Mattimeo: Blood And Desire

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“Thanos the Eternal Calamity, this is the end. Surrender, and we might grant you a swift death!”

A dark-haired man stood alone before the gathered armies, suspended between worlds.

His hair veiled half his face, while the exposed half carried a wicked smirk. The way he stared at the countless figures surrounding him made it seem as though none of them were worth acknowledging.

His body was covered in wounds. Blood flowed endlessly from deep gashes across his flesh, yet he remained standing, unmoving and unbending like an eternal mountain.

His eyes shifted toward the man who had spoken.

“You, Nicholas. I saved you from the Netherwyrm Dragon Clan. Without me, you would have been reduced to dust long ago. I took you in. I raised you. I made you what you are today. Yet you joined them to scheme against me.”

His piercing gaze crashed into Nicholas like a blade.

Nicholas instinctively lowered his head, terror flashing across his face, but only for a moment.

When he looked up again, hatred burned in his eyes.

“You are evil! Everyone knows it! You seduced the wives of others and defiled them like a beast. You even slept with my fiancée, you monster!”

Thanos laughed softly.

“I didn’t even know she was your fiancée. Besides, she practically threw herself at me.” He smirked wickedly. “I’ll admit this much though, she was exceptional. I should thank you for preserving her all this time.”

Nicholas's face twisted violently as killing intent erupted from his body.

A man draped in shining robes stepped forward, holy light radiating from him like a miniature sun.

“What are we waiting for? Why are we still listening to this demon?” he roared. “This man slaughtered countless people connected to us. He seduced our wives and daughters. He must die today!”

Thanos chuckled darkly as his gaze swept across the crowd.

“The pot calling the kettle black. I only kill the evil bastards you people desperately try to protect. As for the women, every single one came willingly. I never forced anyone.”

Then his smile faded.

“Enough pretending. We all know why you came.”

Silence instantly fell across the battlefield.

“The Primordial Energy Seed,” Thanos said calmly. “The final form of the First Breath of Creation.”

Not a single person denied it.

“Hahaha!” His laughter thundered across the void. “What’s wrong? Cat got your tongues? You greedy hypocrites.”

His eyes turned colder as he looked at them one by one.

“Many of you standing here owe your lives to me. I helped you rise to power. I even raised some of you like my own children.” He laughed bitterly before continuing, “Perhaps it’s a good thing I never had children of my own. They probably would’ve betrayed me too.”

“Stop lying!” someone shouted from the crowd. “There’s no way you could rise so quickly without obtaining a supreme treasure. We already know your secret. Hand over the Primordial Energy Seed if you value your life!”

Thanos slowly raised his head and stared into the endless darkness of the universe.

“They want my bloodline,” he whispered into the void through spiritual transmission. “That’s no different from demanding my life.”

No living being present heard those words.

Then suddenly, without warning, he moved.

BOOM!

Thanos slashed downward with his sword, and the strike exploded into boundless Qi that tore through space itself. Entire dimensions split apart beneath the pressure alone while nearby worlds shattered instantly.

The gathered powerhouses reacted in horror, erecting defensive barriers at once, but it was already too late.

Half of them were annihilated on the spot.

Blood rained across the cosmos as stars dimmed and the universe itself trembled violently. Fear spread through the survivors like poison.

If the Eternal Calamity still possessed power on this level, why had he endured their siege for seven days and seven nights without retaliating?

Thanos smiled faintly as destruction engulfed the heavens. Worlds collapsed one after another while space caved inward into a raging chaotic void filled with drifting corpses and shattered fragments of dying dimensions.

But he knew the truth.

That attack had consumed everything. His soul, his essence, and almost every drop of energy he had left.

He had already accepted defeat because no matter how invincible a person became, one man could never stand against the combined might of the universe forever.

The weaker cultivators fled in terror, escaping from the collapsing dimensions, yet the true monsters remained.

Ancient Dragons, Primordial Gods, and Immortal Demons stood firm against the collapsing heavens. These were existences that had ruled the universe since forgotten eras. Together, they pushed back against the raging chaos while forcefully stabilizing parts of the collapsing space around themselves.

Then they began walking toward him slowly and relentlessly.

It was finally time to erase the terror that had haunted them for countless years.

Yet Thanos still smiled. Not even death could force fear onto his face.

“So,” he said casually while glancing at them, “which one of you still has a wife I haven’t slept with?”

The expressions of the powerhouses darkened instantly.

“You really should’ve brought greener hats on your way here.”

Killing intent erupted violently throughout the battlefield.

But before anyone could move, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Thanos.

“You’ll have to get through me first.”

Thanos’ smile vanished immediately.

“Zaki?!”

His eyes widened as he stared at the fat man standing before him.

Zaki’s body was drenched in blood. Flesh hung from several parts of his body, exposing bone beneath. One of his arms was nearly torn apart, and countless wounds covered him from head to toe. His aura fluctuated chaotically as though he could collapse at any moment.

“I hope...” Zaki coughed out blood before smiling weakly. “...I made it in time.”

Thanos froze as emotions surged through him. The only person who had never betrayed him, not even once, was Zaki the Fatty.

But what was the point anymore?

Even Thanos himself had failed. In Zaki’s current condition, there was no possible way he could stand against the supreme powerhouses of the universe.

The enemies attacked instantly. Divine arts, demonic flames, dragon breaths, and heavenly laws descended together to erase them both from existence.

But then Thanos did something unimaginable.

He grabbed Zaki and hurled him directly into the still-raging chaotic void.

Everyone froze in shock.

“What are you doing?!”

Thanos stared silently at the endless chaos swallowing Zaki whole.

With injuries this severe, Zaki would never be able to escape the chaotic space alive. But perhaps, just perhaps, his soul might survive.

The odds were less than fifty percent. Maybe even less than one.

But it was still better than allowing him to die there with his soul completely destroyed.

The attacks of the powerhouses finally arrived.

BOOM!

They struck Thanos simultaneously.

His shattered body trembled violently as blood exploded from every pore, yet even then, he forced himself to turn toward them one final time.

A grin appeared on his bloodied face.

“You will never have it.”

Then he spat out a massive mouthful of blood directly into the chaotic void before life finally faded from his eyes.

To the gathered powerhouses, it looked like nothing more than the dying act of a defeated man.

Only Thanos knew the truth.

Hidden within that blood was his Blood Origin. The Primordial Energy Seed had already merged with it, becoming one and the same.

Thanos the Eternal Calamity had fallen.