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Chapter 1075
chapter 0448 part 2
Odin did not want to yield to so-called fate, but the future was gradually becoming reality, bit by bit, along the Loom of the Goddess of Fate.
The issue of succession had also been troubling Odin. Thor's recklessness and Loki's cunning made them seem like unqualified successors...
He had to expend more effort on Thor, trying to change his personality.
Perhaps this invasion by Thanos was an opportunity. If the Ancient One's prediction was correct, then Asgard could completely use this victory to prove to the entire Universe that Asgard was still glorious.
On the other hand, the news brought by Thor from a Parallel Universe ignited a flame of hope in the aging Odin's heart.
In another Parallel Universe, Asgard escaped the fate of Ragnarok, the Aesir were still the co-rulers of the Nine Realms, and even Hela returned to the Aesir.
Although in that Universe, he also fell into Ragnarok, in Odin's heart, wasn't this the ending he had always dreamed of?
For Odin, time was running out. If he didn't do something now, there might truly be no opportunity in the future...
"What should we do now? Team up and take down Thanos!"
The Ancient One smiled at the imposing Odin, shaking her head and saying, "As I said from the beginning, neither of us can be tied down by this. Otherwise, those old friends will be unable to resist showing themselves..."
Saying that, the Ancient One took two steps forward and stood side by side with Odin. She looked at the magnificent yet beautiful scenery of Asgard and said with a smile:
"Let the Earthlings take the lead in this war..."
Odin was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled and said, "Are we two just going to act as bystanders here?"
Facing the surprised Odin, the Ancient One said with a light chuckle, "Haven't we already built the Platform for them!"
A sparking Space Gate appeared before the two of them. On the other side of the Space Gate, Thanos, who was looking at the Blue Planet through the viewport, turned around and looked at the two through the Space Gate.
"Let's go, accompany me to meet this Cosmic Overlord. Although we can't be tied down, we still have time for a little chat!"
Inside the Great Hall of Thanos's flagship, the Sanctuary (ship), Thanos sat on the Throne, hands clasped, looking down at the Ancient One and Odin. From the double-edged battle axe placed beside the Throne, it was clear that this Cosmic Overlord was not as relaxed about the arrival of the two as one might have imagined.
Around the Ancient One and Odin, the Black Order were dispersed, surrounding the two. Further away, hundreds of mechanical Soldiers, fully clad in armor, had their energy pulse guns subtly gathering energy.
At the Dome of the spaceship, some fist-sized alien species resembling octopuses and jellyfish floated.
Thousands of alien octopuses had their tentacles connected to each other. Beneath their nearly transparent skin, their brains could be clearly seen flashing with flowing light. That was the fluctuation of mental power interfering with reality. The mental power of these alien octopuses, individually, could move heavy objects, possessing what humans called telekinesis.
Furthermore, billions of years of focused evolution and brain-based mental power research allowed their mental power to connect like a hive mind.
It was only because this species was sparse in population and overly specialized, evolving to abandon their bodies in pursuit of stronger mental power, that they hadn't focused on technological development. With their level of brain development, they wouldn't have been reduced to Thanos's subordinates. Thousands of "octopus people" gathered in one place, waiting only for Thanos's command to unleash a mental storm capable of annihilating everything.
Compared to the watchful, tense, and wary Thanos and his Black Order subordinates, the Ancient One was playing with her fan, and Odin was chewing gum, looking around casually, appearing as if they were tourists, completely lacking any sense of tension in the enemy's base camp.
"Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, God King of the Nine Realms, Odin, have you come to stop me?" Thanos looked down at the two, a hint of undisguised ferocity flashing in his eyes. "I have received your declaration of war!"
"We are here to negotiate! Mr. Thanos from a Parallel Universe!" The Ancient One saw Thanos's hand reaching for the double-edged battle axe beside him. Her fan snapped open with a swish, and she gently fanned herself as she spoke.
"Negotiate!?" Thanos's hand reaching for the double-edged battle axe paused. He wasn't surprised that the Ancient One knew his origin; after all, having coveted the Infinity Stones for a long time, he deeply understood the power of the Time Stone.
Otherwise, the Ancient One, who possessed the Time Stone, wouldn't have been someone he had long been wary of. He just hadn't expected the Ancient One's intention to be negotiation.
"Hohohoho... Negotiate? What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?!" Thanos spread his arms wide, speaking arrogantly, "I have five million battleships here, over a hundred thousand of which are equipped with planet-destroying cannons and black hole weapons. With just one command from me, the entire Solar System, the entire Nine Realms will turn into cosmic dust!"
"If you destroy the Solar System, then you, the loser, will only be trapped in this Universe!" The Ancient One's calm remark instantly enraged Thanos.
"Loser" immediately reminded Thanos of his crushing defeat and the figure holding Death in his arms.
The enraged Thanos grabbed the double-edged battle axe beside him and directly threw it towards the Ancient One!
Where the whistling double-edged battle axe passed, it tore a black Space rift directly on the Sanctuary (ship). A Guard standing in front of the Ancient One, completely encased in silver mechanical armor, was affected by this black Space rift and instantly cut in half at the waist, revealing the true form of the Guard inside, a worm-like creature wailing in pain.
Thanos's attack was like a signal. The brains of the octopus people above them all flashed with light, and then an extremely powerful mental storm swept towards the Ancient One and Odin.
Behind Odin, Proxima Midnight raised her hand. The divine spear in her hand instantly disappeared, and when it reappeared, this divine spear with a guaranteed hit property was already close to Odin's back, about to pierce him through.
"Crackle—"
An extremely faint blue electric arc flickered on Odin's body. Just when everyone thought it was an illusion,
The next second, countless lightning bolts appeared around Odin and the Ancient One, swirling around them like living things, forming a giant lightning vortex.
Crackle—
Under the powerful lightning voltage, the entire Sanctuary (ship) crackled everywhere for a moment. The divine spear thrown by Proxima Midnight didn't even touch Odin's back before it was filled with billions of volts of lightning, causing the entire spear to tremble uncontrollably and spark.
Ebony Maw, the Black Tongue Advisor among the Black Order, lifted a finger the moment Thanos attacked. The unlucky fellow accidentally injured by Thanos was directly twisted by him into a blood-dripping alloy spear and shot towards the Ancient One.
However, under Odin's lightning domain, this spear was instantly incinerated by the high temperature of the lightning.
Compared to Proxima Midnight and Ebony Maw, the three unlucky ones—Corvus Glaive, Black Dwarf, and Supergiant—who wanted to rush forward and gang up on the Ancient One and Odin were much more miserable.
If Odin hadn't intended to kill them, the vast lightning torrent in his surrounding lightning domain alone would have been enough to turn the three into charcoal. Even so, Corvus Glaive and the other two were electrocuted, twitching and falling onto the Deck of the Sanctuary (ship).
Odin did not want to yield to so-called fate, but the future was gradually becoming reality, bit by bit, along the Loom of the Goddess of Fate.
The issue of succession had also been troubling Odin. Thor's recklessness and Loki's cunning made them seem like unqualified successors...
He had to expend more effort on Thor, trying to change his personality.
Perhaps this invasion by Thanos was an opportunity. If the Ancient One's prediction was correct, then Asgard could completely use this victory to prove to the entire Universe that Asgard was still glorious.
On the other hand, the news brought by Thor from a Parallel Universe ignited a flame of hope in the aging Odin's heart.
In another Parallel Universe, Asgard escaped the fate of Ragnarok, the Aesir were still the co-rulers of the Nine Realms, and even Hela returned to the Aesir.
Although in that Universe, he also fell into Ragnarok, in Odin's heart, wasn't this the ending he had always dreamed of?
For Odin, time was running out. If he didn't do something now, there might truly be no opportunity in the future...
"What should we do now? Team up and take down Thanos!"
The Ancient One smiled at the imposing Odin, shaking her head and saying, "As I said from the beginning, neither of us can be tied down by this. Otherwise, those old friends will be unable to resist showing themselves..."
Saying that, the Ancient One took two steps forward and stood side by side with Odin. She looked at the magnificent yet beautiful scenery of Asgard and said with a smile:
"Let the Earthlings take the lead in this war..."
Odin was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then smiled and said, "Are we two just going to act as bystanders here?"
Facing the surprised Odin, the Ancient One said with a light chuckle, "Haven't we already built the Platform for them!"
A sparking Space Gate appeared before the two of them. On the other side of the Space Gate, Thanos, who was looking at the Blue Planet through the viewport, turned around and looked at the two through the Space Gate.
"Let's go, accompany me to meet this Cosmic Overlord. Although we can't be tied down, we still have time for a little chat!"
Inside the Great Hall of Thanos's flagship, the Sanctuary (ship), Thanos sat on the Throne, hands clasped, looking down at the Ancient One and Odin. From the double-edged battle axe placed beside the Throne, it was clear that this Cosmic Overlord was not as relaxed about the arrival of the two as one might have imagined.
Around the Ancient One and Odin, the Black Order were dispersed, surrounding the two. Further away, hundreds of mechanical Soldiers, fully clad in armor, had their energy pulse guns subtly gathering energy.
At the Dome of the spaceship, some fist-sized alien species resembling octopuses and jellyfish floated.
Thousands of alien octopuses had their tentacles connected to each other. Beneath their nearly transparent skin, their brains could be clearly seen flashing with flowing light. That was the fluctuation of mental power interfering with reality. The mental power of these alien octopuses, individually, could move heavy objects, possessing what humans called telekinesis.
Furthermore, billions of years of focused evolution and brain-based mental power research allowed their mental power to connect like a hive mind.
It was only because this species was sparse in population and overly specialized, evolving to abandon their bodies in pursuit of stronger mental power, that they hadn't focused on technological development. With their level of brain development, they wouldn't have been reduced to Thanos's subordinates. Thousands of "octopus people" gathered in one place, waiting only for Thanos's command to unleash a mental storm capable of annihilating everything.
Compared to the watchful, tense, and wary Thanos and his Black Order subordinates, the Ancient One was playing with her fan, and Odin was chewing gum, looking around casually, appearing as if they were tourists, completely lacking any sense of tension in the enemy's base camp.
"Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, God King of the Nine Realms, Odin, have you come to stop me?" Thanos looked down at the two, a hint of undisguised ferocity flashing in his eyes. "I have received your declaration of war!"
"We are here to negotiate! Mr. Thanos from a Parallel Universe!" The Ancient One saw Thanos's hand reaching for the double-edged battle axe beside him. Her fan snapped open with a swish, and she gently fanned herself as she spoke.
"Negotiate!?" Thanos's hand reaching for the double-edged battle axe paused. He wasn't surprised that the Ancient One knew his origin; after all, having coveted the Infinity Stones for a long time, he deeply understood the power of the Time Stone.
Otherwise, the Ancient One, who possessed the Time Stone, wouldn't have been someone he had long been wary of. He just hadn't expected the Ancient One's intention to be negotiation.
"Hohohoho... Negotiate? What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?!" Thanos spread his arms wide, speaking arrogantly, "I have five million battleships here, over a hundred thousand of which are equipped with planet-destroying cannons and black hole weapons. With just one command from me, the entire Solar System, the entire Nine Realms will turn into cosmic dust!"
"If you destroy the Solar System, then you, the loser, will only be trapped in this Universe!" The Ancient One's calm remark instantly enraged Thanos.
"Loser" immediately reminded Thanos of his crushing defeat and the figure holding Death in his arms.
The enraged Thanos grabbed the double-edged battle axe beside him and directly threw it towards the Ancient One!
Where the whistling double-edged battle axe passed, it tore a black Space rift directly on the Sanctuary (ship). A Guard standing in front of the Ancient One, completely encased in silver mechanical armor, was affected by this black Space rift and instantly cut in half at the waist, revealing the true form of the Guard inside, a worm-like creature wailing in pain.
Thanos's attack was like a signal. The brains of the octopus people above them all flashed with light, and then an extremely powerful mental storm swept towards the Ancient One and Odin.
Behind Odin, Proxima Midnight raised her hand. The divine spear in her hand instantly disappeared, and when it reappeared, this divine spear with a guaranteed hit property was already close to Odin's back, about to pierce him through.
"Crackle—"
An extremely faint blue electric arc flickered on Odin's body. Just when everyone thought it was an illusion,
The next second, countless lightning bolts appeared around Odin and the Ancient One, swirling around them like living things, forming a giant lightning vortex.
Crackle—
Under the powerful lightning voltage, the entire Sanctuary (ship) crackled everywhere for a moment. The divine spear thrown by Proxima Midnight didn't even touch Odin's back before it was filled with billions of volts of lightning, causing the entire spear to tremble uncontrollably and spark.
Ebony Maw, the Black Tongue Advisor among the Black Order, lifted a finger the moment Thanos attacked. The unlucky fellow accidentally injured by Thanos was directly twisted by him into a blood-dripping alloy spear and shot towards the Ancient One.
However, under Odin's lightning domain, this spear was instantly incinerated by the high temperature of the lightning.
Compared to Proxima Midnight and Ebony Maw, the three unlucky ones—Corvus Glaive, Black Dwarf, and Supergiant—who wanted to rush forward and gang up on the Ancient One and Odin were much more miserable.
If Odin hadn't intended to kill them, the vast lightning torrent in his surrounding lightning domain alone would have been enough to turn the three into charcoal. Even so, Corvus Glaive and the other two were electrocuted, twitching and falling onto the Deck of the Sanctuary (ship).
