Ragnarok

Amidst the ruins, rubble exploded.

Hela rose again. Though her armor was shattered and her hair disheveled, the green divine power emanating from the depths of Asgard continued to flow into her body, and her wounds healed at a visible speed.

"I am immortal..." Hela's voice was hoarse and cold. She stared intently at Jiang Li, then at Thor blocking her way. "As long as I stand on this land, I am invincible! How could you ants possibly comprehend the realm of a god?"

No matter how many times you knock me down, I will get back up!

Boom!

Hela's figure vanished instantly, transforming into a black whirlwind of death that ignored Jiang Li's Source Energy Diamond and charged straight at Thor.

She knew that as long as she killed Odin's successor, Asgard would be hers alone.

Jiang Li wasn't idle. The enormous blue body of the Source Energy Diamond stood in front of the refugee ship, using its energy shield to block the countless giant spikes that Hela summoned from the ground, ensuring that the civilians were not affected.

In the center of the battlefield, the battle between Thor and Hela was extremely fierce.

Pfft!

Blood splattered.

The gap in strength still exists. Hela's Night Sky Sword slashed through the air, instantly blinding Thor in one eye.

The excruciating pain caused him to let out a low growl as Hela slammed Hela hard against the dilapidated balcony of the Golden Palace.

"Look at you, little brother." Hela looked down at the one-eyed Thor with disdain. "You say you're Thor? But to me, you're just a pathetic wretch who's nothing without his hammer."

In that endless darkness and excruciating pain, Thor seemed to be in the void. He saw the one-eyed old man—his father Odin —standing on the edge of a cliff in Norway.

"Are you the God of Hammers, Thor?"

"That's to help you control your power, not to make it the source of your power."

"Asgard is not a place; it is where the people reside."

In reality, the sky suddenly changed.

Rumble--!!!

The previously dim sky suddenly became as bright as day.

A terrifying bolt of lightning, thicker and brighter than ever before, struck down from the heavens without warning, piercing through the Golden Palace and slamming into Thor (and Hela)!

"What?!" Before Hela could react, she was blasted away by the extremely violent force of the lightning.

Thor slowly stood up. Blazing white lightning erupted from his only remaining eye, and his entire body was bathed in lava.

At this moment, he was no longer a warrior wielding a hammer, but the true God of Thunder!

"For Asgard!!"

Thor roared, transforming into a humanoid bolt of lightning and slamming Hela, who was trying to get up, back into the ground.

[Ding! Detected a famous scene of Thor's awakening, Emotion Points +50000!]

Seeing this, Jiang Li deactivated his Source Energy Diamond transformation and landed beside Thor.

Jiang Li glanced at the panting Thor and Hela, who was trying to reassemble her body again in the distance, and said seriously, "But you've also discovered that as long as Asgard exists, she is unkillable."

"I know." Thor wiped the blood from his face, a resolute glint in his single remaining eye. "So I must make a choice. Asgard is not just this land, but... its people."

Thor abruptly turned his head to look in the direction of the treasure vault in the distance, where Loki was located.

"Loki! Attack!!"

Loki, who had been observing the situation from the shadows, suddenly sharpened his gaze.

He looked at the enormous crown burning with raging flames in his hand— the Crown of Surtur —and then glanced at the Tesseract shimmering with blue light.

"This family is full of lunatics." Loki gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and threw the crown into the Eternal Flame.

"Witness the end!!"

Boom--!!!!

A terrifying heatwave, seemingly capable of incinerating the universe, instantly swept across the entire Asgard.

The foundation of the Golden Palace shattered, and a colossal hand made of lava and flame burst forth from the earth, followed by a massive body that could blot out the sky.

The king of Muspelheim, the Land of Fire, in his complete form, Surtur, has arrived!

"I am... the end of Asgard!!"

Surtur let out a planet-shaking roar, and with a mere flick of his Twilight Sword, most of Asgard's buildings instantly turned into a sea of fire.

"No!!!"

Hela let out a heart-wrenching scream. That was her source of power, her kingdom!

She charged frantically toward the Fire Giant, which was larger than a mountain, in an attempt to stop the prophecy from happening.

But to Surtur in his fully evolved form at this moment, Hela's attack was as laughable as a toothpick.

"Insects." Surtur plunged the Twilight Sword into the heart of Asgard.

Destruction has begun.

"Run!!"

Jiang Li pulled the exhausted Thor to his feet. At this moment, the Plumbers's spaceship (refugee ship) had already started up.

The two jumped onto the stern deck of the spaceship, looking down at the spectacular yet tragic scene of destruction— Hela struggled in a sea of fire, ultimately being pulverized along with the entire continent by Surtur's giant sword.

The planet collapsed, transforming into a dazzling firework in the universe.

"Gwen."

Jiang Li connected to the Plumbers's channel in his mind, his voice low and somber, "Asgard... has fallen."

"I saw it." Gwen's voice held a hint of shock and awe. "An extremely powerful energy burst was detected. Jiang Li, are you alright?"

"We're safe. But this is just the beginning."

Jiang Li gazed at the deep universe in the distance, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

The destruction of Asgard means the complete disappearance of the protective umbrella of the Nine Realms, and that purple overlord will soon come knocking.

The spaceship slowly entered deep space.

On the deck, Thor covered his blinded eye and looked forlornly at the embers of his home.

Jiang Li walked over and patted the new king on the shoulder. "You made your choice. You saved everyone."

"But I've lost my home," Thor said softly.

No, you still have a way out.

Jiang Li pointed to the vast starry sky above, in the direction of Earth, "The Plumbers's Moon Base is always ready to welcome you. Although it's not as luxurious as the Golden Palace, at least it has the best defense system, and..."

Jiang Li paused, a confident smile playing on his lips.

"I'm still here."

Thor raised his head, and hope rekindled in his single remaining eye. He looked at Jiang Li and nodded heavily.

"Thanks."

However, just as the spacecraft entered the jump trajectory to head to Earth, the previously calm deep-space radar suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

[Warning! Warning! A colossal warship has been detected intercepting you ahead!]

[Energy Level: Cataclysmic!]

A colossal, dark purple warship, resembling the gaping maw of Abyss, slowly emerged from the shadows, blocking the refugee ship's path.

Sanctuary II