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Chapter 876 The Vessel of Ragnarok

Deep within Muspelheim, in Surtr's cauldron.

Li You and Tyr returned to this place once again.

Although some time has passed since my last visit, this place remains almost unchanged over the past millions of years, except for the flow of lava.

Meanwhile, the fire giant Surtr continued to endlessly forge weapons at the crucible.

For him, there was nothing else to do.

This time, only Li You and Tyr returned to Muspelheim. After all, Surtr did not trust others, and given the current situation, Li You's side could not concentrate their forces for action and had to guard against Odin's surprise attack.

Surtr truly lived up to his reputation as the master of this place; he seemed to sense Li You and Tyr's arrival near the crucible furnace.

The various enemies that had been patrolling their path, including two enormous fire phantoms, all retreated on their own, leaving them no obstacle in their way.

Thus, Li and You traveled without hindrance and smoothly approached Surtr's forging platform.

At this moment, the tall fire giant was still hammering a long sword. He did not turn around, but spoke in a deep voice: "You've returned, which is faster than I expected."

Tyr nodded in greeting, while Li You got straight to the point: "The last attempt did fail, but this time we are confident."

"Is that so?" Surtr turned around noncommittally, glanced at Tyr, and then his gaze fell on Li You, but then his expression changed.

"Huh...? Your aura..."

Li You smiled but said nothing. He had no intention of playing dumb to deceive others, nor did he conceal his imposing aura.

Surtr hadn't noticed it before simply because this fire giant had never been interested in other outsiders and hadn't paid much attention to it.

When Li You first arrived here, if it weren't for Tyr leading the way, he probably would have had to get past the fiery phantoms guarding the gate before he could meet Surtr.

"You've become a god? So quickly?" Surtr scrutinized him closely, his eyes narrowing. "Release your power a little more, especially that sword of yours! Let me see it again!"

Upon hearing this, Li You naturally did not refuse. He immediately raised his hands, his divine power flowing through his body. The golden-red flames formed by the spiral sword also burned on his hands. An extremely powerful divine power aura immediately turned into a wave and surged towards Surtr!

"Well……!!"

Surtr was caught off guard and was forced to take a step back by the aura, but the flames in his eyes burned brighter than ever before.

"This aura...this power! I never imagined you could leap to this level of strength in one step. Your outlandish methods from before now seem to be actually achievable!"

Li You found this rather strange: "You mean, you knew back then that I wouldn't succeed?"

Surtr said, "That's not true. Your strength was not weak at the time, and that sword was indeed extraordinary, so it wasn't impossible to succeed. It's just that the chances were too low, and I didn't really have much hope, but I just gave it a try."

"But things are different now. With your current abilities and this sword that has returned to its original state, you might actually be able to achieve your plan!"

Last time, it was just a last resort, but this time, seeing real hope, Surtr's attitude changed immediately.

He immediately threw down his hammer and came to Li You: "Come on, show me your spiral sword. I will now infuse it with my primordial power. But be careful, don't let it be absorbed like last time, otherwise I won't be able to recover enough power for hundreds of years."

What Surtr was referring to was the incident where the Spiral Sword accidentally absorbed a sliver of his primordial power to strengthen itself.

Although Surtr and Simara's primal powers would be extremely beneficial to strengthening the Spiral Sword, Li You naturally knew the importance of considering the consequences. With his current control over the Spiral Sword, such a blunder would never happen.

Li You immediately raised his hands, and the golden-red flames on his arms gradually detached from his body, gathered and solidified in front of him, transforming back into the shape of a spiral sword.

Without hesitation, Surtr grasped the spiral sword. A fiery red light suddenly shone from his seemingly metal-cast body, and then, as he held the sword, he gradually poured the light into the spiral sword.

The Spiral Sword is now inextricably linked to Li You, so Li You can fully feel that as Surtr's primordial flame is injected, the Spiral Sword's aura is rising steadily, making the already scorching environment even more unbearable, as if one were in lava.

Of course, because he deliberately controlled the initial fire within the spiral sword from absorbing this flame, this power was ultimately an external force, and at this moment, it was only a small part of its aura that was released, yet it had such a powerful presence.

Surtr held nothing back, pouring all the primal flames he could muster into the Spiral Sword without harming himself.

As this process was completed, the flames on his body and within him suddenly flashed, then dimmed almost as if extinguished, and even his aura plummeted.

This startled Li You, but fortunately, seeing that Tyr didn't react and Surtr himself seemed to be in good condition, he didn't say anything.

"Boom."

After pouring all his primal flames into the spiral sword, Surtr suddenly released his grip, took several steps back, and leaned against the anvil behind him.

His aura visibly weakened. Li You and Tyr wanted to step forward, but he waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, just a bit of a drain on my energy. It won't harm my body."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Li You and said, "The primal flame I just poured into your sword should be more than enough for you to carry out that plan—as long as you can control that power effectively."

“I have already considered the necessary losses. If these flames are still not enough, then any more will be useless.”

After saying this, he seemed very weak and didn't want to say anything more, so he gestured for Tyr and Li You to leave on their own.

However, Tyr glanced in the direction they had come from and asked, "When we came here last time, these phantom guards weren't here yet. Has your place also been attacked?"

Li You's expression shifted slightly, because he had seen this formation in the game before. He didn't really realize the difference between the last time and this time, but Tyr noticed this.

Surtr didn't try to hide anything: "There have indeed been some of Odin's lackeys acting suspiciously around here lately, which is why I put some guards there."

“But you don’t need to worry. No matter what, Odin wouldn’t dare to provoke me directly unless he can kill both me and Simara at the same time. Otherwise, if he attacks either of us, he will see the real Ragnarok appear at the gates of Asgard the next day.”

This is indeed true. If either Surtr or Simara dies, the other will immediately sense it, since they had already swapped hearts.

Once one of them realizes the death of the other, there will only be one outcome: the monster known as Ragnarok will immediately appear.

Moreover, Surtur and Simara were among the earliest beings born in the realms. Even disregarding their ability to merge into Ragnarok, these two giants were among the strongest beings in the Nine Realms.

Given Odin's current power, unless he and Thor personally take action and each deal with one side, there is only a slight possibility of killing the two giants at the same time.

But can Thor now truly earn Odin's trust and be entrusted with such an important task? Even if Odin gives him this task, will Thor really do his best to complete it?
In conclusion, it's highly unlikely that anything bad will happen to Surtr and Simara. However, just in case, Li You still left behind a small fragment of the teardrop-shaped artifact. With this fragment, if any unexpected situation arises, Surtr can contact him immediately.

That was enough. Having completed their task in this realm, Li You and Tyr immediately bid farewell and left.

As the two figures disappeared through the mysterious door, the fire in Surtr's eyes began to flicker again.

"Maybe...they really can do it."

—On the other side, Li You and Tyr, who were walking on the branches of the World Tree, were also talking.

"How are you feeling? Are you able to control it?"

Tyr looked at Li You and asked.

He asked not for any other reason, but because he knew very well that Li You had almost never revealed the true form of the Spiral Sword since completing the divine ritual.

At this moment, Li You hung the spiral sword that had absorbed Surtr's original flame at his waist, instead of absorbing it into his body in the form of flame as before.

That's why Tyr asked that question.

Li You smiled at him and said, "Don't worry, I have no problem controlling this power. However, Surtr's flames are an external force to me and have not been integrated with the Spiral Sword, so I can only carry it in its original form at this time."

"Once we find Simara, accept her core essence, and then channel the combined power into the container we've already prepared, there will be no further impact."

Tyr nodded. "I think so too. Let's hurry. Odin may be approaching madness now. Even I'm not sure what he'll do next. The two of us going out means risk for both us and those who stay behind."

Li You naturally had no objections.

Before they set off, Li You, Tyr, Freya, and Mimir, along with the squirrel Ratatosk who claimed to be their "landlord," had already gathered together to research a magic circle that could isolate them from the influence of external forces.

According to their design, this magic circle can completely block outsiders from invading by traversing space within a small area, and even Odin's Rainbow Bridge cannot break through it.

Of course, the consumption of magic arrays of this level is also extremely high. Not only did Freya and Ratatosk bring out all kinds of special materials that they had accumulated for a long time, but even after Li You nodded, Brock reluctantly took out a small fragment of Nidhogg's claw that was half-processed before they finally gathered the casting materials.

But it was all worth it; once the magic circle was activated, even Odin was powerless to invade their stronghold again.

But as mentioned before, while this magic circle is powerful, it also consumes a lot of energy. Therefore, Li You and Tyr hurried to complete the previously unfinished preparations as quickly as possible.

At this moment, a mysterious door leading to their destination appeared in front of them. They passed through it and arrived in Niflheim, a country completely opposite to Muspelheim.

Having learned from their previous experience, the two knew exactly where to find Simara this time. Moreover, Li You could also faintly sense a call and attraction coming from a certain direction through Surtur's primordial flames within the Spiral Sword.

It was Surtr's heart's instinctive attraction to this power, and also the call of Simara.

So this time, the two quickly found Simara's location.

The process of communicating with this person was much simpler. After confirming Li You's current power and Surtur's flames within the Spiral Sword, Simara immediately infused her own core energy into it without hesitation.

Although Li You was still deliberately controlling the two forces to prevent them from merging, the mere fact that they existed simultaneously within the Spiral Sword was enough to make this weapon, which now bore Li You's divine power, tremble.

After separating her core essence, Simala herself weakened, but she also said that it did not affect her.

But Tyr still gave her a special reminder to be careful of Odin, and Li You also gave her a fragment of a replica teardrop before leaving again.

Li You has now obtained Surtur's primordial flame and Simara's core essence, along with the spiral sword used as the core, thus fulfilling the conditions for creating his own "Ragnarok".

The next step is to merge these two forces and inject them into the "container" to confirm whether their outlandish plan can truly be realized.

So their final stop was Midgard, where they returned to the northern ice plains where Somur had died.

Standing before Somur's enormous head, Li You looked up at the massive corpse and released his divine sense, re-establishing a connection with the "core" that had been nurtured within it for so long.

After confirming its development, a smile appeared on Li You's face.

"it's time."

Tyr nodded, no longer lingering, and flew backward. The next moment, Li You raised his hand and reached towards Somur's corpse: "It's time to awaken... the core of the divine embryo!"

The entire northern ice field trembled violently in an instant, the earth groaned, as if the thick, eternally unyielding ice layer was shattering inch by inch.

Even from the distant Lake of Nine Realms, the tremors emanating from this land could be felt. And amidst that terrifying roar, a colossal figure slowly rose, standing atop the northern land!

Large chunks of frozen, dried flesh peeled off the giant's body, yet there was no trace of bloodshed; instead, it gave the impression of rebirth.

When the skin that originally belonged to the frost giant Somur completely shattered, what was revealed beneath it was a colossal stone statue over a hundred meters tall, its entire body seemingly carved from pure white marble!
This colossal statue is a perfect human form, with a male-like physique, but its body is decorated with dragon-scale-like features, and it has two pairs of majestic dragon horns, one large and one small, on its head.

Although it appears to be made of stone, this giant god, apart from moving slightly slowly, stretches out without any stiffness, as if it were a living person.

The already cracked permafrost could no longer support the terrifying weight of the colossal statue, and the ground groaned continuously as more cracks spread.

But just before the ground beneath their feet completely collapsed, the azure crystal core on the giant statue's chest lit up, and its enormous body floated up lightly into the sky!

Far away, Tyr stood atop a mountain peak, watching the colossus awaken and rise into the sky.

Even Tyr, who had witnessed the giants at their peak, couldn't help but show a look of astonishment in his eyes.

"There is such a peculiar life form... It seems that it can really bear the power of Surtr and Simara."

Tyr muttered to himself, then looked again and saw Li You standing on the top of the colossus, looking down at Midgard, which had become several times smaller.

He wanted to remind Li You to send the giant statue away as soon as possible, but then he saw Li You nod to him from afar and then give instructions in some unknown way.

Then, the crystal core on the chest of the giant statue floating in mid-air glowed again, creating a huge teleportation channel behind it. The enormous body then disappeared into it and was never seen again.

(End of this chapter)