Digging a Pit for Thor

The alien creature fighting Thor resembled a lizard enlarged a hundredfold. It stood nearly eight meters tall and thirty meters long, with three pairs of enormous black wings sprouting from its back, blotting out the sky. Its entire body was covered in tough, thick, ink-dark scales and warty growths. Its short four limbs planted on the ground, it looked like an iron fortress stretched across the plain.

It looked somewhat like the evil Black Dragons described in Western myths on Earth, though it was far uglier than anything depicted in those legends.

After taking the full force of Mjolnir head-on, a small patch of scales on the Black Dragon’s head shattered, caving inward into a hammer-shaped crater. Sparks still crackled over it as foul-smelling black blood poured from the wound and continuously splattered onto the ground.

Yet given its enormous body, the injury could only be considered superficial.

The Black Dragon’s dark crimson eyes widened with rage, its clear scarlet pupils reflecting Thor before it. Suddenly, it raised its head and let out a roar at the sky!

"Roar!!!"

The dragon’s long roar shook the wilderness, forming a tangible Sonic Attack as airwaves and sand burst outward. Even Kyle, fifty meters away, felt pain in his eardrums and instinctively raised a hand to cover his ears.

Had it been another god, they might truly have backed down. Unfortunately, the dragon-like alien creature had encountered Thor, a rough-and-tough man known by fierce nicknames like Son of Odin and Hammer God.

"Come on! Who’s afraid of who?!"

Thor shouted provocatively at the Black Dragon, swung Mjolnir in his hand, and transformed into a streak of blue lightning that sped toward the Black Dragon, which was dozens of times larger than him.

The Black Dragon was one of this planet’s apex creatures. How could it tolerate provocation from an outsider? With a low roar, it beat its wings in a frenzy, its massive body swiftly lifting into the air as it tangled with Thor in close combat.

The battle between a god and an ancient creature had only just begun!

Hidden behind the slope, Kyle suddenly drew out a bag of sunflower seeds from an Item Card. Cracking seeds as he ate them, he patiently and carefully observed the battle.

Now was not the right time yet!

When it came to borrowing Asgard’s Bifrost, the simplest and most direct method was to become friends with Thor, the Son of Odin.

The question was, how could he become friends with a god in a short time?

After some thought, Kyle quickly came up with a clichéd idea—saving a hero in distress! This move was useful not only on women, but on men as well.

Hadn’t he used this very trick on Steve and succeeded in one go? As the saying went, sincere affection was unreliable; only tricks won hearts.

When Thor is about to lose, I’ll step in and make him owe me a favor. Kyle mused, his eyes never leaving the fierce battle ahead.

A violent electromagnetic field raged across the area as sand, dust, and shattered stones billowed through the air. A storm formed within fifty meters of the battlefield. Any ordinary creature entering that range would be pierced by flying rocks or stray currents.

Thor and the ancient Black Dragon were both creatures that could be called powerful even across the entire universe. Their battle was several times more brutal than anything Kyle had seen in the Sakaar Duel Arena!

Boom!

Covered in wounds and blood, the Black Dragon grew more crazed and savage the more heavily injured it became. It violently twisted its body in midair and swept its tail, swatting Thor away like a fly!

Thor’s helmet shattered. With a pained grunt, he flew backward like a meteor for over fifty meters, then slammed headfirst into the front of the slope where Kyle was hiding. Rocks collapsed as Thor became embedded in the mountainside.

To be safe, Kyle still used his stealth skill, turning into black mist and vanishing from where he stood.

Less than half a second later, Thor burst out of the mountain as though nothing had happened. His shoulder-length golden hair streamed wildly and imposingly behind him. Relying on Mjolnir’s nearly Supersonic Flight, he relentlessly closed in on the Black Dragon.

While in midair, he held Mjolnir aloft in his right hand like a lightning rod. Thunder rumbled atop the vault of heaven, and bolts of lightning tore through the sky to strike Mjolnir, flowing into his armor and body to amplify his power.

Thor’s eyes flashed with electricity as he reached the air above the hovering Black Dragon. He swung Mjolnir down from above, lightning piercing and scorching both wings as black blood splashed down like rain.

The Black Dragon wailed miserably, its massive body crashing onto the plain and causing the earth to tremble. Thor panted heavily as he repeatedly swung Mjolnir down, leaving wounds of all sizes across the Black Dragon’s mountain-like body.

"This alien monster isn’t pulling its weight."

Seeing Thor gain the upper hand, Kyle tossed away the sunflower seeds in his hand and frowned as he fell into thought.

At this rate, Thor would solo the Black Dragon himself. Kyle would have no chance to make an entrance.

It was not that the Black Dragon was weak. Thor was simply too powerful!

As the son of Odin, the All-Father, Thor possessed the finest and purest divine bloodline. His divine power manifested as lightning representing destruction. Along with the divine artifact Mjolnir and the amplification of natural lightning…

If Kyle faced Thor head-on right now, the outcome would not be much better than the Black Dragon’s.

"This won’t do."

Kyle thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea. He drew out a Creature Card, and with the summon, a mass of black liquid appeared in his palm.

"Venom, have you recovered yet?" Kyle asked, rubbing Venom’s soft body with his fingers. Venom showed no reaction to the call or the kneading, sleeping quietly like a slime.

"Master. Its vital signs are too weak. It must have been overly depleted during the battle in the Duel Arena and will not wake up anytime soon. Even after it wakes, it will need time to rest and recover," Visi replied softly.

Kyle looked at Venom on his right hand, hesitated briefly, then drew out another Item Card with his left. The card transformed into a green bean, which he held between two fingers.

"Lucky you." Feeling a slight pang of reluctance, Kyle broke the Senzu Bean in half and directly stuffed one half into Venom’s body.

The next instant, the Senzu Bean’s effect activated. Venom’s body wriggled in waves, countless black tendrils touching Kyle’s arm and conveying feelings of delight and joy to him.

Kyle let out a breath of relief, glanced at it, and ordered, "Now, there’s something I need you to do immediately."

Three seconds later, a faint black shadow slid across the ground from the small slope where Kyle had been. Unnoticed by anyone, it quietly infiltrated the battlefield.

In the battle that was about to end.

The Black Dragon lay sprawled on the ground, struggling violently but weakly. Thor stood atop its head, panting heavily as he raised the bloodstained Mjolnir in his hand. "This ends here!"

Thor swung his hammer with fierce momentum, about to deliver the final blow to the Black Dragon. But at that moment, the Black Dragon suddenly opened its eyes wide and sprang to its feet as if pumped full of adrenaline, flinging Thor off its head!

"Hm? What is this…" Thor gripped Mjolnir and halted himself in midair. Under his shocked and puzzled gaze, the Black Dragon’s body convulsed and trembled below as a layer of dark biological armor emerged over its scarred dragon body, forming double protection together with its scales.

Its already sharp claws and fangs extended by more than three meters, gleaming with cold black light!

As though it had received an evolutionary boost, the Black Dragon’s eyes blazed scarlet. Its weak aura of exhaustion rose steadily, quickly surpassing its former adult peak as it unleashed an earth-shaking dragon roar at Thor in the air!

The difficulty level had been forcibly raised, shifting from Hard Mode to Nightmare Mode!

There will be more today, later.