"How dare you speak to me like that!"
Ben's words instantly ignited Loki's rage. Loki's gaze burned as if flames were igniting within it, his body trembling uncontrollably with anger.
Having just learned he wasn't an Asgardian, Loki was at his most sensitive about his identity. Even the slightest unusual glance could make him suspicious.
And yet, Ben had gone straight for the kill.
He completely lost it.
However, the four Asgardian Warriors who followed Ben couldn't understand why Loki had broken down.
To be fair, calling a Divine Realm native a Jotunheim native was a bit insulting, but it shouldn't have been enough to make him snap, right?
Indeed, lies don't hurt; the truth is the sharpest knife.
Between two people trading insults, the one who breaks down first is the one truly wounded.
Ben didn't care about Loki's insults at all. After all, his true form was an Earthling. But Loki was different; he really was a Frost Giant.
At this moment, Loki had already sentenced Ben to death.
"I don't care where you came from, but you're all going to die today!"
Although Loki was arrogant, Ben wasn't angry.
He thought Loki was great. First, he sent the Destroyer as a welcome gift, and now he brought the Casket of Ancient Winters, a treasure.
What a comrade!
It was clear that Comrade Loki was eager to improve!
That's right, at this moment, Ben had already considered the Casket of Ancient Winters in Loki's hand as his own.
Such a wonderful treasure, clearly prepared specifically for his Frost Giant kin. Our Comrade Loki had gone to such trouble!
If he didn't accept it, wouldn't that be a waste of Loki's kind intentions?
How embarrassing that would be!
Steve, watching the situation unfold, was a bit stunned. "Excuse me, who are you guys?"
He had noticed the Galactic Plumbers' emblem on Ben, but he was unclear about the identities of the four Asgardian Warriors who appeared later.
These four looked like savages. Their clothes seemed centuries older than his father's. Compared to them, Captain America felt as green as a rookie.
"Asgardians, here to help that big oaf," Ben explained for the Asgardian Warriors. Then he added, "Four Arms had other missions, so I'm taking over. Just call me Diamondhead."
Steve thought they were allies and was about to greet them when the hot-tempered Fandral lashed out at him first:
"Mortal, put down the Hammer of Thor. That is not something you can touch."
"Enough, how dare you ignore me!"
Steve was about to say something, but Loki clearly didn't want to be overlooked by them. He roared in anger, channeling his Divine Power into the Casket of Ancient Winters.
An extremely cold air current was released from the small casket, and a biting cold wind swept for kilometers in an instant, with snow spreading like a white curtain!
"Crack—"
In an instant, everything froze!
In a daze, Steve thought he was back in the icy sea that had frozen him for seventy years. The biting cold made his body tremble uncontrollably.
The four Asgardian Warriors also shivered.
Their physiques allowed them to move freely in Jotunheim without being affected, but the cold from the Casket of Ancient Winters was even colder than Jotunheim!
Almost instantly, a thin layer of frost covered their bodies.
At the same time, Loki's skin was also affected by the Casket of Ancient Winters. He couldn't maintain his original appearance and turned blue.
"Loki, your skin!"
In the midst of the wind, Hogun shouted in surprise, "You're a Frost Giant!"
They had just caused a ruckus in Jotunheim not long ago; how could they not recognize the skin color of a Frost Giant?
But they never dreamed that Loki, who had grown up with them, was actually a Frost Giant.
Loki offered no explanation, only his gaze grew colder.
If he still had some pity for Odin and Thor, he didn't have such deep feelings for the other Asgardians.
"You will all die today!"
His skin had now completely turned blue, and the terrifying cold current instantly dropped the temperature of the hot New Mexico Desert to an extreme low!
Let alone the Warriors Three, even Steve, who wielded the power of Thor, felt his blood freeze at this moment, as if his body would shatter with the slightest movement.
"Be completely frozen!"
He pushed the power of the Casket of Ancient Winters to its limit. A terrifying white storm spread outwards endlessly from the casket as its origin, instantly turning the entire world into a vast expanse of white!
Loki let out a wild laugh, as if he could already see the scene of him completely freezing Earth!
However, the next moment, a jade-green palm broke through the cold wind and directly grasped the Casket of Ancient Winters!
"What?"
Loki looked up in horror, his gaze meeting Ben's golden eyes.
"Sorry, temperature doesn't really affect me."
When Loki pulled out the Casket of Ancient Winters, Ben had actually been thinking he should transform into Heatblast, but he didn't want to switch forms in front of others, especially Steve.
However, it now seemed Diamondhead was a good choice too.
As a silicon-based lifeform, temperature, especially cold, had minimal impact on Diamondhead.
He didn't have any blood inside him that could freeze, and New Mexico didn't have enough moisture for Loki to create solid ice on his surface.
Therefore, this Divine Artifact, capable of plunging Earth into an ice age, was practically harmless in Ben's eyes at this moment.
If the Casket had released its power for a bit longer, perhaps some ice monsters would have been born, but now, Ben had interrupted Loki almost as soon as he started unleashing the Casket's power.
"Oh Loki, Loki, why did you have to bring a gift when you came? Honestly."
Loki was still stunned, seemingly not understanding what Ben meant. The next moment, Ben yanked the Casket of Ancient Winters right out of Loki's hands.
"Gimme that!"
Loki: ???
Then, he watched as Ben manipulated his own molecular structure, creating an opening in his chest that transformed into a safe, where he stuffed the Casket of Ancient Winters.
The Casket of Ancient Winters, acquired!
Loki was dumbfounded.
He never dreamed that an Earthling would be so shameless as to pull off such a move.
He had traveled all the way to Earth, originally intending to conquer Midgard, but instead, he had become the one giving away equipment. How could he accept this?
Loki was completely broken.
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