After Li Chengfeng issued the warning, he immediately opened a portal, kicked Loki through it, then, while Hela wasn't paying attention, grabbed her hand and rushed in.
The other side of the portal was the open ground in front of the Airbus. After Li Chengfeng emerged from the portal, he immediately began to observe the surroundings.
"Li Chengfeng! Could I have refused to enter the portal when you told me to? Was it really necessary to kick me in the butt!?"
"Shut up, you tsundere. If you keep babbling, I'll instigate your sister to beat you up."
Loki, upon hearing this, although still full of indignation, obediently closed his mouth.
No choice.
His convenient elder sister had no affection for him, but Li Chengfeng could be considered her savior, and she was now calling Li Chengfeng "My God Queen," clearly starting to treat Li Chengfeng as her own.
Moreover, the most important thing was that he couldn't beat either of them. If he spoke again, it might lead to a mixed-gender double beating.
Li Chengfeng, having finished with Loki, breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Ada had directly ordered the scientific expedition task force to return before descending into the ice crevice. At this moment, the task force's vehicles had already left a considerable distance.
At least there was no need to rescue people first.
"It is indeed a giant life form. From the moment I entered that ice cave, I could feel a faint pulsation. At first, I thought it was something abnormal with the frozen human, but later I found it wasn't him, but coming from directly beneath him."
Hela, however, showed no tension at all. Instead, she was excited that her perception was correct, and she turned her head to ask Li Chengfeng, "This World's North Pole actually has such a massive creature. How many more surprises are there that the future King of Asgard doesn't know about?"
"My dear Hela, Your Majesty... This really isn't a creature from Earth."
Li Chengfeng shrugged and began to introduce the origin of the giant starfish below.
"This thing is called Starro. It's an intelligent Universe monster that constantly roams among the stars, searching for the most suitable parasitic environment."
"Parasitic?"
"That's right, it's a parasitic organism. If it finds a suitable environment, it will reproduce countless parasitic spores asexually through its own division, used to control and enslave the local indigenous species. No matter which Planet in the Universe, it will cause quite significant destruction."
The difference between Starro and other Universe monsters is that those monsters only know how to forage and destroy based on instinct.
A single monster, in fact, causes quite limited destruction.
But Starro directly aims to parasitize and control the indigenous groups at the top of the food chain, which can directly squeeze out existing ecological niches and then exploit and destroy the Planet's ecology and resources.
Simply put, the former smashes and leaves, while the latter doesn't smash but lives in your house and takes your monthly salary.
It's all about sustainable overexploitation.
After all, if ordinary people are parasitized by Starro's spores and don't receive timely treatment, they won't live for long.
Just as he finished speaking, Ada Wong's voice came through the communicator.
"I've had the Airbus take off and hover in the distance. What exactly happened? What giant starfish? What are you talking about?"
Although Ada usually liked to tease and flirt with Li Chengfeng, when carrying out a mission, she was absolutely one of the most reliable people by Li Chengfeng's side.
The fact that she immediately obeyed the command to take off, based on Li Chengfeng's vague words, was already perfect.
Just as Li Chengfeng was about to respond, he heard a "rumble rumble" from beneath his feet, followed by violent vibrations.
The next moment, a giant purple and blue starfish burst through the ice!
Li Chengfeng immediately enveloped his entire body with Will Green Light for defense, lightly stepping on the shattered ice blocks that flew up, instantly widening the distance.
Although Loki was weak, that was only compared to Li Chengfeng and his convenient elder sister. While Starro was terrifying, simply dodging its heavy and clumsy attacks was child's play for him.
And Hela didn't even bother to dodge, floating directly in mid-air, instantly manifesting hundreds of identical Night Sky Swords around her.
Under the sharp sword light, the giant ice blocks instantly turned into a sky full of ice powder upon contact.
Li Chengfeng looked at Hela's eyes, the joy in them overflowing.
That's right, Hela, Goddess of Death, was the commander of the Asgardian army, leading campaigns to conquer the Nine Realms, a genuine super martial artist. Calling her a warmonger wouldn't be wrong.
Such a God, having been confined in a sealed dimension for over a thousand years, her inherent warlike genes must have been screaming for release.
And this giant starfish in front of them was simply the best target for her to vent.
This is also why Li Chengfeng only worried about ordinary people being parasitized by Starro's spores and encountering misfortune, and not about the threat posed by a monster nearly a hundred meters tall itself.
Just a Universe monster, let alone Hela, a Heavenly Father-level powerhouse.
Even Loki, if he gave up using those two small daggers for ridiculous close combat and reasonably used the magic he was proficient in from various parts of the Nine Realms, could also deal with it.
After all, in the movie, the Suicide Squad could solve Starro.
Although the Starro in the movie was definitely much weaker than the one here, the Suicide Squad was also weaker than Loki.
A Universe monster being bitten to Death by a swarm of rats was quite absurd for both sides.
"You, are all, slaves!"
At this moment, a sharp voice suddenly exploded in their minds.
Li Chengfeng and Loki exchanged glances.
This thing was indeed stronger than the movie version, actually having some innate telepathic ability.
But judging by its appearance, speaking two words with a gasp, it probably could only be used for transmitting messages at most.
Perhaps if it had appeared a thousand years earlier, it could have been worshipped as a God in the Western World, and Lovecraft's cthulhu mythology would have had to draw inspiration from it.
But now, it could only...
Be cut into pieces by a true Goddess.
Li Chengfeng did not make a move, but stood with Loki, watching Hela gradually cut the giant starfish into starfish chunks.
Hundreds of Night Sky Swords flew up and down, as if at her command. The sharpness enhanced by Asgardian God power was simply not something a giant starfish could withstand.
And so, the giant starfish died.
Aside from a somewhat impressive entrance, it completely lacked the oppressive force of a monster.
After all, it was a battle between "beast" and "God."
But even so, Li Chengfeng still had to marvel at the power of a Heavenly Father-level being.
Even in the lowest period of her God life, she still possessed such combat power.
Li Chengfeng even felt that even if he went all out now, he might not be able to easily defeat Hela in her battle-damaged state.
After all, the biggest combat powers he currently had were the Green Lantern Ring, Diamond form, and Loki's physical prowess.
But aside from these Heavenly Father-level figures, beating Thor, Loki, or Tony Stark was no problem.
Before long, the giant starfish Starro was scattered and landed within a hundred-meter radius.
Hela still stood proudly in mid-air, the frustration of not having fought for over a thousand years vanishing with her utterly queenly laughter.
"Hahahaha, Universe monster, is that all?"