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That's so inconsiderate!

If Thor's hammer hadn't shattered into pieces, Thor would have thrown it without hesitation and knocked Lin Jie unconscious on the spot.

But now, he can only stare helplessly.

"This won't do, that won't do, aren't you? Being the Prince of Asgard is too stifling!"

Lin Jie shrugged, his face full of helplessness.

"How can you blame me?" Thor glared angrily, his beard bristling. "We agreed to a one-on-one melee, but you kept pulling out the Spear of Eternity and the Tesseract. Is this supposed to be a friendly spar? And you're using Asgardian treasures! You're using my equipment against me!"

Thor felt increasingly aggrieved. Wasn't this blatant bullying?

"No! You need to find another one right away!" Thor waved his hands repeatedly, firmly disagreeing.

Lin Jie sighed, put the Cosmic Cube back into the void, then reached into his pocket and pulled out the heavy sword he had casually forged the night before.

"What kind of junk is this?"

Thor, who was quite frightened by the two top-tier artifacts, couldn't help but lean closer and examine the dusty iron sword closely.

"I just casually made it myself," Lin Jie said truthfully.

"You forged this yourself?" Thor circled Lin Jie suspiciously twice, staring intently at the sword's blade for a long time. Suddenly, he slapped his thigh. "Great! This is it! This sword is excellent!"

Thor was overjoyed.

How powerful could a mortal apprentice in Kamar-Taj possibly be by tinkering with a piece of iron?

I doubt it could even withstand a single spike from my spiked club!

To prevent Lin Jie from backing out, Thor even pretended to flatter him, saying, "I think your sword is quite imposing; it would be a perfect match for my spiked club."

Carter, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it any longer. He stepped forward, pointed at the two heavy spiked clubs in Thor's hands, and angrily shouted, "Have you no shame?! Your spiked clubs are several times thicker than his sword. Where's the fairness in that?"

Carter took the lead, and the trainee mages around him also began to speak up for the cause.

"Exactly! This is a completely dishonest victory!"

"This is too much! Senior Brother Lin Jie, let's use the Eternal Spear and just stab him!"

The surrounding voices of condemnation rose and fell, and Saul was starting to lose face.

Although he was arrogant, he was still a battle-hardened warrior.

He knew perfectly well that the Spear of Eternity and the Cosmic Cube were both world-destroying artifacts. If Lin Jie were to use those two divine weapons, he would be utterly crushed.

"Fine, fine, I'll compromise! I'll just use a spiked club, is that alright?"

Thor casually tossed one of the spiked clubs in his left hand to the ground, picked up the remaining one with one hand, swung it twice in mid-air, and looked at Lin Jie provocatively.

Lin Jie looked at the iron sword in his hand, feeling puzzled.

He haphazardly forged this last night following the blueprints in "Alchemy," and apart from being exceptionally heavy, he didn't find anything particularly special about it.

If this broken sword were to actually clash head-on with this spiked club that looks like a weapon, wouldn't it just snap in two?

"What are you doing? Dragging your feet like a girl!" Thor immediately started mocking Lin Jie when he saw him hesitate.

Lin Jie took a deep breath, his eyes turning cold: "Even if you only use one, the size difference is too great. Use a smaller one, otherwise you won't be able to fight."

Lin Jie wasn't stupid; he wasn't going to let such an obvious physical disadvantage go to his head.

With a casual wave of his hand, he opened another portal leading to the armory.

"Fine, I'll change it. What a hassle!" Thor scoffed, stepped into the portal, and quickly emerged with a normal-sized steel mace.

In fact, Thor only wanted to test Lin Jie's strength; he didn't really intend to kill him with heavy weapons.

Switching to a lighter weapon would actually be more suitable for him to utilize his speed.

"Satisfied now?" Thor tossed the steel mace in his hand.

"Come on!" Lin Jie gripped the sword hilt tightly with both hands, his eyes instantly becoming incredibly sharp.

Thor also abandoned his earlier contempt, tensing his muscles and entering battle mode.

The atmosphere in the entire training ground instantly plummeted to freezing point, the air thick with the tense smell of gunpowder.

All the trainee monks held their breath, staring intently at the two people in the center of the arena, afraid of missing any detail.

Carter's heart was in his throat.

He stared intently at the sword in Lin Jie's hand, and a phrase suddenly flashed through his mind: "Whatever you do, don't let him use a sword!"

No swords allowed?!

Why can't we use swords?!

Carter's mind went blank for a moment before he realized what was happening.

Is there something strange about this sword?

"Lin Jie! Stop right now—"

Carter yelled at the top of his lungs, trying to stop the duel.

But it was too late!

"ah--!"

Thor let out a deafening roar, his whole body like a maddened war bear, dragging a red afterimage as he swung his spiked club and smashed it down on Lin Jie with the force of Mount Tai crashing down!

Faced with this ferocious attack, Lin Jie did not back down. He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly with both hands and swung it upwards!

"Snap!"

A sharp, teeth-grinding crack.

The steel mace, upon contact with the blade, was sliced ​​in two by Lin Jie's iron sword as easily as cutting tofu!

Thor was left with only the bare handle of the club; the spiked end flew off and crashed to the ground some distance away.

Thor: ......

Carter: ......

All the mages present: ......

"Holy crap! Are the weapons in Kamar-Taj made of paper?!" Thor completely lost it.

Enraged, he slammed the handle of the stick in his hand to the ground. Overwhelmed by rage, he turned around, picked up the giant spiked club he had just thrown on the ground, and swung it at Lin Jie without a second thought!

This giant spiked club weighs over a thousand pounds and makes a terrifying whooshing sound, as if it can tear the air apart!

Lin Jie didn't expect Saul to suddenly renege on his promise.

The attack came too suddenly; he had no time to dodge and could only grit his teeth, raise the iron sword in his hand, and hold it above his head to take the hit head-on!

"Thump—!"

A deafening thud, like the grand sound of a great bell, made everyone present feel a tingling sensation in their eardrums.

A miracle happened!

The iron sword in Lin Jie's hand not only did not break, but it didn't even have a nick!

It held the giant spiked club firmly, withstanding Thor's thunderous blow!

The jaws of everyone in the audience shattered.

This seemingly ordinary broken sword could actually withstand a heavy magical artifact forged from the leg bone of a giant beast?!

The quality is simply incredible!

Lin Jie himself was also stunned.

He looked at the undamaged iron sword and felt a surge of joy.

I thought he was a bronze player, but he turned out to be a king!

This broken sword is surprisingly sturdy!

"My turn!"

Lin Jie's confidence soared, and his eyes became incredibly sharp.

He exerted his strength, swung away the giant spiked club, and with a flick of his wrist, launched a counterattack against Thor, his iron sword whistling with sword energy!