Vali's Balance Breaker armor had already fully recovered. After dodging the energy beams Loki fired at him, he closed in on Loki at high speed.
The face beneath his mask was cold and stern.
He had already embarrassed himself once in front of Lavinia. This time, in his fight against Loki, he absolutely could not repeat that mistake.
"Hahaha! Even the White Dragon Emperor wants to defeat me? As expected, coming here was the right choice!"
However, Loki looked delighted. The magic circles around him once again bloomed with dazzling light, and several bands of light stretched and twisted outward like living things, carving warped trajectories through the air as they flew toward Vali.
Vali shifted and darted through the sky, avoiding every attack. As he approached, powerful waves of demonic power gathered in both hands, and after taking aim, he fired dozens of energy beams in one breath.
BOOM!
Blinding flames swallowed Loki's position.
Just as Vali thought he had succeeded, Loki's laughter came from another direction.
The black robe draped over him was slightly damaged, but he remained completely unharmed.
"Heh. Compared to the White Dragon Emperors of old, the current you is far too lacking."
Loki sneered mockingly.
Hearing that, Vali's face beneath the mask hardened.
The reason he had trained so relentlessly all this time was to reach, and even surpass, the White Dragon Emperor at his peak.
For Loki to mock him like this was basically dancing right on his sore spot.
But at that moment, Loki laughed again.
"Although the other two are a little weaker, they're more than enough to deal with all of you."
As his words fell, the space on both sides of Loki began to twist violently.
Spatial vortices appeared once more, and two new figures emerged from within.
Gray fur.
Claws flashing with cold light.
Eyes even colder and more indifferent than Fenrir's.
When the dark clouds overhead scattered, the golden full moon shone down, spreading a layer of gold across the earth.
Two giant wolves, slightly smaller than Fenrir, raised their heads and roared.
Their terrifying aura sent a chill through everyone's hearts.
They had only just experienced Fenrir's horror. Rod had finally dealt with one, and now two more had appeared?!
Seeing the shock on the faces of Rias, Xenovia, and the others, Loki folded his arms and laughed with great satisfaction.
"They were born after I transformed a giantess from the Ironwood into a wolf and had her mate with Fenrir. Though their abilities are slightly inferior, their fangs and claws are no less deadly. They can just as easily kill gods. Of course... that includes all of you."
"Go! Sköll! Hati! Those people captured your father! Tear them apart with your fangs and claws!"
Whoosh!
Following Loki's command, the two demonic wolves surged forward.
Rossweisse retreated with Odin.
But Loki ignored them. With no one else interfering, his gaze turned toward Rod.
His face, only slightly inferior to Rod's, revealed a cold smile.
"Now, all that remains is to kill you, damned mortal!"
BOOM!
Without another word, Loki raised his hand and unleashed a barrage of wide-area magic. Dozens of magic circles appeared before him, and dozens of energy beams roared toward Rod.
"Go help Rias and the others."
Rod gave Lavinia that order, and in the next instant, his figure vanished from her sight.
Entering the realm of extreme acceleration, he dodged Loki's long-range attacks even more easily than Vali had.
While evading, he raised both hands opposite each other in front of his chest, then swept his right hand behind his head and swung it forward.
An Ultra Slash instantly appeared.
The moment it flew out, it split into four and shot toward Loki.
Knowing how dangerous the Ultra Slash was, Loki did not dare take it head-on. With a flash, he dodged all four spinning blades.
But before he could be pleased, the Ultra Slashes made a full one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn in midair and continued chasing him.
One of them even aimed directly at Loki's lower body, scaring him so badly that he clenched up and dodged in a hurry.
After dodging several times and realizing the light wheels still had not changed targets, Loki guessed that these attacks would not disappear until they hit.
So he took a defensive stance and prepared himself.
However, just as the Ultra Slashes approached, several long, slender snakes emerged from the shadows beneath his feet.
Rossweisse recognized them at a glance.
They were Midgardsormr, the End Dragon.
However, their size was far smaller than the original, meaning Loki had clearly used a secret technique to create mass-produced copies.
Although both Midgardsormr and Fenrir were beings created by Loki, the former had a lazy personality and spent most of its time sleeping in the deep sea.
The mass-produced Midgardsormrs breathed flames at the Ultra Slashes, but in the blink of an eye, their bodies were sliced apart along with their fire.
Still, that bought Loki a moment to breathe.
With his full-powered defensive magic deployed, the four Ultra Slashes cut into the barrier from different directions, producing sharp, piercing sounds of collision and grinding.
Loki felt his divine power being rapidly drained, while the defensive magic circles flickered nonstop.
Was this guy really still a mortal?
Why did he have so many abilities?
Fortunately, the Ultra Slashes had their limits. Just before Loki's defensive array was about to collapse, they finally dispersed.
Loki cursed inwardly, but outwardly, he maintained his dignity.
Knowing he could not keep his distance, he snorted coldly.
"You barbarian who only knows cheap tricks. Today, I'll show you the power of a god!"
The moment he finished speaking, Loki flashed in front of Rod.
During his charge, he drew two daggers and repeated the same tactic, stabbing toward Rod's kidneys.
Rod swung his sword, but hit nothing.
In the next instant, more than a dozen identical Lokis appeared around him, surrounding him in a dense circle.
Every Loki looked completely real. Even their auras were indistinguishable.
Each wore a wicked smile before rushing at Rod in perfect unison.
If it had been anyone else, they would definitely have been deceived by Loki.
But through Rod's Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils, the real Loki was not among them at all.
Instead, he was outside the encirclement, crouched and hunched over with a sneaky expression, clearly planning to backstab Rod.
Rod pretended not to notice.
At the exact moment the real Loki thrust toward his kidney, Rod suddenly turned and blocked Loki's sneak attack with the Holy Sword.
Counter!
The moment his attack was parried, Loki's body lurched violently out of control.
"How is this possible?!"
Although Loki appeared to be a mage on the surface, he was actually a qualified and professional close-combat assassin.
Even among the gods of Norse mythology, few could rival him in melee combat.
Losing balance after being struck was something that should never have happened to him.
Unfortunately, Loki had no idea what forced interruption meant.
Though the stagger lasted only a brief moment, he was unable to use any skills during that window.
Seizing the opening, Rod immediately smashed an elbow into Loki's face and slammed him viciously into the ground.
Then, with his other hand, he grabbed Loki by the ankle and began swinging him left and right, smashing him into the ground dozens of times in a row.
The ground itself cracked under the impacts.
At first, Loki still had enough strength left to release skills.
But Rod had activated Super Armor in advance, and with the Rho Aias protecting him, his body remained immovable.
Just like that, he kept slamming Loki for half a minute straight before finally stopping when the body in his hand went limp.
At this point, Loki looked utterly miserable from head to toe.
His eyes were wide open, but he had already lost consciousness.
He had clearly fainted, yet his eyes refused to close.
Too brutal!
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