With a whoosh, just as Thor had rallied the Asgardians' confidence, Hela brazenly launched another sneak attack!
And this time, her target was not even Thor, but the Asgardian civilians!
Hela's intent was actually quite clear: to destroy the confidence Thor had just built up among the Asgardians. Even if Hela knew she could not slaughter every Asgardian right under Thor's nose, causing Thor some trouble was still something she was more than happy to see.
"You!" Compared with Loki, who understood Hela better and could guess how she would act, Thor was clearly far less accustomed to Hela's methods. He had not expected Hela to be so despicable—she had been speaking with him, yet suddenly attacked his people!
But Thor's reaction speed was still extremely fast. More importantly, in a clash between opponents of the same level, Thor, who possessed the Thunder Force, was slightly faster in terms of speed.
Rumble!
Thor instantly turned into a streak of lightning and blocked in front of the Asgardians. At the same time, the Thunder Force around him combined with the sudden gathering of dark clouds to form an ocean of thunder.
Within that ocean of thunder, the Sword of Death and the Thunder Force collided again and again, then turned into pure energy and vanished.
Under Thor's protection, the Asgardians were not injured. Unlike Loki, even after leaving Asgard, Thor's strength was not inferior to Hela's.
If this had been in the Hell Dimension, Thor would not have had the confidence to defeat Hela. But on Nidavellir, Thor did not believe he would lose to Hela. In fact, if not for the many Asgardian civilians behind him, Thor would already have struck hard and taken the initiative to attack Hela.
This was also what left Thor rather helpless right now. With