Is This Where It Ends?

Captain Marvel couldn't shake him off, so she could only blast him away again with a heavy punch. But when their forces collided, they created even more towering waves.

"Damn it! I don't have time to fight you right now. Get lost!"

"It's useless, Carol. He can't understand English." Nick sighed through the communicator. "You have to lure him into Outer Space. Otherwise, your battle will inevitably have a major impact on Earth's surface."

"I'm using an interstellar translator. He can understand me."

After blasting Zhan Liu away with another punch, Captain Marvel rose into the air and flew straight toward Outer Space.

Zhan Liu chased after her for a while from below, then stopped because he still couldn't function in Outer Space.

As a result, when Captain Marvel reached space and looked back, she saw Zhan Liu cursing her from within the atmosphere, unable to come up.

"Nick, it looks like he can't fly into Outer Space."

"Excellent! Then that's his weakness!"

Nick grew excited. He had finally found the weakness of this alien.

"Carol, take him into Outer Space, subdue him, and bring him back alive. He's very valuable."

There was no need to fear an alien's strength. As long as he had a weakness, there was always a way to restrain him.

For example, they could build a prison specifically for him in Outer Space and hold him there. After locking him up for a few years and wearing down his temper, he would naturally become easier to talk to.

Nick instantly came up with seventeen or eighteen plans.

After receiving Nick's order, Captain Marvel immediately dropped downward toward Zhan Liu.

Zhan Liu was still annoyed that his opponent had fled. When he saw her flying back, he immediately gathered his strength again.

"Magnetic Field Rotation: Fifteen Heavens, Ultimate Sinking Thunder Hand!"

Their palms collided. With a crack, part of Zhan Liu's arm split open again.

He felt a tightness in his chest and once more vomited a torrent of blood.

But before he could catch his breath and attack again, Captain Marvel had already reached his back. Her left arm was wedged beneath his neck, while her right and left arms formed a cross arm lock. She pinned him down, then rose straight into the sky with him, flying directly toward Outer Space.

"Damn it!" Zhan Liu circulated his strength to protect himself, trying to knock Captain Marvel away. But she was already extremely familiar with his power and had prepared for it long ago. She locked her hands tightly together, giving him no opportunity at all.

As the altitude rose, the oxygen grew thinner and thinner. Zhan Liu inhaled less and less oxygen into his lungs. Since he kept hammering Captain Marvel's ribs with heavy blows, he consumed even more oxygen.

Very soon, his oxygen supply became insufficient, and the force behind his palm strikes grew increasingly weak.

By the time Captain Marvel brought him into Outer Space, he had already entered a dying state.

His breathing stopped. His heartbeat gradually became inaudible, and the experiences of his life flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern.

Now that I'm about to die, what am I thinking about at the moment of my death?

What is it?

What is it?

What is it?

A single thought suddenly flashed through his nearly inactive brain. Then, like a beam of light splitting heaven and earth, it linked together every cell in his brain.

Of course... becoming stronger!!!

Zhan Liu, on the verge of death, suddenly erupted like a trapped beast, exploding with power in the depths of despair.

"Magnetic Field Rotation: Twentieth Heaven!"

Captain Marvel saw that he was already on the verge of collapse and was just about to subdue him and take him to Nick when his sudden outburst caught her off guard. He broke free.

The moment Zhan Liu escaped, he plunged toward Earth without hesitation.

Magnetic Field Rotation: Twentieth Heaven truly allowed him to move freely in Outer Space without protection. But just like flying at Nine Heavens, it consumed far too much energy.

Therefore, Zhan Liu had to return to the ground and fight Captain Marvel there.

"Damn it!" Captain Marvel cursed under her breath and immediately chased after him.

After entering the Twentieth Heaven, Zhan Liu's speed increased greatly. Although he was still inferior to Captain Marvel, with the advantage of preparation, he was no longer so easy for her to control.

Captain Marvel tried to capture him again, closing in several times to fight him at close quarters. But Zhan Liu had learned his lesson. How could he let her succeed so easily?

Moreover, Zhan Liu felt a strange sensation faintly emerging from the pineal gland between his brows. Every time an electric current passed through that spot, it caused him to experience hallucinations. But he was in the middle of battle and had no time to investigate it carefully.

He did not know that the aftershocks of his earlier battle with Captain Marvel had already shaken May to death, completing the system's mission.

The two tumbled and rolled, falling into the atmosphere amid their ceaseless entanglement.

Originally, Zhan Liu had wanted to temper himself through a life-or-death battle with Captain Marvel. But her current fighting style completely avoided clashing with him head-on, which infuriated him.

He decided to find a way to force Captain Marvel to fight him directly.

That method was easy enough to find. That black man had called her over, so if he went to kill that black man, Captain Marvel would surely come to stop him. When that happened, she would have no choice but to abandon her evasive tactics.

After landing on the ground, Zhan Liu shook off Captain Marvel and flew toward New York at full speed.

Captain Marvel accelerated several times to intercept him, but since she was avoiding a direct clash, she had no way to slow him down, much less stop him.

Soon, Zhan Liu once again saw New York City submerged in water.

On the water, large numbers of rescue workers sped around in motorboats, sending the people they pulled from the water to higher floors for shelter before returning to search the surface for survivors.

As for those who had not surfaced, there was no doubt that they would never rise again.

Zhan Liu ignored these people and flew over the water at supersonic speed. Wherever he passed, he plowed a long trench through the surface, while the waves he raised overturned every nearby vessel.

If Captain Marvel followed behind him, she would surely raise waves of equal size. Once the two waves overlapped, they would become even larger, and even more people would die.

Therefore, Captain Marvel had no choice but to stop.

Although she knew very well that if she did not stop Zhan Liu now, even more people would certainly die in the future.

But as a superhero, she could not stand by and watch the people before her die. Even less could she allow people to die because of her.

After shaking off Captain Marvel, Zhan Liu found an opportunity to replenish some of his health.

After Magnetic Field Rotation reached Nine Heavens, it could absorb the vitality of plants to heal wounds. It could also absorb and alter animal blood to replenish his own blood.

Although he still looked utterly miserable, his condition had already improved considerably.

He darted through the city and soon found his target.

Nick was in the S.H.I.E.L.D. office, completely unprepared for Zhan Liu's sudden appearance before him.

"Good. I found you. Call that woman over and have her fight me head-on."

Zhan Liu looked extremely miserable. He was covered in blood from head to toe, with multiple fractures throughout his body. No one would have doubted it if someone said he was about to drop dead on the spot.

"Mr. Zhan, you need a doctor right now. As long as you're willing to cooperate, I guarantee you'll receive the best medical treatment."

"No, I don't need a doctor. I need a fight! Have her come here, immediately!" A murderous glint flashed in Zhan Liu's eyes as he roared at Nick.

Battle insights were not something one gained every time. His condition was perfect right now, and he needed an intense battle to advance.

Especially the area around the pineal gland on his forehead. He had a strange feeling, as if something were gestating there.

He had already seen the system's notification, but he could sense that what the system had given him was only a basic version. Now, he needed battle to promote its growth.

"Okay, okay. I'll have her come over right now."

Afraid that he would go berserk, Nick hurriedly soothed him and contacted Captain Marvel in front of him, calling her over.

The moment the call ended, Captain Marvel arrived and stood before Zhan Liu, shielding Nick behind her.

"I want to fight you. Inside Earth's atmosphere, with a head-on clash—the same way we fought before."

Before Captain Marvel could agree, Nick rejected him first.

"That won't do, Mr. Zhan. The way you fight will cause catastrophic damage to the surface and kill many people."

With Carol standing in front of him, Nick's confidence returned. He shook his head and rejected Zhan Liu's request.

"Actually, there's no need for us to fight at all. What happened today was just a misunderstanding. Why don't we just let this end here?"