Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 90 The Heartless Beast

"Well..."

The thick arms, composed of countless scattered lightning bolts, firmly held up the immeasurable weight above them, which seemed poised to crush everything beneath them into dust. The immense force capable of lifting mountains and leveling seas was as insignificant as an ant before this.

The giant formed from lightning struggled to resist the heavy weight on its body, but under the immense biting force, no matter how great your abilities, you had to succumb to that most primitive and savage violence.

"Squeak..."

From the deepest part of the Thunder Giant, an unnatural cracking sound suddenly came. Immediately afterward, one of the Thunder Giant's legs snapped off, its body tilted to one side, and it had to kneel down on one leg, continuing to struggle to support itself with its shoulders and arms.

Thor's leg bone is broken.

Meanwhile, the immense pressure on the Thunder Giant continued to increase.

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

As the leg bone cracked, Thor heard the serpent's unrestrained laughter. Its laughter was extremely abnormal, or rather, it was in a state of semi-mad excitement, fueled by the whispers and desires of the sacrifices, and overwhelmed by endless human desires.

But so what?

Even in its madness, it remains the strongest, the strongest in the heavens and on earth, the strongest in the entire universe. And the only one qualified to challenge it, Thor, is about to die. In this world, who can be its opponent?

A deep sense of arrogance and pride, along with tens of thousands of years of accumulated resentment and all sorts of almost morbid, insane, dark, and twisted human desires, filled the body of this giant serpent.

"Thor! The agony of being imprisoned at the bottom of the sea for tens of thousands of years, with no way to escape! The torment of having thousands of chains deeply cut into my flesh and locked my bones! Today, I can finally take it all back from you!!!"

In its deep twisting and madness, the serpent was no longer indifferent and aloof. Its excited voice was filled with a deep, morbid ferocity and the boundless joy of about to drink the wine brewed from thousands of years of hatred.

With the serpent's roar, the pressure on the Thunder Giant grew increasingly heavy.

Just then, a strained sneer came from deep within the Thunder Giant, which was struggling to hold on.

"Hmph... I thought you were just arrogant and conceited... I never expected you to become so crazy... Fool, has your brain been damaged by tens of thousands of years of seawater pressure!"

Thor's voice, seemingly emanating from between his teeth, remained stubborn, showing no fear of impending doom in the serpent's jaws, but rather a mocking tone.

"Few living beings dare to mock me, but I never mind the mockery of the dead."

The serpent's maniacal laughter still echoed in my ears.

The pressure on his body grew heavier and heavier. Even though he pushed all his divine power to the limit, he was unable to resist the crushing force of that enormous and unbelievable force. It was as if... an ant was trying to fight against a mountain above its head, unable to budge it in the slightest.

The feeling of powerlessness and despair that comes from trying your best but being unable to slow down your opponent even slightly is enough to instill fear in almost all living beings, but this obviously does not include the Thor.

The veins on his forehead bulged as if they were about to burst, and the Thor, whose muscles were bulging all over his body, was continuously releasing endless lightning power from his body. Even so, the Thor, who was shrouded in lightning, continued to speak with difficulty, gritting his teeth.

“I thought… whatever it was… that could stand against Thor head-on… should at least… possess a soul worthy of Thor’s respect… but I was wrong…”

He struggled to lift his head, gazing at the endless darkness before him, at the abyss of death that was about to engulf him, but suddenly he laughed. With all his strength being used to cope with the heavy pressure on his body, Thor's mocking smile looked extremely difficult.

"Monster...do you really have a soul? Or rather...do you really have feelings? Beneath that incredibly powerful body...what else is there??? Is it just empty space...?"

As he spoke, an invisible force suddenly arose from his body.

Anger, resentment, fervor, stubbornness, obstinacy... all sorts of emotions surged into the heart of this Thor, and his soaring fighting spirit prompted him to unleash even more power within him.

"Gods and humans are the same, or rather, humans were created by imitating the appearance of gods. Humans have joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, and so do gods. Humans make mistakes, and so do gods. Humans feel fear in the face of an invincible enemy, and so do gods."

"However, humans who make mistakes can also correct them, and humans who experience fear can also try to overcome their fears and show their fearless courage to powerful enemies they cannot defeat. This precious quality of constantly striving to overcome one's own shortcomings and being as sincere as gold is enough to earn the respect of any god."

"The gods love warriors, because even as gods, we are inspired by such fearless warriors, and awestruck by the fervent passion and human courage they exude. Just as humans worship the supreme power of the gods, the gods also respect the courage of humanity..."

"But... a monster!"

"Beneath this empty shell of yours, what exactly is left?!"

With his eyes blazing with fury, Thor unleashed a terrifying roar and growl, accompanied by an unprecedented surge of power erupting from his arms.
"A heartless beast! I, Thor, the God of Thunder, would never be defeated by a monster like you!!!"

With a roar, Thor's body was covered in bulging veins, and his muscular arms struggled to lift the massive object weighing trillions of tons above him. Incredibly, the trillions of tons were slowly being lifted by the god of thunder.

One inch, two inches, three inches...

The mountain of weight on his body was being carried by this god with eyes blazing with fury. Even though his skin was being torn apart by the immense pressure, and golden divine blood was scattering everywhere, making him look like a blood-soaked figure, no one could ignore the indomitable fighting spirit emanating from him.

Pure, radiant, and as dazzling as gold.

“Aa ...

Amidst the warriors' desperate roars, the Thunder Giant, carrying the heavy load on his back, was crackling with countless bolts of lightning. In the dazzling white light that was almost blinding, the giant painstakingly pried open the mountain-like fangs of the giant serpent, bit by bit.

Sensing the change in its mouth, the giant serpent's vertical pupils filled with deep rage.

"Don't even think about it!!!"

The force in his mouth grew heavier, making the already heavy pressure on the giant's body even heavier.

"Snap..."

During the stalemate, suddenly, the giant snake felt a release in its mouth, as if it had crushed something, and its two rows of fangs snapped shut instantly.

After instinctively swallowing what was in its mouth, the snake realized that it seemed to have won.

Looking around at the shattered universe filled with endless flames and corpses, the stubborn god who had always opposed it was nowhere to be found. After a moment of disappointment, it was quickly filled with deep joy.

"Hehe...hohohoho...ha ...

The giant serpent first chuckled softly, then its voice gradually rose, and finally it could no longer contain itself and burst into wild laughter, the monster's laughter echoing throughout the entire universe.

"What is this? It's like they're trying to turn the tables. I'm actually a little surprised... What human spirit, what fearlessness and courage? A crawler is a crawler. A monster that has been tainted by crawler ideas has also become a crawler."

"I, Jormungandr, now reign supreme over all gods and all life!"

"Fate? Thor and I perished together? That thing never existed; it's just the ravings of the weak about a future they can't control. Odin, Loki—they're all just insects after all, yet they fear something so intangible. Ha, how laughable..."

While laughing scornfully, the giant serpent was also breathing heavily.

Regardless, Thor is indeed formidable; it's incredible that he could make this seemingly inexhaustible monster feel extremely tired after such a long and intense battle.

In the ocean beside them, a few serpent people and snake-people who survived Ragnarok gathered together, cheering and praising the great serpent's power, while the serpent daughter Mona, who was in charge, respectfully served her father.

“During Ragnarok, almost all the gods perished. Even the Thunder God, the only one who could stand against Father, is dead. The remaining gods are no longer a threat. Father, what should we do from now on?”

Mona bowed deeply, then looked up and asked.

"from now on……"

The giant serpent raised its head, looked at the ravaged universe burned by flames, and said listlessly.

"It's up to you."

The giant serpent was exhausted and no longer wanted to care about anything, letting its daughter deal with the universe after the catastrophe, since no power could stop it anymore.

"However, Thor, I will remember you for the little bit of fun you brought me."

The low laughter carried a deep sense of satisfaction.

After bowing respectfully, Mona raised her head, but her beautiful face suddenly turned deathly pale.

"Father!!!"

Amidst the urgent cries, the already weakened serpent suddenly sensed a deep warning of danger coming from behind it, a warning that... only one person in the entire universe could give it this feeling, but that person should already be dead.

In a startled turn, the giant serpent saw only an endless, dazzling light flash before its eyes, and a tiny, graceful figure flew out, trying to block its path. But in an instant, the figure was obliterated by the terrifying lightning, and then a sharp pain shot through its body...

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Time goes back a long time ago...

"Why should I learn runes?"

Inside the palace, the young god, pouting, looked at his one-eyed father before him, while a complex emotion flashed in the eyes of the still young one-eyed god-king, before he spoke.

"Runic script has almost omnipotent power; it can help you."

"But I am strong enough!"

As he spoke, the young deity revealed his bulging arms. Although he was still very young, he already displayed an astonishingly outstanding potential. Many people believed that he would become as powerful as his father.

However, the One-Eyed God King simply shook his head and then said...

"Try throwing a punch at me."

Without hesitation, he threw a punch. The god, who loved fighting by nature, didn't care whether his father was just saying it casually.

But before him, the figure of the God-King shattered in an instant, turning into a phantom and dissipating. The astonished young god looked around, trying to find his father's whereabouts, but then a finger gently touched his forehead.

He looked up and, without realizing it, the one-eyed god-king had reappeared before him.

Looking at the child before him, the young god-king smiled slightly and then said.

"You must learn to be humble. Strength isn't just about brute force. Learn more, and it will help you someday."

After that, the most powerful Thor, wielding his hammer, established countless illustrious reputations throughout the universe, yet he could never learn runes. But what no one knew was that Thor also possessed a spell, albeit a simple one... teleportation.

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When the serpent mistakenly thought Thor was going to fight him to the death, Thor had already secretly cast a spell. The serpent, which was in the midst of a fierce battle, did not notice. When Thor broke free in an instant, the serpent, which had bitten the illusion, thought it was Thor that had been bitten into pieces.

Meanwhile, Thor, who had been lying in wait, finally got his chance when the giant serpent lowered its guard...

Then, he suddenly appeared, and from the indestructible hammer Mjolnir in his hand, he unleashed a power that Thor had never shown since birth...

Countless bolts of lightning, innumerable and spread throughout the entire sky and the vast ocean.

All the lightning in the universe originates from the power of this Thor. All the lightning is only a small part that has dissipated from the body of this Thor. What would happen if this Thor released all the power within his body?
That would be an unprecedented and immense power, one that even the creation of the world could not compare to, the combined power of the strongest deities.

The indescribable lightning transformed into endless light, and in the dazzling brilliance, the magic hammer Milnir, infused with countless bolts of lightning power, slammed into the giant serpent before it could even react.

"boom!!!!!"

In an instant, the world turned white.

In the pure white light that shattered and destroyed everything, even the incredibly hard magic hammer Mjolnir was instantly vaporized by the immense power contained within. The enormous serpent, large enough to entwine the world, was pierced through without any resistance from its hard scales, its massive body being split in two.

"Roar!!!!!"

The serpent's agonizing howls echoed across the sky, and amidst the intense lightning, a torrential rain of blood fell as its massive body crashed to the ground.

"Rumble..."

The sea, littered with floating corpses, began to churn once more.

Looking down at the heavily wounded serpent beneath him, Thor slowly descended onto a broken island in the ocean, the remains of his divine kingdom that had crashed into the sea.

The waves around Thor were raging, but the serpent that had suffered the fatal blow was not yet dead. The serpent with half its body was seriously injured, but it was still floating and struggling in the sea, barely clinging to life.

However, intense lightning continued to strike the giant snake from time to time, causing it to convulse. Although it was not dead yet, the giant snake was not far from death.

"You do have a good daughter. She actually risked her life to save you. Although she couldn't save you, she allowed you, who was destined to die, to live for a while longer."

Thor's fingers trembled slightly. With a broken leg, he could barely stand on the ground. Almost exhausted, he looked at the giant snake in front of him and still sneered.

Thor was certain that the giant serpent before him was dead, for it was already thoroughly cooked.

The giant snake, now only half alive, floated in the sea, its body numb and almost completely roasted, making it difficult to move. Yet, it began to laugh.

"Hehe... Hahahaha... Hahahahahaha!!!!"

The immense spiritual power caused the air to tremble and emitted a loud, inhuman laugh.

The serpent's deep laughter remained sinister, even growing more unrestrained. Thor suddenly sensed something was wrong, but it was too late. In an instant, an unexpected change occurred...

An invisible, immense spiritual power suddenly surged forth, and a ferocious, insane, cold, and arrogant aura immediately appeared in this universe...

As this aura surged forth, in an instant, the entire ocean, the entire heaven and earth, the entire world, the entire universe, all the earth, water, wind, and fire, all life and non-life, all matter and non-matter, and even all time and space... all ceased to move under the control of some vast will.

The gale stopped, the meteors ceased their fall, the raging fires that had consumed the world ceased to burn, and the entire universe and all of space and time came to a standstill, bowing down under the command of some vast will.

In the still world, only a dark and twisted, enormous soul, resembling both a human and a snake, with a long snake tail, slowly rose from the body of the great serpent. Its upper body resembled a blurry human, while its lower body was a long snake tail.

The giant serpent itself cannot speak. The reason it can speak is because its body is so enormous, almost the size of the entire human world. This enormous body also gives rise to an immense spiritual power, which is enough to interfere with the real world and cause the air to tremble.

If the earth can give birth to gods, mountains can give birth to gods, and the ocean can give birth to gods, then what magnificent and great thing will be born from the enormous body of a monster whose size is no less than that of the earth and the ocean?

If even a small amount of its emanating power can distort the world and create sound out of thin air, what would happen if this vast thing appeared directly?

the answer is……

The entire universe will be dominated by this unimaginably vast and indescribable will, and will submit to this power.

When the giant serpent appears, thunder will spontaneously rumble in the sky and dark clouds will gather, because even the willless sky will tremble before the immense will of the giant serpent.

This is a trump card that Orochi has never used before, because no one has ever been worth going to such lengths for before.

The sheer size of this soul is immeasurable. When this soul straightens its body, even the sky seems too low. In this world where time has completely stopped, only a tiny figure is still struggling desperately.

The tiny figure tried desperately to raise its head, but it seemed to be surrounded by sticky glue, making it almost unable to move.

The giant serpent, or rather, the half-human, half-serpent monster, looked down at the tiny insect beneath it. The dark and illusory humanoid upper body could only be seen through a pair of eyes filled with ferocity and savagery.

Tiny, minuscule insects, almost as small as dust.

But this tiny insect actually destroyed its body, forcing it to use its final trump card?!

"To be able to maintain thought in a space-time where time itself has stood still... Thor, you are truly remarkable, I will commend you... but, that's all!"

"Die!!! Thor!!!"

Accompanied by a soul-like roar that was neither human nor inhuman, the arms, capable of grasping stars and the moon, were raised high, and then...

It fell suddenly!!!

In a world where time and space stand still, there is no wind and no sound, but in the face of that immense power that can control the entire world, even time and space are distorted. Wherever the arm passes, pieces of space are shattered, forming an infinite black void.

And at the very bottom of that fist was Thor, struggling helplessly.

"..."

In a spacetime that is infinitely close to stillness, even light is nearly frozen under the control of this immense will. Before your eyes, there is no light to be seen, and in your ears, there is no sound to be heard. There is only a mysterious, deathly silence.

Even in this deathly silence, Thor could still inexplicably feel a deep sense of crisis.

However, unable to see or hear, unable to move his body, and already exhausted, he was completely unable to sense where the danger was coming from, and defeat seemed inevitable.

but……

"Is this your power...? It's really strong."

He had almost stopped thinking, but a thought inexplicably surfaced in his mind.

It was neither fear nor elation, but rather a kind of unexpected surprise.

And after the surprise...

Deeply delighted.

He really...

It's been a long time since I've had such a satisfying and exhilarating battle.

His body, which should have been completely exhausted, still tried to move unwillingly. However, exhaustion is exhaustion; he was already completely drained and could no longer exert any strength.

Every muscle, every drop of blood, was completely drained from him...

But is there truly no power left?
Just as that enormous fist was about to strike, even the tiny, insignificant god was about to perish, but at that moment...

"Oh my god!!!!!"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, a dazzling figure enveloped in scorching light suddenly emerged from the already exhausted body of the god. Its face, contorted with fury, was filled with intense fighting spirit. Its fists, crackling with endless lightning, were clenched tightly, and then it roared as it swung them at the enormous thing in front of it.

Since the physical body is withered and useless, let our fighting spirit and soul fight!

Among the many glorious legends of Thor, there is one that tells of how he was once tricked by giants skilled in illusion. In a contest against the giants, he could only lift half the body of a cat from the giants and drink half a horn cup of wine from the giants. He was then forced to kneel down by the strength of an elderly woman from the giants.

He considered it a disgrace, but it wasn't until after leaving the land of giants that the giant chieftain told him that the cat he was carrying was actually Jormungandr from the depths of the sea, a giant serpent whose body was wrapped around the entire earth, yet he had managed to carry half of its body with his own strength; and the horn cup he was drinking from actually had its bottom connected to the endless deep sea, and by drinking half of the cup, he had drunk a small part of the entire ocean, which was now already in turmoil; and the old woman was even more remarkable, as she symbolized Thor's ultimate fate—death.

All gods die, yet even faced with his ultimate fate, Thor could only kneel down, for his divine power was so immense that it was beyond comprehension.

Thor possesses immense power capable of overturning fate itself. Among the gods, he is undoubtedly the strongest. Even when faced with power capable of dominating the entire world, he will never yield. Instead, he unleashes the immense power hidden within him.

"A heartless beast, you cannot understand emotions, nor do you have them. Therefore, you feel no fear, nor are your strength affected by joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. But at the same time... you will never understand what soaring fighting spirit and soaring courage are, and you will never understand what it truly feels like to face fear, overcome fear, and ultimately transcend yourself!!!"

A gigantic fist, immeasurably large, and a tiny fist, as insignificant as dust, two fists imbued with boundless divine power collided with a deafening roar.

There was no sound, for sound had been shattered; and there was no light, for light had been shattered.

In that instant, the entire universe's spacetime was torn apart and distorted by the immense power unleashed by the clash between the two invincible monsters. The sky was also completely ripped open with a huge, endless gaping hole that could never be repaired.

And in the end...

"I, Jormungandr... would actually... would actually..."

With the serpent's final cry, the enormous spiritual body shattered instantly, and the stagnant spacetime began to move once more.

Jormungandr, death.

The god, who had also unleashed the last punch of his life, showed a hint of satisfaction on his illusory spirit face before gradually dissipating into specks of light.

Thor, the God of Thunder, is dead.

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In the crumbling universe, only a small piece of divine kingdom still barely floats in the air. At this moment, an evil god is climbing the steps to the front, where the golden palace where the gods once gathered to hold meetings is located.

(End of this chapter)