Thor felt like his brain circuits had been completely burned out.
He abandoned further thought and decided to solve the problem in the most primitive and direct way.
Sometimes, physical persuasion is more effective than any language.
"Fine," Thor cracked his neck, his knuckles popping, "Since you're so eager to experience that feeling of being humiliated again, I'll grant your wish."
However, Hela took a step back, her sickly smile growing even more pronounced.
"We'll settle this with one blow, Thor." She spread her arms, Six Infinity Stones around her burst forth with blinding light. "Don't blame me for not giving you time to charge up."
Thor held up a finger and pointed at himself, his expression extremely strange.
"Are you sure... you want me to build up my power?"
"That's right!" Hela's tone was filled with absolute confidence and fanaticism. "My goal is to defeat you at your strongest! Only then will you truly belong to me!"
Soru was completely speechless.
He felt that saying even a single word to this woman, whose brain seemed to have been burned by jewels, would be a waste of his life.
Meanwhile, the surviving bystanders on the battlefield, those with even a modicum of sense, had already begun to quietly move backward.
While pulling Cyclone Lei Ling back, Luna Snow Seol Hee muttered, "When these two gods fight, we mortals should stay far away. If we get caught in the aftershocks, we'll probably be meeting our God."
Cyclone Lei Ling nodded, a rare occurrence, in agreement.
She could sense that the space around the two people was slightly distorted, and the air was filled with heart-pounding energy fluctuations.
Amadeus Zhao was even more direct. He grabbed the still-dazed White Fox Ami Han and ran for her life. "Run! It'll be too late if we don't run now! My super brain is screaming for help!"
Even Angela and the Enchantress's group silently kept a distance of several hundred meters, watching the two in the arena with solemn expressions.
They knew very well that the battle that was about to begin was beyond their control.
Only Steve Rogers, that hothead, before retreating, specifically ran to Thor's side, tilted his head back, and asked with a curious look, " Thor, I have a question. How strong would you be if you fully charged up?"
Thor glanced at him, thought for a moment, and said in a very calm tone, "Then our universe is beyond saving."
Steve was taken aback, clearly not understanding. "What do you mean?"
Thor could only patiently explain to the sweet-talking captain, "What I mean is, with my current full-power attack, the aftershocks alone would be enough to completely wipe out this universe from its very origin."
"..."
Steve was silent for two seconds.
The next moment, it was as if he had wheels of fire under his feet, and he instantly burst into astonishing speed, running wildly into the distance without looking back. His speed was even faster than that of Amadeus Zhao and the others.
"Damn it! You bastard! Why didn't you say so earlier!"
Watching Captain America disappear in an instant, Thor smirked and turned his gaze back to Hela.
At this moment, Hela was completely immersed in her own world.
She raised her hands high, as if embracing the entire universe.
She unleashed the power of the Six Infinity Stones without reservation. Space, time, reality, power, Soul Stone, Mind Stone —the six fundamental laws that constitute the universe—intertwined and merged around her, forming a colorful, chaotic, and terrifying torrent of energy.
The entire Earth trembled under this force; the sky was torn apart, and the earth wailed.
Thor stood there listlessly, almost yawning.
Finally, after Hela had been charging up for a full half minute, she let out a sharp roar, and the torrent of energy, powerful enough to destroy a galaxy, transformed into a pillar of light that pierced through the heavens and earth, rushing straight toward Thor!
Wherever the beam of light passed, all matter vanished into Void.
The people watching from afar were terrified. They had no doubt that this attack was enough to evaporate the Earth a hundred times over.
However, just as the torrent was about to touch Thor...
Thor simply raised his hand slightly.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no devastating shockwave.
He merely used the power of the laws that he had comprehended, unique to the Six Infinity Stones.
Space freezes, time stands still, reality is distorted, Soul Stone Oblivion, Mind Stone collapse, and power is destroyed.
The multicolored torrent of energy vanished abruptly and silently less than a centimeter from his body.
It's like being erased from drawing paper with an eraser—clean, neat, and without leaving a trace.
"No... impossible!"
Hela's the Batman Who Laughs froze instantly, replaced by utter disbelief.
Undeterred, she once again gathered the remaining power of the Infinity Stones, pouring it all into the Nightsword in her hand. She transformed into a streak of dark green light and slashed down at Thor!
"Smash it!"
Thor didn't even bother to lift his eyelids, and directly stretched out his right hand, precisely grasping the blade that gleamed with a deathly cold light.
"Click."
A soft sound.
The Nightsword, forged from Uru metal and powerful enough to cleave stars, was easily crushed into countless fragments by Thor, just like crumpling a cookie, right before Hela's horrified eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Thor slapped him across the face.
"Smack!"
A crisp sound echoed across the deathly silent battlefield.
Hela was slammed to the ground by this irresistible force, her cheek making intimate contact with the ground, creating a bottomless, human-shaped crater.
The world fell silent.
Thor clapped his hands, thinking that this would finally bring some peace and quiet.
However, he still underestimated his "older sister's" thought process.
"Heh... hehe... hahahaha!"
From the deep pit came Hela's even more excited and manic laughter.
She struggled to climb out of the pit, half of her cheek swollen and a trace of blood still clinging to the corner of her mouth, but her emerald green eyes burned with an unprecedented light.
"As expected of him... as expected of the man I've set my sights on!" She gazed at Thor with infatuation, her voice trembling with a morbid tenderness.
"My dear Thor... from this day forward, you shall be the King of Asgard!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Hela did something that made everyone's eyes nearly pop out of their sockets.
She knelt on one knee and lowered her proud head toward Thor.
Then, she stretched out her fingers and, without hesitation, pried off the Six Infinity Stones embedded in her armor one by one, casually tossing them at Thor's feet as if they were a few worthless glass marbles.
Thor: "..."
He felt his brain shut down again.
However, he forced himself to calm down and asked the most crucial question in his mind, "Why did Kang resurrect you in the first place? And what is his purpose in coming to me?"
Upon hearing this question, Hela finally suppressed the fervor on her face. She raised her head and told everything she knew in detail.
"That guy who calls himself Kang seems to be plotting to steal the power of some being. But somehow, he learned of your existence and foresaw that you would wreak havoc on their plans. So, he wants to use time travel to go back in time and eliminate you."
"But," Hela's tone became somewhat strange,
"They discovered that your past seems to have been locked into a predetermined reality by some higher being. The earliest point in time they can travel to is the day you perished alongside Asgard. Beyond that, there is no way they can travel further."
Thor listened and fell silent.
Having just provoked the Red Council, now those rats from the Council of Kangs have also jumped out.
The power they want to steal... is most likely the power held by the god Loki.
However, Thor doesn't believe that 31st-century technology alone can challenge a true god.
They will most likely need to rely on some powerful cosmic artifacts.
What could it be?
Just as Thor, Hela suddenly raised her hand and used her remaining divine power to open a portal to Asgard.
Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure was pushed out of the door by her.
It's Jane Foster.
Jane was a little unsteady when she was pushed out. She thought Hela was going to torture or mock her in some new way, but when she looked up and saw the person standing in front of her, she was stunned.
"So... Thor?"
Her voice was filled with uncertainty, but that uncertainty was quickly replaced by immense joy.
" Thor! You're alright! That's great!"
Jane burst into tears of joy and, without thinking, threw herself into Thor's arms and hugged him tightly.
Thor's thoughts were interrupted by the sudden hug.
He lowered his head and looked at the woman in his arms, who was crying her eyes out, and was momentarily at a loss for what to do.
This is an emotional debt he left behind from his first life.
Should we return it?
If he hadn't awakened his memories of his past life as a modern person, perhaps at this moment he would feel immense joy and comfort.
But now, his feelings are complicated.
To say I have absolutely no feelings for these former girlfriends would be a lie, but to say I have any feelings at all, there's only a tiny bit of nostalgia left, not much.
In the end, he figured it out.
Thor gently pushed Jane away from his arms, looking at her tear-streaked yet joyful face, and said slowly, yet with unparalleled clarity:
"Jane, let's break up."
"I've thought a lot about this lately, and I've realized we're still not a good match."
"And... I already have a new partner."
"I'm sorry, Jane."