Thor planned to properly teach this brother a lesson. Maybe beating him up would calm him down.
The two brothers fought fiercely.
Even wielding Odin's spear, Loki still didn't gain much of an advantage.
In the end, under the impact of Mjolnir, the two fell one after the other onto the Rainbow Bridge.
Just as Loki used an illusion to make Thor think he was about to fall off the bridge and beg Thor for help,
Loki's real body successfully launched a sneak attack. Odin's spear pierced Thor's body.
Having succeeded with one move, Loki laughed wildly, splitting into countless clones, flaunting his power.
"Enough!"
Just as the weapons in all of Loki's clones' hands were about to stab into Thor's chest at the same time, a massive bolt of lightning struck Loki down to the ground.
Thor knew he couldn't keep wasting time with Loki anymore. The energy of the Rainbow Bridge was still wantonly slicing into the planet of Jotunheim.
Violent thunder surged as Loki was blasted to the ground.
Thor placed Mjolnir, the hammer of the Thunder God, onto Loki's chest.
Carrying Odin's whisper, Mjolnir was as heavy as a mountain, pinning Loki tightly to the surface of the Rainbow Bridge, leaving him unable to move.
No matter how Loki struggled, he couldn't shift it in the slightest.
And facing the monitoring station that was in full energy output, Thor tried to approach it, but couldn't even move forward half a step.
"Look at you, mighty Thor… now even you are powerless…"
Ignoring his brother's mockery, a trace of resolve flashed through Thor's eyes.
"Did you hear that, brother? There's nothing you can do anymore…"
In this critical moment, Thor raised his right hand without looking back, and Mjolnir answered the call, flying back into his grasp.
Clang!
Thor caught Mjolnir, took a deep breath, raised it high above his head, and slammed it down hard onto the Rainbow Bridge.
The radiant, flowing surface of the Rainbow Bridge instantly shattered with spiderweb-like cracks under the hammer's blow.
At the same time, the slumbering Odin suddenly opened his eyes.
———
Corin flipped through the system shop. After comparing options, he felt Superman's heat vision was more practical.
[Superman → Heat Vision Lv.1 (basic thermal energy) 50 million USD]
[Heat Vision Lv.2 (tactical-grade cutting) 500 million USD]
[Heat Vision Lv.3 (strategic-grade penetration) 10 billion USD]
[Heat Vision Lv.4 (planetary-level destruction) 1 trillion USD]
No more hesitation. He decisively bought it.
"Exchange!"
[-50 million USD. Talent exchange successful. Account balance: 14.248 billion USD]
As the system prompt sounded, Corin felt a wave of heat surge toward his eyes, leaving them feeling swollen and tight.
He then turned his gaze toward the pile of junk not far away.
Zzz!
Two rays emitting a dark red glow suddenly shot out from Corin's eyes.
Two shallow scorch marks appeared on the scrapped car frame struck by the beams, wisps of smoke rising.
"This power seems a bit weak."
Looking at the description of Level 1 heat vision...
[Basic thermal energy: localized heating, thawing, can ignite paper, melt ice, or repair microstructures, weld metal, and so on.]
Heat vision at this level was basically just a life skill.
"Upgrade!"
[-10.5 billion USD. Talent upgrade successful. Account balance: 3.748 billion USD]
The instant the upgrade completed, Corin felt a sudden flash of insight and raised his eyes toward the same spot.
Hum!
A burst of bright yellow light flashed before his eyes. Two beams easily pierced through the ring-shaped pile of metal and continued shooting into the distance.
The beams, concentrated with high-energy heat, instantly carved a deep gully into a hillside several kilometers away.
Judging by this momentum, if the heat vision were allowed to keep burning, it wouldn't take long for the mountain to be split clean in two.
The bright yellow beams were extremely eye-catching in the already dim environment and successfully alerted the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
"Boss, first there's shaking, now there's glowing. Could it be something else happening again?", Jasper Sitwell voiced his concern to Coulson.
Agent Coulson, who had long been observing the commotion near the crater, knew that Destiny was over there. This was probably his doing.
He didn't panic.
Destiny was strong, but so far he hadn't done anything out of line. He had even helped them solve many problems.
Anyway, it was just a stretch of wasteland. Let him do as he pleased.
"Don't worry, nothing's wrong… you keep an eye on the follow-up research. I need to head back to headquarters."
———
After several tests, Corin gradually mastered how to control his heat vision.
Looking at the hillside that had nearly been split in two, he nodded.
This was already very close to the effect he wanted.
After all, if he wanted to upgrade further, he didn't have the money.
Corin brushed the sand off his body and stood up—
Whoosh!
The shirtless Corin suddenly shot straight up into the sky, like a scallion being yanked out of dry ground.
Leaving behind a ring of swirling dust.
"What's going on?"
Still rising rapidly, Corin was a bit stunned. He had clearly only wanted to stand up. How did he end up flying?
The roar of wind filled his ears, and Corin instantly realized what the problem was.
He had just upgraded his constitution. His stamina had surged by over twenty thousand points, and he clearly needed a period of adjustment.
Realizing this, Corin simply began a closed-door training session right here in the desert.
———
The Rainbow Bridge is a sacred relic of Asgard.
An attack on the Rainbow Bridge would almost shake Asgard to its core. Such a drastic upheaval finally woke the all-knowing, all-powerful Odin from his slumber.
Clang! Clang!
Seeing that he couldn't stop the monitoring station's energy output from continuing, Thor realized there was only one final method left, smash the Rainbow Bridge.
The Rainbow Bridge contained immense energy from Asgard, and it was also the primary power source of the monitoring station.
Only by destroying the Rainbow Bridge could the energy beam truly be cut off and Jotunheim saved.
But the Rainbow Bridge was extremely hard. Even when Thor swung his hammer with all his strength, he could only leave shallow cracks.
With the situation urgent and no other options, Thor steeled his resolve and continued smashing the bridge, one blow after another…
"What are you doing?"
Thor's actions panicked Loki. The Rainbow Bridge was of such importance to Asgard. It was also the passage connecting the Nine Realms.
At this moment, Thor's behavior was undoubtedly insane, because no Asgardian had ever even entertained the thought of destroying the Rainbow Bridge.
"If you destroy the Rainbow Bridge… you'll never see her again!"
Loki truly lived up to his reputation as a master of manipulating hearts. He pinpointed Thor's soft spot and shouted desperately to stop the crazed Thor.
But Thor was no longer the impulsive man he once was. His decision to destroy the Rainbow Bridge had been made after careful consideration.
After all, when the greater good of the realms was at stake, personal feelings had to be set aside.
Thor's movements didn't pause for a second, nor did he hesitate in the slightest. He continued to chisel away at the Rainbow Bridge, hammer blow after hammer blow.
Seeing Thor being so stubborn, Loki, no longer able to control Mjolnir, roared and charged toward Thor from behind.
Trying to stop Thor's foolish act through force.
"I'm sorry… Jane…"
At the same time, Thor roared and swung down the final blow.
Crash!
The Rainbow Bridge shattered. Vast energy instantly erupted from the break, forming a massive, multicolored explosion.
Countless fragments glowing with illusory colors shot outward in the blast, gradually losing their color.
With its energy supply cut off, the monitoring station slowly extinguished its beam and fell toward the edge of the universe…
Thor and Loki, thrown away by the explosion, were also about to fall into the abyss.
Suddenly, a massive hand grabbed hold of Mjolnir, stopping the brothers' fall.
———
The sky was just beginning to brighten.
Corin's stomach was already protesting loudly.
Having basically adapted to his new abilities, he couldn't help but think, 'What's the use of having so many talents? You still can't beat hunger.'
"When you're hungry, you really don't want to move at all."
Corin hadn't yet realized that both heat vision and his enhanced constitution were rapidly consuming the energy in his body.
The hungry Corin suddenly lit up, remembering something he had seen earlier in the system shop.
[Doctor Strange → Sling Ring Portal. 3.5 billion USD]
"Something like an anywhere door is absolutely top-tier no matter where you put it!"
"Exchange!"
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