The longsword in Loki's hand was unstoppable, piercing through a heart.
But it wasn't Thor's heart.
It was Loki's own.
The longsword pierced through his heart, bringing forth a spray of blood, which seemed to also drain Loki of his strength. His legs gave out, and Loki fell to the ground.
"Brother!"
"Loki!"
The sudden turn of events shocked Thor and the six people on the spectator stand, excluding Lucas.
After his surprise, a strange look flashed in Thor's eyes. He put down his weapon and quickly stepped forward, moving to help Loki up and check his injuries.
"Now!"
Another Loki silently appeared behind Thor, raising a small knife in his hand, ready to stab Thor in the back.
An old trick is still good if it works. This was Loki's second sneak attack.
However, Thor indicated that he would not be defeated by the same move twice.
At the critical moment, Thor grabbed Loki's ankle, yanked, and flipped Loki to the ground.
Just as Thor was about to press his advantage, Loki raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, saying helplessly, "Alright, Thor. I give up this round."
"Don't try to trick me again, Loki."
As he spoke, Thor picked up the longsword from the ground and plunged it into Loki's shoulder, pinning him to the ground.
"What a cruel brother you are."
Loki laughed and teased Thor, as if it wasn't his own shoulder that had been pierced by the sharp blade.
Although not as battle-hardened as Thor, Loki, having grown up in Asgard, had experienced his fair share of battles. The pain caused by a mere weapon piercing his body was bearable with a bit of endurance.
"However, I'm not lying to you this time."
"Loki, you lie too much. I won't believe you."
"Is that so?"
Loki activated the green runes wrapped around his wrist, and waves of green light emanated, enveloping him.
As the green light flickered, Loki's figure rapidly reversed, as if time was playing backward. His wounds disappeared one by one. Finally, he returned to his state at the beginning of the battle. All his injuries, expended stamina, and divine power were fully restored.
The same scene quickly replayed itself on Thor.
A moment later, both returned to the center of the arena completely unscathed, their conditions restored to peak, and even their clothes didn't have a speck of dust.
It was as if the fierce battle that had just occurred had never happened. But the battle marks all over the arena floor gave a different answer.
"Is this Time Magic? It's truly miraculous, worthy of being forbidden magic. All the wounds on my body have been reversed and disappeared. I believe what Lucas said now, even death can be reversed."
Thor clenched his fist, feeling his stamina and divine power restored to full, his face filled with wonder.
'Perhaps mjolnir can also be repaired with Time Magic.' Thor thought to himself.
In the past few days, he had tried several methods, but none could repair mjolnir.
He had already prepared to go to Nidavellir to seek the help of Dwarf King Eitri after finishing his current affairs.
If Eitri could repair mjolnir, then all would be well.
If it couldn't be repaired, then he would just have to forge a new weapon.
Loki, who also wielded Time Magic, was much calmer. He knew that Time Magic could accomplish such things. Otherwise, he wouldn't have fought Thor so freely.
Concentrating, Loki carefully observed the changes when the green runes were activated, trying to learn the spell.
If he learned this spell, then in the current stage, his battle with Thor would be an unbeatable one.
However, Lucas's magic, for masters, pointed directly to the essence and was extremely easy to learn and understand.
But for beginners, it was like an inscrutable text, obscure and difficult to comprehend.
And while Loki had considerable talent in Time Magic, he was undoubtedly still a beginner.
After meditating for a moment with his eyes closed, Loki opened his eyes, a look of helplessness flashing within them.
He couldn't learn Lucas's magic.
"Lucas, let's start the second round. The battleground will be like this." Loki waved his hand, projecting an image.
In the image, there was mainly a maze, a large maze made entirely of ice.
But faintly, in the distant starry sky, countless small meteorites were visible, moving at high speed in circular orbits around the Planet below.
This was Loki's ideal battleground.
The gigantic maze made entirely of ice on the ground could maximize the effectiveness of his illusion magic, confusing Thor.
The high-speed meteorites in the starry sky were his secret weapon against Thor.
"As you wish, Loki."
As Lucas's words fell, a large Ice Maze rose from the ground, enclosing Loki and Thor within it, and separating them.
Under the light, the walls inside the maze reflected numerous figures of Thor and Loki. To the naked eye, it was hard to distinguish between real and fake.
"Brother, didn't you challenge me? Why are you playing hide-and-seek with me?"
Thor used his sword and shield combination, carefully on guard while provoking Loki.
Having experienced the effects of Lucas's Time Magic and knowing that this battle carried no risk, Thor let loose, ready to thoroughly enjoy this long-awaited fight with his brother, Loki.
In Thor's eyes, this was no longer a battle, but a game.
Loki responded to Thor, "Thor, be careful, don't lose too easily."
He formed hand seals, casting a spell.
Images of Ikonn!
An identical clone walked out from behind Loki, staying in the maze to create illusions. Loki's true body, meanwhile, opened a portal and went to the starry sky to find external assistance.
A moment later, Loki's true body arrived in the starry sky, and looking at the whistling meteorites in the distance, a slight smile on his face.
And the illusions created by Loki's clone, using the mirror reflections within the Ice Maze, filled the entire maze.
"Can you tell which ones are reflections and which are the actual Thor and Loki?" Bruce asked.
So many Lokis, he couldn't tell, he really couldn't tell.
After all, when Hulk wasn't out, Bruce had the physique of an ordinary person.
"It's fine, I can tell." Gwen said.
With her superhuman perception and Spider-Sense, she could easily distinguish between reflections and actual bodies.
"Bruce, distinguishing these reflections and actual bodies, don't you just need eyes? Or, why don't you let Hulk come out? He should be able to tell."
Tony teased, then silently put on his mask, activated infrared vision, and used thermal imaging to locate Thor and Loki.
With just his naked eye, he would also have a headache trying to distinguish between reflections and actual bodies.
"Huh?! Where's Loki? Why does the infrared thermal image only show one person?"
Looking at the thermal image feedback, Tony was puzzled.
Lucas pointed to the sky. "Loki is in the sky."
"The sky? But isn't that out of bounds?" Gwen asked.
"Gwen, it seems the rules didn't say anything about going out of bounds, did they?" Lucas countered with a smile.