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"As long as the Tree of Life is ignited, the Chaos Magic array beneath this altar will automatically activate. Under the sacrifice of countless life energies, the Eye of Fear will break through the barrier of the reality dimension and successfully descend into the physical Universe…"
Loki grinned, muttering in a voice only he could hear, "Hmm, at least Tzeentch… no, the Lord of Change said so!"
"Odin, just you wait. I will prove with my actions that I am the most excellent one, the most suitable candidate to become the Lord of the Nine Realms, I am… huh?"
Crack—
However, just as Loki was about to make his move, accompanied by a rainbow light descending from the sky, Thor's muscular figure emerged from the Bifrost Bridge's magical teleportation array.
"Stop, Loki, you've caused enough slaughter. Don't keep making mistakes!"
Thor quickly scanned the tragic scene around him, saying with a pained heart.
In fact, even before coming here, Thor was preparing to go to Muspelheim, which is Surtur the Fire Giant's Realm of Heat.
The reason was that he had been having the same nightmare recently. In the dream, Asgard was engulfed in a raging fire for some unknown reason, eventually turning into ruins.
And a giant, covered in fire, kept swinging his great sword, causing destruction everywhere…
Regarding the giant in his dream, the first thing Thor thought of was Surtur the Fire Giant, who was rumored to be able to trigger Ragnarok.
But this was precisely what made him incredibly confused… because, logically, Surtur should have been killed by his father, Odin, long ago.
The Eternal Flame, now displayed in Odin's Vault, was a powerful magical treasure Odin had taken from Surtur when he killed him a thousand years ago.
Could there be some hidden secret here?
However, before Thor could set off for Muspelheim to investigate, he was stopped by Heimdall, who guarded the Observatory.
Heimdall told him that he had discovered an abnormal situation unfolding in Alfheim, so Thor hurriedly took the Bifrost Bridge and rushed over.
As expected, it was his foolish and narcissistic little brother causing trouble again!
However, facing the heavily casualties of the Elves, Thor could do nothing but apologize… there was truly no other way.
As for Loki…
What else could Thor do?
Of course, he would 'once again' choose to forgive this rotten little brother, wouldn't he?
After all, this kind of thing had happened before…
Previously, whether Loki sent the Destroyer to Earth to hunt Thor, or Loki wanted to destroy Jotunheim with the Bifrost Bridge, or Loki led the Chitauri to invade New York…
Each of these incidents, every single one, resulted in countless deaths and injuries, didn't they?
But who made him Thor's most beloved little brother?
Forgiving someone never needs a reason!
"Thor, you shouldn't have come here."
Loki slowly turned around, looking at his brother, whose eyes revealed a clear foolishness. A hint of reluctance flashed across his face, but it was immediately replaced by endless jealousy. "It's useless, you can't stop me. I am the true King of Asgard!!"
"Wait a minute, that's it?"
Thor was startled at first, then pointed at the tragic scene around him and said, "Loki, if all you want is the throne of Asgard, there's no need to go to such extremes."
"You just need to tell me, and I will voluntarily ask Father to give you the right of succession to the throne… Brother, come back with me. Accept Father's punishment, you still have a chance!!"
Thor was sincere. After the disastrous defeat at Greenwich, he now only thought about how to become stronger.
As for the throne?
If Loki wanted it, then he could have it!
"Hmph, Father?"
Loki sneered, "I once killed my own birth father to save that old man, but what did I get in return… That old man not only ignored my sincere efforts but also humiliated me again and again with his actions!"
"Ah?"
Thor spoke at an inopportune moment, asking blankly, "When did Father humiliate you? Why don't I know?"
Looking at his brother's stupid yet adorable expression, Loki covered his forehead, speechless.
Just tell me, should such a big idiot die or not?
So he could only shout, "With that muscle-filled brain of yours, even if I told you, you wouldn't understand…"
Then he looked at the torch in his hand and said with feigned seriousness, "But there's one thing Odin didn't say wrong, we are not true Gods… And there are true Gods existing in this Universe, and they have shown me the future…"
"I have seen visions of the future in the Flame of magic. Odin's arrogance will lead Asgard to destruction. Only I, blessed by the Chaos Gods, can prevent this catastrophe from happening… So, I will personally reclaim the throne of Asgard, not by the charity of others!!"
Who would have thought that Thor on the opposite side would point at Loki with a look of surprise and laugh, "See? I knew I wasn't the only one who had that Ragnarok nightmare…"
"Brother, let's go to Muspelheim together. I feel like we can find clues there to stop Ragnarok from happening."
Are you an idiot?
Who the hell wants to go to Muspelheim with you?
The Key Points of what I just said wasn't Ragnarok at all, okay?
Forget it, I'm tired, just let it be destroyed!!
Loki was too lazy to waste any more words with Thor and simply threw the torch behind him without looking back.
Then he said to Thor, who had already begun spinning mjolnir on the opposite side, "You know what, brother? The way you swing your hammer… is just like a fly caught in a spiderweb."
"No!!"
Thor swung mjolnir and flew towards the torch falling through the air. However, with the Frost Giants' strenuous obstruction, he was ultimately a step too slow.
Whoosh—
The moment the torch fell, raging flames rose from beneath the trunk of the Tree of Life, rapidly spreading to every corner in the blink of an eye.
Normally, ordinary flames, or even volcanic lava, could not cause any damage to this Tree of Life, which had grown for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, possessed almost infinite vitality, and successfully nurtured the elegant Elves species, the origin of life.
But the flames now were psychic flames transformed from Tzeentch Psychic Power, which could not only ignore the Tree of Life's self-defense and directly burn and corrupt its life core but also send the generated energy, as well as the souls of the Elves that the Tree of Life had absorbed and transformed over tens of thousands of years from the countless Elf corpses buried in the soil beneath the tree, all into the Warp.
As the twelve Elf Elders hanging upside down on the tree trunk were completely burned to ashes, above this special altar, built from blood, life, and tens of thousands of corpses, the twisted, vortex-shaped blood-red spiral gradually coalesced into a gigantic rift, invisible to the naked eye, leading to the Warp.
Suddenly, without warning, a huge blood-red eye opened in the canopy of the Tree of Life, which was still burning, and at the same time, an incredibly powerful surge of Chaos energy erupted.
The powerful Chaos Psychic Power directly sent Thor, who was coming head-on, flying far away.
And the surrounding Frost Giants, with their huge bodies and slow reactions, strangely shriveled up the moment they were touched by this Chaos Psychic Power, as if they were a bag of milk that had been drunk in one gulp and crumpled into a ball.
"No, Loki, stop this evil ritual…"
Thor continuously spun mjolnir in his hand, using the Thunder God Power within him to resist the incoming storm of Chaos Psychic Power.
But no matter how dense his nerves were, he now realized that something was seriously wrong.
After the blood-red eye appeared, he actually heard the silent wail of the Tree of Life, and the resonant tremor gradually spreading from this area to the entire Planet.
At the same time, Thor also saw a Chaos Magic array, growing increasingly brighter, around the Tree of Life, which was burning like a 'torch'.
Countless blood and life, and even souls, were all absorbed into this Chaos Magic array, then transformed into violent energy that tore through the barrier of the reality dimension.
"It's useless, Thor, don't struggle anymore…"
Loki slowly spread his arms. He didn't care about the lives of the Frost Giants at all, and had never even considered these simple-minded fools as his own kin. They were merely stepping stones on his path to the throne.
And from a perspective imperceptible to ordinary people, a pulsating blue Flame of Change was gradually lighting up on Loki's antlered helmet.
He said triumphantly, "The Eye of Fear is about to open, and the power of the Chaos Gods is about to descend upon the real World… At that time, I will lead an unrivaled demon army to conquer Asgard and personally reclaim my throne!!"
"Damn it, Loki, haven't you realized the seriousness of your crimes yet?"
Thor, like an old father eager to save an internet-addicted teenager but utterly powerless, roared hoarsely:
"Wherever you go, there is nothing but war, death, and destruction… And a true King of Asgard would never allow such things to happen in the realm under his rule."
As his voice fell, he released mjolnir, and with a "bang," he directly sent Loki flying.
However, before he could recall his hammer and continue to attack the blood-red giant eye that had appeared on the Tree of Life, an eerie wailing sound, as if echoing from the depths of the Universe, suddenly came.
Throughout the entire Elf Kingdom, wherever the wailing passed, the souls of the Elves who had fortunately escaped Loki's clutches earlier were instantly forcibly torn from their bodies, and then returned to the Warp!!
And as tens of thousands of Elves died, in the starfield between Asgard and Alfheim, a huge, swirling rift that completely penetrated the physical Universe's dimensional barrier suddenly appeared.
Like a demonic eye from the abyss, it quietly stood in the dark and deep cosmic space, ignoring the powerful repulsion of the physical Universe and almost permanently rooting itself in that starfield.
Surging and violent Warp energy began to pour out continuously from the Eye of Fear.
Like living octopus tentacles, it began to invade and corrupt nearby Planets and starfields, constantly extending and expanding towards other realms besides Earth.
Although strictly speaking, the area affected by the Eye of Fear cannot be considered part of the Warp.
However, it possesses attributes and characteristics almost identical to those within the Warp.
Especially in the areas near the Eye of Fear, all physical laws followed by the real Universe will be severely distorted and altered.
And in areas that are relatively far away, or have just been corroded by Warp energy, physical laws will gradually fail, and reality will continuously distort and mutate.
It won't be long before, as the degree of corrosion and transformation of the environment in these areas by Warp energy deepens, the landscape will undergo astonishing mutations, with giant mountains of writhing flesh and blood appearing, as well as bizarre oceans resembling liquid metal…
Once the physical laws in these areas completely fail, a relatively stable special ecological environment can be formed, allowing Warp creatures to break through the repulsion of physical laws and exist in the physical Universe for a longer time—which is the so-called Demon World (Planet)!!
At that time, large numbers of Warp demons will pour out from the Warp Rift, frequently invading the physical Universe in their physical forms to harvest the souls and lives on these Planets.
"Ah… What's with this damn howling?!"
At the same time, in those more distant realms, some 'God-race mages' and magic apprentices, who were born with a special kind of magic, inexplicably heard terrifying, non-human growls emanating from the depths of the Eye of Fear the moment it appeared.
Even the Ancient One in Kamar-Taj noticed this anomaly in the Universe beyond Earth immediately.
The Ancient One formed a magic seal with her hands, and the Eye of Agamotto instantly appeared in front of her chest.
Buzz—
The mechanism inside the Eye of Agamotto rotated, and a brilliant, dazzling green light burst forth from the green gem stored inside the Eye of Agamotto—it was the Time Stone!
Rewind the past, observe the future!!!