" Haa!"
Clark punched Thanos in the face, latter stepped back from the huge impact. Clark grabbed his arm, throwing him to Billy and Billy zapped him with his lightning.
Angry Thanos tried to pull him by his cape, but he was bound by a lasso of truth as he was dragged to Diana.
" Eat this, monster."
Hal hammered him with his giant hammer, giving Cyborg and Flash a moment to attack. Flash used his sonic punches with his lightning throws to hinder his moves while Cyborg shot him with his beams.
" Enough of this!"
Thanos punched Billy who was wrestling with him and throw a huge rock at Hal, rendering him useless for a moment. He pulled Diana with her, throwing her into Cyborg who was caught off guard and headbutted Clark. Then he used space stone to get next to Arthur and kicked him in the legs.
However, Arthur who was experienced with the gems, guessed his move as he slashed one of his arms with a space blade that cut the protection of the space gem. Although this move was powerful, Arthur knew he couldn't use it consistently due to its pure raw power and backlash of the elemental property of space and time.
Additionally, this power was enchanted with his magic knowledge. Therefore, it was tolling on his mental strength when he swung his sword.
" Agh!"
Thanos groaned, attaching his arms with Time gem as he retreated again. He felt his time was running out and Arthur gave him no chance to perform his ultimate move. The deciding factor of this battle was already in their favor because he was burning his life and he was wrecked by heroes before their arrival. This made him extremely weakened as he was not yet to regain his power.
Death only gives him immortal life, not his power back which made him even more impactful. Contrary, Arthur and his team were in their prime and they cooperated perfectly to hold him down and restrain the usage of the gems.
" What are you thinking about, purple head?"
Billy hit his head, momentarily stunning him in his place. Clark used his heat vision to cut off his gauntlet and Diana pulled the gauntlet to her.
" No!"
Thanos shook off Billy, running to the gauntlet with his fastest speed, yet Cyborg boom tubed it next to Arthur. Arthur took the gauntlet as he removed the hand inside of it quickly while asking with puzzlement.
" Quick, how can I use this?"
He asked just in case because he never used it before and he wasn't sure the snap would cut it.
" Snap your finger!"
Tony said, coughing with blood in his mouth. Arthur nodded his head, and snapped his finger, but nothing happened to Thanos who was running toward him like a raging bull.
Arthur clicked his tongue, knowing this was useless and he put the thing inside his magic space while running toward him with others.
" I will kill you, Arthur. You thwarted my plans and destroyed billions of lives."
Thanos roared with fury, trying to kill him even though other league members were pinning him down. His bloodshot eyes were fixated on his face, wishing to eat him alive from his pure rage.
" I won't allow you!"
Injured Hela pulled her sword and stabbed him in his chest, nailing him down to the ground. Other heroic spirits followed her suit as they used their divine weapons to hold him down.
" Chains of Krakkan!"
Strange summoned chains that coiled around him. Ghost riders didn't sit idly as they also put their hell chains to bind him down.
Thanos finally understood he had no chance to escape or get his things back. Hence, he silently raised his head and looked at the eyes of the man whom he thought was a possible threat. He never imagined he would kneel before a mere human and he would be this helpless.
" You have won and I have lost. I believe we will meet again."
He sighed, slowly returning to the place where he belonged. Neither Arthur nor Hela could grab his soul due to the intervention of Death, but it was alright. They have won in the end and that is all matter to them because they could feel their embrace after a long, long time.