Taking advantage of the moment when the Zombie Phoenix was frozen in place by that invisible conceptual force and lost in a daze, the restraints on Thor's neck were loosened.
He broke free from the hand almost instantly, and in a flash, he appeared beside the gothic girl.
Damn it, I was so close! I was just a hair's breadth away from yelling "Death, save me!"
Thor felt a chill run down his spine.
Thankfully, I managed to salvage my last shred of dignity. Before this expert intervened, I managed to swallow my pleas for help; otherwise, where would I put my face afterward?
He turned his head to look at the woman beside him, who exuded a languid aura, and asked in a low voice, "Where did you just go?"
Tetiyu, or rather, death, turned his head upon hearing this, his pure black eyes glancing at him, his tone as indifferent as if he were discussing a trivial matter:
"The concept of 'death' no longer exists in this universe. A Soul Stone just got lost, and I went to help it."
Thor understood immediately.
Who else could possibly Soul Stone in the aftermath of a battle of this caliber, besides that unlucky guy who was just instantly killed by Knull?
His mind involuntarily conjured up the image of that Female Iron Fist, her martial arts uniform with slits almost reaching her navel... He wondered if she felt chilly fighting in such revealing clothes?
But to be fair, she has a really great figure, curvy and shapely, much better than that flat-chested goth girl next to her...
"Um?"
A soft hum rang in his ear. Tetiyu's pale face remained expressionless, only giving him a large eye roll.
If you keep thinking about random things, I'm not going to bother with you anymore.
"!"
Thor shuddered and immediately held up his hand to his mouth as if zipping up a zipper, indicating that he would shut up immediately, even his thoughts!
During their brief conversation, another unexpected event occurred.
"Roar--!!!"
The Zombie Phoenix, whose flames had been extinguished, seemed to finally break free from the bewilderment of having her concept of "flame" erased. In her empty eye sockets, even more violent and surging black flames roared up again!
This time, she seemed to have unleashed an even more powerful energy, and the entire universe trembled under its influence!
Countless black and red flames transformed into beams of light that tore through space, raining down on Thor and Death!
However, a bizarre scene unfolded.
The phoenix flames, powerful enough to easily burn through galaxies, withered and went out the instant they approached within ten meters of the two people, as if extinguished by an invisible hand. They died out without even a ripple on the invisible barrier, as if they had never existed.
Thor watched this scene, then glanced at the increasingly raging Phoenix Fire outside, which seemed to ignite the entire multiverse, and then looked at Tetiyu beside him, whose hair was not even messed up. He said nothing, yet it seemed as if he had said everything.
He thought for a moment, but couldn't help asking, "Can you handle her?"
"No way." Death shook his head, his tone laced with a nonchalant nonchalance. "I'm not very good at fighting. Saving you is already my limit."
Thor's eye twitched.
He stared at the black barrier that enveloped the two of them, without even a crack, and felt the terrifying power outside that could incinerate concepts, inwardly cursing.
I don't believe you! You call this being bad at fighting? You're clearly just too lazy to put your hands up!
Thor took a deep breath and decided to rephrase his question, "Could you control her for a moment? I'll try to find a way to get rid of the virus in her."
"OK."
This time, Death agreed without even a second thought, his tone even carrying a hint of lightness.
Thor's lips twitched involuntarily.
Sure enough, it's just laziness!
With the thought of death crossed her mind, the black flames on the Zombie Phoenix, who had just been so arrogant and seemed ready to destroy everything, were extinguished once again without warning.
She froze in mid-air once again, like a sculpture whose pause button had been pressed.
Thor seized the opportunity without hesitation.
He took a step forward and instantly appeared in front of Phoenix. His eyes flashed with the light of more than thirty kinds of laws intertwined, and finally settled on a higher-dimensional and more domineering law - Hunger!
"Erase!"
Thor reached out and lightly touched Jean Grey's forehead.
An invisible force of law surged in instantly, precisely targeting the source of the zombie virus within her body, which belonged to the Void Hunger.
The virus seemed to have encountered its natural enemy, unable to put up even the slightest resistance. Faced with this higher-dimensional Law of Hunger, it was completely devoured, decomposed, and wiped out from the conceptual level!
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Jean Grey's ashen skin quickly regained its color, the lividity on her face faded, and her empty eyes regained their sparkle.
She looked down blankly at her hands, then at the Earth beneath her feet, which was almost burned into a glass sphere by the lingering heat of the black flames. Her azure pupils were filled with shock and pain.
"What... what have I done?" she murmured, her voice trembling with tears.
Thor ignored her and, while Jean was still regaining consciousness, sneaked back to Death's side and asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "What... kind of strength does this guy have?"
Tetiyu glanced at the emotionally distraught Jean Grey in the distance, then at the curious Thor, tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said in a casual tone:
"You're on the same level as me."
"!!!"
Upon hearing this, Thor felt like his brain was about to shut down.
To be on the same level as her? That would be Omniverse Level being!
Are you kidding me! Beyonders is way too overpowered!
It's unbelievable that someone could reach such an inconceivable level simply by absorbing the other's energy!
If I were to swallow this thing, wouldn't that be...?
Thor quickly banished the dangerous thought from his mind. He swallowed hard and pressed, "So... how much better are you than her?"
Death stretched out its pale, slender hand, and with the tips of its thumb and forefinger, made a gap so small it was almost invisible, about a millimeter wide.
"He's only... a tiny bit better than her."
Thor looked at the crack, and recalling the scene of her casually extinguishing the Phoenix Fire and easily manipulating beings of the same level, he understood.
Although he doesn't like to use his brain, that doesn't mean he's stupid!
This is what you call only slightly better?!