"When a long-time companion was crushed, he was still able to make a judgment. This kind of calmness and decisiveness is good."
Hela looked toward the throne.
Thor, supporting Loki, was already holding the Night-sky Sword. It was clear that after a brief clash, Thor had used his strength to grab Loki and fly toward the throne, taking her Night-sky Sword that was plunged into the ground. Although the sword was in their hands, Hela wasn't angry at all. Instead, she praised Thor's judgment in that moment.
Loki said nothing, but immediately activated the Night-sky Sword's teleportation function. A large area of green, algae-like energy fluctuations enveloped the two of them, and then they disappeared from in front of the throne, taking the Night-sky Sword with them.
"Your soul has been infected by my ghost fire, Odin. Let's see how you suffer." Hela stretched her body.
Although she hadn't tortured him too much, her ghost fire had infected his soul, which would be enough to cause Odin some trouble for a while. Loki would likely be tortured a lot, which helped her vent some of the anger she'd been holding in her heart.
Besides, there was plenty of time. She had all the time in the world to slowly torture her two foolish brothers.
Hela wasn't in a hurry to leave Hellheim. She wanted to carefully study the secrets of the Cancer Saint that she had inherited. Many of the powerful combat methods required her to practice. There was also a very critical factor that she needed to build: a special underworld.
For example, the most basic "corpse gas" is the Cancer Ghost Star Cluster, which is the entrance for souls to pass into the heavens. By constructing a space channel connected to a world similar to hell, it can suck in everything around it, so that even light cannot escape, like a black hole.
For example, the "Corpse-Gas Underworld Wave" separates the opponent's body and soul and teleports them to the entrance of Cancer. It's a move that combines space and soul systems. If used on an enemy in a soul state, the enemy's soul will be torn into pieces, and the fragments will drift into another dimension, never to be reborn. It's a move that doesn't rely on strength but completely erases the enemy's existence from a conceptual level.
The "Corpse-Killing Underworld Wave" tears a crack in the underworld, creating a vortex that leads to the underworld to devour the souls hit by the wave. The vortex won't disappear until all affected souls are devoured. At the same time, the vortex will devour all surrounding matter and energy and become a part of itself, constantly expanding and strengthening. If left unchecked, not only surrounding planets but the entire galaxy would be at risk.
The "Ghost-Burning Fist" is a technique that forcibly seizes and tempers the explosive destructive power of the ghosts that emerge from the underworld.
Among many combat methods, the underworld is extremely important. This underworld is a hell-like dimension that doesn't intersect with the real world. Many of the combat methods can tear or utilize this dimension to produce powerful attacks and abilities. The two are closely related.
Hellheim is clearly a little different from the nature of the underworld in these combat methods, or it doesn't fully meet the requirements. Hela needs to balance and transform Hellheim to achieve a synergy between the two, so she can truly unleash the power of the Cancer Saint.
Hela is the ruler of Hellheim and has authority over it, but transforming it will take a lot of time. So what Hela needs to do now is to transform Hellheim and accumulate small universes so she can reach the seventh sense as soon as possible.
Hela is very confident and untamed, but the outstanding performance and growth of Thor and Loki still make her somewhat cautious. The strength gap between them is still wide, but who knows what the future holds? Even if she is unwilling to admit it, the potential Thor and Loki showed in the battle is indeed worthy of Odin's nurturing. She doesn't want to be surpassed by these two foolish brothers one day. She plans to torment them until the end of time.
Hela once again became a recluse in Hellheim, and the struggle with Asgard did not affect Earth.
The Earth is now undercurrent. Due to the appearance of the Hulk, various forces have started to clash with S.H.I.E.L.D. The Hulk's terrifying, monstrous strength and physique have given various factions hope of reaching a new level of power.
It is also worth mentioning that Wanda and Pietro completed a very bloody revenge. Obadiah Stane, the executive director and major shareholder of Stark Group, died on the sofa in his villa. His body was charred black and he had suffered many inhumane tortures.
At the same time, his soul was thrown into hell. Besides him, everyone related to the smuggling was killed, and their deaths were extremely tragic.
In addition, everyone involved in the war in Sokovia that year was unearthed in a short amount of time. In fact, Ophelia had already investigated and even controlled those related to the war when she rescued Wanda and Pietro, to make their revenge easier. Ophelia is absolutely top-notch in this regard.
After their revenge, Wanda and Pietro untied their knots, but they didn't feel empty afterward. On the contrary, their hearts seemed to become clearer, and they had higher pursuits and goals. So they returned to the Sanctuary and began to practice wholeheartedly, aiming to become a Golden Saint as soon as possible.
Everything seemed to calm down.
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Three years passed, and it was now 2006.
Three years of change isn't a lot for the world. Those so-called demonic events haven't continued, and people have gradually forgotten them. If it weren't for the millions of kilometers of frozen sea in the Mamu Strait and the freezing of 25,000 lives and a multinational aircraft carrier formation, humans might really have completely forgotten.
However, Madripoor, Sokovia, and several other countries have been shining like bright pearls during these three years, becoming the most unique countries in the world. Or rather, cities. Madripoor, Sokovia, and other nations have now been designated as cities under the rule of the Holy Land. These cities come from different regions, even across the sea from each other.
But the cities are connected by a stable portal device developed by the science department. Space portals are deployed on many roads and sea routes, allowing people, vehicles, and ships to travel to another city through these portals. Its integrated technology and magical devices surprised other countries in the world.
Other countries discovered over the past three years that the gods who ruled these cities seemed to care little about the struggles between human nations. For example, the United States still exported some wars and supported agents, but the Holy Land did not stop it. However, it did issue a declaration that wars were not allowed to harm civilians, and then secretly absorbed a large number of homeless people and children to enrich the population of its cities.
The Holy Land never cared about race. There was no distinction between high and low races in these cities; they were all the people of the God-King Leon.
In addition, the Sky City was developed by a group of mad scientists in the Science and Technology Department. They conducted several experiments and finally developed the core device of the Sky City through Kamar-Taj and Asgardian magic and technology.
This device is based on magical communication to absorb fixed star energy, creating an anti-gravity magic that can be spread throughout the city to suspend it in the sky. By adjusting its stable height, multiple magical barriers ensure that it won't be destroyed by extreme weather. On the contrary, it can use multiple natural energies, such as light, wind, electricity, and kinetic energy, as its power source.
Based on this clean energy, they can even develop electric cars, electric airplanes, and more. This is definitely a later story.
After all, building an anti-gravity energy core in three years is already a very good result. In the future, designers and other world-class top teams will create the blueprint for the Sky City and build a city that can accommodate 80 million people. The road planning, water sources, electricity, buildings, park environments, and rivers all need to be carefully calculated.
The birth of these "black technologies" has caused great turmoil in the world. This top-tier technology, which surpasses modern civilization by hundreds of years, brings convenience to humanity and promotes development. While it's being popularized, it will also create one world-class group company after another, absorbing a lot of funds for construction. The Holy Land doesn't care at all about the decline of stocks in related industries.
The core technology is in their hands. If you have the ability, you can try to scheme; otherwise, you have to be honest. It can be seen as a form of dominance. With technological and military dominance, isn't business booming?
The Holy Land isn't particularly domineering. After all, its industrial capacity is not particularly developed. For example, many industrial products need to be imported in large quantities from various countries around the world. This money also flows to those countries. The Holy Land won't eat all the meat without letting others have some soup.
It can only be said that the United States is the country that has been hit the hardest. But the United States can only swallow its pride. After all, it can't afford to provoke the Holy Land. The people in the Holy Land are truly beasts and monsters.
This is clear from the Olympics and other sports competitions around the world. Any athlete they send is unbeatable. For example, the NBA is dominated by the United States. Its athletes' physical fitness and ball skills are considered the best in the world. However, since several countries like Madripoor and Sokovia were combined into the Holy Land, it has been recognized by all nations. This country is a little special, which means it can also participate in the Olympics. However, the players they sent to the Olympics had physical fitness that broke the limits of human beings.
Their physical fitness, coordination, strength, explosiveness, jumping ability, and a confrontational force were beyond the reach of any American "Dream Team" player, and they easily won the Olympic championship.
The same was true for other events, such as swimming, table tennis, football, tennis, and other sports, as well as track and field. All the gold medals were swept up.
The other countries were not happy with this. "You are not allowed to play like this! You are not mortals in the Holy Land! Do you still have the nerve to participate in the Olympics? Playing with these humans? Isn't it just like a two-meter-tall adult playing basketball with a kindergarten child on his back?"
So the countries jointly formed a delegation and made a request to the Holy Land. The attitude was so humble and cautious. The general meaning was, "Great God, you and your people are too strong. You have already transcended humans, so please don't come to harass us ordinary people. Give us a way out.
Otherwise, you will harvest all the gold medals. Is it reasonable for so many of us to fight for the silver medals? It's too unreasonable. We humans worship the Holy Land as our ancestors, so please let us have these sports."
The attitude was so sincere that the delegations were in tears, which made Ophelia feel a little embarrassed. Then, under her instructions and after a small exchange of interests, the Holy Land announced that it would no longer participate in sports events.
This made countries all over the world breathe a sigh of relief. There was really no other way. After all, in sports events, winning more gold medals is a way to increase a country's influence, and the ratings can also bring huge profits.
As a result, a group of non-humans raised the bar for the public to watch the games. When watching other countries' games, it was like watching children play. Sooner or later, these sports events would be over, and by then, the loss would not be just one or two countries.
Fortunately, the Holy Land was reasonable, which made them very relieved. At the same time, they realized that the Holy Land was high above and looked down on all living beings, focusing on developing its economy and people's livelihoods and cultivating believers. The people there were quite easy to talk to.
Many trades and companies were not rejected. As long as they did not offend the other party, they seemed to be a very good partner. They could even deepen the relationship, and maybe they could get something good out of the Sanctuary.
After all, the Sanctuary is very attractive for serums, various scientific research, and all kinds of "black technologies" that are beneficial to humans.
Especially the emergence of portals, which means that traditional transportation methods such as airplanes, trains, and trucks can be completely replaced. A portal device can go from one end of the earth to the other. This is a completely revolutionary product.
Not only on Earth, but on other planets as well. Sooner or later, the resources of a single planet will be consumed. Humans have long known that mining resources from other planets is the trend, and portals are the most important part of this trend.
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