Gazing at the thunder god before it, the Serpent could sense that the blazing flames and endless fighting spirit it had once felt in this thunder god had vanished, perhaps in the eyes of others, this thunder god Thor's war hammer still possessed boundless divine might, but how could the Serpent not comprehend the difference.
Once, when this thunder god swung his hammer, every strike carried his deep fighting spirit, fearless of life and death, undaunted by victory or defeat, only seeking a worthy opponent, that kind of soaring battle intent, that battle fervor and passion, as pure and flawless as pristine crystal, was the result of being ceaselessly tempered through over a million battles against the frost giants.
It was precisely this eternally burning soaring battle intent and fiery fighting spirit that allowed this thunder god to become the mightiest among the gods, and also the reason the gods dared to confidently let the thunder god Thor guard the western border and battle against those formidable frost giants from Jotunheim, believing that not even a single frost giant could take a step further, and even more so the reason those frost giants who feared neither life nor death nor the gods would flee in droves the moment they laid eyes on the thunder god Thor.
Thor's thunder hammer, Freyr's sword of victory, Odin's meteor spear, the three divine artifacts forged by the dwarves and gifted to Odin by Loki all had the reputation of being undefeatable, invincible in battle, their might difficult to distinguish, only the thunder god Thor himself could be called all-conquering.
But at this moment… that kind of unstoppable soaring battle intent had now been extinguished.
"What is this? Could it be that the revenge battle I have craved for over ten thousand years, I now face nothing more than a tiny speck of dust!!!"
The roar filled with fury and violence quavered from the extreme rage, the thunderous bellows making the ears of the thunder god before it ring.
Anger, unspeakable rage burned within the Serpent's body, its pupils coldly terrifying.
As it saw it, what was before it was nothing more than an insect named "Thunder God", a minuscule speck of dust that had lost that fearless, passionately blazing battle fervor, this kind of speck of dust had no qualification to be its opponent at all.
What it craved was to devour that thunder god with the title of "strongest", to use raw absolute might to make that invincible, dauntless mightiest god also feel powerless, feel terror before its power, not to crush a lowly, feeble weakling, this simply could not vent its hunger for vengeance, much less give it that feeling of ultimate satisfaction after an unrestrained battle.
The vertical serpentine pupils were filled with savagery and fury, the scales all over its body bulging and exploding from rage, the deep sense of disappointment mixed with the pent-up, accumulated thirst for vengeance of over ten thousand years… all of this made this monstrous beast feel unprecedented anger.
"I heard your wife Sif cuckolded you, could it be that you are disheartened because of this!!!"
The silent thunder god seemed unmoved, but his right hand gripping the magic hammer imperceptibly clenched tighter.
And the keen-eyed great Serpent keenly noticed this point, its vertical serpentine pupils contracting slightly, its rage growing even greater.
"Thor, you make me profoundly disappointed."
Accompanied by the Serpent's furious roar, this behemoth once again attacked the Thor below, the Serpent completely enraged by the flames of fury opted for the simplest, most brutal method of ramming with brute force.
However, the strenuous charge of an ordinary creature, at most could only make a palace tremble, rafters loosen, a white arc flash across the sun, but the Serpent's charge, that was the heavens capsizing, earth sundering, stars plummeting, as if the very fabric of reality itself were rupturing.
And facing the Serpent's thunderous impact, the thunder god before it already had nowhere to evade, his right hand holding the magic hammer split at the tiger's mouth, having no choice but to raise his left hand to try his utmost to resist.
But, it was merely trying his utmost to resist, just like going through the motions, from the dispirited thunder god, the Serpent could not feel that kind of spirited, bold, willing to die without regret dense battle intent, there was only simply fighting to stay alive, indeed he was fighting, but that was also merely fighting and nothing more…
And noticing this, the Serpent became even more enraged.
Its attacks accompanied by anger became faster and faster, faster than lightning, faster than light, the entire human world before its thunderous brute force was nearly utterly shattered.
"Thor, your weakness disappoints me to the extreme! Just for a mere reptile! Just for that bit of trivial emotion between mere reptiles! You have degenerated to this degree!!!"
Accompanied by the Serpent's furious roars, the earth cruelly ravaged under the attacks that came one faster than another was smashed to smithereens in an instant, quite a few of those battling giants and gods directly perished under the shockwaves of the Serpent's onslaught, just like ants trampled to death when giants clash.
It was simply too mighty, ordinary gods before the Serpent were no different from ants, effortlessly obliterated in an instant, in the entire universe there were probably almost none who could rival it.
"Where is your strength! Where is your lightning! Why have they vanished!!! What have I painstakingly endured for over ten thousand years for!!! Could it be just to fight a feeble reptile?!!!"
The Serpent's furious bellows grew faster and faster, until finally, it directly rammed the thunder god Thor into the sky with its head.
The thunder god Thor wielding the magic hammer in his hand, struggling to hold on, already powerless to resist the Serpent's might, directly blasted into the firmament, however…
In the ocean, the immense serpentine tail vaster than mountains, vaster than continents, subsequently rose from the surging waves of the great sea, directly swatting this thunder god Thor from the air and smashing him savagely into the earth.
"Boom!!!"
Under the impact of that prodigious force, the figure holding the war hammer directly turned into a meteor trailing flames, amid the thunderous booms, heavily smashed deep into the earth, never to be heard from again.
And high above gazing down at that bottomless crater before it, not a shred of joy from vengeance was in the Serpent's pupils, only profound disappointment and gloom.
Until the end, it had not even used half its strength, yet the victor was already decided like this, just like putting its all into a punch only to strike empty air, making one extremely uncomfortable.
Was it too powerful?
No, it should be said… the opponent was too weak.
The opponent was so weak that it didn't even have the inclination to devour him, instead only feeling deep anger, not even wanting to spare him another glance.
It did not bother with that thunder god anymore, because a trivial speck of dust was unworthy of conversing with it, and unworthy of gaining its attention.
"Sif is it… that woman, actually daring to affect my vengeance awaited for over ten thousand years… unforgivable sin! Those gods! All lives! Everything! The entire universe should be buried together under my, Jormungandr's, rage!!!"
The Serpent furiously roared, all sorts of sinister and negative human emotions surging into its pupils, making its eyes appear even more crazed and twisted, very evidently, its emotions were very unstable, those dead sacrificed to it were not completely without influence on it, when the Serpent felt anger and dissatisfaction, it would make it appear even more deranged, even more irrational.
The Serpent was clear about all this, but it indulged in all of it, because at this moment it desperately needed something to vent its all sorts of negative and violent emotions, or perhaps, being unable to turn over for over ten thousand years had made this inherently violent Serpent come incomparably close to insanity, at this moment, only endless destruction and annihilation filled its mind.
Whether devouring the gods or destroying this universe, whatever! It needed to vent! Needed to vent the resentment pressing on its heart for over ten thousand years!!!
And just at this moment, two urgent shouts came from the distance.
"Father!!"
The god of strength Magni, the god of courage Modi, these two children of the thunder god Thor were currently galloping over from afar on their steeds, these two gods had similarly inherited their father's immense might, and at this moment seeing their father in danger while battling frost giants, naturally could not hold back, hurrying over to try to rescue him.
However, what greeted them was a vast black abyss…
The god of strength Magni, dead.
The god of courage Modi, dead.
…
After gulping down those two reckless and young gods into its belly, the violent impulses in its heart still with no outlet, the Serpent could not help but throw back its head and roar.
"Roar!!!!!"
Mixed with the deep hatred and resentment of over ten thousand years in the Serpent's heart that could not be vented, the roar resounding through the skies stirred up storms and lightning in the heavens, making this world even more turbulent and chaotic.
And just at this moment, the Serpent suddenly sensed an intangible warning coming from below it, it instinctively tried to tilt its head a bit.
"Bang!!!"
Amid the deafening boom, countless bolts of lightning mixed with that boundless might and deep rage, all crashed onto the Serpent's body, amid the shattered scales and splattered blood mist, even this immense Serpent coiled around the entire world was struck dazed by this sudden blow.
And below, the thunder god's furious roar entered the Serpent's ears.
"Bastard! You actually dare…"
And the Serpent, somewhat dazed and disoriented from the sudden heavy blow, shook its head, looking at that raging giant below completely enveloped in lightning, looking at those pupils shrouded in rage and darkness aroused by the agony of losing his sons, looking at that "long time no see" nemesis, the Serpent laughed instead of raged.
"Thor, we finally meet again!!!"
The low laughter enveloped the surroundings, and the only response to the Serpent was that giant magic hammer swung over once more with full strength.
"Boom!!!!!"