The Death of Odin

After using the Mind Stone to turn Hela and Odin against each other, the subsequent battle became very simple.

Having lost their medium and large-scale spaceships, the Asgardian forces completely degenerated into lambs to the slaughter, not even warranting his attention.

Yet that fellow Heimdall had vanished.

After searching for a moment, he discovered that the man had somehow already fled back to the Asgardian Continent.

At that moment, the Asgardian Continent had already begun to collapse from the attack of the Antimatter Cannon, and barring accidents, it would sooner or later disintegrate.

However, the Bifrost had been preserved.

Soon, he saw the Bifrost begin to flash, then shoot into the unknown universe.

Simultaneously, Thor's faint aura vanished as well.

Heimdall, however, did not leave; instead, after teleporting Thor away, he flew out of the Bifrost and soared toward outer space.

Seeing this, he could not help but feel a sense of admiration for the fellow.

After all, who wouldn't like such a loyal and devoted guy?

To demonstrate his admiration for the opponent, he put away the Destruction Blade and charged at him bare-handed.

Then he rained down punch after punch.

For such a hard bone, he was going to beat him to death with his bare fists.

Although Heimdall had reached the peak of the Sub-Skyfather, facing Thanos, he fundamentally lacked the slightest power of resistance.

He merely used his greatsword to block two of the opponent's punches initially before the weapon in his hand was shattered, and then every single punch landed squarely on flesh.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Because they were not far from the Asgardian Continent, the sound of these successive punches traveled to everyone's ears.

When Odin stabbed Hela again and repelled her, he saw that Heimdall had already been beaten into a puddle of mush.

"No!"

With an angry roar, Odin gave up trying to persuade Hela and instead charged at Thanos.

If Frigga was the woman he loved most, then Heimdall was his most loyal subordinate.

Over a thousand years of comradeship sometimes even transcended the affection between a ruler and a subject.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept entrusting something as vital as the Bifrost to the man to guard, and without ever doubting him for a millennium.

Seeing Odin charge, Thanos merely gave a cold smile.

Then he gripped the Destruction Blade, activating Ruler and Destructive Power.

Soon, purple energy burst forth all over his body, and he slashed forward.

With a loud clang!

Odin used Gungnir to block Thanos's attack, but was sent flying several hundred meters away.

This caused Odin's expression to change drastically.

At that point, he could no longer maintain the state of Divine Descent, and the backlash was slowly manifesting.

Thus, he was simply no match for Thanos.

The next instant, Thanos vanished from where he stood and appeared behind Odin.

The Destruction Blade in his hand slashed down without the slightest hesitation.

Sensing danger, Odin managed to turn around with difficulty and raised Gungnir.

With another loud clang!

The next moment, Odin was overwhelmed by the immense force and driven downward toward the Asgardian Continent.

At the same time, affected by the backlash, Odin felt pain all over his body and his divine power was nearly exhausted, so he could no longer maintain flight.

Instead, he let himself plummet toward the ground.

Soon, with a bang!, a cloud of dust was kicked up.

However, Thanos could sense that although the opponent's aura was gradually weakening, he was not dead yet.

The bloodline of the Asgardian Royal Family was not so easily snuffed out.

Yet a figure moved faster than him, flying down.

It was none other than Hela.

He saw her entire body emanating an intense Death Power as she plummeted downward.

At the same time, black short swords kept flying toward Odin.

These flying swords were not to be underestimated.

Although both Thanos and Odin had easily swatted them away as they pleased, they were solid condensations of Death Power.

Once struck, the target would soon be eroded by Death Power, causing their whole-body energy consumption to accelerate, and eventually even leading to the direct rot of their physical body.

Seeing this, Thanos halted his figure and coldly watched the scene of father and daughter killing each other.

He saw Hela condense countless flying swords, just like a myriad swords returning to their sect, and then shoot them one after another toward Odin on the ground.

For a time, the continuous, deafening sounds of impact echoed incessantly, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.

Yet Thanos could sense that although Odin's aura continued to wane, its descent in speed did not increase.

Clearly, Hela's attacks did not deal significant damage to the opponent.

Seeing this, Thanos could not help but speak up, "That won't work. Although your attack frequency is high, the individual attack power is too low to inflict defense-breaking damage on Odin at all."

Hearing this, Hela turned to look at Thanos. After a moment, she condensed a ten-meter-long black sword and stabbed it fiercely downward.

With a deafening boom!

Seeing this, Thanos still shook his head and continued, "This move looks powerful, but the energy is not condensed enough."

Hearing this, a thoughtful look appeared in Hela's eyes.

A moment later, a one-meter-long small black sword condensed once again.

However, this black sword exuded a bone-chilling aura.

Everything in the world seemed as though it would be pierced when facing it.

With a swish...

Carrying a sonic boom at a hundred times the speed of sound, the black sword pierced down in an instant.

With a clang!, a sound rang out.

Odin had already stood up. Blood was flowing from his forehead and waist, and his left hand seemed dislocated as well. His only remaining good hand raised Gungnir to block Hela's attack.

Huff, huff... After taking a few heavy breaths, the next second, he dropped to a single knee once more.

The backlash of Divine Descent, the attack of the Antimatter Cannon, and Thanos's assault had all pushed his body beyond its limits.

He had been able to hold on until now entirely because of his reluctance to part with Asgard in his heart and his lingering attachment to his kin.

Suddenly, he felt an itch in his throat.

After a few coughs of Ahem, ahem...

A mouthful of blood spewed out.

Yet he still did not fall, instead using his sole good hand to grip Gungnir and prop himself up on the ground.

I cannot die. If I die, Asgard is gone.

Driven by intense reluctance and attachment, he stubbornly supported himself until now.

However, Hela was completely blinded by hatred.

Seeing that Odin was still holding on, she flew down.

"Odin! Go to Hell and repent!"

A thunderous roar shook the heavens.

Ultimately, carrying intense reluctance and guilt, Odin still died at Hela's hands.

Looking at the black sword embedded in his chest, and then looking at Hela, who was filled with hatred before him.

He was finally liberated.

At that moment, he laid down the identity of the God King of Asgard and looked at his daughter with a father's gaze.

I'm sorry, child, it was I who subjected you to endless torment and pain.

Slowly, his eyes lost their luster, and finally, he cast one last, reluctant glance at Asgard.

He did not ask for Hela's forgiveness, for he knew he was simply unworthy.

For the sake of Asgard, he had given up far, far too much.

And at that moment, because it lost the support of divine power, Gungnir in Odin's hand slowly shattered, then turned to dust.