Finding the Gemstone, Teacher Will Definitely Praise Me

"Phew—"

Seeing that Malekith had stopped moving, Natasha, pale-faced, let out a long breath and dismissed the summon.

The sky immediately brightened again as the warm sunlight broke through the clouds.

Only then did the police officers, agents, and Asgardian soldiers below dare to gulp down air as though they had been pardoned.

The world-ending might of that lightning had scared them so badly that they had not dared move or even breathe. They had nearly suffocated on the spot!

Loki looked at Thor with disdain. "From now on, you should call yourself the God of Hammers. God of Thunder doesn't suit you."

"Bullshit! I will never give up the name God of Thunder!"

Of course Thor refused. He might not be able to beat Natasha, but he could beat Loki!

He immediately swung the hammer in his hand until it whooshed through the air, his eyes wide as saucers as he glared at Loki. The threat was obvious.

Loki's scalp prickled under that stare. He hurriedly summoned his armor and scepter, but he still refused to take back his words.

Then Loki's eyes rolled, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and a smile returned to his face.

"My dear brother, if you wish to reclaim the title of God of Thunder, perhaps you need a victory in a war against an outsider. For example, the Frost Giants..."

While Loki was preparing to dig a pit for Thor.

Natasha and Clea approached the dying Malekith.

"Hey, hey. Are you dead? Say something."

Natasha nudged the motionless Malekith with her foot, then turned to Clea. "Why hasn't this Infinity Stone come out yet?"

"In games, don't monsters drop items by themselves after you kill them?"

"I... I'm not a monster. You can't... can't treat a powerful being like this!"

After Natasha called him a monster, Malekith let out an unwilling groan from the ground.

"You're still not dead?"

Seeing that Malekith still had the strength to groan, Natasha immediately stomped hard on his head.

"You were acting so tough just now, but you died before I could even summon the Nine Heavens Thunder Venerable. Pah, what worthless trash!"

With the physical enhancement of Body Tempering Level 7, Malekith, already severely injured, was stomped unconscious on the spot.

Clea, who was crouching beside him and inspecting something, finally spoke.

"Reality isn't a game. After killing a monster, you have to search for the item yourself."

"But don't worry. I studied it just now. I can use telekinesis to strip those particles from his body."

"Wow, your talent for telekinesis really is enviable."

Natasha stepped back two paces, leaving Clea some room.

"Yeah, being hunted by Dormammu because of this talent is so enviable."

Clea smiled self-mockingly, then raised both hands with complete focus.

In the blink of an eye, the unconscious Malekith began moving again.

A large amount of dark red crystal surged from Malekith's seven orifices, accompanied by agonized screams.

After all, the Aether had already fused with Malekith's flesh and blood. Forcefully stripping it out was no different from being flayed alive.

The only difference was probably that flaying took longer.

Soon, the ground was covered in stripped dark red crystals. Once the final crystal came out, Malekith completely lost all signs of life.

A breeze swept past, and his body, drained dry by the Aether, turned into ash that drifted into the distance.

"This is the Reality Stone, one of the six gems?"

Looking at the pile of dark red crystals at her feet, Natasha curiously reached out to touch them.

But Clea immediately grabbed her. "Don't touch it. This thing absorbs its host's life force as energy."

Natasha raised a brow and instantly lost interest. "It needs to absorb life force for energy? This Reality Stone is pretty pathetic."

"It's not the Reality Stone that's pathetic. It's the person who made the gem into a weapon."

Clea shook her head and explained, "The crafting technique was terrible. The gem's abilities were heavily crippled, which is why trash like that could fuse with and use it so easily."

As she spoke, Clea forcefully brought her hands together in the air. The countless crystals on the ground began moving and merging.

In just a moment, the mass of crystals fused into a fist-sized clump of semi-solid fluid.

"Alright, this is the most I can restore it. Here."

Controlling the semi-solid fluid, Clea guided it into an unidentified glass bottle Natasha had picked up from the ground.

She then tightly screwed on the cap and handed it to the eagerly watching Natasha.

Taking the bottle, Natasha beamed and tucked it into her pocket.

"Hehe, not only did I not cause trouble this time, I even brought back a gem. Teacher will definitely praise me when I get back!"

Just as Natasha happily imagined how Feng Xu would praise her.

Thor, Loki, Yelena, and Coulson all walked over.

"Haha, you two mighty warriors of Midg—Earth, you must come visit Asgard sometime! Then we can have another good fight!"

Thor scratched his head and laughed heartily. After their earlier battle, he clearly no longer treated them like strangers.

Loki wore his usual smile as well, but when he remembered being called an old sister-in-law just now, the smile stiffened and vanished.

"You two, we'll leave the Aether to you. Our mission to stop the Dark Elves is complete, and it's time for us to return to Asgard and report."

"But Thor is right. You're welcome to visit Asgard, though not for fighting. Oh, and my name is Loki, Loki Odinson. Thor and I are both princes of Asgard."

One did not slap a smiling face. Seeing how polite they were, Natasha no longer spoke harshly to them.

She merely nodded slightly. "I'm Natasha, and she's Clea. You're also welcome to visit the Ethereal Ascension Sect."

"It's in the Himalayas, in a small village called Kamar-Taj."

"The Ethereal Ascension Sect? I will definitely come visit!"

Thor truly wanted to see the place that had produced someone as powerful as Natasha. Ideally, he could have another fight there.

"It's time to go, Thor. The soldiers urgently need treatment."

Hearing Loki say that, Thor stopped wasting words and decisively raised his hammer.

"Heimdall!"

Whoosh!

Whoosh, whoosh!

In an instant, the two before them and the Asgardian soldiers in the distance all vanished.

Only the mark of a complex circular magic array remained on the ground.

"He seems to have forgotten his meeting with Director Fury..."

Only after everyone had left did Coulson belatedly mutter softly.

Yelena ignored that, looking sadly at Natasha.

"Big sister, are you leaving again? Going back to that Ethereal Ascension Sect?"

"Mother, Father, and I all miss you very much. Can you stay a few more days?"

Natasha shook her head apologetically and reached out to pat Yelena's head.

"Sorry, Yelena. I slipped out this time too, so I can't stay for long."

"But you can come find me at the Ethereal Ascension Sect. The address is the place I just mentioned. As long as you pass the test at the entrance, you can enter the sect to cultivate and become as powerful as I am!"

"A sect? Cultivation? Forgive my interruption." Coulson suddenly cut into the conversation.

"Ms. Natasha, is this only open to your family, or can anyone participate? And what exactly is this cultivation you mentioned?"

"Of course anyone can participate."

Since Ancient One had only recently finished setting up the disciple selection array, Natasha had no need to hide the information.

"It's a type of selection. Only those with the aptitude can pass. However, once you pass and choose to join, you'll need to undergo a long period of arduous cultivation. You can only leave after meeting the required cultivation assessment standards, and there are many rules you must follow."

"In short, it's like an ordinary person getting into college, while cultivation is like further study at college. It can grant you strength beyond that of ordinary people."

Having obtained such crucial information, Coulson hurriedly pulled out his phone and began recording it.

Yelena, meanwhile, was brimming with excitement. "If I pass the selection, I can become as strong as my sister? I have to go!"

"Good girl. When the time comes, your sister will look after you. I guarantee no one will dare bully you!"

Natasha chuckled and vigorously ruffled Yelena's hair.

Then she spun her hand through the air and opened a portal leading back into the sect.

Seeing that Natasha and Clea were about to leave, Coulson hurriedly pointed at the warship standing in the distance.

"Are you going to recover that alien spacecraft?"

"No, it's yours."

Natasha waved her hand without hesitation, then grabbed Clea and leapt into the portal. They vanished from the spot.

Watching the two disappear, Coulson's face also took on an eager look.

"This must be the magic from the legends. It's really cool!"

"Maybe I could give it a try too, infiltrate them for S.H.I.E.L.D..."

Before Coulson could finish, a call came through.

"What? A rampaging green monster is smashing things in the streets?"

"Understood, Director. Yelena and I will head over immediately to investigate."