The Divine Fist Reappears

This time, the battleships no longer dared to charge around recklessly. Since they could not break the divine barrier protecting the tower, ramming it directly was useless, so they simply attacked the surrounding buildings.

As long as everything around it collapsed, the tower would become rootless and naturally fall as well.

Fortunately, Thor arrived in time and held back some of the battleships. Otherwise, if the tower collapsed, Apocalypse would truly be in trouble.

If he wanted to destroy all the battleships, he would have to lower the divine barrier. With so many cannons aimed at them, even the slightest mistake—if a shell struck the room—would make it difficult for anyone inside except Sif to survive.

With Thor, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, and the others joining the battle, along with support from the ground turrets, Apocalypse immediately found things much easier.

Just then, with a boom, the wall inside the room was smashed apart, and a strange creature crashed in.

It was the Hexagonal Minotaur!

It had actually survived the explosion that destroyed the energy barrier core. Following its sense of Aether's energy, it smashed straight through the wall and entered.

Somewhere, the Hexagonal Minotaur had picked up a massive Asgardian axe and swung it directly at Jane and Queen Frigga.

Sif had originally been guarding the window. Caught off guard, she only had time to barely raise her sword in front of the queen.

But there was no time to gather strength. Under the Hexagonal Minotaur's tremendous power, she was quickly forced down. With the axe about to strike, the queen was about to die at the Minotaur's hands just as she had in the original story.

Suddenly, with a sharp clang, the giant axe froze before the queen, unable to advance another inch. In front of its blade was