The moment the staff pierced the Witch's body, the Witch had already used magic to dissolve a large hole in his body. After the staff was inserted, he quickly repaired the surrounding flesh and blood, but the inside remained hollow.
This way, he could avoid the staff touching his flesh and blood, which would control him, and also firmly lock the staff onto himself.
As it turned out, the Witch's move was very effective. And just like that, the staff was snatched back by the Witch.
Examining the staff in his hand, the Witch's lips curved upward slightly.
"This way, the mission the Master assigned is almost complete."
With that thought, the Witch beckoned, and a shadowy ninja emerged from the shadow beneath him.
"Take this and deliver it to the Master."
The shadowy ninja nodded, respectfully took the staff from the Witch's hand, and vanished back into the shadows.
"Give me back my staff."
Seeing the staff being taken away, Loki was filled with rage, but beneath his anger was also fear.
The staff wasn't the main issue; the real problem was the Mind Stone on it, which Thanos had lent him. If he couldn't get it back, he feared he would be dead even if he returned.
Looking at the impotent fury of Loki, the Witch couldn't help but want to laugh.
"What kind of pretentious gods are there, what kind of Asgard, aren't they all just useless?"
With that, the Witch looked at Loki, and a dragon's head reappeared above his head.
This time, Loki intended to use the same tactic: use illusions to block damage and then sneak attack from behind. However, with the experience from last time, the Witch clearly had no intention of letting him escape this time.
Just as Loki was about to flee, a massive telekinetic force landed on him, locking him down completely, rendering him unable to move even a finger.
Seeing the dragon's breath about to spew from the dragon's mouth, Loki was truly terrified.
No matter how much these Asgardians called themselves gods, they were just longer-lived and tougher than ordinary people. If he really took the Witch's dragon breath head-on, he would surely be burned to ashes. Su Dan Fiction Network
Just as the dragon's breath was about to engulf Loki, a figure, accompanied by lightning, appeared before Loki. The hammer he swung blocked the dragon's breath.
"Thor?!"
The one who blocked the attack for him was none other than his brother, Thor, whom he had always teased.
"The lives of Asgardians are not for you Earthlings to take."
Thor gripped Mjolnir tightly, glaring at the Witch before him.
"Oh?" the Witch raised an eyebrow and asked, "Then Asgardians can kill Earthlings as they please?"
The Witch's rhetorical question rendered Thor speechless.
Indeed, after Loki descended to Earth, he had killed quite a few people. Although the Witch didn't have much affection for humans, that didn't stop him from bringing it up.
But looking back at his beloved brother, Thor gritted his teeth, tightening his grip on the hammer, and said, "Even so, Asgardians will be judged by Asgard. It's not your Earth's place."
He thought the Witch would launch into a fierce battle, but surprisingly, the Witch didn't seem to care. He glanced at Thor and said, "It doesn't matter, it was just a whim. You people are still useful. This time, I'll let it slide."
With that, the Witch walked towards the energy-releasing device. With a casual wave, a scientist operating nearby was sent flying several meters away.
Looking at the magical shield protecting the Tesseract, the Witch took out an irregular crystal about the size of a thumb and placed it on the shield.
As the crystal shattered, the magical shield also broke.
"This! How is this possible!"
Seeing his proud magic broken so easily, Loki was greatly shocked. However, he didn't have time to dwell on it now; the Mind Stone was already lost. If he couldn't retrieve the Tesseract, he feared this time he would truly be finished.
Although Thor didn't know about Loki's deal with Thanos, he knew the power of the Tesseract. Such an item must not fall into human hands, or it would only bring disaster. Only by storing it in Asgard could it be best preserved.
Seeing the Witch reach for the Tesseract, Thor immediately stepped forward to snatch it.
But after only two steps, the Witch in front of the device suddenly vanished. The next moment, he appeared before Thor and punched him.
With a cracking sound, Thor was sent flying, so fast that he disappeared from sight in an instant.
Watching Thor being sent flying, Loki was completely stunned.
He had witnessed the opponent's magic, but what was this brute strength?
Loki knew his brother's strength; in terms of combat power, he was ranked among the top in all of Asgard, especially in close combat and strength.
Yet now, he was sent flying by a human sorcerer with a single punch. This strength was simply too terrifying.
Loki didn't hesitate at all. The moment Thor was sent flying, he used magic to become invisible. What remained here was merely an illusion.
The Witch naturally knew this. He stepped forward, retrieved the Tesseract from the device, and quickly left the battlefield.
Without the Tesseract's power, the spatial gate above began to shrink and close at a visible speed.
The Chitauri reinforcements, who were about to enter Earth, stopped when they saw the spatial gate closing. Those who had already entered quickly retreated through the gate.
They all knew that once the spatial gate closed, they would be trapped like fish in a barrel, with no escape but annihilation.
It was a pity that the Chitauri soldiers on the battlefield had become abandoned pawns, completely left behind on Earth.
Just as the spatial gate was about to close, a fighter jet suddenly entered the battlefield. It was the one carrying the nuclear bomb, but the situation had changed. Implementing the cleanup plan now would definitely not be appropriate, especially with many media reporters broadcasting live. If they dropped a nuclear bomb now, there would be no room for any excuses.
Therefore, upon receiving the news that the spatial gate was closing, the high command decisively issued an order to change the combat plan, instructing the fighter jet to drop the nuclear bomb into the spatial gate.
As a soldier, the pilot had no room for negotiation. He also knew that although the possibility was very slim, if he actually succeeded, he would surely be rewarded by the military, and a promotion and pay raise would be within reach.
Although there were many fighter jets in this world that could directly travel into space, this was clearly not one of them.
To save his own life, the pilot threw the nuclear bomb upwards when the fighter jet reached its maximum altitude. Whether the nuclear bomb could pass through the constantly shrinking spatial gate depended on fate.
Logically speaking, no matter from what angle, a nuclear bomb could not spontaneously pass through this shrinking spatial gate. Because of this, none of the Chitauri soldiers, busy retreating, wasted any time paying attention to it. But just as the spatial gate was about to close completely, the nuclear bomb suddenly accelerated and passed through the spatial gate in an unscientific manner.
Boom!
The moment the nuclear bomb exploded, the spatial gate closed completely, and all the damage was borne by the Chitauri soldiers on the other side of the gate.