Chapter 1096: Star-Lord is in Danger

As the biological descendant of Ego, Star-Lord has inherited Ego's bloodline, and the energy contained in his body is extremely powerful. After all, Ego once tried to use Star-Lord as a "battery" to realize his ambitious plan. If the energy in Star-Lord's body was not strong enough, how could Ego choose him?

However, in the race that Ego belongs to, Star-Lord is still in the growth stage like an infant. Back on Ego, the reason why Star-Lord was able to use the energy in his body freely was entirely due to Ego activating the dormant energy for him and carefully teaching him how to use it.

But after Ego's death, Star-Lord lost the ability to freely call upon energy. This is most likely some kind of restriction that Ego secretly left behind when he helped Star-Lord activate his energy. Since then, Star-Lord can only rely on himself, exploring the talent of his race alone over the long years, trying to gradually awaken and strengthen the blood power in his body.

Noah had helped Star-Lord before, allowing him to awaken the bloodline power in his body. At least he could use some of the power of gods temporarily, so that he would not have to be a demigod, but would be like an ordinary human. However, it was still too weak for Star-Lord at present.

Now, in Agatha's eyes, Star-Lord is like a "hot commodity" emitting an alluring glow. He possesses coveted energy, but does not have the strength to protect it. For a witch who is good at absorbing other people's energy, Star-Lord is simply a godsend.

"Let me take care of your power!" Agatha's eyes flashed with greed, and she raised her hands impatiently. Two thick dark magic powers, like agile black pythons, stretched out from her palms and tightly wrapped around Star-Lord, who was emitting a faint light. In an instant, the light in Star-Lord's body was like being pulled by an invisible big hand, and along the rope-like dark magic, it was continuously absorbed into Agatha's body.

"Hmm~ah~, this ancient and powerful power." Feeling the divine light energy pouring into her body like a surging warm current, Agatha closed her eyes comfortably, an expression of extreme enjoyment emerging on her face, as if she was inhaling the most intoxicating psychedelic substance in the world.

"Ugh!! Ugh!" In sharp contrast, Star-Lord's face was full of pain. His facial features were twisted together due to the severe pain, and his body was shaking involuntarily. After all, the energy in his body was being extracted alive by Agatha at this moment, and every bit of energy loss was like cutting off a piece of flesh from his body.

Agatha's absorption talent was terrifying. She absorbed not only the target's energy, but also their life force. Usually, those whose consciousness was sucked dry by Agatha would eventually become a dried-up corpse, completely deprived of all traces of life.

"Peter!" The members of the Guardians of the Galaxy saw this scene, their eyes seemed to be spitting fire, and their eyes were bloodshot. However, they were all bound in the air by Agatha's magic, unable to break free, and without long-range attack methods, they could only watch Agatha do whatever she wanted to Star-Lord with anger in their hearts.

Groot, as the only member of the Guardians of the Galaxy with long-range attack capabilities, was also extremely anxious. He tried to stretch out his branch to attack Agatha and rescue Star-Lord. But his movements were too large and too obvious, and were quickly noticed by Agatha. In an instant, a powerful magic power enveloped Groot's entire body like a surging tide, subjecting him to even more stringent restrictions. The branch was tightly imprisoned and unable to move.

Once Groot was blocked, the Guardians of the Galaxy were completely helpless. After all, without long-range weapons such as guns, each of them was only a warrior good at close combat, and facing Agatha who was heavily protected by magic, they could not help at all.

"Peter..." However, Mantis, who was also suspended in the air not far behind Star-Lord but had not played any role in the previous battle, flashed her eyes a few times and then became extremely determined.

Mantis has always been a useless auxiliary and nurse in the Guardians of the Galaxy. After all, she doesn't have a strong attack ability. Her powerful spiritual talent can only work when she touches others with her own hands. Her weak melee ability makes this talent extremely useless in fierce battles and difficult to use.

After countless battles, Mandis became more and more eager to change this situation and no longer wanted to be an insignificant existence in the team. Therefore, she has been training her talent hard recently, trying to break through the limitations and achieve the long-distance release of power and act outside the body.

Although Mantis had made some progress in her training, the process was quite slow. Therefore, while training, she was also racking her brains to find another way to use her abilities to exert her combat effectiveness in the short term.

Mandis thought hard but had no clue until one day when she saw Groot happily playing with some strange plant spores.

Witnessing this scene, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to Mandis. She realized that she had an extremely powerful spiritual gift that allowed her to communicate with all life in the world, whether it was plants or animals.

Seeing the strange spores with different functions in Groot's hand, Mantis immediately had an idea in her mind. Although she lacked direct long-range attack methods, she might be able to use these wonderful external objects to achieve the long-range release of her own power. (I borrowed the ability of Mantis in Marvel Comics)

These spores, which contain magical powers, are undoubtedly the best choice. So, Mantis hurried to Groot and explained her ideas, and Groot was naturally willing to help his friend.

In this way, Mantis successfully obtained the magical plant spores from Groot. These spores were from Groot, a giant elephant of the flower god clan, and each of them contained unique abilities. When combined with Mantis's magical innate abilities, they could produce effects beyond imagination, such as paralysis, hallucination, healing, explosion, etc.

With her powerful psychic talents, Mantis can precisely and freely control when the spores will unleash their power.

For example, now, Mandis spread out her palms and released spores that were so tiny that they could not be detected by the naked eye. Those spores were like light dust, floating in the air in an instant, following Mandis's thoughts, and spreading silently in all directions.

Mandys from Marvel Comics