Thor’s Strike

"Third-round weapons testing: attack with the Electromagnetic Cannon. Charging begins now. Estimated launch time: three minutes."

At Schroeder’s command, the roof of a building in the base that looked no different from the surrounding rooms suddenly opened, and a strange device rose from below.

The device was more than ten meters long. It looked like a long cylinder split in half down the middle, with a half-cylinder rail on either side, both relatively suspended in the air. High-voltage wires were connected beneath the rails, and massive amounts of current flowed through them.

Near the rear, a long, bullet-shaped tungsten block floated between the two rails, spinning rapidly.

As the charging continued, the projectile spun faster and faster.

Finally, when its speed reached a certain critical point, the force restraining it suddenly vanished. The projectile disappeared from its original position in an instant, leaving only an umbrella-shaped sonic boom cloud at the end of the rails.

Everyone in the conference room saw Peter throw a punch on the big screen. Then they heard a thunderous roar—the sonic boom of the Electromagnetic Cannon.

Next, they saw a violent explosion erupt on the screen, followed only afterward by the second explosive boom produced by the collision between the fist and the projectile.

Schroeder zoomed the satellite camera out, and only then did everyone see that a deep trench had been plowed into the area in front of Peter in the middle of the desert, while everything behind him remained completely unharmed.

As the smoke and dust dispersed, Schroeder zoomed in again. Only then did everyone see that Peter on the screen was still completely unharmed. His clothes had not even been damaged.

All the generals and observers immediately drew in a sharp breath. This Electromagnetic Cannon attack was already several times more powerful than known missiles, yet it could not leave even a scratch on Peter. This was something they had never expected.

"Fourth-round weapons testing: an Orbital Kinetic Weapon. Estimated launch time: thirty seconds."

In outer space, a military satellite that had been waiting on standby suddenly altered its orbit. Its panels unfolded, sending a tungsten rod stored beneath the satellite onto the track, and energy began pouring into the track continuously.

A moment later, the tungsten rod vanished from the track and fell directly toward Earth like a meteor.

Peter raised his head toward the sky. Looking at the artificial star crashing toward his forehead, he sensed a powerful threat, and his heart began pounding violently.

He had no time to keep showing off. He withdrew all the electrical current into his body and urged every bit of strength within him to its limit.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, he finally took another step forward.

"Quack! Magnetic Field Rotation, Fifth Heaven! Ultimate Energy Conversion Art, block this for me, damn it…"

A mushroom cloud rose into the sky on the screen, completely obscuring the satellite’s view.

Schroeder tried to zoom out to observe the situation, but the mushroom cloud covered a vast area, making it completely impossible to see what was happening inside.

This Orbital Kinetic Weapon was already no weaker than some low-yield nuclear bombs. It was clean and radiation-free, safe and environmentally friendly. Aside from wasting a satellite and having a slow launch process, it had no major weaknesses.

Everyone at the scene held their breath, waiting for the mushroom cloud to disperse. Only then could they confirm whether Thor Peter inside had died.

Even Nick grew slightly tense.

After learning from Carol about everything Zhan Liu had done, Nick had designated Zhan Liu as a threat. With his personality, he would never be content to keep licking someone else’s boots.

On one hand, constrained by his lack of actual military strength, he showed goodwill toward Zhan Liu and prevented other organizations from provoking him. On the other hand, he was also seeking someone who could restrain or overwhelm Zhan Liu.

He no longer placed any hope in Tony Stark. That left Thor Peter as the person in whom he placed his greatest hopes.

Young, simple-minded, with an immature worldview and limitless prospects for the future, his potential value was incredibly high!

Although he felt that Peter should be able to withstand this attack, accidents could happen with anything. If he had overestimated Peter’s abilities and Peter ended up dying here, he would regret it to death.

Before the mushroom cloud dispersed, a hoarse voice came through Schroeder’s communicator.

"Cough, cough… I surrender. There’s no need to continue." Peter conceded.

In fact, there was no longer any value in continuing the test. Beyond this point, they could basically only use nuclear bombs, and low-yield ones would not be effective.

However, nuclear bombs were nowhere near as fast as Orbital Kinetic Weapons. They had all seen Peter move like lightning, so whether a nuclear bomb could actually hit him remained uncertain.

A Magnetic Field Rotation expert’s body was so powerful that even poison gas shells, biological weapons, and laser weapons might not have much effect.

Thor Peter’s performance dealt a heavy blow to the old veterans in the military.

Nick let out a long sigh of relief, grabbed the communicator, and said, "Peter, the test is over. You can come back."

Dropping the communicator, he turned to look at the grim-faced generals and gave a mocking smile. "You can reconsider your operation plan for capturing Zhan Liu now."

With that, he turned and left.

Now, even an idiot knew that their original operation plan could not handle Peter, let alone capture the even stronger Zhan Liu.

The conference room fell silent for a moment, without a sound.

After leaving the military camp, Nick saw Peter running back at high speed.

Peter’s clothes were tattered, clearly because he had been too preoccupied with the attack to use Magnetic Field Rotation to protect them.

However, the communicator on his head was still intact, which clearly showed that the Orbital Kinetic Weapon’s attack had caused him only limited damage.

"I’m sorry, Nick. I failed," Peter said uneasily.

Before coming, he had been full of confidence. But after witnessing so many terrifying weapons, the little confidence he had just built up was showing signs of collapsing again.

"No, Peter. You did very well. We were conducting a test today, not fighting a real war. It would have been impossible to use extremely dangerous weapons against you. You successfully made the weapons experts recognize the shortcomings of our existing weapons and encouraged them to improve further. Good work, Peter."

Nick had no intention of telling him the truth. It was not a bad thing for Peter to remain wary of humanity’s military strength. At the very least, whenever he wanted to do something bad in the future, he would think of the attacks he had faced today and behave himself a little more.

Nick put an arm around Peter’s shoulders and led him toward his own aircraft. As they walked, he asked with concern, "How are you? Are you injured? S.H.I.E.L.D. has the best medical equipment."

"I spat up a little blood, but it’s nothing. And I broke through to the Fifth Heaven of Magnetic Field Rotation!" Peter happily shared his progress with Nick.

"Oh, that’s great news. It’s worth celebrating." Nick smiled on the surface, but cursed inwardly.

That attack had been terrifying enough to wipe out half a small town, yet Peter had only spat up a little blood. What a monster.

And this damn qigong kept advancing by leaps and bounds. It wasn’t scientific at all and didn’t follow even the most basic rules.

That was a headache. Zhan Liu appeared to be at the Twenty-Five Heavens of Magnetic Field Rotation, but who knew whether he might suddenly reach the Thirtieth Heaven in the middle of a fight?

As expected, the only people capable of restraining Magnetic Field Rotation warriors were other Magnetic Field Rotation warriors!

He secretly glanced at the foolish-looking Peter beside him and wondered whether he should send him into battle a few more times and let him advance several more levels. He had to make Peter catch up with Zhan Liu sooner.

Thanks to reader Dao Zhan Xian Jian Zhan Mo for the reward!