Competing in Speed?

Silver Surfer was fast, and his energy output was nothing to scoff at, but he had one fatal weakness.

His fighting style was far too simple and crude.

It was like in a wuxia novel, when a master on the verge of death forcibly passed all his inner power to some clueless nobody. The recipient possessed immense strength but had no idea how to use it.

Silver Surfer was a little better off than that. After all, this was not his first time on a battlefield, and Galactus had taught him how to fight. But for an ordinary life-form like him, cosmic energy was simply too vast and profound. Controlling it with precision was nearly impossible.

That flaw did not matter much when he was bullying opponents far weaker than himself, but against enemies of equal or greater strength, it became glaringly apparent.

Nexus raised his right hand, spreading his fingers in a gesture resembling "stop." A faint red glow radiated from his palm, as though invisible resistance had been added to the air. Silver Surfer felt as if he had charged into a sponge. His kinetic energy was rapidly drained, and his power was completely neutralized.

By the time he reached Nexus, his speed had already been reduced by more than half.

Stasis Ray. Nexus had used this psychic ability against the high-speed Space Beast Pedron in episode three of the TV series. Back then, Jun Himeya had used it to stop Pedron. With Richard's current level of power, it naturally could do far more than merely halt a single Space Beast.

Before Silver Surfer could even register his shock, Nexus raised his right hand high and brought it down in a chopping strike! The monstrous blow smashed into Silver Surfer's shoulder, and a dense mass of silver light