Whoosh!
A crimson light erupted, and the surrounding trees instantly withered. The land touched by the light rapidly turned into black particles. Everything in the vicinity was aging at an incredible speed!
When Hela's death energy impacted the shield created by the Phoenix Force, it was like snow meeting lava, and it rapidly began to melt away.
"This is... the Phoenix Force!"
The moment Hela saw the Phoenix Force, a look of pure madness appeared in her eyes. She never would have expected the person she was looking for to be right in front of her.
Seeing that her death ray was completely useless, she immediately stopped the energy output. She instantly lunged forward, a slight smile forming on her lips. The reason she didn't stop was because she wanted to see just how strong this person with the Phoenix Force really was.
"Since you want to fight, I'll fight you to the end..." Looking at the charging Hela, Cassius no longer held back. His right fist ignited with a crimson light. The Phoenix Force rapidly condensed in his hand, and at a glance, it looked as if a ball of fire was burning.
Whoosh!
The air let out a loud boom.
Cassius disappeared from where he stood, moving so fast that he broke the sound barrier.
Hela's pupils instantly dilated, because in the next moment, Cassius appeared in front of her. His charged right fist struck upward, hitting Hela's soft abdomen with a thunderous bang!
The next second, she was sent flying three meters into the air by the punch. If Hela hadn't concentrated her death energy on her abdomen at the last moment, she might have been critically injured.
Cassius typically wouldn't hit a woman, but this one wasn't a normal person. And if he didn't do something, she would waste his entire day here.
Boom!
"Hahaha!" After hitting the ground, Hela held her abdomen and got up with a grin. Although a sharp pain was shooting through her stomach, her smile only grew wider, as if she had just encountered an incredibly happy event. Her eyes stared intently at Cassius, a mix of pain and joy on her face.
"Your look... it's a little strange..." Cassius met Hela's gaze and frowned slightly. Hela looked as if she was about to devour him. Even her pale face was now slightly flushed, which made it look like...
'No way...'
'I just hit you, and you're getting excited?'
'And what's with the hearts? Do you think this is some kind of S&M thing?'
Although this situation was interesting, Cassius felt no desire. The timing was all wrong!
"Cough, cough!" Hela endured the pain, and the two long blades in her hands instantly retracted into her forearms. "Midgardian, I believe you are not one of Odin's lackeys!"
Cassius's fighting prowess was undeniably surprising. After all, the Phoenix Force was not something that could be easily controlled!
To possess such a powerful force and be able to control it so freely... If this person returned to Asgard with her, he would surely be able to take everything from Odin!
Just the thought of it made her eyes fill with a deeper craving. This was a desire for power that could reverse her current situation. And from their brief exchange just now, she was sure that this person could even take on Odin.
"You're... a little unhinged!" Cassius was a little creeped out by her gaze. Normally, he would only look at Wanda with such an expression. The tables being turned made him feel itchy all over, as if his very presence had been defiled by her stare.
"Midgardian, come back to Asgard with me. I will grant you endless glory and riches!" Hela raised her head, a confident smile still on her face. This was an offer that no one could refuse.
"You're crazy..." Cassius's lips twitched, and it took him a while to utter those two words. Because she really didn't seem mentally sound. She got into a fight with him without a word, got beaten up, and then got all excited. She even seemed to be enjoying it. There was something wrong with this from every angle.
He even wondered if being sealed for so long had broken Hela's mind. Otherwise, why would she be so turned on by this?
"Have you never heard of the Goddess of Death's reputation?" Hela noticed Cassius's indifferent expression and asked with a puzzled look. It was impossible for no one to have heard of her reputation.
"I haven't." Cassius shook his head with a weird expression. Her reputation didn't mean anything to him. Where did all this confidence come from? She got beaten up by him, and now her confidence was through the roof?
Something wasn't right about this, no matter how he looked at it. Besides, he had no interest in that awful place called Asgard.
"If you follow me, I can give you anything you want!" Hela's voice was low, and her expression turned gloomy. She couldn't believe this Midgardian was completely disrespecting her.
She had initially thought he hadn't heard of her, so she dismissed his refusal. But from the disdain in Cassius's eyes, he clearly knew about Asgard. And a person with this level of power should be very clear about these things.
"Stop bragging. What could you possibly give me?" Cassius rolled his eyes in annoyance. "You can't even beat Odin. Just find a hotel and go to bed!"
He didn't hold back. She was making a big promise, and someone else might have believed her. But he knew the story. With her insignificant strength, she would have a hard time dealing with Odin.
And why would he give up his own little empire to serve under someone else? He wasn't out of his mind. So, he flatly rejected the offer.
With that, Cassius turned to leave. There was no point in staying here and wasting time with this strange person. Even continuing to fight would be a waste of time.
He knew very well that Hela had the divine status of the Goddess of Death. Unless Asgard was destroyed, she was an undying, eternal being. Besides making her feel good, there was no benefit to fighting her.
This was the first time he had met someone so absurd. Others would get more and more afraid the more you fought them. She was the complete opposite. He didn't want to get her off, because that would be a huge misfortune. So, it was better to just let her deal with Asgard herself.
"Don't you dare leave!" Hela's hands instantly extended into two blades, and a dark green energy flowed around them. The next moment, she lowered her body, ready to strike, and crossed her blades in front of her chest.
Bang!
The next second, she shot toward Cassius like a cannonball. A terrifying vortex of energy swirled around her blades, and an overwhelming aura of death rushed toward Cassius. The entire forest trembled, and the surrounding trees rapidly withered as if their lives had been stolen by the god of death himself.
"What the hell, are you crazy?!" Cassius's face was filled with exasperation. This woman clearly couldn't understand him!
He had already said he didn't want to go, but she was forcing him to. It would be one thing if she could beat him, but this was a one-sided massacre.
What was even worse was that she was an unkillable cockroach, and dealing with her was a complete waste of time.
Facing the furious Hela, he took a deep breath. He used a little force on the tip of his left foot, and his right leg whipped out behind him like a whip!
Bang!
The immense force of the kick caused a violent ripple in the air. With a sonic boom, the kick slammed into Hela's abdomen in the next second.
Boom!
Bang, bang, bang!!!
Hela curled up like a cooked shrimp and was sent flying backward. Her flying body was accompanied by a violent hurricane, and the already withered leaves were scattered everywhere by the wind.
The entire forest looked as if something had drawn a horizontal line through it, leaving a large empty space. The trees she crashed into fell one after another, but even that couldn't slow down Hela's backward flight by even a fraction. Her body was sent flying out of the forest like a never-stopping cannonball, soaring into the sky. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared into the horizon.
"Phew." Cassius let out a long breath and wiped his sweat-free forehead. With that kick, he had treated Hela like an intercontinental ballistic missile. It probably sent her at least a few hundred kilometers away.
He really didn't want to argue with this crazy woman, so he just kicked her away. It wasn't like this pervert would cling to him like a sticky plaster, right?
"Wait!" At that moment, Cassius's eyes widened, because he suddenly realized why she was so obsessed with him! There was only one possibility, and that was the Phoenix Force!
The Phoenix Force was coveted by too many people, and Hela was no exception. What's more, Hela was currently obsessed with overthrowing Odin's rule and desperately needed more powerful help. This was the only thing that could explain why Hela was acting so desperate.
"This is a headache. I should have dealt with my enemies in a different way." Cassius sighed helplessly. Once others found out he had the Phoenix Force, similar troubles would definitely come more and more often. This was like a piece of a God's flesh that everyone coveted. Whether they could swallow it or not, these guys would definitely come over and try to take a bite.
Just the thought of it gave him a massive headache. He regretted why he had walked into this small forest in the first place. Not every time something fell from the sky was it a blessing. This time, he was unlucky and a pervert fell on him.
"Forget it. I'm not thinking about it anymore!" Cassius shook his head, waved his right hand, and used the Phoenix Force to restore the forest before walking toward the Camaro.
Wanda was coming over to his place tonight. The thought of it made his gloomy mood dissipate a little. He couldn't imagine how happy tonight would be!
At the same time!
A black figure flew rapidly across the sky of New York City. Its speed was so fast that it constantly produced sonic booms in the air. All that could be seen with the naked eye was a channel in the clouds. The hurricane it carried slammed hard against the windows of high-rise buildings, causing the glass to shake and make loud noises.
Boom!
"Mom, what is that? Is that a missile?"
"Don't be silly, honey. That's probably Iron Man flying!"
"Did Iron Man's suit get an upgrade? Why is he flying so fast this time?"
"It seems the Avengers' power has been strengthened again!"
Many pedestrians below New York noticed this scene, but they weren't too surprised. After all, things like Iron Man flying across the sky had become very common. After a brief glance, they returned their attention to their own business.
On Orchard Beach.
Beep, beep, beep!
[Detecting an energy fluctuation in the sky. Extremely fast. Currently crossing the United States!]
Tony, who was sitting on a rock, suddenly heard Friday's urgent alert.
"Energy fluctuation? What's the level?" Tony's face instantly became extremely serious. They had just finished dealing with the Orchard Beach incident. Could another accident have happened?
[Boss, the energy fluctuation is very low, but the speed is extremely high!] Friday immediately replied.
"Can you calculate the destination?" Tony was stunned and asked with a strange expression.
[According to the calculation, it should be the Arctic...]
"The Arctic?" Tony's lips twitched, and he shook his head. "Don't worry about it."
He guessed that some high-level government agency was experimenting with missiles again. After all, since Stark Industries stopped selling weapons, the government had invested a lot of money into researching new weapons.
He guessed this was one of those new weapons. Besides, the destination was the Arctic. It wouldn't matter even if it exploded.
After flying for an unknown amount of time, the figure had crossed most of the Earth and was heading straight for the Arctic.
Bang!
Rumble!
With a loud bang, the figure slammed hard onto a glacier. The glacier, which had not melted for thousands of years, was instantly smashed with a huge deep pit by this immense force. The movement even caused an avalanche of snow from the glacier.
After an unknown amount of time, a hand suddenly reached out from the several meters of thick snow.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Hela crawled out of the snow with a painful expression. Because of the powerful kick, a large part of her armor on her abdomen was gone.
"Where did that kick send me?" She wiped the blood that was constantly seeping from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand and looked around with a pained groan. Because of the powerful kick, she had passed out the moment she was sent flying. By the time she woke up, she was already here.
"I'm too weak!" Hela slumped onto the snow, a look of unwillingness on her face. Her power was far more than this, but the long period of being sealed had caused her to lose too much of her strength.
But what made her even more unwilling was that Cassius had knocked her out with just one kick. This had never happened before. Even when she fought with Odin, it was never this exaggerated.
Hahahaha...
But after a moment, Hela's excited and ecstatic laughter echoed through the glacier.
"This is amazing! His strength is so powerful, he will definitely be a huge help to me!" Once she could bring that man under her command, the Goddess of Death would ascend to an even higher level.
"My darling, my darling, you must become one of the Goddess of Death's ranks. We should conquer the entire universe together!" Hela let out an excited laugh, trembling with excitement. It was as if she had encountered the happiest thing in the world.
Although it would take a lot of time to deal with the man who had the Phoenix Force, it would all be worth it. As long as she could get the Phoenix Force or have Cassius work for her, she would eventually be able to drag the seemingly high and mighty Odin down from his throne and take Asgard back into her hands.
"But for now..." Hela used her hands to prop herself up from the ice. "I need to find a suitable place to regain my strength first!"
She knew very well that with her current strength, if she were to meet Cassius again, she would only be kicked away. She wouldn't make a move again until she had regained her strength.
"Just wait for me! Once I've regained my strength, I'll come back for you... my little darling!" Hela's slightly crazed voice echoed on the glacier.
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