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And she wasn't just any ordinary planet-buster!
She was an elite planet-buster!
"Heh, you think you're the only one who can enlarge their weapons?"
Ryan sneered, raising his right hand toward the sky as well.
Immediately, the runes on the Ten Rings he wore on his right hand began to glow with rainbow light, one by one, before shooting out violently.
Mid-flight, the rainbow Ten Rings suddenly grew a thousand times larger, transforming from their original wrist-size to the size of battleships!
Trailing rainbow-colored light like prismatic streamers, they crashed with brutal force into the giant swords Hela had summoned, creating a stunning visual effect!
Though both were artifacts, there was still a gap in quality between the Ten Rings and the Nightsword.
Furthermore, the gap between their Masters was even greater!
Thus, the moment the falling Nightswords touched the giant Ten Rings, they were smashed into fine powder by the rings' unstoppable momentum!
But it wasn't over yet. After easily dispelling a strike capable of destroying the Asgard Palace, Ryan looked coldly at Hela, whose eyes were wide with shock:
"I heard that as long as you're in Asgard, you're immortal and indestructible. But I don't believe that. No living being is immortal, not even gods. So today, I'm going to try my hand at 'God-slaying'!"
With those words, Ryan suddenly slammed his palms together and barked: "Merge!"
The next moment, after shattering the sky full of giant swords, the massive Ten Rings changed targets and began flying toward Hela at a higher altitude!
High in the air, Hela immediately felt an instinctive, extreme sense of danger!
If this hit her, she really might die!
"I don't believe those things are truly indestructible!" Hela gritted her teeth and pointed the Nightsword in her hand at the incoming Ten Rings, pushing her divine power to its limit!
The next moment, a green light flickered in front of Hela!
Countless Nightswords formed from the divine power of death roared with the sound of clashing metal, forming a dragon-like sea of blades that charged headlong into the incoming Ten Rings!
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! ——————
Hela's 'Unlimited Blade Works' technique did manage to achieve some effect through sheer numbers, slowing the speed of the Ten Rings flying toward her.
But far from shattering the Ten Rings, the Nightswords formed from divine power failed to leave even a scratch on them!
And worst of all, the Ten Rings' attack pattern wasn't limited to a single approach.
Seeing the endless dragon of Nightswords obstructing them, they simply scattered, splitting into ten directions to fly toward Hela at even higher speeds!
The Ten Rings could act independently, but Hela lacked the ability to summon ten such metal dragons. In her desperation, she could only recall the metal dragon and have it wrap around her in a spherical shell to defend against the unavoidable Ten Rings attacking from all sides!
A second later, the Ten Rings arrived, slamming into the metal sphere of Nightswords from every angle, forming a rainbow-colored sphere composed of the Ten Rings!
Clang! ——————
Crack! Crack! Crack! ——————
The defense formed by the Nightswords lasted less than a second before it began to collapse entirely, covered in countless hideous cracks!
This caused Hela's pupils, huddled inside, to shrink violently as she realized things were bad.
But she had already trapped herself in this tortoise shell. Now, she couldn't even escape by other means; she could only watch helplessly as the Ten Rings tightened their grip, until finally...
Squash! ——————
The Ten Rings suddenly snapped shut, and the sound of flesh being crushed echoed from within.
Ryan had been watching the expressions of Odin and Frigga the whole time. Only seeing that their faces remained unchanged did he deliver the 'killing blow'.
He could clearly feel that Hela at the center of the Ten Rings had been ground into a bloody mist, yet Odin and Frigga still remained unmoved.
Either the couple didn't care about Hela as much as they claimed, or...
Ryan looked up. From the gaps between the Ten Rings, streams of dark red blood were flowing down.
Strangely, when this blood reached mid-air, it collectively stopped and floated.
Then, as if drawn by some attraction, it began to gather together in the air.
Finally, a humanoid silhouette made of blood appeared in mid-air!
Within the blood, bones, blood vessels, and nerves began to manifest, eventually forming a tall, familiar figure.
Clearly, Hela wasn't dead; she had been reborn once more!
This surprised even Ryan. Being able to recover after being ground into a bloody mist—this regenerative power was even stronger than Wolverine's or Deadpool's!
As if sensing his confusion, Odin sighed: "Sigh, I must say, Hela is likely the child with the most potential I've ever had, and the most talented. By the time she was over a thousand years old, she already possessed God-King level strength and gained the Authority of Death. Through the accumulation of military achievements, she became bound to the core of Asgard. The double stacking of the Authority of Death and Asgard's core has granted her immortality in the truest sense..."
"If she weren't so obsessed, the throne of the God-King would have been hers long ago. Unfortunately... her obsessive personality is destined to bring a disaster to Asgard even more terrifying than Ragnarok..."
Hearing this, Ryan ignored Odin's later words and simply nodded: "Oh, so that means to truly kill her, Asgard has to be destroyed along with her?"
Odin's eyelid twitched, and he couldn't help but remind him: "Ryan, don't forget our deal. You are to help Hela find a better place to belong, not to actually kill her, and certainly not to kill her at any cost!"
"Alright, alright, stop nagging, I know." Ryan waved his hand, though it was unclear if he had actually taken it to heart.
Ryan reached out and recalled the Ten Rings.
While the Ten Rings could easily kill Hela, no matter how many times he killed her, she would revive as long as Asgard existed.
Ryan didn't feel like continuing such futile efforts.
Therefore...
The Head Coach was going to take action personally!
It was time for this farce to end!
Ryan cracked his neck, his legs bending slightly.
Boom! ——————
A massive shockwave from the takeoff blew against everyone's faces. Ryan turned into a blur, flying with a sonic boom through the air toward Hela, who was still recovering. He pressed a hand against her face—where the skin had just finished reforming—and carried her up toward the highest heavens!
"Damn it, let go of me!"
Hela, who had just finished reforming her skin but hadn't yet had time to restore her clothes, was both ashamed and furious. She summoned the Nightsword and hacked frantically at the arm Ryan used to grip her face!
But Ryan's skin was like an iron-forged body of steel. Aside from the constant sparks flying, Hela's hacking caused no damage to Ryan himself!
As for prying away the hand clutching her face, Hela tried, but that hand seemed to be grown onto her face, terrifyingly firm!