps warships arrived.
Because Ye Li and the others were in the heartland, the garrisoned forces of Xandar's capital rushed to the scene very quickly.
Only.
Upon arrival, the Nova Corps members in those fleets were pressed to the ground by the divine kingdom's pressure.
"Hurry! Activate repulsion protection fields! All centurions and above—activate your Nova helmets at once!"
With the main force's superior gear, and at the commander's order, the Nova Corps barely resisted the divine pressure.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh....
Centurions empowered by Nova helmets shot out of the warships and landed around Ye Li.
The leading commander said sternly, "Whatever means you used, provoking the Nova Corps is a mistake—!"
"Heh~ The Nova Corps, are they supposed to be that strong?"
Ye Li waved with interest, and several dark figures emerged from the divine-kingdom dimension.....