When they could finally see their surroundings clearly again, they were astonished to find themselves outside the town.
Ahead, a thick, funnel-shaped black cloud swirled in the sky, with winds howling and sand and stones flying, creating a scene like the end of the world.
"I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but I don't think these newcomers are good people!" Tony said thoughtfully, looking at the scene before them.
Thor and his companions also looked solemn, as they too had a premonition.
Sure enough, as the abnormal weather disappeared and the thick black clouds dispersed, what appeared before everyone was an iron giant made entirely of silver metal.
"Can I sue it for infringement? It looks like it stole my idea!"
Tony, it must be said, was incredibly carefree, still joking in such a situation.
However, he had secretly instructed Jarvis to activate his armor.
"That's the Destroyer armor! It possesses terrifying power.
Everyone, get out of here!" Thor recognized the iron giant before him.
It was the divine artifact belonging to his father, Odin, crafted from Uru metal, a unique Asgardian metal.
However, after Thor shouted, no one left.
"Don't worry, with Iron Man here, this pile of junk can't harm anyone!"
Li Yue glanced at the supremely confident Tony, thinking to himself, "You'll be in for a rude awakening soon enough."
Captain America also took the shield off his back, holding it in his left hand, and assumed a defensive stance, ready for battle at any moment.
"You all protect Thor!"
Seeing the Destroyer armor slowly advancing towards them, the three Asgardian warriors and Sif couldn't hold back and charged at the Destroyer first.
"For Asgard!"
The warrior with the axe was the first to reach the Destroyer, leaping several meters high and swinging his massive axe down at the Destroyer's head.
However, the Destroyer punched him hard, sending him flying back even faster.
Watching their friend fly back, the other two warriors also roared and charged, but met the same fate, flying back even faster, crashing to the ground, and not getting up for a long time.
Meanwhile, the Destroyer's chest began to glow orange, like flames, slowly converging towards the empty space on its face, aiming at the three warriors lying on the ground, poised to strike.
Just as the Destroyer's energy beam was about to fire, Sif, who had already circled behind it, fiercely stabbed its neck with her weapon, and the accumulated energy slowly dissipated.
"Is it that simple to defeat? It's not so impressive after all!"
Tony hadn't participated in the fight because his armor hadn't arrived yet.
He hadn't expected this seemingly incredibly powerful iron giant to be so easily defeated.
"It's not defeated yet.
Stay here, I'm going up to help too!" Captain America suddenly spoke, then quickly rushed forward.
The metal on the Destroyer armor rotated and reassembled, causing it to invert, with its face now facing Sif.
Yellow energy gathered within it, and a thick yellow beam, about the size of a bowl, shot out from its face.
Fortunately, Sif, seeing the danger, jumped off the Destroyer and ran into the distance.
But the Destroyer quickly regained its mobility, and its face once again gathered energy, firing at Sif, who was desperately running.
If nothing intervened, this attack would surely hit Sif, and after such an attack, Sif would either die or be severely wounded.
"No!!!"
The three warriors and Thor, struggling to get up from the ground, all shouted loudly, hoping Sif would evade the attack.
In this critical moment, a figure, swift as lightning, rushed behind Sif, raised the shield in his hand, and directly withstood the yellow beam.
It was Captain America, who had come to provide support, blocking the energy attack.
He had finally arrived at the last moment.
"This figure looks somewhat familiar.
I feel like I've seen him somewhere before.
Could he be…?"
The doctor finally woke up from his daze, looking at Captain America holding the shield and blocking the attack, exclaiming in disbelief.
He had seen this figure in a memorial hall when he was a child.
And that was the memorial hall of Captain America, the spiritual leader of America.
The figure before him bore an astonishing resemblance to Captain America's statue, and the shield in his hand was identical to the one described as Captain America's!
"He's Captain America! My God, how is he still alive?!"
Daisy, reminded by the doctor, also remembered and exclaimed.
Tony, seeing the exclamations caused by Captain America's appearance, felt a surge of displeasure.
He hated it when others stole his thunder, and couldn't help but ask Jarvis when his armor would arrive…
Meanwhile, Coulson and his agents were rushing towards the location when they suddenly heard a roar pass over their car.
An agent stuck his head out the window and could only see something rapidly flying forward.
"Speed up, get to the target location as soon as possible."
Coulson was very familiar with the object that flew past; it was Stark's armor.
He knew something must have happened ahead, otherwise Stark wouldn't have deployed his armor for support.
...
On Li Yue's side, the Captain held his shield, struggling to block the Destroyer's energy attack, covering the three warriors and Sif as they moved away from the Destroyer.
However, the Destroyer slowly advanced towards them as well.
"Thor, don't you feel utterly useless? You can only watch your friends get hurt, powerless to do anything."
"You have immense divine power, yet you don't know how to use it.
How laughable! If you could control your power, you could save your friends! You could protect those you care about.
Instead of being like this, only able to hide behind others."
Not only did Li Yue not step in to help, but he even deliberately provoked the worried Thor.
Li Yue's words plunged Thor into deep thought.
He wanted to refute Li Yue's words, yet he had nothing to say.
His expression shifted, showing regret, unwillingness, and most of all, anger.
He was angry at his own powerlessness, angry that he could only watch the Destroyer harm his friends.
"No!!!
I am Thor, the God of Thunder, Prince of Asgard! No one can harm my friends in front of me! No one can harm my people!"
Thor suddenly roared to the sky, clenching his fists, his voice filled with unwillingness and rage.
Thor's state worried Jane beside him.
She wanted to go forward and comfort him but didn't know how to speak.
Only Li Yue noticed that at this moment, faint silver electric arcs flickered on Thor's clenched fists, growing more numerous and brighter until silver electric arcs enveloped Thor's entire body.
And in the distant base, Mjolnir suddenly vibrated, electric arcs flashing on it, and then it shot straight into the sky, breaking the sound barrier with its speed as it flew into the distance.
At this moment, Thor was enveloped in silver lightning, dark clouds rolled overhead, thunder and lightning flashed, and a hurricane howled, centered around him.
Everyone hastily moved away from his position.
"Holy crap, Li Yue, his aura is much fiercer than yours!" Tony shouted excitedly next to Li Yue.
Li Yue, however, revealed a sly smile.
His goal had been achieved.
He had deliberately provoked Thor, making him unleash his inherent divine power in anger.
But this was not Li Yue's ultimate goal; Li Yue wouldn't do anything without benefit.
He fully unleashed his mental power, carefully observing the changes in Thor's body at this moment.
Li Yue's adaptive evolution ability was fully activated, simulating Thor's current state.
Silver lightning also slowly flickered on Li Yue's hands, and showed a tendency to spread throughout his entire body!