He's here." In the town, the Destroyer that Lu Yifangand Sif's group of four were waiting for finally arrived.
Although this town was as fragile as paper to the Destroyer, compared to the open plains, it offered a bit of cover, which was better than nothing.
Anyway, the town's residents had already been urgently evacuated by the Agents, and as for compensation, that was not something Lu Yifang needed to worry about.
"Fandral, are you ready?" The bearded Volstaggretreated a few steps and shouted to Fandral.
As a comrade-in-arms for many years, Fandral naturally understood his old friend's meaning and immediately held up his hands.
"For Asgard!" The charging Volstagg let out a roar, stepped on Fandral's hands, leaped into the air, and chopped down at the Destroyer.
"Bang!" Facing Volstagg's pig-like charge, the Destroyerraised its hand and swatted him away with a slap.
"Quick, catch me," Volstagg shouted.
He then felt his body go limp as a hand patted his back. It was Lu Yifang's hand, and the moment he touched Lu Yifang, that terrifying recoil disappeared.
As his butt landed safely, Volstagg paused, then his gaze towards Lu Yifang changed.
"Mortal, your ability truly exceeds my expectations. It seems you're not just all talk and no substance."
"Volstagg, don't just sit there, run!" As the bearded Asgardian turned around, Fandral's warning cry came, because at this moment, the Destroyer had already arrived in front of him and Lu Yifang.
"Oh, no!" Seeing the Destroyer had already raised its fist, Volstagg's face instantly changed. In the previous collision, he had already felt how terrifying the Destroyer's power was. If he were hit, then…
A fierce punch wind swept over, but the anticipated punch did not land. When Volstagg looked up, he saw Lu Yifang calmly standing in front of him.
"As expected, it's been nerfed quite a bit compared to the legends. This punch is only about as strong as Hulk's," Lu Yifang said calmly.
The Destroyer, however, paid no mind to what Lu Yifang was saying. It had already raised its other hand and struck at Lu Yifang, but this time Lu Yifang didn't even raise a hand, allowing the Destroyer's fist to hit him in the face.
"Whoosh!" The Destroyer's mask opened at this moment, and terrifying energy was brewing.
This time, Lu Yifang didn't stand there taking hits. Instead, he suddenly exerted force, abruptly lifted the Destroyer, and slammed it hard onto the ground.
"Bang~ Bang~ Bang!!!" The ground was repeatedly smashed into several large pits by the Destroyer, but the Destroyer was not affected in the slightest, merely retracting its body, trying to stand up.
"Stay down," Lu Yifang raised his foot and stepped directly on the Destroyer's back.
"Boom!" The ground shook violently at this moment, and a huge Impact spread out, collapsing all houses within a hundred meters.
"Crack!" On the ground where the Destroyer lay, countless cracks extended across the concrete surface.
This kick was no less powerful than the one that killed Abomination, and because Lu Yifang was better at controlling his strength, almost all of the force was applied to the Destroyer. The ground did not form a crater tens of meters wide, but only some cracks.
But even so, when Lu Yifang slightly moved his foot, only a footprint indentation appeared on the Destroyer, and after a few golden runes lit up, this footprint indentation slowly began to return to its original state.
"Automatic repair function, huh," Lu Yifang muttered to himself. After all, it was the Heavenly Palace's ultimate weapon, and its sturdiness and automatic repair ability were within Lu Yifang's expectations.
However, even so, as long as Lu Yifang was stepping on it, it wouldn't be able to stand up easily.
After struggling a few times, the Destroyer seemed to notice this problem, so its entire structure rotated, like a snake wriggling as it moved.
And the Destroyer, which was originally facing away from Lu Yifang, was now facing Lu Yifang after rotating, and the hand that Lu Yifang was grasping, after its palm changed, also began to condense destructive energy.
"With this kind of structure that can wriggle all over, wasn't Odin afraid of throwing out his back when he wore it?" His face changed, and Lu Yifang quickly grabbed this hand and pressed it against the Destroyer's chest.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, Lu Yifang leaped out of the explosion.
The Destroyer also took the opportunity to stand up, slowly emerging from the raised dust, but just as its attention was completely drawn to Lu Yifang.
On the rooftop behind it, Sif, holding a sharp sword, had moved directly above the Destroyer. Sif tightly gripped her long, sharp sword, let out a low growl, and leaped down, piercing the Destroyer's neck.
Thud! At this instant, the Destroyer's body paused, and its luster dimmed.
However, just as Sif thought she had succeeded, the Destroyer's light brightened again. The Destroyer, empty inside its armor, naturally didn't have a vital point in its neck.
Sif, who thought her sneak attack had succeeded, did manage to attract the Destroyer's attention. Its mask opened again, and destructive energy was aimed at Sif.
"Get lost!" With a loud shout from Lu Yifang, the immense Impact of Shinra Tensei knocked the Destroyer flying before it could attack.
"Boom!" The uncontrolled destructive beam directly cut the town in half, then extended for tens of miles, savagely severing a small mountain at its waist.
"Thank you!" Sif said gratefully to Lu Yifang. Even though Asgardian physiques were astonishing, and the four of them were among the best, a direct hit from the Destroyer would probably leave nothing but ash.
"It's a minor thing." Lu Yifang waved his hand and then asked about what he cared about most. "Your sword can break through the Destroyer's armor."
Even he could only leave marks on the Destroyer, so how could Lu Yifang not be surprised that Sif's sword could actually pierce its armor?
"Although our weapons are not as good as Thor's Mjolnir, they were also forged by the same Dwarf master craftsman, and the Dwarves' forging techniques are naturally beyond what your technology can achieve," Sif explained.
Cold weapons do not necessarily mean backwardness, and the most obvious example is Thor's Mjolnir. That thing is much more terrifying than any nuclear bomb. The Asgardians just prefer using swords, it's simply that their civilization's development differs somewhat from Earth's.
"But my sword can only leave marks on the Destroyer, as you saw. With the Destroyer's recovery ability, such small damage can quickly heal," Sif continued.
"This is already very good, and besides, this might not even be its limit," Lu Yifang said, smiling. "How about letting me try your weapons?"
Ch 102
Slash!" Lu Yifang grabbed Sif's longsword and met the Destroyer head-on, striking two consecutive slashes on the Destroyer's body.
Accompanied by a sharp metallic cutting sound and a series of energy sparks, two long cracks were left on the Destroyer's chest, and the surging powerful energy inside was faintly visible.
The sword in Lu Yifang's hand was also trembling violently. If anyone else had used such immense strength, the sword would have definitely broken. But as long as Lu Yifang used his ability to protect it, even glass could achieve the hardness of a diamond, let alone a magic weapon forged by a dwarven master.
"Again!" Seeing the golden runic symbols reappear on the Destroyer's body, and the two cracks showing signs of healing again, Lu Yifang charged forward without hesitation.
He unleashed a powerful sword technique, the greatest characteristic of which was to abandon defense in exchange for the most frantic offense against the enemy. That's right, this powerful sword technique was called—Starburst Stream Abandoned Treatment Slash!
Also known as 'random hacking', it's a sword technique where the protagonist absolutely cannot die, but anyone else would be instantly defeated.
"It seems the Destroyer does have weaknesses," Volstagg said, watching Lu Yifang leave cracks on the Destroyer's body with his sword.
Volstagg's confidence rose again. After exchanging glances with Fandral and Hogun, Thor's Three Warriors of Asgard shouted "For Asgard!" and charged forward together.
"Watch me chop off the Destroyer's head!" The bearded Volstagg leaped high, stepping on a car, and brought his axe down on the Destroyer's neck.
Thud!
The immense recoil force instantly almost made him drop his axe, and only a small axe mark appeared on the Destroyer's neck. The golden runic symbols merely flashed, and the axe mark had already vanished.
Seeing this, the Destroyer merely waved its hand as if swatting flies, and the Three Warriors were sent flying one after another.
"Are these three guys here to be funny?" Lu Yifang was somewhat speechless. He dared to charge in head-on because he wasn't afraid of the Destroyer's fists. Was Starburst Stream Abandoned Treatment Slashsomething ordinary people were qualified to use?
Although he couldn't help but complain internally, seeing the Destroyer's destructive beam already aimed in the direction of the three, Lu Yifang still took action.
With a flash of his figure, Lu Yifang was already standing in front of the Destroyer's palm, holding Sif's longsword, and directly thrusting it into the Destroyer's energy-gathering palm.
With its energy output obstructed, the Destroyer's palm only glowed for a moment before suddenly exploding.
"Clang clang!" Fragments of Sif's longsword fell to the ground.
The Destroyer also clutched its arm, as violent energy erupted from within, blasting a palm-sized crack in its arm. This level of damage, even for the Destroyer, would take four or five seconds to heal.
"Good opportunity, help me distract it!" Lu Yifangshouted decisively.
Sif and the Three Warriors were also veterans who had fought alongside Thor. Hearing Lu Yifang's words, they immediately charged forward and collectively embraced the Destroyer with their bodies.
Undoubtedly, although the four had decent strength, it was clearly impossible to restrain the Destroyer, but this was enough. Grabbing Volstagg's battle-axe, Lu Yifang roared and slashed down at the broken part of the Destroyer's arm.
Thud!!
An invisible wave rapidly spread. This was merely a vibrating sound wave, yet it already caused blood to seep from the corners of the four's mouths and made them painfully release the Destroyer.
Crack, the Destroyer's arm wound instantly doubled in size, and the battle-axe completely shattered at this moment. The force used was simply too great; even Lu Yifang couldn't protect the battle-axe this time.
At this point, the Destroyer clutched its arm again and no longer paid attention to Lu Yifang and the others. Instead, it chose to retreat, clearly prioritizing self-repair over eliminating the enemies in front of it in its internal execution program.
However, how could Lu Yifang allow the Destroyer a chance to breathe? Throwing away the fragments in his hand, Lu Yifang grabbed the Destroyer's arm and slammed it heavily onto the ground, then single-footedly stepped on the Destroyer's broken arm.
"Although I don't have Asgard's excellent weapons, it has reached this point, and I don't think they're necessary anymore," Lu Yifang said, looking at the Destroyer's shattered arm, and resolutely extended his hand.
"Break for me!" As Lu Yifang exerted force, runic symbols began to surge profusely from the shattered part of the arm, then rapidly shattered again. Finally, with a muffled thud, the Destroyer's arm was torn off by Lu Yifang.
"Be careful!" Sif, who was sprawled on the ground, warned at this moment.
Because the Destroyer had already turned its head, and the energy emitter under its mask was aimed at Lu Yifang.
"Still want another shot? Shut up!" Grabbing the Destroyer's arm, Lu Yifang decisively shoved it into the Destroyer's mask.
Boom!
Accompanied by a violent explosion and ground tremors, the entire town was enveloped in the stirred-up dust.
"Cough cough!" Lu Yifang coughed twice as he stepped back, then snapped his fingers, and a strong gust of wind came without warning, dispersing the dust that covered the town.
At this moment, at the center of the dust, the Destroyerwas kneeling on the ground, with several large holes blasted in its body, and countless cracks spreading across its entire form.
The easiest thing to breach is always the inside. Even the Destroyer, in the end, suffered unprecedented heavy damage from the backlash of its internal energy.
"Core, I see the core!" At this moment, Sif suddenly pointed at a sphere of runic symbols condensed within the Destroyer's chest and shouted a reminder to Lu Yifang.
"Then let's give it another blow," Lu Yifang said, extending his hand. Invisible wind gathered in his hand. This time, only two currents of wind appeared, but they moved in completely opposite directions.
In this violent collision, more and more silver-blue light points appeared, and finally, these lights began to condense like liquid, becoming a dazzling White.
The surging current made a hissing sound. The object that appeared in Lu Yifang's hand at this moment had indeed transformed into a mass of compressed plasma.
"magic—Chidori!" Lu Yifang held the plasma body and, passing through the large hole in the Destroyer's chest, directly struck the Destroyer's core.
Screech~ Boom!
The Destroyer, with its core heavily damaged, was directly blasted away by the rampant energy, tearing through a large area of houses and crashing heavily into a wall.
"Is it over?" The four of them, including Sif, slowly got up from the ground. They could see that the Destroyerhad stopped moving, and explosive energy was continuously surging from within it.
"Perhaps," Lu Yifang said, looking at the large number of runic symbols covering the Destroyer's surface, and his expression became strange. "Do you think this thing will explode?"
"This..." Hearing Lu Yifang's sudden question, Sifpaused, momentarily unsure how to answer.
"So the question is, what would be the power if a star-level weapon self-destructed!"
Sif's smile suddenly froze. After a few seconds of pause, she said in an uncertain voice, "Perhaps things aren't that bad. Look at those runic symbols surging from the Destroyer's body; perhaps they can suppress the explosion."
Just as Lu Yifang and Sif were feeling somewhat surprised and uncertain about whether the Destroyerwould self-destruct...
A violent thunderclap suddenly came from afar, and accompanying the thunder was a man's loud laughter.
This voice naturally belonged to Thor. Realizing that his own mistakes had caused everything that was happening, a sincerely repentant Thor finally regained the recognition of Mjolnir.
And Thor, having regained his power, naturally hadn't forgotten his comrades who helped him block the Destroyer and buy time. Speaking of which, although he had met Jane on Earth these past few days, losing his power was, all in all, a very frustrating experience.
And just now, he had left his comrades who were in battle, which was something Thor could not tolerate. Therefore, he wanted to loudly tell his comrades that Thor had returned!
And looking at Sif and the others on the ground waving vigorously at him, Thor couldn't help but smile. Were they welcoming his return?
Thinking this, Thor, with even higher fighting spirit, turned his gaze to the Destroyer, which was completely covered in runic symbols.
"I am Thor, for the glory of the Northern Gods!" Thorraised Mjolnir high, and amidst a burst of sparks and lightning, he smashed it into the Destroyer's chest.
+80!
Lu Yifang: "=_="
Sif's group of four: "⊙﹏⊙‖!!"
The Destroyer, which was already on the verge of exploding, finally completely lost control under Thor's hammer. Dazzling light tore through the runic symbols, uncontrollably leaking out.
The Destroyer had transformed into a small Sun, constantly devouring everything around it and rapidly increasing in volume. And when this fireball expanded to several hundred meters, it seemed unable to maintain its shape any longer and it ruptured.
Fortunately, the terrifying energy explosion imagined did not occur. After this fireball shattered, it instead began to rapidly collapse inward, like a deflated balloon.
A black light point could be seen appearing at the center of the fireball, rapidly devouring everything. In just an instant, the terrifying energy fireball, along with half the town, had vanished.
"Thank heavens, it's a good thing this terrifying energy caused a spatial collapse, otherwise we would have been finished," Volstagg said, sitting on the ground with a relieved expression.
"Where's Thor, where is Thor?" Sif said nervously.
No sooner had she spoken than Mjolnir, carrying Thor, who rolled his eyes, fell from the sky in front of everyone.
Ch 103
At night, in the nearly destroyed town, Lu Yifang arrived alone before the large pit.
"Hello, hello! Coulson, can you hear me?" Lu Yifangasked, pressing the communicator to his ear.
"Crackle… It's alright, hiss… The signal isn't too bad. I'll just add a signal booster." Coulson's voice came through. "But if you enter the core area, it's possible, hiss… communication will be cut off directly."
"Seriously, you guys watched from the sidelines while I fought the Destroyer during the day, and now that it's night, I'm still working overtime alone," Lu Yifanggrumbled, looking at the large pit before him.
"There's nothing we can do about it!" Coulson's helpless voice came through. "The place where the Destroyerself-destructed left behind extremely strong radiation. If an ordinary person enters for a minute without a hazmat suit, they'll surely die. So we can only rely on you."
"Lu Yifang, you should know the importance of this matter. It's no longer just about S.H.I.E.L.D., but about all of humanity. Asgardian technology is much stronger than ours, and the Destroyer is Asgard's top creation. If we can analyze even a bit of technology from the wreckage, the benefits to humanity will be unimaginable."
"Alright, stop with the grand speeches. If I didn't know all this, I would have gone on strike long ago," Lu Yifanginterrupted Coulson. "How is Thor doing?"
"He's fine. After the Doctor examined him, he said he's many times stronger than an ox. At this rate, he should wake up soon. The other Asgardians are guarding Thor, so they probably won't be concerned with this place for now. So you still have less than one night."
"Alright, I'll do my best. I hope the space collapse only destroyed the core and preserved a bit more of the wreckage," Lu Yifang said, already jumping into the large pit.
After that, only hissing sounds remained in the communicator.
"This pit is quite big. I hope the thing is in the center of the explosion, otherwise it'll be troublesome to find it tonight," Lu Yifang said. Two dazzling silver-blue plasma orbs had already appeared in front of him, constantly rotating around Lu Yifang, illuminating a ten-meter radius.
However, as Lu Yifang walked further into the center, he noticed a firelight appearing in the very center of the large pit. This caused Lu Yifang's gaze to narrow, and he had an ominous feeling.
"It's you after all, Ghost Rider." As Lu Yifang expected, standing in the center of the large pit was indeed Ghost Rider, riding his chariot.
And soon, Lu Yifang also noticed a large pit around Ghost Rider that somewhat resembled a human shape.
"You took the Destroyer's wreckage. I didn't expect Ghost Rider to be interested in Asgardian things."
"I'm not interested in that thing, but I know you all will be," Ghost Rider replied.
"Why did you do that?" Lu Yifang stared intently at Ghost Rider. This guy didn't immediately confront him upon seeing him, but instead talked to him calmly.
It was clear that Johnny, Ghost Rider's host, currently had the upper hand in consciousness, which was not an easy feat. Perhaps the old Ghost Rider had taught him a method or two.
"I want the saint venganza contract," Ghost Rider said.
"That's impossible." Lu Yifang shook his head firmly. Not to mention that the contract was something the Ancient One wanted, more importantly, Ghost Rider's backer was the Lord of Hell, Mephisto. If it were truly handed over to Mephisto, something truly terrible would happen.
"Then I won't hand over the Destroyer's wreckage to you either," Ghost Rider said, not to be outdone.
"Is that so!" Lu Yifang's gaze also turned cold upon hearing this. "What if I just take it from you by force?"
"That's exactly what I was thinking."
"Do you think you can beat me?" Facing Ghost Rider's tough stance, Lu Yifang's expression instead became playful.
"If I go all out, you won't have an easy time either. The end result will only be mutual destruction," Ghost Ridersaid firmly.
"Mutual destruction?" Hearing this, Lu Yifang suddenly laughed. "I say, did you misunderstand something?"
As Lu Yifang finished speaking, he strode towards Ghost Rider. Ghost Rider immediately activated his chariot in alarm, but he soon realized that Lu Yifangshowed no signs of attacking. He simply walked unprotected right in front of him.
"You're looking for death!" Ghost Rider was both shocked and enraged at this moment, but a strong surge of delight also rose in his heart. Although he didn't know what was wrong with this guy, wasn't this exactly what he wanted?
Ghost Rider swiftly extended his hand. As long as he could touch Lu Yifang, he was confident he could incapacitate Lu Yifang in an instant.
Close, very close, I've got him.
At this moment, inside Ghost Rider's body, the two consciousnesses were unusually excited simultaneously. However, what happened next left him stunned, because Lu Yifang, whose neck was gripped, showed no reaction at all.
"How is this possible!" Ghost Rider cried out in disbelief.
"It's very possible, and you absolutely can't escape now," Lu Yifang said, extending his hand in turn, gripping Ghost Rider's neck, and lifting him up.
"This is absolutely impossible! How could Hellfire be ineffective against you?" Ghost Rider still couldn't accept the situation.
"Because I've become immune," Lu Yifang said with a smile.
During his previous battle with the Destroyer, Lu Yifanghad discovered something: besides actively improving one's magic knowledge and spiritual power, there was also a passive method for analyzing a magic that yielded the quickest results, which was direct personal contact.
Initially, Lu Yifang could clearly feel a huge threat from the Destroyer's destructive beam, but as the Destroyerused this move multiple times, Lu Yifang could distinctly feel that the threat of this move to him was rapidly decreasing.
Afterwards, Lu Yifang recalled that during the battle and the process of helping his pig teammates, the Four Warriors of Asgard, the Destroyer's destructive beam would spread its energy radiation after hitting a target. During the battle, Lu Yifang was almost entirely bathed in this miniature energy aftermath. After this continued for some time, Lu Yifang dared to directly block the Destroyer's faceplate.
And this should be due to the X gene. Because of the X gene, Lu Yifang was able to directly analyze the attacks of most superpowers. And magic and superpowers are like airplanes and birds both flying; although their forms of expression differ, their essence is the same. With enough contact, the barrier between magic and superpowers will eventually be broken.
"As for your Hellfire, after I came into contact with it three times, it was successfully analyzed," Lu Yifangsaid, taking out a small glass bottle from his Pregnant. Inside, mixed with a large amount of sand, there was a trace of Hellfire in the center—the residue left by Ghost Rider last time.
"Now tell me, where is the Destroyer's wreckage?" Lu Yifang demanded.
Facing Lu Yifang's questioning, Ghost Rider naturally wouldn't answer, but struggled fiercely. The Hellfire on his body grew stronger and stronger, but it couldn't even burn Lu Yifang's clothes anymore.
"My patience has limits," Lu Yifang said, a silver-blue light orb the size of a basketball already appearing in his hand. "Although you're famously tenacious, in this situation, how many of these orbs can you take?"
Lu Yifang smiled and dangled the Rasengan in front of Ghost Rider, and then the orb's volume doubled.
"Twenty kilometers west from here, there's a hidden cave." After a moment of silence, Ghost Rider finally spoke.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yifang threw Ghost Rider to the ground and turned to look west. "What a headache. I can't communicate with Coulson here, so it seems I'll have to go back and tell him directly."
"Please, help me!" At that moment, a hand suddenly grabbed Lu Yifang's foot. It was Johnny, Ghost Rider's host; he had transformed back.
"I need the contract, otherwise Blackheart will kill Roxanne. I know that if the contract falls into Blackheart's hands, something very terrible will happen. Carter Slade also told me that you took the contract because you have a way to truly destroy it, but please believe me, I will handle the contract properly," Johnny sincerely revealed everything.
Upon hearing Johnny's words, Lu Yifang's expression instead became strange. "Blackheart wants you to give him the contract, but are you sure that impatient guy will foolishly wait for you to hand it over?"
And no sooner had Lu Yifang finished speaking than an evil wind swept in, carrying with it the laughter of a devil.
Ch 104
When the evil wind dispersed, Blackheart emerged from the darkness with his three subordinates.
"I didn't expect the contract to be in the hands of an ordinary mortal; it was truly hard to find," Blackheartsaid, looking at Lu Yifang with a surprised expression.
"Despicable, Blackheart, you actually tracked me!" Johnny gritted his teeth and said angrily.
"I can take that as a compliment, my father's lackey, Mr. Ghost Rider," Blackheart said, extending his hand towards Ghost Rider.
"You're useless now, go back to my father's side." As Blackheart's words fell, black smoke appeared on Johnny's face.
"What is this?!" Feeling threatened, Johnny transformed into Ghost Rider again, and it took a few seconds of Hellfire burning to dispel the black smoke.
"Tsk! How boring." Seeing Ghost Rider dispel his cursed magic, Blackheart immediately lost interest and turned his gaze towards Lu Yifang.
"Take the contract from that mortal."
"As you wish, my lord," the bald Earth Demon said, already striding towards Lu Yifang. As he continuously approached Lu Yifang, the dirt he touched seemed to come alive, constantly attaching itself to his body. In no time, the Earth Demon had transformed into a three-meter-tall rock giant.
"Hand over the contract, or I'll make sure you die without a burial place." A perfect entrance, perfectly domineering lines, but what he received in return was the audience's look of concern for the mentally challenged.
Lu Yifang, with a speechless expression, suddenly reached out and grabbed the Earth Demon's arm, then lifted the giant Earth Demon as if he were holding a rag doll.
Bang, bang, bang bang...!
Looking at the Earth Demon, which had shattered into pieces and was slowly re-healing, Lu Yifang spoke with disdain, "As a demon, instead of learning proper magic, you went to learn physics. Truly a disgrace to demons."
"That idiot Earth Demon underestimated him again; we'll have to step in." The Water Demon snorted at this. Behind him, a large amount of Water vapor began to condense, then transformed into dozens of one-meter-long ice shards.
"Go!" The Water Demon waved his hand, and all the ice shards shot out like arrows released from a bow.
The cold air swept in, and the ice shards blocked all of Lu Yifang's escape routes. The ice shards touched Lu Yifang's face.
Bang, the ice shards shattered.
"Indeed, compared to Hellfire, these magic spells are too low-tier." Both the Earth Demon and the Water Demon's magic were far below Lu Yifang's expectations.
For example, the Earth Demon transforming into a stone giant to enhance his strength, even if he strengthened himself to possess the Hulk's power, he still couldn't cause Lu Yifang even a bit of damage. As for the ice cones and low temperatures created by the Water Demon, to Lu Yifang, having ice cones hit his face was less effective than bullets hitting his face.
If his ice magic possessed powerful properties like freezing souls, time, and space, then perhaps it might make Lu Yifang take it seriously.
"I've got him!" While Lu Yifang was lost in thought, the Water Demon had already shouted out in surprise.
It turned out that after those ice shards shattered, they didn't disperse but re-converged at Lu Yifang's feet, successfully freezing Lu Yifang's feet.
"Well done, Water Demon!" At this moment, the Wind Demon in the air laughed loudly. The evil wind howled with his laughter, and soon countless crescent-shaped wind blades condensed.
"My wind blades will cut you into pieces, leaving not even a speck of dust behind!" The Wind Demon laughed heartily. "Face the wind!"
Under the Wind Demon's control, countless wind blades slashed towards Lu Yifang. They enveloped Lu Yifang, their number was still increasing, and they... stopped.
"Wh-what's going on? Why can't I move?" The Wind Demon, amidst the evil wind, said with a look of horror.
Abilities and magic are both uses of supernatural power; however, due to the X gene, abilities are favored by natural laws, while magic is a forcible seizure of supernatural power.
And when a small administrator encounters a low-level cheater using similar powers, the result is... Lu Yifangreached out his hand and contorted the Wind Demon's body into an S shape for a moment, then a B shape.
"So this is a wind blade," Lu Yifang said, extending his hand, and a wind blade automatically moved onto his hand, allowing him to observe it.
"Then I'll gladly accept this simple basic wind magic," Lu Yifang said, then waved his hand towards the Earth Demon.
At this moment, the Earth Demon had just put himself back together when he saw the Wind Demon approaching with dense wind blades.
"Wind Demon, what are you doing?!" The Earth Demonroared in shock and anger.
"I can't control myself!" The Wind Demon responded in horror.
Accompanied by the Earth Demon's painful low growl, the wind blades had already torn open the Earth Demon's massive body again, stripping and pulverizing it piece by piece. The Wind Demon inherently had some restraint over the Earth Demon, and under this sudden attack, the Earth Demon was instantly severely wounded.
"Enough! All of you are useless; I have to do it myself!" Blackheart finally became enraged at this sight. He was not a patient demon to begin with.
"Mortal, you will pay for yourself... Swoosh! Swoosh!" Blackheart's words were not yet finished when two one-meter-diameter wind blades intersected and sliced Blackheart's body into two halves.
Immediately after, more wind blades attacked, directly dismembering Blackheart.
Looking at the scattered pieces of black and red flesh, Lu Yifang frowned slightly. This guy died too easily, he thought. Just as Lu Yifang was wondering, a strange black power suddenly seeped out from the flesh fragments splattered around Lu Yifang, actively attaching itself to Lu Yifang's body.
"Mortal, you dare to harm the great Blackheart! I curse you. Your body will begin to decay, from skin to flesh, rotting little by little. Your internal organs will be infested with maggots, and your blood will turn into foul black water. And when your body rots into a pile of stinking mud, your soul will come into my hands, wailing day and night!" The strange black power grew more and more, and finally, within this black aura, a pair of blood-red eyes opened.
"So it's a curse," Lu Yifang said, looking at his skin, which had begun to turn black. He could feel a negative energy enveloping him, attempting to enter his body.
"Time for a purification spell," Lu Yifang said, looking up and snapping his fingers. Then, the clouds above his head began to churn under the strong wind.
"Boom!" With a deafening clap of thunder, a bolt of lightning as thick as a thigh struck down from the sky, hitting Lu Yifang squarely on the forehead.
"Is this mortal crazy?" Seeing Lu Yifang intentionally create lightning to strike himself, Blackheart, who had just reformed his upper body in the black mist, was utterly bewildered. What kind of move was this?
"You don't even understand this? Has the compulsory magic education in Hell stopped at prenatal classes?" When the lightning dissipated, Lu Yifang, sparkling with electricity, reappeared.
"Lightning almost counters all negative-attribute magic; isn't that common knowledge in the magic world?"
"Are you kidding me?" Blackheart, of course, knew that lightning magic was the bane of negative magic. In terms of efficiency, even Holy Light was somewhat inferior. But the problem was ~ he had never heard of anyone using heavenly lightning to give themselves a purification buff, and after being struck by it, this guy looked even more energetic.
Ch 105
Your body recovered quite quickly, but you look so pale. Are you a bit weak? Let me cast a healing spell on you. It will definitely refresh your mind." Lu Yifang said with a smile, snapping his fingers again as he looked at Blackheart, who had just recovered his body.
Above the sky, a large number of clouds were stirred by the wind, and bolts of lightning were brewing within them. With Lu Yifang's snap of his fingers, several bolts of lightning were drawn down, striking the heads of several demons one after another.
"Ahhh!!" Earth Demon and Water Demon, facing their bane, the lightning, both turned into ashes after letting out two miserable screams.
Blackheart also grunted and knelt on the ground, black smoke continuously rising from his body, looking as if he had been scorched.
"You look much more rosy now, so let's have a few more." As Lu Yifang's words fell, the lightning in the sky flashed more frequently.
"Boom boom…!!" More than ten bolts of lightning struck simultaneously, and with the speed of lightning, Blackheart, unable to evade, was directly struck into ashes.
But from these ashes, black energy reappeared, beginning to reform into a new Blackheart.
"Foolish mortal, you think you can kill me like this? I am immortal," Blackheart said with a sneer from within the black mist.
"If that's the case, how about adding this?" Lu Yifangsaid, already closing in on Blackheart. In his hand was a plasma ball the size of a basketball.
As Lu Yifang pressed the plasma ball into the black mist, high-intensity currents flickered, and the black energy was instantly swallowed whole amidst Blackheart's terrified screams.
"Is it over?" Lu Yifang muttered to himself, looking at the completely cleared black energy.
"No, that guy doesn't have a soul in his body, so he won't die so easily!" Ghost Rider walked over and said, and in the direction he pointed, black energy was seeping out from some of the residue that had exploded from Blackheart's body earlier, re-converging into Blackheart.
Aside from looking a bit weaker, there was no other apparent loss to him.
At this moment, let alone Lu Yifang and Ghost Rider, even Blackheart himself looked at himself with an expression of disbelief, which then transformed into wild joy.
"I am indeed absolutely immortal! This is my power, a power that even that old geezer couldn't achieve! Mortal, you… boom boom boom!"
Countless bolts of lightning struck again; the thunderclouds in the sky were almost directly pulled down by Lu Yifang, pressing down on Blackheart's head.
"Immortal, huh? I'd like to see how long you can last." Lu Yifang said, his expression turning a bit grim, because even though this guy was constantly being shattered, there were truly no signs of his Death.
That Mephisto, is he just idle in Hell all day, constantly figuring out how to create little people? Although Blackheart himself isn't powerful, the characteristic of his body is truly defying the heavens.
"Stop me!" Blackheart roared furiously. Although he couldn't die, as a demon, being constantly struck by lightning, the pain was unimaginable.
"Ghost Rider, stop him quickly! Don't forget your woman is still in my hands!" Blackheart shouted, and while enduring the lightning, he reached into his sleeve and pulled out an unconscious woman.
"Please stop!" Ghost Rider immediately grabbed Lu Yifang upon seeing this.
Lu Yifang's eyes flickered as he saw Blackheartseemingly planning to use the woman to block the lightning, and he stopped the lightning.
Blackheart was also stunned for a moment, not expecting Lu Yifang to actually stop. A disdainful smile appeared on his face, and Blackheart gripped the woman's neck.
"Ghost Rider, quickly make this mortal hand over the contract, or I will kill her, then devour her soul, letting her soul fall into Hell forever," Blackheart threatened.
"I won't… No, don't kill her!" At this moment, Ghost Rider had already covered his head, and within his body, two consciousnesses were already arguing.
Similar to the conflicted Ghost Rider, Lu Yifang's face also seemed to show a troubled expression, as if he was making a difficult decision. Finally, Lu Yifang gritted his teeth, seemingly having made up his "mind."
"If I give you the contract, can you guarantee to let that woman go?"
"Of course," Blackheart said with a smile, then added in his mind, "But I will kill all of you after I gain power."
"What foolish mortals! After so many years, they are still plagued by useless compassion. They are truly idiots with no progress at all."
"Alright then, I'll count to three, and we'll throw them out together." Lu Yifang finished speaking and had already taken out the contract from his Arms.
"One, two, three!"
As the word "three" fell, Ghost Rider had successfully received his girlfriend, and Blackheart quickly grabbed the contract.
"Haha, what foolish mortals! Now you will pay the price for your useless compassion." Blackheart laughed as he opened the contract and began chanting the spell on it.
"Ow~ Gack gack!!" A thousand utterly evil souls surged out from the contract. They shrieked, sneered, and cursed, and after circling Blackheart once, they all merged into Blackheart's body, completely becoming one with him.
"I feel the power continuously surging within my body… Boom boom!!" Blackheart's words were not yet finished when he was once again engulfed by lightning.
"However, the result doesn't seem to have changed much," Lu Yifang said, shrugging.
"Foolish human, how dare you underestimate the new Lord of Hell." Blackheart said and opened his mouth, spitting out a large amount of black energy, which, while helping him resist the lightning, also grew larger and larger.
In just a moment, the black skull turned into a skull head, already growing larger than a mountain. It let out a hoarse laugh, then opened its large mouth and directly swallowed all the thunderclouds in one gulp.
"Alright, it is indeed much stronger than before," Lu Yifang said, slightly surprised. "But unfortunately, your opponent is no longer me."
"That's right, your opponent is me now." While Lu Yifang was distracting Blackheart, Ghost Rider had quietly Around to Blackheart's back and then directly grabbed Blackheart.
"Now, within your body, there are a thousand sinful souls that can be burned," Ghost Rider said, and his Penance Stare, burning with Hellfire, lit up.
"Oh, no!" Feeling the gaze of the Penance Stare, for the first time, Blackheart truly smelled the threat of Death.
Blackheart did not realize that his immortality was very ridiculous. As Mephisto's son, his power was not strong, which was due to his lack of a soul. But when he gained a soul, he lost his immortality, and perhaps his birth was Mephisto's failed experiment in immortality.
After letting out an unwilling wail, Blackheart finally fell to the ground.
"It's truly over this time," Ghost Rider said, having transformed back into Johnny, and turned to leave.
But just then, Blackheart, who had fallen to the ground, a flash of Fire light flickered in his eyes, and he suddenly stood up from the ground again.
"You two did a really good job," "Blackheart" clapped his hands, looking at Ghost Rider and Lu Yifang with a smile.
"How is this possible? How are you not dead yet?" Johnny was stunned to see Blackheart standing up again.
"Then let's burn his soul again," Johnny transformed into Ghost Rider again and grabbed Blackheart, and Hellfirespread throughout Blackheart's body.
But this time, Blackheart showed no discomfort at all; instead, he smiled and said, "My Rider, Hellfire was originally the power I bestowed upon you. Do you intend to use my power to kill me?"
"You are… Mephisto!" Ghost Rider said, his voice becoming terrified.
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Hellfire, also known as Soulfire, is a magic flame that can burn both body and soul, practically a bug-like ability, but Ghost Rider still falls short of truly mastering it. His Hellfire actually comes from Mephisto, and Hellfire is also the symbol of Mephisto as the Lord of Hell.
"My Rider, you've done well!" Mephisto patted Ghost Rider's shoulder with satisfaction, forcibly transforming him back into Johnny.
At this moment, the Hellfire entwining Mephisto's body grew more intense, beginning to condense into a flame armor. Blackheart's pale skin had already turned dark red, and all his hair was instantly burned away, replaced by a pair of long horns.
"I am the Lord of Hell—Mephisto!" Mephisto roared, spreading a pair of fiery red bat wings.
Boom! At this moment, the Hellfire had transformed into a giant wave of fire, instantly spreading throughout the entire town, turning it into hell.
And in this Hellfire sea, only Lu Yifang and Ghost Riderremained standing. Mephisto, who had already flown into the air, also turned his gaze towards Lu Yifang.
"Human, I didn't expect you to truly be immune to my Hellfire. It's indeed because of the X gene," Mephistosaid, a look of appreciation in his eyes.
"After advancing to a 5-level Mutant, the X gene is in a semi-activated state, beginning to automatically complete and revert. Human, I think highly of you. With my help, you will soon be able to become a demigod. So…" Mephisto said, extending his hand, and in front of Lu Yifang, the Hellfire suddenly condensed into a parchment.
"Sign a contract with me and become a magical… my Rider."
"You don't need to trouble yourself with that," Lu Yifangsaid coldly. He naturally knew that the demigod Mephisto spoke of was not the so-called gods of Asgard, but true gods.
And it is said that Thanos is a demigod. It can be said that demigods have almost compensated for all the shortcomings of mortal beings, possessing immense power and an unshakeable soul, directly drawing power from the Universe, becoming a super life whose physical body can freely exist in the Universe.
Such a result was naturally very tempting to Lu Yifang. To achieve this step on his own, he would at least need to advance to the Lv5+ level.
But it's a pity that the one making this promise is Mephisto!! Can this guy's words be trusted? Is this guy's promise reliable?
With such a villainous big boss demeanor from the start, can't he show some sincerity? For example, learn from some cute pink and White little beast with big ears and a long tail, and lower people's guard.
"Sure enough, Blackheart, that idiot, was actually just your pawn," Lu Yifang wisely changed the topic, not wanting to dwell on it.
"He thought he had escaped your control, but in reality, whether it was coming to Earth to seize the contract or dealing with Ghost Rider, everything was proceeding according to your plan."
"He's still just a child, too young," Mephisto said with a smile. Having successfully tricked his own son to his death, he was in a good mood.
In Hell, 'he's still young, so don't let him off' is a fine tradition.
"There's just one thing I don't understand. What is your ultimate goal after all this effort? Is it for the saint venganza contract? Even Blackheart had a way to get his hands on the contract. I don't believe that after over a hundred years, you truly had no way to deal with the old Ghost Rider," Lu Yifang said with a suspicious look.
"The reason is naturally a test, a test for the one who has been preventing my invasion of the human realm for so many years," Mephisto said with a hearty laugh. Was he truly as Blackheart imagined, his thinking rigid, only wanting to cower in Hell?
No, he had never given up the opportunity to invade Earth. Originally, the three Sanctums of the Hidden Leisure Society could monitor magic occurring all over Earth, but Ghost Rider's actions never encountered members of the Hidden Leisure Society.
The reason was naturally that Mephisto had already discovered loopholes in the three Sanctums and found a way to block detection.
However, his every covert operation, in front of Ancient One, who possessed the Eye of Agamotto, would be seen through. No matter how cunning he was or how meticulous his plans, he couldn't outsmart Ancient One, who had a god's-eye view.
And in the human realm, it was even more difficult for his true body to descend, so his avatars were always embarrassingly driven back by Ancient One.
But ever since Dormammu caused a stir last time, Mephisto was pleasantly surprised to find that the Sorcerer Supreme seemed to have changed. Thus, he initiated this test, and he was very satisfied with the results.
"Now the entire human realm belongs to me," Mephistosaid with a sneer.
"Although I don't know why you're so happy, I'm afraid things aren't as good as you imagine," After Mephistoappeared, Lu Yifang finally understood what Ancient One's uneasy underlying threat was.
And since he knew what was going on, Lu Yifangnaturally decided to be a bystander and leave this matter to the professionals.
"Sorcerer Supreme, the rest is up to you," Lu Yifangcalled out, which was also the reason he was fearless in front of Mephisto. Ancient One, who possessed the Eye of Agamotto, would absolutely not be late.
And as Lu Yifang's voice fell, a portal had already appeared beside him.
"Haha, the new generation Sorcerer Supreme, with your foundation and strength, you don't have the power to stop… What's going on? Ancient One, you're not dead!!" When he saw that the newcomer was a bald man in a yellow robe, Mephisto's eyes almost popped out.
"This is impossible. I clearly sensed your existence disappear, and even your magical traces vanished. You…" The exasperated Mephisto seemed to suddenly remember something, and he calmed down, beginning to size up Ancient One.
"You seem to be only a soul body now, haha, I know! No wonder you were able to deceive me. You actually abandoned your physical body, the body you shaped using the power of the Dark Dimension. How much strength can you possibly have in this state?" Mephistosaid with excitement.
Hearing this, Lu Yifang hesitated for a moment, then reached out his hand towards Ancient One. Sure enough, his hand passed through Ancient One the moment it touched her.
"No wonder," A flash of understanding crossed Lu Yifang's eyes. No wonder when he first saw Ancient One, he suddenly noticed her body briefly turn transparent.
"Don't worry, the fact that I'm here proves that he will still fail," Ancient One said with a smile to Lu Yifang.
"I will fail? Sorcerer Supreme, you are truly arrogant," Mephisto was genuinely provoked into laughter, and as his emotions changed, all the Hellfire here surged, forming a giant flaming skull.
"Don't forget my identity! I am the Lord of Hell! All souls facing me can only tremble and wail, yet you dare to appear before me in soul form! How bold of you!!" The flaming skull roared at Ancient One.
"Indeed, the current me is not your match, so I've invited some helpers," Ancient One said, waving her hand and opening another portal.
"Mephisto, Midgard is protected by Asgard! You shall not lay claim to it!" Thor suddenly emerged from the portal with Sif and the four others.
Regarding the timeline of Doctor Strange's appearance, I've slightly moved it forward. Just know this, it has no impact. Also, regarding the issue of Hellfire and Ghost Rider, Marvel has retconned quite a bit. The movie's setting also seems to state that it was given by Mephisto, and in terms of rationality, I think Hellfirebeing the power of the Lord of Hell makes more sense.
Finally, something to say—it's going on sale tomorrow!
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You are... Thor!" Mephisto hesitated for a moment before recognizing Thor. "I didn't expect you Asgardians to meddle on Earth at this critical juncture."
"How we Asgardians act is not for you of Hell to teach. I have only one thing to say: get back to Hell, or don't blame me for being impolite," Thor said, gripping Mjolnir and pointing it at Mephisto.
"Make me go back? Son of Odin, aren't you too arrogant? Even your father wouldn't speak to me like that," Mephisto sneered, looking down at Thor.
"Ridiculous. If my father were here, would you dare speak like that?" Thor immediately retorted. During this period of losing his power, Thor had indeed improved. He had learned to restrain himself and use his brain, instead of reacting like he did with the Ice Giant, where a single taunt would make him explode like dynamite, swinging his hammer recklessly without a second thought.
And would Mephisto be wary of Odin? Without a doubt, a little, after all, that was the King of the Gods, the man who had conquered the Nine Realms. Although Mephisto considered his strength to be formidable and feared no one in Hell, if he wanted to leave Hell and cause trouble in the Nine Realms, he still had to give Odin some face.
Mephisto had always been hesitant about Earth, not only because the Ancient One was truly difficult to deal with, but Odin was also a factor.
After all, in the Asgardians' view, Earth was the center of the World Tree Yggdrasil, the Midgard that connected the Nine Realms. If Earth were gone, the so-called Nine Realms would be fragmented, and this was absolutely intolerable to the Asgardians, who considered themselves rulers of the Nine Realms.
If he didn't handle his relationship with Odin properly, even if he truly succeeded in killing the Ancient One and occupying Earth, it would immediately trigger a war with Asgard. Of course, this referred to the past; as for now...
"Odin is indeed a strong warrior worthy of respect," Mephisto said, a playful smile suddenly appearing on his face. "But at this very moment, is he well?"
"My father's affairs are none of your concern," Thor's face darkened. Sure enough, this fellow had caught wind of things and was already prepared.
"Oh, is that so? Then let me ask another question," Mephisto said, his smile fading as his tone became serious. "I hear you Asgardians have already gone to war with your old enemies, the Ice Giants. At this juncture, do you still want to provoke another enemy?"
Mephisto questioned Thor, his tone becoming aggressive. "Son of Odin, I hear the reason Asgard went to war with the Ice Giants was due to your recklessness. So now I'm giving you a chance: go back to your Asgard, and I can pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, you will repeat your mistakes and drag Asgard into an abyss of eternal damnation."
"Thor!" Hearing this, Sif instinctively stepped forward and pulled Thor, her worry evident in her eyes.
Undoubtedly, Mephisto was indeed the most cunning of the demon kings. A few words had struck Thor's weak point: the fundamental reason Asgard faced its current predicament was due to Thor's recklessness.
Therefore, Sif was worried that Thor might be led astray by Mephisto's deception and fall into a dead end.
"I'm fine, Sif," Thor said with a smile, waving his hand. If it had been before, this would indeed have been his mental vulnerability, but a Thor who had once again wielded Mjolnir could not possibly still be living in that Shadow.
He was Thor, the future King of Asgard. If he didn't even have the courage to face his own mistakes, what kind of king would he be fit to be?
"Mephisto, I do not wish to start a war, because my father once said that wanton wars only bring destruction and fear to peaceful realms. This is not what a qualified king should do," Thor said, looking at Mephisto with a serious expression.
"Very good," Mephisto's mouth curled into a grin, and he continued in a voice laced with seductive magic: "Then, Prince of Asgard, return to your realm. That is where you are most needed. Your father was once the strongest man in the Nine Realms, but he is old now; he cannot, like me, possess Eternity. Now the rule of the old king is tottering, and you—will be crowned King!"
"No, if I return now, then I will not be worthy of being King," Thor directly interrupted Mephisto's enticement.
"Because my father also taught me that as a king, no matter how powerful the enemy or how perilous the predicament, one must not easily compromise.
Because greedy enemies can never be satisfied, and tolerance will only be seen by the enemy as weakness to be exploited. Asgard does not desire war, but Asgardnever fears war. No matter how much sacrifice it takes, Asgard will never compromise with its enemies!"
"Enough, foolish Son of Odin, you have finally exhausted what little patience I have," Seeing his temptation fail, Mephisto no longer bothered to waste words with him.
Blazing Hellfire surged from his body, quickly coalescing into a demonic face dozens of meters high.
"Before the Lord of Hell who possesses Eternity, even Odin is merely a junior, let alone a wet-behind-the-ears child like you. What right do you have to speak to me like this?" The fiery demonic face roared, looking down at Thor.
"Because I am Thor!" Faced with such oppression, Thorfearlessly raised Mjolnir.
"Boom ~ Rumble!!"
Deafening thunder erupted, and countless lightning bolts illuminated the entire sky, transforming the night into a sea of thunder. And at the center of this sea of thunder was Thor, who had flown into the air.
"For Asgard!" Thor gripped Mjolnir tightly and, carrying the might of a thousand thunders, smashed it down towards Mephisto.
"Boom ~!"
Infinite lightning and Hellfire intertwined, like two giant beasts roaring and battling each other. In the end, the lightning proved to be stronger, forcefully scattering the face formed by the Hellfire.
"He won?" Lu Yifang said with some surprise, looking at Thor standing in the air.
"No, it's just beginning," the Ancient One said calmly.
And indeed, after the Ancient One finished speaking, the Hellfire once again showed abnormalities. Not only the Hellfire that Thor had scattered, but even the Hellfire dispersed throughout the entire town became active at that moment.
All the Hellfire suddenly flew into the air, converging together to form a dark red curtain of Fire, looking like a scar in the sky.
"It's coming," the Ancient One said, suddenly beginning to chant a spell.
In an instant, Lu Yifang felt a blur before his eyes, and everything around him suddenly changed. The large crater created during the battle with the Destroyer and all the collapsed buildings were restored to their original state. Except for the absence of people, the town was almost identical to how it was before.
"Time? No, it's the Mirror Dimension," Lu Yifang said, observing his surroundings. And for the Ancient One to cast the Mirror Dimension, it undoubtedly meant she believed the situation had reached a very serious point.
"By the way, what did you just say?" Lu Yifang quickly asked.
"Mephisto's true form." As soon as the Ancient Onefinished speaking, Lu Yifang heard a crisp breaking sound like glass.
From within the curtain of Fire formed by Hellfire in the sky, a demonic claw as large as a mountain suddenly extended out.
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Son of Odin, you have successfully angered me." The space continued to tear, and endless Hellfire surged out from within. The sky and earth began to melt, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur.
Tear, another giant claw stretched out. Two magma-flowing claws forcibly tore a thousands-of-meters-long opening in space, and immediately, a horned magma head appeared from the crack, slowly emerging from it.
"This is Mephisto's true form!" Lu Yifang couldn't help but gasp as he looked at the giant lava demon, only half of whose body had emerged, but whose wings of Fire already occupied half the sky.
At this moment, Thor's face also showed a shocked expression. This was a being like his father, the Lord of Hell, equivalent to the Nine Realms' top combat power. If the Lord of Hell was like this, then even Mephistorevered the All-Father Odin—his father.
This old bastard, whom he had once called weak and stubborn, unwilling to go to war with Jotunheim, how powerful was he in his prime? At this moment, Thorwas like a rebellious brat who had once looked down on his father, suddenly encountering his father's magnificent side, and his heart was instantly shaken.
"Son of Odin, do you still think you can stop me now?" Mephisto stared at Thor, who was about the size of a mosquito to him, and mocked him, clearly mistaking Thor's daze for fear of him.
Upon hearing this, Thor also came back to his senses. He could feel Mephisto's power, but he still gripped Mjolnir and pointed it at Mephisto. "Asgardians never fear."
"Boom~!" Thunder roared, and countless lightning bolts already engulfed Thor. Thor transformed himself into a dazzling lightning spear, streaking across the sky like a meteor, aiming directly at Mephisto.
"Overestimating yourself, ridiculous Thor, compared to your father, you are still too green!" Mephisto sneered and swung his giant claw.
Boom~~!!
With a loud bang, the dazzling lightning was finally swallowed by the Hellfire, and Thor was sent flying, crashing heavily to the ground like a bullet.
However, Mephisto was not unscathed; his hand was completely scorched by the lightning strike Thorsummoned. But as Hellfire enveloped his palm, in just a moment, Mephisto's arm had recovered as before.
Mephisto sneered and flexed his hand, then reached out to Thor. However, just then, Mephisto's body suddenly paused. The spatial rift behind him began to shrink rapidly.
"Ancient One, it's you." Mephisto, with half his body stuck in the portal, stared coldly at Ancient One.
"I admit your spatial magic is indeed profound, which is why I created the saint venganza contract and brought it to the human world. My purpose was to use the sinful souls within the contract to bypass the Three Sanctums and sacrifice them to open a portal from Hell to the human world. Now that it has come to this, do you think you can still stop my descent?"
As Mephisto spoke, he struggled violently, and the space cracked again.
"I cannot stop you," Ancient One said calmly. "But someone can stop you, and all I need to do is delay you for a moment."
"Stop me? Who can stop me? Is it the naive Thor lying there, or that young Mutant by your side who has just been promoted to Level Five?" Mephisto said disdainfully, while his body tore at the spatial confinement even more violently.
Ancient One did not answer Mephisto's words but looked at Lu Yifang, her meaning clear.
"Holy crap, you're not actually making me go, are you?" Feeling Ancient One's gaze, Lu Yifang's eyes widened instantly.
"Can I be honest? I'm a bit nervous." If Lu Yifang had more time, he believed he would definitely have a day when he could defeat Mephisto, but now he felt there was still some gap between himself and these top-tier beings.
"I can understand your feelings, but what you lack is not confidence, but a weapon that can harm Mephisto," Ancient One said, gesturing towards Mjolnir.
"You mean..." Lu Yifang's eyes widened as he looked at the hammer beside Thor, as if he understood Ancient One's meaning.
"Hurry, I can't restrain Mephisto for long," Ancient Oneurged.
Knowing Ancient One's intention, Lu Yifang no longer hesitated and walked straight to Mjolnir.
"What are you doing?" Thor, who had just gotten up from the ground, was somewhat slow to react as he watched Lu Yifang reach for his hammer.
And the next moment, Thor realized something was wrong, because he felt the ground shaking violently, and what shocked him even more was that Mjolnir also began to tremble.
"This... how is this possible?" Thor's eyes widened. Although Lu Yifang had told him before, Thor, who had not witnessed it with his own eyes, still held a disbelieving attitude in his heart.
Impossible, that's my hammer, how could I casually doubt it just by listening to an outsider's words?
And now, when the cruel truth was about to be revealed before him, how could his heart be calm?
"Only the king acknowledged by Mjolnir is worthy to wield this hammer; you cannot do it?"
However, under Thor's disbelieving gaze, the energy fluctuations emanating from Mjolnir began to become chaotic. Countless lightning bolts were drawn by Mjolnir at this moment, completely engulfing Lu Yifang.
"So it is." Amidst the dazzling lightning, Lu Yifang, holding Mjolnir, turned slightly and said to Thor, "Then consider me a hegemon!"
"Mortal!" At this moment, Mephisto's gaze towards Lu Yifang also became solemn.
This mortal had actually ignored Odin's prohibition and directly lifted Mjolnir with brute force. Of course, that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was that when this mortal lifted Mjolnir, all the power restrictions on Mjolnir were being lifted bit by bit, and he also felt an immense threat from Mjolnir.
"Turn to ashes for me." Mephisto, with a rising sense of alarm, waved his hand, and Hellfire transformed into a raging wave of Fire, sweeping towards Lu Yifang.
However, facing this sea of Fire, which seemed hot enough to melt everything, Lu Yifang merely raised Mjolnir and gently swung it forward.
The dazzling Mjolnir, like a small Sun, transformed into tangible, violent lightning, piercing through the sea of Fire in an instant, purifying all the Hellfire in front and forcibly clearing a path.
"Bang!" Lu Yifang took a step, and a clear echo came from the ground, with several cracks appearing beneath his feet.
And these cracks continued to extend outwards, becoming wider and more numerous, until finally, it seemed as if the entire town was shattered by this single step.
And these shattered buildings were suddenly pulled by a powerful force, flying towards Lu Yifang. That was the gravity leaking from Mjolnir. As Lu Yifang held the hammer longer this time, more of Mjolnir's restrictions were lifted than before, and this included gravity.
At this moment, these attracted objects often disintegrated into nothingness by the terrifying lightning before they even came within ten meters of Lu Yifang.
"Bang bang...!" Lu Yifang strode forward, his speed beginning to accelerate.
And as Lu Yifang moved, everything in the Mirror Dimension seemed to be pulled by Mjolnir: houses, air, earth, sky—everything was tearing apart.
Even the space itself around Lu Yifang was warping. This was the true power revealed by Mjolnir, crafted from the material of a Dead Star's core. Simply by Lu Yifang moving with it, the entire Mirror Dimension was on the verge of collapse.
If gravity were not ineffective against Lu Yifang, he would probably have been directly annihilated from his atomic structure by the terrifying gravity at this moment.
"Are you ready, Lord of Hell!" Lu Yifang took a step, shattering the earth, and leaped like an arrow from a bowstring in front of Mephisto.
"Just a mere mortal, don't be so arrogant." Mephisto, feeling a great crisis, also roared in anger. He was Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, how could he fear a mere mortal?
"Then come and try." Lu Yifang had already raised the dazzling Mjolnir high, roaring as he brought this terrifying weapon, weighing who knows how many hundreds of millions of tons, crashing down on Mephisto's head.
"Physical—Serious Strike!"
Accompanied by a dazzling White light as intense as a supernova explosion, everything in the entire Mirror Dimension was annihilated one by one amidst the terrifying energy.
And apart from the sound of the Mirror Dimensioncollapsing, Mephisto's unwilling roar could faintly be heard. Mephisto, the Lord of Hell, the king of demons who had ruled Hell since its existence, and one of the most ancient spellcasters in history.
For the first time, he truly felt the immense power of physics.