As soon as Thor shouted those words, Tony, Captain America, Green Doctor, Natasha, and Hawkeye all shuddered in unison, their hearts skipping a beat as they glared at Thor!
Oh no!!!
Only the fake Rhodes, Rocket, and Ant-Man looked bewildered, not knowing why the others were so 'terrified' by Thor's seemingly normal shout...
Rhodes's confused expression caused Tony, who caught it out of the corner of his eye, to furrow his brows slightly, sensing something was amiss...
Because logically, even though Rhodes had spent the entire Ultron incident providing fire support against Ultron's robot army on the outskirts of Sokovia, he should still have known about this running joke with Thor...
But before Tony could think further, just like that time with Ultron, Thor's jinx manifested once again.
Upon hearing Thor's words, Ebony Maw glanced at Corvus Glaive and gave a deathly smile:
"Did you hear that? Someone wants to see our true power. So let us show them the true power that makes every race in the Universe tremble at the mere mention of it..."
Corvus Glaive nodded indifferently and raised the 'Glaive' in his hand, which was said to be able to store his own soul.
In the next moment, the Sanctuary II, which blotted out the sky, once again sent down beams of blue gravity light toward the ground.
Was the reason Thanos could be called the Universal Tyrant, helping Planets across the Universe achieve family planning and halving their populations, solely due to Thanos's immense power and the top-tier strength of the Black Order members in their respective fields?
Of course not!
The reason Thanos could slaughter half the population of countless Planets was that Thanos possessed an invincible 'Black Order' composed of several legions!
The Chitauri army that invaded during the Battle of New York in 2012 was merely one legion within the Dark Order, and it was the weakest one at that!
Numerous figures began to step out from the descending gravity beams.
The first legion to appear was, naturally, our old acquaintances, the Chitauri army and those Leviathan bio-ships.
Appearing in the second gravity beam was Thanos's bio-engineered legion. They were brutal creatures whose individual strength completely outclassed the Chitauri, possessed no emotions, and were born entirely for war!
The third to emerge from the gravity beams was a beast legion composed of massive black-furred gorillas, each several meters tall. Their role went without saying: they were bio-tanks, responsible for crushing everything in their path!
Bio-infantry, bio-air force, and bio-tanks—witnessing this shocking scene of land, sea, and air forces gathering, the Avengers were not happy at all.
Because next, they would have to face this densely packed bio-army!
Consequently, all the Avengers cast resentful little glances at Thor...
"Haha, it's been a long time since I've felt this hot-blooded feeling. It's like we're back to our first time working together. I... I'll take the lead!"
Thor also looked embarrassed. After a couple of dry laughs, he could no longer stand the feeling of being stared at. With an axe in one hand and a hammer in the other, lightning erupted from his entire body. Like a ball of lightning, he was the first to fly toward the Dark Order army!
Seeing the 'culprit' flee, the other Avengers could only shake their heads helplessly.
Things had reached this point; what else could they do but fight!
Captain America tightened the Vibranium shield Tony had gifted him again, his expression turning resolute as he shouted the phrase that could make Deadpool wet himself: "Avengers Assemble!!"
"Meow!!!"
As someone let out a meow, all the Avengers began their charge!
Even though they faced enemies who outnumbered them countless times, not a single Avenger felt fear at this moment!
The Black Order's four generals looked at the mere handful of Avengers who were nonetheless surging with momentum. Not to be outdone, they waved their hands, ordering the army to charge at the Avengers!
General against general, soldier against soldier.
Thor faced off against the strongest, Ebony Maw; Green Doctor faced the most powerful in strength, Black Dwarf; Captain America faced the commander Corvus Glaive; and Black Widow faced the assassin Proxima Midnight.
Meanwhile, Ant-Man, Rocket, Rhodes, and Hawkeye—these four second-tier popular Avengers—faced the tide-like onslaught of Thanos's bio-army!
But truth be told, Ant-Man's growth ability, Rocket and Rhodes's heavy firepower, and Hawkeye's long-range sniping were perfectly suited for clearing out minions!
Ant-Man went without saying; in his giant form, he could even punch Leviathans barehanded, and those bio-weapons were crushed by the dozen with a single stomp!
Rhodes was not to be outdone. His armor, packed with munitions, perfectly demonstrated what a modern War Machine was. Miniature missiles rained down from the sky like a torrential downpour, blowing up long lines of bio-weapons!
Hawkeye, well aware that he was only human, didn't push too far forward. Instead, he sniped from the rear, specifically targeting the heads of the giant apes on the ground that posed the greatest threat to his companions, killing them one by one with various specialized arrowheads!
Finally, Rocket was even more incredible. Holding a plasma cannon in each hand, he roared while pulling the triggers. At the same time, two magical prosthetic limbs shimmering with Runes extended from his back, firing golden beams of divine power at Thanos's army, tearing apart countless charging bio-weapons!
While Rocket was pleasantly surprised by the power of the magical prosthetics on his back, he laughed loudly at Thor, who was busy chasing Ebony Maw with lightning:
"Hahahaha! Thor, your trendy old mother really is a Witch! She actually predicted we'd go through this battle and gave me this awesome stuff in advance!"
Thor, while holding mjolnir and summoning heaven-reaching lightning to continuously strike Ebony Maw—who was struggling to hold on under a psychic shield—looked back at Rocket and laughed with pride:
"Hahaha, of course! Before Loki, my mother was the recognized number one mage of the Nine Realms. While she might not have been the strongest in combat power, she was definitely the most mysterious god of our Asgard, just as mysterious as my brother, Loki, the God of Mischief!"
Hearing Thor praise his mother while not forgetting to mention his brother Loki, whose location was unknown, Rocket the raccoon was speechless.
Consequently, Rocket couldn't help but snark: "What does this have to do with your brother? Even if he had the same prophetic ability as your mother, he probably would've been so scared by the prediction that he hid away. That's why you haven't been able to find him all these years!"
Upon hearing this, Thor suddenly fell silent. After a moment of silence, he said despondently: "It's okay. I'd rather he be hidden. At least... that way I still have a brother who's alive... He's my only family left..."
Rocket opened its mouth to respond but found itself unable to speak.
It couldn't help but regret its impulsive snarkiness. Now look what happened; it had hurt the feelings of their team's favorite little chubby God of Thunder!
In the next moment, when everyone was caught off guard, the world suddenly shook. The lightning Thor had summoned to strike Ebony Maw expanded countless times without warning. It instantly turned Ebony Maw—who was already struggling—along with Thanos's army within a thousand-meter radius, into ash!
This left Thor, standing in the vacuum of the blast, and Rocket in the distance staring at each other, both completely bewildered!
Rocket rolled its eyes at Thor: "Hey, tubby, if you had this kind of power, why didn't you use it earlier? A few more of those and Thanos's army would be nothing!"
Thor's mouth twitched upon hearing this: "Would you believe me if I said I didn't do that..."
Although he hadn't used his full strength just now, and hadn't even touched his all-fathers exclusive weapon, stormbreaker—using his old partner mjolnir instead—even at full power, he couldn't produce lightning a thousand meters wide!
Furthermore, in his grief just now, he had no intention of increasing the divine power output for the lightning...
At the End of Time...
Loki withdrew the divine power he had just channeled into the timeline in his hand, a slight smile on his lips: "I cannot personally intervene as the God of Stories, but I never said I couldn't use my power as the God of Mischief!"
"You have always been the one protecting Asgard and protecting me. This time, let it be my turn to protect you, my foolish brother!"