Ryan, who had been deliberately running towards areas with high concentrations of fleeing Frost Giant, couldn't help but give Laufey a thumbs-up upon seeing this.
Well done, Boss Laufey! Just look at what you've saved!
Killing your own people even faster than I do!
First, we had Thor Odinson getting knocked out by a taser, and now Frost Giant being frozen by Laufey's Frost Breath. The whole concept of elemental counters has been completely shattered by Marvel, proving that the same attribute can suppress itself!
But whether the theory of elemental counters holds up in the Marvel Universe or not has little to do with Ryan.
Because he doesn't fit into any elemental rock-paper-scissors system... His main strategy is sheer brute force, using overwhelming power to break through any obstacle!
After Laufey realized his Frost Breath couldn't catch up to Ryan, was only increasing casualties among his own forces, and was wasting his energy, he stopped his breath attack.
Ryan also came to an abrupt halt.
Oh, so your turn is over, huh?
Then I guess it's my turn now!
Ryan's left hand weaved Symbiote tissue, instantly forming a massive biological bow. Immediately after, a silver-gray arrow appeared in his right hand!
Aiming at Laufey, he nocked the arrow and drew the bowstring taut like a full moon!
TWANG——————
With a clear, crisp snap of the bowstring, the silvery-white arrow, wreathed in purple lightning, shot through the air towards Laufey!
Furthermore, a strand of Spider Silk was attached to the arrow's tail. Ryan pulled on the silk, leaped onto the arrow, and rode it as it flew straight at Laufey!
"Woo-hoo!!!"
Amidst Ryan's triumphant roar, the purple lightning-imbued arrow traversed over ten thousand meters in the blink of an eye, arriving right before Laufey.
However, what greeted him was Laufey's hundred-meter-long tail, swinging towards him with tremendous force!
CRACK-————
Unsurprisingly, the sharp, electrified arrow easily pierced Laufey's defenses, embedding itself deep into his crystalline tail.
But compared to Laufey's massive size, a mere ten-meter arrow lodged in his tail was hardly a significant injury!
And given Laufey's current size, a single casual swipe from him carried force measured in tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of tons—far exceeding what even Ryan in his complete form could match.
But let's not forget: the larger the size, the more dispersed the force.
The smaller the size, the more concentrated the force.
Therefore, Laufey's tail swipe, powerful enough to shatter a skyscraper, didn't smash Ryan into a bloody pulp as he had anticipated.
Instead, when Laufey lifted his tail, he found Ryan standing unharmed upside-down on it!
Ryan grinned at Laufey, who was now looking at him. "Laufey, are you ready to dance?"
Regardless of whether Laufey wanted to dance or not, Ryan's arms once again manifested two blades over ten meters long, plunging them deep into Laufey's tail!
Then, using Laufey's tail as a platform, Ryan started running towards Laufey's head!
The two blades Ryan had just embedded in Laufey's tail were now dragged along through his flesh as Ryan ran, scattering a trail of icy shards!
The tail was part of Laufey's body, so the pain was naturally felt in real-time. Ryan's act of dragging the blades was akin to tearing a hangnail all the way from a fingertip to the elbow!
It sent a tearing agony through Laufey, making him instinctively use his stubby hands to swat at Ryan, who was pulling this 'hangnail' on his tail.
But this swat only made things worse. With a great leap, Ryan jumped from Laufey's tail onto his claw. Raising his bladed arms, he unleashed a flurry of slashes, giving Laufey a top-tier manicure—chopping off his sharp claws and the fingers they were attached to, one by one!
With all ten fingers connected to the heart, the pain for Laufey intensified!
Finally, the pain became unbearable. Laufey, no longer caring if he hurt himself, opened his massive maw and began gathering icy blue energy once more, intent on unleashing another Frost Breath attack on Ryan.
But last time, the distance was great enough that Ryan couldn't interrupt Laufey's wind-up, allowing the Frost Breath to be fired.
Now, he was right up close. With Ryan's reflexes, how could he miss this wind-up?
Ryan braced his right arm with his left, aiming the blade his right arm had become directly into Laufey's gaping mouth. Closing his left eye and sighting with his right, he said coldly, "Shoot to kill, Riot!"
WHOOSH——————
THWACK————————
Ryan's blade arrived faster than Laufey's charged breath attack.
Ryan's right-arm blade instantly extended hundreds of meters, piercing clean through Laufey's maw and interrupting the gathering Frost Breath within.
And that wasn't all!
Ryan exerted force with both his right arm and the left arm bracing it, lifting upwards and cleaving Laufey's massive beastly head in two from the inside!
With his skull split in half, the crimson light in Laufey's eyes slowly faded. His colossal body remained still for a moment before crashing down onto the icy plain, sending a blizzard of snow and ice into the air.
Had the one-time king who once survived Odin's wrath truly fallen here?
Of course not!
In the next instant, Ryan suddenly appeared on the chest of the fallen crystalline beast. The blades on his hands transformed into ten sharp, elongated claws, which he plunged deep into the area of the beast's heart!
Then, with a powerful exertion of his arms, Ryan tore a huge gash open in the chest of the beast Laufey had become!
There, within the beast's torn-open heart cavity, was not a heart at all, but Laufey himself, connected by countless blue blood vessels!
Ryan leaned in, baring his full set of sharp fangs in a ferocious grin at the astonished Laufey. "Hi, we meet again, Boss Laufey!"
"Next time you try to play a trick like 'deceiving heaven to cross the sea,' remember to hide your killing intent from your target of revenge while you're hiding!"
With those words, Ryan gave Laufey no chance for last words. His embedded claws extended again, piercing directly into the head and both sides of the chest of the real Laufey, the control center.
Alright, this time, Laufey, the King of the Frost Giant, had truly fallen!
Ryan raised his right arm, pulling the Laufey skewered on his claws out from within the crystalline beast's body and holding him high.
Surveying the Frost Giant on the plain, all staring dumbfounded in his direction, Ryan used his Symbiote to weave a large megaphone in his left hand. His booming voice echoed across the entire tundra:
"Insects of the Frost Giant race, your king is dead!"
"As the defeated, you should all have become my sustenance alongside your king, but... I am merciful!"
"So now, I give you a choice, a chance to live: Submit or Die. The choice is yours!"
All the Frost Giant looked at Ryan, standing atop the hundred-meter corpse of the crystalline beast, their king impaled like a kebab on his claws, and couldn't help but tremble.
If they could live, who truly wanted to die?
Even the Frost Giant, born warlike and aggressive, were no exception!
Moreover, their race had always revered strength. Even their own weak were cast aside. Laufey became their king precisely because of his own might.
If Laufey could be their king due to his strength, then what was wrong with an even stronger being becoming their king?
This completely aligned with the customs of their Frost Giant race!
Thus, the first 'clever' Frost Giant to grasp this didn't hesitate to kneel on one knee before Ryan, signaling submission.
And just like a rout, one led to another. Soon, Frost Giant across the plain knelt before Ryan one after another, until not a single living being remained standing on the entire tundra besides Ryan himself!
Hoo————————
A cold wind swept across the icy plain, carrying away some of Ryan's killing intent.
Looking at the sea of kneeling Frost Giant, Ryan finally felt satisfied. After absorbing the Laufey skewered on his claws, he used the newly acquired frost powers from the Symbiote's absorption of Laufey to conjure a Frost Throne behind him and sat upon it comfortably!
The old king was dead, a new king was born. He, Ryan Parker, was the new King of the Frost Giant!!