Hive was a collective monster composed of countless insects. In truth, he had long since stopped needing to maintain a human form; he only continued to do so because Hive retained the memories from before his transformation.
However, during the previous battle, Hive's last body had been turned into a metal sculpture by Luo Xia's AllSpark Bomb. Left with no choice, Hive could only rely on the remaining insects to gather together and form another body.
But this body could no longer possess a human appearance, instead becoming the octopus-headed form he had now.
This had already been something Hive found deeply irritating, and now Luke Cage had pointed it out right to his face. How could he not be furious?
Thus, Hive immediately hurled his insects at Luke Cage, intending to corrode his body and turn him into a new host.
Yet when the insects that had always been unstoppable landed on Luke Cage, they only corroded his clothes. These mutant insects, which could normally strip flesh from bone with ease, clung to Luke Cage's skin and desperately tried to burrow into his flesh.
However, Luke Cage's body seemed to have been forged from steel. They simply could not bite through it.
"Hmph. Let's see if your internal organs are just as tough." Hive disdainfully threw out another cloud of insects, which swept toward Luke Cage's face.
He intended for the insects to enter through Luke Cage's nostrils and invade his respiratory system, devouring him from the inside out.
Luke Cage's defenses naturally did not extend to his internal organs. If the insects entered his body, they really might kill him. But at that moment, Danny Rand also descended, landing before Hive with his glowing fist.
That cloud of insects was utterly pulverized by the power of the Immortal