The fire giant Surtur wielded the Sword of Victory and burned all of Asgard into a sea of flames.
The gods naturally could not stand by and watch. They came to battle him one after another, but Surtur had stacked far too many buffs. Draped in terrifying cursed fire and holding a divine artifact like the Sword of Victory, he was simply unstoppable for a time.
Thor, the god of thunder, was sent flying. Tyr, the god of war, had one hand severed. Even Odin was forced onto the back foot, nearly having his neck cut off by the Sword of Victory several times.
Surtur slaughtered in every direction, but he still focused most of his energy on Odin, attacking him in a frenzy and leaving many wounds on his body, putting the chief god in peril again and again.
Under such circumstances, Odin could no longer afford to keep hiding. Sure enough, he revealed some extraordinary power. In his fury, his beard and hair turned blazing white, lightning flashed in his single eye, and the divine spear Gungnir was wreathed in a layer of thunder. Each time it was thrown, it punched a huge hole through Surtur's body.
Hades, watching from afar, was overjoyed. "That is Zeus's power. He is here!"
Although gods could transform themselves into other gods, it was not without cost. Just as the current Surtur had required Apollo to pay half his soul to create, Odin, as Zeus's incarnation, must also occupy a large portion of his power. As long as this incarnation was killed here, then Zeus would no longer be invincible.
"Apollo is going to win," Loki suddenly said.
Even though the repeated thunder pierced through the fire giant again and again, draining Surtur's divine power, it could not cause him much real