Chapter 348: Odin's Return

"Frigga? She should have just recovered..." Robert looked apologetically at Diana and explained, "I was planning to kill her to avenge you, but it seems this world has bestowed upon her a mysterious power that allows her to continually regenerate. I've destroyed her body many times, yet she cannot truly die..."

Though Robert had previously been in a berserk state with blurred consciousness, now that he had regained his senses, he remembered clearly what had happened.

Thus, Robert understood that Frigga's previous state was definitely problematic, but he also conjectured that if Asgard itself were destroyed, Frigga would likely be unable to recover.

Of course, destroying all of Asgard meant that Robert would need to transform into a spacesuit or a spaceship to slowly travel through space to locate Earth.

"You destroyed Frigga's body?" Diana, holding the Sword of Fire, looked somewhat bewilderedly at Robert. Her gaze lingered on the wound on Robert's chest. "So, you were wounded by Odin? Has your power grown to this extent? Did you also revive me?"

Diana was well aware of the severity of her previous injuries. Even if those injuries hadn't killed her outright, returning to her peak condition would have been impossible.

In Asgard, no one else would have come to save her, let alone restore her combat abilities. Thus, the only explanation for her recovery was Robert's intervention.

Moreover, Diana could feel the strong energy surging from Robert. Though his aura had stabilized and was no longer escalating towards the Super Saiyan realm, his current level of power was enough to astonish her. However, Diana didn't understand why, if Robert could heal her injuries and restore her combat strength, he hadn't healed his own chest wound.

"This is only a temporary state because you seemed to have died, and I reached an extreme level of anger, triggering a hidden power within me that brought me to this state," Robert explained with a smile, shaking his head gently in response to Diana's questions.

"Originally, if I had fought Odin, I could have reached the Skyfather level you mentioned, completing the Super Saiyan transformation. But I sensed some revival in your energy, so I chose to come and heal you first."

For a normal Saiyan, transforming into a Super Saiyan is roughly equivalent to the Skyfather level in this world. A Saiyan's base combat strength can continue to increase, but except in rare cases like Broly, it is difficult to elevate base combat strength to the Super Saiyan level.

At this moment, Robert was nearing such a level. If he successfully transformed into a Super Saiyan, he could reach the Skyfather level, sufficient to contend with Odin in the skies.

"Super Saiyan transformation?" Diana looked at Robert, puzzled by the term that Robert had not mentioned before. While she knew what a Saiyan was, the concept of 'Super' was still unclear to her.

"No worries, once I successfully transform, you'll understand!" Robert said, smiling and shaking his head gently, "Ah, here it comes..."

"Who? Superman!" Diana was momentarily taken aback by Robert's words, then sensing something, she looked up towards the sky just in time to see Clark appearing in Asgard.

"Your injuries, are they not a problem? Since you could heal me, why not heal yourself?" Diana's gaze quickly shifted back from Clark to the wound on Robert's chest.

Diana didn't know the full extent of Clark's power, but from Odin's actions of taking Clark away alone, it was evident that Clark was at a level comparable to Odin.

Thus, with Clark's arrival, Diana no longer needed to worry about threats from Odin. She refocused her attention on Robert, especially since Robert's chest wound was not healing as quickly as she had expected.

"Oh, that ability of mine can only heal others, not myself..." Robert shrugged, smiling at his chest wound, "But don't worry, this little injury won't affect anything. Even if the fighting resumes, I'm much stronger now, although this state won't last long—it's too draining..."

As Robert's energy stabilized, his combat power inevitably began to slide. After all, the mimetic state is not a true transformation but a transitional phase from base form to Super Saiyan. That he hadn't immediately reverted upon regaining consciousness was already a testament to Robert's remarkable control.

With Robert calming down and his continuous surge of anger dissipating, along with the ongoing decline in his aura, his current state was similar to Goku's leaking Super Saiyan 3 form, which would eventually revert over time.

"Ah? I think I've found Frigga's location again. I knew she wasn't dead, but Odin distracted me. Is she showing herself now because Odin has returned?" Robert mused, suddenly sensing Frigga's presence and turning to look up into the sky.

Previously, Robert's relentless attacks had blown Frigga apart

 multiple times, subjecting her to a cycle of life and death. Odin and Diana had distracted him from paying further attention to Frigga, but now, after her recovery, she had reappeared.

Because Frigga also sensed the more terrifying battle in the high skies between Clark and Odin, a battle that had moved from a new dimensional realm to here without a decisive outcome.

Originally, Clark had been slightly at a disadvantage since Odin was inherently stronger and had the enhancement of the Eternal Spear. In that dimensional realm, Clark had never gained an upper hand.

But in that realm, due to Robert's successful outcomes in Asgard, Odin had been distracted and hadn't fully capitalized on his advantages...

Moreover, after Frigga had been repeatedly destroyed by Robert, Odin had ignored Clark's attacks and forcibly opened the Rainbow Bridge with the Eternal Spear to return to Asgard.

Upon returning, Odin had exchanged blows with a rampaging Robert, who was nearly transformed into a Super Saiyan. The first clash with the Kamehameha wave had further exacerbated Odin's already tired and wounded body, and while the explosion on the Eternal Spear hadn't caused much damage, Clark had already caught up...

When Odin opened the Rainbow Bridge with the Eternal Spear, Clark had forcibly followed the tail of the bridge, chasing through a sort of spatial channel to this location. If Clark had been even slightly slower, he might have been expelled from the bridge's channel, falling into the previous dimensional realm or into a spatial turbulence, transported to an unknown location.

Upon successfully entering Asgard, Clark noticed something off about Robert, but he didn't have time to deal with Robert's issues because his most pressing task was to contain or defeat Odin!

Thus, Clark once again battled Odin in Asgard. Thanks to Robert, Odin's combat strength had slipped further, making Clark's fight against Odin somewhat easier than in the dimensional realm.

It was precisely because Odin didn't have the upper hand that Frigga couldn't help but step in, especially after noticing that Diana had mysteriously recovered from her injuries. Although Robert appeared to have a large wound on his chest, it didn't seem to hinder his movement.

Thus, Frigga decisively intervened, worried that if Diana and Robert came to their senses and supported Clark first, it could lead Odin to a disadvantage!

Although Odin and Clark's powers were clearly a level above theirs, not being able to help directly in the battle didn't mean they couldn't help distract from afar. Even a slight diversion could tip the scales of their battle!

With a "swoosh!" a sudden gust of wind stirred up, a spell from Frigga. With her weapon not in hand and needing to maintain distance from Clark, using magic was the best way to restrain him.

"Uh?" Facing the sudden magical wind, Clark raised an eyebrow and chose to ignore it. At full power, Clark's body was formidable. A wind spell that could affect Diana was unlikely to impact Clark.

But Frigga had anticipated this scenario. Under her control, the figure of Odin in front of Clark suddenly split into two, both wielding the Eternal Spear and thrusting towards Clark.

"Uh?" Faced with this sudden change, Clark paused, even though he distinguished Odin's real form almost instantly. But in a battle at this level between Clark and Odin, such a distraction could slightly alter the situation.

With a "swoosh!" Clark's arm was grazed by the Eternal Spear. Even without its spearhead, the Eternal Spear remained lethally sharp, brushing past Clark's arm.

Seeing this, Robert glanced at his own chest wound, thinking of a famous phrase: "Who says you can't kill without a spearhead?"

Although the reason the Eternal Spear appeared blunted or cut off was unknown, its ability to lock onto targets had not vanished. Otherwise, it couldn't have consistently hit Clark, even previously piercing Robert's chest through the power of the Kamehameha wave, showing that the absence of a spearhead didn't really affect the Eternal Spear, although it did look somewhat odd.

Now, seeing Frigga intervene, Robert didn't hesitate; his form instantly disappeared from the spot.

Even though Robert had regained his senses and his energy wasn't increasing but slowly decreasing, there was still time for a battle. Robert remained in his mimetic state, his combat power still at the sub-Skyfather level.

To put it bluntly, Robert in his current state could probably overpower a fully recovered Diana, and although Frigga was stronger than Diana, without her artifact and having been repeatedly destroyed by Robert, she was psychologically scarred. Robert handling her was not an issue...

With a "swoosh!" when Robert's form appeared in front of Frigga, her heart inevitably trembled. Even though Robert's state wasn't as fierce and terrifying as before, the previous battles had indeed left her with a shadow...

With a "bang!" Robert's form flew to the side, his fist punching into empty space. Frigga,

 not learning her lesson, or perhaps having no better strategy against Robert, chose her usual combat approach, which was also Robert's best method to counter.

With a muffled sound, Frigga's body was violently thrown back. Even as a close-combat mage, she could not gain any advantage in hand-to-hand combat with Robert, let alone now with the gap in their strengths...

"Damn!" As Frigga was flung away, Odin instantly exploded with anger, and the skies of Asgard darkened as if the heavens were about to collapse.

Previously, when Odin watched from the dimensional realm, it was this same scene of Frigga being blasted away by Robert. Now that Odin had returned, to see Frigga still being blasted away by Robert, it seemed he had returned for nothing!

With a "bang!" unfortunately for Odin, as angry as he was, he couldn't break through to attack Robert's side, his Eternal Spear blocked by Clark, the two locked in a struggle.

Even more so, Odin lacked the capacity to be distracted by Robert's side, as Robert handled Frigga while still having the spare capacity to deal with Odin!

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