Judgment

Just as Thor and Captain America Steve were arguing over who should judge Loki, Loki suddenly spoke up with righteous dignity.

"Mortals of Earth, I am willing to go with you and accept your judgment. Then why don't you get this person out of here first?"

Thor was completely dumbfounded by Loki's move.

Chen Xu could no longer stand watching and said,

"You should take him back to Asgard, but you must keep him under control. If necessary, it would be best to imprison him, so he doesn't come back to Earth to cause trouble again."

Captain America and Black Widow remained silent. They also felt Chen Xu was right. If Loki stayed on Earth, there was no telling what he might do.

The moment Loki saw that Thor and the others had no objections, he knew he truly was going to be sent back to Asgard.

"Chen Xu, why do you keep ruining my plans again and again? Be careful. One day, when you fall into my hands, I'll make sure you learn just how formidable I am."

Yet there was not much anger on his face. Instead, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his lips, as though this had all been expected.

Chen Xu took out the handcuffs from Kamar-Taj that could suppress mental power, cuffed Loki, and handed him over to Thor.

However, just as Thor called for Heimdall to open the Bifrost, the Bifrost did not descend. A massive pitch-black monster suddenly sent Thor flying. Before Captain America, Black Widow, Chen Xu, and Iron Man could even react to what had happened, everyone except Chen Xu was blasted away by an invisible force.

Chen Xu recognized the giant monster. It was Black Dwarf, one of Thanos's subordinates. But he should have appeared in Avengers 3, yet he had shown up here already.

It seemed his arrival had caused an enormous butterfly effect. What Chen Xu had not expected even more was that Black Dwarf was so powerful that even Thor was no match for him. As Odin's son, Thor's physique was not something ordinary Asgardians could compare to.

His physical strength could be said to rank among the very best, yet he had been sent flying by Black Dwarf. Chen Xu was somewhat surprised by Black Dwarf's strength. He immediately reacted, lashing Black Dwarf away with a lightning whip. Just as he was about to bind Loki again, a blue doorway appeared beside Loki, and an agent under Loki's control emerged and took him away.

Black Widow recognized Hawkeye at this moment.

"Hey, Hawkeye, what are you doing?"

But Hawkeye ignored her. Several modified arrows shot straight at them, instantly filling the area with smoke, though it had no effect on Chen Xu.

His mental power was enough to pierce through the multiverse, and his senses were naturally extraordinarily powerful. Chen Xu could see without any light even at night, but Loki still escaped through that blue spatial doorway.

Chen Xu had wanted to open a spatial portal and pursue him, but it was useless. As the embodiment of spatial power in the Marvel universe, the Space Stone's command of space was naturally unmatched. The surrounding space had also been altered, rendering Chen Xu's portal useless. However, Chen Xu kept Hawkeye behind.

Black Widow rushed over and pinned Hawkeye to the ground.

"Hey, old friend, don't you recognize me?"

"Talking to him like that won't wake him up."

Steve also spoke from the side.

"Do you have a way to free him from the control? I hope you can help us. One more ally is better than one more enemy."

Chen Xu directly used his mental power to erase the Mind Stone's influence on Hawkeye, and Hawkeye instantly regained consciousness.

"What happened to me?"

"You were controlled by Loki. Do you know that?"

"I suggest you ask him what Loki is doing now so we can prepare a response. Although he was controlled, he still has his memories."

Hawkeye looked at Chen Xu with a confused expression. Naturally, he knew who Chen Xu was.

"Yes, I remember what I did. Loki is gathering titanium, preparing to open a spatial wormhole large enough to release his army."

Captain America Steve was immediately stunned.

"What? I thought there was no more war in this peaceful era. I never imagined that war in this age would be far more terrifying than in my time. It has even spread to other planets. An alien invasion—the scale of this war has far surpassed anything from my era."

"When I first woke up, I thought this era was wonderful. It seems I was wrong."

Chen Xu said nothing. He simply opened a spatial portal and returned to the New York Sanctum. Everyone looked at what he had done with stunned expressions. Though they already knew his identity, they still found it hard to believe.

Hawkeye was no exception. Sorcerers had always been fairy tales they had heard since childhood. They had never imagined any of it could be real, but now they had seen it with their own eyes. Chen Xu paid no attention to their gazes and simply left.

Iron Man Tony Stark spoke up from the side.

"My God, what was that just now? Distorting space requires an incredibly powerful amount of energy. It completely defies the laws of physics."

The others merely remained silent, with no thoughts to offer.

"I hope he stays on our side."

Thor did not return to Asgard. Instead, he gripped his hammer and flew toward Kamar-Taj.

Captain America was helpless about this.

"Hey, you! Where are you going? Aren't you going to act with us? There's strength in unity. You should know that saying, right?"

Before Captain America could finish speaking, Thor had already flown away.

"Captain, to ordinary people, he is practically a god, someone who exists only in legends. We have no way to control him."

"I know. The same goes for us, in the eyes of ordinary people."

Thor also arrived at the New York Sanctum of Kamar-Taj. Chen Xu sensed Thor's arrival and immediately brought him inside.

"That is the energy barrier you use to protect Earth?"

Thor pointed at the place where Chen Xu and the others regularly reinforced the seal.

"Yes, but I advise you not to touch it. If you get exiled into outer space, I won't be able to save you. Even Dormammu, ruler of the Dark Dimension, does not dare to break that seal by force."

When Thor heard this, he immediately reined in his restless curiosity and followed Chen Xu with a rather foolish expression.

"Loki escaped. Where do you think he will go?"

"I didn't expect Loki to have another plan prepared."

"The Space Stone imposes too great a restriction on space. Otherwise, I could have used the Mirror Dimension to freeze them just now. Well, before the Space Stone, my spatial spells are useless."

"Yes. As one of the six Infinity Stones, the Space Stone is one of the universe's most primordial powers. It can destroy everything."