Strictly speaking, this thing's value isn't lower than a single Infinity Stone; it's actually a bit higher!
Not to mention the magical metal material, which is even more precious than Vibranium—the blessing of the gods alone is enough to rank it among the top treasures of the Universe!
"Hooo——"
Taking a deep breath, Ryan's mind moved. The orange light of the Soul Stone on his left arm shone brightly. Using the Soul Stone as a medium, he performed a deep-level binding of his soul with the destroyer armor!
Reinforced by the Soul Stone, his binding to the destroyer armor would be even firmer than Odin's!
Meanwhile, Odin watched the iron ring on Ryan's left hand embedded with the Soul Stone, his expression complex.
He had already heard from Frigga about how Ryan obtained the Soul Stone.
Directly blowing up Vormir, where the Soul Stone was located... Odin could have done it back then, but he had never actually thought of doing so.
After all, in his view, a cosmic treasure with its own sentience like the Soul Stone would likely result in an even worse backlash or perhaps an even more unfortunate curse if taken by brute force.
That was why he had given up on collecting the Infinity Stones back then.
But this kid Ryan...
Odin thought about it. Recalling the scene he just saw in the vision where Ryan didn't even care about the Celestials—daring to hunt down a Celestial's entire family if they provoked him, completely unyielding to pressure or threats—it seemed reasonable again.
Backlash? Curse?
Given Ryan's ruthless personality, he would probably grind the Soul Stone to dust before either of those things could even descend upon him!
Thinking of this, Odin couldn't help but feel a bit fortunate that Asgard hadn't become his enemy. Otherwise, they wouldn't have had to wait for Ragnarok; Asgard would have been blown up by this Spider Monarch long ago!
While Odin's thoughts wandered, Ryan had finished branding his soul mark into the destroyer armor. The runes on the destroyer armor's body also turned orange.
With a thought, the destroyer armor immediately began to move.
Lifting hands, lifting feet, throwing punches, and even performing a Thomas flare!
With every thought from Ryan, the destroyer armor followed suit one by one, with zero latency!
Furthermore, as Ryan closed his eyes, he discovered he could switch perspectives, seeing through the eyes of the destroyer armor. In this view, his control over the destroyer armor became even more natural.
It was as flexible as if the destroyer armor had become his own body!
After testing the handling of the destroyer armor, he controlled it to face the lake where Hela had crashed earlier.
Then, the armor on the destroyer's head opened, and violent orange energy began to gather inside!
Finally, an orange beam as thick as a pillar erupted from the destroyer's face, blasting a thousand-foot wave out of the lake!
The surface of the lake looked as if it had been hit by a small nuclear bomb, unable to calm down for a long time!
Ryan opened his eyes and disconnected his control over the destroyer armor, frowning slightly: "This power is a bit low..."
This strike looked intimidating, but it wasn't even as powerful as one of his own punches!
Odin came to Ryan's side and shook his head: "It's not that the destroyer armor's power is low, but that it's not meant to be used this way. It's just an auxiliary combat suit; its strength depends on the strength of the wearer. Without a wearer, it's already quite good that it can have this much power on its own..."
Hearing this, Ryan also thought it made sense.
The power was 'low' only from the perspective of his level.
According to the strength of typical Superheroes, the destroyer armor's independent combat capability was already in the top tier alongside the likes of Thor and Hulk.
However, Ryan didn't immediately try it on to see what height the destroyer armor could reach with him wearing it.
Instead, he looked at Odin and spoke: "King Odin, does this destroyer armor of yours come with after-sales service?"
This question stunned Odin, who then shook his head: "After-sales service? Are you afraid the destroyer armor will break?"
"If that's your concern, then you have absolutely nothing to worry about. The destroyer armor can carry multiversal-level energy at most. Unless your strength exceeds the multiversal-level, or your opponent's strength exceeds the multiversal-level, it won't break that easily."
"You should know that even when that group of dishonorable Celestials ganged up on me back then—though they did nearly shatter my soul—the destroyer armor was very resilient, shielding my physical body. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have died long ago!"
At the end, Odin couldn't help but look at this old partner who had once saved his life with some emotion.
It was just a pity that he was old and could no longer exert the true power of the destroyer armor, nor would he have another chance to wear it.
But Odin was quite satisfied to have found a new Master for it who was even more excellent than himself.
Ryan waved his hand: "No, I didn't mean that kind of after-sales service. I wanted to ask if the destroyer armor can undergo a certain degree of after-sales modification here?"
"The destroyer armor was forged by the Dwarf King and can be said to be perfect already. How else do you want to modify it?" Odin was somewhat curious.
"I want to add a biological fusion function. I have a Symbiote suit that has accompanied me all this way, and I want to combine it with the destroyer armor."
As he spoke, Ryan reached out his hand, and a Symbiote blade appeared.
Odin saw the internal structure of the Symbiote at a glance: "A Symbiote from Klyntar? It is indeed a good biological suit. Very well, the Dwarf King is the best blacksmith in the entire Universe—he forged the destroyer armor himself. Adding a biological fusion function isn't a big problem."
"How about this, I'll take you to Nidavellir to ask Eitri personally."
To this, Ryan naturally had no objection.
Odin struck gungnir again. A beam of rainbow light covered everyone present, leaving a mark on the ground before taking them away from Asgard.
Shoom——————
Nine Realms, Nidavellir, the Realm of Dwarves.
A beam of rainbow light landed on this Planet born for forging. Odin led Ryan and the others out of the rainbow light.
Seeing the light of the Bifrost Bridge, the Dwarf King Eitri immediately came jogging over with a 'thud thud thud'.
After seeing Odin and the others, he quickly saluted them: "King Odin, Queen Frigga, Prince Thor, Prince Loki, welcome to Nidavellir..."
"Long time no see, Eitri!" Odin nodded, a smile appearing on his face as he stepped forward and patted Eitri's thigh.
Yes, his thigh.
Don't be fooled by the name Realm of Dwarves; the people on it weren't short at all, with an average height exceeding three meters!
And the Dwarf King Eitri's height exceeded five meters, even taller than the destroyer armor!
The reason they were called the Dwarves was simply because their body proportions were very short and stout, with limbs as thick and short as elephant legs!
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