Lin Xiu's thruster flames gradually weakened, and as the tips of his armored boots brushed past the rubble, they kicked up a few grains of flying sand.
He could hear the soft patter of rainwater dripping through the seams of his faceplate. The Nanocore at the back of his neck was still faintly warm—the lingering heat from resonating with lightning energy.
While he had been in the clouds just now, the Oracle System had suddenly displayed a red warning: "Detected energy compatibility threshold has not reached its upper limit." The message pricked his nerves like a fine needle.
So when Thor strode over with his hammer slung over his shoulder, eagerness gleaming in his eyes, Lin Xiu swiftly swiped across the nanoscreen in his palm and secretly adjusted the armor's energy output to seventy percent of its normal level.
"Again?
This time, I'll use my full strength." Thor's voice crashed into Lin Xiu's ears through the rain and mist.
Lin Xiu removed his faceplate. Sweat ran down his chin and splashed into the patterns on his armored chest, but a faintly provocative smile appeared on his face. "Gladly." He knew Thor's pride would not permit restraint, and that full strength was exactly what he needed.
The clouds had yet to fully disperse when Thor suddenly leaped into the air beneath the dark sky.
Mjolnir carved a silver arc overhead. Amid the shriek of torn air, Lin Xiu saw Thor's pupils contract to pinpoints—an Asgardian warrior's instinctive reaction when locking onto prey.
His breathing suddenly softened. The Oracle System's data stream raced across his retina, precisely calculating Thor's descent trajectory, the pressure of the hammer's wind, and even the speed at which raindrops evaporated under lightning energy.
Here it comes, Lin Xiu murmured inwardly.
When the dark figure shrouded in lightning