BGM Takes a Sudden Turn

Carol Danvers!

Monica Rambeau!

These were two immensely powerful women with equally powerful backgrounds. Both had a profound impact on the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The former was the woman known as the strongest Avenger on the original timeline without Li Congxin. Even the name Avengers had been derived from the fighter jet she piloted.

The other was even more powerful, with an even more formidable background—a woman whose depths were absolutely unfathomable. If one had to describe her in the simplest possible terms, she was a woman whom even a multiversal big shot had to lower his brows and respectfully call Auntie!

Were you scared yet?

The moment the two glowing women appeared, they directly took over the strongest opponent aside from Galactus himself. Fighting two against one, they completely displayed the might of Earth’s people, pinning Galactus’s strongest emissary in the sky and giving her a thorough girl-on-girl beatdown.

Thus, Stardust, who had just returned, immediately suffered the same fate as Silver Surfer and was beaten miserably. Fortunately, she possessed an almost-undying constitution. If another of Galactus’s Emissaries had faced two Captain Marvels at once, she would probably have been completely defeated by now.

On the smaller battlefield, the Avengers held an absolute advantage. On the main battlefield, Li Congxin had also steadily forced Galactus into a disadvantage during their battle.

After fighting for so long, Li Congxin finally understood why the supposedly invincible Galactus was always bullied by various people.

Ultimately, it was because the "quality" of his divine power was not solid enough.

Li Congxin’s "gold" and Galactus’s "silver" were evenly matched in terms of "total value," but when used in battle, Li Congxin’s more condensed divine power still held the upper hand.

Galactus clearly was not in the half-starved, weakened state he was often reduced to. On the contrary, his current condition was already quite impressive—at least three-tenths full, perhaps?

Yet even so, with the quality of his divine power inferior to Li Congxin’s, the initiative in battle still remained firmly in the hands of this newly risen junior!

The situation on the battlefield was that Li Congxin had complete control over the pace of the fight. He could fight however he wanted, while Galactus had no choice but to passively respond.

For a simple example, when their divine powers collided, Li Congxin could choose either to stop at the first touch or concentrate his strength and launch a fierce assault. Galactus, however, had to pour his full strength into every strike, afraid that Li Congxin would exploit a single point to break through the whole and catch him off guard. That was because Li Congxin, with his higher-quality divine power, could use the tactic of breaking through the whole from a single point at any time, while Galactus could not.

And that was merely one of the many reasons why Galactus felt increasingly frustrated the longer he fought.

If the battle continued like this, neither Galactus nor the Galactus’s Emissaries under his command would have the slightest chance of turning defeat into victory.

However, Li Congxin had never been fond of dragging things out. Especially when fighting alongside his friends, he would rarely choose to grind away at the enemy through a cautious battle of attrition. Instead, he preferred to maximize his side’s advantage, shorten the battle as much as possible, and avoid complications arising from delay.

While fiercely clashing with Galactus, Li Congxin curled his lips into a faint smile. In an instant, a BGM he had never used before resounded across the entire starfield.

"Love and hate cannot be handled carelessly. Let the war drums pound and pound. I’ll endure it all and swear my oath upon trust. This fate is like a bridge, banners fluttering and fluttering. If you want to leave, then draw your blade right now; love and hate erased with a single stroke…"

"Bridge of Fate"

Level: 5 (Level maxed)

Effect: By drawing upon the emotions of bonds and the conviction to protect, one could unleash combat power that surpassed the limits. Under the music’s influence, the combat power of one’s team would be greatly increased. The exact increase depended on the BGM’s level and the fighting spirit of one’s people. The deeper the bonds between companions and the stronger their conviction to protect, the greater the increase in combat power.

As the team-wide enhancement BGM rang out, everyone on the Avengers’ side suddenly felt hot blood surge through their hearts. Even their own strength seemed to be stimulated by some force of cosmic law, instantly raising their combat power to another level.

Including Li Congxin, who was fighting Galactus, everyone’s combat power rose by an entire level out of nowhere.

The sudden change immediately caught Galactus and the others—who had previously been evenly matched with them—off guard. From Galactus down to Silver Surfer, all of them were repeatedly struck hard beneath their opponents’ sudden eruption of overwhelming strength.

And among them, the most unfortunate was Tyrant’s Emissary, who excelled in defense among the Four Emissaries.

Originally, this Tyrant’s opponent had been the Shield-and-Iron combination. But as the battle grew increasingly chaotic, everyone’s opponents changed as well. His current opponents had gone from Shield-and-Iron at the beginning to Twin Hammers. In other words, two Thors were hammering him together, beating him to death…

He possessed a racial gift that strengthened his defenses through something akin to petrified skin. After Galactus bestowed power upon him, he had also gained superhuman strength, speed, durability, stamina, and agility. He was a tough, battle-oriented fighter with exceptional development potential. His original strength was formidable, no weaker than that of the Cursed Warrior. Even with the two Thors joining forces, they could only use Twin Hammers Unite to force him into a disadvantage.

But as the BGM erupted, Thor seemed to have been injected with adrenaline, and his combat power continued to climb. By comparison, everyone else’s strength had also increased explosively, but their improvement had a limit. Once they reached a certain ratio, their growth stopped.

Thor’s improvement, however, seemed to have no end!

Beta Ray Bill, who had originally been able to coordinate with him and execute Twin Hammers Unite, could now only provide support from the side and shout encouragement, because he had been completely left behind by Thor’s rising combat power.

And the other one who could not keep up with Thor’s growth was his opponent, Tyrant’s Emissary.

This cosmic tyrant had originally been able to barely withstand the Twin Hammers Unite of the two Thors. Now, however, he could hardly hold out even against a single Mjolnir wielded by Thor.

Thor’s strength also began at a level close to the Sub-Celestial level and rapidly soared upward.

Early Sub-Celestial level, mid Sub-Celestial level, late Sub-Celestial level…

"Love and hate cannot be handled carelessly. Let the mortal world burn and burn. Prove through life and death who matters most. This fate is like a bridge—come, take a look at the story! We’ll roam the world, casting off our armor, dreaming back to the Great Wall… Ah, ah, ah… ah!"

Just as Thor’s strength completely erupted and reached the perfected late Sub-Celestial level, the BGM covering the entire starfield suddenly changed.

The abrupt change in style caught everyone off guard!

How had a perfectly good Huaxia-style ancient battle song suddenly turned into a high-energy DJ track?

Received +99,999 Impression Points from Galactus!

Received Impression Points from Tony Stark...

Received...

...

Looking at the long string of Impression Points being credited, even Li Congxin, the culprit who could freely manipulate the background music, wore a baffled expression. He had not told the system to suddenly change the tune. How had the perfectly good BGM switched automatically?

As the BGM changed, dazzling, powerful lightning suddenly blossomed all around Thor.

"Ah, ah, ah… ah!"

Another scream from the BGM echoed through the universe. The aura around Thor suddenly underwent a tremendous transformation, breaking through the perfected Sub-Celestial level in one move and officially ascending to become a super-powerhouse at the Celestial level!

"We come from the land, Of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun…"

After two long "ah"s came another string of rapid-fire lines that sounded almost like rap, and Thor’s strength continued surging forward more fiercely with every line.

Only then did Li Congxin hear the system prompt resound in his mind: "Because the hidden special power within your teammate Thor Odinson was activated while the host was playing the BGM ‘Bridge of Fate,’ and it resonated with the system’s abilities, it automatically activated the BGM that originally belonged to him in the depths of fate, ‘Immigrant Song.’ Under this BGM, the hidden divine power of the fourth-generation All-Father of Asgard within his body continued to awaken, causing the BGM played by the system to temporarily change."

"Maintaining this BGM will allow Thor Odinson’s combat power to continue increasing until all the power of the fourth-generation All-Father is completely activated."

"As the controller of the ‘God-Tier BGM System,’ the host may choose to terminate this BGM at any time or switch to another BGM."

"You’re the host, so you’re the boss."

After hearing the system’s series of explanations, Li Congxin finally understood what had happened.

It turned out to be a BGM mutation caused by a fortuitous coincidence. It was just like when he had helped Tony fight Iron Monger. His system had undergone another mutation then, directly turning Tony’s Jarvis into Eris.

It had even caused "Moon Prism Power, Make Up!" to become a transformation BGM that Tony could neither escape nor cast off…

He had never expected that the BGM he had activated to end the battle quickly would unintentionally help his nephew Thor fulfill his potential.

As for the system saying he could stop or change the BGM, Li Congxin’s answer was naturally…

"Don’t!"

"This guy has always been under my protection and never had the chance to grow through adversity. Now that he’s finally found an opportunity to reach the peak of his life, how could I let it slip away? Let him level up as much as he can this time. I want to see exactly where his limit lies…"

System: "Friendly reminder to the host: This BGM’s effect is limited to activating the successive All-Fathers’ power within Thor’s body. It cannot completely awaken the limits of his own strength…"

All right.

He had originally wanted to see whether this song that belonged exclusively to Thor could directly develop him into his Rune King form. But being able to awaken the power of the successive All-Fathers within him was still an unexpected gain.

At the very least, this meant that his nephew could finally stand among the Avengers’ first echelon once again.

Thanks to book friend Li Bai’s older brother, Li Caihong, for the 1,000 Qidian coins reward!