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"Found his true body! Six, Six, attack!" Tyler shouted.
Tyler controlled his warrior character, leading the charge with several tank-class guild members, absorbing Loki's damage while high-DPS classes unleashed hell from behind.
Loki's true body rapidly lost health, eventually attempting to flee.
However, Tyler and his team weren't dungeon rookies—they knew Loki would try using his clone technique to escape at low health.
Several guild mages had already prepared sealing and binding spells to lock down his true form, preventing escape.
Through seamless team coordination, Loki was finally defeated.
He knelt, panting: "Enough, you pitiful mortals. Do you truly believe this is victory? I am a god, and you can NEVER defeat me. You know nothing of this universe. Without my rule, your civilization will eventually be destroyed!"
"No matter how powerful the enemy, Earth's heroes will drive them out!" Captain America approached, accompanied by the now-freed Iron Man, Hulk, and others.
"Loki, you should return with me and apologize to Father," Thor said solemnly.
Tony Stark looked at Tyler's raid team and laughed. "Well done, guys. I think we can all take tomorrow off. Have you ever had shawarma? There's a place about two blocks away. I don't know how good it is, but I want to try it. Want to come along?"
After the cutscene, Thor escorted Loki away. A loot chest materialized in the magic circle.
Tyler and his team opened it without hesitation—standard clear rewards.
But the moment the chest opened, Tyler froze. All guild members froze.
Legendary quality Mark 7 armor set. Two vials of Super Soldier Serum. Three pieces of Vibranium. Black Firestone...
"Ma... Mark 7..." Tyler felt his breathing stop, staring at the equipment drop, unable to believe his eyes.
He feared he'd misread it. Looked again carefully. It was definitely Mark 7 armor. Best quality tier.
"Am I dreaming?" Tyler's heart pounded, blood surging.
Excited. Thrilled. But also terrified this was a beautiful dream.
He'd often dreamed of getting legendary gear from dungeons, overjoyed, dreams so vivid that waking up he still couldn't believe they weren't real.
So right now, Tyler genuinely worried this was another beautiful illusion.
"We... we actually got Mark 7!" Someone said with trembling voice.
Clearly everyone else couldn't believe their luck either.
"WE ACTUALLY GOT MARK 7!"
"HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT—" Wailing shouts echoed through his headphones, excited voices converging, making Tyler feel like he'd just awakened from a dream.
A smile spread across his face—pure excitement and euphoria!
Though he'd heard countless stories during his gaming years of ordinary bottom-tier players getting legendary gear and rising to prominence, he'd never expected a miracle would befall HIM!
Instant Fame
News of the first Mark 7 legendary drop in North America was like a bombshell, instantly shaking the entire Infinite Realms player community.
The Starfall Guild's name became famous overnight, uplifting spirits of countless ordinary players.
A group of previously unknown bottom-tier college kids had miraculously obtained the first Mark 7. Such underdog stories have always resonated throughout history.
Wealthy players in North America immediately contacted Starfall Guild wanting to buy the Mark 7 armor, but the guild ultimately put it up for auction.
Finally, the Mark 7 armor was purchased by a player named Jason "Stormbreak" Chen from the West Coast region for nearly $7 million—setting the highest equipment transaction price in North American server history.
Tyler's group of ordinary students from Starfall Guild became rich overnight, transforming from broke college kids into people with over a million dollars in savings each.
They became the "lucky ones" on everyone's lips, spurring even more players to tirelessly farm the Avengers dungeon.
A few days later, a guild in the European region finally synthesized a legendary-quality Mark 7 armor. Its final transaction price reached $9.3 million, equivalent to roughly 65 million yuan—once again breaking transaction records.
The glorious achievements forged by the Avengers were destined to be recorded in Infinite Realms history. The emergence of Iron Man armor marked a complete paradigm shift from ET-style mech dominance.
Though ET's mechs were still classics beloved by many, they were no longer unique or uncontested.
Iron Man armor became the new standard. Its magnificent appearance, vibrant colors, and technologically advanced aesthetic made it widely popular—completely changed the direction of mech design philosophy.
Following ET Games' Mech Dominion update, more and more developers gradually aligned their mech designs with Iron Man's style. Many new skins resembling Iron Man's aesthetic appeared in the Infinite Realms marketplace.
But regardless, Iron Man armor remained insurmountable because it represented the CHARACTER of Iron Man—a vibrant personality loved by players, emotionally invested in by audiences worldwide.
Titan Games Conference Room
"Good! This concept is excellent!" After hearing the lead designer's presentation for the company's new project—Mech God of War: Monkey King—Brandon Sterling's face broke into a satisfied smile.
After the Avengers became a phenomenon, Titan Games immediately strategized a follow-up, wanting to create a superhero-themed dungeon blending mythological figures, modern technology, and mech combat.
It also needed differentiation from the Avengers. So they conceived creating content integrating Eastern mythological figures—hence Mech God of War: Monkey King.
In the story setting, the Celestial Realm, Human Realm, and Demon Realm were established as three parallel universes.
The Celestial and Demon Realms mastered humanoid mech technology and developed scientific instruments capable of traversing different universes.
A demon princess and a celestial warrior fell in love but were forcibly separated for violating divine law. To save her lover, the princess crossed into the Celestial Realm, accidentally killed Sun Wukong's beloved, and fled to the Human Realm.
Sun Wukong, having lost his love, with help from a modern-day human ally, successfully pursued and killed the demon princess.
However, her death awakened the imprisoned celestial warrior. Thus the mech-clad Sun Wukong and mech-clad warrior engaged in an earth-shattering battle...
Seeing Brandon's enthusiasm, the lead designer smiled proudly and continued: "Sun Wukong is a legendary figure from Chinese mythology, arguably a representative superhero archetype. Mech God of War: Monkey King perfectly blends Chinese mythological stories with modern civilization and technology. This will tap into the massive Asian market while offering Western audiences something exotic and fresh. It'll resonate globally!"
"Excellent point! I think this dungeon will definitely cause huge buzz and let Western audiences experience Eastern cultural heritage and mythological legends!" Brandon was overjoyed, feeling his company had found the perfect way to imitate Iron Man's success while being distinctive—and capitalize on underserved Asian markets. A high-level strategic move.
What Brandon didn't realize: he was setting himself up for another spectacular failure.
Cultural appropriation without understanding. Chasing trends without innovation. Same old Brandon playbook.
Alex would be watching with interest.