Godzilla turned around and began paddling hard with his limbs, swimming toward Nevada.
Over there, he sensed another, even stronger presence.
Especially the desperate wail the male MUTO had let out before dying, which had triggered the enraged roar of the female MUTO.
This female MUTO, who had just reached full maturity and entered her mating period, had barely emerged from her cocoon before facing the cruel reality that her mate was already dead.
As a result, she went completely berserk.
Even Godzilla, deep in the ocean, could clearly hear her mournful and furious supersonic roar.
Kind by nature, Godzilla decided to send her to reunite with her mate.
...
Nevada.
General Ross, who had also attended that Pentagon meeting, watched in astonishment as two figures moved around the MUTO.
Gwen fired webs with agile precision, rapidly climbing the female MUTO's massive body until she reached its head.
She threw a punch. Even though she could easily lift twenty tons, her strike barely registered against the MUTO, not even enough to count as a tickle.
"How did you kill that thing so quickly just now?"
Clinging to the MUTO's head, Gwen looked up at Luke, who was hovering in the air.
Only by facing it firsthand did she truly understand how terrifying this creature was.
And Luke, who could kill such a monster so effortlessly, was even more monstrous.
The way Gwen looked at him began to change.
"I just punched it. It's that simple."
Luke raised his fist and slammed it down hard onto the female MUTO's head.
"Awoo—"
The female MUTO let out a pained cry as her massive body crashed violently into the ground.
A crater several tens of centimeters deep formed on her head, but unlike the male MUTO, she was not punched clean through.
Luke was slightly surprised. Using the same level of force had only given the female MUTO a concussion.
Such an injury was far from fatal for her, and her flesh was already rapidly regenerating.
The female MUTO quickly regained some clarity and shook her head violently, trying to throw off the tiny nuisance clinging to her skull.
Seeing this, Luke threw another punch, once again "opening up" the female MUTO's head.
After taking two consecutive blows, the previously frenzied MUTO's eyes became noticeably clearer, as if she were seeing stars.
"Luke, I'm here to help!"
A bolt of lightning split the sky as Thor arrived in a flash, flying in from the horizon with Mjolnir. Surrounded by thunder and immense acceleration, he crashed into the MUTO's side like a missile.
Thwack!!
"How is that possible?"
Thor stared in shock at the MUTO's unharmed limb. He had used his full strength, yet he couldn't even break its defense.
"Again!"
"I strike!"
Thor refused to accept it. As the God of Thunder, how could he fail to defeat a mere monster from Midgard? It was absurd.
He forced the power of lightning into Mjolnir. The violent energy distorted the surrounding magnetic field, lifting his entire body into the air as countless arcs of lightning gathered around him before crashing down upon the MUTO at his command.
Rumble!!
Lightning powerful enough to level an entire street struck the MUTO, yet the creature didn't even flinch.
It wasn't entirely ineffective. At the very least, it jolted the stunned MUTO awake, giving her something like an electric massage.
"Gurgle—"
The female MUTO noticed the small nuisance near her arm. With a casual swipe, she unleashed hundreds of thousands of tons of force.
"Ahhh!! I'll be backkkk..." Thor was instantly sent flying sideways. He raised Mjolnir to block, but the blow still grazed him, launching him hundreds of meters before he crashed heavily into a distant hillside.
"Is he here for comic relief?"
Gwen blinked.
"Uh… maybe he was trying to wake the MUTO up?"
Luke shrugged, completely unsurprised.
After all, the MUTO weighed eighty thousand tons, while Thor's raw strength was only in the range of a few thousand tons. Breaking through a defense that could withstand nuclear weapons was obviously no easy task.
Only after fully awakening and obtaining Stormbreaker would Thor be capable of breaking her defenses and killing the female MUTO.
As for the hammer alone, it was barely enough to give her a massage.
If it had been the male MUTO instead, Thor could have dealt with it given enough time. The male only weighed twenty thousand tons, placing it among the weakest tier of Titans.
After sending Thor flying, the MUTO immediately regained her confidence.
"Gurgle, gurgle—"
She raised her arm, attempting to swat Luke and Gwen off her head.
"Be quiet."
Luke stomped down. Blood-red energy surged around him, and with a sharp phoenix cry, the Phoenix Force burst through the two wounds and poured into the MUTO's brain, reducing it to its most basic particles within moments.
The MUTO only had time to let out a single wail before collapsing in agony.
[Killed anomalous target: Female MUTO. Gained 4,000 Anomaly Points]
[Reality Editor upgraded to Version 5.5. Item Library updated. Skill Library updated. Current Anomaly Points: 3,600 / 4,600]
The Phoenix Force did not stop after the target's death. Under Luke's deliberate control, it continued to rapidly decompose the MUTO.
First the head, then the massive torso and limbs.
Even a Titan's body, as tough as it was, could only last slightly longer than ordinary steel against the Phoenix Force.
In just a few dozen seconds,
only a small pile of ash remained on the ground.
Thor flew back over, holding his head, looking around in confusion. "Where's the monster? Did it run away? I wasn't even serious yet!"
Luke pointed at the ash beneath his feet. "Look. It's right here."
"Where?"
Thor lowered his head. At that moment, a gust of wind blew the remaining ash away.
"Now it's everywhere."
"Ah?!"
Only then did Thor realize what had happened. He gestured animatedly, his face filled with shock. "How did you do that? That thing was like a mountain!"
"It was nothing much. Just a tiny fragment of the Phoenix Force."
"Oh, right. Thor, my people have discovered several locations secretly researching Calvin. Could you take some time to deal with them?"
Luke used his telepathy to transmit the coordinates directly into Thor's mind.
Thor thumped his chest confidently. "No problem. Leave it to me. I'll handle it right away!"
"I was careless just now. I didn't expect that thing to have some tricks. If I'd gotten serious, I could've smashed it to death easily!"
Before flying off, Thor made sure to defend his earlier embarrassment. "You know how heavy my hammer is! If I just put it on top of it, boom, it wouldn't even be able to move."
Luke and Gwen said nothing. They simply watched him in silence.
Seeing their reaction, Thor shrugged helplessly. "Alright, I get it. Next time a monster shows up, have Heimdall give me a heads-up. I'll show you what I can really do."
With that, Thor flew off without hesitation.
While flying over the ocean, he spotted a massive shadow beneath the surface.
Thor immediately flew toward it.
As he got closer, he realized it was a gigantic dinosaur awkwardly paddling its short arms in the sea.
The creature seemed a bit sluggish, occasionally poking its head out and sneaking glances around.
Its eyes, in particular, looked oddly dull and almost a little cute, as if it were lost… or simply confused.
It clearly didn't look very intelligent.
Easy to bully, right?
Thor's eyes lit up.
Didn't a big target just appear?
This was his chance to prove himself!
"Big dinosaur, taste my lightning!"
Crack...
A thick bolt of lightning split the sky, instantly jolting Godzilla out of his daze.
Godzilla lifted his head, looked at Thor, and let out an enraged roar.
Roar—!!!
Man and beast clashed immediately, erupting into a fierce battle in the Pacific Ocean.
Meanwhile, Luke had already brought Gwen back to New York to continue shopping.
A few minutes later, Luke heard Godzilla's furious roar and couldn't help but frown in confusion.
Both the male and female MUTOs were dead, so why was Godzilla even angrier now?
Was there another powerful opponent? Damn it.
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