"Gorr, the God butcher." John opened his mouth to speak after Gorr landed.

"You know me? Have I become that famous?" Gorr as if he felt embarrassed that he was famous. John felt it weird with this reaction of him, as he expected a more serious version of him. John then looked at the black sword in his hand.

The black sword looked like it was a part of his hand. And small strands of it covered his entire body making it look like a cool black attire. When John focused his magic on the sword he felt the sword shaking. And that shaking was not because of excitement, but out of fear.

John smiled at it as he knew that the symbiote sword must have felt his phoenix power. Even though his power is passive and he never shows it to others, some beings could always sense it.

"Can you tell me why my Necrosword is afraid of you?" Gorr asked.

"Necrosword? Hahaha.. What lies has the sword fed you to think this sword is the Necrosword? If it was the real Necrosword I would have never faced you alone. This is just a fake. An imitation. The real Necrosword would never be afraid of me."

When John said, the sword trembled. The sword didn't think this new guy here would know the real Necrosword. Gorr's face became serious when John said that.

"How dare you say my friend is a liar. Die!" Gorr said as he used his sword to make a cut motion at John. John easily dodged, but the momentum of the sword made it touch the ground.

And this caused a huge wave of destruction around it after it impaled into the ground. Even though it was a fake Necrosword, it was still powerful and could easily cause massive damage to anyone in it's path. It might not be able to kill actual Gods but dealing a seriou damage might not be an issue.

John who saw this was also amazed. Even a fake one was this powerful, he wondered what the real one was like.

"Didn't expect this fake one to have some real power. Gorr, I respect you. Your history of rising from nothing but ashes is commendable, but your hatred has consumed you. Gods are not omnipotent that they will save everyone on every turn. They are called Gods just because they are more powerful." John said.

"You know nothing of me. I have lost everything. And Gods are to be blamed for this. They didn't help any of us. None came for our rescue when we most needed them. I will purify this universe of this curse called Gods." Gorr said in a harsh tone now. His expression had taken a turn from the happy go lucky guy that John saw in the beginning.

"This purification is just a way to cover your own weakness. Your weakness of not being able to rescue your family, your loved ones. This just shows your insecurity. If you are really so good then you should have rescued and saved the weak ones since you are all powerful now. But instead you let the hatred consume you." John said.

"Shut up!! Just shut up!!!" Gorr shouted as he used the sword to give another blow at John. John continued dodging him. But Gorr's wave destroyed many things in it's path. The houses, the streets, the marketplace place were all getting destroyed by his assaults.

"The truth hurts. Isn't it Gorr?" John asked.

"You are a God too, aren't you? I will capture you and then show you the heads of your loved ones. Maybe then you will understand despair." Gorr said in a twisted voice.

"God? No. I am just a normal human being. I am not even Asgardian. I am here because I have business here and I don't want to see anybody being hurt by such an insane guy like you. But since you threatened my loved ones, I will have to take this fight seriously now. Didn't you want to know why the sword was afraid of me. I will show you."

And then John transformed himself to a full Phoenix form. The sword was shaking terribly now. The sword didn't expect John would have such insane power. Even from a distance it could feel the heat coming out from the body of the bird.

The strands that were clutched to Gorr's body were receding now slowly as it fell into weakness. And if John's presence wasn't enough, Thor and the whole team appeared behind John.

He turned his head to look at the new versions of Thor and Strange. Whatever he had imagined in his head for the new Strange and Thor, it was exactly like that.

"How dare you attack my home?" Thor shouted the moment he appeared. He used his Stormbreaker to hit Gorr. And since Thor's power level was different from the past, that hit alone threw Gorr at least a few kilometres away.