Meteorite Zone

With Thanos no longer blocking it, Odin's energy blast continued forward.

And Thor was directly in its path.

"No!"

Odin roared and immediately stopped pouring energy into the attack.

But Thanos suddenly appeared and used his destructive energy to drive the blast onward.

The next instant, Thor was struck by his own father's energy.

Agonizing pain tore through him.

It felt as though his skin had been seared and his organs ripped apart.

"Aaah!"

With a scream, he was hurled away by the enormous force, flying into the depths of space.

At the sight, Odin's divine power surged through his body as he prepared to fly after his son.

But the next second, Thanos appeared before him.

"Now no one will interrupt our fight."

Odin's single eye widened, filled with rage and hatred.

The man before him had nearly killed his son.

Thor's aura was already terribly weak. If he was not rescued in time, the consequences would be dire.

"Thanos! Die!"

A thicker, brighter beam of energy shot from Gungnir.

At the same time, a soft white glow emerged from Odin's body.

He was drawing on his divine power with everything he had.

Seeing this, Thanos spun the Tyrant's Blade and blocked the attack.

As the two locked into another clash of energy, Odin grew anxious.

But soon, he felt a measure of relief.

He saw Sif flying toward Thor.

Every enemy who stood in her way fell to a single thrust of her spear.

At the same time, he noticed that the battle was turning against them.

Though the Asgardians had held the advantage in numbers, their warships had run out of energy and were being destroyed one after another.

The Asgardian warriors fought bravely, but under fire from enemy warships and the Black Order's slaughter, they were gradually being overwhelmed.

No. I have to finish Thanos quickly, then go help my warriors.

With that thought, he ended the energy clash, gripped Gungnir, and charged again.

Clang!

Even though Thanos blocked the blow, the immense force behind it drove him backward.

Feeling the tremendous pressure bearing down on him, Thanos sent the destructive energy within his body surging at full force.

But Odin was a veteran Skyfather-level powerhouse. For the moment, his strength was more than Thanos could withstand.

Thanos was pushed back the entire way. After a while, the two left the battlefield and reached the edge of the Star System.

Asteroids of all sizes filled the area at the farthest reaches of the Fixed Star's domain.

They protected the Star System from the intrusion of especially massive asteroids.

Soon, Odin drove Thanos into an asteroid more than a hundred kilometers across.

The irregularly shaped asteroid shattered on impact, breaking into a dozen or so pieces that flew in every direction.

Thanos used the recoil from the asteroid to steady himself.

"So this is the strength of the Milky Way's ruler? I'm not impressed!"

With a scornful smile, he flared with purple light and activated his Ruler skill.

In an instant, his strength surged again, overpowering Odin outright.

"What?!"

Feeling the force against his hands grow stronger and stronger, Odin was stunned.

He had not expected Thanos to have been holding back.

Judging by his strength now, Thanos was even stronger than Odin.

"Aaah!" Odin roared as divine power surged through him once more. This time, threads of gold appeared within the white light surrounding his body.

At the same time, the image of a golden cup appeared above his head.

"The Draupnir Golden Cup!"

Thanos quickly found the artifact's name in his memory.

It was an artifact whose power rivaled Gungnir's, though it was meant for support.

It could speed the recovery of injuries and energy and temporarily boost its wielder's strength.

But Odin was not done yet.

As the golden cup appeared, his armor changed and began to shine gold. His helmet also took the shape of an eagle.

The Eagle Helm and Golden Armor were artifacts too. Their abilities and renown simply fell far short of Gungnir and the golden cup.

With all four artifacts in use, Odin's strength finally matched Thanos's.

With a burst of force, he shoved Thanos away and used the recoil to retreat.

Then he tightened his grip on Gungnir and fired blast after blast of energy.

Unlike the two previous energy waves, these attacks came in rapid beams, like shots from a laser gun.

Thanos responded by casually sweeping the Tyrant's Blade through the air.

He knocked the beams aside, sending them flying into the nearby asteroids.

The asteroids bore the brunt of it, each struck by Odin's energy and reduced to dust.

The Asgardians called their energy divine power, but it was tremendously destructive all the same.

After a while, Odin was still firing, but not a single asteroid more than ten kilometers across remained nearby.