"Brotherly Love and Respect"

Lin Xu had never imagined that this time, he had crossed over into a variant timeline of Infinity Ultron.

But in this universe, the Ancient One and Odin had joined forces to snuff out that future in the present.

"You seemed to know I was coming?"

"I knew from the moment you entered this universe. Gungnir's uniqueness made you stand out like a giant light bulb~" Odin glanced at the folding fan in Lin Xu's hand.

"My counterpart in the other world certainly knew how to make a good deal. I don't know how you converted Asgard's power into your own divine power, but it doesn't matter. As long as you can use it, right?"

"What do you mean?"

"Loki took Thor to Jotunheim, and I sent Frigga and the rest of Asgard's people to Vanaheim. I don't have much time left. Rather than let this divine power dissipate and return to the world, I might as well give it to you."

Hearing that, Lin Xu tilted his head. Odin meant to lend him his divine power, with no need to return it.

The power of two Odins! Such a good thing was possible?

"What? Too much for you?"

"How could that be?"

Even so, Lin Xu still had doubts. Negotiations with Odin in his own universe had only gone so well because the Ancient One had vouched for him and Ragnarok was unavoidable.

But this Odin was different. His wife and both sons were still alive. In Odin's place, Lin Xu wouldn't be in such a hurry to die. He would definitely find a way to extend his life!

Much less with someone he had only met once.

"Then let's begin~" With that, Odin began releasing his divine power.

Hehe, wasn't he a little too eager~?

"All right~"

Lin Xu went around behind Odin and used the Borrowing Force Secret Art, but he quietly took a precaution, instantly activating Hoggoth's Hoary Hosts.

At once, an ancient divine might enveloped them both.

Odin sensed it and frowned. "Boy, what's the meaning of this?"

Lin Xu explained with a straight face, "Oh, it's a defensive measure. I'm afraid someone might come and interrupt us."

Odin took a careful look at the white tiger's phantom and said nothing more, seemingly accepting the explanation.

Soon, when the first wisp of divine power entered Lin Xu's Sub-Dimension, he laughed!!

"Hahaha, boy! Thank you! This body has only just completed its transformation, but it's an incomparable match for me. Give me some time to adjust, and living another few hundred thousand years won't be a problem."

"What do you mean?"

"Why don't you feel for yourself?"

As soon as Odin finished speaking, Lin Xu realized that apart from the ten percent of the divine power he had already converted, the seventy percent in his Sub-Dimension was no longer under his control.

Odin was immensely excited. More than ten years ago, he really had prepared himself to face death, but the Ancient One's plan had allowed his wife and children to survive. Now he didn't want to die anymore.

There were only two ways to extend his life: abandon his body and let his soul transcend, or find a body compatible with the Odinforce.

The first was out of the question; his soul was too weak. As for the second, he had searched all Nine Realms over the past few years without finding a single compatible body.

Then, a few days ago, he had sensed another Gungnir. He knew his chance to survive had come!

Today, when he saw this man, his chances of success grew even better.

Over the years, his expanding divine power had badly damaged his body, but he also needed divine power to keep it from falling apart. How could he subdue his opponent without using his own divine power?

There was only one way: make contact with his opponent's divine power and control it!

"I don't know what the Ancient One was thinking, letting a young man take over Kamar-Taj and allowing a multiversal invader like you into this universe. Today, I'll get rid of you myself!"

Even now, Odin hadn't forgotten to find himself an excuse.

"Brother, did you really think you had me beaten?"

"Hmph, it's only a phantom of Hoggoth. So what if the real one came?"

"Is that so? What if I add this?"

"What?"

In an instant, a ball of deathly pale flame ignited between the eyes of Hoggoth's phantom!

"Odin! Look into my eyes!"

"You! Are guilty!!"

There was no doubt that the Spirit of Vengeance's Penance Stare was powerful, but it would struggle against a god. Even Thanos could break free, let alone Odin. At most, it could hold him for a few seconds.

But for Lin Xu, a few seconds were enough!

He reached out, and the Tyrant's Butcher Blade appeared in his hand. He immediately channeled the ten percent of divine power within him and struck down with all his strength.

Odin's battered body was completely severed in two by the blow. Only then did he finally break free of the Penance Stare's hold. "I... am not guilty..."

A platinum light emerged from the two halves of his body. Odin's soul floated in midair, staring blankly at his fallen self!

"Sigh..."

After a sigh, it vanished completely...

Lin Xu stopped his hands as he was about to form a seal. He had originally intended to summon Mephisto if the old geezer's soul refused to behave.

He hadn't expected it to return straight to the world~

"Why bother..."

While Odin was alive, his divine power had already become entangled with the divine power in Lin Xu's Sub-Dimension. So even though he was dead, the power had yet to dissipate completely.

Lin Xu thought of nothing else and immediately began gathering it.

This time, without the Ancient One's help, it took Lin Xu a full five days to draw all the divine power back into his Sub-Dimension.

He carefully felt it out. He had roughly 1.6 Odins' worth of divine power. Subtracting the 0.7 he'd started with, he had only collected ninety percent, losing a full ten percent!

His heart ached!!

Lin Xu stood up, loosened his body, and went behind the stone block.

Fat Orange was trembling behind the stone. Only when Lin Xu approached did the cat look up.

The look Fat Orange gave Lin Xu had changed. The initial affection was gone, replaced by some fear and something else he couldn't quite describe.

Lin Xu felt somewhat relieved.

If he ever saw his homeroom teacher chop his Chinese teacher down with a blade and say, "From now on, you can only take math classes,"

he would be scared too.

But understanding was one thing; accepting it was another.

A rift had formed between man and horse. Keeping Fat Orange by his side was out of the question, but letting him go now wouldn't be good either, in case he ran off to Vanaheim for reinforcements.

"Sorry..."

As Fat Orange watched him with trembling eyes, Lin Xu touched a finger to the cat's forehead!

"I've placed a seal on you. For a long time to come, you'll just be an ordinary fat orange cat. When I leave one day, your seal will be lifted."

"Meow~?"

"Scram, before I change my mind!"

Watching Fat Orange leave, Lin Xu sighed. In the Endgame universe, the little bastard had run straight back to Asgard without a word. Lin Xu had simply taken him for a good companion who missed home.

But this time, he had grown restless the moment he saw Odin, and had even given Lin Xu that look after Odin was killed. That wouldn't do. If he led Lin Xu into an enemy's lair one day, things would get interesting.

Brushing the bits of grass off himself, Lin Xu settled on his next destination.

San Francisco!