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[New King]

A flash of cold light gleamed, and the sharp and icy Frostmourne severed Skadi's head, causing blood to spatter!

If it were an ordinary sharp blade, it wouldn't have been enough to kill Skadi. After all, she had died two thousand years ago. Now, she was strictly a kind of undead, possessing Cynthia Schmidt through a warhammer.

But Loki's weapon was the fake Frostmourne, which had the ability to harvest souls similar to the real one.

So, when Cynthia's head fell to the ground, Skadi's soul was also consumed by Frostmourne, completely destroying her!

All of this happened suddenly. As soon as Cul recovered and was about to take revenge on Forseti, his daughter was killed by Loki.

"Skadi!" He looked at the warhammer that fell from Skadi's hand and shouted in anguish.

When he appeared next to Skadi, she had already become Cynthia's corpse.

Forseti reacted quickly, rushing forward to place a layer of holy shield on Loki.

Immediately, without any delay, Cul threw away Cynthia's body and turned to attack Loki, green light flowing in his eyes, resembling snake pupils: "I want you to taste the flames of purgatory!"

The Holy Shield protected Loki, and under the absolute defense of the Holy Light Law, the wrath of the God-king was useless.

Seeing the familiar golden light in front of him, Cul gnawed his teeth in frustration but understood that this shield couldn't be broken.

"This shield can't protect you forever!" He snarled, the green light in his eyes growing brighter, exuding a chilling aura.

The power of fear accumulated in Cul's skin, and along the cracks that hadn't fully healed, it evolved into dark green scales, densely covering his entire body.

With the sudden appearance of these scales, Cul's body rapidly transformed, changing from a human form to a giant snake in a blink of an eye.

This giant snake, over a thousand meters long and dark green, even when coiled, towered over the nearby Washington Monument, resembling a mountain.

More than two thousand years ago, Forseti had seen this giant snake.

He is the other side of Cul.

"Roar—" The dark green giant snake hissed upwards, tearing the dark clouds in the sky apart.

Through the gaps in the dark clouds, the sunlight turned into a terrifying dark green.

Loki was not a man of bravery, even though he had inherited some of the Lich King's power and traits.

He looked at the giant snake Cul, which covered the sky and sun, and couldn't help but show a look of horror in his eyes, quickly stepping back.

Forseti also tried to save Loki.

But Forseti was still a step behind, and the serpent Cul opened his huge mouth, large enough to swallow a skyscraper, and swallowed Loki in one bite.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the snake's head that fell from the sky devoured Loki and a large portion of the ground beneath his feet.

"Loki!" Thor was frantic and instinctively summoned Mjölnir.

Mjölnir had been crushed by Cul and naturally couldn't fly.

But to Thor's surprise, when he reached out his hand to summon it, another object flew straight towards him—a half spear of eternity.

The Spear of Eternity had been cut off by Quelceira; the bottom half was in Cul's hands, while the top half fell to the ground. It was the top half of the Spear of Eternity that flew towards Thor.

Looking at the half spear of eternity that suddenly appeared in his hand, Thor couldn't help but be stunned.

At the same time, the giant snake Cul turned his head and looked down at Forseti from his great height: "And you, the lantern bearer!"

Before he finished speaking, the massive snake head descended from the sky again, swallowing Forseti with thunderous speed and force.

In Forseti's sight, the world was instantly submerged in endless darkness, and an erosive force rushed from all directions, seeping into his skin, flesh, bones, and soul, like maggots trying to disintegrate a corpse.

The power of this erosion was so terrifying that after a moment he had to use the Divine Shield technique to resist it, while opening the Eyes of Reckoning to search for Loki within the snake's belly.

Fortunately, Loki was still alive, even in a better situation than him. The Lich King's death force seemed to have given Loki some tolerance for this kind of corruption.

"Loki, we have to figure out a way to get out of here quickly!" Forseti hurried over and said.

But Loki seemed to be in a trance and did not respond.

"What's wrong with you?"

Loki then murmured: "Prophecy..."

"Heimdallr, destroy Asgard, immediately!" Odin said decisively, his fist clenched and trembling slightly, "Now is Ragnarok. Let this monster and Asgard perish together!"

"Odin, you traitor!" the giant snake Cul roared angrily, his voice resounding like thunder in the dark clouds, "You betrayed Asgard!"

"You shamelessly betrayed Asgard and your father's honor for power and a position that did not belong to you!"

"If you have fallen so far, you will destroy Asgard. Even so, you are not my opponent. I will devour you, devour this world, and then create a new Asgard! I am destiny!"

Heimdallr's voice sounded in Odin's ear: "Really..."

"Yes, destroy Asgard!" Odin's face was pale and weak, but he confirmed without hesitation.

At this moment, Thor suddenly said: "No, father!"

Odin's expression changed: "Thor!"

Thor held half the spear of eternity in his hand and said decisively: "The king of Asgard should exist and be destroyed together with Asgard."

Odin: "You are not king, Thor, and Asgard is not destroyed, only a place to be destroyed."

"No." Thor held half the spear of eternity, and the light of the Bifrost shone on his armor, igniting brilliance in the cloud-covered ruins.

"You..." The serpent Cul's pupils shrank, looking at the power of Asgard emerging from Thor in disbelief.

Thor looked up at him: "You speak of kingship, now I am the new king, and I will challenge you, serpent!"

Odin and Hela were both god-kings of the past, and Cul is the god-king of the present.

Originally the new king was supposed to be Skadi, but she was completely destroyed by Loki, so Thor became the only successor of Asgard, the future king.

"No, Thor, my son...you don't know what that means," said Odin, trembling.

"I know," Thor said. "Father, you always wanted me to be a king. You wanted me to be a great king. Now is the time for me to prove it, and the only time."

"A true king is honored only by what he swears to defend, not the crown given by his father..."

Before he finished speaking, he raised half of the spear of eternity and pointed its sharp edge at the giant snake sitting in the depths of the dark clouds.

Then, in the light of the Bifrost, Thor said word by word: "Asgard will not be destroyed, the gods have no twilight, only you and I will be destroyed!"

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