In the massive crack created by Noah's sword qi, the Destroyer's remains began to tremble slowly. Noah, surprised that his mission wasn't complete, looked towards the crack.
"What's wrong, Wizard?" Thor, noticing Noah turning to look elsewhere, followed his gaze.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Thor's hammer began to rush forward uncontrollably. Thor quickly pulled back the hammer, his feet slowly dragging a mark on the ground. Mjolnir's surface emitted a golden light, which then burst forth from Mjolnir and rushed towards where the Destroyer had fallen. After the light dissipated, the hammer returned to normal. Thor touched his hammer, looking at the crack with confusion.
"What was that? How did it come out of my Meow-Meow Hammer?"
Ignoring Thor's words, Noah now felt a powerful force emanating from the crack, the very spot where Noah had struck down the Destroyer. This force felt much stronger than the Destroyer's previous power.
Recalling the light that emerged from Thor's hammer, Noah had a guess: could it be Odin's Power?
Noah suddenly remembered that on his first day here, he had used rune power and briefly clashed with the Odin's Power within Mjolnir. But why was this Odin's Power acting up now? Could it be that old man Odin was causing trouble from behind the scenes? Was he sleepwalking?
"Thor, something's not right. Quickly take Jane and them, and Nick Fury and his group—the guys in black clothes—and get them far away from here."
Considering he almost accidentally injured Jane and the others just now, and the aura emanating from the Destroyer this time was unusual, the fluctuations from the battle would definitely be more intense than before. Noah decided to send the ordinary people away first. As for Iron Man, he could fly on his own, so Noah didn't need to worry about him. The Asgardian Four also didn't need Noah's concern; their physical condition was good enough that they wouldn't even lack the qualification to spectate.
"What? What's happening?"
Thor was about to ask Noah what exactly was going on. Hadn't the Destroyer been dealt with?
But before Thor could speak, a golden light shot up from where the Destroyer had fallen, giving off an aura of majesty and weight. After the light pillar appeared, it became the center, stirring up waves of air that spread in all directions.
"What now?"
The ordinary people present raised their hands to shield their faces, avoiding getting sand in their eyes from the air currents. However, wave after wave of air still made them a little unsteady.
"Everyone, quickly get away from here. The enemy isn't dead yet, and it will be very dangerous here soon."
Noah had Lissandra amplify his voice so that everyone could hear Noah clearly despite the interference from the huge air currents. Nick Fury did not question what Noah said; he also felt that something was wrong and quickly called out to the Agents, telling them to take Jane and the others and leave together.
"Jane, I'll come find you later."
Thor, holding his hammer, waved to Jane, who nodded in response.
Noah took a deep breath, pulled a Mana Potion from his backpack, retracted the armor from his mouth, and gulped it down. Feeling that a tough battle was coming, Noah felt he needed to be at full strength.
"Mr. Stark, aren't you leaving? I won't be able to protect you later," Noah asked, seeing that Tony hadn't left.
"Little Noah, you should focus on the enemy in front of you. Although my firepower isn't as strong as yours right now, I also have a secret weapon. Besides, Iron Man doesn't flee from battle."
"Very good, you're called Iron Man, right? I, Thor, like to make friends with brave warriors. From now on, you are also my friend, Thor."
He actually called me 'little friend.' Hearing this address, Noah was a bit speechless, but he was only 16 years old in this life, so calling him 'little friend' wasn't excessive.
As everyone stood ready, the Destroyer finally emerged from within the light pillar.
The Destroyer stepped out of the light pillar, revealing its current form.
"Father King?" Thor exclaimed in surprise upon seeing the Destroyer.
Indeed, the Destroyer's current appearance had shrunk from its previous nine-meter-tall mini-giant form to just over two meters, its height now similar to Thor's.
Although its size had shrunk, the oppressive feeling it gave off was much greater than before. Thor could feel his father's power emanating from the Destroyer. And this posture, could it be the form his father took when he wore this armor in his youth?
Jarvis was frantically warning Tony about the unknown high-energy reaction ahead, advising Tony to evacuate quickly. The Asgardian Four swallowed hard, and Lissandra, uncharacteristically, also warned Noah that the Destroyer's energy signature was immense. Thor was already on high alert; although the opponent looked like his Father King, Thor felt that the opponent had already included him in its attack range.
After the Destroyer stepped out of the light pillar, the light pillar began to dissipate. No, it wasn't dissipating; the towering light pillar began to condense downwards. Finally, all the light gathered in the Destroyer's hand, forming a golden spear. Thor recognized this object.
"Eternal Spear? What's going on!?" The golden spear that had condensed was precisely Odin's Eternal Spear. Thor was extremely surprised.
As the Destroyer gripped the Eternal Spear, its aura reached its peak. The most obvious manifestation was that the wind pressure emanating from the Destroyer increased, stirring up even more dust. The dust spread rapidly, and Nick Fury and the others, who were halfway through their evacuation, were almost enveloped.
Seeing this, Noah produced another longsword from his backpack. This sword was pure white all over, with golden floral patterns inlaid on its blade. The hilt was also golden, with a blue gem inlaid above it, giving it the feel of an artwork rather than a weapon.
Manamune, that's right, it was Manamune. Just before, Noah's Magic Sect had accumulated enough magic power and successfully evolved into Manamune.
Noah swung Manamune towards the direction where the crowd was evacuating. A strong gust of wind howled out, surging towards the crowd. Of course, Noah wasn't trying to send them to their demise; this attack had no offensive power. Noah only did this to prevent the dust from affecting them—a small trick of Wind Technique.
Indeed, after the strong wind reached Nick Fury and the others, it first isolated the dust, then directly formed a wind wall, blocking them from behind. Being able to achieve this level was mainly due to Noah's increasingly strong control over magic power. Seeing that the dust could not approach them, the crowd continued to flee.
"I'll go first."
Thor spun his hammer and charged first, flying towards the Destroyer at an extremely fast speed. Thor aimed his hammer directly at the Destroyer, intending to directly strike the Destroyer head-on with his Mjolnir.
"Clang!~"
With a crisp clang of metal, Thor's always-effective hammer this time failed to work. It was directly gripped by the Destroyer, and the immense impact force surprisingly couldn't shake the Destroyer.
Thor's expression changed, and he hurriedly tried to pull back his hammer, but he couldn't move it.
The Destroyer, with its other hand gripping the long spear, directly swung its fist, bringing the spear with it. The iron fist directly smashed into Thor's face, sending him and his hammer flying sideways.
"This is exaggerated." Noah's eye twitched, seeing the Destroyer's exaggerated combat power. This might be the strongest enemy he had encountered so far.
Noah held a sword in each hand and charged forward, Electrocution Blade in his left hand and Manamune in his right. Although Noah didn't summon Yone and couldn't use Moon Blossom Sword Technique, he could still use dual swords for normal attacks.
As Noah sprinted, the wind on his surface began to accumulate and entwine, directly creating a white line behind Noah—a phenomenon caused by Noah's excessive speed.
By the time Noah got close, the wind on him had gathered to its peak. Noah swung both swords directly, unleashing an incredibly powerful strike.
'Steel Tempest · Double Slash!'
A huge Wind Technique sword qi and a huge lightning sword qi crossed, slashing towards the Destroyer. The sword qi intersected, forming a cross shape, falling towards the Destroyer with sharpness and destruction.
The Destroyer gripped its long spear tightly; the spear began to glow, and then a golden light pillar shot out from the spearhead, directly colliding with Noah's sword qi. After a stalemate, the light pillar actually broke through the sword qi and rushed towards Noah.
After colliding with the sword qi, the light pillar was significantly weakened. Seeing this, Noah directly raised his sword and swung upwards. A huge wind wall appeared, intermingled with yellow lightning, standing horizontally in front of Noah. The weakened light pillar could not penetrate Noah's wind wall and directly dissipated.
Noah stepped forward again and slashed. Both swords struck the Destroyer, which parried them with its long spear. Meanwhile, a hammer flew from the right, directly hitting the Destroyer while it was parrying Noah's attack, sending it flying.
Thor caught his returning hammer, raised it to the sky, and several lightning bolts converged. Thor hurled the lightning at the Destroyer, hitting it directly.
Lightning flashed, emitting a tremendous roar, but it seemed to have no effect. The Destroyer still walked out of the white smoke generated by the explosion as usual, confirming the law of "no damage with smoke."
"Very troublesome," Noah muttered, looking at the Destroyer's unharmed state. What exactly was going on? Did the Destroyer have so much Odin Force inside it?
The armor on Noah's left hand began to retract, revealing a bronze gauntlet. This was the gauntlet Noah obtained when he summoned EZ. Since this gauntlet was an accessory of the hero template, Noah could summon it at any time.
"It seems we'll have to fight a long battle. Thor, can you hold your own?"
"Of course, I've been in many more battles than this!"
Noah channeled power into his left hand; energy waves converged, and the gauntlet emitted a huge light.
'Trueshot Barrage! (EZ's ultimate ability)'