Thunder rumbled!
At this moment, it felt as though all of New Mexico was covered by thunderclouds. The dense clouds pressed down like a collapsing sky, making Coulson's breathing difficult.
Yet, he looked at Steve with eyes full of worship and awe.
Steve held the Hammer of Thor in one hand and his shield in the other, chest puffed out, standing before the Destroyer.
His height was less than half of the Destroyer's. Standing before it, he seemed as small as a child, but at this moment, Steve was fearless.
Or rather, he had never been afraid.
He remembered before he joined the army, when his body was as small and thin as a monkey's, and he suffered from many illnesses. Bucky always said he worried Steve might just die accidentally.
But even then, when cornered by several strong men, he had never been afraid.
"Captain…" Coulson murmured to himself.
"Stop gawking." Nick urgently tugged him, then quickly ran backward.
"Everyone, get on the plane quickly!"
Because he knew a glowing woman, he understood very well that ordinary people like them couldn't possibly get involved in the battle that was about to unfold.
Staying put might mean being wiped out by the aftermath in the next second.
Soon, only Steve and the Destroyer remained. After the Quinjet quickly moved away from the battlefield, it lost sight of the fight.
Large clouds of kicked-up dust acted like a curtain, obscuring everything.
Fury tightly gripped the old pager, his heart in his throat.
Inside the battlefield.
A powerful vortex formed by the storm enveloped Steve and the Destroyer.
Darkness descended.
Within the heavy thunderclouds, only the occasional flash of lightning served as the sole light source. However, Steve found that even in complete darkness, he could still see everything clearly.
Not only that, but he clearly felt his body being strengthened by some power once again.
He looked no different than before, but in reality, every aspect of his body had improved. Even the kidney he had injured not long ago by Loki was completely healed.
Those who wielded the Hammer of Thor would be granted a healthy body.
When Female Thor Jane Foster held the Hammer of Thor, she was also freed from the torment of cancer cells. But this magic wasn't absolute.
When she put down the Hammer of Thor, the cancer would accelerate.
However, a minor injury like this wouldn't lead to such a consequence.
Steve could feel that he was truly healed. His physical condition was better than ever, and his body was filled with inexhaustible energy. He looked at the Destroyer and swung the hammer.
"Come on, this time I can really go at it with you all day!"
"Boom!"
The Destroyer attacked again.
Far away in Asgard, Loki projected his astral form, pouring his divine power into the Destroyer's body. At this moment, the flames within the giant metal man burned fiercely like a furnace.
Flame Release!
Instantly, even the sand and rocks beneath the path of the flames turned into turbid crystals under the high temperature.
The air distorted, and waves of heat washed over him.
Without a second thought, Steve immediately blocked in front of himself with the rapidly spinning Hammer of Thor.
In an instant, all the flames were blocked by the high-speed rotating Hammer of Thor. Then, he threw his Adamantium Shield in an arc through the storm.
"Clang!"
Steve, empowered by divine power, threw the shield with hundreds of times more force. The shield squarely hit the Destroyer's head, knocking its head to the side.
Then, he forcefully smashed the hammer in his hand.
Mjolnir, carrying the might of thunder, flew out and struck the Destroyer's chest heavily, like a god's judgment, sending it flying.
After doing all this, Steve beckoned, and both the Hammer of Thor and his shield returned to his hands.
In the distance, Ben, who had rushed from the town, watched the battle from afar.
"It seems Loki is far from able to unleash the Destroyer's full power."
The Destroyer was a weapon forged by Odin to judge the Celestials, and like the Hammer of Thor, it was made of Uru Metal. This metal had a characteristic: the stronger the magic imbued, the greater its power.
The Destroyer not only contained Odin's divine power but also the magic of all other Asgardian gods.
This meant that, in theory, the Destroyer's power should far surpass that of the Hammer of Thor. In some major events, even a coalition of Super Heroes was helpless against the unmanned Destroyer.
But now, the Destroyer was likely not even displaying one ten-thousandth of its power, otherwise, it wouldn't be so easily suppressed by Captain America.
Of course, this might also be because Loki wasn't truly wearing it, but was instead channeling his power into it from far away in Asgard.
Asgard and Earth were not in the same dimension. If it weren't for Yggdrasil connecting Earth and Asgard, these two dimensions might never have intersected.
Such a vast distance also caused some of Loki's power to be lost.
Couldn't even beat Captain America with the Destroyer?
This Loki is just pathetic!
Honestly, Loki is definitely not a good pilot.
He's not good at fighting at all. A perfectly good Destroyer Armor, and he turned it into a stationary turret that just shoots beams.
And Captain, empowered by Mjolnir, can even go toe-to-toe with Thanos. His combat skills are a BUG against humanoid enemies; he can even strangle Ultron Robots. It's only normal that Loki's meager skills aren't enough.
Ben only glanced at the Destroyer's operation a few times before giving up on the idea of transforming into Four Arms again.
"If this continues, I'm afraid Captain America will defeat the Destroyer before I even need to show up," Ben frowned.
With Loki's current performance, even if he transformed, it would be hard to have a satisfying fight. Four Arms isn't about crushing weaklings.
"Forget it, if I can't fight, I can't fight," Ben said with a seemingly indifferent attitude.
"When Captain America breaks this thing, I'll just go pick it up."
Reaping the benefits without lifting a finger.
Now that he's unlocked Cosmigod, Ben isn't worried about Odin coming to collect his debts at all.
He's just waiting for Loki to drop the loot.
It's not that Cosmigod's power is greater than all heroes, but the Divine Power he possesses is a perfect match for the Destroyer, allowing him to unleash far greater strength than he currently has.
Even if it's still not comparable to Odin, for Odin, spending immense effort to deal with Ben wouldn't be a wise choice.
In fact, even without Ben, Odin wouldn't have retrieved the Destroyer.
Perhaps for him, the era of needing to judge the Celestials is long past.
On the battlefield.
Steve ducked under an attack from the Destroyer, then straightened up and swung his hammer upwards, hitting the Destroyer squarely in the jaw.
Then, the raised Mjolnir seemed to become a lightning rod, drawing all the electrical power from the storm!
"Crack—"
The darkness was torn apart!
Infinite lightning flashed within the clouds, like the first lightning strike at the moment of the universe's creation!
Steve brought his hammer down with a sudden force—
"Boom!!!"
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