Dark Elves Retreat

Ebony Maw sensed the immense threat behind him, and his soul nearly fled his body. Throwing everything he had into it, he used his mind to seal everything behind him. Wang Bert and the Vibranium Spear both came to a halt.

At that moment, the Dragon God appeared out of thin air before Ebony Maw, its eyes locked firmly onto him.

Ebony Maw could not help recalling his life. Realizing something was wrong, he immediately shouted in his mind, "Ancient God, help me."

"Ebony Maw, including this time, half of your soul already belongs to me."

The Ancient God’s wicked voice rang out in Ebony Maw’s mind. His memories immediately stopped, while the Dragon God suffered the Ancient God’s counterattack and wailed as it fell toward the ground.

"Damn it, what’s going on?"

Wang Bert was greatly startled. The Penance Stare, which had never failed before, had actually failed.

"You can judge me, but you cannot judge a god."

Ebony Maw roared, sending Wang Bert flying backward. Wang Bert snorted, recalled the Dragon God, and flashed around Ebony Maw like lightning. At a glance, his afterimages were everywhere.

Ebony Maw’s expression darkened. Even with his reflexes, he could barely keep up with Wang Bert’s speed. He was simply too fast.

Ebony Maw had no choice but to use his powerful mind to seal off the surroundings. Then, with a raise of both hands, buildings all around them began rising one after another.

"This Ebony Maw is far stronger than I expected."

Wang Bert narrowed his eyes slightly. Even in his normal state, Ebony Maw was already formidable. With the Ancient God’s power, he had even touched the threshold of God-Devil Level.

Of course, borrowing the Ancient God’s power came at a price. The more Ebony Maw used it, the faster his soul would sink into corruption.

"Blood God, die!"

Ebony Maw roared as building after building smashed toward Wang Bert’s afterimages.

"Ebony Maw, you’re lucky. You get to witness my true strength."

Wang Bert sneered. Dazzling blue-red Light Flame flared around him. It was the combined power of Space Power, Blood God Power, and qi.

Then, spear held before him, Wang Bert charged at Ebony Maw like a blue-red meteor. Every building in his path was effortlessly smashed apart.

Ebony Maw was horrified. He hurriedly formed a shield before himself with his mental power, but even such a powerful psychic shield was instantly shattered by Wang Bert. It could not delay him for even a moment.

"God-Devil Level! This guy’s strength has actually reached God-Devil Level."

Ebony Maw was terrified out of his wits and hurriedly called for help again. "Ancient God, help me."

"One-fifth of your soul."

The Ancient God immediately agreed. Vast power surged out of Ebony Maw’s body and rushed toward Wang Bert like raging ocean waves.

"Are you done yet? It’s just an Ancient God. What the hell are you so smug about?"

Wang Bert roared as the Tesseract appeared in his hand. A massive beam of light shot from it and slammed fiercely into the tidal wave of Ancient God power.

The two energies collided without making a sound. There was only endless darkness and destruction.

That was right—darkness and destruction. The Mirror Dimension was directly destroyed, and Wang Bert and Ebony Maw returned to the real world.

Wang Bert was unharmed, but Ebony Maw was in miserable shape. He had been too close, and one of his arms was directly annihilated. At the same time, the two powers seeped into his body, making him vomit blood continuously.

A roar from the Ancient God rang out in the void. Clearly, the Ancient God had been enraged.

Wang Bert did not care, because no matter how furious the other party was, it could not enter the Main Universe.

"Ebony Maw, even the Ancient God can’t save your life."

Wang Bert was about to finish Ebony Maw when a stream of red liquid blasted down from the sky. Sensing the immense energy within it, Wang Bert immediately put away the Tesseract and dodged.

Wang Bert looked up and saw Malekith floating in the air. Seeing that the situation was going badly, he had rushed over to provide support.

The Dagger Battleship had arrived as well. It cast down a beam of light and swiftly pulled Ebony Maw aboard.

While vomiting blood, Ebony Maw roared with an utterly savage expression, "Blood God, I will definitely avenge this grudge."

"Sorry, but you don’t have a future."

Wang Bert gripped the Vibranium Spear in reverse and hurled it with all his strength. Seeing this, Malekith immediately controlled the Aether to shoot toward the Vibranium Spear.

At that moment, the Vibranium Spear vanished into thin air. When it reappeared, it was already in front of Ebony Maw. Then, under Ebony Maw’s terrified gaze, it pierced through his body like a bolt of lightning.

Ebony Maw let out a shrill scream as his entire body rapidly vanished amid blue-red Light Flame.

"Ebony Maw!"

Malekith flew into a rage and controlled the Aether to blast toward Wang Bert. Wang Bert instantly appeared before Malekith, his five fingers transforming into five long spears that stabbed fiercely at him.

Malekith drew his curved blade and swung it rapidly, chopping apart all of Wang Bert’s spears. Wang Bert was somewhat surprised. This man’s strength was actually no weaker than Ebony Maw’s normal state.

On further thought, Wang Bert found it perfectly reasonable. How could the leader of the Dark Elves be weak? Asgard, the Frost Giants, and the Fire Giants all respected only the strong. The Dark Elves were no exception.

At the same time, the Aether returned and transformed into more than ten arrows that shot at Wang Bert. Wang Bert escaped with Teleportation, then drew a circle with one hand. A massive portal appeared in the sky, and the Blood God slowly sailed through.

Tony flew out of the Blood God with a group of Drone Armor and shouted, "Asgard, Earth has come to support you!"

At the same time, under Korath’s command, large numbers of bio-cloned High-Temperature People rode Space Motorcycles out of the Blood God, firing wildly at and ramming into the Chitauri army.

"Damn Earthlings, you actually stole our technology?"

The Chitauri flew into a rage and immediately dispatched Leviathans and large numbers of biohumans to counterattack. The two sides fought madly in the air, explosions and flames filling the skies.

"Damn it."

Seeing that Asgard had received reinforcements, Malekith was both shocked and enraged. He hurriedly sent the Dagger Battleship to provide support.

At that moment, Wang Bert pressed his hands together, and blue-red Light Flame formed a massive beam that blasted toward Malekith!

Malekith controlled the Aether to surge into the sky. The two sides clashed fiercely overhead, their immense energy shaking the surroundings as the world was dyed blue and red.

"Bert has actually become this strong? I can’t fall behind either."

Thor glanced toward Wang Bert, then swung his hammer and charged fiercely at Fire Lord Surtur. Though Surtur was massive, he gradually lost ground against the enhanced Thor.

"No! I will become Asgard’s doom!"

Surtur roared unwillingly. Thor shouted, "Asgard will have no doom! I, Thor, will protect Asgard forever!"

As he shouted, Thor swung Thor’s Hammer and soared into the sky. Then, carrying countless bolts of lightning, he dove down. Even Surtur was completely obliterated, leaving only his crown to fall to the ground with a clang.

Surtur could not even defeat the normal Thor, much less this enhanced version.

"Cursed Warrior, weren’t you acting all arrogant just now? Why are you a turtle hiding in its shell now? You useless trash."

In her half-Dragon Man form, Elektra wildly attacked the Cursed Warrior with both claws while hurling insults at him.

The Cursed Warrior was humiliated beyond measure, but he did not counterattack because he did not have much life force left.

Earlier, relying on his cursed body, the Cursed Warrior had recklessly exchanged blows with Elektra. Yet he had never expected that, beyond her rapid regeneration, Elektra also possessed an immortal body.

After several rounds of mutually grievous injuries, Elektra was completely fine and still full of energy, while the Cursed Warrior’s life force gradually dried up. Left with no choice, he could only defend in order to reduce his life force expenditure.

However, Elektra’s assault was simply too fierce. At this rate, it would not be long before she wore the Cursed Warrior to death.

"Ebony Maw and Surtur have fallen one after another, while the Cursed Warrior has been pushed to a disadvantage. It seems this battle is lost."

Loki sat inside the Dagger Battleship, her eyes flickering. At that moment, a Dark Elf beside her suddenly collapsed to the floor in agony, howling and convulsing. Everyone froze, then raised their weapons at him.

A moment later, the Dark Elf stopped screaming. Then, his body rapidly withered. He looked somewhat like Ebony Maw.

"Damn Blood God, I will never let you go."

The shriveled Dark Elf roared, his face incomparably twisted. Loki froze and asked tentatively, "Ebony Maw?"

"It’s me. With the Ancient God’s protection, as long as my soul remains, I will not die."

Ebony Maw snorted, but his heart was bleeding. The Ancient God would indeed protect him, but that protection came at a cost. If this happened another one or two times, he would become the Ancient God’s puppet.

"That powerful?"

Loki was somewhat surprised. She said, "Then hurry and help Malekith. The Aether’s burden is too great. He won’t be able to hold on much longer."

"No. I still need some time to regain my combat strength."

Ebony Maw glanced at Wang Bert’s blue-red form in the distance, his eyes filled with both hatred and fear.

Wang Bert in that form was truly far too powerful.

Loki said, "If you can’t fight, then we should retreat. If we wait any longer, we won’t be able to retreat even if we want to."

Ebony Maw hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Retreat. Save the Cursed Warrior first. We can no longer afford any more losses."

"Fine."

Loki nodded and ordered the Dagger Battleship to fire down at Elektra. Then, a beam of light enveloped the Cursed Warrior and pulled him aboard.

"Damn it."

Upon hearing Loki’s transmission, Malekith was unwilling, but he knew they had truly lost this time. He shouted as the Aether rapidly expanded, then exploded with a thunderous boom. Wang Bert and everyone around him were blasted away, while the buildings below collapsed one after another.

Malekith used the opportunity to return to the Dagger Battleship. Then he shouted, "Retreat."

The Dark Elves immediately withdrew. The Frost Giants and Fire Giants also hurried back into the Chitauri ships. Wang Bert shouted, "Don’t let them escape! Pursue them!"

"Kill!"

Everyone roared and, led by Tony, Heimdall, and the others, pursued the Dark Elf allied forces with all their strength.

Thor swung Thor’s Hammer as he chased relentlessly after the Dagger Battleship. He roared, "Loki, come out! Let’s settle this."

"You didn’t die, so does that mean Odin did?"

Loki’s phantom appeared in the air. She sneered, "Looks like this wasn’t a complete failure after all."

Thor roared, "Loki, from today onward, we are no longer brothers."

Loki snorted. "We were never brothers."

Malekith was somewhat confused. "Aren’t you siblings?"

Thor and Loki were both speechless. Thor could not be bothered to say anything more and controlled lightning to strike the Dagger Battleship. Malekith snorted and swung out a red beam, sending Thor flying.

Wang Bert did not join the pursuit. He landed on the ground as the blue-red Light Flame around him rapidly faded. This form was indeed powerful, but it consumed too much energy. He could not sustain it for long, which was why he rarely used it.

"Wielding God-Devil Level power with a mortal body really is difficult."

Wang Bert sighed inwardly. At that moment, Elektra returned to human form and walked over, lowering her head as she apologized. "Blood God, I’m sorry. I failed to kill the Cursed Warrior."

"It’s fine. There’ll be another chance."

Wang Bert waved his hand. In the movies, not even Thor had been a match for the Cursed Warrior. That showed just how powerful he was.

Lorelei also walked over. She gave Elektra a contemptuous glance and asked Wang Bert, "Master, is Odin really dead?"

"How could that old man die so easily?"

Wang Bert scoffed. "Put away that act of yours. Remember, from now on, you are my servant."

Rather than getting angry, Lorelei nodded happily. "Yes, Master."

Elektra gave Lorelei a disdainful look, then turned into a shadow and hid within Wang Bert’s shadow. She was the Blood God’s closest person.

Before long, under Loki’s leadership, the Dark Elf allied forces fled into another realm. Everyone felt that chasing them further would be too risky, so they stopped pursuing.

The battle came to a temporary end. Asgard had achieved a resounding victory.

Inside the palace, Thor said to Wang Bert and the others, "Bert, Tony, Ivan, Barton, thank you for your help."

"You’re welcome. Earth and Asgard are allies. We should stand together through thick and thin and help each other."

Wang Bert smiled. Thor laughed heartily. "That’s right. We should stand together through thick and thin and help each other."

Heimdall could not help shaking his head. Thor had grown somewhat, but he still needed further tempering. Earth was nominally an Asgardian vassal state, not an ally. The Blood God was clearly raising Earth’s status in secret.

Wang Bert asked, "Is Odin all right?"

"He has entered Odinsleep. Mother is taking care of him. No one knows when he will wake up. This is all my fault."

Thor spoke remorsefully. Divine light flashed in Wang Bert’s eyes as he looked through space toward the depths of the palace. He discovered Odin running dungeon raids for Thor, bragging to Little Hela that he would definitely get the God of Thor today. Wang Bert was immediately speechless. He was absolutely a true father.

Heimdall saw it too and said with a solemn expression, "Thor, Asgard will depend on you from now on."

"I will take responsibility and protect Asgard’s people."

Thor nodded seriously, then said to Wang Bert, "The Celestial Convergence is about to begin. The Dark Elves will definitely go to Earth. Once we finish cleaning up the battlefield, we’ll go to Earth to help you."

Wang Bert said, "There’s no need for you to come until the Dark Elves appear on Earth. The Aether is still in Asgard, so you need to prevent the Dark Elves from making a return attack."

"That’s right."

Thor nodded. Thinking of something, he said to Wang Bert, "About Lorelei…"

Wang Bert said, "She is already mine. I hope you can pardon her crimes."

Thor hesitated, then agreed. "All right, but you must keep her under control. She is very dangerous."