After hearing Heisenberg's words, Loki's expression did not change in the slightest.
That blank, utterly stunned look almost made even Heisenberg pity him a little.
Of course, pity aside, Heisenberg wanted even more to burst out laughing. Loki looked so ridiculous that it was downright hilarious.
The guy stayed frozen in a daze for a full six or seven seconds.
Heaven knew what was going through his head. Only when light finally returned to his eyes did he shout at Heisenberg.
"How dare you treat your god like this!!!"
"Heh, you've still got the energy to act proud?"
Faced with Loki's roar, Heisenberg bent down and casually reached for his collar.
But Loki's body instantly faded. In the blink of an eye, he had reappeared more than fifty meters away on the street.
At that moment, Loki's face was full of fury. He clapped his hands lightly, and the dust on his body vanished at once.
At the same time, his slightly messy clothes and crooked helmet returned to normal as well.
After meticulously fixing his appearance, Loki glared at Heisenberg and shouted,
"God of Midgard, do you think a prince of Asgard would fall so easily?!!
I was merely careless just now. I didn't dodge in time, and that was the only reason you succeeded with that cheap sneak attack!
Now I'll show you what the power of a god truly looks like!"
The moment he finished speaking, Loki pointed the scepter in his hand directly at Heisenberg.
A dazzling blue beam shot out at once, streaking toward Heisenberg's chest.
Facing Loki's attack, Heisenberg simply stood where he was with amused interest.
He actually let the beam strike him head-on.
In an instant, a circular patch of damage appeared in the fabric over his chest.
That damned energy had actually broken through Heisenberg's bio-force field and damaged his clothing!
Even the Hulk had never been able to do anything to Heisenberg's clothes while his bio-force field was active, but Loki had done it!
Or rather, the power of the Space Stone absorbed into his scepter had caused some kind of spatial distortion within Heisenberg's bio-force field, disrupting the balance of forces inside it!
Realizing that, Heisenberg looked at the stunned Loki and nodded with a smile.
"You actually damaged my clothes. Not bad."
The moment he heard that, Loki's face turned green, then pale. He clenched his teeth so hard they nearly cracked.
Because he had seen the skin beneath the torn clothing!
It was completely unharmed!!!
That result left Loki staring dumbly at his scepter. He measured it in his hand, and for the first time, his head started to ache.
I just used eighty percent of the energy I can control, and all I managed to damage was his clothes...?!
In that instant, Loki suddenly regretted coming to Midgard.
Why the hell did a backwards little place like Midgard have a monster like this living on it?!!!
He had fought Thor that idiot countless times. Sure, neither of them had ever gone all out, but they both knew exactly how strong the other was.
Thor was definitely stronger than him, but there was no way Thor was this strong!
This bastard in front of him, this so-called god among men, his physical strength was absolutely several times greater than Thor's!
Maybe even more than ten times greater!!!
This wasn't even the same level of opponent!!!
Maybe his father would have a chance of beating this guy!!!
Just like that, Loki stood there with his mouth open. He wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, nothing came out.
Seeing him like this, Heisenberg chuckled.
"What, finally see the gap between us?"
As he spoke, the sand and dust at his feet slowly began to rise.
That was the sign that he had reactivated his bio-force field.
Then Heisenberg raised his right hand.
First, he rubbed the exposed skin on his chest, then directly grabbed his ruined shirt and ripped it clean apart!
There he was, floating about twenty centimeters above the ground with his upper body bare, his hair swaying lightly with the flow of the force field.
Most of the torn shirt had been thrown aside, but a few strips of ruined fabric still hung in a mess from his belt.
If there had been a true DC comics fan standing here, they would have realized that aside from his hair color and skin tone, Heisenberg now looked almost exactly like the comic version of Superboy-Prime.
Loki had no idea who Superboy-Prime was, but by now, he understood Heisenberg's strength well enough.
If he had not been forcing his body to hold together with magic, he would already have been dealing with broken ribs right now!
He was a god of Asgard, and Heisenberg had broken his ribs with a single punch.
It was simply unbelievable!
Still, no matter how shocked he was, Loki had to maintain his composure.
So when he heard Heisenberg's question, he actually smiled.
"Surprise...!"
He spread his hands with a smile.
"What a delightful surprise. I never imagined Midgard would actually have a warrior like you!
I must admit, although we've only exchanged a single blow, your strength has earned my respect, my friend!"
As he spoke, he slowly walked toward Heisenberg.
"But what I cannot understand is why someone as powerful as you has not ruled Midgard already.
Believe me, no matter what kind of life you live now, once you truly rule this planet, your life will become better by countless times!
So, I now formally extend an invitation to you.
If I, from Asgard, and you, from Midgard, form an alliance, our vision can leave the Nine Realms behind in an instant!
This planet would only be the starting point of our conquest, and the path we walk would far exceed anything you can imagine!
To prove my sincerity, I am willing to share my treasured artifact with you, my scepter.
I have already obtained the Space Stone from Midgard, so the Mind Stone is no longer that important to me.
If you do not know what the Mind Stone is, then you may as well experience its power for yourself.
Do not worry that I will tamper with anything. I will throw the scepter far away to you. You only need to catch it, and you will feel both its power and my sincerity!"
He spoke with complete seriousness.
And as soon as he finished, he really did throw the scepter toward Heisenberg!
Watching the scepter fly toward him, Heisenberg did not reach out to catch it, because he seemed to have thought of something.
The next moment proved his suspicion correct. To Heisenberg's superhuman senses...
The instant Loki let go of the scepter, the figure he had left behind was only an afterimage.
The real Loki had already turned invisible and was rushing forward alongside his own scepter, racing straight toward Heisenberg!
When the scepter finally dropped in front of Heisenberg, the invisible Loki suddenly caught it in midair.
Heisenberg not reaching out had surprised him a little.
But that did not matter. Loki felt that as long as Heisenberg's eyes had been fooled, he had already won!
The moment he grabbed the scepter, he pressed it directly against Heisenberg's chest.
Then he revealed himself and burst into wild laughter.
Far above them on the Helicarrier, Hill, who had been watching all of this, went pale with shock!
After seeing the footage of Loki controlling Natasha, Hill naturally knew exactly what kind of power that scepter possessed!
She knew Heisenberg was Kryptonian, a Superman-like being who had descended into the human world.
But even if Heisenberg really was like Superman, Superman's notoriously terrible magic resistance and mental resistance had been mocked by countless people...
Hill was genuinely scared. If Heisenberg were controlled and turned into Earth's enemy, then Earth truly might have no way to resist him!
Loki, who clearly shared the same thought, was beyond delighted. He roared arrogantly,
"Indeed, you possess mighty power, and I possess boundless wisdom. We were meant to stand together!
Now let your power become one more part of my own. Fight for me across the Nine Realms, Heisenberg of Midgard!
With your strength, I will rule the Nine Realms! With your strength, I will defeat my foolish brother and my father! But first, you must pay for your earlier offense against me!
Kneel!!!"
He shouted so hard that the veins on his neck bulged with excitement.
He drove the power of the scepter harder and harder, instantly trying to seize control of Heisenberg...
Control...
"Hm?"
Looking at Heisenberg's utterly unchanged pupils, feeling how he could not touch Heisenberg's mind at all...
Loki was dumbfounded again.
In disbelief, he tilted his head, widened his eyes, and pressed the scepter against Heisenberg's chest once more.
Clang!
This time he used a lot more force, so much so that the point where the scepter struck Heisenberg's chest actually rang out like metal striking iron.
"Th-this-this...!!!"
At that moment, it was as if Loki could see his vanished youth flashing before his eyes...
He wanted to go home to Asgard...
And then there was Heisenberg.
Under the tense gaze of countless onlookers, Heisenberg sneered, raised his right hand, and clamped it tightly around Loki's throat.
"Looks like your little trick didn't work. But I do rather like that last thing you said."
As he spoke, he lifted Loki into the air, then smashed him brutally into the ground!
Boom!
After the violent shockwave swept out, the crater in the ground deepened even further, and the affected area widened yet again.
Roughly two hundred meters away, some bold civilians still had not fled. Instead, they had stayed to watch Heisenberg showing off his power.
But at this moment, they hurriedly covered their ears and squeezed their eyes shut.
When they opened them again, Heisenberg was already speaking to Loki, who now looked as though all the strength had drained out of him.
All they heard Heisenberg say was this:
"What was that last thing you said?
Kneel?
Since you enjoy making people kneel so much...
Why don't you kneel first and give it a try yourself!"
As he spoke, a searing light burst from Heisenberg's eyes.
The heat vision struck the ground right beside Loki with perfect precision, instantly melting it into a pool of lava of unfathomable depth!
Faced with such naked intimidation, Loki shut the mouth that had fallen open from sheer shock and slowly climbed to his feet.
He did not look humiliated at all.
If anything, he looked almost pleased as he said to Heisenberg,
"Your power leaves me in awe, Lord Heisenberg.
To think that even the Mind Stone, one of the Infinity Stones, cannot shake your unbreakable will.
In the face of someone as great as you, it seems I could never hope to win.
A wise man knows when to choose, and I too will make my choice.
I am willing to become your hound and clear the path before you!
I am Loki, an unworthy prince of Asgard. It would be my honor to serve you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Loki suddenly bent his body as if preparing to kneel on one knee before Heisenberg.
And finally, Heisenberg showed the faintest trace of surprise.
Did you think he was shocked by Loki's surrender?
Of course not!
In that instant, one thought flashed through his mind.
Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit. First the big talk and a sneak attack, then offering a treasure and a sneak attack, and now fake surrender for another sneak attack. So this is the legendary Loki three-hit combo?
Even as he thought that, his right hand shot straight toward the air in front of him!
Loki's kneeling figure immediately faded again, while Heisenberg's hand, grabbing seemingly empty air, accurately caught Loki by the wrist just as he came stabbing in with a dagger.
"So you really only know how to look for chances to sneak attack?"
He mocked him once, then slowly floated upward.
Twisting at the waist and shoulders while suspended in midair, Heisenberg instantly started swinging poor Loki around like a whip!
Bang bang boom boom!!!
In just a few moments...
Across New York Central Plaza...
Loki-shaped craters were everywhere.
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