"Come on, Victor!"
Johnny, wreathed in flames, charged forward first. "I've wanted to beat you up for far too long!"
"Boom—!"
The blazing fire abruptly surged. Johnny thrust both arms forward, turning temperatures of several thousand degrees into a raging pillar of fire that crossed dozens of meters in an instant and swallowed Doom whole.
But it had no effect.
At the center of the sea of fire, violet-red Cosmic Energy spread out around Doom of its own accord, keeping every flame firmly several meters away.
Doom raised his head coldly.
"Johnny Storm, you are still as disappointing as ever."
Then Doom raised one hand.
Cosmic Energy erupted instantly!
"What..."
Johnny did not even have time to dodge before he was hit head-on. The flames around him exploded apart, and his body was sent flying backward like a cannonball!
"Johnny!"
Susan instinctively raised her hand.
But while everyone's attention was drawn away, Reed had already activated the device behind him.
"Now!"
"Buzzz—!!!"
The Prototype Cosmic Energy Dampener that had been hovering behind them suddenly lit up!
An invisible field spread out instantly, completely enveloping an area dozens of meters across.
Doom's body stiffened slightly. The violet-red radiance that had been blazing across his armor suddenly began flickering violently.
"An energy dampener..."
Doom looked at Reed and said coldly, "Same old tricks, Reed..."
"But they work, don't they?"
Reed replied.
Doom raised his arm toward the dampener again, and a scarlet beam suddenly blasted forth!
He intended to destroy the dampener.
But at that moment, a silver blur suddenly burst in from the side!
Shalla-Bal!
She did not release another Cosmic Energy attack. As Galactus's herald, the Damping Field affected the power within her as well, and the silver glow over her body flickered constantly.
So she chose a more direct