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Chapter 728 Thanos and Apocalypse's Countdown to Earth's Destruction (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Inside Asgard, Thor knelt on one knee, his iconic red cloak tattered and stained with blood.

Mjolnir, Thor's hammer, lay limply at his side, the arcs of electricity leaping from its head as faint as a candle flickering in the wind.

He was breathing heavily, his long golden hair plastered messily to his face, which was soaked with sweat and blood, and his eyes were filled with boundless anger, pain, and deep exhaustion.

He was exhausted; the power of the lightning was almost depleted, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

He could only watch helplessly as the guard was destroyed and the Celestial Palace fell.

Because Loki was captured alive by Thanos.

The God of Tricks lost his composure and elegance. He was pinned down by the heavy axe of Black Dwarf, one of the Obsidian Five, who possessed immense strength. He was forced to lie prostrate on the ground, his cheek pressed against the cold, blood-stained floor tiles.

Struggling will only drive the axe blade deeper into the flesh.

He was forced to look up at Thanos's mountain-like figure in an extremely humiliating posture.

Loki's eyes were complex, containing fear, resentment, and a hint of barely perceptible despair and resignation.

He knew that this time, his tricks and lies had probably really come to an end.

Thanos's massive, mountain-like body stood in the center of the battlefield, with the wreckage of rockets beneath his feet.

His cold gaze swept over Star-Lord, whose mouth was sewn shut and who was groaning silently; Groot's disintegrating remains; Drax's headless corpse; Gamora, who was bound; and finally settled on Thor, who was exhausted, and Loki, who was being held down by an axe.

The air freezes.

Only the sounds of burning buildings and sporadic screams in the distance remained.

The celestial palace has fallen, the guards have been wiped out, Ragnarok has arrived, and everything is now set in stone.

Before the shattered halls of the celestial palace, blood and smoke solidified into a suffocating despair.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
With heavy footsteps like the urgent beat of a death knell, Thanos stepped over the viscous blood and walked straight up to Loki.

Black Dwarf grinned maliciously, his thick arms suddenly exerting force to lift Loki's head from the cold ground, forcing that face, filled with humiliation and pain, to look up at the conqueror of the universe.

"Loki—!!!"

Thor, kneeling on the ground exhausted, witnessed this scene. His eyes widened in fury, and a hoarse roar filled with endless anger and grief erupted from his throat. He struggled to get up, but was pressed firmly to the ground by an invisible weight, and could only futilely grip the dimly lit Mjolnir beside him.

Thanos didn't even glance in Thor's direction.

His enormous hand, covered in dark gold armor, stretched out with irresistible force, lifting Loki's head like an iron clamp, his fingertips digging deep into the flesh and bones of the god of mischief.

The cold, suffocating pressure instantly turned Loki's face purple.

“That noisy raccoon.” Thanos’s deep voice echoed like hell as he looked down at Loki’s face, contorted with suffocation. “He finally handed the Power Stone to you.” His massive thumb pressed down slightly on Loki’s vulnerable temple. “Tell me, you cunning insect, where in Asgard did you hide it?” Loki’s body trembled violently from the pain and suffocation. He forced a bitter laugh, as if resigned to his fate, his voice like a broken bellows: “Heh heh. Great Thanos, let me go. I swear, I’ll take you to retrieve this precious Power Stone.”

"Crack!"

Thanos's patience ran out instantly! The power at his fingertips suddenly intensified!

Loki's head emitted a tooth-grinding groan, as if it were about to burst open like a ripe berry at any moment!

Blood vessels bulged beneath Loki's deep purple skin, and scalding blood gushed uncontrollably from Loki's eyes, nostrils, mouth, and even ears, instantly staining his pale face and Thanos's enormous fingers red!
"Stop—!!!" Thor was terrified, watching his brother's gruesome sight of blood gushing from his seven orifices. All his anger turned into the most humble plea, "Stop! Please! I know! I know where the gem is! It's there."

"waste--!!!"

Loki's near-death roar, like the howl of a dying beast, actually overwhelmed Thor's fear!
With his last ounce of strength, his bloodshot eyes glared at Thor, filled with a furious, exasperated rage and a touch of mad, resolute determination: "He only grabbed me, not your manhood!!! Who can't die?! Odin can die! My mother can die, why can't I?! You..."
"idiot!!!"

"Go find him! Go find that Midgardian! You know who I'm talking about!"

Before he could finish speaking, to everyone's astonishment, Loki suddenly channeled all the remaining strength in his body into his neck and slammed it hard against the cold axe blade that Black Dwarf was pressing against his neck!
Puff——!!!
A dull, terrifying tearing sound rang out!
The sharp axe blade sliced ​​through the flesh without any resistance and embedded itself deeply into the neck bone!
Scalding blood gushed out like a burst dam, instantly staining Thanos's boots and soaking Black Dwarf's arm, splashing a huge, shocking pool of blood on the cold ground!
"Do not--!!!"

Thor's heart-wrenching screams echoed throughout the shattered Asgard Palace; despair and agony nearly tore his soul apart.

At that very moment, a sudden change occurred!

Mjolnir, Thor's hammer that seemed to have lost all its power, suddenly erupted with unprecedented and violent lightning!

Instead of responding to Thor's desire to pounce on Thanos and fight to the death, it generated an immense and irresistible pulling force!
“Buzz——!!!”

Thor's hammer, like an arrow released from a bow, suddenly broke free from Thor's grasp, accompanied by a piercing sound as it cut through the air!
Thor, who was connected to it, was like a kite being violently pulled by an invisible giant hand, his entire body being forcibly dragged off the ground by this force far beyond his ability to resist!
"Ugh—!"

Thor didn't even have time to react. He felt the world spinning around him, his body being swept up by an irresistible force, tracing a tragic and pathetic arc as he tore through the air at an incredible speed, flying rapidly towards the depths of the starry sky beyond the Celestial Palace and the Nine Realms!

Only his desperate roars echoed through the burning ruins.
Thanos coldly watched the golden lightning streak disappear into the distant sky, the warm blood still dripping from his fingertips.

He slowly released his fingers, and Loki's headless body slumped softly into the pool of blood, lifeless.

"He doesn't carry the scent of the gems." Thanos's deep voice, devoid of any emotion, announced the final verdict. He slowly raised his head, his cold gaze sweeping over the devastated ruins of the Golden Palace and the trembling survivors.

"Search."

The commands he uttered were like the coldest ice.

"Search every inch of Asgard, every piece of dust, every piece of debris."

Thanos's voice echoed above the desolate Asgard, carrying an undeniable will to destroy: "Find the Power Stone for me! Dig three feet into the ground, and dig it out from the bones of these rats!"

(End of this chapter)