Hulk couldn't help but roar on the spot as he paid Thor back for the trickery!
Hulk's hobby seemed to include smashing and roaring to the sky, which were both medium to vent his anger and intimidate his opponents!
Thor's body finally landed on the ground after flying a few hundred meters away, but the momentum was still going strong. He only stopped after rolling some more distance on the ground.
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"You have successfully angered me!"
Thor crawled up from the ground in a sorry state. He looked at Hulk with a serious expression.
When was the last time that the proud God of Thunder Thor had been in this sorry state? Even when facing insurmountable odds against enemies hundreds or thousands of times stronger than him, he had never been in this bad condition.
Yet this unsightly beast had dared to humiliate him like this. The real extent of the damage wasn't even that serious: it was his pride that was severely wounded.
"I will let you taste the consequence of my wrath!"
Thor couldn't use his anger to supercharge his strength like Hulk, but it did make him take his enemy more seriously. Thor had recognized this opponent, so he would use the full extent of his power.
Thor's power dropped quite a bit when he wasn't using any weapon, but it was still at unimaginable level.
However, even as he was gathering all his strength, he inexplicably closed his eyes: he had no idea what he was doing!
For a moment, the atmosphere was quiet, before a heavy pressure fell.
A large amount of dark clouds gradually gathered in the sky above Thor, the weight of destruction loomed through it!
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"Eh? What is Thor doing? Was he beaten? Why is he standing still?"
Tony sat on a special chair with his legs crossed. It was as if he was watching a regular movie. He was just short of a bucket of popcorn. When he saw Thor standing still, he couldn't help but ask in confusion.
"It seems that Thor is going serious. Don't you feel it? The air is different from before!"
Similarly, Li Yue was also sitting on a chair. He watched the battle with a relaxed expression. Li Yue already knew the two sides of the battle very well, so he could relax.
At this time, their strength was equally matched. It was almost impossible for them to cause fatal injuries to each other. Therefore, Li Yue was not worried that their lives were in danger. Thor and Hulk were both characters very famous for their nigh-immortality in Marvel universe!
"Li Yue, who do you think will win between them?"
Captain America was the one who asked that question, but Tony and Annie also both looked at Li Yue, curious of his answer!
"There's no easy answer to this. If Thor was wielding his weapon, I don't think even Hulk could hold on for long. But right now they're both unarmed, so it it is hard to guess.
"Either way, as unpredictable the result is, neither of them should suffer severe injury, so there's no need to worry! If they really went into a stalemate, I'll personally get them apart!"
Li Yue was telling the truth. He did not know who would win; it wasn't like he had some sort of mystic eyes. Whoever won would be the winner. He could only be a bystander right now!
"Alright! Let's continue watching..."
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While Li Yue and the others were talking, Thor was still slowly gathering his aura. The sky was already enveloped by dark clouds, as if it was about to devour entire world.
Thor's aura steadily rose. It was just flickers of lightning and small breeze in the beginning, but it grew larger and larger until it swallowed the Colosseum in a howling gale!
The air became heavy, as if the dense raincloud had descended!
Hulk was still roaring at the sky when he realized that the it had darkened with strange black cloud.
The dazzling sunlight had gone, replaced by the thick dark cloud.
Almost purely by instinct, Hulk correlated the events to Thor, whom he had just sent flying.
The puny foe was just standing there, with eyes closed.
"Is he looking down on me?"
Hulk wasn't very smart, so that was the extent of his conclusion.
In anger, Hulk rushed again at Thor, jumping with right foot just like last time.
But the moment Hulk made his move, Thor suddenly opened his eyes. Arcs of bright lightning flowed from his eyelid, but it faded in just a moment.
His eyeball, however, was completely silver. It was as if his eyeball had been replaced by scalp-numbing mass of electricity!
Thor raised his right hand high and pointed it at the sky. Like soldiers who had received orders from the king, the clouds began to boil and roll, as if something was brewing in them.
Boom! Crack!
A giant bolt of lightning fell from the dark cloud, along with deafening thunder. It flowed like silver dragon right into Thor's body.
Bathed in lightning, Thor's current appearance was truly divine. He continuously absorbed the violent lightning into himself.
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Hulk was inherently unable to think of complicated plan. All he knew was smashing everything. That was his signature, and his character!
Break through everything with force! For a monster like Hulk that only had brute strength, that was his one and only move!
Therefore, Hulk threw another punch at Thor's body. It was the same as always. He simply wanted to smash the person in front of him into meat paste. If one punch was not enough, then two punches. If two punches were not enough, then ten thousand punches!
Before Hulk reached Thor, all the lightning had disappeared, completely absorbed into his body.
Thor's body contained an incomparably violent energy. He smiled confidently at the charging Hulk!
"I am... God of Thunder... Thor!"
Of course, shouting in passion is a must for moments like this.
He clenched his right fist and gathered all his lightning! He directed all of it towards the figure that was rushing at him!
The fist emitted a dazzling silver light. It was pure, condensed lightning!
"Hulk... attack!"
Not to be outdone, Hulk shouted a relatively complete sentence for the first time!
He pushed through 120% of his power to clash head on with Thor!
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Bang!!!!
The two fists finally connected. The powerful force clashed with each other, instantly releasing a massive shockwave.
The stone ground was completely destroyed, creating waves of destroyed rocks like horizontal landslides!
The ground under their feet shattered inch by inch, like a dried up river bed.
The silver lightning danced like wild snake in all directions, cracking the ground within ten meters radius!
The rebound from the punches sent both Thor and Hulk several steps before they could stabilize themselves!
It seemed like they were evenly matched again!
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"Alright, this battle ends here!"
Before Thor and Hulk can clash again, a figure suddenly descended between them!