Thanos didn't want to be a villain.

Chapter 114 Marvel - The Nine Calamities Codex

After Dio pulled his face out of the ground, he saw two people he had knocked unconscious.

Dio recognized the two men at a glance, based on their distinctive decorations and skin color, and then glanced at the surrounding environment.

Very good, Avengers: Infinity War, the Battle of Wakanda.

Thor and Thanos were the ones who were knocked unconscious by their own collision.

A cry of pain rang out; the Stormbreaker impaled in his chest had woken Thanos from his reverie. He braced himself with one hand and prepared to get up.

He turned his head and spotted someone he'd never seen before but who looked familiar. He instinctively reached for his fist and tried to use the Infinity Stones.

With a thought, Dio used his telekinesis to freeze Thanos in place, stopping his movements.

"Who are you?" A voice came from behind. Dio turned around and saw Bruce Banner, who had just broken free from the stone wall.

At his feet were Rocket Raccoon and Groot, supporting each other.

"Who owns this big gold nugget?" Rocket Raccoon asked wearily.

“I am Groot,” Groot said, uttering words that were difficult to decipher.

However, Dio understood; he meant that he didn't know either.

Dio did not reply, but went straight to take off the Infinity Gauntlet and Thor's Stormbreaker.

His actions immediately triggered a stress response in the man, the tree, and the raccoon, who instantly became alert and ready to fire their weapons at any moment.

However, Dio's next move made them lay down their weapons.

With a swift movement, Dio chopped off Thanos's head with his axe, then donned the Infinity Stones and turned the corpse to dust.

Thanos was completely reduced to ashes.

Bruce Banner, surprised, opened the peephole and asked, "Hey buddy, are you with us?"

Rocket Raccoon didn't think too much about it and happily said, "Hahaha, that's awesome, manly guy! I don't know who you are, but thank you!"

As he spoke, he walked over to Thor and shook him, trying to wake him up.

Dio dropped the Storm Axe. He had no intention of keeping it for himself. Although the weapon contained extremely high energy, it was too small. Holding it in his hand, it felt like a small axe, the kind a carpenter uses for calibration.

It doesn't feel right to use.

Then, Dio looked at the abilities the system had given him.

"Congratulations, host, on obtaining the Infinity Gauntlet (including the Infinity Stones version). The rewards are as follows:"

Infinity Gauntlet (including the Infinity Stones version): Forbidden Word Technique. It allows you to use all the energy in your body to strengthen your life force. The duration depends on your energy reserves, and the increase in strength depends on your life force cultivation.

Space Stone: Space-Time Gate (Half-Life), the existence of the system's space gate has been detected. This reward is half the functionality of the system's space gate, allowing you to search for and identify any world in the myriad realms.

Time Stone: Spacetime Gate (half), the other half of the system's spacetime gate function, which can search for and locate any world in the myriad realms.

Power Gem: Nine Tribulations Manual. From the Swallowed Star world.

Mind Stone: The Art of Cloning. From the world of Swallowed Star.

Soul Gem: The crafting method for the Myriad Soul Banner.

"Huh? This... how come it makes my wishes come true?" Dio felt that this system had a kind of wish-fulfilling quality.

What he lacks most right now is a cultivation technique, and the most useful one in the Marvel universe is definitely the cultivation technique of Swallowing the Stars.

Although Swallowed Star is essentially a fantasy world disguised as science fiction, the cultivation techniques within it are actually quite applicable to the world of American comics.

Dio was very happy and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Dio's laughter woke Saul up.

"Thanos!" Thor, still conscious, roared and stood up.

There was no one else around except for one unfamiliar stranger.

"Hey strongman, don't get excited, Thanos is dead, the battle is over," Rocket Raccoon quickly came forward to comfort him.

Rocket Raccoon, who had climbed onto Thor's shoulder, asked, "Little rabbit? What do you mean? Thanos is dead? Where is his body?" Thor hadn't found Thanos's body and asked quickly.

Rocket Raccoon pointed at Dio, who was still laughing loudly.

Thor then looked at the tall Dio, and for some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity at first glance.

The sense of oppression Dio gave him always felt like Thanos.

Putting aside his agitation, Thor stepped forward and said, "Hello, my friend just told me that you killed Thanos? Where is his body? I want to take it to pay tribute to my family."

Dio glanced at Thor in front of him; compared to Thor in his world, this Thor appeared more mature and experienced.

Dio neither answered nor refused, but activated the Time Stone's power and turned it toward the pool of ashes before him.

Time seemed to reverse, and Thanos's corpse rose from the ashes back into flesh.

Thor, watching Thanos still being beheaded, suppressed his excitement and bowed to Dio, saying, "Thank you for your help, but I cannot give you the Infinity Stones."

Thor was worried that if the other party obtained the Infinity Stones, they would become like Thanos. As he spoke, Stormbreaker in his hand was already poised to strike.

He would do anything to stop Dio from agreeing, even at the cost of his life.

Dio didn't want to say much. He threw the Infinity Gauntlet to Thor and then used his new ability to open a portal and leave, leaving the others looking at each other in bewilderment.

“He’s a really mysterious person,” Rocket Raccoon said.

For some unknown reason, she held the Infinity Gauntlet and looked at Thanos's corpse.

Dio, on the other hand, went straight back to check on his haul.

He thought he would have to search through several worlds to obtain cultivation techniques, but he didn't expect to succeed on his first try.

Then, Dio discovered that the function of the Nine Tribulations Manual was not a cultivation technique, but rather an aid to cultivation.

Moreover, the restrictions are extremely high; applicants must be Earthlings born on Earth, and their souls must also be Earthlings.

If we ignore the differences between the Earth in Swallowing the Stars and the Marvel Earth, Dio only occupies the soul of Earth.

He felt it was impossible for him to reincarnate as an Earthling again just to cultivate the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual, since the time for the great multiverse war was drawing ever closer, and he didn't have much time to reach his current level.

With this in mind, Dio entered the prism space of the observer.

The observer, Yuatu, was very surprised. How could Dio have come here on his own in the blink of an eye?

"What did you just do?" Yuatu was very surprised, and at the same time regretted that he hadn't seen Dio gain this power!

This is a feat that could impact the universe!

“I need your help,” Dio said, startling Yuatu.

"I need you to help me locate the Infinity Stones from other worlds or Thanos from other worlds, preferably when both are together," Dio requested.

Yuatu looked rather grim.

The observer uses the reason of absolutely not interfering in the world's development as a bottom line.

However, the multiverse crisis caused by Ultron last time was indeed due to his inability to restrain himself and his underestimation of Ultron's power.

From then on, the observer's bottom line became the chastity of prostitutes.

But now, asking him to openly cross the line is simply impossible.

But just as Yuatu was about to refuse Dio, a voice came, leaving Yuatu stunned for a moment.

Yuatu, whose eyes were obscured by a white light, gave Dio the feeling that the other was thinking and making a decision.

"Then what is your reason for doing this?" Yuatu asked with some difficulty.

Dio glanced at Yuatu, his expression complex.

Good grief, you agreed, so why ask for all these reasons?

"I can kill others and acquire their abilities, so I need to find other Thanos and absorb their power." As soon as he finished speaking, Dio was stunned. His behavior seemed like something out of a movie.

"That……"