'Boom!'
Destroyer Drax flared with photon energy, leaping hundreds of meters into the air before crashing down in the direction the Guardians of the Galaxy were fleeing. The ground cracked beneath him, Groot's defensive wall shattered, stones and branches flew everywhere, and the violent shockwave slammed into the Guardians.
Star-Lord Peter Quill rolled sharply to the side, shielding his face with an arm. After completing a roll, he raised his head and looked grimly at Destroyer Drax, whose glowing eyes and bared white teeth made him look terrifying.
Mantis, protected by Groot, rolled into a roadside guardrail and bent the metal barrier beneath her.
"He's being controlled!" Mantis poked her head out from the branches Groot had wrapped around her and screamed in terror at Destroyer Drax with her black eyes wide.
Destroyer Drax's eyes shone with white light. Baring his teeth, he heard Mantis's scream and leaped toward her.
"I knew it!" Rocket Raccoon, who had been the first to run, knew this would happen. He silently cursed Peter Quill for arguing with him, then casually pulled several electromagnetic restraint devices resembling metal plates from his belt and threw them at Destroyer Drax.
"Get up and regroup! We need to defeat one of our own first!" Rocket Raccoon shouted.
The electromagnetic restraint devices he threw immediately latched onto Destroyer Drax. Amid a chaotic burst of electric light and electronic activity, they yanked the leaping Destroyer Drax out of the air and slammed him heavily into the concrete, creating a massive crater.
"Ah~~~~~" Within the crater, engulfed by dust, Destroyer Drax's muscular silhouette emerged. His lantern-like eyes glowed in the shadows as he roared and struggled.
Star-Lord Peter Quill, Groot, and Mantis hurriedly scrambled and rolled to their feet, their faces tense with worry as they watched Destroyer Drax, locked