Bang!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Amid violent collisions and explosions of energy, the hospital ruins had been reduced to a massive crater dozens of meters deep in just a few minutes.
Kirsten Bartlein in particular.
He had driven his thick tentacles deep into the ground, trying to use their elasticity and flexibility to contend with his opponent's overwhelming brute strength.
After all, in terms of strength, Ross's Red Giant clearly held the advantage.
His power came from Hulk, who grew stronger the angrier he became.
But Kirsten Bartlein was no pushover either. He continuously coated his tentacles in Shadow Energy, and every lash made Ross bare his teeth in pain.
That was because the pain did not affect the body or the nerves. It struck directly at the soul.
Even if his skin and muscles could withstand bullets and cannon fire, they had no way of resisting this kind of soul damage.
So whenever Kirsten Bartlein unleashed Shadow Energy to scourge him mentally, Ross could not help but scream, and his ferocious assault would come to a halt.
But likewise, tentacles and mental scourging alone were clearly not enough to inflict decisive damage on Ross's giant form.
So Kirsten Bartlein began using the powerful corruptive force he had inherited from the Old Gods, attempting to invade Ross's memories and mind.
The two of them traded blows like this, battling fiercely within the sealed-off area as glaring blood stained the ground red.
"Wow! They're really going at it. Did something happen while I was gone?" Tony Stark, who had just taken the female reporter Diana to the hospital and returned to the scene, could not help asking.
He could tell that the battle between these two had shifted from a normal confrontation into a desperate fight with no holds barred.
Unless something