"Maurice!"
William didn't bother to wipe the blood and mud from his face, roaring with all his might:
"Did you hear me? It's afraid of the cold! Go for it! Drain all the seawater from the entire North Brother Island Strait! Drown it! Freeze it!"
"The company will cover you for any problems! And a fifty percent bonus this month!"
Morris Bench, who had been hiding at the edge of the battlefield, feeling like a superfluous water truck, suddenly jolted.
He looked up at the Destroyer, which had just stumbled from Abomination's steel beam attack.
Then he looked at his boss, who was waving his arms at him from a distance.
Everyone's gaze seemed to focus on him at this moment.
An unprecedented feeling of being needed instantly overwhelmed his fear.
Now, he was the key to this battle!
"Received, Boss!"
Maurice let out a long-suppressed roar.
A new anomaly appeared!
Not in the center of the battlefield, but along the coastline of North Brother Island!
Rumble—!
The calm sea surface suddenly began to churn violently.
As if an ancient beast beneath the seabed was awakening.
A giant, visible vortex rapidly formed near the shore, and then, a terrifying Water Dragon with a diameter of over ten meters roared and shot into the sky!
That wasn't a waterspout, but pure seawater, forcibly condensed and compressed by Maurice's superpower!
"My God…"
Tony Stark in the air couldn't help but curse, his armor's sensors blaring an overload warning.
He had never seen such a scale of water manipulation.
The giant Water Dragon arced across the sky, obscuring the sun, and with immense power, without any frills, slammed heavily into the Destroyer, which had just regained its footing!
The Destroyer gave up attacking others, its faceplate split open, and scorching energy beams poured out, trying to evaporate the Water Dragon in mid-air.
However, the volume of Water was simply too great!
The beams shot into the Water Dragon, only stirring up a huge cloud of White steam, but couldn't stop its advance.
Splash—!!!
The icy-cold seawater, like a river from the heavens pouring down, instantly completely engulfed the Destroyer.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!
A sound of metal rapidly cooling rang out.
Effective!
"Well done, Maurice!"
William leaped up from the ground excitedly.
"Keep it up! Don't stop! Let it experience what a VIP spa of Arctic Ocean level is like!"
William looked at the gigantic Water Dragon, a veritable natural disaster summoned by Maurice, and felt as if he wasn't directing a battle, but rather a disaster blockbuster with a budget of hundreds of millions.
And he was the gold-medal producer, strategizing and winning from a thousand miles away!
The seawater cascaded over the Destroyer like a waterfall, instantly producing an overwhelming white mist that enveloped the entire battlefield.
A series of piercing metallic friction sounds came from the mist, making William's heart swell with joy.
It worked!
He even began to mentally draft the compensation bill for S.H.I.E.L.D..
"Special disaster environment handling fee," "Superpower employee attendance subsidy," "High-risk equipment wear and tear fee," "Mental distress fee"… each item would have a long string of Zeroes after it!
But the capitalist's dream is always fleeting and fragile.
Within the mist, the crackling electrical sparks not only did not weaken but grew even denser.
A dazzling red light, like the core of a hellish forge, lit up in the center of the mist.
The light grew brighter and brighter.
The temperature rose sharply, boiling the surrounding seawater!
"Not good!"
Tony in the air was the first to notice something was wrong.
His sensors showed that the Destroyer's core energy readings were skyrocketing exponentially!
Boom—!!!
An indescribable scorching Impact wave, centered on the Destroyer, erupted with a roar!
All the seawater was instantly completely evaporated!
The terrifying high-temperature energy formed a circular wall of Fire, spreading wildly in all directions.
The first to bear the brunt was Morris Bench, who was still maintaining his casting posture.
He didn't even have time to let out a scream.
He was hit head-on by the wall of Fire, like a baseball hit for a home run, flying backward, over the beach, and slamming heavily into the sea, stirring up a small splash before falling silent.
"Maurice!"
William's smile froze on his face.
His "VIP spa therapist" was instantly taken out by one move?
Before he could react, the Destroyer, freed from the restraint of the seawater, became even more ferocious in its actions.
It was glowing a dark red from being scorched, like a branding iron taken from a forge.
It ignored Jessica and Abomination, who were rushing forward again, and instead sharply turned its head, locking onto the most annoying iron fly in the air.
Its shoulder and back armor simultaneously split open.
Dozens of tiny energy beams, like a deadly meteor shower, rained down overwhelmingly on Tony Stark.
"Jarvis! Evade!"
Tony performed a series of incredible maneuvers in the air, but the beams were too dense.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several beams precisely hit the thrusters on his legs.
The Iron Man armor smoked and lost balance.
Like a bird with broken wings, it tumbled crookedly from the sky, finally crashing to the ground with a "boom," plowing a deep furrow in the lawn.
"Sir, thirty percent of the system is damaged, and the propulsion function is offline."
Jarvis calmly reported the battle damage.
Tony struggled to get up from the ground, but the Destroyer had already arrived with huge strides.
It didn't use energy weapons again, but raised its heavy metal foot and stomped down hard!
Boom!
Tony rolled away at the last moment.
The situation on the battlefield rapidly deteriorated in just over ten seconds.
Abomination picked up the giant steel beam and charged again.
But this time, the Destroyer was prepared.
It suddenly turned, dodging the swing of the steel beam with an agility completely unsuited to its massive body.
At the same time, its arm grabbed the other end of the steel beam.
The two behemoths engaged in a brief tug-of-war for control of the steel beam.
Abomination's muscles were tensed to their limit, the ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch, yet he couldn't advance the steel beam an inch further.
Beneath the Destroyer's smooth faceplate, a silent sneer seemed to emanate.
Its arm suddenly exerted force, not only seizing the steel beam but also swinging it in a fluid motion!
Bang!
The heavy steel beam hit Abomination squarely in the chest.
The monster, spawned by gamma rays, let out a pained groan, its massive body uncontrollably retreating repeatedly, finally kneeling on one knee.
Tandy's light blades and Tyrone's dark energy also lost their effect.
In the face of absolute strength and defense, their harassment seemed so pale and powerless.
Jessica Jones looked at this scene and spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva.
She knew they couldn't win.
A million was good, but she needed to be alive to spend it.
In this desperate silence, a staggering figure stepped forward.
It was Thor.
He was covered in wounds, with blood at the corner of his mouth.
Even so, he limped to the center of the battlefield, spread his arms, and stood between the Destroyer and the fallen "mortals."
He looked up at the invincible Steel Demon God, his eyes no longer holding the previous anger and unwillingness, only a heartbreaking calm and determination.
"Loki…"
His voice, though not loud, echoed across the entire battlefield.
"I know it's you. All of this is because of me; it has nothing to do with them."
The Destroyer stopped, its metal head tilting slightly, as if listening.
"If you want to kill someone, kill me."
Thor's face showed a bitter smile.
"Tell Father I was wrong. My vanity and recklessness brought disaster to the Nine Realms. I… am not worthy of that hammer, nor am I worthy of being his son."
He closed his eyes, facing death with serenity.
"Come, brother. End this."
North Brother Island fell into an eerie silence.
The Destroyer stood silently.
As if thinking, or perhaps hesitating.
William, in the distance, looked at Thor's not-so-tall back, and an indescribable feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.
This guy, who a second ago was crashing through glass like an idiot, now displayed god-like courage.
Time stretched out at this moment.
After a full dozen seconds, the Destroyer finally moved.
It didn't use energy beams, but raised its arm, fingers splayed, aimed at Thor's head, and then slammed down hard!
This was the final, disdainful gesture from a god.
However, just as its palm was about to touch Thor—
Whoosh—!!!
An extremely sharp sonic boom, tearing through the atmosphere, came from the distant sky!
The sound approached from afar, incredibly fast!
An object carrying silver electric light, like a bullet from outer space, streaked across the sky with a long trail!
Bang!!!
The Destroyer's swinging arm was violently struck by that object, and the immense force made its entire massive body stumble backward!
The gray object arced gracefully through the air, flying towards the man who had closed his eyes, awaiting death.
Thor seemed to sense something, instinctively reaching out his hand.
It was an ancient warhammer, covered in mysterious runes.
The moment he grasped the hammer's handle—
Boom!!!!
A thick golden lightning bolt, like the roots of the World Tree, tore through the gloomy sky, striking down from the heavens and precisely channeling into Thor!
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