Chapter 163: The Power of the Divine Axe
As an Asgardian, Thor has witnessed the rise and fall of human society for thousands of years, and usually disdains meddling in mortal affairs. Even during the Battle of New York, the Ancient One only maintained the sanctity of the sanctums from being destroyed.
Matters like Ultron, which humans have created themselves, are generally not a concern for him. However, the situation this time is different. The fall from Sokovia's altitude is almost equivalent to a small planet. Even if it doesn't destroy humanity, it is very likely to bring the Earth into an ice age.
The principle of the Sorcerer Supreme has a premise that the continuation of human civilization must be guaranteed. Because of this, Thor felt confident enough to go to the universe.
The Ancient One stared closely into the distance, ready to act at any moment.
"Wanda, can you try to lift the city with your powers?" Quicksilver asked, despite feeling hopeless.
"No, I don't have enough strength. I can only hold up a building at most," Wanda replied, shaking her head, pale with exhaustion.
Stark suddenly had an idea: "Then what about Ms. Carol? It's said that you're stronger than Thor. Can you lift the city?"
Carol rolled her eyes. "You're dreaming. That's impossible."
"So, is there a way to blow the city apart? Nukes?" Steve asked.
With the evacuation of the people, blowing up Sokovia with a nuclear bomb seemed to be the only solution.
Stark shook his head helplessly. "It's too late. The nearest intercontinental missile takes three minutes to reach, but with Sokovia's falling speed, it will hit the ground in two minutes at most! Moreover, ordinary nuclear bombs might not achieve complete destruction. You'd need the legendary Tsar Bomb, the one whose power hasn't been halved!"
The Avengers were silent.
Back then, the Soviets created a huge news event by making a 100-megaton super hydrogen bomb. However, the Soviet leadership worried that the nuclear fallout would have a serious impact on the environment, leading to internal and diplomatic turmoil. So, they halved the nuclear bomb's power to 50 megatons. Even then, it still increased nuclear radiation worldwide.
If a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb were detonated in the air, the entire Earth would become a war zone...
"Wait! I got a communication from Thor!" Carol suddenly yelled, and everyone's eyes lit up. After getting along for a long time, they already had an inexplicable trust in Thor, as if any problem that couldn't be solved could be fixed in his hands.
Carol, who is good at solving everything violently, doesn't usually have this level of faith.
"What did he say?" Steve asked.
"He told us to leave Sokovia quickly, at least one kilometer away."
Steve and Stark looked at each other and nodded.
"There's nothing we can do here, so let's trust him."
Except for Carol and others who could fly, everyone boarded the fighter plane and flew away from Sokovia.
"Can Thor really handle such a big city?" Stark muttered.
After all, Ultron was his creation, and he felt responsible for any irreparable disaster it might cause.
The massive city in the sky was already less than 10,000 meters above the ground, and the constant acceleration and violent friction with the air turned it into a huge fireball.
People hundreds of kilometers around saw this shocking scene, as if another sun had appeared in the sky and was falling towards the Earth. Many people were already running and crying in despair; some even hid in cellars.
The Ancient One, far away in Kamar-Taj, sighed and prepared to make a move.
At that moment, a stream of light flashed across the sky, stopping the Ancient One who had just taken a step.
A beam of immense light, as if descending from the other end of the universe, quickly enveloped the city in midair.
"This is the Bifrost!" Jane and Wanda exclaimed upon witnessing the scene.
Under the shroud of light, the massive Sokovia rapidly disintegrated, and the materials mixed with Vibranium inside the city vaporized in the air.
"So it can be used like this? I always thought it was just an interstellar express," Carol said, full of wonder. Even though she had wandered the universe for twenty years and seen many miraculous phenomena, this scene still amazed her.
"Boom——"
Sokovia, the city Ultron placed high hopes on, was completely obliterated in less than ten seconds under the power of the Bifrost, turning into the most primitive particles in the universe.
Thor had intentionally held back some of his strength to avoid hitting the Earth directly.
The Bifrost light slowly dissipated, and Thor's figure holding a battle axe in the sky appeared in everyone's eyes, like a god descending to Earth.
Carol stared at the battle axe in Thor's hand and muttered, "This, is the weapon that can kill Thanos?"