Nick's voice was low and somber. "According to your description, Vitas's strength has increased significantly since a little over a month ago."
boom!!
The earth trembled. Chen Xiao grabbed the Destroyer's thick calf with one hand, swung it up at a terrifying speed of a thousand meters per second, and slammed it hard into the ground!
Boom!
The earth's crust cracked, and sand and dust shot into the sky, rising tens of meters high.
The Destroyer, due to inertia, lost control and could neither hit Chen Xiao nor break free. It could only wildly spray high-temperature beams of light into the sky, with crimson pillars of light traversing the clouds.
boom!!
The beam of light swept across the sky, forcefully cleaving a vacuum rift thousands of meters long through the thick clouds.
In movies and comics, the Destroyer is indeed infamous, but it is ultimately just a weapon. When its strength, speed, reaction, offense, and defense are all overwhelmed by Chen Xiao, it doesn't even have a chance to fight back.
If it hadn't been forged entirely from Uru metal and infused with Odinforce, making it indestructible, it would have been dismantled into scrap metal long ago.
Even so, its collapse is only a matter of time.
Within the scorched earth of the deep pit, the Destroyer roared and fired a blazing beam of light at Chen Xiao, but it only struck an afterimage. The beam shot diagonally toward a distant hillside and exploded with a deafening roar!
Flames surged, mountains collapsed, and the earth trembled violently.
At the very instant the explosion erupted, Chen Xiao appeared above the Destroyer, his eyes cold, his right fist clenched, and he slammed it down.
boom!!
Before the punch even landed, the surrounding air seemed to be compressed and frozen by a tremendous force, visibly distorting and hardening, as if turning into translucent glass.
The instant the fist struck the shield, a devastating force exploded forth, with layers of Havok rippling like water. Wherever it passed, the air liquefied and matter vaporized, displaying extreme dominance and unparalleled masculinity.
The Destroyer's head suddenly caved in, and its entire massive body sank a hundred meters!
Tens of thousands of tons of sand and gravel, accompanied by raging flames, shot into the sky, and a tangible circular Havok spread out in circles, sweeping across hundreds of meters and causing distant rocks to tumble down.
The sheer force of the event was earth-shattering.
Deep within Asgard's temple, Loki's face was ashen. This turn of events far exceeded his expectations.
At this moment, his divine power was leaking out wildly. Just as the Destroyer was being brutally beaten by the black-haired youth, he forcibly severed the connection between his consciousness and the Destroyer, fearing that the Destroyer's brain would be shaken. He simply let the Destroyer fight on its own.
Consciousness can be severed, but the channel of divine power cannot be cut off.
Once the Destroyer is activated, the energy it consumes is directly drawn from the divine power of the controller.
Therefore, while Loki took control of the Destroyer by using the Scepter of God, he also became its living energy source, unless he actively severed the connection and abandoned it.
But in this way...
"Mortal."
Loki gritted his teeth, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and immediately followed the invisible pull, pouring most of his divine power into it.
boom!
Outside the town, the Destroyer's body, which was being violently smashed by Chen Xiao, suddenly trembled, and blinding red light burst forth from its cracks, with surging energy waves exploding outwards like a tidal wave.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
One after another, jet-black spikes burst forth from its body, scorching hot and steaming, with the surface temperature approaching tens of thousands of degrees Celsius, instantly transforming it into a burning, fiery spiky ball.
At the same time, his entire body began to twist and reconstruct. Seeing this, Chen Xiao raised his hand and flicked it away.
boom!
The air was torn apart with a deafening roar, and the Destroyer shot out like a meteor, crashing into a distant hill. The hill collapsed on the spot, and flames shot into the sky.
Gazing at the billowing smoke and flames in the distance, Chen Xiao's lips curled into a slight smile, "Is he about to unleash his ultimate move?"
The Destroyer was much weaker than he had expected, which made him somewhat bored.
He knew in his heart that it wasn't that the Destroyer itself was weak, but rather that Loki, who controlled it, was too weak. If Odin were to take control, its combat power would increase at least tenfold.
call!
Before the words were finished, the dust in the distance suddenly parted to both sides, revealing a Destroyer that was clearly shrunken, covered in barbs, and whose arms had been fused into a sharp spear and a broadsword.
It closely resembles the final form of the Sentry, but is more ferocious and violent.
boom!
The earth trembled, Destroyer's figure flashed by, rushing towards Chen Xiao, who was a hundred meters away, at a speed of hundreds of meters per second, its speed increasing tenfold.
That's it?
Just as it passed the halfway point, Chen Xiao's figure vanished into thin air, and when he reappeared, he was standing directly in front of it, his right fist slamming down with the force of thunder.
boom!
The sky hummed, the air surged, and everything seemed to lose weight and disintegrate under this attack.
The Destroyer's chest armor, bearing the brunt of the attack, collapsed instantly. Havok of flames, solidified like Magma, exploded outwards, sending its massive body flying backwards like a kite with a broken string. It crashed heavily into the ground, instantly creating a huge mushroom cloud.
As the smoke and dust cleared, in the center of the crater, the Destroyer's chest rose and fell slightly, and the flesh-like metal rapidly writhed and restored itself, completely intact.
With its legs slightly bent, it suddenly pushed off the ground and soared into the air, transforming into a streak of dark light that tore through the sky, heading straight for Chen Xiao, who was suspended in the sky.
As it sped along, its right arm suddenly swelled and deformed, condensing into a gigantic fist that blotted out the sky; divine patterns lit up all over its arm and torso, flowing with golden and red light, and a powerful punch was unleashed!
boom!
Space seemed to be forcibly compressed; wherever the fist struck, light distorted, air currents collapsed, and its power shook the heavens and the earth.
Chen Xiao neither dodged nor evaded, but slowly clenched his right hand. In an instant, Berserk and almost tyrannical power surged out of his body, tearing in all directions.
The sky hung low, the earth trembled, and even the sunlight from afar seemed to bend and converge towards him, distorting everything around him as if a black hole had just been born.
boom!
Two fists, one large and one small, collided violently.
The Berserk energy exploded outwards, instantly igniting the air and causing a series of explosions!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Rings of blazing white light spread wildly, and the Destroyer trembled violently as it tried its best to dissipate the crushing power.
However, the stalemate only lasted for a moment.
Its fists, forearms, and even shoulder armor twisted and deformed in an instant. Its entire body was as if it had been hit head-on by a ten-thousand-ton hammer, flying backward and crashing into the ground again, raising a cloud of dust.
As the smoke cleared, its severely dislocated right arm was revealed, slowly wriggling and attempting to repair itself.
High in the sky, Chen Xiao's gaze was icy. "In this form, ranged attacks are gone, but strength, defense, and speed have all increased more than tenfold."
In fact, in terms of pure combat power, the Destroyer is enough to overwhelm Magneto; Storm, Cyclops, and the other X-Men teamed up, they would probably have to turn around and run for their lives.
It is adept at both offense and defense, and possesses agile and swift movement.
Unfortunately, it ran into Chen Xiao, who suppressed it in every way.
At this moment, Chen Xiao had no intention of wasting any more time. The power within his body surged and converged, and his pupils suddenly ignited with a scarlet light.
boom!
Two beams of crimson-gold light roared out, Oblivion the void in their path. They expanded as they landed, transforming into two pillars of destruction, each half a meter thick.
boom!
A beam of light descended from the sky, piercing through a kilometer, and Destroyer precisely. It shuddered violently, and the scorching Havok pressed down on its limbs and bones, rendering it unable to move.
The energy shield on his body shattered layer by layer, and the aftershocks transformed into a Heat Wave, melting everything around him into crimson Magma.
"Let's see how many breaths you can last."
The red light in Chen Xiao's eyes surged, the power of the Heat Vision soared, the temperature increased even more, and the light pierced through the clouds, causing the world to lose its color.
After their encounter, he had already figured out the Destroyer's true nature: it did not produce its own energy and relied entirely on external power.
On the surface, he appears to be fighting a mechanical puppet, but in reality, he is simultaneously battling the Destroyer and the god behind it all, Loki.
The former is the sharp blade, the latter is the person wielding the blade, and even more so, the endless flow of blood energy within the scabbard.
This battle was one against two, and he had a clear advantage.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
High in the sky, Chen Xiao's eyes blazed like torches, two beams of light crisscrossing the heavens and earth, continuously bombarding the Destroyer on the ground below.
The scorched earth melted, Magma surged, and Berserk energy even emitted rings of scorching waves that swept hundreds of meters away, creating a terrifying spectacle.
Inside the town, ordinary people looked up in disbelief, their faces filled with fear.
Sif and the others turned ashen-faced; they knew perfectly well that if they were to take that blow head-on, they would surely die.
Even Thor, after repeatedly mentally rehearsing the Destroyer's location, became solemn.
He realized that even if his divine power were fully restored and Mjolnir in his hand, his chances of victory would still be slim. Thinking of this, Thor felt as if he were in a dream.
The events of the past two or three days seemed to compress decades of ups and downs into a single moment, leaving him with an indescribable mix of emotions.
Looking up at the pillar of light that pierced the sky and seemed to penetrate the entire earth, and then at the god-like figure in the sky who seemed to be above all living beings, Phil let out a long breath as soon as he stepped into the street.
"It truly lives up to its reputation."
"Well said?" Thor, upon hearing this, turned around along with Sif and the others, their gazes falling on Phil.
Phil nodded. "This Mr. Vitas is an incredibly powerful Mutants; in the classified files of multiple countries, his codename is ' Superman '."
"His abilities closely resemble those of a character from a classic comic book: immense strength, lightning speed, high-energy beams shooting from his eyes capable of incinerating everything, and an indestructible body, like black iron forged for a thousand years."
Unfortunately, Thor and his companions hadn't even opened the comic book, so they could only nod in skepticism.
boom!
Suddenly, the Destroyer had been enduring the bombardment of Heat Vision, slumped down, slamming one knee heavily into the ground. Its entire body was burned red and shiny, and its surface began to glow with the faint light of liquefied metal.
At the same time, the divine power belonging to Loki within its body rapidly diminished, clearly on the verge of collapse.
Upon seeing this, Chen Xiao's eyes suddenly emitted even more intense and condensed Heat Vision, and his figure swooped down, rushing straight towards the Destroyer like a meteor.
Boom! Boom!!
The Berserk heat energy exploded one after another, causing the surrounding Magma pools to churn and splash, and tongues of fire carrying scorching waves soared into the air, reaching heights of more than ten meters.
Under the relentless onslaught, the earth within dozens of meters of the Destroyer melted away, crimson Magma surged and billowed, flames flickered and roared, a truly terrifying sight.
Sudden,
The energy fluctuations emanating from the Destroyer below abruptly ceased.
The light in Chen Xiao's eyes dimmed, and the blazing white beam of light dissipated.
In the churning Magma, only a crimson corpse remained, its joints and shell twisted and melted.
Its divine power was exhausted, its energy depleted, and it became completely paralyzed, offering no further response.
At the same moment, inside the Asgard temple, Loki's face was ashen, he was panting heavily, and his fingers gripped his scepter so tightly that his knuckles turned white.
Chen Xiao landed lightly on the Destroyer's body, which was still engulfed in flames. After a moment's thought, he suddenly reached out and grabbed its thick right arm.