Celestial Convergence Begins

Seeing Thor nod, Wang Bert smiled. "Don’t worry. She’ll obediently listen to me from now on. I’m planning to make her a big star—a cosmic superstar."

"Bert, you really know how to fight wars and pick up girls at the same time."

Tony whistled from the side. Wang Bert turned to look at him and smiled. "Let’s make a bet. If Lorelei tells you to kneel, you’ll kneel. Believe it or not?"

"Do you think I, Tony Stark, am that kind of person?"

Tony snorted disdainfully, but he had learned his lesson and did not take the bait. "We should head back. Earth could be in danger at any moment."

Wang Bert nodded and opened a portal to send Tony and the others back. The Celestial Convergence was about to begin.

The Dark Elves’ homeland, Vanaheim.

Malekith stood amid the dim ruins and roared unwillingly, "Asgard!"

Loki touched her bracelet and said coldly, "No amount of shouting will help. We should think about what to do next."

Malekith shot Loki an unhappy glance, but he knew she was right. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "Even though we failed to seize the remaining half of the Aether, half alone is enough to turn the world into a dark world."

Loki said hatefully, "I don’t care whether the world is dark or not. All I care about is whether Asgard can be destroyed."

"So do I. No matter what, I will destroy Earth and destroy the Blood God."

Ebony Maw spoke through gritted teeth. Before, it had been business. Now, it was personal.

"Looks like we can continue working together."

Malekith nodded in satisfaction. "As long as the Dark Elves’ plan succeeds, both Earth and Asgard will become things of the past."

"The question is, how do we succeed?"

Loki said, "We are no match for them right now."

"Not necessarily."

Ebony Maw shook his head. "This time, because the ships had limited space, the Frost Giants and Fire Giants did not deploy many troops. In other words, we did not go all out.

"The Celestial Convergence is about to begin. As long as we prepare in advance, the armies of the Frost Giants and Fire Giants can all appear on Earth.

"Furthermore, we can send people to harass Asgard and keep their army from leaving. With one side gaining and the other losing, our forces will far outnumber humanity’s."

Loki asked, "Will the Fire Giants still listen to us? Surtur has already been killed by Thor."

"They will, because they want revenge."

Ebony Maw smiled. At that moment, a group of Frost Giants walked over. They knelt before Loki and said, "prince, please return to Jotunheim and inherit the throne."

Malekith could not help glancing at Loki. She was a little flat, but she was obviously a princess. Why were the Frost Giants calling her prince? Sensing Malekith’s gaze, Loki shot him a fierce glare, then snorted at the Frost Giants. "Inherit the throne? Have you forgotten who killed Laufey?"

"The strong are respected. Besides, ever since Your Majesty Laufey died, Jotunheim has fallen into chaos. We need a king."

The Frost Giant said, "You are the most suitable candidate."

"A king?"

A complicated look flashed through Loki’s eyes. After a moment, she made her decision. "Fine. From this day forth, I, Loki, am the king of the Frost Giants."

The Frost Giants all saluted at once. "Your Majesty."

"Return to Jotunheim, gather the army, and prepare to attack Earth."

Loki gave the order. The Frost Giants nodded and boarded their ship back to Jotunheim.

Malekith said delightedly, "It seems there will be no problems with either the Frost Giants or the Fire Giants."

Loki shook her head. "That is not enough. In terms of top-tier power, we are far inferior to Earth. You have all seen how strong the Blood God is."

Everyone fell silent. Even the powerful Cursed Warrior said nothing, since he could not even defeat one of the Blood God’s subordinates.

"If quality is lacking, then make up for it with quantity."

Malekith gritted his teeth. "We will create more Cursed Warriors."

Ebony Maw and Loki were both somewhat stunned. "Such a powerful troop type can be mass-produced?"

"As long as we have Aether fragments, we can create as many Cursed Warriors as we want."

Malekith said, "I will make five—no, ten Cursed Warriors. I refuse to believe Earth has that many powerful beings."

"Ten Cursed Warriors?"

Ebony Maw was overjoyed. "That’s enough. Earth is doomed this time."

"Ten Cursed Warriors? You really are going all in."

Loki’s eyes flickered. "If that is the case, then we truly have a chance of winning. Ebony Maw, can Lord Thanos personally act? With Lord Thanos’s strength, Earth will be unable to stop him."

"I alone am enough for this battle."

Ebony Maw said hatefully, "Even if I have to sacrifice every soul, I will make the Blood God fall."

"Excellent. Everyone, make your preparations. Tomorrow at noon, we will have the decisive battle on Earth."

Malekith shouted loudly. Everyone nodded. Everything depended on tomorrow at noon.

Earth, aboard the Blood God above Greenwich. Wang Bert held the Eternal Fire in his left hand and Surtur’s Crown in his right. As long as these two items came into contact, a God-Devil Level powerhouse would be born.

"The problem is, it will not obey me. Once revived, it will only swing its sword at me."

Wang Bert sighed and absorbed the Eternal Fire into his body. Then, with a light tap of his finger against Surtur’s Crown, the crown vanished.

Wang Bert had asked Thor for this crown. Thor did not know its value and thought it was merely an ordinary trophy, so he casually gave it to Wang Bert.

"I need to think of a way to control Surtur. After absorbing the Eternal Fire, it can even defeat Hela."

Wang Bert was deep in thought when he suddenly sensed something and turned his gaze toward distant Vanaheim.

"Loki activated the Space Bracelet? Looks like she chose to stand with us."

Wang Bert understood. His blood was on that Space Bracelet. As long as Loki did not deliberately conceal it, he could know everything happening around the bracelet—as long as he chose to sense that drop of blood.

"Ebony Maw is still alive? The armies of the Frost Giants and Fire Giants, ten—no, eleven Cursed Warriors?"

Wang Bert narrowed his eyes. Eleven Cursed Warriors meant eleven enhanced versions of Thor. That lineup was terrifying.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Bert summoned Tony and Steve, then told them the intelligence he had just obtained.

"Eleven Cursed Warriors?"

Steve and Tony both sucked in a cold breath. They had watched the footage of the previous battle and knew very well how powerful the Cursed Warriors were.

Steve said with a headache, "Bert, is there any way to stop the Dark Elf alliance outside Earth? With so many troops, the losses will be enormous once the fighting starts."

"If my Master could free up her hands, there might be a way. The problem is, she has to deal with Hell’s allied forces."

Wang Bert shook his head. "Steve, evacuate everyone from London. The scale of this battle will be far greater than we predicted."

"The Prime Minister of England is going to cry. This Celestial Convergence is too much trouble."

Steve sighed and called Coulson, telling him to go find the Prime Minister of England.

After making the arrangements, Steve put down the phone and said, "I think we need to create a Defense Shield like Wakanda’s and Asgard’s to protect the cities."

"We can discuss that later."

Wang Bert said, "What we need to consider now is how to deal with the Dark Elves’ allied forces. Fortunately, we know them inside out, while they know relatively little about us."

Tony asked, "Bert, it’s not that I’m biased against Loki, but can that person really be trusted?"

Steve nodded. "We cannot let down our guard. Loki is not only the God of Deceit, she also has a deep grudge against us."

"Loki truly is not very trustworthy, but we need an undercover agent."

Wang Bert said, "In short, trust her halfway."

"You trust her. I’ll keep an eye on her."

Tony said. Wang Bert nodded. "That works. All right, let’s discuss tactics for dealing with the Dark Elves."

"Okay."

Steve and Tony nodded at the same time. The three then began a detailed discussion aboard the flagship. This battle would not be easy. They talked for more than an hour before setting a rough framework.

Only a framework. The specific details would need to be filled in through discussion with the others.

"That should be about it."

Thinking of something, Wang Bert asked Steve, "Steve, how many people are still left in London?"

Steve smiled bitterly. "Several million. From top to bottom, England is highly resistant to evacuation, though that is understandable. It is the capital of a nation, after all."

"Is that so?"

Wang Bert thought for a moment and said, "I’ll help. With portals, it will be much more convenient."

Steve was overjoyed and quickly nodded. "Then I’ll have to trouble you."

England was extremely unwilling to evacuate the entire city, but all the other countries supported it.

President Ellis smiled. "It’s better if everyone is evacuated. If anything goes wrong, we can just drop nuclear bombs."

"Nuclear bombs again?"

Everyone was speechless. Just how much did America love dropping nuclear bombs? The moment something happened, they wanted to use them?

"Drop nuclear bombs on London?"

The Prime Minister of England was dumbfounded. He wanted to object, but faced with the united five permanent members, he could only sigh and mobilize everyone to evacuate as quickly as possible.

England was no longer the England it once was.

The next day, major cities around the world went into lockdown. Governments ordered everyone to stay inside and not go out. Many people curiously looked outside. Would monsters really appear? Even now, many people still did not believe it. A few days earlier, some had even held protests, nearly driving the governments mad.

Putting that aside, when Greenwich time reached twelve noon, large numbers of monsters suddenly appeared out of thin air across the globe—ice monsters, fire monsters, dark monsters, stone monsters, and more. The Celestial Convergence had officially begun.

At the same time, some people and objects on Earth passed through into other worlds.

Compared to the other worlds, far more monsters appeared on Earth. The reason was simple: Earth was Middle-earth, the center of the Nine Realms.

That was also why the Dark Elves had come to Earth to carry out the ritual.

"There really are monsters!"

Inside a building in New York, residents took out their phones and filmed the icy giant beast in the street. Because they had prepared in advance, they were not too panicked. Besides, New York had the most Super Heroes.

Furthermore, they were taking pictures not just as souvenirs, but also to provide the government and S.W.O.R.D. with intelligence on the monsters so they could arrive and deal with them as quickly as possible.

To process all this data, S.W.O.R.D. had specifically borrowed Tony’s intelligent butler, Jarvis.

The people in the building were not panicking, but the two thieves in the alley were nearly scared to death. They stared nervously at the icy giant beast, not daring to make a sound.

That’s right, thieves. On one hand, they did not believe in the so-called Celestial Convergence. On the other, they wanted to take advantage of the chaos, so they had come out at this time to rob a store. Then, the moment they turned around, they saw the ferocious icy giant beast.

I’ll behave from now on. Please don’t let the monster eat me.

One thief prayed frantically in his heart. At that moment, because he was trembling so hard, the wrench at his waist fell to the ground with a clang. The icy giant beast immediately turned its gaze toward them.

"Aah!" The two thieves screamed and fled backward in panic. Seeing this, the icy giant beast immediately chased after them.

The icy giant beast quickly caught up to the thieves. Just as they were about to be eaten, a flash of light appeared, and Tetanus arrived out of thin air with Medusa and two others.

"There are rule-breakers everywhere."

Medusa shook her head and used her hair to pull the two thieves over. At the same time, Gorgon charged forward and stomped hard with his hoof. A shockwave burst out, directly knocking the icy giant beast to the ground.

Another Inhuman leaped into the air and threw something at the icy giant beast from afar. A bloody hole instantly appeared in the beast’s head, killing it on the spot.

"They’re the lunar Inhumans."

"It’s Tetanus!"

Cheers rang out from the surrounding buildings, and many people shouted Tetanus’s name. On Earth, Tetanus was incredibly popular.

Tetanus waved a paw at the crowd, did not linger, and led the others toward the next location.

Gordon, who possessed the same ability as Tetanus, did not participate in clearing out monsters. Instead, he sat aboard the Blood God, scrolling through Twitter posts praising Tetanus with an unhappy expression. Compared to Tetanus, his popularity was nothing impressive. After all, he had once been a wanted criminal, and he was too ugly.

"The greatest tragedy in life is living in a world obsessed with faces when you don’t even have a complete face."

Gordon shook his head. Alisa looked at him and could not help asking, "Gordon, I’ve wanted to ask this for a long time. How exactly do you see the screen? You do not even have eyes."

"I see with my heart."

Gordon shrugged. His world was different from everyone else’s.

Meanwhile, under the command of governments around the world and S.W.O.R.D., monsters were being cleared out across the globe in an orderly fashion. Although some casualties were unavoidable, the overall number was not high.

Earth had the ability to resolve this Celestial Convergence crisis.

In a region of Africa, the place had once been filled with chaos, disease, war, and hunger. But beginning half a year ago, for some unknown reason, the warlords had vanished one after another. The people’s lives gradually improved, and there was even a school.

The school principal, Mordo, spoke kindly to the students. "Do not worry. The principal will protect you."

"With the principal here, we are not worried."

The students spoke in unison. At this school, Mordo’s prestige was incredibly high. He had built the school with his own two hands, and he provided free education, food, and lodging.

Mordo beamed with joy. These little angels were the hope of the future. No matter what, he had to protect them.

At that moment, a group of Frost Giants suddenly smashed through the wall and burst into the school. The students screamed in fright, and Mordo hurriedly told the teachers to draw the curtains and calm the students down.