Germany, Stuttgart.
Outside the dinner hall, the crowd in the square was well-dressed and enjoying a pleasant night. Classical music flowed from the hall, mixed with the sound of the crashing champagne bubbles.
Suddenly, the music stopped.
A Black Noir and a Quinjet cut through the night sky silently, like a razor cutting through velvet.
Immediately afterwards, a figure fell from the sky and landed heavily on the top of the sculpture in the center of the square. He wore an exaggerated golden horned helmet and a green cloak. On the top of the scepter in his hand, the blue light flickered on and off, like an evil eye.
It's Loki.
The conversation in the square stopped. Dozens of pairs of eyes looked over, confused and a little uneasy.
The next second, panic exploded like a ignited fuse.
Loki enjoyed this transformation very much. He liked to see those elegant smiles solidify and turn into terrified screams. He waved his staff lightly, and an energy beam accurately hit a police car parked on the roadside.
Boom!
The dazzling flames engulfed the police car, and the explosive Havok overturned several slow runners. The screams became hysterical, and the crowd was like an ant nest that had been stabbed, pushing, crying, and running away in all directions.
"Kneel down!"
Loki's voice was amplified by magic, with unquestionable majesty, overwhelming all the noise.
He stepped down from the sculpture lightly, as if stepping down from his own throne. Around him, a dozen identical phantoms appeared out of thin air, surrounding the remaining people whose legs were weak with fear.
"You were born longing to be enslaved." Loki paced, with a condescending elegance in his voice, "You chase power, but you are afraid of true freedom. Kneel down, kneel down for me! This is who you are."
Most people could no longer hold on, their legs went weak, and they knelt on the cold ground shaking.
Only an old man with gray hair, Germany, was still standing. He was very old, and his body was shaking uncontrollably, but there was no fear in his eyes, only anger.
"We will not kneel down to people like you." The old man said in German, his voice was not loud but very clear.
Loki The smile on his face disappeared. He stopped, raised his scepter, and aimed the blue light at the old man's chest.
"Brave old fellow." He said softly, as if pronouncing a sentence.
Energy is about to be emitted.
A blue, white and red shadow fell from the sky, carrying the sound of wind.
Bang!
There was a dull loud noise. Steve·Rogers used his Vibranium Shield to steadily block the fatal beam. The impact made him take half a step back, and the stone slab under his feet cracked into several fine lines. He stood up straight with his shield in front of him, like a mountain, blocking the gap between the old man and Loki.
"Last time I was at Germany, I saw a guy who wanted to stand on top of everyone," Steve's voice was very steady, but there was a chill in every word, "We ended up having a very unpleasant fight."
Chu Hang then landed next to him and patted the dust off his body.
"He's right." Chu Hang looked at Loki and shook his head, "Your dress is outdated. This style is not popular now, it is too exaggerated."
Loki looked at the two people who suddenly appeared, his eyes full of contempt and displeasure at being disturbed.
"A soldier and his pet." He sneered, "You two want to challenge God?"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the Loki phantoms in the square raised their scepters at the same time, and blue lights flashed.
Steve immediately lowered his center of gravity, protected his body, and vigilantly scanned every possible attack direction. Chu Hang frowned.
In his Energy Perception, these phantoms are just empty energy shells with no entity and no core.
"Steve, it's fake, don't be fooled."
As soon as he finished speaking, the real Loki took action. He did not attack them, but used the end of the scepter to lightly tap the backs of several civilians kneeling on the ground.
The eyes of those people instantly became empty. They stood up, like puppets without Soul Law, and turned around to pounce on Steve and Chu Hang.
"Don't hurt them!" Steve shouted. He couldn't hit hard, so he could only use his shield to block and push away. For a while, he was helpless and was entangled by several ordinary people.
Chu Hang's goal is very clear, to directly solve the source. He locked the Loki closest to him and prepared to use his space ability to directly imprison him.
But as soon as he thought about it, the Loki turned into a ray of green light and disappeared. At the same time, another Loki appeared silently behind him, and the scepter pierced his back like a poisonous snake.
Chu Hang threw a backhand punch.
The fist passed through Loki's body, as if it was punched in the air.
Physical attacks have no effect.
He tried to lock it again, but his spatial ability could not find an entity to attach to.
Chu Hang found it difficult for the first time. All his abilities, self-healing, strength, Spatial Control, are based on solid physical laws. What Loki plays is magic.
An area he had never touched before.
"Your power is very strange, mortal." The real Loki stood not far away, looking at him leisurely, like a cat teasing a mouse, "But in front of the real divine magic, you are like a savage with a stone axe, ridiculous and ignorant."
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding scene suddenly changed.
The high-rise buildings disappeared and turned into twisted towering ancient trees. The ground was no longer hard stone slabs, but slowly flowing crimson lava. Countless pythons as thick as buckets emerged from the lava, opened their bloody mouths, and roared at the two people.
"Illusion!" Steve shouted as a reminder. He knew it was fake, but his senses were completely deceived, causing his instinctive movements to slow down a beat.
Chu Hang, of course, knew it was fake. But his skin could clearly feel burning, and his nose was filled with the pungent smell of sulfur. This was not a simple visual deception, it was a magic that directly attacked the spirit and senses. His [Willpower Barrier] could keep him clear-headed, knowing that all of this was false, but he could not break this illusion.
He is like an audience member who has seen through all the tricks of the magician, but is still trapped on the stage and unable to leave.
This feeling of powerlessness made him very unhappy.
No. We must get his ability.
At this moment, a blast of rock music fell from the sky, and the AC/DC guitar roared like a chainsaw, roughly tearing apart the terrifying atmosphere created by the illusion.
A red and gold figure fell from the sky with a long tail of flames.
Tony·Stark.
He was hanging in mid-air. The weapon bays on Mark 6 Armor's shoulders, arms, and back were all opened, and the densely packed launch ports were aimed at Loki below.
"Get out of the way, the party is over." Tony's voice echoed through the loudspeaker throughout the square, "Bambi, I advise you to surrender, otherwise my patience will not be very good."
He ignored the giant pythons and magma at all, and JARVIS directly locked onto the target with the strongest energy response.
The true form of Loki.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A fire net composed of energy cannons and micro-missiles poured down, instantly exploding the place where Loki was standing into a sea of flames.
The illusion was broken and the square returned to its original appearance.
Loki rolled out of the smoke of the explosion in a panic, with a large piece of his cloak burnt and his helmet crooked.
"A mortal's tin toy!" he roared angrily, raised his scepter and shot a violent energy beam at Tony in mid-air.
Tony deftly dodged with a side roll, and the rapid-fire machine gun on his shoulder began to roar, bullets splashing down like raindrops, and Loki could only block with his scepter, unable to raise his head.
That's it now.
Chu Hang's eyes lit up.
"Captain, cover me!"
Steve did not hesitate, without any hesitation. He threw the shield violently. Vibranium Shield drew an incredible arc in the crowd, accurately ejected, and hit the backs of the necks of the controlled people one after another. They groaned and fell to the ground softly, not as dangerous as Life Law.
While all of Loki's attention was attracted by Tony, Chu Hang moved.
His body was like an arrow off the string, instantly crossing a distance of tens of meters and rushing straight towards Loki.
Loki sensed the danger from the side, roared angrily, turned around and swept over with his staff.
Chu Hang doesn't dodge or avoid.
He allowed the scepter filled with Mind Stone energy to sweep heavily on his chest.
The blue light on the surface of [Adaptive Armor] flashed, instantly recording the energy pattern and attack data of Mind Scepter. A powerful force came from him, but he remained motionless.
And his hand also firmly grasped Loki's wrist.
Cold and hard.
In my mind, the data flow of the system flashed past.
[Target lock: Loki·Laufeyson (Asgard/Frost Giant hybrid)]
[Copiable ability list:]
[1. Frost Giant Bloodline (Level A): Obtain Constitution Law and the power of ice from Frost Giant.]
[2. Mind Scepter Manipulation (S level): Need to hold Mind Scepter, which can control the minds of others.]
[3. Talent-First Mage of the Nine Realms (SSS level): Obtain the top magic talent of Asgard, and have extraordinary understanding and learning ability of all forms of energy, runes, dimensions, and spiritual power.]
That's it.
"Copy talent: First Mage of the Nine Realms."
An indescribable huge flow of information instantly poured into Chu Hang's mind.
It was not a specific spell or knowledge, but the lowest level logic about energy, runes, dimensions, and spiritual power. It was as if he was forcibly indoctrinated into a brand new language of the universe in an instant, and he was proficient in all its grammar and rules.
The world has completely changed in his eyes.
The whole process takes less than a second.
Loki was grabbed by his wrist and was about to use magic energy to shake him away, but found that the other party suddenly let go of his hand and took a step back.
"The game is over, little prince." Chu Hang looked at him and said calmly.
A trace of confusion flashed across Loki's face, and then turned into a sneer. He activated magic again, and a dozen phantoms surrounded Chu Hang.
But in Chu Hang's eyes, these once seamless phantoms were now like rough line drawings drawn by a child, full of flaws. He could clearly see the thin green energy lines extending from Loki's real body, like the threads of a puppet, forming the skeleton and movements of each phantom.
He could even see that the weaving technique of these energy lines was very delicate, but there were a few nodes that seemed a little disordered due to the caster's restless mind.
"The third one on the left, Steve." Chu Hang didn't even bother to look back, pointing at a Loki phantom that was trying to sneak away quietly, "That one is real."
Steve heard the sound and moved forward. He rushed forward with a lunge, raised his shield high, and slammed it down.
Loki was shocked. He did not expect that his illusion would be seen through so easily. He hurriedly raised his scepter to block.
Bang!
The shield collided with the scepter, making a harsh metal collision sound.
Tony's energy cannon also arrived at the same time and hit Loki's Scepter accurately. The huge impact made him unable to hold the weapon anymore, and the scepter flew out of his hand. Loki himself staggered backwards.
A black shadow appeared behind him like a ghost.
It's Chu Hang.
He raised his hand and struck Loki on the back of the neck with a sharp knife.
Loki's vision went dark, and he fell limply to the ground without even humming.
The battle is over.
Tony landed slowly and opened his visor.
"It's done." He shrugged, with a relaxed look on his face, "It's easier than expected. Okay, who will take this cosplay enthusiast back?"
Steve stepped forward and picked up Mind Scepter from the ground. He held the scepter and felt a cold, evil power, and his eyes became extremely solemn.
Chu Hang stood there, spreading his hands and closing his eyes.
He could feel the energy particles floating in the air, the current of the city power grid, and even the energy flow of the Tony armor reactor, all turning into lines of text that he could read in his eyes.