Ch: 291-300
Chapter 291: Frost Giant Laufey
The scene several kilometers away appeared in everyone's minds.
Thor, leading dozens of warriors, was already chasing the Frost Giants.
The entire Asgardian army was rapidly mobilizing, ready to provide support at any moment.
Leon's vision followed Thor's movements.
So everyone watched as Thunder God Thor swung Mjolnir.
Then he soared into the sky with Mjolnir.
He bravely charged ahead, leaving all his own warriors behind.
"He's actually going to confront the Frost Giants alone? That's not a good idea; reckless behavior could lead to worse outcomes."
Tony said, arms crossed, offering his assessment.
He whispered to Leon, "No wonder the elderly Captain America said Thor would be exiled to Earth in the future; he must have caused a lot of trouble."
"Ha!" Leon couldn't help but chuckle. "You know, Tony, you're the only one here who has no right to say Thor will definitely mess things up."
"What? Are you saying I'm a troublemaker too?"
"Aren't you? I think everyone would agree with that." Leon spread his hands.
Tony pouted, "Leon, in the future, I saved the Universe by snapping my fingers..."
"Gentlemen..."
Odin couldn't help but interrupt the two whispering.
"If you don't mind, could we discuss the future, regarding Thor and Loki?"
Tony and Leon exchanged glances at his words.
Leon motioned for Tony to speak.
"Alright, I don't know much about Asgardian affairs. It probably starts with Thor's exile..."
Tony lowered his voice.
He hadn't mentioned the future to anyone else before.
He wouldn't have before, and he probably wouldn't in the future either.
After all, if Pepper knew that in the future he would snap his fingers and sacrifice himself to save the World, Tony couldn't even imagine the storm he would face for a long time afterward.
On the other side.
Thor, still unaware that Odin had arranged everything, finally caught up to the Frost Giants.
The Giants had already reached the spatial portal and were lowering their spaceship's altitude.
However, Thor suddenly descended from the sky, roaring and drawing lightning to pierce through the spaceship.
In the flames after the spaceship crashed, the casket of ancient winters erupted with cold air, rapidly freezing the mountain.
More than a dozen Frost Giants gathered, attempting to resist Thor.
But they couldn't perfectly control the casket of ancient winters.
Before Thor, who wielded Mjolnir, after a few exchanges, three Giants lost their lives.
The leading Giant realized they had no chance of escaping unscathed.
So he tried to rush towards the cave where the spatial portal was hidden by himself.
But even with the casket of ancient winters, he could only barely hinder Thor's attacks, with no chance of escape.
He could only hold the casket in one hand and push away a tribesman behind him with the other.
"Go! Return to Jotunheim, tell the King, tell him we've seized the casket of ancient winters! Come quickly to support us!"
So one Frost Giant left, escaping back to Jotunheim under the cover of the others.
But Thor didn't mind.
Because he had already made up his mind.
After reclaiming the casket of ancient winters, he would lead his army to flatten Jotunheim!
He shattered the incoming ice blades with hammer blow after hammer blow.
Even if the cold air spewing from the casket of ancient winters made his movements sluggish, he still had confidence in dealing with the remaining few Giants in front of him.
As time passed, the Frost Giants fell one by one.
When only the Giant holding the casket of ancient winters remained, standing with difficulty, Thor, with slightly heavy breathing and a strong scent of alcohol, tossed Mjolnir in his hand.
"Your strength is good. Although you can't use that casket well yet, you are a commendable warrior."
"But I'm sorry, I still have to finish you off, and then go to Jotunheim to deal with the other Frost Giants."
In Asgardian children's stories, the inhabitants of Jotunheim are called terrifying Frost Giants, capable of stopping children's crying.
Thor swung Mjolnir into a blur, throwing it forcefully at the Frost Giant.
The Giant, with despair in his eyes, unleashed the full power of the casket of ancient winters.
Layer upon layer of ice walls instantly rose out of nowhere in front of the Giant.
But they were shattered layer by layer by Mjolnir, which advanced with irresistible force.
Mjolnir finally struck the Giant's chest like a meteorite.
The Frost Giant flew backward, and the casket of ancient winters was also flung far away.
Thor held out his right hand, steadily catching the returning Mjolnir.
"It's over!"
Thor laughed heartily.
After a few minutes of rest, he looked back in the direction of the center of the Divine Realm.
The other approaching warriors still had a third of the way to go.
They were piloting spaceships.
But those small, swarm-like spaceships were still very far away.
"They're a bit slow..." Thor murmured.
"My strength is indeed fine. It's not that I've gotten weaker, but that the mages of Kamar-Taj are too abnormal!"
The top three mages who appeared from Kamar-Taj today were none weaker than him.
Not to mention there was a much stronger Sorcerer Supreme.
Thor was even starting to doubt himself.
Fortunately, the Frost Giants, used by Asgardian parents to scare children, were no match for him.
This gave Thor a little confidence again.
"Very good, once Vandal and the others arrive, we'll head to Jotunheim together!"
Thor instinctively planned to use the spatial portal to go to Jotunheim, just like the Frost Giants.
He didn't even remember that he had the Bifrost Bridge, a more convenient method of spatial jump, to choose from.
"First, let's go retrieve the casket of ancient winters."
Seeing that the warriors' spaceships were still some distance away, Thor turned back, ready to collect his spoils of war.
But after turning, his steps halted.
On the originally ice-bound, empty mountain land, out of nowhere, forty to fifty lively Frost Giants had appeared.
They stood behind a Giant holding the casket of ancient winters.
And in front of that Giant were more than a dozen corpses of Frost Giants who had already died.
That Giant was bending down, closing the eyes of each corpse one by one.
Thor was stunned.
Just as his mind wandered for a moment, the Frost Giant reinforcements had already passed through the spatial portal and arrived in Asgard!
They even took the time to move their own fallen comrades' bodies together!
"You are... Laufey?" Thor subconsciously asked the Frost Giant holding the casket.
For some reason, it was as if a hammer was repeatedly pounding in his mind, telling him that things were starting to get complicated.
The Frost Giant did not deny Thor's address, but neither did he respond.
He continued to close the eyes of each fallen tribesman.
Then he slowly rose, his eyes, which had been cast down, finally lifted, filled with a ferocity as if he had emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
"Asgardian, are you... ready for Death?"
Laufey's voice was deep, like it came from a worn-out bellows.
The moment his voice fell, a powerful burst of cold air immediately erupted from the casket of ancient winters!
Unlike when it was in the hands of the previous Frost Giant, the casket of ancient winters, under Laufey's control, fully unleashed the power of a super artifact!
Wherever the cold air reached, everything froze, even the molecules of matter stopped moving.
Facing the attack, Thor also unhesitatingly swung Mjolnir.
"I! Am Thor Odinson!"
"Frost Giants, you will pay the price for your invasion!"
Mjolnir carried Thor like lightning, tearing through the solid ice and crashing towards Laufey.
Then, in the next second, Thor was enveloped in solid ice, frozen into an ice pop.
Even Mjolnir was frozen into ice after it fell.
"We killed him!"
Some Frost Giants immediately rushed forward, wanting to kill Thor for revenge, but were stopped by Laufey.
"Stop, he is Odin's son. Our goal is to defeat Asgard and break free from their rule, not to fight to the Death!"
Chapter 292 Asgard is Over
Laufey knew Odin's strength.
The older the Asgardian gods got, the stronger they became.
That old man was just old, but not dead yet.
If Thunder God Thor was killed, Laufey didn't think his group could withstand Odin's wrath.
He couldn't defeat Odin in his prime, let alone an elderly Odin.
But as long as the Prince of Asgard didn't die, the possibility of Odin taking action would naturally be greatly reduced.
Laufey swore that today he would make the Asgardians taste the slaughter that Jotunheim had once endured!
"Let's go, to welcome our warriors!"
Laufey carried the casket of ancient winters.
Frost spread beneath his feet.
In a few breaths, everything within sight—hills, forests, oceans—was covered in a layer of bone-chilling ice.
This was the true power of the casket of ancient winters.
It was enough to freeze a Planet, unleashing storms that could destroy an entire Planet!
Laufey controlled the ice layer beneath his feet.
The ice layer carried him, the Frost Giants behind him, and Thor, who had turned into an ice pop, speeding towards the Bifrost Bridge's control terminal.
They crossed the sea, and wherever they went, millions of tons of seawater instantly turned to ice, leaving no concealment of their tracks.
The Asgardian warriors who were rushing over spotted the giant's procession from afar.
Especially Thor, who was frozen at the front of the group.
The Prince of Asgard had actually been captured and taken as a hostage!
The Warriors Three and Sif in the spaceship immediately became anxious.
They quickly sent word to Odin, requesting reinforcements, while simultaneously directing the warriors to besiege the Frost Giants.
The Asgardian fleet rapidly approached the Frost Giant's procession.
However, before they could issue a warning to return the hostage or launch a probing attack, the leading Laufey merely glanced at them.
Clusters of spaceships were enveloped by a sudden burst of cold air, all turning into aerial ice floes.
The frozen spaceships lost power and fell from the sky, one after another, shattering on the frozen sea.
The shattered debris scattered in all directions, including spaceship wreckage and dismembered limbs encased in solid ice.
In just one encounter, the fully armed Asgardian warriors were completely wiped out.
Thor was trapped in the solid ice, unable to even blink, and could only watch helplessly as his companions died.
His entire body was transmitting a bone-chilling cold, yet he felt as if he was being scorched by a torch.
The flames burned from his skin all the way into his heart.
His only remaining bit of relief was that he hadn't seen Vandal or the others among the fragmented remains.
Laufey saw Thor's agonizing expression.
He sneered, "So the so-called Thor is just a child pretending to be a My Lord, completely ignorant of the brutality of war. Odin's education of his son is far inferior to that of his eldest daughter."
With that, he waved his hand, and the solid ice beneath their feet began to accelerate, carrying them towards the Bifrost Bridge terminal.
With the casket of ancient winters, Laufey was simply unstoppable.
Even Heimdall, who guarded the Bifrost Bridge, was easily frozen by him.
Laufey snatched Heimdall's long sword, which was the key to the Bifrost Bridge.
"Activate the Bifrost Bridge and summon our army!"
Jotunheim officially launched its invasion of Asgard!
Under Laufey's command, the giant army, spanning star systems, attacked the Divine Realm.
The Frost Beasts, as the vanguard, deeply penetrated Asgard's assembled defensive formations.
With the aid of the casket of ancient winters, Jotunheim's army was practically irresistible.
People constantly fell in Asgard's lines; Death had not stopped since the beginning.
Loki, who arrived at the front line, could barely believe what he saw.
One of his schemes had actually led to Jotunheim's invasion.
Now, casualties were steadily increasing, but he had no strategy.
"Father, only Father can resolve all of this!"
Loki could no longer afford to ponder the issue of his newly discovered parentage.
He rushed all the way to the Heavenly Palace in the center of the Divine Realm, eager to inform Odin of the disadvantage on the front lines.
And behind the Frost Giants, compared to Loki's burning anxiety, Thor was even more filled with regret and rage.
He regretted his rashness.
If not for the Death of those dozen or so Frost Giants, Laufey might have left Asgard after obtaining the casket of ancient winters.
He hated his weakness.
If he were stronger, he could at least break through the ice's restraints.
Then he could fight alongside the Asgardian warriors.
Thor's eyes were about to burst.
Under his intense emotional fluctuations, imperceptible lightning began to surge through his flesh and blood.
Even Mjolnir, frozen on the other side, began to show slight tremors.
However, all these changes stopped there.
Without Odin's further guidance, Thor, the Thunder God, was far from enough to break free from his restraints and overcome his dependence on Mjolnir.
As the Asgardian army suffered heavier and heavier casualties, Thor's emotions grew increasingly somber and despairing.
At this moment, Odin's voice finally resounded throughout the Divine Realm.
"Enough, Laufey!"
A rainbow tore through the sky, which was adorned with frost.
Odin, holding gungnir and riding an eight-legged steed, traversed the long distance from the Heavenly Palace to the coast, arriving in an instant.
He and the eight-legged steed stood high in the sky, an invisible majesty radiating across Heaven and Earth.
Beneath such a majestic figure, every Frost Giant stopped in their tracks.
All eyes present converged on the God King.
"All-Father…" Laufey lowered his right hand, which had been holding up the casket of ancient winters.
His gaze was fixed on Odin.
Others only saw Odin's inviolable majesty, but he saw the undisguised fatigue on Odin's face.
"Your condition… doesn't seem to be very good, All-Father."
Laufey's voice squeezed out of his throat.
With the casket of ancient winters in hand, he found it somewhat difficult to suppress his urge to test Odin.
Although he told the other Frost Giants that this war was only for independence, it was, after all, hatred accumulated over tens of thousands of years.
He had waited for this day for too long!
Odin looked down at Laufey: "Stop, Laufey. This was merely a child's prank to begin with. Do not let any more lives bleed."
Everyone else thought Thor had enraged Laufey, including Thor himself.
But Odin and Laufey both knew they were referring to Loki.
Loki's playful act of leading the Frost Giants into the Divine Realm had caused all of this.
"What if… I say no?" Laufey ultimately couldn't resist the urge to attack Odin.
He suddenly raised the casket of ancient winters high, and a torrent of azure energy surged into the sky, carrying the chilling cold that froze Heaven and Earth directly towards Odin.
Odin snorted coldly, also raising gungnir high.
"Then come!"
The gungnir's shaft glowed with a dazzling rainbow luster, and a golden stream of energy also burst forth.
The two streams of energy converged in the air.
In an instant, the Earth shook.
The bridge connecting the Divine Realm to the Bifrost Bridge terminal crumbled inch by inch under the turbulent Impact.
The Asgardian soldiers and Frost Giants on the bridge fell into the sea, flowing with the ocean currents towards beyond the World.
This was entirely a confrontation between two Skyfather-level powerhouses.
Just one collision nearly destroyed the World.
Everyone's minds went blank, believing that Asgard was about to be annihilated.
However, just then, Odin in the sky suddenly began to pant heavily, his right hand
uncontrollably
loosening.
"Uh… ah ah…"
He let out a weak sound, like an old man struggling to lift a heavy suitcase onto a shelf.
But this suitcase was too heavy for the old man's body.
So gungnir slipped from his grasp, and the Riptide shot from the casket of ancient winters splashed onto Odin.
Odin… turned into a block of solid ice, falling silently from the sky, creating a huge splash on the sea surface.
That splash struck the hearts of every Asgardian.
Asgard… was finished!
Chapter 293: The flames died out before they could explode
Chapter 293: Extinguished Before It Could Ignite
"No! Father! Don't! No!!!"
The frozen Thor roared in despair in his heart.
He wanted to deny everything before his eyes, but Odin's majestic figure was no longer in the sky.
The aging God King had been defeated and fallen into the sea.
At this moment, Thor finally clearly realized.
His father was old.
He was no longer the child whose father would always clean up his messes, no matter how much trouble he caused.
"Father... he, he was defeated..." In front of the Heavenly Palace, Loki also collapsed to the ground, utterly dejected.
Compared to Thor, Loki's heart was even more tormented.
He was the culprit who led to the current situation.
At this moment, Loki's heart was filled with both confusion about his own identity and anger at Odin for concealing the truth.
There was also a sense of bewilderment after witnessing Odin's defeat, and endless rage towards the Frost Giants.
Inside the Heavenly Palace, Leon couldn't maintain his composure either.
"Odin! No... how can this old man be as good at acting as the Ancient One!" Leon was puzzled.
These old guys who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years, had they spent their long lives honing their acting skills?
On the other side, in front of the Bifrost Bridge's control terminal.
Laufey still held the casket of ancient winters high.
The cold current emanating from the casket, powerful enough to freeze the World, continued to pierce through the sky after defeating Odin.
Infinite cold air erupted in the sky, freezing everything.
The clouds, dust, and water vapor in the sky all turned into ice crystals, falling down, and a sky full of ice rain poured into the Divine Realm.
The tiny ice crystals struck Laufey's face.
He looked in disbelief at the spot where Odin had fallen into the ocean.
"All-Father... no, Odin, Odin is defeated... he's defeated, hahaha, he's defeated!!!"
Laufey's stern expression gradually melted, his smile grew wider and wider, and his laughter soared in the ice rain.
"A thousand years, a thousand years!" Laufey laughed loudly, "Asgard, Odin, let's end all of this today!"
He unleashed the full power of the casket of ancient winters without reservation.
Without the need to guard against Odin, Laufey no longer had any qualms.
A majestic torrent of cold air, like a river pouring backward, surged from the casket of ancient winters.
Starting from Laufey's feet.
Asgard's ocean began to freeze inch by inch.
The Asgardian warriors who had fallen into the sea earlier were instantly frozen, their life force rapidly draining away in the deadly cold.
At this moment, the sky above was ice, and the ground below was also ice.
The ice crystals refracted a deep blue color under the night's faint glow.
The entire World seemed to be submerged in blue, turning into a second Jotunheim.
The ice quickly spread to the land.
The valiant Asgardians would not mutiny even if they fought until only one remained standing.
But in the face of the rolling cold air, none of them could survive.
Thor, trapped in the solid ice, already had bloodshot eyes.
He had realized that after his father's defeat, he was Asgard's last hope.
But he could do nothing at this moment, only watch helplessly as his warriors died without any resistance.
Slaughter! This was a slaughter!
Something seemed to snap in Thor's mind.
Flashes of lightning snakes flickered on his body, and Mjolnir in another block of ice began to shake violently.
The sky, full of ice crystals, was suddenly illuminated by a flash of electricity, and then streaks of lightning snakes swept through the ice crystals in the sky.
The blue sky quickly became oppressive and turned pitch black.
Laufey looked up and saw the change in the weather.
His gaze then shifted to Thor, who was encased in ice.
"I almost forgot about you, a foolish brute."
Laufey walked towards Thor. Fine cracks had already appeared inside the solid ice that trapped Thor; Thor seemed to be about to break free.
"Because of Odin, I only trapped you."
"But now Odin is going to Valhalla, Asgardian, why don't you go there ahead of him to arrange a welcome banquet?"
Laufey held the casket of ancient winters level, and a surging cold current roared towards Thor.
When the cold air rolled over, Thor, who had previously only been trapped by solid ice, completely turned into an ice sculpture.
He had just reached the peak of his emotions, about to burst forth in adversity, but was thus interrupted by Laufey's skill cast.
Inside the Heavenly Palace.
Everyone who was sharing the view with Leon through his magic was stunned for a moment.
"My Thor, no!" Queen Frigga exclaimed.
She covered her mouth, tears welling in her eyes.
At this moment, only the Kamar-Taj group and Queen Frigga were left in the Heavenly Palace hall.
Earlier, when they saw Odin defeated, Wanda and Pietro almost rushed out of the hall to intervene.
After all, they were the youngest people present.
The siblings were at the peak of their sense of justice.
It was Leon who, with quick reflexes, held them back, explaining that this was all a play staged by Odinto train his children.
As for the cleanup... Odin couldn't clean it up, unless he was truly prepared to fight to the death.
After all, he had directly taken the attack from the casket of ancient winters.
At this moment, Odin was probably frozen and on the verge of entering the Odin Sleep.
"Leon, Sir Leon, please, can you make a move now? I'm worried Thor will truly, truly..." Frigga looked at Leon nervously.
She was full of sorrow at this moment.
Although she was a goddess from Vanaheim,
So many warriors died because of Odin's temporary plan,
She also felt grief.
Only a cold-blooded person like Odin would mercilessly sacrifice the lives of warriors to achieve his goals.
He had once sacrificed all the Valkyries to defeat the rebellious Hela.
Now, to facilitate the growth of the two princes, he was sacrificing a large number of warriors again.
In the original timeline, Odin would choose to sacrifice Earth, allowing Loki to control the Destroyer to fight Thor on Earth.
But now that Leon was on Earth, he was not a detached Sorcerer Supreme like the Ancient One.
Plus, knowing future information.
Odin naturally had to choose other methods.
"Don't worry, Queen Frigga."
Leon nodded at the pleading Frigga.
"Thor and Loki should have grown from the cruel sacrifice; I will make a move."
Leon floated into the air.
His magic suit transformed like flowing water into a form-fitting battle suit.
It was the familiar Dormammu Suit.
"It's just a pity; I saw Thor was about to unleash even stronger power, but was interrupted by the cautious Laufey."
"It's alright, as long as Thor matures, Odin will be very satisfied." Frigga shook her head.
Leon was slightly taken aback: "Thor becoming mature... Hmm, that would indeed be quite good."
Thor was naturally an optimist.
In the original timeline, after dealing with Thanos, he joined the Guardians of the Galaxy and became a cosmic wanderer, still as impulsive as ever.
It's hard to say if that counts as mature.
"Everyone, please wait here for a moment; I'll go out and check the situation."
Leon said as he flew out of the hall.
"I'm coming too!" Tony, his armor attached, tried to catch up with Leon.
But in a blink of an eye, he was thrown back by Leon.
The others exchanged glances and chose to remain in the hall to wait.
Chapter 294: Defeated in One Blow
Leon finally made his appearance.
Inside the frozen sea, Odin, with his eyes tightly shut, finally let out a sigh of relief.
He was already half-Fall into (half-fallen into) the Odin Sleep state.
In this state, his divine power could be restored, his injuries healed, and his life extended.
Although he closed his eyes when entering the Odin Sleep, he could still clearly perceive what was happening outside.
If Leon had suddenly gone back on his word and not intervened, he would have had to risk his old life to deal with Laufey.
To be honest, Odin really didn't want to spend his remaining time on that blue-skinned old ice pop.
At this moment, one-tenth of Asgard had already been frozen.
Laufey led his army across the ice, as if he was already walking on his own territory.
He had never been so high-spirited.
His most powerful enemy, Odin, had fallen.
His enemy's son was also frozen by him, not far from death.
Laufey really couldn't think of any reason for his failure.
Although he also couldn't understand how he had won, or why Odin had become so old that he couldn't even hold his spear steadily, none of that mattered anymore.
Laufey only knew that he had won.
No one could stop him now!
"So I am Ragnarok; the so-called Ragnarok is caused by me," Laufey exclaimed.
He stood on the ice peak he had created, holding the casket of ancient winters in one hand and conjuring an ice sword in the other, pointing it directly at the Heavenly Palace of Asgard, brimming with ambition.
"I am invincible, I am Eternity; from today onwards, I am the new Master of the Nine Realms, and the Frost Giants will once again become the rulers of the Nine Realms!"
Below the ice peak, tens of thousands of crimson eyes watched Laufey.
The cold hearts of the Frost Giants also beat faster at this moment.
"…"
Leon floated in the air, looking down at the impassioned Laufey below.
To be honest, he really wanted to follow up with, "Who dares to claim invincibility? Who dares to speak of being undefeated? Odin didn't even get old."
But the words stopped at his lips and couldn't escape; after all, his chunni (middle school syndrome) index wasn't high enough.
"The night is beautiful tonight, and even the sea view is not bad, Laufey, your casket of ancient wintersis quite well used."
Leon's voice suddenly rang out, descending from the long sky onto the ice.
In the air, the ice crystals dotted with starlight trembled at his voice, and the speed of the falling ice rain suddenly quickened.
On the ice peak, Laufey looked up at the sound, finding Leon's figure in the night sky through the ice rain.
That figure descended rapidly after his words fell, like a meteor from the starry sky, yet without causing any disturbance.
It was as if the entire person had merged into space, a swimming fish within space.
"Who… are you!?" Laufey instantly judged that the opponent was a strong individual.
But he was not afraid.
With the casket of ancient winters in hand, he was confident that no one could defeat him except a prime Odin.
"I am the Sorcerer Supreme of Midgard, Laufey. Just as Odin said before, leave. The position of Masterof the Nine Realms does not belong to Jotunheim."
Leon landed in front of Laufey, the distance between them less than a hundred meters.
"You want to stop me? Are you a helper Odin invited?" Laufey's face, which had been radiant with victory, darkened again.
"Something like that. By the way, that casket of ancient winters in your hand was given to me by Odin, so remember to leave it for me when you go."
Laufey was so angry he laughed: "The casket of ancient winters belongs to Jotunheim! That BanditsOdin has no right to control it! You are from Midgard? Very good, Midgard will be conquered by me after Asgard!"
Midgard was the most backward star domain in the Nine Realms.
In Laufey's impression, that place was even inferior to his Jotunheim.
He no longer had any desire to negotiate and directly activated the casket of ancient winters, once again shooting out a beam of freezing energy.
Even Odin had been defeated by this move.
To use it against a mere sorcerer from Midgard, Laufey even felt he was making too much of a fuss.
The ice-blue beam quickly broke through any obstruction, heading straight for Leon.
Wherever it passed, the air was frozen one after another, like a series of bursting spikes.
"Not bad, the temperature of the ray is very low, already close to absolute Zero."
Facing the attack, Leon still had time to comment.
Laufey's proud trump card, in his eyes, became slow, like a frozen picture.
"It is indeed a good divine artifact."
"No wonder Odin had to use gungnir to contend with it, and even Thor in his break out (burst) state could be frozen."
Leon thought to himself that after returning today, he would have to send out a clone to study the casket of ancient winters.
Perhaps he could really use this opportunity to comprehend a law related to Ice.
"Hmm, then let's do this first."
Facing the energy ray capable of freezing everything, Leon did not dodge.
Behind him was the Heavenly Palace of Asgard, so he could not dodge.
However, he didn't need to dodge either.
His peaceful black eyes suddenly turned red.
Leon's eyes lit up like a Sun.
The next moment, two crimson rays erupted, piercing straight into the oncoming ice-blue beam.
There was no violent collision.
Nor was there an Impact as powerful as when Odin had counterattacked Laufey earlier.
Leon's heat ray directly pushed against the energy of the casket of ancient winters.
And rapidly approached Laufey.
Laufey, holding the casket of ancient winters, could already be considered a Skyfather-level powerhouse, possessing the combat power to destroy a Planet.
But there were differences even among Skyfathers.
Just like two celestial bodies, the Sun's volume is millions of times that of Earth.
The gap between Leon and Laufey at this moment was also hundreds of thousands or even millions of times.
"No, this is wrong! What is this? How could my casket of ancient winters…"
Laufey watched with wide eyes as the two heat rays instantly shattered his energy.
He hadn't even had time to shift his emotions from confident and dominant to uncertain and bewildered.
He was already engulfed by Leon's heat rays and turned into ashes.
Pop!
The casket of ancient winters fell, and Leon appeared in Laufey's position, catching it steadily.
"Very good!"
Slightly sensing the "terrifying" energy of the casket, Leon revealed a satisfied smile.
He then turned his head, his eyes crimson, and looked around.
"So, the remaining Frost Giants, you can go home. Heimdall might be willing to give you a ride."
Under that terrifying gaze, the surrounding Frost Giants all took a step back in unison.
It took them a few seconds to finally react.
"King!"
"King Laufey!"
"The King is dead! Killed by… by a Midgardian!?"
From launching his counterattack to killing Laufey, Leon took less than a second.
The Frost Giants had only blinked, and their King was gone.
How could this not make them stunned, how could it not make them afraid?
Even Loki, slumped in front of the Heavenly Palace, was dumbfounded.
Thor, who was gradually losing his life in the ice, also became dazed.
Including the Earthlings who had run to the Heavenly Palace terrace to watch the battle, they blinked and still hadn't reacted.
Wanda quietly rubbed her arms, her cheeks slightly puffed, and whispered to Pietro: "Leon's eyes really are a bit scary when they turn red. It's so much better when he's usually quiet like that."
Although a long time had passed, Wanda still remembered the sight of Leon's crimson eyes when they first met.
She was both afraid and couldn't help but want to see it up close a few more times.
That Leon, though scary, also gave her a sense of security and a thrilling, heart-pounding excitement.
Chapter 295 Odin's Play
Laufey's Death did not do much to deter the Frost Giants.
Perhaps Laufey died too carelessly.
So much so that they didn't realize how absurd the enemy they were facing was.
Or maybe the recent victory made them unwilling to give up their ambition to rule the Nine Realms.
None of the Frost Giants around Leon intended to leave.
They glared at Leon with red eyes and hatred.
"Midgardian, you killed our king, and you must pay the price!" a tall Frost Giant roared.
The others also followed suit, roaring in anger.
The anger spread like a plague.
More and more Frost Giants focused their hatred on Leon.
They were all ready for battle.
They were just waiting for the first person to make a move.
Then they would swarm him and take him down.
Leon played with the casket of ancient winters in his hand and said without raising his head, "You'd better think about it again. If you don't want Jotunheim to be devastated for the next few decades, don't make a move."
His persuasion caused some Frost Giants to hesitate.
But in the end, a warrior emerged from the crowd.
The warrior rushed out, shouting about revenge and revival, and his weapon slashed towards Leon.
This warrior's action sounded the charge.
Tens of thousands of Frost Giants surged towards Leon like a tide.
If this were an ordinary military war.
Then these people could chop Leon into mincemeat with one knife each.
But they were facing a Skyfather-level powerhouse.
Facing the surging crowd, Leon raised his right hand.
His five fingers slowly closed.
In an instant, violent spatial fluctuations appeared on all the charging Frost Giants.
The space they were in began to distort.
The next moment, tens of thousands of small black holes suddenly appeared, and then disappeared.
The space remained stable, like silk ironed smooth.
Only, the tens of thousands of charging Frost Giants had all disappeared.
They were all sucked into the black holes, their every drop of flesh and blood shredded by gravity.
This was a simple application of spatial rules.
In the movie, Thanos once used the Space Stone to launch a similar attack on Doctor Strange.
However, Doctor Strange blocked it with the Ancient One's body.
But Doctor Strange being able to block it didn't mean the Frost Giants could.
The crowded ice surface instantly cleared.
Only a few scattered Frost Giants remained.
They hadn't attacked earlier, and Leon had let them off.
A second ago, they were still trying to persuade their companions not to be impulsive.
The next second, all their companions disappeared.
A cold wind blew across the ice.
The Frost Giants, who had lived in the freezing cold for years, felt a chilling coldness to their bones.
That chill crawled from their hearts all over their bodies.
Monster, the one who killed King Laufey, is a monster!
The remaining Frost Giants were stiff with horror.
After Leon pointed to the Bifrost Bridge terminal in the distance of the ice sea and told them to wait there for Odin's arrangements.
They then scurried away, scrambling and crawling.
It's over, Jotunheim is over!
This was the only thought in the minds of all the Frost Giants.
"Odin is going to be ecstatic now. Even the subsequent hidden dangers have been resolved by me."
Leon raised an eyebrow and put the casket of ancient winters into his World.
Although he didn't know how Odin would arrange for the two princes later.
But there would definitely be a step for them to quell the rebellions in the Nine Realms.
After all, many Asgardians died in this "war."
Even though Laufey was dead, the losses caused were real.
The Nine Realms, unwilling to be ruled by Asgard, would inevitably fall into turmoil.
However, now tens of thousands of Frost Giants were killed by Leon in one move.
Facing such terrifying achievements, it was questionable whether those with ulterior motives in the Nine Realms would still dare to act.
Hmm… maybe they would try to contact Kamar-Taj and invite Leon to join them in initiating a rebellion.
If that were the case, it would be a good time to open a magic academy.
They could recruit many excellent students from the Nine Realms.
Leon's thoughts were somewhat scattered.
He thought about the academy, slowly ascended, his eyes glowing red, and Heat Vision was activated again.
Only this time, the targets were the frozen ocean below and the Asgardian warriors encased in ice.
Heat Vision spread out in a fan shape, covering most of the ocean.
Leon controlled the temperature, melting the frozen sea.
Asgard, which had become half an ice World, was covered in ice above and below.
The ice quickly began to melt, steaming with heat.
First, the upper layer of ice in the ocean turned into warm currents, and then the lower ice also began to thaw.
In less than two minutes, Asgard's ocean was once again churning with waves.
Leon's Black Light Clone walked out of his World,
transforming into thousands of tentacles,
and Fishinging the Asgardian warriors out of the sea.
At the same time, he did not forget to collect valuable genes.
Even when Odin and Thor were wrapped by the tentacles, they were fiercely sucked for a mouthful of blood.
Odin, who had just thawed, noticed Leon's small action.
He frowned slightly but did not resist.
He was now pale from the cold, playing the role of a dying old man, so he couldn't make any moves.
"Father! Father!" As soon as Thor thawed, he hurriedly thanked Leon and then rushed to Odin's side.
The surviving Asgardian warriors carried Odin to the seaside and placed him in the sunlight.
Everyone gathered around Odin, their expressions sorrowful.
Leon stood by, observing silently with his arms crossed.
He thought to himself that these people were quite efficient, directly carrying Odin to the seaside.
Asgardian funerals were very similar to the Viking ship burials on Earth.
The deceased would be placed on an exquisite wooden boat, with their weapons and ornaments from life as burial goods.
When the boat carrying the deceased drifted away, it would be set on fire.
The flames burned away the deceased's glory and past, making him forever remembered by the living.
Leon thought.
These Asgardians carried Odin to the seaside.
If Odin accidentally died for real.
Then they could just send him off on a drifting boat, burying him on the spot, a one-stop service without wasting any time.
Fortunately, Odin was not truly dying.
Even his pale face was fake.
If it weren't for the act, even if Laufey held the casket of ancient winters, Odin could easily kill him.
At most, his body couldn't withstand the pressure of the powerful divine power, and he would go to Valhalla two years early to see his ancestors.
When Frigga arrived at the seaside with Loki.
Odin finally opened his eyes weakly.
His eyes were half-open, looking as if just opening his eyelids took all his strength.
"Father, you're awake! That's great, I knew you wouldn't die, you're Odin!" Thor was so happy that tears and snot streamed out.
"Father…" Loki half-squatted beside Thor, his eyes complex.
He had many questions he wanted to ask Odin, but now was clearly not the time.
However, Odin soon gave him the opportunity.
"Children… children…" Odin's weak eyes looked at his two children, and he stretched out his hands with difficulty.
Thor quickly walked to the other side, and he and Loki each held one of Odin's hands.
"Father, how do you feel? We'll send you back to the Heavenly Palace for treatment right away!"
Chapter 296 Thor becomes acting God-King, Loki is demoted!
Chapter 296: Thor Becomes Acting All-Father, Loki Banished!
"No... no need, Thor, I know my condition."
Odin gasped, "I am about to enter the Odinsleep, Thor. You... I have always taught you to have the patience of a king. Do you understand now?"
"I understand, Father, I understand everything now. It was always my fault, all my fault. If it weren't for me, Laufey wouldn't have invaded Asgard," Thor confessed, weeping.
Loki lowered his head beside him, his gaze equally dim.
Odin showed a satisfied smile: "Thor, after I fall into slumber, Asgard will be entrusted to you."
"Remember, recklessness is not the act of a king. You must think for every citizen of Asgard, and for the lives of the Nine Realms."
"Father..." Thor instinctively wanted to make a promise.
But Odin gestured for him to be silent: "Now, in the name of my ancestors, the previous All-Fathers, and myself, Odin, All-Father, I command Thor Odinson to temporarily manage all affairs of Asgard and the Nine Realms!"
"Remember, from now on, Asgard and Kamar-Taj are the closest allies. Everything Asgard possesses shall be shared with its allies."
After instructing Thor, Odin exchanged glances with Leon in the distance.
Hmm, with that confirmed, he could sleep peacefully.
"Father!" Loki suddenly stood up again.
His gaze was fixed on Odin, his teeth clenched.
"What about me! You're letting Thor act as All-Father, what arrangements do you have for me?"
Odin looked deeply at Loki, gripping his hand tightly.
He suddenly said sharply: "Loki, you lured the Frost Giant to Asgard, causing this heavy loss. You have failed Asgard! Countless innocent lives in the Nine Realms will die because of you!"
"My son, Loki! Your sins are profound. I command you to go to Midgard and repent as a mortal!"
"What? I... a mortal!?" Loki's eyes widened.
Odin squeezed his hand so hard it hurt. How could someone so weak, almost in slumber, have such strength!
"Loki, from now on, I strip (seal) your divine power!"
Odin's tone continued to rise: "Only when you find your compassion and sincerity will you regain the power of Loki!"
Green light flared around Loki, then quickly dimmed.
Loki lost all his power.
He became a mortal!
Odin released Loki, who stumbled backward and fell to the ground, his gaze blank, unable to believe what Odin had done.
"Father!" Thor was anxious, he went around Odin, wanting to help Loki up and persuade Odin to retract his decision.
But Odin pointed at him and roared: "Stand there!"
Thor instantly froze.
"Thor, afterwards, you will send Loki to Midgard, monitor his actions, and urge him to change!"
"I... Yes, Father." Thor lowered his head.
"Very good..." Odin nodded with satisfaction.
"Heh, heh heh..." Loki, sitting on the ground, lowered his head and suddenly laughed hysterically.
"Father, do you know, when I was frozen by the Frost Giant, I actually transformed into their likeness!"
Loki looked up, his eyes red, "Tell me, am I under some kind of curse?"
Odin was silent for a moment: "Of course not."
"Then who exactly am I?"
"You are the Prince of Asgard, the son of Odin." Odin's eyes flickered; he realized what Loki wanted to ask.
"Heh... really? In fact, I came from Jotunheim, and I came with the casket of ancient winters, right?"
"Loki... Well, I found Laufey's child there,
He looked so pitiful and helpless,
I thought he might be the key to lasting peace between Asgard and Jotunheim,
So I brought him back." Odin subtly admitted.
"It's... Laufey's child... So that's how it is."
Loki stood up in a daze, looking at Odin, and suddenly tears fell.
"So you were just using me. In your heart, I'm no different from a weapon in the vault. You never loved me, did you?"
"Did you!" Loki suddenly roared at Odin.
"No... Frigga and I both love you, Loki, you are our child." Odin suddenly became weak again.
"Lies! All lies! You favor Thor, the throne is his, the encouragement is his, and the recognition is his!"
Loki became more and more agitated, almost leaning into Odin's face: "And I, I am just a monster from a children's story! So you will never let me ascend the throne!"
"No, no, Loki... Ugh, ugh!"
Odin weakly pushed Loki away, then suddenly his eyes widened, he clutched his heart, and fainted.
He had fallen into the Odinsleep... Loki's agitated expression instantly froze. He looked at Odinhelplessly.
"Father! Father!" Thor anxiously helped Odin up, finding that he had already fallen into slumber.
"Look what you've done, Loki! Why would you do this when Father is weak... Loki, you, you."
Thor instinctively wanted to blame Loki.
But seeing Loki's vacant eyes, all his complaints were swallowed back.
"...Loki, even if everything Father said is true, you are still my brother."
Thor patted Loki's shoulder, picked up Odin, and walked towards the Heavenly Palace.
Queen Frigga followed, embraced Loki, said that a mother would always love him, and then began to direct the warriors to clean up the aftermath.
The people from Kamar-Taj, who had watched a royal family drama unfold, also eagerly helped out.
Wong and Banner used the Cleaning Spell and Repairing Spell to help clear the battlefield.
They also used the Healing Spell to treat the wounded.
However, all their efforts combined were not as effective as Leon and Wanda's actions.
Leon, activating the Reality Stone (from Cassandra), waved his hand, and all the collapsed buildings were restored to their original state.
Wanda used Chaos Magic on the ocean, and the collapsed Bifrost Bridge re-erected itself.
Aside from the considerable number of soldiers who died in battle.
Everything in Asgard returned to its former appearance.
It is worth mentioning that The Warriors Three and Sif all survived.
They were fortunate not to have died in the crash after the spaceship was frozen.
A few hours later.
Thor, in his flamboyant armor, and the Asgardian warriors bid farewell to Leon and his group.
Leon had already received the Eternal Flame and the eye of agamotto that Odin had promised.
In addition to this.
Because of Odin's statement that everything Asgard possessed should be shared with its allies.
So Thor also gifted copies of all Asgardian magic books, as well as a certain amount of Uru metal, to Kamar-Taj.
Uru metal is a powerful magic metal.
Thor's Mjolnir was forged from Uru metal in a dying star.
Even in Asgard, the reserves of this metal are not abundant.
Before the gigantic portal.
Tony waved his hand: "We're leaving, Thor. Be a good All-Father. If you can't solve a rebellion in the Nine Realms, call for help, I'll be there anytime."
Thor also waved Mjolnir: "Haha, next time we meet, I will definitely defeat you, Iron Man."
He then looked at Leon: "Sorcerer Supreme, I entrust Loki to your care."
"Don't worry, he will have a pleasant time at Kamar-Taj." Leon nodded.
Loki was originally supposed to wander around Earth.
However, Old Wong, considering that the wizard academy still lacked teachers, invited him to Kamar-Taj.
Leon did not object to this.
Loki, having witnessed some of his power, was unlikely to cause trouble in the holy site.
But Leon felt that all of this was definitely part of Odin's plan.
That old fox!
Amidst Asgard's farewells.
The group walked into the portal.
"It's finally over. This Christmas was certainly exciting."
The portal closed, and Tony comfortably stretched.
Then he was immediately whisked home by Pepper, who had been worried all day.
"What's exciting? Were you hurt today? Hurry home and let me take a good look!"
Colorful photon energy erupted, and Pepper, holding Tony, disappeared into the sky.
Everyone looked at each other, then laughed heartily as they returned to their respective residences.
Banner with his Betty.
Old Wong with his Sarah.
Leon went home with Natasha and Shirley...
Chapter 297: It's 2009
A scheduled battle with Asgard did not change their lives.
After returning to daily life.
Old Wang was still writing his academy plan.
Mordo maintained the daily operations of the Holy Land.
Banner was busy making his magical animal farming business bigger and stronger.
Old Wang gave him a task.
He was to cultivate enough giant magical animals before the Supreme Mage Academy opened.
Old Wang said—
When the apprentices enroll, they will be assigned magical animal companions.
And one for each person.
Only in this way can Kamar-Taj demonstrate its profound heritage as a mage holy land passed down from ancient times to the present.
Banner adjusted his glasses when he heard this, thinking that before he came, Kamar-Taj didn't have magical animals, so how did it become a heritage?
As for Loki.
Well, this prince was a bit distraught when he first arrived on Earth.
So Mordo sent him to get close to magical animals with Banner to relax.
However, Banner had to let Hulk out from time to time to let off steam.
And every time Hulk appeared, Loki, who had psychological trauma, would tremble and want to run away.
It can be said that a shadow was cast over the head of this already depressed prince.
During that time, he was constantly on edge, wondering if Banner would transform that day.
To escape this agonizing life.
Loki's nature as the God of Mischief was revealed.
One day at dinner, he maliciously induced Banner to eliminate Hulk.
Banner hesitated, saying it wasn't a good idea.
Loki was about to continue persuading him.
Suddenly, Banner transformed, Hulk roared, overturned the dining table, picked up Loki, and swung him wildly.
Loki, who had become a mortal, could not withstand such torment.
If Banner hadn't reacted quickly, immediately using the already proficient Star Projection to eject Hulk, and then knelt down, hugging Loki, frantically casting healing spells, begging him not to die.
Loki might not have seen the Sun of Kamar-Taj the next day.
From then on, when Loki saw Banner, he immediately buried his head in his chest and quickly turned and walked away.
Watching Loki's emotions collapse day by day.
Mordo was very troubled by this.
Although Loki was banished, and he was adopted, he was still a prince of Asgard.
Thunder God Thor also said he would come to Earth to see his brother in a while.
Feeling tricky, Mordo could only report to Leon, letting the Sorcerer Supreme make the decision.
The day Mordo reported.
Leon was listening to Yelena's report.
This unlucky child was applying to him to film the second part of "Superman and Iron Man."
She had already thought of the title, "Superman and Iron Man: Rescuing Asgard."
The script was her original creation, with Tony making secondary revisions.
Leon looked at the script, where Iron Man, a minor supporting character, had more screen time than the protagonist, and was about to send it back for revision.
Just then, Mordo's report also arrived.
So Leon waved his hand and told Yelena to directly film "Thor 1."
The plot would be directly copied from the previous World's movie.
Loki would star in it, just to help Loki fulfill his dream of being a God King.
Half a month has passed now.
Leon no longer paid attention to the Super Hero Company.
However, occasionally Yelena would complain at home.
Saying that Loki was being a diva and changing the script.
The protagonist of "Thor 1" was almost changing from Thor to Loki, and the plot was almost becoming "The Legend of Loki the God King."
To this, Leon expressed that since Loki was already a loser in reality, let him enjoy himself in a fantasy work.
After an exciting Christmas, everyone spent a peaceful New Year.
Time unknowingly arrived in February 2009.
Tony was still occasionally haggard.
Pepper, on the other hand, was occasionally radiant.
Wanda also signed with the Super Hero Company during this time and began to be a street hero in New York.
In the early nights of the year, she shut down almost all of Kingpin's illegal businesses in Hell's Kitchen.
If Natasha hadn't stopped her, telling her that New York's underground order needed Kingpin to maintain it.
Wanda might have uprooted Kingpin's power.
Now Pietro's street reputation is not as loud as Wanda's.
This made Pietro occasionally pound his head, sighing why he didn't think of it, if he had also gone to deal with Kingpin, wouldn't he have become famous long ago? That would all be green endorsement fees.
As for Leon.
During this period, Leon no longer always indulged in cultivation.
During the day, he would occasionally accompany Wanda and Spider-Gwen from the adjacent Spider-Verse to go shopping.
At night, he would also help Natasha and Yelena with physical training.
Sometimes he would even go to the Biochemical Universe to train with Jill and Ada Wong.
Five years have passed since the end of the World in the Biochemical Universe.
The World has re-established order and peace.
Because every time Leon went there, he would jump back in the timeline to the last time he left.
So for Jill and Ada, Leon had actually never left.
This day.
Leon, unusually, once again sat cross-legged on the rooftop of his Brooklyn home.
The streets of New York in early February were still covered in white snow.
Leon sat facing the Sun, and as snowflakes fell, they automatically slid off him and fell to the ground.
"I have completely reached the limit of the World Master realm. Next, I need to fully comprehend a law to break through to Immortality."
Leon pondered in his heart.
"I can no longer become stronger through cultivation now.
Although I can still enhance my physical strength by bathing in the Sun.
But I also need to make progress in other aspects simultaneously.
First, the Law of Light, which I am very close to, has been comprehended to nearly half completion.
Time and Space have also been comprehended to one-third.
In addition, Ice and Fire, comprehended with the help of the casket of ancient winters and the Eternal Flame, as well as the Law of Soul, have also been initiated.
It will still take at least half a year to break through to Immortality.
Moreover, during the World Master period, I can place the Infinity Stones in my inner World to comprehend them.
This is almost equivalent to zero-distance contact with the origin of the Universe, and the cultivation speed is comparable to a miracle.
When I reach Immortality, I won't have such conditions.
So it's best for me to stay in the World Master stage for some more time.
It is estimated that I will be able to fully grasp Time and Space in about two years.
By then, I can directly cross Immortality from the World Master and break through to Law Venerable or even Law Master.
(Related secondary settings are in Chapter 166)
But before that, I can go and acquire the third clone.
At that time, I will also have an additional consciousness to comprehend the laws."
Leon had three clone slots, and the third one was still empty.
He continued to think.
"My main body is human,
The first Blood Sea Clone is an energy reserve,
The second Black Light Clone is a genetic analyzer."
Both clones are very useful to me.
The third clone should also be a type that can assist my main body in becoming stronger.
Kryptonian, no, Superman's most powerful and absurd characteristic is his idealistic power.
This kind of thing cannot be analyzed or explained clearly.
But if I can have a clone with idealistic power, it might help me tap into this power."
"And, and it's best if this clone can also help me comprehend laws, and ideally possess characteristics close to the Universe!"
The more Leon thought about it, the better it seemed.
"Also… besides having idealistic power, it's best if it's a different race."
"The main body has Kryptonian blood, the Blood Sea Clone can transform into a giant or a vast sea, and the Blacklight Virus is a virus."
"Then the third clone should be an energy type…"
"Hmm… Among all the Worlds, is there any creature that is both an energy life form, idealistic, and close to the Universe…?"
"In any case, I'll try it with the omnipotent Crossing ability."
[Start World search!]
[Keywords: Energy life, Idealistic, Close to the Universe, Third clone, Low threat.]
[Starting retrieval…]
[World anchoring successful!]
[Energy required…]
[Travel confirmed!]
Chapter 298: Rejedo!
It was that familiar feeling again, that familiar taste.
As a portion of the energy within him was drawn away,
Leon left the Marvel Universe.
After crossing another thin World membrane,
he arrived at the target World.
"There actually are beings that can meet such stringent conditions,"
Leon mused inwardly.
A familiar floating sensation came from his body,
letting him know he was in the Universe.
"Where did it send me this time?"
Leon had thought he would cross to another Earth,
but he unexpectedly found himself in space.
He stretched his limbs and opened his eyes.
Before him was the familiar azure Planet.
"Am I outside Earth?"
Leon activated his super hearing, searching for the information he wanted.
Chaos, despair, shouts… and cheers surged in.
This was another World on the brink of apocalypse.
However, many of the people here still held onto their last hope.
They shouted encouragement, telling themselves to persevere.
Leon found the information he wanted amidst the chaotic sounds.
"Come on, Ultraman, the future of humanity rests on you!"
"Come on!"
Ultraman? Is this an Ultraman World?
Leon was a bit surprised.
Is this the grand finale of some Ultraman World?
It couldn't be Tiga, could it…
Leon continued to listen intently, then his expression suddenly turned strange.
On the Earth in front of him, someone was conflictedly muttering to themselves—
"Musashi! Enough, you've done enough!"
"Ultraman, why do you fight so desperately to protect Earth?"
And behind him, electromagnetic waves in the Universe transformed into sounds in his ears.
"Hmph!"
"Ah!"
"Heh ah!"
Those were sounds of desperate struggle.
And there were two of them.
It sounded like two individuals were using all their strength to resist something.
Leon raised an eyebrow and turned around in space.
The scene behind him came into view—
In the vast, boundless space,
a disc-shaped machine, over a thousand meters in diameter, lay across space beyond Earth.
The machine was emitting deadly light rays towards Earth.
For Leon, who could skillfully use Heat Vision,
he could tell at a glance that the light's temperature was around ten million degrees Celsius.
If it truly reached Earth, it would undoubtedly trigger a surface-level mass extinction event.
Fortunately, two figures were blocking this light.
Their bodies were forty to fifty meters tall, one with red and blue colors, and the other with red and black.
"Is that… Giga Endra, and cosmos and Justice Ultraman?"
Leon was stunned.
Had he arrived in the Cosmos Ultraman live-action film The Final Battle?
Distant memories gradually surfaced.
What was happening in this World at this moment
was probably that Drahtseil, the Multiverse's enforcer and prophet, believed that humanity would be an unstable factor that would disrupt Cosmic peace in the future.
So he dispatched his subordinates to destroy humanity in advance.
However, he was stopped by cosmos and Justice working together.
But even with the two Ultraman teaming up, they couldn't defeat Drahtseil's ultimate reset machine—Giga Endra.
Just a mass-produced machine had pushed Earth to the brink.
Fortunately, at the most desperate moment,
cosmos and Justice fused under the reset light, summoning the will of the Great Universe, Leijedo Ultraman.
Leon looked at the scene before him.
By putting two and two together, he understood that it was already the last scene of the story.
The two Ultraman were desperately resisting Giga Endra's reset light.
But even working together, they were still continuously pushed back.
Seeing the two Ultraman getting closer and closer to him,
Leon flew slightly to the side.
He felt he should wait a bit.
After all, the two Ultraman wouldn't be in danger.
And for now,
the third clone unlocked by his traversing ability should be an Ultraman.
Recalling the keyword "affinity for the Universe" that he had entered earlier,
perhaps he could even ask Rejedo if he could nurture him into a clone?
Leon decided to ask Rejedo after he appeared.
On the other side,
cosmos and Justice's decline was evident.
Their resistance became increasingly strained and powerless.
Soon, amidst the exclamations of the Earthlings, they were submerged in the enemy's reset light.
A violent explosion occurred in the Universe.
Despair spread.
But suddenly,
from within the explosion, a brilliant light rose.
That light was filled with a sacred, majestic, and vast aura.
Leon looked at this familiar scene.
Past memories and the current image overlapped.
He felt as if he had suddenly returned to the moment when he exclaimed "Wow" in front of the screen.
He couldn't help but murmur, "When two powerful forces in the Universe converge, a truly magnificent form will appear within the dazzling light."
Leon felt as if he could hear the "deng deng deng" of the Ultraman's entrance music.
As the dazzling light gradually subsided,
Rejedo, radiating divinity, officially appeared!
He was composed entirely of silver, blue, and black, as if he himself represented the deep Universe, or was condensed from the Universe.
Rejedo, this was Rejedo!
A miracle born from the will of the Great Universe, described as an omnipotent god, with Eternal and infinite power!
"This, surely, he can't really become my clone, can he…"
Leon murmured, subconsciously beginning to consider the possibility of nurturing a Rejedo Clone.
He was a Cosmic level or even Multiverse level powerhouse, wasn't he?
How could such a powerhouse be nurtured?
Should he directly ask the other party for a ray of light?
Or should he, like those New Generation Ultraman, shout, "Please lend me your power, Rejedo!"?
Leon was a bit lost in thought.
But his peripheral vision suddenly noticed that Rejedo in front of him looked back at him.
"!"
Leon's heart jolted, and he looked up.
Rejedo's profound eyes gazed at him, then he gently nodded.
Hmm? Why did he nod?
Leon suddenly remembered his recent muttering.
Although sound cannot travel in the Universe, Rejedo must have heard it.
So… so Rejedo agreed to give him a ray of light?
This was not impossible.
Leon quickly thought to himself.
The traversing ability actually built a bridge between him and the Cosmic consciousness of the target Universe.
Perhaps he hadn't directly communicated with the Cosmic consciousness when he traversed.
But his requests must have been conveyed to the other party in advance.
And as the will of the Great Universe, or rather, the agent of the will of the Great Universe, Rejedo—
Didn't that mean the other party already knew his request?
Leon tentatively asked, "Leijedo Ultraman, can you give me a ray of light? Um, there's a huge crisis lurking in my World, so I need to nurture a clone of you…"
Before he finished speaking, Rejedo nodded, then pointed distantly towards Giga Endra.
Leon's gaze followed.
The ring-shaped Giga Endra was recharging again, preparing to fire its reset light.
Rejedo was indeed aloof, not saying a word from his appearance until now.
But Leon also understood that the other party's meaning was for him to deal with Giga Endra.
This was probably the condition for Rejedo to agree to give him light.
But Rejedo could easily deal with Giga Endra himself.
This condition was almost as if… to maintain equality between them, with neither owing the other.
Should he say that the Giants of Light were indeed the kindest and most righteous race?
Leon gave Rejedo an Ultraman nod as a sign of gratitude, then clenched his fists and flew towards Giga Endra.
Chapter 299: Delacion Appears
Giga Endra was Drahtseil's ultimate weapon.
Although for Drahtseil, it was merely a mass-producible weapon.
But even if it were placed in any Ultraman special effects drama,
its strength would absolutely be at the level of a final BOSS.
Humanity's light cannons, capable of pulverizing asteroids, couldn't leave the slightest mark on it.
cosmos and Justice's combined beam attacks also had no effect on it.
However, its reset beam could easily defeat the two Ultraman.
Moreover, that beam's power was reduced, its purpose merely to purge humanity and reshape Earth's environment.
And now, facing the suddenly appearing Leijedo.
Giga Endra unleashed the reset beam's power to its maximum.
In response, Leijedo let his hands drop, letting Leon take over.
Heat Vision released!
The crimson ray spread, clashing head-on with the reset beam!
Leon's Heat Vision's normal temperature was similar to the Sun's surface temperature, around six thousand degrees Celsius.
Compared to the reset beam's tens of millions of degrees Celsius, it was as cold as a freezing ray.
As soon as the beam clash began, the Heat Vision was pushed back.
Leon was not surprised by this.
He was merely testing.
Giga Endra's reset beam was clearly stronger than Dormammu's energy beam (Dormammu when leaving the Dark Dimension).
It could easily destroy a Planet.
Truly worthy of being a Planet-destroying machine.
It could be said to have redefined the upper limit of energy attacks Leon had encountered.
However, Leon did not feel any pressure.
Instead, he was eager to try.
Heat Vision power increased, temperature and impact rapidly climbing!
Ten thousand degrees, a hundred thousand degrees, a million degrees, ten million degrees!
The Heat Vision's temperature could theoretically be raised to the limit Leon's head could withstand.
The crimson beam, as its temperature climbed, even gradually turned into white gold.
Leon freely unleashed his energy.
The cold space itself seemed to begin warming at this moment.
Looking at space from Earth, even sunlight couldn't obscure the energy erupting from both sides at this moment.
The reset beam was pushed back by Leon little by little, and it was accelerating.
Finally, in a silent burst of light, Giga Endra's beam completely dissipated!
Leon's Heat Vision, after spreading, completely enveloped Giga Endra's 1600-meter-long body.
Being wrapped in such high temperatures of tens of millions of degrees and above was no different from immersing it in the core region of a star.
The Heat Vision's impact pushed Giga Endra far away.
Leon gradually reduced the ray's power, finally stopping completely.
Super vision clearly saw Giga Endra, which had been pushed very far away.
At this point, Leon was indeed a little surprised—
Even after enduring this level of energy impact,
Giga Endra still hadn't suffered severe damage!
Only some areas of its outer layer showed scorched black marks.
And around the outer layer, there was another layer of newly damaged invisible energy shield, gradually self-repairing.
"Its defense against energy attacks is very strong, isn't it? Does this mean it's more durable than Dormammu?"
Leon became serious and twisted his wrist.
It just so happened that his strongest attack was actually physical damage.
Giga Endra's combat mode was very monotonous.
After the energy shield repaired, it began to accumulate energy again, and once more released the reset beam.
Leon did not make any corresponding attempts to block it.
He merely flew towards Giga Endra, then plunged headfirst into the reset beam!
The next second, the reset beam was pushed back!
Leon's body surged with World Power, a fusion of genetic primal energy and psychic power.
The vast inner World projected around him.
The power amplification technique from the Starry Sky World erupted.
Every cell was letting out a joyful roar.
Blood flowed like a river within Leon's body.
This was Leon's strongest full-power strike at the moment!
Carrying power as if compressed from a World, Leon shattered the reset beam with a single punch!
Then, without losing momentum, his punch pierced through Giga Endra!
That seemingly indestructible defense, which left Earthlings and the two Ultraman helpless,
was like nothing more than a transparent bubble before this punch.
The bubble burst,
and Giga Endra also burst with it.
Leon tore Giga Endra to pieces with a few back-and-forth penetrations.
Then he unleashed Heat Vision on the shattered wreckage.
After a few breaths, this Planet-destroying machine, which had brought despair to Earth and the Ultraman, was declared scrapped.
Peace returned to the Universe.
After a brief silence, the people on Earth erupted in cheers of survival.
After a slight pause, Leon flew back to Leijedo.
He nodded lightly.
Leijedo also nodded lightly.
After completing the Ultraman nod.
Leijedo swiped his chest's Aurora Timer, and a vast ball of light appeared in his palm.
Leon was already excited.
However, he didn't forget to remind Leijedo: "Leijedo Ultraman, I can only create clones weaker than me, so I'll need your help to weaken the light a bit."
Leijedo had no reaction to this, merely coolly spread his palm, allowing the light to drift into Leon's inner World.
Leon briefly sensed it.
The aura of that light was clearly not much different from his own.
It had clearly been weakened countless times by Leijedo.
It turned out Leijedo knew everything and had already handled it all.
Leon gave a big thumbs up.
Besides 'awesome,' he didn't want to use any other words to describe Leijedo.
This was the omnipotent God of the Universe, Leijedo, representing the concepts of Universal Justiceand order.
To be honest, this kind of selfless help,
Leon hadn't felt from anyone other than Tony and Pepper in a long time.
Whether it was the Biochemical world's World Consciousness or Odin.
Their help always carried the color of an exchange of interests.
Even the Ancient One was no exception.
Of course, this was also natural; without utility, who would be good to you?
Perhaps only an existence like Leijedo, who is good and lawful, and powerful enough to treat everyone equally,
could provide Leon with selfless help like this at this moment.
"Once I create a clone, I will also use it to uphold Justice and order in my Universe!"
Leon couldn't give Leijedo anything, so he could only make a guarantee, promising not to abuse this power.
Leijedo nodded the Ultraman nod again upon hearing this, but still said nothing.
Leon thought to himself, perhaps this was the cool male god of the Ultraman World.
Another of the Mysterious Four Ultraman, Saga, was also cool, but at least he would hum and hah a few times.
This one in front of him didn't even make a sound.
"Legendary warrior, Leijedo, and visitor from another Universe, why are you willing to protect these Earthlings?"
Suddenly, a majestic yet benevolent voice pierced the Universe, reaching Leon and even the Earthlings' ears.
Leon turned around, and in the deep space of the Universe, countless Gloaca Mother Ships had appeared at some unknown time.
They were Drahtseil's weapons, each comparable to Cosmos Ultraman.
And behind those Gloaca Mother Ships,
was a phantom light.
That phantom light rotated, occupying most of the Universe in Leon's vision.
It was undoubtedly Drahtseil.
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Leon was somewhat surprised; Drahtseil would actually ask him a question.
He thought for a moment and said, "I am also an Earthling, though from another Earth."
The main reason, of course, was the mission Rejedo had given him.
But Leon stated that an Earthling naturally must protect the Earth.
After Leon finished speaking,
suddenly, a brilliant light surged from Rejedo, enveloping the God of the Universe.
Rejedo split into two, transforming back into cosmos and Justice.
cosmos and Justice were the two sides of Rejedo.
One represented order, the other Justice.
Facing Drahtseil's inquiry, Rejedo was clearly unwilling to speak, so he directly let the two Ultramanstep in themselves.
The rest was much simpler.
Justice and cosmos both firmly stated they were willing to believe in humanity.
So Drahtseil left with a remark that he too was willing to believe in the Light Warriors and in humanity's persistence in hope, then departed the Solar System with his fleet.
Leon was not surprised by this.
Humanity's warlike nature had brought Drahtseil to the Earth.
And the hope they still held in their hearts in despair made Drahtseil choose to leave.
Of course, the real reason Drahtseil left was Rejedo's appearance.
And Rejedo's appearance was due to cosmos and Justice sustaining fatal injuries simultaneously when they were together.
Leon stroked his chin.
He remembered the comments of netizens in his previous life.
These two Ultraman, ever since they knew they could summon Rejedo, started to take on any attack.
So when he returns to the Ultraman Universe in the future, he might even see Rejedo again.
As for now,
Leon was already eager to go back and nurture his clone.
"Farewell, both of you." Leon nodded to cosmos and Justice.
"Eh??" cosmos, who was looking back at the Earth, immediately became flustered.
"This, are you leaving already? Is it because we were not hospitable? That, this… uh, how should I address you?"
This was clearly Musashi, who was one with cosmos.
Leon smiled and waved: "The Earth that needed protection has been saved. Let's introduce ourselves next time we meet. Goodbye, cosmos and Justice."
After speaking, Leon activated his Crossing ability and returned to the Marvel Universe.
Only Cosmos Ultraman, filled with regret, remained.
"What a pity… I wanted to invite him to the Earth and introduce everyone to him! There's actually an Earthling who can defeat Giga Endra with bare hands!"
…
Leon returned to the rooftop; the time was still the moment after he left.
He sat cross-legged and began to nurture his clone.
Inside his World,
the process was the same as when he nurtured the Black Light Clone.
Leon activated his clone talent.
The World's power enveloped Rejedo's light, beginning to analyze Rejedo's biological information.
Because Rejedo was unimaginably powerful, his information was also more complex than anyone could imagine.
This process should have lasted a very long time.
It would not be an exaggeration even if it took several hundred years to analyze.
But Rejedo had already decrypted all of his biological information.
All Leon needed to do was read it.
Less than a day passed in his inner World.
The information reading was complete, and the energy left by the Starry Sky World's Source Willreappeared, beginning to transform Rejedo's light.
After some time, the transformation was complete, and the clone talent continued to operate.
However, just as Leon was anxiously waiting for his inner World to feedback the nurturing time to him,
the clone talent unexpectedly got stuck again.
No, it wasn't stuck; it directly failed to nurture and stopped operating!
"Failed!?"
"What's going on?"
Leon had not thought it impossible to fail.
But when the clone nurturing really failed, a deep disappointment still arose in his heart.
The huge sense of disparity took him a few minutes to regain his composure.
Rejedo was simply too powerful, and his clone was too important, causing Leon to overemphasize it.
But Leon's willpower was also extremely strong now.
After quickly calming his emotions, he re-thought the reason why the clone could not be nurtured.
He perceived the state of his inner World, checked the World's power reserves, and observed Rejedo's light.
"So that's it!" Leon found the problem.
"Rejedo's light aura and mine are similar, both at the World Master level of strength."
"However, his genetic level is… 10081 times, it's perfect genes!"
10081 was a perfect number.
Any perfect sphere must have at least 10081 faces to be formed; that is the perfect shape.
When a life's genetic level reaches 10081 times,
that life is called a perfect life.
"Perfect" means possessing all necessary advantages and having no defects.
From cells to appearance, from genes to flesh and blood, a perfect life seems to be a perfect work of the Universe.
In the Starry Sky Universe,
a perfect life's body can be as tall as ninety thousand kilometers, and it can also obtain a unique innate secret technique bestowed by the Source Will.
This shows how special and rare a perfect life is.
So the reason Leon couldn't successfully nurture the clone was very simple.
"My genetic level is too low."
Leon frowned.
"I can probably nurture a life that is twenty times my genetic level."
"My main body's genetic level is 200, so I can at most nurture a life of 4000."
"Rejedo is completely over the limit."
Moreover, this was probably the result of Rejedo deliberately weakening his light.
Otherwise, with his strength, how could his genetic level only be 10081?
"It's impossible to nurture now, but it's not without a chance."
Leon pondered.
"In the Starry Sky Universe, due to the suppression of the Source Will, only at the Law Master level can one modify their genes to over 100 times."
"But in Marvel, I don't have such suppression."
"I can now modify my main body's genes to increase my life level."
"But if I only rely on the genes currently devoured by the Black Light Clone as a reference,"
"it would be an impossibly long time before I could raise it to a level sufficient to nurture Rejedo's clone."
"From the current perspective, to significantly increase the main body's genetic level, I can only continue to travel through Worlds."
"And to find the most suitable reference and be fast enough,"
"there is only the DC Universe."
Leon's eyes flickered.
"It seems it's time for me to visit DC."
"To be safe, I'll scout the movie version first."
…Dividing line…
"What, you're going to DC!?"
Tony pushed his reclining chair back with a clatter and stood up.
"You finally can't resist going to find Kryptonite, can you!?"
"You little brat, if I didn't know, were you planning to sneak off by yourself and then get stabbed to death by Joker or Batman with Kryptonite!?"
"Damn it, if you really did that, I'd make Jarvis play your most hated song at your funeral!"
Tony, anxious, immediately donned his armor and grabbed Leon's arm.
He stared intently at Leon, fearing the brat would disappear the next second.
"You have to take me with you, Leon, we agreed on this!"
After his verbal abuse, he started playing the emotional card, "Going to another World to have fun by yourself and leaving your lonely older brother behind, are you still my little brother!?"
Listening to Tony go around in circles, not saying his concern outright.
But this guy was so nervous his expression was stiff.
Leon, both helpless and touched, pushed Tony away.
"Alright, I'm telling you this because I want to take you with me."
"Go get ready. Once you're ready, we'll depart."
Leon was somewhat glad that he had, out of caution, still sought out Tony.
Looking at Tony like this,
if he had really secretly gone to DC by himself and Tony had found out,
even if nothing had happened to him, Tony would have been angry for a long time.