Establishing Authority

Nick Fury sat in the helicopter, looking down at the ruins below, his heart filled with both shock and fury.

The battle was still ongoing, though calling it a battle was perhaps less accurate than calling it a one-sided beating.

May pushed past her limits again and again, from Ten Thousand Volts to Twenty Thousand Volts, Fifty Thousand Volts, and One Hundred Thousand Volts, but everything she did was futile.

Just as he had at the beginning, Zhan Liu stood still and let May attack him, then casually flicked out a weak current that sent her flying far away.

The so-called planes and tanks meant nothing to this savage alien.

From the sky, a straight passage could currently be seen stretching from Chinatown all the way to the shore.

It was a path of death blasted open by using May's body as a cannonball.

Although Nick Fury was hardhearted and could not hear the wails of those innocents buried beneath the ruins, this incident would certainly bring him endless condemnation. Just thinking about it gave him a headache.

What frustrated him even more was that he had no idea how to wrap this up.

He had made plenty of mistakes in this matter. Everything had originally been going well, but he had let something slip, which had triggered the conflict that followed.

He did not know about the existence of a system. At present, he believed that he had simply made a misjudgment. He had failed to understand what mattered to Zhan Liu, this alien, and what did not.

He had used his own way of thinking to measure an alien, which had led to such a grave mistake.

His second major mistake was that he had severely underestimated this alien's combat power.

He had thought he was already overestimating him, but when Zhan Liu revealed the War God's true strength, that terrifying, godlike power still made his heart tremble.

Though he had seen Captain Marvel's strength before, Captain Marvel could not be replicated. Zhan Liu, on the other hand, could clearly be mass-produced through training.

From Zhan Liu's words, it was not hard to tell that he believed May could also become a War God. And within S.H.I.E.L.D., there were quite a few people like May.

Even if they could not reach Zhan Liu's level, May's current terrifying combat power alone showed how much S.H.I.E.L.D. could benefit from this.

But now, it had all turned to bubbles.

He had already decided to abandon May. As long as he could satisfy Zhan Liu, he could surely train ten or even a hundred agents like May.

When that time came, what would they need the Avengers for?

Wouldn't a Martial Artists Alliance be better?

Just thinking about it made his blood run hot.

Still, the most urgent matter was resolving the situation before him.

May, I'm sorry!

He raised his head and gazed toward the distant battlefield, where electric light swirled and shot into the sky.

May was now soaked from head to toe in blood. Her bones and internal organs had suffered severe injuries in many places, yet her spirit was more exhilarated than ever.

She desperately gathered her inner energy and began madly compressing her cells, squeezing out more electric current.

"Current Drive, One Hundred Fifty Thousand Volts!"

The greater current made every strand of her hair stand on end, while pale blue electric sparks flickered at the tips. Her entire body was wrapped in the current she released, like a humanoid bolt of lightning.

"Again! Ultimate Endless Palm!"

She charged once more at Zhan Liu, who stood before her as casually as if he were taking a stroll.

But regrettably, the outcome did not change at all.

Zhan Liu still flicked her away with a finger.

May was sent flying again like a ball, carving a long, deep trench across the beach.

Zhan Liu strolled over and said leisurely, "Your will isn't bad, but unfortunately, it isn't enough!"

With half her body submerged in the water, May struggled to rise. Swaying unsteadily, she glared hatefully at the culprit before her. Without a word, she began madly compressing her cells again.

"Those who raise their fists against the weak are cowards. Only those who raise their fists against the strong are War Gods."

"Your disposition is not bad. You truly have the makings of a War God. Unfortunately, you took the wrong path and violated the sect rules."

Zhan Liu truly found it a pity. This was his first disciple in this world, and also the example he had wanted to establish. But alas...

The positive role model he had planned had now become an object lesson for establishing authority.

Killing her would be easy. At May's current level, one slap from him would be enough. But if he killed her too cleanly, S.H.I.E.L.D. would inevitably come and bother him again afterward.

Strike one blow to make a hundred others unnecessary. He might as well let those people witness the might of a War God, so they would stop coming to pester him.

But it would not do for May to be too weak either. She was completely incapable of displaying even a fraction of a War God's power.

Zhan Liu extended one finger, forming the current into a ring before converting it into a magnetic field.

"Current Drive is merely the beginning. The ultimate goal is to convert electricity into magnetism, transforming Current Drive into Magnetic Field Rotation. If you succeed, perhaps you will still have a chance to escape with your life."

May spat heavily onto the ground. "Pah! Right now, all I want is to kill you!"

Zhan Liu burst into laughter. "Good. That's exactly how it should be!"

"A War God should be like this. Love is love, hatred is hatred. If you want to kill me, then come at me!"

May gathered her energy again. "Current Drive, Two Hundred Thousand Volts! Ultimate Endless Palm!"

This time, Zhan Liu did not continue defending. He summoned the power of First Heaven Magnetic Field Rotation, then lowered the Power Flow and gently collided his force with May's leg.

The result this time was completely different from his previous passive defense. Two enormous forces collided and exploded with a thunderous boom.

Nick Fury, who was watching from a safe distance aboard the distant helicopter, jumped in fright at the sudden explosion.

Then, the violent wind stirred up by the blast nearly caused the helicopter to lose control.

The pilot was terrified as well and hurriedly turned the helicopter around to leave.

Seeing the battle's range expanding, Nick Fury hurriedly retreated some distance too. But unwilling to give up this firsthand data, he insisted on watching from afar rather than leaving.

That strike blasted May directly from land onto the sea. She skipped across the surface like a stone, only finally stopping after crashing into a small island.

Although Zhan Liu had controlled that blow to a lower level, it still inflicted greater damage on May than any of the previous attacks.

May's right hand was already twisted and deformed. It was clearly ruined.

But May's gaze remained steadfast. Pain would only make her stronger.

"Current Drive, Three Hundred Thousand Volts! Ultimate Endless Palm!"

She leaped high into the air and, looking down from above, switched to her left hand as she challenged Zhan Liu once again, where he stood atop the sea.

Zhan Liu nodded in satisfaction. Still using low-flow First Heaven Magnetic Field Rotation, he gave a gentle upward push.

Their palms collided, producing an explosion even fiercer than before. The shockwave forced the seawater away, forming a massive sphere. After holding for a moment, the seawater came crashing back in.

"Again! Current Drive, Four Hundred Thousand Volts! Ultimate Emperor Leg!"

The two fought with increasing intensity, completely failing to notice that the aftershocks of their battle had churned vast amounts of seawater into waves several meters high, surging toward the shore.