Crushing

Coulson looked at Nick Fury with deep resentment. He went on and on about how his left eye taught him never to trust people too easily, yet that eye had been clawed blind while petting a cat? Could he be any more outrageous?

Nick Fury ignored Coulson's resentful gaze. He felt a little uneasy inside. It seemed he had fooled all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s higher-ups. Did this count as social death?

In the office, Natasha said helplessly, "The guy whose eye was clawed blind by a cat reports that the mission failed. Ghost Rider refuses to act."

"Stay where you are and await orders."

Nick Fury spoke with a cold expression. His head ached. Did he have to ask the X-Men for help?

Meanwhile, something changed on Blood God Lizard's side. A group of nearby Vampires rushed over, firing at the superheroes while fanatically shouting at Blood God Lizard, "The Blood God reigns supreme!"

"Excellent."

Blood God Lizard was overjoyed. At that moment, Whistler's eyes flashed purple, and several Vampires struck by Ultraviolet Rays instantly turned to ash.

"Cool."

Iron Man shouted, wondering whether he should add some special effects around his eyes too—red ones with lightning, perhaps?

Blood God Lizard's expression darkened. Before long, another group of Vampires arrived. Just as Whistler was about to attack, Blood God Lizard opened his mouth and inhaled sharply. The blood inside those Vampires flew out at once and entered his mouth.

Everyone froze. Iron Man shouted in disbelief, "You even devour your own kind?"

"I am the Blood God, the god of all the Blood Clan. Isn't it only natural for them to offer themselves to me?"

Blood God Lizard laughed loudly. With his high-speed movement, he remained undefeated even while surrounded by superheroes. In fact, if the superheroes had not supported one another, no one could have matched Blood God Lizard one-on-one.

"Tell those Vampires that if they come here, they'll only become food!"

Seeing Blood God Lizard replenish himself again and again, Nick Fury shouted loudly. It was a good idea, but unfortunately, it was useless. The Vampires simply did not believe them.

On one side were enemies slaughtering them; on the other was the leader of the Hybrid Vampires. As long as the Vampires had functioning brains, they knew whom to trust.

Nick Fury could only have the agents do their best to intercept the Vampires and keep them from approaching. Unfortunately, it still did not work, because the summoned forces included not only Vampires, but Lizardmen as well.

Though the Lizardmen were few in number, they were far stronger than the Vampires. More importantly, they had no weaknesses and were nowhere near as fragile as Vampires.

Blood God Lizard had the Lizardmen hold off the superheroes while he flew toward another street. Howard and Iron Man hurried after him, while the others were blocked by the Lizardmen.

"Run!"

News of Blood God Lizard had already spread. The moment pedestrians saw him appear, they fled in all directions in terror. Blood God Lizard was about to devour their blood when Howard fired miniature missiles at him. He snorted and released a Bloodlight that blew the missiles apart.

"Although Howard and Trask are both top-tier scientists, neither is suited to be a commander. My Hell needs a true tactical commander."

Wang Nanxuan shook his head and signed Contracts with the fleeing civilians. Then, large numbers of Robots descended from the sky and evacuated the Contractors.

"You again!"

Blood God Lizard was furious. Ten Bloodlights shot forth with a howl, intending to pierce both the Robots and the Contractors.

Howard and Iron Man did everything they could to stop them, but they could not block so many Bloodlights. Fortunately, there were plenty of Robots. Some of them voluntarily flew into the Bloodlights. The next second, they were blasted apart and fell to the ground in pieces with a clatter.

It was worth mentioning that only the Robots were destroyed. The souls inside them remained unharmed and all returned to Hell.

"The situation is getting a little out of control. It's time to end this disaster."

Wang Nanxuan snorted and prepared to act personally. Since he had promised to protect the Contractors, he would not let anything happen to them. He was not Mephisto; when he made a promise, he kept it.

At that moment, seeing that things were going badly, Susan could not help saying to Wang Nanxuan, "Andrew, even though you can't act lightly, Iron Man and the others can't stop that monster. Right now, you're the only one who can save Manhattan."

"You know I'm willing to act for you."

Wang Nanxuan took Susan's hand, stood up, and whispered in her ear, "But you have to..."

Susan shyly punched Wang Nanxuan. He laughed heartily as the floor-to-ceiling window behind him suddenly opened to both sides, modified with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s money. Then, he leaped down.

Below the building, a Harley motorcycle was already waiting. Wang Nanxuan landed on it as fierce black flames ignited across his body. Then he rolled his neck, and a half-face bone mask appeared over his face.

Wang Nanxuan did not care if others learned his identity, but if everyone knew it, there would be far less fun.

"Let's begin."

Wang Nanxuan twisted the handlebar, and the Harley motorcycle roared away. Natasha was overjoyed and hurriedly reported, "Fury, Ghost Rider has set out."

"Excellent."

Nick Fury was equally delighted. He said, "Iron Man, Barton, prepare to coordinate with Ghost Rider."

"Ghost Rider? You mean that Hellfire Knight?"

Iron Man froze, then cursed, "Coulson, you lied to me. You agents really can't be trusted."

Coulson looked embarrassed, then glanced at Nick Fury. Don't blame me. I was led astray by someone else.

Soon, Wang Nanxuan arrived at the battlefield wreathed in hellfire. Seeing that impossibly cool figure, the superheroes all turned to look.

"An angel!"

The remaining humans, along with the viewers before their televisions, all cheered. The Hellfire Knight had arrived. The disaster would soon end, just like last time.

Tony, whose spotlight had been stolen, complained, "Who's ever seen an angel with black flames? Obviously, this has something to do with Hell!"

Blood God Lizard noticed Wang Nanxuan as well. He sensed an enormous threat from him, which left him both shocked and enraged. He was a god. He was supposed to be the strongest.

"Die!"

Blood God Lizard pushed his speed to the limit, splitting into three as he charged toward Wang Nanxuan from three different directions. Wang Nanxuan stopped the motorcycle and stomped hard on the ground. Countless chains burning with hellfire burst from the earth, winding toward the three Blood God Lizards.

The two Mirages vanished the instant they touched the chains. Blood God Lizard was alarmed and dodged with lightning speed. Unfortunately, in Wang Nanxuan's eyes, his high speed was no faster than a crawling turtle. Within three seconds, Blood God Lizard's limbs were bound by chains, leaving him hanging in the air.

Blood God Lizard tried to turn into blood and flee, but Wang Nanxuan's binding magic was imbued within the Hellfire Chains. He could no longer turn into blood and could not even use his other abilities.

Wang Nanxuan raised his hand. The hellfire on his arm surged into the sky, forming a Flame Greatblade more than ten meters long. Then, the greatblade set the sky ablaze and slashed down violently, cleaving Blood God Lizard diagonally apart.