The party at Avengers Tower was still going on, but Su Ming had run into a nuclear ambush at a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. warehouse at the foot of the Alps.
A mushroom cloud more blinding than the blazing sun and more terrifying than Little Boy rose amid chaotic energy currents.
It erupted into the tranquil night sky above the Alps.
In an instant, it illuminated half of Europe.
The violent shockwave was like an invisible sledgehammer, smashing viciously in every direction.
Several towns were instantly razed wherever it passed.
The solid mountains melted and vaporized like butter!
A few hours earlier.
After being humiliated by Su Ming, General Ross had urgently reported to the World Security Council.
"He is an utterly lawless madman!"
General Ross's fury had reached its peak.
He believed that Su Ming not only possessed the power to destroy a planet.
He also commanded a massive interstellar armed force that answered only to him and was beyond the control of any nation.
And he had publicly humiliated and completely disregarded the authority of the world's governments.
In General Ross's embellished report, Su Ming was endlessly demonized.
He further speculated that Su Ming intended to overthrow the existing international order.
The dust clouds over Sokovia had not yet fully dissipated, and Su Ming's "private army" and his public slap in the face.
Had filled the top-level representatives with an unprecedented fear of losing control over power.
They fully accepted General Ross's report, believing Su Ming to be an unruly "super warlord" from within, more terrifying than an alien invasion.
Eliminating him would not only intimidate the Avengers, but also grant them a symbolic victory in reclaiming the right to define and control "superhuman power."
Thus, they decisively issued an order to do it "at any cost."
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