The polar winds are raging.
Amidst the swirling snowflakes, one after another, silver-white unmanned combat suits swooped down.
Without any formation or even the slightest tactical coordination, they were nothing more than a pack of rabid metal dogs released from their cages, trailing blazing tails as they rushed toward Loki on the icy plain.
"Boom!"
A burst of dark blue energy exploded in mid-air.
One of the armored vehicles charging at the forefront was blasted in two on the spot, crashing heavily into the ice while billowing thick black smoke, sparks flying everywhere.
Loki gracefully retracted his scepter.
Is that all you've got?
He scoffed, his eyes filled with arrogance.
The anger that had been building up inside him, feeling inexplicably thrown into this icy wasteland, dissipated almost entirely upon seeing these rough lumps of iron.
"You think you can challenge the gods with these lumps of iron?"
Bang!
Another beam of light swept across, simultaneously cleaving three mechs that had flanked from the side in half. Immediately afterward, Loki swung his scepter, and an energy wave swept across the ice, blasting more than a dozen mechs in half. The wreckage slid dozens of meters before crashing into a distant ice mound.
Amidst the raging flames, Loki raised his chin again.
"That's more like it! Bow down before the power of the God-King!"
He was enjoying the thrill of complete domination.
In Asgard, he always lived in Thor's shadow.
But now, he stands on this backward planet called Midgard.
To these poor mortals, he was the supreme god.
Their weapons, in his eyes, weren't even good enough to tickle him.
On the other side.
The top floor of Stark Tower.
Chen Mo nestled deep inside the comfortable leather sofa, holding a large bucket of popcorn in his arms.
The holographic projection split the battlefield scene in the Arctic in two and broadcast it in real time in mid-air.
" Tony."
Chen Mo was eating popcorn.
"Your tin toy doesn't look very good; it's completely getting beaten up on its own."
A rapid, whistling sound came from the communication channel.
That's just a basic decoy model.
Tony's voice sounded somewhat strained.
"I want him to think he's already won!"
"Really? Tony? But I have a feeling he's about to bankrupt you?"
"You think this little bit of stuff can bankrupt me? Besides, the faster they demolish it, the more data I can collect!"
Chen Mo raised an eyebrow.
They did not continue to discourage the scientist who was in high spirits.
soon.
The situation on the Arctic ice sheet is beginning to change.
After destroying more than a dozen suits of armor, the naturally suspicious Loki finally noticed something was amiss.
The armor that was subsequently sent down from the sky was different.
They didn't rush forward to fight.
A suit of armor charged in from the front, and Loki raised his hand, ready to unleash an energy beam.
However, the armored vehicle abruptly stopped in mid-air, making a nimble turn and narrowly avoiding the attack range.
Before Loki could react...
Two other mechs circled around from the left and right sides.
"Ants."
Loki snorted coldly.
This time he changed his strategy; instead of condensing an explosive fireball at the top of the scepter, a cold, eerie ice blade slowly grew out.
The ice blade sliced through the air, striking precisely the shoulder of the left side of the armor.
A sickening metallic scraping sound rang out, and the armored vehicle staggered back a few steps.
But instead of falling, it forcefully adjusted its posture in mid-air.
A flash of blue light appeared from the reactor on its chest, and the several mechanical eyes on its head began to zoom wildly, snapping away at the frost cut on its shoulder.
He then turned and ran.
Even while fleeing, he didn't forget to walk in a very flamboyant zigzag pattern.
"?"
Loki was taken aback.
Immediately afterwards.
More than a dozen miniature laser beams suddenly lit up in all directions in the sky.
They don't hit people.
The light shone precisely on the snow beneath Loki's feet, enveloping him in a perfectly symmetrical halo.
It doesn't cause much harm, but it's extremely insulting.
Loki's gaze turned completely cold.
These things are observing his spellcasting habits.
They weren't trying to kill him, but rather constantly testing his attack range, reaction speed, and energy intensity.
With each engagement, new armor is added to the battle.
Those in front are responsible for taking the beatings, while those in the back are responsible for recording them.
Their sole purpose is to trick him into using different types of magical attacks.
These mortals actually used him as a guinea pig?
"Very good."
Loki looked down at the scepter in his hand, a smile returning to his face, but the smile had become extremely sinister.
You've successfully made me angry.
"He's getting anxious," Chen Mo said, looking at the screen.
"Nonsense."
Tony spoke very quickly over the phone.
"A normal person would get anxious if they were touched like that."
"He's a god."
"It won't be like that once I've finished analyzing it," Tony sneered.
A roar erupted from the wreckage of a pile of mechs.
"Enough!"
Loki roared.
This feeling of being made a fool of enraged him to the extreme.
He ignored the junk that was still flying around trying to trick people into using their skills.
His real business is settling scores with Thor; there's no need to waste time here with these inanimate objects.
As long as he enters a human city.
He has many ways to make these ignorant insects kneel at his feet and beg for mercy.
Loki swiftly formed a hand seal, and a blinding green light shone from his fingertips.
A powerful magical force instantly enveloped his entire body.
After the light flashed...
Loki's towering figure vanished completely into the howling snowstorm.
Without leaving a trace.
There was no breath, no sound.
This spell not only concealed the person's form, but also suppressed sound and magical fluctuations to the extreme.
Throughout the millennia in the Asgard, countless battle-hardened warriors have been fooled by this trick of his.
What is Earth anyway?
Loki sneered inwardly.
Once he gets the Space Stone, once he rules this planet.
He was determined to find the owner of these tin cans and skin him alive.
He turned around, confidently strode off, ready to disengage and escape.
but.
He didn't notice at all.
Behind the ice hill not far from his retreat route, several special armored vehicles lay quietly, having not participated in any combat.
Their fuselage coating has a matte, dark black finish.
At this moment, the sensors on their heads were not emitting the usual blue light.
Instead, a very dark red light appeared.
This is the product of Tony's frantic, emergency upgrade after being secretly "picked up" by the Ancient One.
Anti-magic band sensor.
The screen inside the special armor at this moment.
Loki's supposedly flawless invisibility was simply nonexistent.
In that view where blinding infrared thermal imaging and magical fluctuations overlapped.
Loki is like a giant human-shaped light bulb.
The dense green energy source stood out eerily against the pale background.
Two soft beeping sounds.
These special armored vehicles silently adjusted the tilt angle of their cannons.
Three red locking frames were securely placed on the humanoid energy source that was stealthily moving through the snow.
Above the heavens.
A series of sonic booms suddenly erupted from the thick clouds.
The red and gold armors tore through the night sky like shooting stars.
The jets at the rear of the armored vehicle spewed out blinding flames, and the airflow formed a huge cone-shaped blast cloud on its side.
Tony Stark is piloting his armor, hurtling toward the Arctic at top speed.
The wind noise howled wildly over the communication channel.
But he didn't care at all.
Beneath the mask, his eyes gleamed with an intensely fanatical light.
The frustration and anxiety that had accumulated over the past few days were released at this moment.
On the holographic screen.
The readings of the Asgard gods' magical fluctuations were pounding wildly, and indicators once considered to be mythical powers were being relentlessly broken down and restored by various physical parameters.
Tony stared at the fluctuating data, a smug smile playing on his lips.
He shouted excitedly.
"I knew it! Magic can be analyzed!"