In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor's power level could be roughly divided into three stages!
The first was when Thor could only use his power while wielding Mjolnir. At this stage, when Thor wasn't wielding the Mjolnir, he only had superhuman strength!
The second stage was the awakening stage after his third movie. At that time, he could skillfully control his own divine power and attack without using weapons!
Through Li Yue's interference, Thor reached this stage ahead of time—although he had already gotten the Stormbreaker even sooner than scheduled.
However, Thor was still much too inexperienced. He had not experienced the fear of death, nor the destruction of Asgard by the sword of the flame giant! Therefore, his divine power couldn't reach complete awakening!
The third stage was during the third Avengers movie. Thor faced the powerful adversary Thanos and gave his all, even risking his life to forge Stormbreaker, and vowed to defeat Thanos!
That was when he truly becomes complete.
His leaps were accompanied by lightning, and his strikes brought forth thunder! At full strength, dark clouds covered the sky above his every steps, roaring with thunders. Countless silver snakes danced in a dazzling explosion!
Thor wielded an intoxicating level of power. Even Thanos, empowered by the infinity gems, couldn't react in time. He couldn't possibly expect that Thor would wield such power. Thor's ax struck Thanos' chest and severely wounded the purple Titan!
Of course, it could also be that Thanos wasn't used by the surging power of the six infinity stones. Immense powers welled in his body, making him underestimate his opponents! That was how he was defeated by Thor!
After that, due to Thor's careless pride, he had failed to prevent Thanos from causing irreparable damage. The regret that weighed his heart made him turn to alcohol and games, turning him into a fat otaku!
While his divine power continued to grow as he aged, the fat in his body significantly slowed him down, so it could be said that his overall strength didn't improve!
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While reminiscing about the various stages of Thor's strength, Li Yue was brought back to reality as power surged once again from the Thor in front of him. This was a pivotal moment for Thor to grow in strength.
Li Yue believed that the Serum caused this.
Just now, it was very likely that Thor had successfully mutated into a new physique. However, it was not as strong as his original physique, which was why it was instantly destroyed and restored to his original physique!
It was only logical. Unless the transformation was on the level of Homelander, it was almost impossible for Compound V to create something that surpassed the power of Thor and the Asgardians!
But just like repairing a broken mirror would inevitably leave cracks, restoring Thor's physique back to an Asgardian's would create lasting change!
However, Li Yue felt that this was not a bad thing. Thor's current aura was visibly becoming more and more powerful! Li Yue even believed that Thor would very likely surpass the strength that he had displayed in the movies!
Thanos' vanguard – the Chitauri – hadn't even invaded New York, yet Thor already possessed such powerful strength. Li Yue wondered if Thor could destroy the entire Chitauri army by himself!
Li Yue was looking forward to this even more. Without significant unknown variables, Thanos would probably send Loki to invade Earth in about a year!
He wondered how Loki would feel when he saw his brother Thor suddenly gained incredible strength as if he had activated cheat codes.
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Of course, all of this was just Li Yue's wild imagination as he watched Thor's transformation!
Li Yue turned his attention back to Thor. Thor's aura had become even stronger, and it was still rising. The lightning around his body crackled!
But if he let Thor's aura continue to rise, Tony's villa was unlikely to survive!
"Tony, if we let him continue, this villa wouldn't last. But looking at his appearance, this is a critical stage of his transformation. It's best to not interrupt him, so we should quickly leave the villa!"
Li Yue kindly suggested to Tony the others to hide for the time being!
"Heh, I already expected this. I'm perfectly prepared! Just watch in peace!"
Tony didn't follow Li Yue's suggestion to retreat, and instead smiled. Everyone else were puzzled.
"Jarvis, activate the small black room mode!"
Tony suddenly shouted at Jarvis!
"Understood, sir. Activating 'Small Black Room'!"
Jarvis replied.
"Tony, what are you doing? I don't understand! What is the small black room mode?"
Li Yue was dumbfounded. What was Tony going to do? The others were also very surprised. They looked at Tony and waited for his answer!
Rumble...
A noise attracted their attention.
Rows of silver metal walls suddenly rose inside the room where Thor was in, forming five-sided cage that surrounded Thor!
the only side without it was the glass observation window where Li Yue and the others were peering into!
The metal walls stopped rising after more than three meters, but that wasn't all. Five points of blue light beams emitted from the top of the metal walls, concentrating at a point above the walls.
At the observation window, the blue light were projected on the surface of the glass, sealing the only exit!
Of course, they weren't just light beams. The space between the beams were covered by cells of bubble-like solid light surfaces, which also covered the surface of the metal plates!
"This is...our Wakanda's shield technology? Why do you have this technology here? This is impossible! Have you stolen our Wakanda's technology?!"
T'Challa widened his eyes in shock. He could not believe it! Although the shape of this shield was different from Wakanda's, T'Challa was sure that this was a technology that Tony stole from Wakanda!
"Cough cough, come on, don't be like that! Stealing or whatever, we are members of the same alliance! This is just a technology transfer!
"This isn't really the same as your technology, anyway. It was a more convenient and compact defense system that I developed based on the theory of your Wakanda technology! It was simpler, more convenient, and it was very sturdy and durable. It even consume less power!"
Tony laughed dryly. Although he was in the wrong, he still arrogantly lectured T'Challa.
"Stark, you are really a scoundrel!"
T'Challa's face was gloomy, but he could still endure it. He couldn't be too angry! He more or less understood that the technology was based on the little information that Tony glanced from the short visit to Wakanda a year ago!