Death Pearl

"Old man, don't be so stingy, how about three items?"

Zane certainly knew that asking for everything was impossible, so he immediately lowered his demands. He knew how to bargain.

Odin pondered for a moment with a flicker in his eyes, then gritted his teeth and said, "Two items, that's my bottom line!"

"Deal!"

Zane immediately sealed the deal, as if afraid Odin would change his mind.

In fact, Zane's initial thought was just to take away one thing from this hidden treasury. Getting one extra item was a pleasant surprise.

Odin, seeing Zane's expression, realized he had been tricked again by Zane's cunning.

Blaming this brat for staring at that thing had made him nervous.

Zane looked at the dozen or so items in the treasury. He suddenly felt like he didn't recognize any of them.

Odin, now standing by, closed his eyes calmly, showing no intention of explaining.

Zane could only close his eyes, spreading his Death Godly power, feeling the aura of the treasures inside through the heavy magic shield.

Odin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zane didn't direct his Death Godly power towards the withered tree. Even his facial expression softened a bit.

As the Death Godly power touched several of the treasures simultaneously, a round gem suddenly absorbed the strand directed towards it.

In the next moment, it broke through the magic shield surrounding it and flew automatically to Zane's side, swirling around him as if alive.

The most amazing part was Zane could clearly feel the gem conveying emotions of attachment and desire, like a child asking its parents for candy.

Feeling inexplicably fond of the gem, Zane tried to channel a strand of his Death Godly power towards it.

Instantly, the gem spun more vigorously, then swallowed the strand at Zane's fingertip like eating noodles.

It then flew into Zane's palm, continuously conveying its delight.

"Old man, I'll take this one for the first item," Zane said, holding the lively gem.

Odin nodded, showing a satisfied expression. Actually, he had initially intended to give this gem to Zane.

"Old man, care to explain the origin of this thing?" Zane asked, examining the round gem in his hand.

Inside the gem, countless gray mists churned and boiled, giving it an extremely mystical appearance.

Staring at it gave Zane a feeling like his soul was leaving his body, even though he was as strong as he was.

"In fact, even I don't know what it is or where it came from," Odin replied truthfully.

"I obtained it by chance many years ago. I call it the Death Pearl."

"But I can tell you, my eldest daughter, Hela, once gained something like an inheritance from this gem. Later, she awakened the attribute of Death and became the Goddess of Death," Odin said honestly.

Hearing Odin's words, Zane was even more satisfied with the gem.

There might be more precious things in Odin's treasury, but Zane was sure this mischievous gem was the most suitable for him.

After choosing one item, Zane glanced at Odin. Odin immediately had a bad feeling.

Then, Zane, with a wicked smile, slowly walked to a display, pointing at something on it.

"I'll take this for the second item!"

When Zane pointed to the withered tree on the display, Odin froze.

"Brat, why do you choose this one? Look at this Uru metal; it has excellent conductivity for your divine power."

"Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, is made of this metal," Odin said, pointing to another display with a brilliant smile.

But Zane was not swayed at all, stubbornly pointing at the withered tree with a smirk on his face.

"No, I want this one."

"Old man, don't think I don't know what this thing is!"

After saying that, Zane looked at the Gungnir.

More accurately, he looked at the handle of the Gungnir.

Feeling Zane's gaze, Odin also understood that Zane had already guessed what the withered tree was.

Although he felt extremely distressed, as the King of the Gods, words spoken couldn't be taken back. He wasn't shameless enough to deny it.

Although he was tempted to deny it now, because the last remaining branch of Yggdrasil in the world was far more precious than Zane could imagine.

It was not only a divine material but also a living cosmic history book!

Odin only regretted not hiding the last remaining branch of Yggdrasil in the treasury beforehand.

Yes, the seemingly ordinary withered tree was indeed a branch of Yggdrasil.

The handle of Gungnir in Odin's hand was also made of this material.

Odin raised Gungnir towards the display, and in the next moment, a faint light flashed.

The magic shield on the branch of Yggdrasil disappeared one after another, revealing its true appearance.

Zane gently held this treasure in his hand.

However, even with such close contact with the branch of Yggdrasil, Zane still felt nothing unusual.

It was as if it was really just an ordinary branch.

"Old man, does the World Tree really exist in this world?" Zane asked Odin as he gently stroked the branch of Yggdrasil in his hand.

Zane's question was not without reason. The records in Asgard mentioned that the Nine Realms were supported by the World Tree.

But in the real world, the Nine Realms were just several seemingly unrelated planetary civilizations, with no trace of the World Tree.

Although the handle of the Gungnir was said to be made from a branch of the World Tree in legend, Zane had always thought it was just a legend.

It wasn't until Zane saw the real branch of Yggdrasil that he began to wonder where the World Tree really existed.

Zane didn't suspect that Odin was trying to fool him with an ordinary branch. This old man wasn't that boring.

And after Zane input his Death Godly power into the branch of Yggdrasil, he also felt a kind of fusion with it.

The feeling was very strange, as if he had suddenly grown another hand.

And when Odin saw Zane inputting his Death Godly power into the branch of Yggdrasil, he realized it was too late to stop him.

Because the branch of Yggdrasil had a very annoying characteristic: it only recognized the first person to input power as its master.

Once recognized, others couldn't use it. Even if they could, they wouldn't be able to unleash its power. It would be similar to holding an extremely sturdy stick.

This was also the fundamental reason why, other than Odin, no one else could fully unleash the power of the Gungnir.

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