Hulk had not suddenly wised up. He had simply met opponents who could truly challenge him.
His previous enemies had all been too weak. He had never needed technique; charging in and smashing wildly had been enough. The problem was that this did not work against the Indominus Rex and the others. They surpassed Hulk in both strength and defense.
During that time, the dinosaurs had beaten some humility into Hulk every single day. To win, he had started learning how to fight and how to use his head.
Hulk had never been stupid. He just disliked thinking. After all, he was one of Doctor Banner's personalities.
After a while, Hulk seized an opening and darted behind the High-Temperature Giant. Then he leaped like a cannonball, landing behind the giant's neck.
"Cervical spine. Weak spot."
Hulk grinned, gripped the Adamantium Hammer with both hands, and brought it down with all his strength.
"Aaargh!"
The High-Temperature Giant let out an agonized scream. His enormous body crashed to the ground, sending up clouds of dust—Hulk had smashed straight through his cervical spine.
An ordinary person would have been dead or gravely injured with a broken neck, but the High-Temperature Giant had been injected with the Extremis Virus. Brilliant red light shone from his injury as it rapidly healed.
Seeing this, Jessica hurriedly shouted, "Hulk, watch out! He can heal himself!"
"Know that."
Hulk jumped onto the High-Temperature Giant's back and swung the Adamantium Hammer hard. Bang, bang, bang... He smashed the giant's spine apart, vertebra by vertebra, destroying it far faster than it could heal.
The High-Temperature Giant knew he was finished. Resolve flashed in his eyes, and he frantically raised his body temperature, intending to take Hulk and half the city's population down with him.
That had been his purpose in