"Thor! I've pinned it down! You can finish it now, right?!"
Qin Xiao sounded utterly helpless.
Had deceiving Thor really brought karma down on him this quickly?
He had tricked Thor into eating a Devil Fruit—and now he had to act as the guy holding the target in place.
Though technically he could've ignored it, after thinking it over, he decided not to.
After all, he still needed to convince Thor to further develop his Devil Fruit abilities.
Being "comrades who fought side by side" would make future conversations much easier.
Just now, Qin Xiao had endured the Destroyer's attacks head-on with his regeneration.
Those attacks had then been converted into power through the Cause-Cause Fruit.
As a result, his body had beco even more terrifying than the Destroyer itself.
Then, with his enlarged four-and-a-half-ter fra transford into Adamantium—his body now possessed absurd weight and strength.
At this mont, even the Destroyer couldn't overpower him.
The restrained Destroyer began shifting.
Its faceplate rotated toward Qin Xiao.
But at that instant, Thor summoned a gigantic bolt of lightning and blasted toward it.
The Destroyer's energy beam imdiately redirected toward Thor.
BUZZ—CRACKLE—BOOOOM—!
Thor's massive lightning column collided head-on with the Destroyer's energy blast.
Mjolnir shot forward with overwhelming force and smashed directly into the Destroyer's faceplate.
BOOM!
Sizzle! Sizzle!
This ti, the mighty Destroyer erupted from within.
Sparks burst across its body before it slowly went still.
Only after Qin Xiao confird the armor had completely lost power did he release it.
During the battle, he hadn't noticed anything.
But now that things had quieted down—he suddenly felt a chill below the waist.
The biggest flaw of the Cause-Cause Fruit—it was absolutely terrible for clothing.
Qin Xiao slowly stood up and casually lifted the Destroyer in front of himself to cover his lower body.
The sight instantly turned everyone red-faced.
Just like Thor's line in Thor: Ragnarok—"I'll never unsee that."
Now everyone here would rember this image forever.
The won blushed deeply—yet couldn't help sneaking a few extra glances.
Well…
Although this was Qin Xiao's first ti ending up like this in public, he wasn't embarrassed at all.
As the saying went—if you aren't embarrassed, then the embarrassed ones are everyone else.
"Thor, now we need to talk."
Qin Xiao walked toward a nearby house.
He grabbed two blankets from a second-floor bedroom and wrapped them around his waist like a makeshift skirt.
Only then did everyone gather around him.
The injured Asgardian warriors.
Nick Fury and Coulson, who had watched from afar.
Jane Foster and her group, who had been worried sick about Thor.
All of them approached Qin Xiao.
After all, at his current size, there was no way he could fit into an ordinary room.
Thor's expression was grave.
"Demon Envoy, why can you wield Mjolnir? And why can you control lightning as well?"
Thor asked first.
"I'm curious too. You never passed Odin's trial, so why could you suddenly wield Mjolnir again after eating the Devil Fruit?"
Qin Xiao imdiately countered with another question.
"That's a matter of my family. It has nothing to do with you. Right now, you need to answer my question."
Thor pointed Mjolnir at him.
Electricity crackled in Qin Xiao's hand.
"If you keep pointing that hamr at , I'll just take it away again."
Not only was Qin Xiao unfazed—he directly threatened Thor back.
Thor stiffened.
Now that he thought about it…
that was actually true.
Threatening Qin Xiao was pointless.
But Qin Xiao really could steal Mjolnir from him.
And then the embarrassed one would still be Thor.
Awkwardly, Thor lowered the hamr.
Their first verbal exchange ended in Qin Xiao's victory.
"Fine. Now answer ."
"You need to rember sothing.
For demons, everything is a transaction.
As for why I can wield Mjolnir and control lightning—you should understand that the East has gods of its own.
In our mythology, there are gods specifically governing thunder and lightning.
So is this really that strange?"
Qin Xiao lied effortlessly.
Yet sohow, everyone was completely stunned by it.
"Is that really true?"
Thor still looked suspicious.
"Do you have a better explanation?"
Qin Xiao fired back instantly.
Thor fell silent.
If I had an explanation, why would I be asking you?!
Second exchange—Qin Xiao won again.
"Thor, haven't you noticed your lightning has beco far stronger than before?"
Qin Xiao shifted the topic.
He needed Thor to value the power within himself more.
Only then would Thor continue feeding more abilities back to him.
If Thor kept obsessing over just swinging a hamr—the feedback Qin Xiao received would remain limited.
And that definitely wasn't what he wanted.
"You're right.
My lightning feels much stronger now.
Even without Mjolnir, I can sense trendous lightning power within my own body.
It feels… different.
I can even sense that my body itself can beco lightning.
How can the Devil Fruit you gave possess such terrifying power?"
Originally, Thor thought the Devil Fruit was rely so demonic contract—a way to bypass Odin's seal.
But it wasn't.
It had literally created endless lightning within him.
And those powers were rging with his innate divine lightning.
The result was even greater strength.
The powers of these Eastern demons were simply too bizarre.
Even Thor, a god who had lived for fifteen hundred years, found it unbelievable.
"That's called elentalization.
Your body can beco lightning itself, allowing you to ignore many physical attacks.
As for why it possesses such incredible power…
that concerns the origin of our abilities.
I can't tell you."
Qin Xiao lied smoothly once more.
The origin of their power.
Everyone imdiately understood that further questions were pointless.
"You can elentalize too?
Then why did you choose to tank the Destroyer's attacks directly?"
Thor's tone changed slightly.
"Correct. I used elentalization to take Mjolnir away.
If you could've defeated the Destroyer alone, I wouldn't have needed to step in like that."
Qin Xiao sounded mildly accusatory.
In truth, Thor probably could have beaten the Destroyer himself.
His power was already far beyond before.
But Qin Xiao had interfered halfway through, turning a one-on-one fight into a tag-team battle.
Faced with Qin Xiao's "complaint," Thor had no rebuttal.
Third exchange—Qin Xiao won again.
"Demon Envoy, why did you help Thor fight that tal monster?"
At that mont, Nick Fury finally spoke.
He had realized sothing.
Thor wasn't a match for this Demon Envoy at all.
After watching a battle between gods and demons—Fury actually felt more relieved.
Yes, both gods and demons were powerful.
But they still didn't seem stronger than Carol Danvers.
At this mont, Fury gained confidence in forming the Avengers.
That green giant on his observation list could definitely fight gods and demons alike.
Still—the Demon Envoy's attitude confused him.
Why help Thor?
Was it because Thor had eaten the Devil Fruit, making him too valuable to lose?
With everyone gathered here, Fury directly asked.
And the question stunned everyone.
Why had the Demon Envoy helped Thor?
He had constantly tempted Thor into eating the Devil Fruit—yet he had genuinely fought the Destroyer seriously.
Why?
Qin Xiao shrugged.
"Don't you think it's interesting that Asgard's gods have entered into a contract with demons?
Imagine spreading that news across the cosmos.
How do you think others would react?
Asgard's reputation throughout the universe exceeds your imagination.
That kind of investnt can't be wasted.And honestly—
compared to Thor, the walking muscle-brain—I dislike the one currently sitting on Asgard's throne even more.
That man is too calculating. Too dark.
Soone like him could thrive even in Hell.
If he truly becos king of Asgard, Earth will never know peace.
The Nine Realms have remained stable for too long.
With him in power, chaos will return."
Qin Xiao explained casually.
Loki—God of Mischief. Master of lies.
Dealing with him was exhausting.
Much harder than fooling Thor.
In fact, Qin Xiao always found smart people troubleso.
Manipulating them was difficult.
Tony Stark?
Months of preparation.
Kingpin?
Sa thing.
Nick Fury and Natasha?
First attempts failed entirely.
anwhile—Wolverine, Sabretooth, Thor—all muscle before brains.
They fell for it instantly.
"So demons worry about chaos too?"
Thor looked at Qin Xiao warily.
"We enjoy chaos when we create it.
But chaos caused by others?
We hate that even more than you do.
And besides—if I'm still walking this world personally, that ans our goals haven't yet been achieved.
At a ti like this, why would I want disorder?"
Qin Xiao lied as naturally as breathing.
And the worst part—nobody could refute him.
"Why are you so familiar with the gods of Asgard?"
Thor looked like a curious child.
He knew nothing about the demons behind Qin Xiao.
Yet Qin Xiao seed to know everything about Asgard.
That feeling unsettled him.
Qin Xiao chuckled.
"Right now, I think you should return to Asgard and see what Loki is doing.
Ask yourself why Loki knows so many hidden paths and secret thods that nobody else does.
Then you'll understand.
In many ways—Loki resembles demons far more than you do."
Qin Xiao imdiately tried pushing Thor toward Asgard.
At the sa ti, he shalessly sared Loki's reputation.
That guy wouldn't eat a Devil Fruit unless cornered beyond hope.
Qin Xiao still didn't know which Devil Fruit Loki would match with.
But sabotaging Loki in advance cost him nothing.
Why not?
Thor's heart tightened.
Defeating the Destroyer hadn't solved everything.
He looked at the injured Asgardians and made a decision.
"You're right.
We need to return to Asgard imdiately."
Thor stood up to leave with the others.
anwhile, Qin Xiao gradually shrank back down under his own control.
"Thor, as part of our transaction, I hope Asgard can provide with so properly fitted clothes."
Clothes?
Thor stared at him—and instantly recalled that image again.
"Ugh…"
He shook his head violently to dispel it.
"That would require you to co to Asgard personally so our craftsn can tailor them for you.
Do you dare co to Asgard?"
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