A Bountiful Harvest

"At this level of freezing, even I wouldn't be comfortable trapped inside it. But Heimdall could still channel the Abyss's power to dissolve..."

Tao Yu sensed Heimdall's condition inside.

He could also feel that although Heimdall was frozen, his consciousness was still shifting faintly, as if trying to look toward him.

Back when Tao Yu had just obtained Thor's Hammer, he had felt Heimdall watching him.

But this time was clearly different from the last. Heimdall had merely glanced at him, yet Tao Yu felt as if something were trying to infect him.

It was as though Heimdall's eyes had already become connected to the Abyss!

"Now that's something. His eyes have become reflections of the Abyss?"

A single glance was enough for Tao Yu to get a fairly clear idea of Heimdall's condition.

He let out a quiet breath, then began slowly tracing a circle with his hand, trying to pull the surrounding area into Mirrored Space.

Asgard's space was clearly highly resistant to change, making Mirrored Space much harder to create. Combined with the freezing from the Casket of Ancient Winters, even Tao Yu struggled to use it. He managed to pull in only a small area attached to the control platform.

But once he succeeded, Heimdall's Abyssal aura let Tao Yu feel that same unrestrained ease again.

"Why does this feel like coming home? Tch~"

Tao Yu pursed his lips. He felt he was getting too close to the Abyss.

Still, whatever one thought of its image, it was undeniably useful.

"Besides, out in the open, I'm the righteous Guardian of the Nine Realms, chosen by Thor's Hammer..."

Tao Yu raised his hand. The ice before him folded like the surface of a mirror, peeling away layer by layer with astonishing speed, like an eggshell being stripped