Thor's expression instantly turned ashen.

He was no fool.

Polina's "corpse," which had rapidly shriveled and vanished, was clearly not her true body!

It looked more like a Avatar created through a special ability, or rather, a perfect substitute.

That damned woman!

From the very beginning, she never intended to genuinely cooperate with him!

She had even anticipated that he would make a move against her and had made thorough preparations in advance!

"Polina!!!"

A roar filled with endless violence exploded from the depths of his throat!

"Get out here!!!"

Rumble—!

Violent blue thunder, like a breached flood, swept wildly in all directions with him at the center!

Thick lightning snakes danced wildly in the air, completely tearing apart the surrounding massive coral reefs and rugged skeletal remains into dust!

The entire space trembled violently beneath this terrifying fury!

The smoke and dust cleared.

Thor looked out, but there was no trace of Polina to be found anywhere.

That woman had long since vanished without a trace.

"Ah—!"

Right at that moment, Park In-maeng's shrill scream abruptly cut off.

He could no longer hold on, the last glimmer of spirit in his eyes completely scattering.

His entire body, like a puppet with its strings cut, plummeted heavily from mid-air.

He was dead.

However, sacrificing just the full Origin power of Park In-maeng and Takatsukasa Arashi was clearly far from enough.

The sixth chain, which was already on the verge of completely slipping off, unexpectedly stopped at this moment without warning!

It even began to slowly heal at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"No—!"

Seeing this, Thor's eyes split open with rage!

He knew very well that if Polina's Origin power were added, it would definitely be enough!

But now, that damned woman had run away!

Where was he supposed to find another SS-Rank Expert to sacrifice?

Watching as the Divine Artifact that was almost within his grasp was about to be Sealed once again.

The anger and unwillingness in Thor's heart were almost about to completely devour his sanity!

No!

Absolutely not!

For today, he had sacrificed too much!

He must not fall short of success right at the threshold here!

"Ahhh—!"

Thor let out an unwilling roar toward the heavens, a trace of crazy resolve flashing through his azure eyes!

He leaped forward.

He suddenly reached out and grabbed the very last bronze key!

Hum—!

A terrifying suction force, several times stronger than before, suddenly erupted from the key!

"Urgh ah—!"

A muffled grunt of pain escaped Thor's lips!

He only felt the Origin power within his body being frantically devoured by the key like a breached flood!

His already immensely tyrannical aura began to rapidly weaken at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Thor gritted his teeth hard, his handsome face becoming extremely distorted from pain!

"Thor... Descent of the Thunder God!"

Right at this critical moment, a heaven-shaking roar came from Thor's mouth!

Boom—!

A blue thunder several times more violent than before violently erupted from within his body!

The clothes on his body shattered inch by inch!

Revealing a strong physique as hard as granite!

Beneath his skin, countless thick blue currents of electricity raged wildly like a surging river!

His brilliant short blonde hair stood completely on end, flashing with dazzling lightning!

Even his azure eyes completely turned into two burning balls of thunder!

At this moment, he was like a true Thunder God descending into the mortal world!

The aura that had already begun to weaken actually rose instead of falling at this moment, soaring wildly all the way!

In the distance.

Kalen looked at the figure bathed in thunder light, his scorched face filled with an indescribable shock.

He subconsciously muttered to himself.

"Is... Is this Thor's true strength?"

He could clearly feel it.

The aura erupting from Thor right now had far exceeded the category of Level 50!

It had even faintly reached the terrifying coercion that only a Level 60 SS-Rank Expert could possess!

If he were to fight Thor in this state, he probably wouldn't even last three rounds before being torn to pieces by that violent thunder!

He turned his head to look at Gandalf, who still maintained a calm expression beside him, feeling increasingly fortunate in his heart.

Fortunately, he had listened to this guy earlier and chosen to temporarily back down.

Otherwise, he himself would probably have already turned into a cold corpse like Park In-maeng and the others.

Right at this moment, Gandalf, who had remained silent all along, spoke without warning.

"Get ready."

"Soon, it will be our turn to act."

Meanwhile.

Outside that massive exotic beast's corpse.

Tens of thousands of meters down in the pitch-black deep sea.

Those dozens of Hell-level deep-sea BOSSes, whose sizes rivaled mountains, finally arrived fashionably late.

Their massive bodies completely shrouded this already pitch-black sea area.

Their crimson eyes stared fixedly at the massive corpse radiating an immemorial aura before them, emitting waves of uneasy low roars.

The next second.

A terrifying exotic beast shaped like a giant python but possessing nine hideous heads took the lead in launching an attack!

Its nine huge heads simultaneously opened their bloody maws!

Nine beams of energy light, each varying in color but all filled with a destructive aura, violently spewed out from its mouth!

Boom—!

The nine beams of light accurately bombarded that massive corpse!

The terrifying energy impact, like detonating several nuclear bombs deep in the ocean, stirred up terrifying undercurrents capable of tearing space apart!

However, when the dazzling light dissipated.

That massive corpse was still lying there quietly, completely intact.

It couldn't even leave behind a shallow white mark!

Seeming to sense a certain provocation.

The other Hell-level BOSSes also launched their attacks one after another!

Some slammed fiercely with heads capable of shattering mountains!

Some frantically tore and bit with razor-sharp giant claws!

Furthermore, a jellyfish-like exotic beast even went so far as to self-destruct half of its own body, just to leave a wound on that corpse!

However, all of this was in vain.

The corpse of this giant beast, which had been dead for who knows how many years, was harder than imaginable!

Even with dozens of Hell-level BOSSes joining forces to besiege it, they still couldn't shake it by even a fraction!

Meanwhile, inside that massive corpse.

An unprecedented major earthquake was likewise taking place at this moment!

The entire space was shaking violently!

Above their heads, massive bones continuously rained down rustlingly like raindrops!

However, Thor could no longer care about any of this.

All his focus and mental energy had already been immersed in resisting that terrifying suction force!

"Ahhh—!"

He let out a heaven-shaking roar, elevating his aura once again to a brand new peak!

Crack—!

Finally!

Accompanied by a crisp sound!

That final dark chain which had plagued them for so long snapped in response!

Hum—!

At this moment, the massive Pendulum of Life completely broke free from the restraints of the Seal!

A dazzling golden light erupted fiercely!

Lighting up this vast land of skeletons as bright as day!