Who's Afraid of a Hard Head?

Steve ignored the taunting remarks outright. His steady gaze locked onto the black energy sphere as he said gravely, "Will, Carol, how are you two holding up? Can you keep going?"

"Not a problem."

"To use your words, Captain, I can keep him occupied all day."

Photon Energy gathered, and white light shone around the three of them. The radiance merged together, outlining a triangular formation. Then the light flowed in a slow cycle like running water, and with every circuit, their momentum rose another notch.

The crystallized sandy ground was torn apart by a suddenly rising storm, turning into a massive platinum-gold tornado that crashed headlong into the descending black energy sphere along with the trio's charge.

Amid the violent collision of light and darkness, the tornado shattered instantly. Three points of light held the pitch-black energy sphere frozen in midair.

Steve braced both hands upward, gritting his teeth until a trickle of blood seeped out. Danvers and Mar-Vell took the chance to retreat some distance, then accelerated into a charge. A punch and a kick struck the underside of the energy sphere, forcibly changing its direction and sending it flying toward Russell.

As the energy blast approached, Russell paid it no mind. Using the Dark Dimension's energy to attack the ruler of the Dark Dimension? Those three Captains must have been out of their minds.

Black light flickered, and an endless black curtain spread through the clouds, dyeing heaven and earth completely black in an instant.

Under the disappointed gazes of Steve and the other two, the blast wave from the energy sphere's explosion slowly shrank. In the end, it condensed into a single black point and merged into Russell's palm.

With one hand behind his back, Steve signaled his two teammates. He resolutely transformed into a blazing