As long as this curtain could block Odin and Mavuika for three seconds—no, even just two seconds—he could activate the pre-prepared spatial teleportation and escape the battlefield.
The crimson curtain formed instantly, like a bloody Great Wall stretching across the sky, separating Malekith from the father and daughter of Asgard.
Behind the curtain, Malekith's figure began to turn illusory as the Aether Particle tore open a rift leading to the Akasha around him.
In that lightning-fast moment, Mavuika moved.
Her right foot retreated half a step, her body sank slightly, her left arm pulled back to her waist, and her right arm slowly drew back; the posture did not look like a deity casting a spell, but rather like the most basic straight punch starting stance of a mortal martial artist.
But the moment she assumed this stance, all the light in Asgard seemed to converge upon her.
The clouds in the sky were torn apart by an invisible force, and sunlight poured onto her like a waterfall.
Mavuika opened her eyes.
Then, she punched.
It seemed to be just the simplest of straight punches.
But the moment that punch was thrown, time itself seemed to stand still.
Her right fist was enveloped in violent flames, like a condensed stellar core, carrying the power to burn the heavens and destroy the earth as it blasted straight toward the crimson storm!
"BOOM—!!"
In front of the fist, space was torn apart, and the reality-warping power of the Aether Particle was forcibly pierced by this single punch.
A hole appeared in the crimson curtain, centered on the point of contact with the fist.
Subsequently, the hole rapidly expanded, and the crimson curtain melted away like snow under sunlight, revealing Malekith's terrified face behind it.
The Aether Particle in his hand was still throbbing frantically, and the spatial rift he had torn open was already half-formed, but his own teleportation was forcibly interrupted.
Mavuika withdrew her fist and took a step forward.
With just one step, she crossed a distance of a hundred meters and appeared in front of Malekith.
Her platinum-gold robes remained untainted amidst the crimson Aether energy, and her golden eyes calmly gazed at the King of the Dark Elves.
"Asgard is not a place you can come and go as you please," she spoke, her voice flat.
Malekith let out a roar, forced to abandon the idea of escape, and exerted all his strength to drive the Aether Particle into a counterattack.
The crimson energy transformed into dozens of spears, shooting toward Mavuika and Odin like a rainstorm, while his body retreated rapidly in an attempt to open up some distance.
Mavuika's figure turned into a streak of light, charging toward the crimson spears.
She swung sun-blaze thousand suns in her hand, the blade sweeping across as platinum, gold, and red flames transformed into a massive wall of fire, intercepting and incinerating all the spears.
Her speed was at the absolute limit, leaving behind trails of flame afterimages, reaching Malekith in an instant.
Malekith's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly manipulated the Aether Particle to form a massive energy shield, while his other hand condensed a crimson warblade, hacking down fiercely at Mavuika.
Wherever the warblade passed, space rippled with slight distortions, carrying an eerie devouring power.
Mavuika neither dodged nor avoided it; sun-blaze thousand suns slashed upward, the tri-colored flames colliding with the crimson warblade, producing a world-shaking "Clang!"
Malekith only felt a terrifyingly massive force transmit through the warblade; his arm went numb, the webbing between his thumb and forefinger split open, and the crimson warblade was actually shaken until it was covered in dense cracks.
He was horrified; a weapon condensed from the Aether Particle had almost been shattered by brute force!
Before he could react, Mavuika flipped her wrist, and sun-blaze thousand suns bypassed the energy shield like a spirit snake, the blade carrying scorching flames as it sliced toward his neck.
Malekith hurriedly tilted his body to dodge, but his neck was still singed by the flames; the skin instantly blackened, bringing intense pain.
He flew backward in a pathetic state, spitting out a mouthful of dark purple blood.
Mavuika's figure followed him like a maggot on a bone, pursuing relentlessly.
sun-blaze thousand suns swung out repeatedly, with tri-colored flame strikes falling like a meteor shower, sealing off all of Malekith's escape routes.
Every strike contained the power of purification, causing the crimson energy of the Aether Particle to constantly dissipate and weaken.
Malekith could only scramble for his life, constantly using the Aether Particle to create defenses and counterattacks, yet he remained in a passive position of being beaten; the wounds on his body increased, and his aura became increasingly withered.
Odin, holding gungnir, hovered in mid-air and did not step forward to intervene.
He watched the battlefield closely, his eyes full of gratification and pride.
He could clearly see that Mavuika's combat techniques were already perfected, her use of power was exquisite to the point of subtlety, and her three powers were perfectly fused into a single entity of offense and defense.
At this moment, she already possessed the strength to stand alone, and had even surpassed himself.
Below the battlefield, the warriors of Asgard fought with increasing courage under the protection of the Resurrection Poem.
The Dark Elves' fleet was being shot down continuously, their aircraft falling like kites with broken strings, and the Dark Elf soldiers on the ground were surrounded in layers, suffering heavy casualties.
They watched Mavuika's figure suppressing Malekith high in the sky; their cheers were deafening, and the name of the sun goddess echoed through the clouds, becoming the strongest spiritual pillar at this moment.
High in the sky, Malekith's counterattacks became increasingly weak.
Knowing he would surely die if this continued, a flash of madness crossed his eyes, and he suddenly let the Aether Particle in his hand explode completely.
The crimson energy expanded instantly, turning into a massive energy sphere that enveloped his entire person.
On the surface of the energy sphere, countless eerie runes flickered, space distorted even more severely, and there was even a faint sign of devouring everything in the vicinity.
He actually wanted to detonate a portion of the Aether Particle's power to perish together with Mavuika!
A cold glint flashed in Mavuika's eyes; she did not retreat in the slightest, and the tri-colored flames around her surged again.
She gripped sun-blaze thousand suns with both hands, pouring all the power in her body into it; the flames on the blade condensed into a single point, the light so blinding that people could not look directly at it.
Mavuika leaped up like a diving phoenix, holding sun-blaze thousand suns as she stabbed fiercely toward the massive energy sphere.
The moment the tri-colored flames collided with the crimson energy sphere, the sphere shook violently, the runes on its surface began to shatter, and the crimson energy was continuously purified and devoured by the flames.
Malekith let out a painful roar inside the energy sphere; he could feel his connection with the Aether Particle being severed, and the energy in his body was rapidly draining away.
Malekith's roar came to an abrupt end as sun-blaze thousand suns finally penetrated the energy sphere, the tip of the sword accurately piercing Malekith's heart.
The tri-colored flames poured into his body along the sword tip, instantly incinerating his internal organs and simultaneously purifying the residual Aether Particle energy within him.
Malekith's body slowly stiffened in the flames, the madness and unwillingness in his eyes gradually dissipated, finally turning into a state of dead silence.
His body fell from the energy sphere, dropping toward the battlefield below and crashing heavily onto the ground, never to move again.
Losing Malekith's control, the massive energy sphere collapsed instantly, and the crimson Aether Particle floated in the air like a beating heart, emitting an eerie light.