Birth of the Top Twenty-Six (Third Update)

On twenty-six arenas, pairs of fighters battled each other, quickly determining the winner and advancing to the next level.

There are various elemental ability users displaying their abilities in a dazzling display, as well as simple melee ability users engaging in close combat, and various technology-based users using high-tech weapons to fight.

Everyone displayed their unique talents, keeping the audience entertained for hours.

However, most of them are just flashy in appearance, but their actual strength is only so-so. Many of these special agents, when taken individually, may not be as good as some ordinary agents who have undergone systematic training.

This is quite normal. The Marvel Universe does have all sorts of people with special abilities, but only a handful of them truly stand out and become well-known.

Moreover, even if some have good abilities, without training and development or practical experience, they still won't pose much of a threat.

The Super Hero from the Hero Alliance are much better in this respect.

Those who are inherently strong need no further explanation, but even those who are not particularly strong can often defeat opponents who are stronger than themselves.

There are exceptions, though. For example, the superhumans trained by S.H.I.E.L.D.. are quite capable in actual combat.

Moreover, before the S.H.I.E.L.D.. players go into battle, they have basically obtained information about their opponents, and someone helps them analyze weaknesses and provide the most suitable combat strategies.

However, this only allows them to defeat opponents who are slightly stronger than themselves. When they encounter truly skilled opponents, they will still lose.

Like a powerful S.H.I.E.L.D. who, before facing Thor, had already put on a special bodysuit that could block lightning, was still sent flying by Thor's hammer, unable to catch a single blow.

"This Loki is a bit strange!"

Hawking sat there watching the games on various courts. Everyone else was doing pretty much as he expected, except for Loki was a little different.

In his memory, although Loki in the movie also had some magic, he basically liked to stab people in the kidneys with a dagger in battle, and Thor suffered a lot from this.

He can be considered a mage with the heart of an assassin.

He was once tricked by Doctor Strange with a mere teleportation spell, falling for a full half hour.

However, in this universe, Loki never drew his dagger during his battles in the arena. He always gracefully cast various spells, toying with his opponents before blasting them off the stage.

This reminded him of the old Loki from the Loki TV series.

That was Loki, a master of magic, who used his superior magical abilities to escape Thanos and survive. In the end, Thor was killed by Thanos, but Loki survived.

Perhaps the Loki in this world is similar to the old Loki in terms of his character design, a Loki who loves magic.

Moreover, he remembered that in the movie, during the battle Thanos in Universe 838, Thor was indeed absent. It's possible that Thor died in the battle, and Loki escaped using his magical abilities.

In his memory, the final battle in this universe took place on Titan.

To prevent Earth from being damaged in the final battle, Mister Fantastic Reed used his invented teleportation technology to send the combined army of the Illuminati of Earth directly to Titan.

After a fierce battle, Thanos, who possessed four Infinity Stones, Thanos, pierced through the chest by his own sword.

The main character in this story is Doctor Strange. In order to defeat Thanos, he not only read the Book of Vishanti but also the Darkhold. However, in order to avoid falling into darkness, he had Black Bolt kill him.

In the movie, Thanos's corpse was missing two Infinity Stones: the Time Stone and the Mind Stone.

It's normal that Thanos couldn't take the Time Stone from Doctor Strange since he had read the Book of Vishanti and the Darkhold.

The Mind Stone in the Main Universe is on Vision's forehead, and Illuminati many Ultron robots in this universe. It's possible that because Iron Man's Ultron didn't fail, Vision wasn't born.

Because there is no Vision, this universe's Wanda was able to get married and have two children normally.

As for why heroes like Iron Man, Black Panther, and Hulk didn't appear in the Illuminati, he speculated that they either died in battle, withdrew from the society, or were exiled.

Of course, these are all his guesses about the original story of Universe 838, because his appearance will definitely make the future very different.

Thanos, if he dares to invade Earth and steal the Infinity Stones a decade or so from now, what awaits him is his own version of himself, warming up right now.

The match continued until 5 p. m., followed by a two-hour halftime break.

"The final victor of the third arena has been decided. It is Thor, who claims to be from Asgard. Although I think he is joking with us, his strength is undeniable."

I think even the real God of Thor from mythology wouldn't be much different. Let's cheer for him!

Seeing that all the matches on arena number three were completed first, Angel immediately flew over with a microphone in hand.

The audience also started shouting at Thor:

"Thor! Thor! Thor!"

It's no wonder everyone loves Thor so much, because none of the fighters who faced him in ring three could withstand three blows from him, not even the one in the final.

When Thor saw how much everyone liked him, he raised his arm and laughed heartily.

With his bold and unrestrained personality, he loved this scene the most, even though it was in the mortal world.

Now he feels that this trip down to Earth with Loki to participate in the mortal competition was actually quite a good experience.

"Mr. Thor, is there anything you'd like to say now?"

The Angel held the microphone to Thor's mouth, and Thor roared:

"I am Thor, the God of Thunder! For the glory of the Norse Gods, I shall be the ultimate victor of this tournament!"

"Thor! Thor! Thor!"

The audience cheered again.

"Do you have any alcohol? I want to drink now."

After Thor finished speaking, he looked at the Angel.

"Liquor?"

The Angel turned to look at Hawking 'Wood Clone, who was acting as the referee, unsure whether he could offer the wine at this moment.

Hawking smiled and beckoned, and a large glass of beer immediately flew over and landed in Thor's hand.

Thor downed his beer in one gulp, smashed it on the ground, looked at Hawking, and laughed loudly:

"You're a good guy. I'll give you some face in the final battle. If you have time, I'll invite you to Asgard for some of our fine wine!"

"Okay, but only if you can win the finals."

Hawking smiled and nodded.

After observing so many rounds, even though Thor hadn't gone all out, he could still discern some things.

His strength was indeed much greater than he had expected, but whether he could defeat Black Marvel and fight him in a final battle was hard to say.

Captain Marvel from the Main Universe completely defeated Thor, who appeared at the very beginning, but the Captain Marvel in this universe is the Black Marvel, whose strength is much weaker, while Thor in this universe seems to be stronger.

So it's really hard to say who will ultimately stand in front of him.

"Untie!"

The match on Arena 3 has ended, and the Wood Clone Hawking here has deactivated his Ninjutsu and transferred his memories to his main body.