Hive was too close to the Gravitonium. The cyborg soldier had practically stuffed that blob of Liquid Metal into his insect cloud. The change that followed came even faster, and Hive turned into a ball of insects that was half yellow and half silver.
Humans could not touch Gravitonium with their bare hands. Otherwise, it would invade the body and trigger a chain reaction, with symptoms similar to heavy metal poisoning.
But aside from his head, the other side's cyborg soldiers had been entirely replaced by machinery. Their mechanical arms conveniently avoided that problem.
If anyone else ingested Gravitonium, they would basically go mad immediately. Su Ming would not even need to think much to deal with them. But Hive was different. As an aggregate of insect swarms, even if some of his insects ingested Gravitonium, he still retained his sanity and control over his body.
His insect cloud rolled once, and the yellow and silver seemed to blend together, slowly reshaping themselves into the image of Octopus-head. Not only that, he rose into the air with his hands clasped behind his back, floating through the use of his newly acquired anti-gravity power.
Although no expression could be seen on the monster's face, his eyes revealed his satisfaction and confidence in his new power.
Su Ming joined his two curved blades together and rolled his neck. The Abyss beside him continued to spew black vapor, while the plants on the cavern ceiling grew increasingly dim.
Hive had been decisive enough. To keep Deathstroke from getting Gravitonium, he had swallowed it himself. By sheer coincidence, he had gained power from it and evolved into half a Graviton.
The reason he was only half a Graviton was that something like Gravitonium required extensive scientific knowledge to be used well. Only in a