Chapter 128: A Desperate Struggle
On the other side.
The other end of New York.
Inside the secret laboratory of Hammer Industries.
Vince Carter sneaked up to the laboratory door.
At this moment, he was wearing a Hammer Industries employee uniform, his eyes extremely alert.
After looking around, he confirmed there were no surveillance blind spots or patrol personnel in the corridor.
He quietly opened the laboratory door and walked in.
This laboratory was the core area of Hammer Industries.
Inside it stored the reactor technology provided by You-Know-Who back then, as well as a batch of small reactors made using these technologies.
Vince walked over to the neatly arranged rows of reactors.
Although he didn't understand Earth's technology, his perception of energy was very keen.
Vince closed his eyes and carefully perceived the energy fluctuations emitted by the reactors.
Afterwards, he curled his lips in disgust.
"They really are a bunch of trash."
As for those reactors replicated by Hammer Industries, using them to power those armor suits wasn't much of a problem.
But compared with the original version of Stark Industries, the gap in overall energy quality was simply too huge.
To be precise, there was no difference from defective products on a street stall.
But this was no longer important.
What was important was that after lurking on Earth for so long, he discovered with horror that Lucas Stark's strength had become stronger and stronger.
On the racetrack in Monaco, he witnessed with his own eyes Luca beating up Hulk, and even absorbing the other party's energy.
That scene made Vince feel a deep sense of fear.
He could no longer wait.
Originally, Vince's plan was to stabilize the task assigned to him by his race, intending to take it step by step.
For example, slowly absorbing various energies on Earth, or finding an opportunity to secretly absorb Luca's energy to make himself stronger.
But Luca's current strength had already exceeded his scope of understanding.
Vince didn't plan to wait anymore.
Therefore, he sneaked here.
He wanted to forcibly absorb the energy of these reactors to gain an improvement in a short period of time.
Vince knew Ivan Vanko's plan very well.
That fool Hammer couldn't even tell he was being used, and was still daydreaming about stepping on Tony Stark.
However, despite this, Vince still wasn't optimistic about Ivan Vanko.
He simply didn't think Ivan Vanko could rely on these junk-like armor suits to defeat the Justice League, which was full of freaks.
Therefore, Vince had a plan.
He planned to hide first after absorbing the energy.
Tonight, when Ivan Vanko's iron army and Luca and the others were fighting fiercely.
He would suddenly rush out and undermine Luca and the others!
He wanted to fight a life-and-death battle with Luca!
He had to personally test out the bottom line of Luca's full strength.
Even if he couldn't win, even if he would die here.
Even before his death, he had to transmit the information of this monster Luca back to his race.
Doing this was to make sufficient preparations for the next warrior who descended to Earth.
Such a tiny Earth actually made him so disheveled.
If it weren't to avoid the exploration of the bald woman, destroying an Earth with his original body's strength wouldn't be a difficult matter.
It was all that bald woman's fault!!
Otherwise, he wouldn't need to transfer his consciousness into this low-level symbiote.
Thinking of this, Vince no longer hesitated.
He reached out his hand and aimed at the row of reactors in front of him.
Instantly, his arm began to melt, turning into a ball of black, viscous fluid.
The black substance surged forward rapidly, wrapping around several reactors.
Zizizi!!
Bursts of energy extraction sounds resounded in the laboratory.
The energy of the reactors was forcibly extracted, continuously pouring into his body along the black fluid.
Vince frowned tightly, a painful expression appearing on his face.
This body was still too weak.
Forcibly absorbing these violent energies made his body feel as if it was going to be torn apart.
But he still gritted his teeth tightly, endured the excruciating pain, and continued to absorb energy.
The black fluid constantly wriggled, and the light of the reactors began to dim rapidly.
...
Time flew by.
Soon, the sun set in the west.
At this moment, there were only a few hours left before the official start of the Stark Expo in Flushing.
In the apartment in Manhattan, everyone had already started preparing for the night's outing.
Wang walked out of the room, and everyone in the living room froze.
This sorcerer from Kamar-Taj should have been an image with few desires and quiet mind.
But at this moment, he had changed into a suit.
The fabric of the suit shimmered with the light of money, a gold watch was worn on his wrist, and a necklace from who knows where was hung around his neck.
Well, this Master Wong had lost all face for Kamar-Taj.
But he himself was very satisfiedly tidying his tie, then looked at everyone.
"How is it? Does this outfit match New York's temperament? Mr. Luca's black card is really too easy to use."
Tony covered his face, simply unable to look at it.
"Good lord, you look no different from a nouveau riche who robbed a bank."
In contrast, Steve appeared out of place.
He refused to wear a suit, instead preferring a vintage-looking leather jacket, with a pair of jeans on the lower body.
Happy was sweating profusely with anxiety.
He held a suit, trying to persuade Steve.
"Mr. Rogers, tonight is a very formal occasion, and the media from all over the World will be present."
Steve gave Happy a cold glance and directly cursed.
"When I was killing people on the battlefield, you guys weren't even born yet! Make me wear clothes like this? Dream on!"
Happy was momentarily at a loss for words, and could only retreat to the side aggrievedly.
Jessica was wearing a professional suit, dutifully following behind carrying a few briefcases.
Oh God, please don't let any trouble happen tonight.
If this group of people got angry, New York might be directly torn down.
Pietro was also wearing a suit for the first time.
Wiggling his body somewhat uncomfortably, feeling that the tie was choking him breathless, very awkward.
Tony and Pepper had also changed into evening dresses, looking very professional and formal.
Afterwards, Luca brought Wanda and Gwen down from upstairs.
Both women were wearing gowns for the first time, appearing somewhat unaccustomed to it.
Gwen wore a white off-the-shoulder evening gown, bringing sexiness amidst purity.
Wanda wore a dark red tight-fitting slit long dress.
The explosive figures of the two women were outlined by the gowns, extremely eye-catching.
Luca was still in a black suit and didn't even need to change clothes.
After looking at his watch, he spoke.
"Everyone, we are still waiting for one person."
Tony raised his eyebrows.
"Wait for who? Peter?"
Luca nodded, a wicked smile curving the corner of his mouth.
"That's right. Tonight's program is not as simple as just the expo."
Everyone nodded and didn't ask much more.
A few hours ago Luca called them to hold a meeting.
The main content was that he planned to announce the establishment of Stark Industries' superhero department to the whole World tonight.
From then on, all members of the Justice League would hold honorary positions under Stark Industries' superhero department.
Moreover, the construction plan of the superhero Base also had to be announced tonight.
When hearing this plan back then, Steve even sneered a sentence.
He said that Luca completely commercialized superheroes, really not letting go of any chance to make money.
Luca's answer was that since they did things to save the World, why couldn't they incidentally boost the company's stock price?
At this moment, the apartment doorbell rang.
Happy ran over to open the door.
Standing outside the door was none other than Peter Parker.
Peter was wearing a somewhat ill-fitting suit today, and looking at the fabric, it was most likely rented.
He appeared somewhat constrained and shy, tightly clutching a backpack in his hand.
"Eve... Everyone hello. Mr. Stark, Mr. Luca, good evening."
Peter greeted stutteringly.
But when Peter's gaze swept across the living room and saw Steve standing there, he froze.
Peter was somewhat excited.
He grew up listening to the stories of Captain America!
Who in the entire United States didn't know Captain America?!
Thinking of this, Peter mustered up the courage to walk in front of Steve and respectfully extended his hand.
"Y... Hello! Captain Rogers! I am Peter Parker! It's a great honor to meet you!"
Steve was in a fit of rage because Happy forced him to wear a suit.
Hearing the greeting, he looked up and down at this seemingly timid Peter, his brows knitting even tighter.
"Where the fuck did this wimp come from again?"
Steve cursed unceremoniously.
"Stark, is this place of yours a wimp asylum? Make him roll back home to suck his mother's milk!"
Peter's extended hand stiffened mid-air, and his excited expression also solidified.
Experiencing the exact same visual shock as Gwen, Peter's idol filter also shattered instantly.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I doing?!
Luca patted Peter's shoulder and smiled to bail him out.
"Alright, Peter, pay no attention to this old fossil. He's just going through menopause."
Finished speaking, he looked at everyone and waved his hand grandly.
"Gentlemen, ladies. The stage has been set."
"Let's set off."
Soon, the crowd marched out of the apartment grandly.
Then they got into the luxury motorcade arranged by Stark Industries and drove towards the expo site in Flushing.
Chapter 129: Who Designed It?
Night fell.
The Stark Industries Expo site in Flushing, New York, had already begun.
It was brightly lit, shining as bright as day.
On both sides of the red carpet outside the main venue, media reporters from all over the World and crazy fans had already surrounded it impenetrably.
Soon, a motorcade bearing the Stark Industries logo stopped at the end of the red carpet, and the screams at the scene almost pierced the night sky.
The car door opened.
Lucas Stark stepped down.
In a black suit, standing at one meter ninety-one tall, with a shockingly handsome face, he instantly wiped out the camera memory of countless reporters.
As a globally renowned playboy, Luca's entrance was naturally extraordinary.
That was simply because his left hand held the pure and moving Gwen, and his right arm embraced the sexy and enchanting Wanda.
Flashbulbs flashed wildly, and Luca waved at the camera with a charming smile.
Immediately after, Tony and Pepper also got out of the car, interacting with fans on both sides as they walked.
"Hey, Tony! You look great!"
While having his picture taken, Luca did not forget to tease Tony,
"However, the color of this outfit is really hard for people to appreciate."
Tony's smile remained unchanged, but he fired back,
"Shut up, Luca. You walking the red carpet with two young girls—tomorrow's Wall Street newspapers will definitely say that the heir to Stark Industries is a pervert."
The two brothers bantered back and forth while striding up the red carpet.
Behind them, Steve stepped out of the car with a dark face.
As soon as he appeared, countless flashes snapped frantically at his face.
The blinding white light made this World War II veteran extremely irritated.
"Fuck!"
Steve stopped in his tracks, pointing at a group of reporters and cursing loudly.
"Get those damn flashes away from my eyes! Otherwise, I'll shove your cameras up your asses and let your intestines taste what exposure feels like!"
The reporters were taken aback.
For a moment, they failed to realize that this was the legendary Captain America.
Many people thought he was a performance artist specially hired by Stark Industries, so they took pictures even more enthusiastically.
Steve was so angry he wanted to hit someone, but he was grabbed tightly by Happy behind him.
Walking at the very back, Peter and Pietro were so nervous they moved their hands and feet on the same side.
The two of them shuffled across the red carpet like robots, leaving Jessica beside them utterly speechless.
...
Half an hour later, inside the main expo venue.
Around the huge circular stage, political and business elites from around the World and tens of thousands of enthusiastic spectators were seated.
The lights at the scene suddenly all went out.
Deafening rock music instantly rang out, and the intense sense of rhythm made everyone's blood boil.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Stark Expo!"
Accompanied by the voice on the broadcast, the dome above the stage suddenly opened.
Boom!
A red and gold figure descended from the sky.
Tony Stark, wearing brand-new mark armor, smashed into the center of the stage with a superhero landing pose.
The sound of machinery operating rang out, and the armor automatically receded, revealing Tony wearing a suit inside.
Before the audience's cheers died down, a sonic boom came from the sky again.
Bang!
Luca, wearing a black armor full of oppressive presence, flew rapidly down from high altitude, his black cloak fluttering slowly in the night wind behind him.
Finally landing steadily beside Tony.
The two brothers stood side by side on the stage, facing the globally broadcasted camera.
Tony opened his arms, enjoying the cheers of the entire audience.
Luca smiled slightly and picked up the microphone.
"I don't want to say that I saved the World, but that's simply the fact."
Thunderous applause instantly erupted from the audience.
"Alright, enough small talk."
Tony snapped his fingers, and holographic projections instantly appeared on the stage.
"Tonight, Stark Industries will show the future to the World."
Tony began to introduce the company's upcoming flagship projects.
"First is the brand-new intelligent robot project. They will replace dangerous manual labor and be used for post-disaster reconstruction, deep-sea exploration, and outer space development."
Afterwards, Luca stepped forward and took over the conversation.
"Second, the new human therapeutic drugs from the Life Sciences Department."
Luca brought up a set of complex DNA helix projections.
"This drug can repair damaged human cells. Whether it is disability or genetic defects, they will all become history. Stark Industries will allow humanity to completely bid farewell to illness and pain."
As soon as these two epoch-making technologies were announced, the business moguls at the scene could no longer sit still.
But Luca did not give them a chance to catch their breath.
"Of course, all of the above are just appetizers."
"In a World with unknown threats, we need greater power to protect ourselves. Therefore, on behalf of Stark Industries, I officially announce to the globe..."
"The Superhero Department of Stark Industries is officially established today!"
Boom!
The audience was in an uproar.
Luca waved his hand, and the holographic projection in the center of the stage instantly changed.
A fortress filled with a sci-fi feel appeared before everyone's eyes.
"This is the superhero Base we are about to build off the coast of New York."
"Starting today, all members of the Justice League will hold honorary positions under the Superhero Department of Stark Industries. We will provide top-tier security guarantees for the globe in a commercialized model!"
This move directly detonated the global network.
Turning saving the World into a business?
Only someone from the Stark Family would dare to pull off such a crazy idea!
They could foresee that in the coming period of time,
the stock price of Stark Industries would definitely pull a straight red line in after-hours trading!!
"Next, let us invite our department's employees to give a brief self-introduction."
Luca snapped his fingers.
The door at the back of the stage opened.
The members of the Justice League, who had changed into their exclusive battle suits, walked onto the stage one by one.
Wanda wore a dark red battle suit, with Chaos Magic swirling in her hands.
Pietro wore a silver-blue streamlined suit, turning into a lingering afterimage as he circled the stage.
Gwen wore the pink, white, and black Ghost-Spider suit with a light figure.
Peter Parker wore the red and blue spider suit he had sewn himself.
Although it looked a bit cheap, he still greeted excitedly.
Bruce Banner wore a white lab coat and waved shyly at everyone.
Everyone briefly introduced their codenames and abilities, prompting bursts of cheers from the audience.
Finally, it was Captain America's turn.
Steve carried his shield and strode to the microphone.
Staring at the dense crowd below, he took a deep breath and smiled as he read the first sentence on the speech manuscript.
"Hello everyone, I am Captain America, Steve Rogers."
The audience immediately erupted into the warmest applause of the night.
This was a living legend!
However, as soon as the applause began, the smile on Steve's face disappeared.
He frowned and cursed into the microphone.
"What the fuck!"
This curse spread through the speakers across the entire venue and into the global live broadcast screens.
The enthusiastic applause came to an abrupt halt.
The entire venue fell silent.
Steve was seen irritably tugging at his collar as he complained loudly.
"The whole World knows I am Captain America, why do I still have to stand here like an asshole introducing myself? This is simply a waste of my fucking time!"
The audience off stage were all dumbfounded.
Everyone widened their eyes, unable to believe their ears.
Is this still that Captain America who represented the American spirit and was full of benevolence and morality?
How could Captain America be full of foul language?
Before everyone could recover from the shock, Steve smiled and looked at Luca.
"Hey, Luca. Whose idea was this dogshit speech?"
Luca shrugged with an innocent expression.
"I designed it. Any problem, Old Popsicle?"
Steve's expression stiffened, and then he burst out laughing.
He knew very well that he couldn't beat this monster and couldn't refute it.
But Steve still said stubbornly into the microphone,
"Fuck you."
The entire venue fell silent once more.
But after only two and a half seconds, the audience burst into uproarious laughter once again.
Everyone thought this was a talk show segment specially arranged by Stark Industries.
"Hahaha! Captain America is so cool!"
"The Stark Brothers really know how to play!"
The atmosphere at the scene was pushed to the ultimate climax.
Chapter 130: I Have Been Waiting For You For A Long Time
However, not everyone found it funny.
On the other side of the stage, the upstaged Justin Hammer stood backstage in a fit of rage.
"Damn Stark! They stole all my spotlight!"
Hammer gritted his teeth and adjusted his suit.
According to the original plan, this should have been the time for him to showcase the military might of Hammer Industries.
"Play the music! I am going on stage!"
Hammer shouted.
Soon, a comical funk song began to play.
Hammer walked onto the stage doing a dance he thought was cool.
He tried to salvage some face this way.
"Whoa! Look who it is? Has the circus performance of the Stark Brothers ended?"
Holding the microphone, Hammer frantically disparaged Tony.
"Tony, these toys are indeed very pretty. But in this World, true safety requires an army of steel!"
Hammer waved his hand grandly.
The floor at the back of the stage slowly rose.
Dozens of air, land, and sea steel drones loaded with heavy weapons were neatly arranged on the stage.
"Look at these! This is true power! Hammer Industries will provide the most reliable security protection for the U.S. Military!"
"They will replace soldiers to accomplish those dangerous..."
Backstage.
Ivan Vanko sat in front of a computer with a toothpick in his mouth.
Seeing the live broadcast on the screen, a cruel sneer appeared on his face.
"Everyone in the Stark Family must die."
Vanko hit the enter key without hesitation.
Beep!
On stage, the eyes of all the Hammer Industries armor instantly turned from blue to a dazzling red.
Click, click, click!
The sound of weapon systems unlocking resounded through the venue.
Dozens of armor suits raised their arms simultaneously, their dark muzzle barrels aiming at Luca and Tony in the center of the stage.
Hammer was stunned.
"Wait... What is going on? I did not issue a fire command!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The armor suits completely ignored Hammer and opened fire directly.
Dense bullets and missiles instantly poured out.
"Ah!!"
The audience at the scene finally realized this was not a drill and instantly fell into panic.
Tens of thousands of people screamed and shoved as they fled toward the exit.
...
Facing the flying artillery shells and machine gun strafing filling the sky, the members of the Justice League showed no intention of dodging.
Luca furrowed his brows slightly, and a force field automatically emerged on the surface of his body.
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
Countless bullets hitting Luca's force field were bounced off one after another.
They didn't even touch his armor.
"Is that it?"
Luca shook his head mockingly.
On the other side, Steve tore off his leather jacket in one motion.
"Hammer, you son of a bitch! I knew you were a bad egg."
Steve picked up his shield and charged half into the group of armor like an enraged lion.
Bang!
The shield smashed fiercely onto the head of an armor suit, completely smashing it to pieces.
Steve then grabbed the arms of another armor suit with both hands and pulled hard, forcefully ripping the opponent's arm off.
"A bunch of scrap metal, not even as good as a German's tractor!"
"A grandmother's prosthetic limb is sturdier than this thing! Did you shove all the funding into your pathetic asshole?!"
Hammer on stage:...
Peter Parker was extremely excited.
This was his first time fighting on such a big stage.
Without hesitation, web-shooters shot out spider silk, swinging in mid-air.
"Whoa! This is so cool!"
Peter flexibly dodged the bullets, stuck two armor suits with spider silk, and pulled hard.
The two armor suits collided in mid-air, exploding into a ball of fire.
Tony had also put on his armor long ago.
At this moment, he was flying in mid-air, his repulsors firing continuously, blasting drone after drone into scrap metal.
"Hammer, your software system is more trash than your fashion sense!"
"The code I write with my toes is smoother than this thing!"
Gwen shuttled through the group of armor like a ghost, constantly subduing the running armor suits.
Wanda waved her hands, and Chaos Magic directly twisted several armor suits into pretzels.
Pietro transformed into a silver streak of lightning, and wherever he passed, the armor suits fell to the ground one after another.
Of course, some people were very relaxed.
For example, our Sorcerer Wong.
He just stood leisurely to the side, casually erecting a magic shield to block some stray bullets flying toward the audience seating.
...
Just when the drones were almost all taken apart.
A dull roar suddenly came from the sky.
Boom!
A guy a circle larger than ordinary armor appeared.
This was a steel figure fully equipped with heavy armor.
That's right, it was Ivan Vanko.
He wore an upgraded version of the armor, holding two energy whips flashing with electric light in both hands.
Looking at the scrap metal all over the ground, Vanko's eyes were filled with crazy killing intent.
"Stark! Today is your death day!"
Vanko let out an angry roar, waving his electric whips and preparing to go on a killing spree.
However, before Vanko's electric whip could be swung out,
Tony in mid-air dove straight down.
Tony himself possessed a base strength of tens of tons, coupled with the power amplification of the armor.
The power of this punch was simply too exhilarating.
Bang!!
Tony punched hard onto the armor on Vanko's chest.
The immense power erupted instantly.
Vanko's armor was smashed with a deep dent.
He also rolled continuously on the ground for a dozen circles before stopping.
"Cough, cough..."
Inside the armor, Vanko spat out a mouthful of blood, his brain buzzing.
Damn it, the upgraded armor couldn't even withstand a single punch from Tony?
Tony landed on the ground, watching Vanko who had fallen to the ground unable to get up with cold eyes.
"With just this little skill, you dare to come and trouble the Stark Family? It's one thing that you don't take a bath, but is your brain not working either?"
The subsequent battle was very simple; Tony suppressed Ivan the entire time, not giving the opponent any chance to fight back.
By the time Vanko truly had no strength to fight back,
Luca slowly walked up to him.
Then he looked down from above at this guy full of despair.
He prepared to crush the armor core with one foot to end this boring farce.
However, the moment Luca raised his foot,
a sudden change occurred!
Vince, hiding in the dark shadows of the venue, finally waited for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
At this moment, he gathered all his energy into a single point.
Soon, this energy transformed into a black spike and flew out.
His target went straight for Luca's heart!
"Go to hell! Monster!"
Vince roared in his heart.
He thought he had finally succeeded.
At such a close distance and such a fast speed, even a god couldn't dodge it!
As long as he pierced this guy's chest, he could absorb the opponent's energy and become the strongest existence on Earth!
However,
just as the spike was about to pierce Luca,
Hum!!
a light blue force field suddenly appeared.
The spike was blocked in mid-air and could no longer advance an inch.
Vince was somewhat dumbfounded.
How is that possible?!
He clearly launched a sneak attack from a visual blind spot!
At this moment, Luca slowly turned his head, his gaze locking onto Vince in the shadow.
To Vince's horror, not only was the opponent not surprised, but he also revealed a smile that saw through everything.
Immediately following, he heard Luca's demonic words,
"I have been waiting for you for a long time."
"You little alien trash."
Chapter 131 You Hurt My Family (Two-in-One)
Hearing Luca's taunt.
Vince couldn't hold it together anymore.
He was exposed!
He had actually been exposed long ago!
Vince, or rather, Arulu.
At this moment, his heart was in turmoil.
He had always thought his undercover work was flawless, especially since that bald woman never came looking for him.
Yet, Luca had seen through his true face long ago!
"Since you already know, there's no need for me to keep playing this boring disguise game with you all!"
Arulu let out a non-human roar.
He knew that if he didn't fight with his life today, he would definitely not be able to leave this place alive.
The next second, a strange sound rang out in the corner of the stage.
"Click, click, click!!"
Vince's human body instantly collapsed and disintegrated.
A large amount of pitch-black and viscous substance surged out from his body.
These black substances were like living liquid, quickly wrapping around his entire body.
In just a few seconds, a black monster comparable in size to Hulk unexpectedly appeared.
Its body was full of muscular lines, its bloody mouth was filled with intertwining fangs, and its long tongue swung in the air.
Following a loud, squishing sound, a pair of huge black fleshy wings spread out behind its back!
This pair of fleshy wings blotted out the Sun, resembling a demon crawling out from the depths of hell.
The audience members, who were originally still cheering for the Justice League, had already scrambled to flee outwards in panic.
The members of the Justice League were also stunned.
They had just finished tearing apart a pile of scrap metal and hadn't even had time to rest.
They didn't expect a real monster to pop out in the blink of an eye.
Steve frowned deeply.
As a World War II veteran, he had seen countless disgusting experimental subjects, but the thing in front of him still challenged his aesthetic baseline.
Thus, Steve spat on the ground and cursed fiercely.
"What the fuck! What kind of fucking bullshit thing is this?!"
Steve pointed his shield at Arulu, his voice loud enough for the entire venue to hear.
"It looks just like a winged black giant dick!"
"Did you crawl out of some old woman's cunt?! Looking at your ugly mug, I'm about to throw up yesterday's burger!"
Tony and Peter on the side couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths.
Tony couldn't help but complain.
"Captain, your vocabulary really opens my eyes. I suggest you go to Hollywood to write R-rated movie scripts in the future; you could definitely win an Oscar."
However, Arulu ignored Steve's insults and instead stared fixedly at Luca.
"Earthling, you are too arrogant! Today, all of you are going to die here!"
Earlier in the laboratory, Arulu had absorbed a massive amount of reactor energy.
Although that energy was very unstable, it was sufficiently massive.
At this moment, it mobilized this energy.
"Boom!"
A cluster of purple light lit up on Arulu's chest.
Following that, a purple energy wave erupted with it as the center, sweeping across the entire stage and the surrounding area!
The speed of this energy wave was too fast, so fast that everyone didn't have time to dodge at all.
Moreover, this kind of energy also carried extremely strong weakening and corrosive characteristics.
Taking the brunt of the hit was Hulk, who had just prepared to rush up for hand-to-hand combat.
"Hulk! Smash!"
Hulk roared, waving his fists as he charged toward Arulu.
However, after the energy wave swept across Hulk's body, a sudden change occurred.
Hulk froze for a moment, as if his strength had been drained dry.
His angry eyes turned dazed, his legs went soft, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground.
Even his Earth-shaking roar turned into weak panting.
"Hulk... has no strength..."
Hulk's body began to shrink slightly, and then he changed back into Banner.
I must say, this was Hulk's most miserable time.
On the other side, Tony's situation was even worse.
This armor had originally sacrificed its defensive power.
Therefore, when the energy wave swept across the armor, the internal circuits instantly suffered severe corrosion and short-circuiting.
"Warning! System has encountered unknown energy erosion! Energy transmission interrupted! Armor integrity decreased by eighty percent!"
Jarvis's alarm sounded frantically inside the helmet.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz!!"
A large amount of sparks erupted on the surface of the armor.
Following that, accompanied by a few muffled explosions, the chest plate and leg armor instantly shattered and disintegrated!
He only felt a cold force penetrate the armor, directly slamming into his chest.
"Pfft!"
Tony spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood, instantly sent flying backward, unable to crawl back up for a long time.
"Fuck! Damn it! Move for me!"
He lay on the ground, beating the ground with bloodshot eyes.
But his body had no strength at all; he felt extremely weak.
Steve reacted the fastest, immediately raising his shield to block in front of him.
However, the Impact force of the energy wave was simply too great, and it possessed penetrative properties.
"Bang!"
Steve was sent flying along with his shield.
After tumbling several times in mid-air, he crashed into a pile of steel wreckage.
"Fuck! This son of a bitch's fart stinks so much!"
Steve grumbled and cursed as he tried to crawl up, only to find that all the muscles in his body were twitching.
Only two people in the entire venue escaped this fatal blow.
Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy.
The moment the purple light lit up on Arulu's chest, both of their Spider-Senses screamed simultaneously.
Relying on their superhuman neural reaction speeds, the two shot out web-shooters, sticking to the overhead light poles and swinging dozens of meters into high altitude.
Only then did they narrowly dodge the strafing of the energy wave.
Driven by instinct as the crisis descended, Wanda pushed her hands forward.
A thick mass of Chaos Magic instantly propped up a shield in front of her.
The energy wave crashed into the shield, but was ultimately blocked firmly outside by the Chaos Magic.
Just a single move!
The members of the Justice League were almost completely wiped out!
Arulu gazed at everyone lying on the ground, letting out triumphant, wild laughter.
"Did you see that? This is the power of the Universe! Lowly Earthlings are simply vulnerable!!"
However, before the laughter could even fade, it stopped abruptly.
Because it saw that Luca was actually fine.
The opponent's force field covered the surface of his body, isolating the energy wave outside.
Teammates fell one after another, yet Luca remained as calm as ever.
Glancing at the arrogant Arulu, he sneered.
"Are you done screaming, bug."
"Since you like playing energy clashes, I'll play along with you."
As soon as those words fell, Luca's eyes instantly lit up with a dazzling light.
But this time, the light in his eyes was no longer white-blue.
Because of the Chaos Magic, this time it was a gorgeous red-and-blue dual-color laser!
"Screech!!!"
The two lasers went straight for Arulu's chest.
Seeing this, Arulu was not to be outdone.
It quickly opened its bloody, fang-filled maw, and a dazzling purple light lit up deep within its throat.
"Boom!"
A thick pillar of energy blasted out from its mouth, crashing against the red-and-blue lasers.
Bang!!!
Two completely different energies fiercely collided together!
In an instant, the dazzling light illuminated the night sky of Flushing.
The shockwave generated by the energy collision lifted the surrounding ground layer by layer, sweeping gravel and wreckage into mid-air.
At the beginning, Arulu was still secretly overjoyed in its heart.
Its specialty was absorbing and assimilating energy.
It planned to use the opportunity of the energy clash to quietly absorb Luca's energy, thereby growing stronger.
"Stupid Earthling, your energy will soon become my nourishment!" Arulu thought proudly in its heart.
However, as they fought, Arulu felt that something was wrong!
It discovered that its energy not only failed to suppress the opponent, but was instead rapidly draining away!
Arulu widened its white vertical pupils, looking at Luca in puzzlement.
At this moment, Luca wore an expression of enjoyment.
As soon as Arulu's energy came over, it was absorbed into his body.
And his aura was rising steadily!
At this moment, he couldn't be happier.
"Holy shit? This guy's energy has got some substance to it!"
"Charging me up while we fight? This fucking thing is way faster than sunbathing!"
The more Luca fought, the more energetic he became, and the lasers in his eyes grew thicker, directly pushing Arulu's pillar of energy back step by step.
Arulu was somewhat dumbfounded.
At a time like this, the opponent could actually treat its energy as a tonic!
"Damn it! What kind of monster is this guy?!"
Arulu was so angry it almost spat blood.
"He's actually exploiting a bug with me to get stronger?! This violates the laws of the Universe!"
Arulu knew he couldn't keep going like this. If they kept trading beams, he would definitely get drained dry.
He decisively closed his mouth and cut off the energy output.
At the same time, his fleshy wings flapped violently, and his body rapidly retreated more than ten meters backwards, dodging Luca's remaining laser strafing.
"Why did you stop?"
Luca put away the lasers and licked his lips with a sense of lingering eagerness.
"I'm not full yet. Keep going, power bank."
Arulu was shaking with anger all over.
At a disadvantage in energy beam clashes, he had no choice but to choose close-quarters combat.
"I'm going to twist your head off!"
Arulu roared angrily, waving his fists and turning into a streak of black lightning as he rushed toward Luca.
"Well timed!"
Luca met him with full confidence, similarly throwing out his right fist.
Bang!!
A large and a small fist collided in mid-air.
A visible ring of white shockwave instantly exploded outward.
Although Luca's strength had been strengthened a lot, this punch also drove Arulu back repeatedly.
But he found to his frustration that this punch landed on Arulu without causing much damage??
He noticed that the black substance on the opponent's body surface was somewhat bizarre.
Not only was it incomparably hard, but it also possessed extremely strong cushioning properties.
His fist hitting it was just like hitting a non-Newtonian fluid.
The force was quickly dispersed and neutralized, making it completely unable to cause any damage.
Arulu also noticed this point.
Therefore, after quickly stabilizing his figure, he began to mock arrogantly.
"Hahaha! You can't kill me, Earthling!"
Arulu spread his arms, letting Luca's fists smash against his chest.
"I have the strongest defense! When you exhaust your stamina, I will suck out your brains!"
Luca threw a dozen punches in succession, beating Arulu flying around like a punching bag.
But indeed, he couldn't cause fatal injuries to the opponent.
"Your skin is quite thick."
Luca shook his slightly numb wrist.
Damn it, this can't go on. This guy's skin is a bit ridiculously thick.
Looking around, he saw Wanda protecting herself with a magic shield at the edge.
At this moment, he thought of a possibility.
"Wanda! Come here!"
Thus, dodging Arulu's counterattack, Luca took the opportunity to shout at Wanda.
"Get behind me!"
Wanda was stunned for a moment.
Although she was somewhat afraid of this monster in her heart,
hearing Luca's voice, she still gritted her teeth, obediently ran over, and hid behind Luca's back.
"Pour your Chaos Magic into my body!"
Luca commanded without looking back.
"Hurry up, give me an armor-piercing buff!"
Wanda did not hesitate.
She knew now was not the time to ask questions, and immediately pressed her hands against Luca's back.
Hum!!!
Unreserved Chaos Magic began to pour into Luca's body.
This time, Luca felt that the energy within his body was no longer purely growing stronger.
Under the blessing of Chaos Magic's reality-warping characteristics,
the energy form inside his body began to undergo some kind of change!
Just as Luca was fully receiving Wanda's energy,
Arulu on the opposite side sensed the threat.
Although it didn't know what that red-clothed girl was doing, it could feel that the aura on Luca's body was undergoing a qualitative leap.
It knew that Luca absolutely could not be allowed to complete his charge!
Thus, Arulu's body suddenly twisted in mid-air.
Following that, it directly turned invisible on the spot!
"Fuck! This ugly monster can even turn invisible?!"
Luca opened his eyes and couldn't help cursing.
Although his super senses immediately detected danger approaching rapidly,
at this moment he was fully receiving Wanda's Chaos Magic, stuck in a brief stiffness period of energy conversion.
Therefore, he could not immediately make a dodging move.
Arulu appeared in Luca's visual blind spot.
But it didn't use a physical attack, because it knew physical attacks were ineffective against Luca.
Therefore, it compressed its energy in its right hand, forming a purple toxin spike.
This was its ultimate move that it had been holding back for a long time.
A Universe toxin capable of ignoring defense and directly destroying nerves and cells!
"Go to hell!"
Arulu roared frantically in his heart.
"Splat!"
A horrifying muffled sound.
The toxin spike fiercely struck Luca's chest!
This spike ignored the force field on Luca's body surface, plunging directly into flesh and blood.
"Ugh..."
Luca let out a painful muffled grunt.
Intense pain instantly spread throughout his whole body, feeling as if knives were cutting inside his body.
The next second, he was directly blasted away by tremendous force!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Luca smashed through more than ten walls consecutively, and finally was deeply buried in a large patch of ruins, his life or death unknown.
"Luca!"
Wanda wanted to rush over in terror, but was knocked to the ground by the aftermath of the explosion.
Arulu pressed the attack.
It appeared in mid-air, its hands frantically pouring out energy light spheres.
Boom boom boom boom!
For a time, smoke and dust rose everywhere, and gravel flew around.
The expo site seemed to have turned into a purgatory on Earth.
An aura of despair enveloped everyone in the Justice League.
Tony gritted his teeth, attempting to forcibly start the backup power.
But the armor's circuits had been corroded and completely failed to respond at all.
He could only watch helplessly as Luca was blasted away, yet was powerless to do anything.
Steve also struggled to crawl up.
With his hands braced on the ground, blue veins bulged on his arms.
But the bone-deep weakness left him without even the strength to stand up, let alone raise his shield.
"Damn it... get up for me..." Steve roared angrily with unwillingness.
Gwen used her web-shooters to swing into the ruins at the very first moment.
She dug desperately amidst a pile of rubble.
Finally, she found a blood-covered Luca deep in the ruins.
At this time, Luca's eyes were tightly closed, with a shocking wound on his chest, and the surrounding skin had turned black.
Gwen's heart was broken.
She grabbed Luca's head, held him tightly in her arms, and tears gushed out of her eyes.
"Luca!! Wake up!"
Gwen cried out, helplessness and fear enveloping her.
"Don't scare me! Aren't you Superman? Hurry up and wake up!"
Meanwhile, at the edge of the ruins,
Wanda sat blankly on the ground.
In front of her were Luca lying in a pool of blood and Gwen holding Luca and crying bitterly.
At this moment, she recalled the memories from this period of time.
She remembered the madness and despair in the illusion where Luca destroyed the World for his family.
She remembered in the hotel room how Luca overbearingly yet gently held her hand, and the warmth when she was charging him.
She remembered just now, the back when Luca unhesitatingly blocked in front of her and let her hide behind his back.
"He is my... only reliance in this World."
Wanda muttered to herself.
Her parents were dead, and her brother was a fool who only knew how to cause trouble.
Only Luca—although his mouth was very bad, although he was a scumbag—gave her a home and an unprecedented sense of security.
And now, this man had fallen in a pool of blood because he protected her.
Wanda's breathing became faster and faster.
Unprecedented despair and anger gushed out from the depths of her soul.
And this anger transcended reason, transcended life and death.
Arulu noticed Wanda's abnormality.
He sneered, preparing to casually eliminate this annoying girl.
"Go join him," Arulu said cruelly.
But the next second, Wanda slowly raised her head.
Her eyes had been swallowed by scarlet light!
The whites of her eyes and pupils could no longer be seen, only two burning fires of chaos.
Wanda looked at Arulu, her voice hoarse, yet carrying a terrifying echo.
"You... hurt my family!"
Boom!!!
Terrifying red energy erupted with a bang centered around Wanda!
Not only that.
This energy also swept across the battlefield like substance.
The surrounding rubble and abandoned armor floated into mid-air one after another.
Wanda's feet left the ground.
Chaos Magic surrounded her entire body like dancing flames.
Her hair danced wildly in the energy storm, resembling a demon god descended to the mortal World!
Scarlet Witch.
Amidst this extreme grief and anger, she welcomed her true awakening!
Chapter 132: You, Nowhere to Run

Facing the awakened Wanda, Arulu instinctively felt fear.
Its perception of energy was extremely acute.
But at this moment, the energy emanating from Wanda had already exceeded the scope of its understanding.
He understood that this was definitely not a power comparable to mere destructive force, but rather resembled the power of a demon god capable of altering fundamental laws.
This scene reminded him of those demon gods from other dimensions.
Such as Dormammu, such as Mephisto, such as the Eye Monster...
"Playing God, you Earthling!"
Arulu suppressed his fear and roared.
Then he opened his bloody mouth wide, attempting to attack Wanda with the toxic energy that had severely injured Luca just moments ago.
Boom!
A thick purple pillar of light shot out, heading straight for Wanda in mid-air.
However, facing such an attack, Wanda didn't care in the least.
Then she slowly raised her right hand and gently waved it toward the pillar of light.
The next second.
That pillar of energy suddenly vanished just as it was about to approach Wanda!
That's right, it had been silently decomposed into nothingness by Chaos Magic.
This was precisely the reality-warping ability of Chaos Magic, directly rendering the attack nonexistent.
Arulu was utterly dumbfounded, involuntarily backing away.
"This is impossible! Where did my energy go?!"
Wanda continued to gaze coldly at him.
Then she raised her hand once more and made a grasping motion in the empty air toward Arulu's direction.
"Your wings are redundant."
The moment her words finished.
A cracking tearing sound instantly rang out.
One could see that the pair of fleshy wings behind Arulu seemed to be affected by an invisible force, and were ripped straight off!
"Aah!!!"
Arulu let out a miserable scream identical to Tom the cat.
Black blood flew like a fountain, scattering over the ruins and making a sizzling corrosive sound.
His defense was as good as nonexistent in front of Chaos Magic.
Fear occupied his heart.
He knew he definitely couldn't win against this crazy woman.
Therefore...
Escape! Must escape immediately!
Enduring the excruciating pain, Arulu's body twisted again in an attempt to activate his invisibility ability and escape the battlefield.
"You have nowhere to run."
Wanda seemed to have guessed what the enemy wanted to do long ago, speaking unhurriedly and gently.
As her words fell, the surrounding space was instantly locked down by dense Chaos Magic.
Arulu discovered with horror that his invisibility ability had actually failed!
Not only that, but he also felt an invisible pressure acting upon his body.
Even after exhausting all his skills, he could only cling tightly to the ground, unable to move at all.
It turned out that chains of red light, as solid as reality, had firmly pinned him to the ground.
"No! Let me go! You monster!" Arulu roared desperately.
Tony and the others lying on the ground were completely dumbfounded.
Tony swallowed hard and made a strained quip.
"Jarvis, delete that recording from yesterday morning where I said magic is just quantum interference, immediately, right now."
Pietro was even more shocked, his mouth wide open, his jaw almost dropping to the ground.
He had always thought his younger sister only knew a few small tricks, never expecting her to become this powerful!
Isn't this practically the descent of a deity?!
Steve was also dumbfounded, having never seen such a badass scene in his entire life.
"What the fuck! What on earth is this little girl?!"
"This fucking thing is even fiercer than the German's gas chamber! I feel like a dumbass standing in the freezing snow without pants! This magic is simply unreasonable!"
And in the center of the ruins.
Gwen was still tightly hugging Luca, her tears continuously dripping onto his pale and handsome face.
"Luca... Wake up... Please..."
Gwen cried heartbrokenly, her voice turning hoarse.
Just at this moment, the heavily wounded and dying Luca suddenly opened his eyes.
He even stuck out his tongue and casually licked Gwen's tears off his lips.
"A bit salty."
A teasing voice rang in Gwen's ear.
Luca smiled slightly.
"However, seeing as you cried so sadly, tonight's midnight snack is on me."
Gwen was stunned for a moment, not reacting in time.
Afterwards, wild joy and anger surged into her heart simultaneously.
She was both shocked and delighted, wanting to punch Luca hard, yet afraid of hurting him.
"You're not dead?! You bastard! You scared me to death!"
Gwen hugged Luca tightly and cried even louder.
"But the wound on your chest..."
Luca looked at his chest and curled his lips indifferently.
"This thing really hurts a bit. But I am Superman, and this thing can happen to be used to upgrade my immune system."
Finishing his words, Luca let out a breath and stood up from the ruins.
Not only did he dust himself off, but he also stretched his muscles and bones.
There was no trace of him being heavily wounded at all.
Afterward, Luca strode forward.
Seeing Wanda's demonic-god-like appearance at this moment, he nodded with great satisfaction.
"Not bad, as expected, only like this can one truly awaken their abilities!"
Hearing this sentence, everyone was full of confusion.
Tony struggled to sit up and asked loudly.
"Luca, what does that mean? What do you mean only like this can she awaken?"
Luca didn't answer directly, instead looking at Wong in the distance, motioning for him to explain.
Throughout this battle, Wong had been protecting civilians on the sidelines, not even stepping in when Luca was heavily wounded.
Seeing Luca's gaze, he smiled helplessly and then cleared his throat.
"Last night, I went to talk to Mr. Luca about Chaos Magic."
"I told Mr. Luca that according to information in the ancient books of Kamar-Taj, Ms. Wanda's Chaos Magic should not be fully awakened."
"To truly awaken, apart from finding a magical book called the Darkhold, one can only rely on external stimulation."
Only then did everyone understand.
Luca spread his hands with a matter-of-fact expression.
"That's right. I had already perceived the intention of this alien ugly mug long ago."
"The reason I took this blow head-on was, firstly, to absorb these things to complete my resistance genes; secondly, and most importantly, I needed an opportunity to stimulate Wanda and force her to awaken her true potential."
Luca pointed at Wanda in mid-air and raised an eyebrow.
"If we didn't apply some heavy medicine, when would the Little Witch ever become the true Scarlet Witch? I've made a huge sacrifice for team building."
After hearing this, everyone was also speechless.
Just moments ago, they almost thought something had really happened to Luca.
Everyone was worried sick, tears streaming down their fucking faces.
But who would have thought that all of this was completely acted out by Luca!
Tony was so angry that he rolled his eyes straight up.
"You bastard! Do you know that Potts almost had a heart attack from fright just now? You're a complete lunatic!"
Steve also cursed profusely.
"Fack! This kid's scheming heart is blacker than a fucking sewer! Just now I really thought you were going to go meet God, wasting my feelings in vain!"
Pietro's mouth also twitched.
His fear of Luca had deepened by another layer now.
This guy was not only perverted in strength, but didn't even blink when plotting against people.
In order to force his younger sister to awaken, he actually used his own life to put on an act.
Chapter 133: Only by Laying Low Can You Survive Long
Luca didn't bother to respond to everyone's teasing and walked straight over to Arulu.
By this time, Arulu was in a wretched state, completely stripped of his previous overbearing manner.
"You little alien trash, do you think you're smart? Did you think you found my weakness?"
Luca looked down at him from above, then deliberately raised his right hand.
Not only did red and blue lights flicker at his fingertips, but there was also a hint of purple energy.
Clearly, he had successfully assimilated Arulu's toxin and converted it into his own weapon.
Seeing this, the fear in Arulu's eyes turned to despair.
"You... what kind of monster are you?!"
He couldn't understand why an Earthling could devour his toxin.
Luca didn't bother to waste words and instead looked up at Wanda.
"Wanda, good job. Leave the rest to me."
Hearing Luca's voice, Wanda seemed to regain a bit of her sanity.
Seeing Luca standing there alive and well, the madness and killing intent in her eyes also began to recede.
As she withdrew the suppression of her Chaos Magic, she also gently landed on the ground.
"Goodbye, bug."
Luca's eyes suddenly lit up, and two laser beams shot out.
The laser, a fusion of multiple energies, pierced through Arulu's chest.
"Boom!!!"
This time, Arulu's defense failed to work.
His body began to vaporize under the high temperature. He wanted to say something, but it was too late.
But what Luca didn't know...
At the brink of death, Arulu had already transmitted a message to his distant home planet through the communicator inside his body.
Furthermore, before Arulu's body completely vanished,
a piece of black substance, only the size of a fingernail, silently flew out from his body and straight onto Luca.
Luca reacted extremely fast, reaching out to catch the substance.
Staring at the writhing black viscous substance in his palm, he raised an eyebrow slightly.
This thing seemed to still retain its vitality.
Luca pondered for a moment, planning to take it back for thorough research.
So, he placed the black substance into a spare slot on his armor's arm, then closed the lid to seal it tightly.
The battle was over.
The entire expo site was left with nothing but ruins and burning flames.
By this time, the members of the Justice League had also regained their ability to move.
Seeing Luca completely unharmed, Tony stubbornly made an excuse.
"I was just testing the pressure limit of my armor just now."
"If you guys had waited any longer to make a move, I would have activated the self-destruct sequence to take it down with me. I'm Iron Man, how could I possibly be defeated by an ugly monster?"
Luca shrugged, too lazy to pay attention to this stubborn tsundere.
On the other side, Wanda had exhausted all her physical strength after unleashing her power.
Seeing that the battle was finally over, her face turned pale, and her body went limp as she was about to collapse.
Luca was quick-eyed and swift-handed, stepping forward to catch her firmly in his arms.
Wanda barely opened her eyes, and seeing Luca's face so close, her cheeks instantly turned bright red.
"Great... you... you're not dead..." Wanda said weakly.
Luca smiled confidently.
"If I died, who would reduce your debt by ten thousand dollars every night?"
Hearing this, Wanda's face turned even redder.
She shyly buried her head in Luca's chest and closed her eyes in peace.
Seeing this, Gwen's tears on the side turned into jealousy.
My goodness, I was crying my eyes out for you over here, and you turn around to hug another woman?
Gwen stepped forward, unceremoniously grabbing Luca's other arm and clinging tightly to him.
"Luca, you promised to treat me to late-night snacks just now, no backing out." Gwen said poutingly, a strong sense of warning in her eyes.
Holding Wanda and with Gwen clinging to his arm, Luca felt the sensations coming from his arms, and the smile on his face grew even brighter.
"Of course, I always keep my word."
By this time, the reporters on the periphery had gathered their courage and crowded around.
Countless camera flashes blinked at them.
At this ruined expo site, the Justice League, who had intended to leave, had no choice but to accept interviews.
...
Meanwhile.
New York, Hells Kitchen.
In a certain office of the Fisk Tower, the lights were off.
In front of the French window stood a man of massive build.
This man wore a white suit, holding a cigar between his fingers.
That's right, he was the absolute emperor of New York's underworld, Wilson Fisk, also known as the fearsome Kingpin.
At this moment, a screen on the office wall was repeatedly playing the battle footage from the expo site.
On the screen, Luca's eyes shot out lasers, instantly vaporizing the terrifying alien monster into nothingness.
Kingpin stared blankly at the screen, took a deep drag on his cigar, and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke.
Standing behind him were several mob bosses dressed in sharp suits.
It could be said that the atmosphere in the office was suffocatingly oppressive.
"Boss."
A bald subordinate swallowed hard, breaking the silence.
"Stark Industries moved its headquarters to New York and even started some superhero department. Looking at tonight's display, they're already acting completely lawless."
The subordinate wiped away his cold sweat and spoke with some concern.
"Hells Kitchen is our territory. Will our business here... be targeted by them?"
"Should we strike first to gain the upper hand, stir up some trouble for them, and let them know who calls the shots in New York's underworld?"
Hearing this, Kingpin slowly turned around.
A pair of cold eyes stared silently at the subordinate who had spoken.
"Is your brain filled with shit?"
"Go stir up trouble for them? Do you think you've lived too long, or do you think we are tougher than that alien monster?"
The subordinate shuddered in fear and quickly lowered his head, not daring to even breathe heavily.
Kingpin shook his head and looked back at Lucas Stark on the screen.
It was true that Hells Kitchen was his territory.
He ruled supreme here, and even the New York Police Department and politicians had to cater to him.
But he was an absolute pragmatist, and he understood the gap in strength better than anyone.
The Stark Brothers were not those street vigilantes wearing tights and full of moral dogmas.
They are capitalists, madmen with no bottom lines!
Tony Stark flies around in a suit of iron capable of firing missiles.
And Lucas Stark is an absolute monster.
He can withstand missiles head-on, send the Hulk flying with one punch, and shoot lasers from his eyes that can melt anything.
Even more terrifyingly, this guy is ruthless in his actions and doesn't even care about the Military.
Going head-to-head with a monster of a dimension-reducing strike level?
That is something only brainless fools would do.
Thinking of this, Kingpin pressed his cigar into the ashtray and crushed it hard.
"Listen."
"The members of the Stark Family are different from the troubles we've encountered before. Before we figure out the enemy's bottom line and weaknesses, we must absolutely not make any rash moves."
"Pass down my orders."
"From today on, rein in all of our businesses in Hells Kitchen."
"Tell those druggies, robbers, and protection-money collectors down there to keep their heads down lately!"
Speaking to this point, Kingpin paused, his eyes filling with killing intent.
"If anyone dares to provoke Stark Industries at this critical juncture and draw the attention of the Justice League to us..."
"Then, there's no need for Superman to act; I will personally crush him and throw him into the Hudson River to feed the fish."
The subordinates broke out in cold sweat, all lowering their heads in unison to reply.
"Yes! Boss! We'll get right on it, absolutely no movement!"
After the subordinates withdrew, the office fell silent again.
Kingpin walked to the French window once more, overlooking the brightly lit city beneath his feet.
The sky of New York is about to change.
Those high-and-mighty superheroes will sooner or later turn their eyes to the sinful soil of Hells Kitchen.
But before that, he, Wilson Fisk, only needs to be a quiet businessman.
Only by laying low can one live longer.
Chapter 134: This Is Called Making the Best Use of Everything, Tony
New York, Manhattan.
Inside the apartment, the lights were bright.
Although they had just experienced a globally shocking battle.
But for the members of the Justice League, life had to go on.
Luca was a man of his word.
Since he had promised to treat Gwen to a midnight snack, he would definitely not break his word.
But he obviously wouldn't go to a street stall to buy some snacks to make do.
As a man of the Stark Family, the display must be maximized.
So, at this moment, our Happy stood at the kitchen door, sweating profusely, directing several chefs to get busy.
Just half an hour ago.
Happy brought bodyguards and dragged a three-star Michelin chef in New York out of bed.
This chef from France was very angry at first, shouting that he wanted to call the police, saying this was an insult to the art of French cuisine.
"Sir, maybe I can persuade you."
Happy was not angry either.
Instead, he slapped a check with six Zeros on his face and told him that tonight's diners were the Justice League who had just saved the World.
The chef's attitude made a 180-degree turn immediately.
"Sir, you have touched me with your sincerity."
The chef enthusiastically kissed Happy, and then started off with his team and ingredients bouncing happily.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the restaurant was subtle.
The dining table was covered with exquisite French cuisine.
Luca swaggered to sit in the main seat, having already changed into a shirt.
On his left sat Gwen Stacy, who had changed into casual clothes.
And on his right was Wanda, wearing a red slit long dress.
Gwen refused to show weakness, taking the lead to pick up a knife and fork, cutting a small piece of steak and putting it into Luca's plate.
"Luca, eat more. You consumed so much physical energy tonight, you need a good supplement."
Gwen said with a smile, her gaze glancing at Wanda intentionally or unintentionally.
Wanda lowered her head, her gaze seemingly able to kill.
She knew that her identity right now was just a private assistant, with no position to be jealous at all.
But seeing Gwen and Luca so intimate, she just couldn't control the loss in her heart.
Luca naturally knew it all too well.
But with his personality, he wouldn't stop it, nor could he possibly stop it.
He ate the steak without changing his expression, then picked up his wine glass and began to perform.
"Gwen, this meat is indeed very tender, your taste has always been very good."
Luca smiled slightly at Gwen, and then looked at Wanda.
"Wanda, you eat more too. Don't just stare at your plate in a daze. You have to continue charging me tonight, consuming a lot, how can it work if you don't eat your fill?"
Hearing about charging, Wanda's face blushed to the roots of her ears.
She gave Gwen a panicked look and stammered in rebuttal: "I... I know it! Stop talking nonsense!"
Gwen's action of cutting the steak paused for a moment.
Then she narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Luca.
"Charging? What charging?"
Luca shrugged, explaining without a red face and a beating heart.
"Oh, this is a scientific term between us."
"Wanda's magic energy is very special, and I need to regularly absorb her energy to improve my resistance gene. This is called magic energy transmission, referred to as charging. It is completely serious academic exchange."
Gwen was half-doubting.
Although this explanation sounded very scientific.
But coming out of Luca's mouth, no matter how she listened to it, it felt like some shady exercise.
At this moment, a rough roar broke the subtlety on the dining table.
"What the fuck."
"What kind of damn thing is this?!"
Steve was full of irritability at this moment.
The plate in front of him was a French meal only the size of an infant's fist.
Out of anger, he picked up a fork and poked the meat in the plate hard.
"This meat is smaller than a little brother, who is this enough for?! When I was gnawing frozen potatoes in the European trenches, it was never this little!"
The more he talked, the angrier he got, Steve glared fiercely at Happy on the side.
"Happy! Get ten hot dogs! Extra yellow mustard and onions!"
Happy was somewhat speechless, looking at Tony with a wronged expression.
Tony sat at the other end of the dining table.
At this moment, he was using a tablet computer to look at the stock price trend of Stark Industries.
"Go ahead, Happy. Buy hot dogs for this Old Popsicle who crawled out of a septic tank. By the way, bring me a cheese burger, food from France really can't fill you up."
Happy sighed helplessly, turned around and ran out of the apartment.
Pietro sat in the corner, although his heart hated Luca to the itchy teeth, he still honestly ate in large bites.
Master Wang had completely immersed himself in the World of gourmet food, as if everything outside had nothing to do with him.
In a short while, he ate with grease all over his mouth, long ago throwing away all commandments and precepts to the clouds.
...
After the midnight snack.
Luca and Tony came to the temporary laboratory in the basement of the apartment.
Although this place was not as fully equipped as Malibu, it was enough to cope with daily research work.
Luca walked to the experimental table and took out a transparent sealed container from his pocket.
Inside the container, a mass of black viscous substance was constantly wriggling.
This was precisely the fragment intercepted from Arulu at the expo site.
Tony came over and took a look, full of disgust.
"Good lord, this thing grows just like Hulk's excretion. Why did you bring it back? Want to hold an ugly contest for it?"
Luca couldn't be bothered to care about Tony's complaints, directly issuing instructions.
"Jarvis, scan this thing. I want to know its structure and energy conduction characteristics."
"Okay, sir. Deep scanning is in progress."
A few seconds later, a set of complex data models appeared on the holographic screen.
"Gentlemen, this is incredible." Jarvis was somewhat surprised.
"This mass of substance does not belong to known organisms on Earth. Moreover, it has no fixed cell wall, but possesses extremely strong parasitic adaptation and energy conduction characteristics."
"It can attach to the host and change itself according to the host's genetic characteristics. If the host is powerful enough, it can also act as a layer of biological armor, providing powerful defense and strength amplification."
Hearing Jarvis's analysis, Tony frowned.
"Parasitic? This sounds like a disgusting Universe parasite. I suggest burning it directly into ashes with high temperature, lest it run out and infect others."
"Burn it? That would be too much of a waste."
Carefully examining the black substance in the container, Luca smiled slightly.
He felt that this thing was an excellent experimental material.
Since it could act as biological armor, what if he domesticated it into his exclusive pet? Wouldn't he be able to have one more trump card?
Thinking of this, Luca directly opened the lid of the container.
Tony was startled and hurriedly took a step back.
"Are you crazy?! Close it quickly!"
Luca ignored him, instead using his left-hand fingernail to gently scratch a wound on his right-hand fingertip.
Soon, a drop of blood dripped onto that mass of black substance.
Zizizi!!
As soon as the blood made contact, that mass of substance reacted like it encountered its natural enemy.
Not only did it twist and struggle, but it also made a faint sizzling sound.
But Luca's blood was still too domineering.
In just a dozen seconds.
The manic black substance gradually quieted down.
Its color became deeper, and a faint red and blue light flickered on its surface.
Different from just now, at this time it wriggled gently at the bottom of the container like a docile puppy, seemingly expressing submission to Luca.
"Done."
Luca closed the container with satisfaction and snapped his fingers.
"Starting today, your name is Shadow Symbiont. Once I thoroughly study you, you will be my new clothes."
Seeing this scene, Tony rolled his eyes.
"You are truly a pervert without a bottom line. You actually don't even let go of alien parasites."
"This is called making the best use of everything, Tony."