[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-the-devourer":3,"chapter-marvel-the-devourer-marvel-the-devourer-chapter-172":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: The Devourer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1275620,1703,"Chapter 172: Hela VS Aaron","marvel-the-devourer-chapter-172",172,"\u003Cp>Hela's expression was displeased as she said, \"Uncle, I heard that you are the strongest in the Nine Realms, so I have a sudden urge to spar with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope you won't hold back, and use all your strength to guide me, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really look forward to fighting powerful people.\" Hela's lips curled into a sneering smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, after being replenished by Asgard, her strength was more than several times greater than when she was sealed in Hel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she fought Odin again, she was confident she could kill this rotten old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron? The strongest in the Nine Realms? Heh heh, that's only because I, Hela, wasn't around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that she is here, she is the King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Hela raised her hand and struck with a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her necrosword seemed to slice through air, falling straight into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela raised an eyebrow. \"Phantom? Clone? Uncle's magic is quite good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations, you guessed wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron, who should have been a phantom, shook his head. He ignored the necrosword, and slowly stepped forward, passing straight through Hela's body to stand behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela's expression subtly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't an illusion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately turned around and struck out with another necrosword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when it struck Aaron's unprotected body, even using all her strength, she couldn't cut him down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela felt a faint unease. Aaron was like a humanoid Uru, completely impervious to her strikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you need a better sword? Yours looks quite ordinary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, another \"necrosword\" appeared in Aaron's hand. With a casual swing, it sliced Hela's necrosword into two halves with a clang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela's expression changed drastically. \"That's impossible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although her necrosword was a magical creation, its hardness was in no way inferior to Uru.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Odin's Destroyer could be effortlessly pierced by her necroswords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, the method Aaron displayed now shattered her understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this also be an illusion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Hela raised her hand, countless necroswords appeared flying around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this moment, she resembled Gilgamesh, with the Gate of Babylon behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela's sharp gaze swept around as she said, \"If you have the guts, then don't disappear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron, whom Hela regarded as an illusion, walked up to her, his hot breath brushing against her earlobe. \"Little Hela, I've been right in front of you the whole time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela stiffened, then gritted her teeth, summoning necroswords to pierce her own body repeatedly as she attacked Aaron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense array of necroswords covered the entire surrounding area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Aaron simply stood there, allowing the sharp swords to strike his body, only to hear clanging sounds before they fell weakly. Not even a single strand of hair was cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron was completely impervious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela was broken. She was working hard to restore her body, but found that Aaron, having done nothing, had blocked all her methods using only his physical body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this reasonable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How had she never heard that Asgardians possessed such a powerful physique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it, what kind of method is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron didn't answer. Instead, he shook his head in disappointment. \"I always thought that you, the one called the Goddess of death, would be able to give me a good time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But your attacks are weaker than I imagined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you not eat enough? Or is this all you've got?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela gritted her teeth, feeling humiliated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When had she, Hela, ever suffered such an indignity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Aaron was speaking the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela's strength was immense. Although her appearances in the MCU were few, she consistently crushed Thor and Loki, possessing an astonishing villain boss aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Freshly released from the seal, and still ragged and weakened, she could crush the \"indestructible\" mjolnir with one hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She made Thor realize true terror for the first time, scaring Loki and Thor into fleeing immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, returning to Asgard, Hela gradually recovered her power and easily slaughtered tens of thousands of Asgardian soldiers by herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She used an undead army to conquer Asgard by force, becoming unbeatable for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the awakened Thor struggled against Hela and could only delay her for a period before leading a portion of the populace to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, after Surtur appeared, her invincible image disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was sliced apart, along with Asgard, by the full-powered Surtur's sword, and in the final explosion, she went to Valhalla alongside Asgard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron had originally thought Hela could make him put in a little effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seems... she's too weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force of her attack didn't even trigger the passive mechanism of the Super-Dimensional Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, right, it wasn't that Hela was too weak, it was that he was too strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela glared fiercely at Odin, then gritted her teeth and summoned yet another necrosword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of light crossed her hand, and then, carrying tens of thousands of tons of power, she struck down again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron finally felt a bit of force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Using magic to temporarily strengthen the physical body, concentrating power onto a single point, thereby unleashing hundreds or thousands of times one's strength to complete an ultimate, incredible attack.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, that's somewhat interesting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron exposed Hela's method with a single sentence, and under her astonished gaze, he used Energy Reinforcement, then Temporary Burst, combined with Iron Body, plus Passive Energy Absorption to absorb the energy contained within that strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where the blade met his skin, this time, it finally broke the surface layer. It was embedded several centimeters deep into his flesh but that was all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that's better. Compared to Thor, you are much more outstanding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron seemed oblivious to the pain. He gently pinched the necrosword, and with a slight exertion of force, the entire sword shattered piece by piece.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No drop of blood flowed from the injured area, and in the blink of an eye, it was restored to its original state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... impossible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you so powerful?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela staggered backward. At this moment, her appearance was exactly like Thor's later expression when he watched her crush mjolnir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too similar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems this must be inherited from Odin's bloodline. So was Odin like this too?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron glanced at Odin, and sure enough, the latter's facial expression was exactly the same, as if carved from the same mold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing Aaron's gaze, Odin quickly closed his mouth, gave a slight smile, and slowly nodded, as if saying: Interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron withdrew his gaze, looked back at Hela, and a golden chain appeared in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Cyttorak's Crimson Chain, but it was based on his own energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, the chain automatically bound Hela. She didn't resist, still staring blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I lost...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, you lost. Therefore, you must accept punishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron pulled the leash with one hand, leading Hela away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela didn't care. The moment she lost, it meant she had to abide by her promise to Odin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contract was made, and those who violated it would certainly pay the price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this price was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hela was a very competitive person, but at the same time, she was someone who could accept her defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aaron defeated her with absolute power, so she willingly accepted the penalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>40 Advanced Chapters on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002Falex_1000\u003C\u002Fp>",1192,"2026-06-05T16:52:19.138Z",1,"novelbin.me","fbd6d737a0cb16624964c71e7a15f28dd9005957d732b1850d6c63416f2a55e2","marvel-the-devourer-chapter-173","marvel-the-devourer-chapter-171",363,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-the-devourer-cover.jpg"]