Chapter 177: Plundering the Treasure Vault of the Immortal Palace

The 'Crimson Bands of Cyttorak' entangled Thor; in the movie, even Thanos couldn't break free from this magic.

Not to mention Thor, who hasn't truly awakened his Thunder God powers yet.

He was instantly bound by several magical bands emitting red light, and despite the pull of Mjolnir, he couldn't move.

At the same time.

A dark red radiance rose from Azu's body, appearing viscous, exuding heat, and emanating a heavy, murderous aura.

These radiances flowed around Azu's body, making his presence heavier and more violent.

A faint vibration emanated from within Azu, his chest, his arms, every muscle in his body continuously bulging and expanding.

Instantly, Azu's body size increased slightly, and he exuded an astonishing aura of power.

As if influenced by Azu's aura, the originally clear sky above Asgard gradually darkened and became overcast.

Thick clouds surged from nowhere, covering the sky, with streaks of lightning appearing within the clouds.

Booming thunder accompanied continuous lightning strikes around Azu, illuminating his figure, now brilliantly bright, now dark and shadowy.

But whether bright or dark, the dark red radiance around Azu was never overshadowed by the lightning, still glowing in the darkness.

Divine power! 50% output!

Immediately, Azu pulled on those magical bands, dragging Thor over.

His other hand raised, fingers clenched into a fist.

The 'Hercules Bracelet' on that hand lit up with each intricate pattern, emitting a silver radiance.

Instantly, the power aura on Azu's fist surged dramatically!

Hercules Bracelet! Tenfold power increase!

Thor felt the power on that fist, as if it could destroy planets, destroy the Immortal Palace, and couldn't help but shrink his pupils.

Then, that fist continuously enlarged in his vision.

Finally.

Azu's fist landed on Thor's face.

The 'Crimson Bands of Cyttorak' retracted.

Azu's fist erupted with a vast dark red ripple.

Thor's figure instantly blurred, shooting away from the center of this dark red ripple.

As he flew away, dark red ripples continuously erupted in the air.

At this moment.

The first ripple touched the ground of the Immortal Palace below.

The ground of Asgard silently sank, the sunken part skipping the process of shattering, directly turning into powder.

"Get out of the way!"

Seeing this scene.

Fandral, one of the Warriors Three and a master swordsman, shouted loudly.

However.

By then, the dark red ripple had already passed near several Immortal Palace warships.

Upon contact with those ripples, the warships' hulls instantly deformed, and the warriors inside seemed as if crushed by something.

Instantly flattened, they then fell to the ground, and only after hitting the ground did blood gush out from the flattened warships.

Seeing this, the Immortal Palace warships in the nearby airspace quickly evaded.

Those that were slower were swept by the dark red ripple, either shattered or deformed.

Then, they all fell to the ground.

On the warships, the warrior Sif looked horrified.

The aftershock of that 'Conqueror's' punch was so powerful.

What about Thor, who took the punch head-on?

At this moment, she could no longer see Thor.

Only the distant Immortal Palace buildings.

Palaces, statues, pillars.

One after another exploded and collapsed.

After taking Azu's punch.

Thor almost flew to the edge of Asgard.

Finally, he crashed into a majestic mountain.

The mountain instantly sank, forming a shallow crater.

Thor was embedded in that crater, his head drooping, unconscious.

"Son!"

On the ground, the elderly Odin looked towards the direction Thor had flown, watching the collapsing Immortal Palace buildings.

His expression grave, his gaze swept across the sky, landing on Azu.

He summoned his steed.

Wanting to engage Azu again.

But he saw a black book appear in front of Azu.

This book's cover was pitch black, exuding a suffocating black aura, within which occasionally transformed into ferocious faces, with flickering red sparks.

Odin's scalp tingled.

On this book, the All-Father sensed an indescribable darkness and evil aura.

It was as if the darkness and malice of the entire universe were concentrated, as if the evil aura of the entire hell was condensed.

Odin's mind flashed to something, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Could that be the 'Darkhold'?"

At that moment, black auras rose from the ground around Odin, quickly forming into towering humanoid shapes.

Odin looked up, feeling as if these black figures were ancient yet evil deities, and a sense of unease surged within him.

At this moment, those black auras, those deity-like giant shadows, connected into one.

Immediately.

The light in Odin's eyes rapidly disappeared, he had just raised 'Gungnir', not yet able to attack.

His vision was already pitch black.

Not a single glimmer of light.

Even his senses became blurred.

Odin couldn't even hear his own breathing or heartbeat.

In an instant, he seemed to have entered the legendary lightless world ruled by the Dark Elves.

The All-Father could no longer sense the outside world.

He was isolated.

Darkhold!

Dark magic, Dark Prison!

Using this magic to trap Odin.

Thor was unconscious.

Azu closed the 'Darkhold', temporarily storing it in his inventory.

Then he rose into the air, looking at the Immortal Palace army of Asgard.

"People of the Divine Realm."

"Your king has been controlled by me."

"Your prince has fallen unconscious."

"There is no one left to protect you."

"Now I give you a choice."

"Lay down your weapons, surrender to me, and praise my mercy."

"In this way, you can still breathe fresh air, and see tomorrow's sun."

On the Immortal Palace warships, there was an uproar.

The warriors of the Divine Realm had a drastic change in their eyes, their resolve shaken.

In their minds, the nearly invincible Odin and Thor, now one was controlled, the other unconscious.

This was a huge blow to them.

On one of the Immortal Palace warships, Volstagg, holding a battle axe, stepped forward, raising his axe and shouting, "Don't listen to his nonsense!"

"The Divine Realm will never surrender!"

"Never!"

His barrel-like figure gave the Immortal Palace warriors a bit of confidence.

Master swordsman Fandral also drew his sword, shouting, "Warriors of the Divine Realm, for countless years, we have faced countless enemies."

"Tell me, what was the outcome for those enemies?"

"That's right, they were all defeated."

"So today will be no exception!"

These two Immortal Palace warriors, with their illustrious battle records, under their encouragement, the Divine Realm warriors regained their confidence.

Raising their weapons.

Shouting, "The Immortal Palace will prevail!"

"The Divine Realm will prevail!"

Azu sat on the Dark Throne, smiling, "Well then."

He made a gesture.

In a Dark Elf warship, the cloaked general Krel saw the gesture.

Immediately shouted.

"All troops! Attack!"

Hum!

The Dark Elf mothership and fighters all emitted energy roaring sounds, then, a fighter 'whooshed' past under Azu's feet, charging towards the Immortal Palace army.

Thus.

The war between the Dark Elves and the Immortal Palace army began!

Fighters darted, heavy cannons roared.

The sky above Asgard was filled with countless fireballs.

Sitting on the Dark Throne, Azu smiled slightly, using 'Self-Replication', creating a duplicate with 80% of his combat power.

Using this duplicate to command the battlefield.

Azu himself used 'Teleportation', disappearing from the battlefield.

When he reappeared.

He was in the prison of Asgard.

Earlier, when engaging with Odin and his son.

Azu had already spread his 'Psychic Field', marking several psychic coordinates.

In this process.

He discovered an interesting psychic coordinate.

That was Loki, currently imprisoned.

Loki sat on a chair in the prison.

Compared to other prisoners, his treatment was like a VIP guest.

Not only did he have his own cell, but it also contained a table, chairs, and tea set.

The Dark Elves' invasion, Azu's battle with Odin and his son.

He knew nothing of these.

But he knew something was happening outside.

Yet when he saw Azu appear in the prison, he was still stunned.

Back then.

In New York, Loki had also witnessed how Azu took the 'Cosmic Cube' from his brother and a group of legendary heroes.

He naturally recognized Azu.

"It's you?"

Honestly, seeing Azu in the Divine Realm was a huge shock to Loki.

This wasn't a place where Earthlings could come.

Azu smiled, looking at Loki with his black long hair, sinisterly handsome, the 'God of Mischief' who preferred being an assassin over a mage.

"It's me."

"Look, who's this little girl."

"Did you do something wrong?"

"To be locked up in such a place."

Loki, with his deep cunning, wouldn't be angered by these words.

He laughed, "So the commotion outside is because of you?"

"Strange."

"My brother, and the great All-Father didn't stop you?"

"Letting you invade here."

Azu shrugged, "They tried, but didn't succeed."

Azu didn't boast about his achievements, instead saying, "How about we make a deal?"

Loki raised an eyebrow, "What deal."

Then he looked behind Azu, his lips moving.

At that moment, a golden spear stabbed at Azu's back, but didn't even pierce his cloak, blocked by a bio-field.

Azu turned around, smiling, reaching out to grab the Asgardian warrior who had sneak-attacked him.

With a clench of his fingers, the warrior's helmet and the head inside were instantly crushed.

Then, golden flames shot from Azu's eyes, killing several guards who had rushed into the prison.

Only then did he clap his hands and look at Loki.

Loki then said what he hadn't finished earlier, "Watch your back."

"Alright, never mind."

Azu knew this guy had deliberately delayed his warning.

He didn't mind.

Said.

"I can let you out."

"But you have to tell me how to get to the Immortal Palace treasure vault."

Loki laughed, "You want to plunder Odin's treasure vault?"

Azu spread his hands, "What else do you think I came to the Divine Realm for?"

His primary goal in coming to the Divine Realm was, of course, the 'Aether' within Jane Foster.

That is, the 'Reality Gem'.

His second goal was the Immortal Palace treasure vault, which contained many treasures, although most would become useless outside the DC universe.

But as long as he came into contact with them, derivative items would appear in the store, even artifacts purchasable with multiverse crystals.

Azu had already marked Jane Foster's psychic coordinates and could teleport to her at any time to take her away.

So before that, he planned to plunder Odin's treasure vault first.

Loki smiled brightly, "No problem, I can tell you how to get there."

"So now, can you let me out?"

"Deal." Azu made a gesture, "Step back a bit."

Loki stepped back.

Azu's eyes lit up, firing 'Heat Vision' at the prison's light barrier.

The golden light barrier resisted for two seconds before shattering.

The 'Heat Vision' swept around.

Azu also released the other prisoners, they could create chaos.

Loki walked out, smiling slightly, pointing to the door, "To get to the Immortal Palace treasure vault, first, you have to go..."

Before he could finish, several red magical bands wrapped around his hands.

'Crimson Bands of Cyttorak'!

Loki raised his hands, looking at Azu, "What's this about?"

Azu patted his head, "It's like this, I just remembered, you're very good at lying."

"And I don't have time to verify the truth of your words."

"So I changed my mind."

"Can you take me to the treasure vault?"

Loki smiled, waving his hands, "I guess I don't have the right to refuse now, do I?"

Immortal Palace treasure vault.

One after another, golden light streams pierced the air, killing the Divine Realm warriors guarding the vault.

Azu kicked, the vault door swung open.

He walked in.

The treasures collected inside came into Azu's view.

Entering here.

Loki seemed to forget about leaving.

He also walked in.

His gaze fell on a spherical treasure, saying, "This is the Orb of Agamotto, you should know about the 'Sorcerer Supreme'."

"This is a treasure passed down through generations of 'Sorcerer Supreme', it can detect the source of magic, also detect sources of danger, equivalent to a detector."

Azu asked curiously, "Since it's a treasure passed down through generations of 'Sorcerer Supreme' on Earth, how did it end up in the Immortal Palace?"

Loki shrugged, "You should ask Odin that, though he might not tell you."

His gaze fell once again on an ancient stone stele.

"Stele of Life and Time."

Loki pointed with his chin and said, "This stele comes from the lost civilization of Earth, Atlantis."

"The inscription on it is not simple; it bears a miraculous biological evolution equation."

"No one knows who carved this stele."

"But according to the method inscribed on the stele, any life form can evolve to the highest form."

"However, how to decipher the stele is a problem."

"For so many years, the people of Asgard have only deciphered that this thing records the method to evolve all things."

Azu couldn't help but reach out and touch the stele, feeling nothing unusual, as if it were just an ordinary stone stele.

Moving forward.

Loki pointed to an eyeball.

"Eye of Agamotto."

"After use, a golden eye will appear on the forehead."

"This eye can release a strange light that can dispel all illusions and darkness."

"It can be used to combat the evil forces of the dark dimension, as well as dark creatures from other dimensions like nightmares."

Azu 'oh'-ed, thinking that if that's the case, this eyeball is quite effective against the "Darkhold."

Of course, it probably can't completely counter it.

Next.

Was a brazier.

The brazier itself is not a treasure; the real treasure is the fire within the brazier.

This is no ordinary flame.

But 'Eternal Flame,' it is the key to triggering 'Ragnarok.'

Apart from this function, it seems to have no other uses.

The reason Odin collected it is probably to prevent the occurrence of Ragnarok.

Finally.

Loki's gaze fell on a blue casket.

He said in a dreamy tone, "Casket of Ancient Winters."

"An artifact of the Frost Giants, containing endless frost and cold, capable of instantly turning an area into a frozen land."

"It can even create an ice age."

After a pause, Loki finally remembered that he was still tied up.

He raised his hand.

And smiled, "Friend, can you let me go now?"

Azu did not hesitate and retracted the 'Crimson Bands of Cyttorak.'

As the glowing crimson magical bands disappeared, Loki stepped back, smiling as he left the treasure vault.

When the vault was empty, Azu's eyes lit up.

Then he said.

"If you dare touch it, you're dead."

At this moment, green light flickered beside the 'Casket of Ancient Winters.'

Loki appeared there, smiling awkwardly, "Just kidding."

He clapped his hands, and only then did he truly leave.

Loki's tricks might fool Thor, but they are useless against Azu.

Azu marked his mental coordinates; whether he is nearby.

Azu knows perfectly well.

Now, with Loki's mental coordinates far away, Azu walked up to the 'Casket of Ancient Winters.'

As soon as his hand touched the artifact, a metal grating in front suddenly unlocked itself, and then, the guardian of the vault, the Destroyer, stepped out from a bright light.

This is a steel giant, forged from Asgardian Uru metal, its body indestructible.

Its face can also emit ultra-high temperature beams.

It was once used by Loki, sent to Earth to deal with Thor.

It seems that in this universe, the Destroyer was not destroyed by Thor as in the movies.

Seeing this steel giant step out of the bright light, Azu's mouth curled up, revealing a smile.

"I wonder if the store can update it."

Compared to other treasures.

For Azu.

This 'Destroyer' is the most valuable treasure in Asgard.

As soon as it stepped out of the bright light, the Destroyer's facial armor opened, and flames surged inside its head.

Then a stream of ultra-high temperature light blasted towards Azu, aiming to annihilate this 'thief' who dared to invade the vault and touch the treasures!

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