Six Against One and You Still Lost? Useless Trash!

The hot-blooded fervor from moments ago had long since vanished.

All he felt was a chill running down his back, his legs trembling so badly that the little knife in his hand fell to the floor with a clatter.

Thinking back on it now, Baroque had played him!

How could a tiny knife like this possibly deal with the monsters in front of him?

Especially that huge, muscular black guy leading them—not only was he impervious to blades and bullets, but he possessed immense strength!

Damn, this was bad.

He forced a sliver of a smile onto his stiff face.

"E-Everyone, brothers, can we maybe—"

Smack!

Sorry, the line felt way too familiar. I couldn't hold back.

Luke silently withdrew his fist, glanced guiltily at the unconscious thug, then raised his eyes to meet Baroque's gaze.

Matt's radar senses also clearly mapped out what the man looked like at that moment.

The group faced off in silence. Baroque's eyes shifted, then fixed on Luke Cage in surprise.

"You're actually not dead?"

Six against one, and they still lost?

Tough skin and iron bones might have been formidable, but with proper coordination, they could have trapped him and attacked from inside his body. Killing him wouldn't have been difficult.

"That's right. Not only am I alive, I brought my companions here to get revenge on you, Baroque!"

Luke stepped forward, baring his teeth in a mocking grin.

Remembering how confident he had been before, only to be slapped in the face now, Baroque grew even angrier.

"Hmph. Those 'Parasites' really are useless trash, completely unworthy of expectations!"

"What I didn't expect was that you'd gotten involved with Chun-Li."

"Come to think of it, aren't you Chun-Li, that little police officer who's been relentlessly investigating our organization?

I remember your father died because of this, didn't he? I never expected you to be so bold too!"

Baroque stood on the activated lift platform with his arms folded, and his arrogant tone immediately drew everyone's hatred.

His utterly overbearing attitude made everyone's hands itch to hit him.

"Baroque, I will make you pay for murdering my father!"

Chun-Li gritted her silver teeth and stepped forward hatefully.

Only then did Mark and the others learn that Chun-Li had such a connection to Shadaloo.

The hatred of a father's murder could never be shared beneath the same sky.

No wonder she had been relentlessly pursuing Shadaloo all this time!

Clenching his fists, Luke thought of Moka's death—and of the countless other families devastated by those monsters. The rage in his heart could no longer be suppressed.

"Baroque, die!!"

With a furious roar, he slammed a heavy punch into the cylindrical barrier.

Bang!!

No one knew what material the barrier was made of. Even after taking a punch from Luke Cage, it only developed a few cracks instead of shattering!

Luke was stunned. "..."

Luke's strength was enough to easily lift a car and throw punches weighing over ten tons.

"Move aside. Let me do it!"

Jessica couldn't stand watching any longer. Rolling up her sleeves, she stepped forward and threw a punch.

But the barrier gave her no face at all. It only trembled slightly, leaving behind a shallow fist mark.

This... was even worse than Luke!

"...Ahem. I guess I'm not in very good condition today."

She coughed twice. Under Luke's stare, she felt a little embarrassed and turned around, spreading her hands and shaking her head at the others.

On the lift platform, Baroque had been badly startled at first. But seeing that they had no way to deal with the barrier, he began taunting them again.

"Hahahaha, you're finished!

I already activated the laboratory's self-destruct system. In less than three minutes, this place will become a sea of flames!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Luke and Jessica immediately went mad, repeatedly pounding the barrier without another word.

Three minutes was nowhere near enough time to go back. Their only way out was through here!

Matt gripped his batons tightly and could only watch in fury as Baroque swaggered away.

His super-hearing let him easily determine that the man was not lying!

"What do we do, Matt?"

Chun-Li's face was tense. If they did not come up with something soon, they would all die here today!

2 minutes 53 seconds remaining.

Bang!

"Damn it, this guy really had no scruples! He could abandon even his own people without hesitation!"

Jancy cursed, slamming a fist viciously against the barrier.

Sweating profusely, Luke lowered his arm.

The barrier was covered in dense cracks. It clearly looked like it was about to give out, yet it remained firmly stuck together without showing the slightest sign of shattering.

2 minutes 27 seconds remaining.

"What do we do?!"

The veins on Matt's forehead bulged as his mind raced.

"No."

He had no solution.

Either he lacked the necessary tools, or there simply was not enough time!

1 minute 41 seconds remaining.

"Fuck!"

Was he really going to die here?

1 minute 27 seconds remaining.

"Move!"

In his daze, he seemed to hear a familiar shout.

Then he was shoved aside and watched helplessly as Frank stuck some kind of object onto the barrier.

He saw Frank shout, "Get down!" before grabbing him and throwing himself to the ground.

Boom!!

An explosion rang out.

The barrier finally could not hold on any longer and was completely blown apart by the explosive's force!

Matt raised his head and cried out in surprise.

"Frank!"

Then he hurriedly looked around and saw Chun-Li helping Jessica and Luke to their feet.

Frank had no intention of explaining. He merely gave a slight nod.

His body was covered in wounds, and a streak of blood ran down his face.

The man helped Matt to his feet as though he could not feel pain at all.

Holding a gun in one hand, he cast a deep glance at the monster, which was too enormous to fit through the doorway and was stuck in the frame.

53 seconds remaining.

Frank did not waste words. There was little time left. After exchanging glances, the group hurried over and pressed the elevator platform's button, summoning it down.

Perhaps because he believed they were all doomed, Baroque had not tampered with the elevator platform before leaving.

After a long thirty-second wait, the elevator platform finally stopped in front of them.

The group quickly boarded and started it at once.

13 seconds remaining.

The elevator was not slow. Looking upward and seeing the exit draw closer and closer, they could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Jessica was about to speak when she suddenly felt the platform beneath her feet sink, as if some enormous weight had grabbed it and was dragging it down with savage force.

At the same time, they heard the monster's familiar roar.

Crack! Crack!

The elevator shook more and more violently. With a sharp crack, a blade pierced through the platform and stabbed toward them.

The five of them turned pale in shock. Luke let out a low roar, grabbed Frank with his left hand, and leaped upward. His right arm drove fiercely into the rock wall, anchoring his body in place.

Without another word, Chun-Li and Matt wrapped their arms around Jessica's waist. As Jessica activated her flight ability, the three of them flew rapidly toward the exit.

The instant they took off, the elevator platform beneath them suddenly split apart and collapsed downward.

Whoosh!

A blade tip barely grazed the sole of Matt's shoe, nearly chopping off his toes.

At the brink of death, Jessica gave it everything she had and burst out onto the surface with the other two in her arms.

The three crashed onto the ground and turned back, shouting.

"Luke!!"

"Frank!!"

Boom!!

With a violent explosion, fierce flames burst from the cave entrance and erupted onto the surface, while the surrounding ground heaved like boiling waves.

"Oh no—!!"

Roaring in agony, Matt kept his eyes open and furiously pounded the ground.

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