Chapter 71 Don't look like you've been played with
Tony's iconic flamboyant laugh still echoed over the desert, like an early declaration of victory for this battle.
However, the protagonist of the declaration didn't seem to buy it.
"Haha, alien robots are nothing more than..."
Before the word "this" could even fall, an accident occurred.
Suddenly.
From the bottomless giant pit, the sky-high yellow sand abruptly paused.
Immediately after, a blinding white light beam, brighter than the sun, like the divine punishment light at the beginning of creation, ruthlessly tore through the smoke and dust.
No sound, no warning, only pure, destructive energy capable of disintegrating all things!
"Sir..."
Jarvis's sharp alarm blared in Tony's ear.
But his warning couldn't even be uttered.
With a "buzz," the scorching white disintegration ray flashed, accurately hitting the Arc Reactor on Tony's chest.
In an instant, Tony felt as if he had been directly hit by an invisible interstellar war hammer, and his internal organs were violently churning.
Stars exploded before his eyes, and the entire world spun around him.
The red and gold armor immediately became like a kite with a broken string, emitting thick black smoke and dazzling electrical sparks, spinning like a top as it flew backward, plowing a terrifying hundreds-of-meters-long gully in the sand.
"Armor... damage report!"
Tony gritted his teeth, squeezing out a few words from his throat, his mouth full of the taste of rust.
"Sir..."
Jarvis's voice carried an unprecedented gravity, "Outer armor damage 81%, energy shield instantly overloaded, Arc Reactor output power decreased to 18%."
"Multiple Symbiote systems have been forced offline... According to calculations, we didn't even last 1 second."
"Sir, I suggest you immediately withdraw from the battlefield!"
Tony's heart instantly sank to rock bottom.
At the same time.
From within the giant pit, the Destroyer's heavy metal body slowly rose, not a single scratch visible on it.
Its smooth faceplate turned to the other side, locking onto the large green guy who had just sent it flying.
"Roar!!!"
Hulk didn't care about tactics; his dictionary only contained "rage" and "smash."
He roared and charged again, each step making the ground tremble.
In the narrow slit on the Destroyer's faceplate, a scorching white light glowed again.
Another disintegration ray!
Hulk roared, his massive arm muscles bulging, crossed in front of him, and he took the blow head-on!
"Boom!!!"
However, the terrifying Shockwave still blasted a giant pit in the sand beneath Hulk's feet.
His massive body was also pushed back dozens of meters by this force, his feet plowing two deep furrows in the sand.
Before Hulk could stabilize himself, the Destroyer had already taken heavy strides.
Unhurried, yet with an oppressive feeling like a mountain pressing down, it walked towards Hulk.
The light flashed again!
The third disintegration ray accurately slammed into Hulk's chest!
"Ow--!"
This time, Hulk could no longer resist; his massive body, as if struck by a battering ram, flew backward like a cannonball, crashing heavily onto a distant sand dune, kicking up a sky full of yellow sand.
"Roar!!!"
The successive attacks, at this moment, completely ignited Hulk's fury!
He suddenly let out a deafening roar.
In mid-air, his body hadn't even fully landed yet, but he forcefully adjusted his posture before falling.
The moment his feet touched the ground, he leaped up heavily, the strength bursting from his muscles causing the entire sand dune to collapse.
"Boom!"
He directly shot into the sky, using a strange zigzag trajectory, narrowly dodging the fourth ray, and instantly closed in on the Destroyer!
"Smash! Smash! Smash!"
Hulk had completely fallen into a berserk state, his iron fists turning into green phantoms, raining down frantically on the Destroyer.
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang--"
The dense, rain-like metallic Shockwave sounds merged into one, making eardrums ache.
The Destroyer's indestructible body was actually beaten back step by step by this unreasonable, violent force.
However, just as Hulk was getting into the swing of things, the Destroyer suddenly changed its strategy.
It no longer fired rays but suddenly sank its body, its right arm, at an ancient and tricky angle, struck first, accurately delivering a punch to Hulk's jaw!
This punch did not have the earth-shattering momentum of Hulk's, but it contained a condensed, ultimate divine power from Odin!
"Thud!"
Hulk's massive head suddenly tilted back, feeling as if billions of bees were buzzing in his brain, and his eyes instantly lost focus.
He... was actually dazed!
Unlike Hulk's pure brute force, every attack from the Destroyer was full of skill.
Dodging, blocking, counterattacking, almost in one fluid motion, like a seasoned combat master.
It seemed clumsy, but every movement was precise and efficient, perfect like a textbook.
Even more terrifying, as the battle progressed, the ancient runic symbols engraved on the Destroyer began to glow with a faint golden light.
An invisible magic energy from Asgard began to spread, like unseen shackles, silently penetrating into Hulk's body.
It began to interfere, suppress, and disrupt the endless raging energy within him!
"Roar...?"
Hulk's punches began to become increasingly weak.
He felt his strength rapidly draining away, that kind of anger capable of tearing a planet apart, as if a cold lake had been poured into it, unable to ignite.
Why?
Why was this happening?!
Hulk didn't understand; he only felt immense frustration and anger.
From the factory in Brazil to the streets of Harlem, and now to this broken desert... why did he always seem to be getting beaten, or on the way to getting beaten?!
But the Destroyer wouldn't give him time to ponder "life."
It seized the moment of Hulk's weakening strength, delivering a heavy knee strike to Hulk's abdomen, followed by a precise hand chop to the back of his neck!
"Bang!"
Hulk's massive body uncontrollably crashed to his knees on the ground.
Immediately after, the Destroyer delivered a heavy punch, containing immense power, squarely on his back!
"Rumble!!!"
The ground collapsed, and Hulk was slammed directly into the sand by this punch, unable to get up again.
The gamma energy within him completely fell into disarray, and his green skin even began to show faint signs of fading.
The Destroyer slowly raised its metal right foot, aimed at Hulk's massive head, preparing to deliver the final blow to this mortal beast.
Just at this critical moment!
"Sigh..."
A soft sigh quietly echoed on the boisterous battlefield.
Lin Chen, who had been watching from a distance, finally moved.
He looked at Hulk, lying on the ground, a trace of helplessness and confusion in his eyes, and sighed softly.
Indeed, this was the complete version of the Destroyer, infused with Odin's divine power, not the emasculated iron can from the movie that Sif had stabbed through with a spear.
Before he finished speaking, the Destroyer's right foot had already descended heavily, with a whistling sound that tore through the air!
At that instant!
On Lin Chen's lope belt, the Rabbit Talisman, representing speed, flashed with a faint light.
"Whoosh!"
Lin Chen's figure instantly vanished from his original spot.
Along with him, Hulk, who was lying on the ground, also disappeared.
"Boom!!!!!!!"
The Destroyer's right foot heavily stomped on empty space, the terrifying force instantly crushing the sand within tens of meters into a giant sunken sand pit, and the Shockwave leveled the surrounding sand dunes!
A hundred meters away, where Tony had fallen.
A flash of light, and Lin Chen's figure appeared out of thin air; with one hand... he was carrying Hulk by his massive nape, as if carrying a small chicken, and easily placed him on the ground.
Looking at Tony, whose armor was damaged and blood was oozing from his mouth, and Hulk, who was weak and unfocused, Lin Chen sighed helplessly.
"Alright, don't look like you've been broken."
He clapped his hands, as if he had only done a trivial little thing.
"You and Hulk rest here for a bit."
Lin Chen turned around, his gaze calmly fixed on the metal fiend in the distance, who was slowly turning its attention this way, a playful curve on his lips.
"I'll go meet that big guy."
Chapter 72 Do You Think I Will Lose?
"Lin Chen, you're finally here…"
Tony Stark tried to get up.
But due to the damage to his armor and his own injuries, he tried several times but couldn't stand up.
He could only watch Lin Chen, carrying Hulk, throw him beside himself.
"Hey, buddy…"
Tony's voice was dry and hoarse. He struggled to sit up from the ground, but he aggravated his internal injuries, wincing in pain.
"You… are you sure you want to go alone? That thing… I feel like it's not on the same level as us…"
"I know."
Lin Chen shrugged, unconcerned, and said, "But so what? Do you think I'll lose?"
"This…"
Tony opened his mouth, unsure how to answer.
Although the opponent was very strong, Lin Chen also seemed very strong.
He really wasn't sure who would come out on top.
"Don't worry, he can't hurt me."
Lin Chen smiled confidently, casually healing Tony's injuries with the Horse Talisman.
Then he directly took a step, walking unhurriedly towards the metal giant that had just completely locked its gaze on him.
The sizes of the two formed a strong contrast on this ravaged and scarred desert.
Within the Destroyer's mask slits, a scorching White light once again converged, brighter than any previous time.
As if to completely evaporate this world!
That terrifying energy, capable of disintegrating all matter, had already locked onto Lin Chen.
In its eyes, or rather, in the eyes of its controller, Loki, this mortal was a bit too overconfident.
Who gave him the courage to challenge a god?
Mortals should act like mortals.
For example, turning into ashes!
In an instant.
The energy accumulated in the Destroyer's head had reached a critical point, and a pillar of light, like a divine punishment from the Creator, once again descended upon the world.
But, at the same time the pillar of light shot out.
Lin Chen's figure disappeared once again.
"Whoosh!"
The destructive pillar of light pierced through the spot where he had just stood, directly blasting a bottomless, glazed giant hole in the sand dune at his original position, with scorching steam rising into the sky.
A missed attack!
The Destroyer's rune-composed "brain" seemed to momentarily freeze.
It couldn't understand.
Its attack was a concept lock approaching the speed of light; no mortal creature could possibly dodge it!
"Looking for me?"
The next second, a voice with a hint of playfulness, as if coming from all directions, yet also seeming to be right next to its ear, rang out.
The Destroyer abruptly turned its heavy metal head.
Left? No!
Right? No!
Behind? Still no!
Its target acquisition logic completely fell into chaos at this moment.
"Sir…"
Jarvis's voice rang in Tony's helmet, "I… I can't track his movement trajectory."
"His instantaneous speed exceeded… no, it was tens of times Mach! He's faster than before…"
"I'm not blind, Jarvis."
Tony stared intently at the battlefield, his Adam's apple bobbing, "This guy, how does he seem to keep getting stronger?"
Before he finished speaking.
"Bang!!!"
A muffled, yet soul-shattering, colossal sound exploded!
Lin Chen's figure had appeared directly above the Destroyer at some unknown point.
He maintained an unremarkable downward punching posture, his fist precisely colliding with the Destroyer's smooth, mirror-like back of the head.
And on his fist, a blazing, Dragon-shaped flame totem, seemingly capable of incinerating all things, flashed and disappeared!
Dragon Talisman, Power of Explosion!
With a loud "boom"!
In an instant, an unstoppable force exploded on the Destroyer's head!
The Uru divine steel, which could withstand Hulk's furious hammerings and even missile attacks without a scratch, at this moment, was like glass hit head-on by a battering ram!
"Crack… crackle…"
Accompanied by a grating sound of tearing metal.
Dense, intricate cracks, centered on Lin Chen's fist, frantically spread across the Destroyer's entire body.
The Destroyer's massive body instantly seemed to be hit head-on by an invisible star, its feet leaving the ground, and it plunged headfirst into the earth!
"Boom!!!!!"
The earth wailed again, and a giant crater, several times deeper and more terrifying than the one Hulk had just created, impressively formed!
"…"
In the distance, Tony opened his mouth, unable to utter a single word.
"…"
And Hulk, who had just recovered a bit of consciousness and barely lifted his head, also widened his bewildered eyes.
This… this style of painting isn't right!
The invincible fiend who was chasing him and the metal can and beating them up, how… how was he knocked down with one punch?
And… and when did his strength become so strong?
"Roar…?"
He subconsciously let out a low growl, his simple brain increasingly realizing that the other party had held back in Brazil.
Looking back at the battlefield.
Lin Chen's figure lightly landed on the ground, patted away non-existent dust from his hands, and looked at the Destroyer struggling to get up from the deep pit, a smirk on his lips.
"Is this all you've got? Loki's charge for you must be a false rating, right?"
Before he finished speaking, the Destroyer suddenly shot out of the pit.
The cracks on its body rapidly repaired under the influence of divine power, but the discomfiture could not be hidden no matter what.
The light in the mask slits turned from scorching White to furious crimson!
It abandoned its long-range rays, its massive body like a moving mountain, charging fiercely towards Lin Chen with an aura of crushing everything.
It wanted to use the most primitive close combat to tear apart this mortal who dared to desecrate divine power!
"Good timing."
Lin Chen smiled.
He didn't even change his stance, just stood quietly in place.
The moment the Destroyer's iron fist, containing the immense power of the divine realm, was about to touch his face… "Whoosh!"
Lin Chen's figure once again vanished from its original spot.
The Destroyer's heavy punch swung through the air, the resulting wind even causing the air to emit a sonic boom's wail.
And Lin Chen, like a ghostly dancer circling a clumsy giant bear, began his performance.
"Whoosh!"
He appeared at the Destroyer's left knee, delivering a side kick imbued with furious power.
"Boom!"
The Destroyer's left leg buckled, and its massive body staggered.
"Whoosh!"
Immediately after, he appeared on the Destroyer's right side, his eyes glowing yellow, and the power of the Pig Talisman instantly activated!
"Sizzle——"
Two slender, scorching golden beams of light shot from his eyes, like two indestructible surgical knives, precisely cutting into the joint connection of the Destroyer's right arm.
The high temperature instantly burned the Uru divine steel there red-hot, even beginning to melt!
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Next, the battlefield completely became Lin Chen's solo act.
His figure transformed into countless blurred afterimages, circling the Destroyer, forming a gray whirlwind of death.
Sometimes it was the Dragon Talisman's furious bombardment, sometimes the Pig Talisman's high-temperature rays, sometimes switching to the fierce power of the Ox Talisman… He was like a magician, showcasing all his lifelong knowledge with various tricks before an audience.
Chapter 73: The child is teachable
From a distance, Tony Stark was completely dumbfounded.
Because everything happening before him had completely exceeded his cognitive scope.
That wasn't a battle.
That was a… one-sided solo show!
The Destroyer was like a Gundam model obtained by a mischievous child, being dismantled piece by piece in the most brutal and unreasonable way.
It possessed the power to destroy the world, yet it couldn't even touch the opponent's clothes.
Its disintegration ray could only ever chase after a residual Shadow that had long since departed.
Its heavy punches, every time, could only angrily smash into the empty sand.
Frustration!
Endless frustration!
Far away in Asgard, Loki, observing all of this through the Destroyer's perspective, his face had changed from initial astonishment to ashen, and finally to a pale white.
His proudest, father's strongest weapon of war, was now being toyed with like a clown by a Midgard mortal!
"Buzz!!!"
Finally, the Destroyer gave up its attack and abruptly stopped all movements.
All of its Runic symbols lit up at this moment, and brilliant golden light shot up into the sky!
It no longer attempted to attack, but instead converted all of its divine power into defense, a visible golden divine power shield enveloping it layer by layer.
At the same time, its facial armor opened again, and an energy beam ten times thicker than before began to charge furiously.
It wanted to use its strongest attack to wipe this area, along with that damned fly, from the Earth!
"Oh? Going for the ultimate move?"
Lin Chen's figure stood still a hundred meters away, watching this scene with a composed demeanor, a hint of anticipation even appearing on his face.
However, what he was waiting for was not the Destroyer's attack.
He slowly raised his head, his gaze seemingly penetrating the desert, looking towards the dunes several kilometers away.
A meaningful smile played on his lips.
"Thor, if you don't come to snatch the kill, I won't leave any for you."
That voice seemed to carry some strange magic, piercing through the roar of wind and energy, accurately drilling into the ears of the distraught blond figure several kilometers away.
"Thor…"
Thor, kneeling beside mjolnir, trembled violently.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes filled with bloodshot and confusion.
He saw it, he saw the destructive beam that pierced through heaven and Earth, and he also saw the small but Celestial-like figure toying with the Destroyer.
"I…"
He remembered his father Odin's utterly disappointed gaze, and Loki's words, like ancient cold ice, a judgment that completely froze all his pride.
"You are unworthy!"
Yes, I am unworthy.
I was reckless, I was arrogant, I was so presumptuous as to believe that brute force alone could solve all problems.
I started a war, shamed Asgard, allowed the Frost Giants to covet, and forced Father to expend great effort to clean up my mess.
I even… almost killed my best friends.
I am a sinner of Asgard.
Endless regret and pain, like steel needles, continuously pierced his heart.
A hot tear slipped from the corner of the former high and mighty Thor's eye, hitting the cold hammer body, instantly evaporating.
He trembled, extending the hand that once held this divine hammer, stirring up the winds and clouds of the Nine Realms.
His fingertips gently caressed mjolnir's familiar, cold metal patterns.
"I'm sorry…"
Thor's voice was hoarse like a broken bellows, he pressed his forehead against the hammer, like a helpless child.
"I'm sorry, Father… I'm sorry, friends… I'm sorry, everyone I guarded…"
"I am not a good son, not a good prince, and certainly not… a qualified Celestial."
His tears could no longer be restrained, gushing out like a broken dam.
And at this moment.
"Hum—"
The Mjolnir, which had been silent and unresponsive to him all this time, let out a faint hum, as if from eternity.
Thor was startled.
Immediately after, a faint blue electric arc, like a newborn spirit, leaped out from the hammer body, intimately wrapping around his fingertips.
"Crackling…"
More electric arcs began to emerge, they were no longer violent destructive forces, but gentle energies, carrying recognition and a summons, flowing along his arm, throughout his body.
As if responding to his repentance, welcoming his return!
"mjolnir… have you, have you forgiven me?"
"You are encouraging me, right?"
A spark rekindled in Thor's eyes.
He felt it, he felt mjolnir's call!
He clenched the hammer handle, that sense of power, familiar to the depths of his soul, instantly spread throughout his limbs.
He raised his head, looking at the Destroyer in the distance that was furiously accumulating energy, preparing to turn everything into nothingness, the confusion and regret in his eyes replaced by an unprecedented determination!
"I may… not be a qualified Celestial, and certainly not a qualified Guardian…"
He used all his strength to slowly lift Mjolnir from the sand, his voice not loud, but as if proclaiming to the entire Universe!
"But—"
"I! Thor Odinson! Will never, ever allow anyone to bully the beings of the Nine Realms!!!"
The moment his voice fell!
"Boom!!!!!!"
The clear sky was instantly swallowed by endless dark clouds.
The entire New Mexico desert, day turned into night.
In an instant, a terrifyingly thick silver lightning dragon, roaring, tore through the sky, precisely striking Thor!
Amidst the lightning, his bare upper body began to be rapidly covered by a set of silver armor glowing with divine radiance.
Gauntlets, breastplate, war boots… Finally, that blood-red cape, rustling in the violent lightning, was re-draped behind him!
Thor, returned to his position!
"Roar ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!"
Thor let out a roar that had been suppressed for too long.
He grabbed the leather strap at the end of the hammer handle, and with a primal and wild posture, furiously spun Mjolnir!
"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—"
In an instant, sand swirled, and lightning flashed!
Driven by Mjolnir's unparalleled centrifugal force, Thor's feet suddenly left the ground, and he transformed into a red and silver meteor, bravely soaring into the sky, fearlessly plunging into the swirling thunderclouds born for him!
...In the center of the battlefield.
Lin Chen still stood composed, as if oblivious to the energy beam above the Destroyer's head that was about to destroy the world.
He saw the sudden appearance of thunderclouds in the distance, saw the familiar figure rushing into the thunderclouds, and a satisfied arc formed on his lips.
"A teachable young man."
He murmured softly.
And at this moment, the Destroyer finished charging!
"Buzz—!!!"
An extremely thick, scorching white beam of light, capable of wiping a city off the map, tore through the air, bringing with it the divine power to incinerate all things, and blasted over furiously!
However, before the beam could reach him… "Boom!!! Crack—!!!"
The swirling thunderclouds in the sky, as if sensing the provocation.
A massive lightning bolt, more violent and unreasonable than the Destroyer's beam, struck first, like a Celestial's spear, fiercely hack on the Destroyer.
Chapter 74: Brothers and sisters
"Zzz-la-la-la—"
The Destroyer's movements suddenly froze. The beam of light it was about to fire was forcefully interrupted by the attack, and the golden shield enveloping its entire body flickered violently, almost collapsing on the spot!
Before it could react…
A figure, imbued with immense thunder, descended from the sky!
"Brother!!!"
Thor's roar echoed through the sky.
The mjolnir in his hand gathered the power of the entire thundercloud, transforming into a dazzling star of lightning, like the wrath of a Celestial, and smashed down with a boom!
"Clang!!!!!"
The clash of metal was deafening!
The Destroyer's indestructible Uru steel body, under this blow, was instantly dented with a huge crater, like a tin can hit by a battering ram!
Its massive body could no longer stand firm and was violently sent flying by an irresistible force, plowing a terrifying hundred-meter-long gully in the desert.
But this was not the end!
Having landed a successful blow, Thor pressed his advantage.
He hovered in mid-air, raising Mjolnir, and once again summoned heavenly power.
The latter half of his words finally roared out, "You've gone too far!!!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Above the sky, hundreds of thousands of lightning bolts, like soldiers summoned by an emperor, frantically converged towards mjolnir.
The entire hammer instantly turned pure white-gold, and the terrifying level of energy even caused space to begin to warp.
"Break for me!!!"
Thor's eyes were bloodshot, as he poured all his anger, regret, and determination to protect into this single hammer strike, smashing it fiercely towards the Destroyer, who had just struggled to get back on its feet!
"Boom—Boom—Rumble—!!!!!"
Then, an indescribable roar exploded!
The entire desert trembled!
A small mushroom cloud, mixed with endless electric light and dust, instantly shot into the sky.
Obscuring everyone's vision.
Lin Chen's figure flickered, appearing in front of Tony and the newly recovered Banner. The power of the Dog Talisman instantly enveloped the three of them.
Isolating all possible impacts.
A minute later.
When all the dust settled.
When Lin Chen looked again, all that remained where the Destroyer had stood was a bottomless, giant crater with completely vitrified edges.
As for the Destroyer… its body had already been completely blasted into countless flying metal fragments by that ultimate strike, scattered across every corner of the desert.
"Clap, clap, clap."
Lin Chen clapped his hands softly, a smile of approval on his face.
Thor gasped for breath, slowly descending from the air, looking at his masterpiece with excitement and disbelief.
He had done it, he had saved everyone!
Just then, Lin Chen leisurely walked back, one hand in his pocket, the other hand… actually pulled out a smartphone.
"Click."
The flash lit up.
Thor looked at Lin Chen, utterly bewildered, still not reacting.
Lin Chen whistled, shaking the phone screen that displayed Thor's dust-covered, astonished face.
"Macho man, well done. Come on, give me a 'V' sign."
"…"
Thor's brain crashed for three seconds.
The next second, he snapped back to reality, looking at the man in front of him who had saved him, enlightened him, and saved everyone. An indescribable feeling of gratitude surged in his heart.
He strode forward, and without a word, opened his arms and gave Lin Chen a solid bear hug, strong enough to break steel!
"Thank you, Midgardian! Really… thank you so much! I…"
"Bang!"
However, before Thor could finish speaking, Lin Chenexpressionlessly kicked him in the abdomen.
The force was so strong that it sent the over six-foot-tall strong man staggering back several steps.
He rubbed his aching shoulder, complaining with a look of disgust:
"I say… do you Asgardians not know how to say thank you without all this hugging and embracing?"
"Hiss…"
Thor gasped, clutching his throbbing abdomen, his handsome face flushed crimson.
Mixed with dust and embarrassment, his expression was as vivid as an abstract painting.
He looked at Lin Chen's matter-of-fact, even slightly "you took advantage of me" disgusted expression, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
The Asgardian way of expressing the highest respect and gratitude, in this guy's mouth, how did it become hugging and taking advantage?
"Cough, cough…"
Thor awkwardly scratched his brilliant golden hair, dust falling down.
He decided to skip the topic and bowed solemnly again, his voice utterly sincere:
"Regardless, I must thank you for everything you've done."
"You not only saved this town, but also… enlightened me. This kindness, Thor Odinson will never forget."
After saying that, he looked up, the gratitude in his eyes quickly replaced by a deep worry.
"But I can't stay here any longer. I must return immediately. My brother Loki… he has done some very wrong things, and I must stop him."
"I know."
Lin Chen shrugged, putting his phone back in his pocket, "That's why I said you two are like a pair of bickering lovers, truly a model of brotherly harmony."
Thor was stunned: "What do you mean?"
He had a feeling it wasn't a compliment.
"Literally."
Lin Chen walked leisurely towards the scorched runes in the desert, marked by the Bifrost, his hands in his pockets.
"Your good-for-nothing brother is probably sitting on Odin's throne right now, smugly believing he controls everything."
He paused, turned to glance at the shocked Thor, a playful smile on his lips.
"By the way, I'm coming with you."
"What?"
Thor's tone instantly rose, and he subconsciously refused:
"No! It's very dangerous now. This is our family matter, I can't drag you into it again!"
"Dangerous?"
Lin Chen smiled, a hint of nonchalant arrogance in his smile.
"Are you referring to that tin can you smashed to scrap with one hammer? Or are you referring to… the army of Frost Giants your brother has invited to be guests in our home?"
"Frost Giants?!"
Thor was struck by lightning, his pupils suddenly contracting!
He remembered the Odin's scepter Loki had been holding when he arrived, and the words Lin Chen had said to him earlier.
A terrible thought instantly occupied his mind.
Loki… he actually dared to invite the wolf into the house?!
He was trying to use Laufey's hand to completely destroy his chances of inheriting the throne!
He might even… even harm his father!
Seeing Thor's instant pale face, Lin Chen knew he had understood.
"How about it?"
Lin Chen whistled, "Having an extra helper is better than you going back to perform a solo act, isn't it?"
"With me, you'll be much more relaxed."
Chapter 75 Return to Asgard
Upon hearing this, Thor's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty.
He thought of Lin Chen's terrifying strength and subconsciously compared himself to him.
He realized that even with mjolnir back in his possession, he wasn't confident he could defeat him.
This Earthling was as powerful as a... monster.
The hesitation lasted only three seconds before Thornodded heavily, his eyes filled with determination:
"Alright! Then we'll go together! I'm counting on you, my friend!"
"Wise choice."
Lin Chen snapped his fingers, equally excited.
Finally, he could go to Asgard and see it for himself.
He was really curious what it looked like in reality.
Just then, two figures hurried over from a distance.
"Hey! Lin! I just heard, are you two going to outer space?"
Tony Stark had already shed his tattered symbiote armor and was now looking at the two with an excited expression.
"Can you count me in? I want to go with you too! I've never seen what a real alien world looks like!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen immediately scrutinized him with an expression that seemed to say, 'Are you an idiot?'
"You?"
He rolled his eyes, somewhat speechless.
"Your armor is all messed up now; Iron Man has become'Scrap Iron Man.' What would you go for? To perform a stand-up comedy for Loki and make him laugh his teeth off with your funny act?"
"Uh..."
At these words, Tony's excitement immediately deflated like a balloon pricked by a needle.
He awkwardly rubbed his nose, completely at a loss for words.
Yes, without his armor, he was just a powerless playboy.
If he went to Asgard, any native resident could probably pin him to the ground and rub him in.
At this moment, Dr. Banner, who was nearby, also awkwardly rubbed his hands and asked in a low voice:
"Then... can I go? I can help you... I mean, the other me."
He was referring to Hulk.
Lin Chen shook his head, a rare hint of gentleness on his face: "Dr. Banner, I appreciate the thought this time. But Asgard is not suitable for you."
"Besides, I have more important things to entrust to you both here."
As he spoke, he pointed to the metal fragments scattered everywhere, a glint in his eyes.
"The Destroyer, although smashed by Thor, the Uru divine steel that makes it up is a good thing."
"You two stay on Earth and have S.H.I.E.L.D. help collect all these fragments."
"Tony, haven't you always wanted to upgrade your armor? This stuff is the best material."
"As for you..."
Lin Chen looked at Banner again, "Just stay with Tony. With the wisdom of you two, you will surely be able to make these divine realm metals play a greater role under Earth's technology."
As he spoke, he seemed to suddenly remember something, fumbling in his pants pocket, and finally pulled out a dart-like object, handing it to Tony.
"And this, you can research it when you have time and see if its material is helpful to you."
After he finished speaking, he finally looked at Thor and spread his hands: "You have no objections, right?"
"Consider it compensation for the spiritual damage and infrastructure destruction you caused to the people of Earth."
Thor immediately waved his hand magnanimously: "Of course, no problem!"
"It's completely destroyed now, so these fragments are yours, my friends! Thank you for everything you've done for me!"
"Uru divine steel... divine realm metals..."
On the other hand, Tony's breathing instantly became rapid upon hearing Lin Chen's introduction.
His caramel-colored eyes burst forth with a brilliance even more dazzling than the Arc Reactor.
Going sightseeing was nothing compared to studying a brand new, super metal from the divine realm!
"Jarvis! Jarvis!"
He could no longer care about anything else and yelled frantically into the communicator on his wrist:
"Immediately connect me to Coulson! Tell him to bring every S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who can move and seal off this area!"
"All the fragments, even those the size of a grain of sand, must be brought back to Stark Industries headquarters!"
"Quick! Quick, quick, quick!"
Watching Tony, who had instantly entered mad scientist mode, forgotten to even say goodbye, and dragged the still-unresponsive Dr. Banner to direct the scene, Lin Chenshook his head helplessly.
He made a 'please' gesture to Thor: "Alright, the bothersome guys have been dealt with. Let's go."
As they spoke, the two arrived at the center of the scorched teleportation array with its mysterious runes.
Thor took a deep breath, looked up at the sky, and shouted, his voice as resonant as a bell, piercing the clouds.
"Heimdall! Open the gate!!"
The sound echoed across the empty desert, but there was no response.
The sky remained that clear blue, with no sign of the Bifrost descending.
Thor's expression changed slightly, and he raised his voice again, a hint of urgency in his tone.
"Heimdall! It's me, Thor! Open the Bifrost quickly!"
Still, a deathly silence.
"Something's wrong!"
Thor's heart sank, and his face instantly became incredibly grim.
"Heimdall is in trouble! He never neglects his duty, unless... unless Loki has him under control!"
His heart immediately ignited with burning anger and worry.
Heimdall was the guardian god of Asgard, his close friend; if even he was... "Don't rush."
Just as Thor was burning with anxiety, Lin Chen's calm voice sounded in his ear.
He also looked up at the empty sky, his eyes so deep they seemed to penetrate the barriers of time and space.
"Wait a little longer. Heimdall isn't that easy to take down."
Lin Chen was confident.
Heimdall, after all, was one of Asgard's principal gods, wielding the Guardian Sword, with eyes that saw the Nine Realms and ears that heard all.
Even if the current plot had undergone some minor changes due to his appearance, it would be by no means easy for Loki to take him down without alarming anyone.
More likely, Heimdall was entangled with the Frost Giant, or... he was waiting for the optimal moment to open the gate in his own way.
Indeed.
Just as Thor was pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pan, for nearly ten minutes...
"Buzz!!!"
A mighty hum, as if from the end of the Universe, sounded without warning high in the sky.
Immediately after, a dazzling seven-colored divine light, like the first ray of light at the dawn of creation, suddenly tore through the azure sky!
The light extended downwards, instantly forming a constantly rotating circular light pillar passage, composed of countless runes, on the scorched totem in front of the two.
Within the light pillar, star rivers flowed, and the Universewas born and died, magnificent and mysterious!
"It's the Bifrost!"
"Heimdall has opened the Bifrost!"
Thor's face was instantly consumed by ecstasy.
He excitedly looked at Lin Chen, who merely raised an eyebrow at him and was the first to step into the light pillar.
Thor followed closely.
The next second, as the Bifrost's light suddenly retracted, the figures of the two also transformed into a brilliant stream of light, instantly swallowed by the seven-colored passage, and teleported towards the divine realm floating in the endless sea of stars!
Chapter 76 Go and stop Loki
In an instant, the galaxy reversed.
Countless bizarre and fantastic sights flashed across his vision, as if he were traveling through a time tunnel paved with billions of stars.
Lin Chen only felt his body being stretched like dough by the power of the Bifrost, turning into a long, thin line.
The intense sensation of weightlessness made him feel motion sickness.
Fortunately, this extreme visual impact lasted for less than ten breaths.
The next second, the feeling of solid ground returned, and the magnificent seven-colored light pillars around them receded like a tide.
Lin Chen and Thor's figures appeared inside a magnificent, golden, arc-domed building.
This was Himinbjörg, the Bifrost terminal in Asgard, and also the gateway to the Realm of Gods.
However, at this moment, the gateway completely lacked any sense of sacred solemnity.
The air was filled with a biting chill and a faint smell of blood, and a thin layer of frost had condensed on the originally mirror-smooth golden floor.
Several corpses of tall giants with sickly blue skin lay scattered on the ground, their bodies covered in ferocious sword marks.
And next to the control hub for activating the Bifrost, a tall figure clad in golden heavy armor, wielding a greatsword, knelt on the ground, his aura weak.
"Heimdall!"
Thor's eyes were bloodshot as he let out a furious roar, rushing forward in a single bound and carefully helping his dear friend up.
Heimdall's golden eyes, which could see through the Nine Realms, now appeared somewhat dim.
There was a deep, bone-piercing ice wound on his chest plate, clearly indicating a fierce battle.
"I'm fine... Thor... quick... go stop Loki..."
Heimdall's voice was weak and urgent.
Just then, on the other end of the Bifrost, on that long, luminous bridge, another squad of more than ten Frost Giants, wielding ice weapons, roared as they charged towards them!
"You're courting death!"
Thor was enraged and was about to put Heimdall down to face the enemy with his hammer.
"As expected of Frost Giants, they're really quite ugly."
Suddenly, a lazy voice sounded behind him.
Thor was stunned, seeing Lin Chen rub his eyes dismissively with one hand.
Immediately after, his eyes lit up with a scorching and dangerous yellow glow!
"Sizzle—"
In an instant, two energy beams, even more concentrated and hotter than lasers, burst forth from Lin Chen's eyes!
The rays swept across, moving so fast they seemed to draw two golden streaks of lightning through the air.
The Frost Giant charging at the very front didn't even have time to react; the roaring expression was still frozen on his face, but his body was instantly cut in half at the waist, like butter sliced by a red-hot iron.
"Thud! Thud!"
The Frost Giant's charging speed suddenly stalled.
Their lower halves still stumbled forward a couple of steps due to inertia, but their upper halves had already fallen weakly to the ground, the cuts smooth as mirrors and charred black by the high temperature.
Wherever the rays passed, a line of Frost Giants fell, none spared!
The entire process took less than a second.
Thor's eyelids twitched wildly.
He knew Lin Chen was strong, but this casualness and efficiency in slaughtering cannon fodder like cutting grass still gave him a fright.
"...He led them in through a secret passage... Asgard is in danger..."
Heimdall urgently grabbed Thor's arm, "Hurry, to the Royal Palace!"
Thor nodded heavily, laying his dear friend flat on the ground: "I'll take care of these troubles, you rest here for a bit!"
With that, he turned to look at Lin Chen, his eyes filled with gratitude and determination.
Lin Chen, however, impatiently waved his hand at him: "What are you looking at? Your brother is disobedient, why aren't you hurrying back to spank his butt?"
"As for Heimdall, leave him to me, don't worry."
"...Thank you!"
Thor felt his brewing emotions choked back by this guy's one sentence again.
He said no more, abruptly spun mjolnir, and transformed into a phantom of lightning, rushing out of Himinbjörg and flying rapidly towards the most majestic Asgardian Palacemain hall in the distance!
Only then did Lin Chen walk to Heimdall's side, squat down, and place a finger on his chest.
The healing power of the Horse Talisman activated.
"Buzz!"
A soft green glow lit up, and Heimdall felt a warm and powerful life energy surge into his body.
The fatal wound healed, scabbed, and fell off at a visible speed, returning to its original state.
The whole process took no more than three seconds.
Heimdall abruptly sat up, feeling the renewed strength in his body, his golden eyes filled with shock.
"Thank you, friend from Midgard," he said in a deep voice.
"No need for thanks."
Lin Chen stood up, clapped his hands, "Guard your gate well. Loki is cunning; be careful he doesn't create a diversion and then attack again."
"Understood!"
"Now, no one can ambush this place!"
Heimdall gripped his sacred sword of guardianship again, his eyes regaining their usual sharpness.
"Then you be careful. I'm going to help that simple-minded fellow."
Before Lin Chen finished speaking, he vanished with a "whoosh," leaving a faint afterimage in his original spot.
What incredible speed!
Heimdall's pupils contracted again; he hadn't even been able to capture the trajectory of his departure.
Who exactly is this Midgardian?!
...Meanwhile, in front of Asgard's Royal Palace.
"Boom!!!"
Thor's figure landed with a crash like a meteor, shattering the golden floor tiles.
Seeing this, the dozen or so Frost Giants guarding the entrance immediately roared and swarmed him.
"Get out of the way!"
Thor roared, mjolnir transforming into a silver whirlwind of death in his hand.
Amidst flashing lightning, the Frost Giants were sent flying one by one like dumplings, their bones broken and tendons snapped, instantly killed.
After clearing the area, Lin Chen's figure leisurely stopped beside him.
The two exchanged a look, everything understood without words.
Thor took a deep breath, gathered his strength, and kicked the massive golden door, which was carved with a Yggdrasil relief.
"Bang!!!"
The door collapsed inwards with a crash!
What greeted their eyes was the spacious and solemn bedchamber.
Odin, King of the Gods, lay quietly on the magnificent golden bed, deep in his "Odin Sleep."
And behind the bed, a handsome young man with a hint of melancholy, dressed in green armor, stood there, holding Odin's Gungnir.
Seeing Thor and Lin Chen burst in, a flicker of imperceptible panic crossed Loki's eyes, but it was quickly masked by a cold, fake smile.
"Oh? The Destroyer actually failed to kill you. You truly have nine lives, my dear... brother."
"Loki!"
Thor's roar echoed through the entire hall, "This all ends now! You shouldn't be messing around, and you certainly shouldn't have brought the Frost Giants to Asgard!"
"Messing around?"
Loki seemed to have heard the biggest joke, he laughed mockingly, and with a casual wave.
"Bang!"
He threw out a corpse with half its body obliterated, which crashed heavily in front of Thor.
Chapter 77 Why are you wasting your time talking to him?
The Master of the corpse was none other than the King of the Frost Giants, Laufey!
"See? I did what neither you nor Father could do! I killed Laufey!"
Looking at a stunned Thor, Loki's vanity was greatly satisfied.
His voice suddenly rose, carrying a hint of hysterical fanaticism: "I've proven to Father that I am the most suitable person to sit on this throne!"
"Loki, this isn't a meritorious deed, this is betrayal! You're thinking about things too simply!"
Thor rebuked him, heartbroken and furious.
Loki, however, sneered, "My dear brother, since when could such words come from your mouth?"
"It seems your journey to Earth really changed you a lot."
"Loki, stop..." Thor continued.
He was about to persuade Loki with brotherly affection when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice.
"Tsk."
Just as the two brothers were performing a family drama, a light click came from the side.
Lin Chen impatiently dug his ears.
"I say, why are you wasting words on him?"
Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly lit up!
"Zzz!!!"
It was two more rays.
Loki only felt a flash of yellow light before his eyes, and a powerful force slammed into his chest!
"Ugh... Ah!!!"
Immediately, Loki let out a scream.
The next second, he flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into a distant wall, shattering the ornate relief, before sliding to the ground.
He had an expression of disbelief.
After all, even after suffering a setback on Earth, he never truly considered this Earthling ant a threat.
So all his attention had been on Thor.
How could he have expected the other party to attack without even a greeting?!
Are Earthlings all so dishonorable?
Thor was also dumbfounded, subconsciously saying:
"You... did you go a bit too hard? He is my brother after all..."
"Womanly compassion."
Lin Chen rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Or do you want to do it? I'll watch."
Thor took a deep breath, feeling it was time to assert his authority as an older brother.
So he walked around Odin's bed, step by step, towards Loki, who was struggling to get up, wanting to properly educate his good-for-nothing younger brother.
"Earthling..."
However, Loki completely ignored Thor walking towards him, instead locking his venomous gaze onto Lin Chen.
His eyes seemed to want to devour him alive.
"You're... too nosy!"
Before he finished speaking, Loki's figure suddenly transformed into a green phantom, instantly disappearing from his original spot!
The next moment, he appeared like a ghost behind Lin Chen.
Thor's face changed drastically, and he urgently shouted, "Lin! Be careful!"
But it was too late!
Loki wore a ferocious and smug smile on his face. He pushed his hands forward, and an ancient casket, carved with runes and made entirely of ice, instantly appeared before him.
The casket of ancient winters!
"Be frozen into ice shards for me!!!"
Buzz!!!
The moment the casket opened, a terrifying cold current, powerful enough to freeze souls, transformed into a white beam of destruction, instantly surging towards Lin Chen's back!
The endless chilling coldness shot out almost grazing Lin Chen's back.
Just at this critical moment.
"Alas..."
A soft, almost inaudible sigh, seemingly filled with endless disappointment, echoed in the silent bedchamber.
"Why do you... never learn?"
Before he finished speaking, Lin Chen's figure flickered, disappearing from his original spot without any warning.
As if he had never been there at all.
This caused Loki's attack to lose its target, directly slamming into the golden wall in the distance.
With a "crack," the beam from the casket of ancient winters instantly froze that area into an ice sculpture emanating terrifyingly low temperatures.
"Hmm?"
The sinister smile on Loki's face instantly froze, and his brows furrowed.
"Where is he?!"
Just as he was about to search for Lin Chen's figure, he suddenly felt a prickling sensation on his scalp through his sixth sense, as if being targeted by a venomous snake.
Instantly, the alarm bells in Loki's heart rang wildly, and a premonition of extreme danger struck him from the side!
But even if he sensed it in advance, he simply didn't have time to react.
He only felt a blur in the corner of his eye, and a Shadow had already approached his side like a ghost.
The next second, an unparalleled force fiercely kicked him in the small of his back!
"Bang!!!"
"Whoa!"
Loki let out a muffled groan of pain.
He immediately flew sideways like a soccer ball powerfully shot, in a posture that almost folded him in half.
The casket of ancient winters in his hand also flew out due to this immense force.
He crashed heavily into a pillar on the other side of the corridor, directly creating spiderweb-like cracks in the hard stone pillar, before sliding to the ground, his throat sweet, a mouthful of blood nearly spurting out.
And the ancient casket of ancient winters traced a perfect parabola in the air, but it did not fall to the ground.
Instead, as if guided by an invisible hand, it landed steadily in Lin Chen's hand.
Lin Chen held the chillingly cold casket with one hand, his right leg just retracted from a side kick, his posture as leisurely as if he had just done a stretching exercise.
He even had the leisure to toss the "trophy" in his hand and raise an eyebrow at Loki.
"Not bad, quite durable."
Thor on the other side was dumbfounded again.
The entire process was swift and sudden, so fast that his brain almost crashed.
"You... do you think you can stop me like this?!"
Loki struggled to his feet, panting heavily.
His once handsome face was now twisted with anger and humiliation.
He hissed venomously, his eyes filled with madness.
As his words fell, his body began to flicker like a television screen with a bad signal.
After a series of intermittent flashes, his body finally dissolved into specks of green light, completely vanishing into the air.
Another clone?
Lin Chen's brows furrowed slightly, and he cursed inwardly.
This guy... is truly cunning to the extreme.
He had just felt something was off; Loki had already suffered a loss on Earth once, so why wasn't he guarding against him this time?
Now it seemed that whether it was the one who appeared here from the beginning, or this one, they were all just a magic clone, condensed with some divine power, enough to pass off as the real thing!
To make this clone seem even more real, Loki even entrusted the casket of ancient winters, such an important divine artifact, to the clone.
Good heavens, he almost thought that was his true body.
The title of God of Mischief is indeed not for show.
"Loki has been cautious and cunning since he was a child."
Thor ran over quickly, his face full of anxiety and resentment, "But if he can project an illusion here, his true body must be nearby!"
"No need to search."
Lin Chen shook his head, placing the cold casket of ancient winters casually on Odin's golden bed.
"He must have gone to the Bifrost."
Chapter 78 This guy must have let me go
Lin Chen's thoughts raced.
This time, with his intervention, the plot had already undergone significant changes.
Loki no longer had the casket of ancient winters, and Heimdall was revived to full health by the Horse Talisman; surely, he couldn't fail to stop an unarmed Loki, right?
Thinking this, his heart settled a little.
"The Bifrost? Is he leaving Asgard?!"
However, Thor's expression changed drastically upon hearing this, somewhat worried Loki might take the opportunity to escape.
Seeing this, Lin Chen couldn't help but sigh again at how truly good Thor was to his brother, not even thinking the worst of him even at such a time.
"Go!"
Without another word, Thor immediately spun Mjolnir, propelling himself to fly at full speed towards the colorful bridge spanning the sky!
Lin Chen shook his head, floating up to follow closely behind.
However, when they arrived at Himinbjörg like a whirlwind, the scene before them made Lin Chen's eye twitch violently.
"Boom!!!"
A golden figure was blasted out like a cannonball, crashing heavily to the ground.
He rolled along, coming to a stop right at Lin Chen's feet, his golden heavy armor shattered in many places, his aura once again weakened.
Who else could it be but Heimdall?!
And at the entrance of Himinbjörg, Loki stood there, a cold smirk on his face, holding the scepter that symbolized kingship.
Lin Chen's face darkened; he looked down at Heimdallgroaning on the ground, a stampede of a thousand alpacas running through his mind.
This shouldn't be happening!
The script wasn't written this way!
Without the casket of ancient winters, you could've smacked Loki dead with a mere poker, so how did you get knocked flying?
Is this the level of Asgard's gatekeeper?
Damn it, this guy must have gone easy!
"Loki!"
Thor, however, roared, his eyes bloodshot, raising his hammer to charge in.
"Buzz—"
Unexpectedly, a visible magic shield, shimmering with golden runes, instantly lit up, like an invisible wall, fiercely bouncing Thor back!
"It's useless, brother."
Loki's voice came from behind the shield, full of triumph and mockery.
"This is a defensive array set up by Father; one can only exit, not enter!"
"You all can just stay outside... and enjoy my masterpiece!"
Thor was furious, swinging mjolnir wildly to strike the barrier, making loud "bang bang bang" sounds.
But the barrier only rippled, remaining exceptionally solid.
"Stop it, Loki!"
"Do you know what you're doing? Stop immediately, and I will plead with Father to forgive your sins."
"Plead? Heh!"
"You truly are adorably foolish, my dear brother."
Loki turned, glaring fiercely at Thor, his eyes filled with mad obsession.
"Do you know? In a little while, I will use the Bifrost's energy to completely destroy Jotunheim."
"By then, Father will know that I am more suitable to be king than you!"
"You just watch from outside how I accomplish the great feat that neither you nor Father ever completed!"
"I will make all of the Nine Realms look at me with new eyes!"
With that, he ignored Thor outside and turned to stride towards the Bifrost's activation hub.
He raised the Gungnir high in his hand, and with all his might, thrust it fiercely into the center of the hub!
"Rumble!!!"
In an instant, all of Himinbjörg trembled violently!
An unprecedented, wildly powerful rainbow torrent immediately burst forth from the bridgehead, transforming into a destructive beam of light, tearing through the star sea and shooting directly into the depths of the distant cosmos.
Lin Chen's eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
It's over; Jotunheim still couldn't escape the fate of getting a middle part... Poor Frost Giant.
He no longer hesitated, suddenly opening his mouth.
"Roar!!!"
A dragon's flame explosive ray, condensed to the extreme, as if capable of incinerating all things, suddenly shot from his mouth, fiercely striking the magic barrier!
"Boom! Crack—!!!"
Upon impact, the sturdy magic barrier was instantly shaken violently, its surface runes began to flash wildly, emitting cracking sounds as if unable to bear the strain.
"Good chance!"
Seeing this, Thor's eyes flashed with lightning, and he too poured all his divine power into mjolnir, drawing forth the thunder of the Nine Heavens, transforming it into a world-shattering divine punishment.
Immediately after, he slammed it heavily onto the same spot!
"Bang!!!"
The next second, the barrier shattered!
However, before the two could make their next move...
A violent surge of energy, generated by the Bifrost's overload, suddenly erupted from within Himinbjörg.
Like a cosmic storm, it instantly swept both of them, who had just broken through the barrier, along with Heimdalllying on the ground, fiercely away!
"Hahahaha... Hahahahaha!"
Loki, enduring the immense energy impact, walked out of Himinbjörg step by step.
His clothes were tattered, blood oozed from his mouth, yet he laughed like a madman.
"It's useless! It's too late! No one can stop me!"
"The Bifrost has been fully activated, and Jotunheim... will completely disappear from this Universe!!"
Thor gritted his teeth and climbed to his feet.
He looked at the energy beam in the distance that was about to destroy a world, then at the wildly laughing Loki.
Finally, he cast a complex gaze towards Lin Chen.
Lin Chen patted the dust from his clothes, met his gaze, and shrugged indifferently.
"Why are you looking at me? Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."
He pouted, saying lazily in a "your stuff, your decision" tone:
"Smash it if you want; it's your family's property anyway, I won't feel bad."
Thor suddenly froze, somewhat surprised at how Lin Chenknew what he was thinking.
He had been hesitating, after all, the Bifrost was the foundation of Asgard, and also Lin Chen's only way back to Earth.
Destroying it would mean trapping Lin Chen here forever.
This debt of gratitude and righteousness made it difficult for him to choose.
But at this moment, seeing Lin Chen's nonchalant demeanor, his last trace of worry vanished.
"I will compensate you..."
An indescribable sense of emotion and admiration surged in Thor's heart; a thousand words ultimately transformed into a resolute gaze.
He, however, did not know that Lin Chen was familiar with the plot, and he had never worried about whether he could return to Earth.
Then, Thor took a deep breath, raising Mjolnir high in his hand.
Lightning instantly flashed on the hammerhead, pointing at the colorful light bridge connecting to Himinbjörg below his feet.
"Loki, I won't let you have your way!"
Seeing Thor's actions, Loki's wild laughter abruptly ceased, replaced by endless horror and panic.
He instantly realized what Thor was about to do, screaming in shock:
"No! What are you doing?! Stop it!!!"
Chapter 79 Is this black energy?!
"No!!!"
"What do you want to do?! Stop it!!!"
"You'll destroy the Bifrost like this!"
Loki's screams echoed through the starry sky, as mournful as a cuckoo crying blood.
For the first time, a pure, undisguised terror appeared on his handsome face, twisted by madness.
He simply could not understand Thor's actions; why would he do such a thing?
He's mad!
He must be mad!
How dare he?!
How dare he destroy the Bifrost?!
That was the foundation of Asgard, the hub for travel between the Nine Realms, and a crucial strategic facility for Asgard to control various worlds.
More importantly... it was the way home for Asgard's people who were outside!
Loki, desperate, tried to rush forward, using almost the fastest speed he had ever achieved, wanting to block that fatal blow with his body.
However, it was too late.
Thor's gaze was firm, without the slightest hesitation, only a resolute determination to sever everything.
He ignored Loki's wails, ignored the Bifrost's lament, and poured all his divine power and endless thunder into mjolnir!
"For Asgard!!!"
Accompanied by a furious roar that pierced heaven and earth, the divine hammer, carrying thunder and all of Thor's power, was raised high by him.
Then, with the force of a thousand thunderbolts, he smashed it down fiercely!
"Boom!!!"
"Crack!!!"
A deafening roar instantly resounded through heaven and earth, drowning out all other sounds.
The dazzling light was comparable to a white dwarf exploding.
Where the hammer struck, everything shattered.
The colorful bridge surface, constructed from divine gold and magic, and having withstood tens of thousands of years, instantly burst into spiderweb-like cracks under the heavy blow of mjolnir, like a piece of glass struck by a hammer.
This was not the end.
After landing one blow, Thor immediately followed with another.
The cracks on the bridge surface spread wildly at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, quickly Run throughing the entire magnificent bridge.
Immediately after, an extremely dazzling rainbow light erupted from the center of the hammer strike!
"Rumble rumble rumble!!!"
A cataclysmic roar, more violent than before.
The entire Bifrost, the pride of Asgard, was completely detonated at this moment by the violent energy it contained, accumulated over millions of years.
An unimaginably thick torrent of energy, carrying countless shattered bridge fragments, swept in all directions like a cosmic tsunami!
"Damn it!"
Lin Chen only had time to curse a national essence in his heart before he was violently thrown off by that irresistible Shockwave!
Thor, Loki, and even Heimdall, who was still lying on the ground recovering, were not spared.
The four of them, like kites with broken strings, were thrown in different directions by the violent energy torrent.
And Himinbjörg, which floated above the sea of stars, also lost its connection to the Asgardian mainland in this unprecedented explosion.
Carrying the still wildly spewing activation device, it wailed and tumbled, slowly and uncontrollably falling into the endless abyss of the starry sea.
Along with it, the Bifrost, which spanned the starry sea, also disappeared.
"Tsk, this is much more exciting than watching a movie."
Lin Chen, with the help of the Talismans' power, barely managed to stabilize himself in the chaotic energy storm.
He looked at the spectacular scene before him, comparable to a star exploding, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Making such a big commotion, Odin must be awake now, right?"
"But before that, I need to save these guys."
A thought flashed through his mind, and he was about to activate the power of the Rooster Talisman to transform into a mental force to envelop the still tumbling Thor and Heimdall.
As for Loki? He was, of course, also included.
He really wanted to see if Loki, not falling into the starry sea, would provoke a joint beating from Thor and Odin.
However, just as his divine power surged and he was about to connect with the Talismans...
"Ugh ah!!!"
A sharp pain, as if his internal organs were being torn apart, exploded from his abdomen without warning!
The feeling was like a red-hot drill frantically stirring in his Dantian Qi Sea.
The intense pain instantly spread throughout his limbs, making his vision go black, and he nearly fainted on the spot!
"Wh-what's going on?!"
Lin Chen was horrified and instinctively looked down.
He saw that around the twelve talismans' card slots embedded in the ancient and mysterious lope belt on his waist, there were... dense cracks!
"Crack!"
The next second, a crisp cracking sound rang out.
Before Lin Chen could react, thick black qi, as dark as ink and filled with ominous and evil aura, burst out from the cracks in the belt, drilling into his body like maggots on a rotting bone!
"Th-this is..."
"Black qi?!"
Lin Chen felt a familiar sensation from these black qi, incredulously.
Unfortunately, he couldn't think too much, as his consciousness began to rapidly blur under the dual erosion of severe pain and demonic qi.
He felt as if his body no longer belonged to him.
A cold, tyrannical, chaotic will was trying to seize everything from him.
Just as he was about to completely lose consciousness...
"Roar—!!!"
A high-pitched and majestic dragon's roar, as if crossing endless time and space, exploded directly in the depths of his soul!
Immediately after, an old and anxious voice came intermittently:
"Oh no! Jackie Chan!"
"It's bad! The barrier... the barrier is loose! Quick... quick send..."
Lin Chen could no longer hear the rest of the words.
Because, before his eyes was no longer the brilliant starry sea and the shattered Bifrost.
Instead, it was a world shrouded in endless black qi, filled with despair and deathly silence.
In that world, he was surprised to see some familiar figures.
First, he saw thousands of soldiers dressed in black ninja suits, their eyes glowing with crimson light.
They had various appearances, surged like a tide, and exuded a repulsive evil aura.
He also saw eight demonic figures, each with a different, hideous, and terrifying form.
They either stood on mountaintops or lurked in abysses; the mere demonic power they exuded was enough to make gods tremble!
He even saw a few human figures.
They sat cross-legged not far from the group of demons, with various expressions.
One of them, a gaunt old man in a White robe with an aged face, even exuded an aura that was out of place in this world, yet incredibly powerful.
Behind him stood an unusually corpulent strong man, scratching his head with a simple and honest expression, constantly flipping through a thick ancient book.
This... this is... such a familiar place... could it be... countless thoughts flashed through Lin Chen's mind.
He felt as if he had grasped something, yet also as if he had grasped nothing.
Subsequently, his consciousness completely sank into the boundless darkness.
Chapter 80 Monsters, please leave!
Darkness.
Boundless darkness, an abyss where even light seemed unable to escape.
Lin Chen's consciousness floated and sank in this darkness, like a small boat in a storm, liable to capsize at any moment.
But strangely, his body, which had been torn apart by demonic energy and intense pain, felt no suffering at all; instead, there was a comfortable sensation, as if he were soaking in warm water.
In this chaos, he "heard" some sounds.
Some… extremely bizarre conversations, yet somehow strangely familiar to him.
"Oh, you stupid lizard! Father told you a long time ago, that's not how you use magic!"
An old but robust voice, speaking with a strange accent mixed with broken English, roared.
"Look at all the trouble you've caused! If you hadn't messed with the spell, how could Father's magic circle have gone wrong?!"
"Silence, mortal!"
Another voice spoke, deep, authoritative, and filled with undeniable arrogance.
"My magic is the most perfect! It was your ridiculous, backward chi magic that polluted my power!"
"You still dare to argue?! Say that again!"
"It will be the same even if I say it ten thousand times! Mortal, you should feel honored to witness the power of the Lord with your own eyes!"
What's going on… Lin Chen's consciousness was sluggish, and he slowly "opened" his eyes with all his might.
Then, he found himself in a bizarre and fantastical world.
Solid ground was beneath his feet, but his surroundings were like a distorted kaleidoscope, with countless scenes flashing by and overlapping rapidly.
He could see the bustling streets of America, and the next second, ancient Eastern pavilions.
And in front of him stood a group of familiar faces.
A scrawny old man in a white robe, with white hair and reading glasses.
He was huffing and puffing with anger, holding a shriveled pufferfish in his hand.
Across from him, a three-meter-tall humanoid creature covered in dark green scales, resembling a Western dragon, stood with his arms crossed, two streams of sulfur-scented smoke puffing from his nostrils.
Around them stood seven demons of various forms.
Further away, a black-haired man in an archaeologist's jacket was trying to mediate with a helpless expression.
Next to him, a black-haired girl in a hoodie with a ponytail watched with great interest, even wanting to pull out her phone to take a picture.
This is… Jackie Chan?
Jade?
"This… is this my hallucination? Or the world after death?"
Lin Chen's mind was a mess.
He remembered being invaded by demonic energy, his belt shattering, and then he saw these figures… or had he transmigrated again?
"Father, stop arguing!"
At this moment, Jackie Chan finally squeezed in, saying with a headache, "The most important thing now is to solve the problem! He… he can't stay here forever!"
Father glared fiercely at the Lord, then turned his attention back to Lin Chen.
He scrutinized Lin Chen up and down, wisdom gleaming in his eyes behind his glasses, muttering:
"Hmm… stable meridians, strong soul, but forcibly torn by external forces… Oh dear! What a big problem!"
"Mortal, don't waste your energy."
The Lord snorted, "He was caught in a storm of laws from two Worlds; with your amateur magic, it's impossible to send him back!"
"What do you know?! Never question Father!"
Father seemed to have been poked in a sore spot by these words, and immediately raised the pufferfish in his hand, feinting towards the Lord.
Then he turned to Lin Chen, his expression becoming more serious than ever before.
"Listen, kid!"
"Father doesn't know who you are, but unfortunately, our magic had an accident that involved you."
"But there's no time to explain; this world cannot sustain the opening of the passage for too long, you must go back immediately!"
With that, he aimed the bloated pufferfish sharply at Lin Chen, and chanted a long string of incantations that Lin Chen didn't understand at all, yet felt his soul tremble with!
"Demons and monsters, leave quickly… Demons and monsters, leave quickly… Go back to the world where you belong!"
As the last syllable fell.
Lin Chen only felt an irresistible, immense push coming from all directions; the world before his eyes instantly turned into swirling colors, then completely shattered!
… "Whoosh—!"
Lin Chen suddenly opened his eyes, gasping for air, his chest heaving violently.
Then, he found himself lying on a luxurious soft bed, the surrounding decor filled with Asgardian opulence and classicism.
Lin Chen looked around, somewhat bewildered.
What's going on?
I didn't transmigrate?
Was all that just a dream?
But the feeling was too real; Father's nagging, the Lord's arrogance, were all still vivid in his mind.
However, before he could sort out his thoughts, an enlarged, handsome face filled with worry occupied his entire vision, almost touching the tip of his nose.
Golden hair like a lion's mane, blue eyes full of anxiety.
It was Thor.
"You're finally awake! How do you feel? Is anything uncomfortable?"
"By the Allfather, do you know you've been unconscious for almost ten days!"
Thor's voice was like a booming bell, making Lin Chen's ears ring.
Lin Chen's mind was still a bit slow to process.
The impact of the dream, the confusion of reality, plus the shock of a big face right in front of him, made him react purely on instinct.
His pupils suddenly constricted!
"Swish—!"
Two scorching, destructive yellow flames instantly shot out from his eyes, aiming straight for Thor's face!
"Oh, ah, ah!"
Thor let out a strange cry, while also displaying astonishing speed.
He almost instinctively arched backward in a backbend, his movement extremely clumsy.
The high-temperature energy ray narrowly grazed the tip of his nose, instantly burning a few strands of his golden hair to charcoal.
"Boom!!!"
The ray slammed heavily into the beautiful dome of the room; with a loud bang, the sturdy stone ceiling was blasted open, leaving a large hole.
Countless shattered stones and dust fell, raining down on Lin Chen on the bed and Thor by the bed.
However, a bizarre scene unfolded.
All falling debris, regardless of size, instantly froze as if a pause button had been pressed the moment they entered a one-meter radius around Lin Chen's body!
They floated in mid-air, defying the laws of physics, firmly held by an invisible force, as if time had been frozen in that small space.
"Phew… you scared me to death."
Thor climbed up from the ground, still shaken, patting his chest, then glared at Lin Chen, "Are you crazy, you fellow?! Are you trying to kill your savior?"
However, Lin Chen was oblivious to his exasperated accusations.
He sat up blankly, his eyes vacant, as if he hadn't yet recovered from the recent change.
He subconsciously lowered his head, looking at his waist.
There, his skin was smooth and delicate, with well-defined eight-pack abs.
However… the lope belt that should have been securely fastened there was nowhere to be seen!