"So much power," Della mused as he meditated, sensing the immense force outside Asgard. It was as vast as the sea, a powerful pressure he had only experienced from Odin before.
"Della!" Odin's voice echoed from the heavens, reverberating in Della's ears. Another colossal energy stood opposite the Celestials. Odin had already engaged the Celestial forces.
"This is quite a predicament," Della remarked, rising as a majestic starlight enveloped him. His casual attire transformed into a suit of armor, reminiscent of the Saint Seiya's Elysium Hades, complete with three pairs of wings. Della became a streak of light, soaring towards the sky.
"Their size is truly beyond comprehension," Della observed, gazing at the Celestial Team, whose size rivaled a Fixed Star. In comparison, Odin and Della, with their human forms, were like ants before these giants. Yet, despite this, neither Odin nor Della lost their resolve against the Celestials.
"Is this Asgard's defiance? The god challenging the universe?" The Celestial members examined Odin and Della in the starry expanse, their voices booming with authority.
"Asgard has no intention of opposing the Celestials. The death of your unborn member was not our intent," Odin declared. Although dwarfed by the Celestials, his strength as Asgard's mightiest god-king, bolstered by his Destroyer Armor, rivaled theirs.
"Foolishness!" The Celestial members wasted no words. As cosmic deities governing creation and destruction, they were accustomed to challenges, though few succeeded. While records existed of Celestial members being slain, they doubted Odin possessed such power.
A gigantic hand descended from the heavens, casting a shadow over the sun. Despite their massive forms, the Celestials were swift, their hands charged with destructive force. Della had no doubt this hand could crush Earth.
"Della! Move aside!" Odin was battle-ready. As the Celestial launched its attack, Odin's Destroyer Armor radiated, thrusting him into the universe's depths.
A fierce clash ensued. Even against the divine, Odin fought head-on, his pride as a god-king unyielding. Their powerful collision unleashed a cataclysmic storm, distorting the surrounding space.
"Crystal Wall!" Della, clad in armor, was enveloped in Psychokinesis and divine energy, a radiant light surrounding him. With a wave, a light blue barrier emerged. The storm subsided as it approached Della, sparing Asgard behind him.
Goddess Frigga stood at Asgard's pinnacle. As the Nine Realms' foremost magician, she upheld Asgard's barrier, rendering the violent energy fluctuations outside imperceptible.
Observing the battlefield, where Odin and the Celestials clashed with apocalyptic force, Della thought of Frigga. Without Della and the Zodiac, Frigga's barrier would be Asgard's sole defense. In such a battleground, Frigga's strength alone would demand a steep toll.
In later years, as the God King's wife and the Nine Realms' premier magician, capable of perceiving Thor's time-travel, she would fall to a dark elf, a seemingly weak foe. Such an injury left an irreversible mark.
Even if Odin triumphed over the Celestials, witnessing his wife's wounds would bring sorrow. Perhaps this was why the iron-willed Odin halted his conquests and sealed Hela's truth.
"Odin's strength is truly extraordinary," Della reflected. No wonder Thanos avoided the Milky Way during Odin's reign, only to be famously hammered when he dared approach. Who could withstand such might?
Comparing his power to Odin's, Della realized the disparity. If they were to duel, the best he could manage was a 28% performance.
Across the universe, cosmic leaders at the God Father and Sub-God Father levels watched the battle intently. Few dared challenge the Celestials, and fewer still could fight them directly.
"Asgardian God King Odin! I acknowledge your strength!" a Celestial member conceded, repelled once more. With his full destructive power, he could easily obliterate a Fixed Star. Undoubtedly among the universe's top combatants, he found himself outmatched by Odin in the Destroyer Armor. The Celestial was astonished.
The Celestials, masters of cosmic balance, were true gods wielding divine power. Supreme Arisem of the Celestials had dispatched him, a member of the Termination Group, to assert dominance. Given the Celestials' strict birth conditions, extraordinary beings might have arisen on that planet to thwart them. Such occurrences were not rare; indeed, some Celestial members had fallen as a result. The colossal head in Knowhere belonged to a former Celestial, severed by a mighty entity.
After centuries, a superpower capable of confronting the Celestials had emerged! Spectators across the universe, from Yatianfa to God Father levels, were stunned by Odin's formidable strength.
"Odin, the god king of the Aesir! I honor such power!" The Celestials' voices remained steady, but their clashes with the Destroyer Armor continued relentlessly.
"With such strength, I still have a long way to go," Della admitted, straining to maintain the Crystal Wall. The battle's aftermath bent space itself. Della's ability to shield Asgard from this chaos was commendable. Even Frigga, with Asgard's enchantment, couldn't match Della's feat.
"Odin's power is astounding!"
Among the spectators were members of the Universe's Council of Elders, powerhouses at the God Father level. They sensed Odin's strength surpassed theirs, though they might contend with him, they would ultimately fail and perhaps fall to Odin's might.
This revelation placed Odin firmly on their do-not-provoke list. As long as he refrained from waging war against them, they would avoid conflict with Asgard.