Chapter 303: Fighting is Affection, Scolding is Love, "Just Like Love" Unleashed
"Boom!"
Hela's body slammed heavily against the rock face of the mountain, creating a huge, half-circular crater three meters in diameter.
However, such injuries were nothing to her, a person with immortality.
With a shudder, she caused the entire mountain surrounding her to collapse.
Now freed, Hela stared coldly at Clark who had followed her in and said harshly, "You immortal pretty boy, don't think bringing me here could kill me."
"Asgard is eternal, Hela cannot die!"
"Even if you have become a cosmic deity, you cannot break this iron law!"
Hearing this, Clark just shook his head lightly and calmly replied, "Dear niece, to speak such words only shows how little you know of the universe."
Hela was about to argue when she suddenly heard an abrupt voice not far from them, "Hela, daughter of Odin. Clark..."
"Enough!" Clark waved his hand impatiently before the voice could finish, "I know the rules here, just quietly watch the show, chatter less, and keep your mouth shut when necessary!"
Impression points from the Soul Stone's Guardian, John Schmidt, +666!
It was then that Hela saw the person who spoke.
This figure had a blood-red, hairless head, looking like a red skull, and wore a tattered gray cloak that further emphasized his terrifying image.
This visage was just like the Grim Reaper from some mythologies!
Hela didn't expect to meet a colleague in this place!
Stopping the Red Skull's disruptive blathering, Clark said to Hela with an unchanged smile, "Dear niece, although we stand on different sides, I have a song I'd like to play for you before our final battle as a parting gift, hoping you'll enjoy it."
With a snap of his fingers, a gentle and beautiful melody began to play…
"Do you know, I still can't forget. Your smile, your tears, your goodness... Do you know, love is quite absurd. My everything means nothing to you. You laugh at those few seconds of ambiguity, just like love…"
As the melody filled the air, the Red Skull felt a strong and unusual emotion surge within him. This peculiar feeling was overwhelming, and when he looked again at Clark and Hela, he suddenly realized.
He, the formidable WWII German officer, the leader of Hydra, the first user of the super-soldier serum, legendary foe of Captain America, former holder of the Space Stone, and guardian of the Soul Stone, John Schmidt, had been deeply moved by this tragically beautiful love!
This was laughable, utterly laughable!
How could he, with a heart as hard as iron, be moved by such naive and ridiculous love?
Yet, why were there tears unwittingly forming in the corners of his eyes?
This pitiful couple, an uncle and niece, loved each other deeply, but their love was not understood by conventional views. Even possessing the status of cosmic deities could not help them break through societal barriers.
Their love was doomed to end tragically.
Such detestable conventional views... should be utterly shattered by Hydra's blade!
Sadly, he realized he could not help them...
Did this couple flee here hoping to use the stone's power to rewrite their love's tragedy?
"Just Like Love"
Level: 1 (already at the highest level, cannot be upgraded)
Effect: Just like love. The host can specify any female character, and after use, whatever you do within 24 hours, to others, will seem like an act of love.
The BGM effect is powerful, even affecting someone as heartless as the Red Skull within the limits of its rules.
However, Clark and Hela, the two involved, showed no emotional reaction.
Hela, having lost the Sword of Night Sky, could only point her fingers like a sword, thrusting fiercely towards Clark's throat.
With a move, she struck with all her might!
For such a ridiculous song, she had no interest in continuing to listen!
She wanted to kill the man before her; only by killing him could she continue her grand plan!
Unite the nine realms, conquer the universe!
Clark, seeing her motion, merely raised his right hand unhurriedly, catching her wrist and stopping her advance. At the same time, he said, "Hela, would you believe me if I said I've found a way to kill you?"
Hela, with a ferocious look, responded with a cold laugh, "In your dreams!"
"Hehe..." With a light chuckle, Clark flicked his wrist, flinging Hela's body towards the direction of a mountain cliff.
The battle between Clark and Hela was extremely fierce, but this action was perceived by the Red Skull as Hela trying not to let their relationship affect Clark's reputation as a cosmic deity, willingly bearing all the sins and the infamy of deicide.
Seeing Hela's deep affection, how could the cosmic deity Clark accept it?
He raised his right hand abruptly, grasping Hela's wrist as she aimed for his throat, his eyes filled with tenderness. After hesitating, they both harshly spat out insincere harsh words. As a cosmic deity, Clark thought perhaps he could use the Infinity Stone's power to alter their tragic fate.
Thus, for love and to preserve Hela's honor, he resolutely decided to exchange her life for a power that could reverse everything, bearing all the consequences alone.
Truly a touching love story!
The Red Skull, imagining countless melodramatic scenarios, couldn't help but smile cruelly, enjoying the spectacle of beloved kin fighting each other in love and conflict.
Watching Clark, a mighty hero, and Hela, a formidable heroine true to her feelings, fight relentlessly for love and each other, his heart nearly burst with joy.
Alone on this desolate and lonely planet for many years, he realized just today that seeing such a thrilling scene made all his years of solitude worthwhile!
Hela, perched on the edge of the cliff, suddenly burst forth with an intense aura of death, like a demon lord of this "earthly hell." Unleashing her power to the extreme, she immediately countered Clark with a series of dazzling, dizzying blows.
Such a formidable woman!
It turns out she harbored such terrifying power of death.
She was a demon from hell, even more fearsome than himself!
A cosmic deity and a hellish demon in love, no wonder they sought the power of the Soul Stone. Only the infinite might of the Infinity Stones could potentially rewrite their doomed romance.
Neither of these two was someone the Red Skull could afford to provoke.
For these two, he felt nothing but deep respect and admiration. Whether for their terrifying power, the audacity of a god and demon in love, or the courage to use the Infinity Stones to alter fate.
Every aspect was a quality he lacked.
No wonder they could become gods and devils!
In his heart, the Red Skull suddenly wished they could break their fate and achieve their love.
However, this thought had barely emerged before he completely suppressed it.
After all, he was the Red Skull!
Atop the mountain, by the precipice, Clark and Hela fought with lightning speed, exchanging hundreds of blows in moments. Unlike before, where he was slightly subdued in technique, Clark, now inheriting the vast legacy of the Power Stone,
was no longer the unimpressive figure he once was. Now, every move he made was in perfect harmony with the cosmic laws of power.
Every action, every moment was the Dao!
Hela's centuries of unmatched war skills seemed like child's play before him, posing no threat at all.
After exchanging over a hundred moves, Clark landed another hundred heavy strikes on her!
Each hit shattered Hela's formidable physical body, which then quickly reformed.
After continuous heavy strikes, even Hela's immortal body had its limits.
The energy transmitted from Asgard, which allowed her to recover endlessly, could no longer keep up with the rate of her body's collapse.
Gradually, she could no longer fight!
At that moment, Clark suddenly grasped her throat, slowly levitated, lifting the slightly taller goddess of death from Asgard off her feet, her legs dangling helplessly...
Moving forward to the edge of the cliff, Clark finally spoke softly, "Farewell, dear niece. Since you claim to be the goddess of death, I'll send you to truly understand what death is."
With that, he released his grip. Hela's form helplessly fell from the cliff, plunging toward a grim altar below.
As Clark watched Hela fall from the sky into the altar of the Soul Stone, he sent another pulse of purple energy to scatter her newly gathered strength, ensuring she would fall into the altar.
Such decisiveness, even the Red Skull watching felt a pang of pity.
Such cruel methods!
Perhaps this is what they mean by fighting is affection, scolding is love.
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