A Palm Strike Knocks Out the Soul? Seriously?

Honestly, Stark was a little stunned right now.

He truly hadn't expected Luo Bai to resolve the Hulk purely through luck just now.

"Are you sure the ground collapse was an accident?" Still unable to believe it, Stark asked Nick Fury for confirmation once more.

Nick Fury was a little baffled by the question and asked in confusion, "Why would you ask that?"

Stark replied in surprise, "Don't you think all of this is too much of a coincidence?!"

Nick Fury fell silent.

In truth, he had also been extremely shocked when he first saw what had happened.

The Hulk had been just about to strike Luo Bai... and then the ground suddenly collapsed?!

At first, he had suspected that Luo Bai had used some kind of ability to cause the collapse.

But he hadn't seen Luo Bai make a move at all.

That was precisely why he had sent people to investigate the situation.

S.H.I.E.L.D. might not be good at everything, but when it came to gathering intelligence, it was absolutely professional.

Very soon, S.H.I.E.L.D. found the evidence.

"I just received the report. The quality of this road was substandard. You know the Hulk possesses strength beyond that of ordinary people... so I analyzed that such a major collapse was likely related to the Hulk's attacks and the poor quality of the ground," Nick Fury explained.

Honestly, Stark did not really believe Nick Fury's explanation.

But considering that Luo Bai had said the same thing earlier and denied using magic, he had no choice but to believe it.

And believing it was the truly terrifying part.

He didn't dare imagine that there could be someone in this world with such absurdly good luck.

And he was a mage, no less!

A mage with heaven-defying luck—could anyone even imagine that?!

"Honestly, Luo Bai, your luck is really... shockingly good," Stark remarked after coming back to his senses.

Nick Fury was curious when he heard this and asked in confusion, "What does this have to do with luck?"

Stark quickly countered, "Don't you think so? All of this is too much of a coincidence! If it wasn't because he was lucky, do you have any other explanation?"

Only then did Nick Fury and Natasha suddenly realize something was off.

The situation had been urgent before, so neither of them had thought it through carefully.

Now that they considered it, Luo Bai's luck was simply heaven-defying.

The Hulk had practically lunged right in front of him, yet at that critical moment, the ground actually collapsed?!

Thinking about it that way, the collapse had saved Luo Bai's life!

After piecing it all together, Nick Fury could not help but sigh. "Your luck really is quite good."

Natasha could not resist teasing him half-jokingly. "Your luck really is impressive. Looks like the Goddess of Luck likes you a lot, Luo Bai~"

Before Luo Bai could answer, Nick Fury spoke again. "Although you escaped disaster thanks to your good luck, luck will not always favor you. What you did just now was far too dangerous."

Dangerous?!

Luo Bai found that strange and could not help asking, "Why was it dangerous?!"

"The Hulk's strength is not something ordinary people can withstand. You nearly got hit by him just now," Nick Fury said.

Considering that Nick Fury was saying this out of concern for him, Luo Bai calmly explained, "Even if the ground hadn't collapsed, I could have controlled the Hulk. The Goddess of Luck simply acted before I did."

Nick Fury said nothing, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes.

It was not that he doubted Luo Bai had no ability at all; after all, Luo Bai had dealt with Obadiah before.

It was just that... the Hulk and Obadiah were not even in the same league.

So at this moment, Nick Fury was wondering whether Luo Bai simply could not defeat the Hulk.

Of course, even though he had his doubts,

he did not voice them directly.

After all, the Hulk should have been dealt with by now, and there was no need for him to offend Luo Bai.

With that in mind, Nick Fury said, "All right, since this has been resolved, let's first take the Hulk..."

Nick Fury had originally intended to have someone take the Hulk back to S.H.I.E.L.D.

But before he could finish speaking, he heard an enraged roar: "Hulk!"

In an instant, everyone's expressions changed.

The Hulk was still conscious?!

Before anyone could react, the Hulk sprang up from the pit buried beneath rubble and leaped into the air.

Then, he came crashing straight down toward them.

Come on, that was the Hulk!

If that thing landed on someone, even surviving would mean being crippled.

Everyone panicked at the sight.

"Run!" Natasha shouted as she frantically fled to the side.

Nick Fury and Stark hurried to dodge as well.

But Luo Bai did not run.

He merely stood where he was and looked up at the Hulk, unable to contain his delight.

He had thought he would not need to make a move today. He had not expected the Goddess of Luck to leave him an opportunity for real combat after all.

As Luo Bai thought this, he gathered the energy around him.

The instant the Hulk landed before him, he raised his hand and struck out with his palm.

A silent palm strike, containing all the power Luo Bai had cultivated during this period.

This strike hit directly at the depths of the soul.

Its force made time itself seem to freeze.

The expected sound of the Hulk crashing into the ground never came.

Stark, Nick Fury, and the others realized something was wrong halfway through their escape.

They stopped and turned around.

Only to see Luo Bai's palm pressed squarely against the Hulk's chest.

As that palm strike landed,

the Hulk's soul... was knocked out of his body.

In that instant, everyone was stunned.

Wait... he was actually serious?

Knocking a soul out of a body with one palm strike... was that really something that could happen??

Normally, ordinary people could not see souls.

But for a mage, letting ordinary people see a soul was quite simple.

To prove that he had truly dealt with the Hulk, Luo Bai had used a tiny bit of magic as he delivered that strike.

This completely exposed the Hulk's soul to everyone's sight.

"All right, that should settle it completely," Luo Bai said calmly, patting his hands while everyone stood there dumbfounded.

Those words pulled everyone back to their senses.

In the end, Stark was the first to speak. "I'm not seeing things, am I??? Luo Bai, is that... the Hulk's soul???"

Stark pointed at Banner, who was floating in the air, wide-eyed with terror.