Loki, frozen in place, didn't feel the slightest discomfort; instead, a sense of coldness felt more like his instinct.
Unnoticed by everyone, Loki's frozen body beneath his battle suit slowly turned ice-blue.
The chill that enveloped his body was actually absorbed by him!
So, when Thor rushed forward, intending to save Loki, the ice block automatically began to shatter!
Loki was somewhat bewildered by the changes in his body, as he still believed himself to be the Son of Odin, no different from Thor.
But the changes in his body were telling him that he was not like Thor and the others.
"Loki, are you alright!"
Thor was quite concerned about his brother; he ignored The Warriors Three and went straight to inquire about Loki's condition.
"Of course."
Loki's feelings for Thor were somewhat complex.
On one hand, he envied Thor for gaining Odin's approval and receiving mjolnir, bestowed by Odin.
On the other hand, Thor's brotherly affection made Loki feel conflicted.
Because in his opinion, Thor absolutely did not possess the qualities to be the King of Asgard, yet Odin favored Thor over him.
Facing Thor's concern at this moment, Loki replied with a touch of arrogance and said no more.
Seeing Loki's expression, Shen Mu gave him a meaningful look, a look that Loki found somewhat annoying.
He always felt as if Shen Mu knew something.
Loki felt he would be very uncomfortable if he stayed here, so he used a magic spell and disappeared from the spot.
"Shen, your strength has grown stronger, hasn't it?"
At this moment, after confirming Loki was fine, Thor turned to Shen Mu and asked.
"That's right, that's what I told you! If you don't work harder, the gap between you and me will only grow wider."
Facing Thor's question, Shen Mu admitted it openly!
This would also give Thor more motivation.
Upon hearing this, Thor fell silent!
"Shen, you are the most respectable powerhouse I have ever met, apart from Odin."
Volstagg and the others gradually recovered at this point; they were just overly exhausted, and the injuries they sustained were not too severe.
After all, Shen Mu had acted with restraint.
"Shen, are you truly a giant dragon? Or just a super intelligent being with the appearance of a giant dragon?"
Fandral had also regained his elegant posture at this moment, though his somewhat disheveled appearance was at odds with his current demeanor.
They had undergone hundreds, even thousands of years of training to finally bring their skills to a peak state.
However, Shen Mu had already mastered, or even surpassed, them during their battle.
This couldn't help but make him, a master swordsman, feel a sense of despondency.
Only Hogun and Sif remained silent; Hogun silently stroked his meteor hammer, looking crestfallen.
The spikes on it were now bent and deformed after this battle.
This was a weapon forged by dwarves, one that even a god-like body such as Thor's couldn't withstand head-on.
However, when it struck Shen Mu, it didn't even leave a mark; instead, it left his own weapon scarred.
Sif, meanwhile, was tidying her sword and shield, slinging them behind her back.
"Volstagg, you all go rest and heal first, then prepare for the banquet!"
At this moment, Thor suddenly said to Volstagg and the others.
"No problem, I will bring out my most cherished fine wine; we brought it back from the Elven Kingdom hundreds of years ago."
Volstagg thumped his chest, assuring them, then led the others away for treatment!
At this time, Shen Mu was also preparing to leave, eager to open his newly charged treasure chest.
However, Thor, with a conflicted expression, blocked his path.
"Shen, I have a serious question to ask you."
"Have you gained mjolnir's approval?"
Seeing everyone else leave, Thor finally dropped the conflicted look on his face and asked Shen Mu this question.
He couldn't help it; the hammer was like his other half.
Now that his other half was seemingly two-timing, how could he accept it!
"So, that's the question you've been agonizing over all this time!"
Shen Mu's mind was entirely on his treasure chest at this moment; seeing that this was the question Thor had been agonizing over for so long, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
"Shen, this question is very important to me."
Thor said with extreme seriousness.
"Alright! I actually haven't truly lifted mjolnir."
"It was just through some special methods."
Upon hearing this, Thor finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a sense of release: "I knew it, I knew it!"
"Shen, you..."
Just as Thor was about to ask Shen Mu how he had managed to lift mjolnir, Shen Mu preempted him, saying: "By the way, Thor, your father is about to enter another period of Odin's Slumber!"
"Perhaps you should go see him now."
In order to get rid of Thor and open his treasure chest, Shen Mu told him about Odin's impending slumber.
"What? What happened to my father?"
Upon hearing this, Thor immediately asked anxiously.
"It would be better for you to ask your mother about this; she is currently by Odin's side."
"Shen, I'm going to check on my father first; I'll ask you at the banquet tonight."
Thor hastily said a word to Shen Mu, then swung the hammer in his hand and flew away!
"The trouble is finally gone; now let me see what this treasure chest can yield."
Shen Mu did not return to his residence but flew straight into the sky.
A dragon scale had just been knocked off by Thor's lightning strike, so now was a good time to bask in the Sun and grow it back.
"System, I want to open the chest."
Shen Mu silently said to the System in his mind.
The next moment, a virtual treasure chest appeared before Shen Mu.
Looking at the golden glowing box, Shen Mu rubbed his claws, then gently tapped forward.
"Ding, congratulations Host for acquiring the sun disc (Modified) from Runeterra. Do you wish to claim it immediately?"
"???"
The sun disc from Runeterra—Shen Mu knew about that; it was a treasure that appeared in the background story of a game he played in his previous life called League of Legends.
It was the artifact that created the Ascended of the Shurima Empire.
But what did that 'Modified' word at the end mean?
"System, what is the difference between this modified sun disc and the original sun disc?"
"Ding! Host, the original sun disc was used to steal the power of Aurelion Sol, the Star Forger, to create the Ascended. However, the Universe where the Host resides spans an infinite distance from Runeterra, so the object from which power is stolen has been changed to the Sun."
"Steal the Sun's power?"
"The sun disc can automatically condense the Sun's power into sun god crystals."
"sun god crystals? What are those?"
"sun god crystals are crystallized Sun God Power, beneficial for the Host's body growth and the cultivation of divine power."
"System, you really do love me, don't you!"
"You knew what I needed and specifically traversed the infinite Multiverse to get this item for me."
Shen Mu felt the System was truly a godsend, solving two problems for him at once.
Now, he wouldn't even need to ask Odin for a divine position!