Shadow Follow Mode

"Step back, please. I'm about to... I'm about to subdue this giant lizard!"

Li Si thoroughly enjoyed the reporters' introductions and basked in the admiring gazes of the female journalists before waving his hand with an air of supreme confidence, signaling everyone to clear the area.

The reporters, who had already raised their microphones in anticipation of the interview, were momentarily stunned, but they complied and retreated, leaving Li Si with a sufficiently spacious circular clearing.

"Li, do you need any help?"

Peter Parker, who had been stripped of his chance to show off by Li Si in exchange for a meal before they came down and had been playing the role of an invisible man, hesitated for a moment before stepping forward to ask.

"Yes, please just stand right there and don't move. Stand up straight!"

Li Si's smile made Peter Parker feel a bit uneasy, but he still moved to the spot Li Si pointed out.

Seeing this, Li Si gave him a look that said, "Young man, you have a bright future," and then began to leisurely loosen his neck and limbs, as if performing warm-up exercises.

"What is he doing? Is he going to fight that lizard monster?"

"Could he be a superhero like Spider-Man?"

"I heard during my previous interviews that he knows Chinese Kung Fu, but can Kung Fu really beat that monster?"

The surrounding reporters were filled with astonishment and doubt, and even Peter Parker watched Li Si with a bewildered expression.

After all, in his impression, while Li Si had decent fighting skills, his physical fitness was only that of an ordinary person. If he rushed in with those thin arms and legs, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand a single claw swipe from Lizard.

"Bumblebee, activate Shadow Follow Mode!"

Having finished his warm-up, Li Si whispered a command to Bumblebee.

Click!

A sound suddenly erupted from the parts on Bumblebee's back, and a silver-white sphere the size of a fist ejected, hovering in the air by some unknown power until it floated beside Li Si.

Once it reached Li Si, the hovering silver-white sphere retracted its outer shell, revealing a transparent glass layer inside before coming to a standstill above his head.

"Shadow Follow Mode calibrated. Commencing execution!"

The blue light in Bumblebee's eyes shifted directly to red, and his body paused for an imperceptible moment before returning to normal.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!

Having recovered, Bumblebee seemed to have switched to a different intelligent program; his agility had increased by more than a notch, and he landed a clean, continuous series of punches that caught Lizard completely off guard.

"How is this possible!"

Lizard, who had gradually grown accustomed to Bumblebee's attack rhythm, wore a look of shock and anger, but he soon had no time to be shocked or angry.

Bumblebee's assault was like a violent storm, forcing him to scramble defensively. In just a split second, he took several more heavy blows; had it not been for his astonishing regenerative powers, he would likely have already collapsed to the ground, unable to get back up.

What terrified him even more was that his evasive maneuvers were completely ineffective!

The rigid robot before him seemed to possess some kind of precognitive ability; his dodges were anticipated before he even made them, and the steel-forged heavy fist was already waiting exactly where he intended to move.

"It's you!!"

Recalling the events leading up to this change, Lizard finally realized the truth and, while struggling to defend, cast a glance toward Li Si.

To his shock, he discovered that Li Si was performing the exact same movements as the robot.

"What's the use of discovering it now? It's already too late!"

Li Si grinned at Lizard, revealing eight white teeth.

Shadow Follow Mode was a special program he had added to compensate for Bumblebee's lack of processing speed.

Simply put, it used the holographic camera above his head to record his movements, allowing Bumblebee to mimic them in real-time, using Li Si's own combat techniques to make up for Bumblebee's reaction speed.

Suddenly, Li Si moved!

Taking a few quick steps, Li Si used Peter Parker—who was currently sparking from his exposed wires—as a springboard to leap high into the air, his right arm clenched into a fist and raised high during the ascent.

At the same time, Bumblebee's movements were almost identical to Li Si's, except his leverage point was the outer wall of the teaching building behind him. His massive mechanical arm swung down with the weight of his entire body behind it, smashing directly into Lizard's head under the monster's terrified gaze.

BOOM!

A violent, thunderous roar that made hearts tremble echoed through the sky, and the entire earth shook.

Everyone fortunate enough to witness this scene instinctively ducked their heads and covered their ears, feeling a sympathetic pang of pain.

After the strike, Bumblebee slowly retracted his fist.

When the dust settled, it revealed Lizard, whose entire body was now deeply embedded in the lawn.

At this moment, a section of Lizard's forehead was caved in, and the flesh and blood there had already turned into a slurry of gore, flowing down his chest.

Yet, even so, Lizard was not dead!

The injury looked terrifying, but it hadn't actually damaged his brain; at most, it was a mild concussion. Everything else was just superficial, which he could almost ignore given his regenerative ability—the same power that allowed him to regrow an entire severed tail in under a second.

"ROAR! I will kill you!"

Sure enough, less than a second later, Lizard regained consciousness. Roaring, he broke free from the crater and, completely ignoring Bumblebee's attacks, lunged toward Li Si with bloodshot eyes.

"You need to take a break, Doctor!"

Li Si remained calm under pressure and performed a standard suplex. Bumblebee instantly received the data and reacted, grabbing Lizard around the waist from behind and arching backward, slamming his head into the ground once more.

"Electric Burst!"

Controlling Bumblebee to press its entire body down onto Lizard, pinning him firmly in place, Li Si issued another command.

Zzzzt!

Countless high-voltage currents instantly erupted across Bumblebee's metallic chassis.

The high-intensity electricity pierced through the air, manifesting as visible arcs of lightning that writhed and coiled across the metal shell; just looking at it and hearing the crackling sound sent shivers down one's spine.

"Aaaah..."

As the current surged into his body, Lizard's face twisted into a hideous mask of agony, and he began to howl and struggle in pain. His skin charred at a visible rate, and after a few violent twitches, he fell unconscious and went limp.

"Oh~ my~ god~"

The series of sudden changes took a long time to describe, but in reality, it all happened in an instant. Everyone witnessing this shocking turn of events was stunned, staring blankly at the bright yellow robot that looked like a god of thunder descended to earth, unable to utter a word.

Could I withstand an attack like that?

Watching the miserable state of Dr. Connors, Peter Parker instinctively asked himself, then shivered and pulled his head back.

His defensive capabilities and healing factor were nowhere near Lizard's; if he were to get hit by something like that, he would likely be sent straight to meet God.

Fortunately, under normal circumstances, this clumsy robot shouldn't be able to catch me, and I don't need to fight Li.

Muttering to himself, Peter Parker finally felt a little better.