Giant Stomach
Loki opened his eyes and found himself in a cave.
He was momentarily disoriented before realizing he wasn't in Asgard, but on a planet filled with garbage.
He was supposed to be a slave in the Gladiator Arena, entertaining others, even using death and blood to stimulate the adrenaline of those barbarians. But Ben saved him, removing the control devices from his body and giving himself freedom.
After leaving the arena, Loki fled and finally escaped the Imperial Capital, only to fall unconscious in the wilderness.
It seems he was rescued by someone.
He struggled to stand up, but a sharp pain shot through his body.
Although the chains on his body had been removed with Ben's help, the wounds that pierced his bones were not so easy to heal.
"You're awake?"
At that moment, a silver-gray alien carrying water walked in. Seeing that he was awake, it put down what it was carrying.
Loki immediately became alert.
Upon seeing this, the man stopped what he was doing and raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm.
"Don't be nervous. If I had any ill intentions, you would have been sold to the Imperial Capital before you even woke up. After all, His Highness the Red King doesn't even know that his slave has escaped death." The other person's words were full of mockery, making Loki realize that this person was not willing to submit to the Yu Hong King's rule.
The words Ben had spoken to him not long ago in the dungeon flashed through his mind.
"That red ant looks down on everyone with its haughty nostrils. Do you think the people of this planet would willingly be enslaved by it? Loki, now only you can leave the arena, and only you can gather the forces that rebel against the Red King."
"Are you really going to let me leave?" he asked rhetorically at that moment.
"Of course you can run away with your tail between your legs like a dog, but that red ant will never pay the price for enslaving the Prince of Asgard. Or are you planning to go home to your mother and show Odin and Thor how cowardly and weak you are?" Ben retorted.
Then he said to Loki, "This is a good opportunity to prove yourself, Loki. If you become king of Sakaar, who can say you are not qualified to be king of Asgard?"
His thoughts returned to the present. The alien placed the water beside him, and he glanced down at it, a look of disgust on his face.
The water in that bowl was so murky it looked like muddy soup.
Compared to that, the food in the arena was actually quite good.
"This is all we have," the alien said.
"All the resources on this planet are concentrated in the Imperial Capital, and only the Red King can decide how to allocate them. Otherwise, those scavengers wouldn't have gone so far as to eat alien corpses..."
Loki paused for a moment, licked his parched lips, and then suddenly laughed, "It seems you need a true wise ruler!"
"We would be very grateful if you would help us," the Shadow People said. "I know you are Prince of Asgard and have a deep-seated hatred for the Red King. I can take you to see the leader of the Rebel Army."
"But you will not become our king, for we are waiting..." he said, then paused, his face filled with sublime faith:
"He is Son of Sakaar."
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In the dungeon.
Bill stretched his body; the rest he had taken these past few days had made him feel much better.
They hadn't walked far when they heard the other gladiators talking about the battle between the Hacker and the Red Wind Queen a few days earlier.
"He almost won; if the Red King hadn't interfered, he would have been the first to defeat the Red Wind Queen."
"Yes, but what can we do? We all have to listen to him."
"Damn it, if only Subjugation Disc..."
Then, all words were swallowed by silence. They dared not speak loudly, much less let the guards hear any complaints about the Red King.
But all of this reached Bill's ears.
He opened his palm, and a small machine lay there quietly. At the same time, he recalled the plan that Ben had told him.
This device can interfere with the signals of the Subjugation Disc, but it must be placed at the highest point, that is, the top of the Totem Tower, in order to cover the entire Imperial Capital.
Bill's task is to sneak into the top of the Totem Tower at the start of the second match.
Actually, it would be more appropriate for Looma to carry out this task.
However, whether it was Ben, Looma, or Brunnhilde Ben, they all agreed that the Red King would definitely monitor Looma during the second game to prevent her from ruining his plan to eliminate Looma.
Therefore, Bill, who was equally capable, became the best candidate to complete this task.
As for Brunnhilde, she naturally went to reorganize the other scavengers and gather another force.
With Ben and Looma as their two main combatants, plus all the enslaved Rebel Army on Sakaar, the Gladiator Arena led by Bill, and countless scavengers like locusts...
These forces, when combined, are enough to launch a planetary-scale war.
A week passed quietly like that.
The second match of the Champion Challenge also arrived as scheduled.
However, this competition was not held inside the arena, but in the infamous forbidden area of Sakaar — the Giant Stomach!
The "Giant Stomach" looks like a huge mine, with spiraling paths that seem to lead to the Abyss of hell.
Deep within the Giant Stomach lies scalding, burning magma.
Just standing on the edge of the pit, Ben could feel the scorching air rushing towards him.
He looked up and saw a plane equipped with cameras circling overhead.
Since the battlefield was not in the Imperial Capital, the match was broadcast live.
Inside the Imperial Capital.
The Red King was rarely seen fully armed, with golden armor covering his body.
This is a high-tech Exoskeleton Armor; in terms of technological sophistication, Tony Stark's current armor technology pales in comparison.
The Red King was ruthless, but he was also very cautious. After Caiera was sent out to deal with Ben, he did not give anyone any chance to take advantage of the situation. Not only this armor, but almost the entire Royal Guard of the Totem Tower was mobilized to his side.
In addition, various powerful weapons are always ready.
With his self-protective demeanor, like a turtle inside its shell, it's no wonder Looma looked down on him.
However, nowadays, the Red King doesn't care about all that anymore.
He had originally considered that Looma was very powerful and that forcibly taking her would come at a great cost, so he pretended to be a gentleman and treated her that way.
However, the Red King could no longer tolerate Looma's previous act of disobeying him in front of tens of thousands of people.
Once Ben is dead, he will immediately recall Caiera and the Death Crowns Unit, and then take action against Looma.
He wanted to completely enslave Looma!
"That woman hasn't made any unusual moves, has she?" Having made his decision, the Red King's tone towards Looma became contemptuous.
A guard stepped forward, bowed, and said, "So far, Red Wind Queen has been staying in the training room, presumably preparing for the third match."
"Unfortunately, there will never be a third match." The Red King laughed coldly as he sat down in his armor, a massive double-edged sword placed beside his throne.
"I will show the whole world what happens to slaves who disobey me!!"
The Giant Stomach- shaped mine pit.
Caiera has been waiting for a long time, wearing the Death’s Crown, or rather, the Death’s Head Guards.
Each of the Death Head Warrior wears Exoskeleton Armor similar to that of the Red King, although their models are slightly outdated and not as advanced as the Red King's.
Caiera's feelings were very complicated.
On one hand, she also found the Yu Hong King's actions utterly despicable; to mobilize such a large army just to eliminate a single soldier...
However, due to her Subjugation Disc, she could not disobey the Red King's orders.
She reached out and pressed her fingertips against the disk; with just a little force, she could crush it.
However, at the same time, the neurotoxins inside the disk will spread throughout her body in an instant, taking her life.
She sighed.
They did not immediately launch an attack on Ben.
The monster inside the Giant Stomach is terrifying. Even though Ben's strength surpasses that of Looma, he may not be able to subdue it.
If he loses, all the preparations will be useless; conversely, if Ben wins, they can launch an attack when the enemy is most relaxed and wipe them out in one fell swoop.
At that moment, she strode toward Ben.
Kaira was dressed very sexily, and although her looks weren't to Ben's liking, he had to admit she had a good figure.
"This is the Giant Stomach, and it's your battlefield. You must defeat the monsters Giant Stomach to achieve victory," she said.
Upon hearing this, Ben looked into the lava. At that moment, the enormous monster seemed to sense the presence of a living being and began to awaken from its slumber!
"Roar!"
It raised its mountain-like body, and in an instant, this enormous volcano erupted, revealing its terrifying face.
The intense heat instantly raised the temperature of the Giant Stomach; in just a moment, the air temperature had reached nearly 100 degrees Celsius and was still rising!
Such a terrifying temperature would be unbearable even for Ben's Superman physique, yet Caiera standing beside him seemed completely unaffected.
Good luck, Hacker.
She drifted away.
At the same time, the volcano finally erupted completely!
The scorching volcanic ash surged hundreds of meters into the air, and the lava, melted by the heat, spewed out like a giant fountain, making the burning boulders look like the end of the world!
Boom!
In an instant, a power powerful enough to engulf civilization surged toward Ben, seemingly carrying the wrath of the King of Sakaar and burning him to ashes!
In the distance, Caiera looked at Ben, who had already been swallowed up, and gently shook her head.
Clearly, she didn't think Ben would survive this catastrophe.
But the moment he reached the Giant Stomach, Ben knew what to do.
"Heatblast, Hero Appears!"