"These are... Frost Giants?"
Upon seeing the satellite images, Fang Yuan was very surprised.
"Is Loki being this steady? He even brought his own father over?" He immediately understood; it had to be Loki's doing.
The Frost Giants arrived on Earth through a special spatial gate, descending just outside New York City. Such precision made it hard to believe it was unrelated to Loki.
The Ancient One found Fang Yuan immediately.
"Many Frost Giants have appeared on Earth. Do you know what's going on?" she asked.
"Ah? I don't know?"
Fang Yuan remained calm and composed. Although he knew this matter was definitely caused by him, it wasn't intentional, so he was maintaining his innocence.
Moreover, for Fang Yuan, this wasn't a bad thing.
Whether it was the Destroyer or Laufey, neither was a match for the Ancient One. Instead, the Frost Giants' grand entrance would better highlight the Ancient One's prowess.
Her reputation would surely increase even more!
Fang Yuan had originally thought about leading the Destroyer to New York to escalate the incident, but now a major event had appeared directly, saving him a lot of trouble.
"You're smiling!" the Ancient One said out of the blue.
Fang Yuan quickly turned serious and denied it: "How is that possible? I am someone who always cares about the safety of Earth. How could I smile when Earth is under attack?"
The Ancient One's tone was very certain: "You are smiling in your heart!"
Fang Yuan quickly changed the subject. The Ancient One had experienced time loops and knew his character too well; he couldn't fool her easily.
"Laufey, the King of the Frost Giants—you can handle him, right?"
The Ancient One nodded.
With his guess confirmed, Fang Yuan felt much more at ease. It felt good to have someone backing him up.
"What about the other Frost Giants?" he asked again.
Laufey didn't come alone. According to Athena's detection, at least three hundred Frost Giants had arrived in New York as a vanguard.
"The Frost Giant army, I can handle them," the Ancient One said, still as calm as a light breeze. "But are you sure you want me to resolve everything alone?"
Facing the Ancient One's question, Fang Yuan smiled slightly.
"Of course not!"
The Ancient One handling the Frost Giant King and some Frost Giants was already enough of a highlight. There wasn't much difference in publicity between her killing a hundred giants or three hundred giants.
Instead, involving more people would raise the attention on the event to the maximum.
Fang Yuan quickly hatched a scheme: "It seems we need to send some cannon fodder over first."
The Frost Giants gathered outside New York City, quickly catching the attention of the authorities.
Ordinary citizens also discovered them, some even running into them head-on.
The sudden appearance of so many giants caused extreme panic in the outside World, especially since the conduct of Laufey and his men was not friendly at all as they charged toward New York.
Fortunately, they didn't descend directly inside New York City; otherwise, it would have surely caused massive casualties.
However, Fang Yuan also understood Loki's thoughts. Loki intentionally placed the Frost Giants outside the city to give Earth some time to respond.
"This unfilial son probably wants to take out both his father and Earth together," Fang Yuan thought.
The Frost Giants were aggressive, so the Military also quickly gathered its forces, attempting to block the Frost Giants outside the city.
The Military Commander was General Ross, who happened to be in New York.
And this was when Fang Yuan's clever operation began.
"Hello, hello, is this General Ross?"
Fang Yuan dialed General Ross's number.
"It's Fang Yuan. I heard there's an alien invasion?" Fang Yuan's tone was very irritating. "I see you don't have many people under you; it doesn't look like you can hold them off."
"How about I find Iron Man and the Hulk to help you?"
"Not needed!" Ross replied in a stiff tone.
Ross swore that even if he died and was fed into a Frost Giant's stomach, he would never seek a shred of assistance from that damn Fang Yuan or Tony Stark!
Then, Ross's defensive line was crushed.
Laufey, the Frost Giant King, didn't even have to make a move.
It was a joke. Although the Frost Giants seemed very lackluster to Fang Yuan—the entire Planet didn't even have decent high-tech weapons, looking like a savage tribe—
The individual physical strength of a Frost Giant was very high. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to compete with Asgard for hegemony in the past.
And Laufey, the Frost Giant King, was a being who could strike out one of Odin's eyes during his prime. Although there might have been assistance from an army, it didn't affect the evaluation of his strength.
The more primitive their fighting style, the more it demonstrated the strength of the Frost Giants.
None of this was something the Earth Military in Ross's hands could withstand.
After all, this was just outside New York City. They could at most use heavy firepower like tanks; they didn't dare use missiles or anything similar until the critical moment.
News of the Military's collapse was transmitted by frontline reporters immediately, and all of New York instantly fell into a massive panic.
When the Frost Giants first appeared, residents within New York City began to evacuate.
But in the emergency, besides causing massive traffic jams, not many people could actually get out.
And the Military, which the public held hope for, failed to hold the line, immediately causing many to fall into despair.
New York was a Metropolis, and the attackers were beings like Frost Giants. The whole World was paying attention to this battle.
So, as the Frost Giants were about to break through the Military's defensive line, countless hearts were clenched in anxiety.
But Superheroes often appear at the most critical moment.
Boom!
Boom!
A row of incendiary bombs blocked the Frost Giants' path. Two figures, one red and one blue, lunged out nimbly, taking out the two Frost Giants at the very front who were caught off guard.
"Iron Man!"
"Iron Guardian!"
People shouted their names.
At this moment, the sky also quickly turned dark. Numerous bolts of lightning appeared, gathering on a hammer, and then descended together. Not only did they strike down several Frost Giants, but they also successfully stopped the other Frost Giants in their tracks.
"Thor!"
"Thor!"
That wasn't all. The flames on the battlefield suddenly burned violently, all merging together to form a giant fire giant, standing between the Frost Giants and New York. Fang Yuan's figure stood impressively atop the giant's head.
"Chief Sorcerer!"
"Fang Yuan!"
Only then did many upper-class people realize that Fang Yuan didn't just sell medicine; his magic was also this strong. No wonder he was the Chief Sorcerer of Kamar-Taj.
No one knew that the Chief Sorcerer was not using magic at this time, but rather his superpowers.
Noticing the appearance of so many powerful figures, Laufey waved his hand.
"Retreat for now!"
The Frost Giants were very obedient and all retreated. Thor wanted to stop them, but Laufey was not weak either. Energy erupted from his body, the surrounding temperature suddenly turned cold, and a large block of ice appeared out of thin air, smashing Thor right back.
"Are they gone?" Tony asked.
"No." Fang Yuan shook his head. "They are just waiting for follow-up troops, preparing to launch a formal attack."
Fang Yuan was right. This exchange was just Laufey's test to see how Earth's current defensive forces were.
Laufey had already discovered that the human Military was vulnerable before the Frost Giants. It was the extraordinary forces on Earth that were more difficult to deal with, especially with Thor there.
But Thor, who was famous outside, still didn't amount to much in Laufey's eyes. After all, Laufey's previous opponent was Thor's father, Odin.
"Have the soldiers and Frost Beasts all come over; I want this Midgard!" Laufey was very confident. With Odin in deep sleep, no one in the Nine Realms could stop him anymore.
Then, he spread his arms and cast magic toward New York. Suddenly, the temperature plummeted, and snow actually began to fall in New York City in July!
King Laufey knew some sorcery and could control the weather. He once wanted to use the casket of ancient winters to freeze the entire Earth, turning it into a frozen land like Jotunheim.
Now he didn't have the enhancement of the casket of ancient winters, but with King Laufey's strength, changing the climate of a single city like New York was not a problem.
Frost Giants could better exert their strength in cold environments, so Laufey also took advantage of the time while the army was coming to make New York more suitable for the Frost Giants' adaptation.
This sudden change in the environment also aroused human vigilance. Official figures were already demanding the use of weapons of mass destruction in New York.
"Blow up half of New York while killing the Frost Giants?"
If it were his previous life, Fang Yuan would have said 'good riddance,' but now he had to be a companion of justice.
In front of the reporters' live cameras, Fang Yuan expressed his opposition righteously: "We do not trade lives!"
"Furthermore, the Frost Giants know sorcery. Even the Military itself can't be sure where the bombs will land."
"To deal with such extraordinary figures, we must have an extraordinary team!"
Fang Yuan finally spoke his mind.
"I will form a team with Iron Man, Thor, the Iron Guardian, and Hulk to help Earth block the Frost Giant invasion together!"
Hearing these names, which had been the most popular recently, whether it was the reporters on the scene or the audience following from afar, everyone let out cries of amazement.
Before this, the Superheroes had not yet acted together. Now that they were actually combining, a new hope was instantly ignited in people's hearts.
The reporters quickly followed up with questions for Fang Yuan.
"Are Iron Man and Thor willing?"
Both Tony and Thor expressed their agreement.
Thor even encouraged the people: "Asgard already repelled a Frost Giant invasion of Earth a thousand years ago. Now that we are united, we can surely win against them once more!"
"Will Thor lead this team?" a reporter asked.
Because in their hearts, Thor was the most powerful.
But Thor shook his head and pointed at Fang Yuan, stating: "Fang is our leader."
Neither Tony nor Howard expressed opposition; this team was put together by him in the first place.
However, the outside audience was not very familiar with Fang Yuan, so Howard took the initiative to speak: "Fang led Steve Rogers to become Captain America more than sixty years ago!"
"Wow!"
"Oh my god!"
The public was in an uproar, only then realizing that Fang Yuan had such a significant background.
Since he had even led Captain America, no one would say anything about Fang Yuan becoming the leader of the Superhero team now.
So the reporters asked directly: "May I ask what the name of your team is?"
Fang Yuan pointed to the messy battlefield and the snow drifting in the sky.
"We want to seek justice for those who have been harmed. We are—"
"The Avengers!"
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