Thor's grin froze.
He looked down and saw it — a gaping hole punched straight through his once-pristine armor. Smoke rose from the wound, the edges still crackling with leftover lightning from Ryuuto's Raikiri.
The God of Thunder's expression twisted into pure rage. Sparks danced along his hair as storm clouds boiled overhead.
Before he could even lift his hammer, a gust of killing wind screamed toward him.
"Slow reflexes for a so-called god. Let me fix that neck problem for you!"
Ryuuto flashed forward, Decapitating Blade gleaming in his hands, chakra flaring red like wildfire. The massive blade traced a crescent of light as it slashed down toward Thor's throat.
"You dare trick a god?!" Thor's roar shook the air. "I'll scatter your soul across the Nine Realms!"
Mjolnir exploded with power as Thor barely dodged, countering with a furious swing that unleashed thousands of lightning bolts at once.
The ground ruptured, steel melted, and thunder swallowed the city's skyline.
"Wind Release — Gale Barrier!"
Sand and air surged around Ryuuto like a golden storm. The barrier absorbed the lightning, scattering sparks like fireflies.
He weaved another seal.
"Wind Style — Compressed Air Bullet!"
A torrent of invisible force erupted, slamming Thor mid-charge. The impact hurled the god backward through a line of skyscrapers, but the maniacal grin never left his face.
"That all you've got, boy?" Thor barked. "You can't tickle a god!"
Thor forced his feet to grind against the air, lightning pouring into his arms. He caught the next air blast barehanded and hurled it back, turning the sky into a churning vortex of storm and shrapnel.
"You mortals will never understand divine punishment!"
He flung Mjolnir like a meteor toward Ryuuto. The hammer screamed through the air, wrapped in lightning thick as chains.
"—Like hell!"
"Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
Ryuuto's body twisted midair, his heel slamming into the hammer's surface. The impact reversed its path — Mjolnir spun back toward its master like a cannonball.
Ryuuto's palms glowed with spiraling energy.
"You want divine punishment? Here, take mine!"
Rasen Impact!
He charged straight through the wall of thunder, his sand armor absorbing the raw electricity.
Thor sneered, voice booming. "You can resist lightning now? Cute trick!"
"Then catch this, thunder-boy!" Ryuuto taunted.
He vanished, reappearing point-blank in front of Thor. The Rasengan's glow reflected in the god's eyes.
Thor's instincts screamed. He jerked back, desperate, throwing up a shield of lightning.
But Ryuuto pressed forward, voice low and lethal.
"Hungry? Here— eat this!"
The Rasengan crashed into Thor's chest like a comet. The explosion tore open the heavens.
High above the battlefield, Tony, Bobby, and the others saw the shockwave and redoubled their efforts.
"Captain's going off again! Let's mop up the rest before he levels the whole damn city!"
Their morale surged. Asgardian troops fell one after another, retreating toward the bay in chaos.
Meanwhile, Ryuuto hunted Thor through the sky like a crimson blur.
"What happened to your godly arrogance, huh?!"
"Run faster, thunder freak! I thought gods didn't know fear!"
"INSOLENT MORTAL!"
Thor's composure shattered. He bellowed, spinning midair, lightning bursting from every pore.
"I AM THE GOD OF GODS! I WILL ERASE YOU!"
"Yeah, yeah—talk less, bleed more."
Their collision was blinding. Ryuuto's chakra surged like a wildfire, snuffing out Thor's lightning entirely. He caught the god's wrist with one hand, stopping Mjolnir mid-swing.
"Your hammer's heavy," he said through gritted teeth, "but your ego's worse."
Then he shoved the Rasengan forward again, point-blank. But something unexpected happened.
Thor's grin returned.
"You can't kill me, fool! God's power is infinite!"
He thrust his palm out. Lightning wrapped the spinning orb, and slowly—terrifyingly—it began to shrink. Thor was absorbing it.
"See? Your power is mine now!"
He redirected the energy, launching it back at Ryuuto.
The blast hit dead center.
A brilliant flash—then silence.
Thor threw his head back in laughter.
"And that's the end of your mortal rebellion!"
But when the smoke cleared, his laughter choked.
A chunk of wood fell from the explosion, still smoking.
"A substitution jutsu…?"
Ryuuto's voice came from behind him.
"What was that about 'divine punishment'?"
Thor barely turned before Ryuuto's fist connected—an uppercut wreathed in lightning and sand.
Half his face caved in.
[Ding! System Notice]
Critical Hit Registered.
Host Dominance: 87%.
"Hey, Shion," Ryuuto muttered, wiping blood from his lip, "remind me to buy earplugs next time a god starts monologuing."
"Sure, Host~ but you owe me ice cream for watching this mess in 4K."
He smirked.
"Deal."
Thunder rumbled above them. The storm hadn't cleared—
it was gathering again.
A golden beam split the clouds, followed by the echo of a second hammer.
Ryuuto's eyes narrowed.
"…You've gotta be kidding me."