Chapter 321 - 162: The Power of Thor? I Already Have It! (Part 1)

Chapter 321: Chapter 162: The Power of Thor? I Already Have It! (Part 1)

Thor tilted his head back, gazing up at the starry sky, and chuckled.

"I know you are very strong. Even that big guy from earlier chose to back down. But so what!"

He looked at Alex, a blazing will to fight igniting in his single eye!

"Pick it up, and the stone is yours. If you can’t, leave New Asgard, or choose to make an enemy of all of Asgard!"

Following Thor’s words, the air instantly solidified.

In the distance, the villagers mending their fishing nets stopped their work. The warriors guarding the entrance also walked over with quick steps. Everyone’s gaze converged in front of the longhouse.

They all recognized that hammer, and they understood exactly what this trial meant.

Even stranded in a foreign land, the worthiness represented by Mjolnir remained the final spiritual pillar of the Asgardian people.

Alex’s gaze flickered between Thor’s decadent face and the hammer for a moment, his mind rapidly weighing his options.

Bypass Thor to find the Space Stone?

New Asgard wasn’t large, but the stone was highly likely hidden by Thor in a secret location; searching for it would waste too much time.

Take it by force?

That would only incite the resistance of the Asgardians. Even if he slaughtered them all, it wouldn’t help matters.

Alex could sense the barrier of laws formed by Odin’s divine power upon the hammer. While he could forcibly break through it, doing so would cause too massive a commotion, contradicting his goal of gathering the stones discreetly.

Although the Thor before him was demoralized, warriors who had lost everything were the most terrifying. Without any lingering attachments or concerns, putting his life on the line was just a daily routine for Thor!

Therefore... Alex made his decision. Without another word, he took a step forward and stood before Mjolnir.

He didn’t attempt to yank it up with brute force. Instead, he calmly extended his right hand, opened his fingers, and steadily gripped the cold, worn-leather-wrapped handle.

The very instant his fingertips touched the handle, an invisible yet vast forcefield of will, expansive as a sea of stars, instantly enveloped Alex!

This was not a physical heaviness, but a judgment on the level of the soul and cosmic laws.

Odin’s enchantment transformed into countless golden chains that violently wrapped around his soul, attempting to peer into his heart, measure his character, and judge whether he was worthy of this power.

Countless visions of Asgard flooded into his consciousness.

Odin’s admonitions in Valhalla, Thor’s battles in Jotunheim, the Asgardians’ oaths to protect their homeland...

These images crashed against his will like a torrent, trying to evoke his reverence for the laws of the divine domain.

Mjolnir did not budge an inch, as if it had become one with the earth of New Asgard, rooting itself deep within the sand and gravel. Even the sea breeze couldn’t move it in the slightest.

The coastline was dead silent, save for the sound of waves crashing against the reefs and the distant cries of a few seabirds.

Thor’s single eye stared intently at Alex’s hand and the hammer, his gaze swirling with complex emotions.

There was scrutiny, self-mockery, and perhaps even a sliver of anticipation he hadn’t noticed himself—anticipating that someone could shatter this suffocating gloom.

Ever since Captain America had grown old, it had been a long time since he had encountered a human worthy of this power.

Alex’s expression remained completely unfazed. He was never a citizen of Asgard, nor did he possess any ancestral reverence for this hammer.

His worthiness was not something that could be defined by a few words from Odin.

What he sought was never Odin’s approval, but rather to transcend all bindings and resolve the hidden danger within himself.

’It’s merely the power of laws. The power of thunder... coincidentally, I happen to have some as well!’

Alex sneered inwardly as the dormant Cosmo within his body suddenly roared!

That terrifying power of chaotic lightning—capable of destroying planets and annihilating bodies of steel—was precisely compressed into the tiny space where his palm met the handle.

The chaotic lightning power activated instantly, not to attack, but to dominate.

Driven by his Cosmo, purple lightning flared across Lucas’s body. From the area where the handle met his palm, the lightning surged into Mjolnir like purple serpents!

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