Of everyone present, only Pietro's eyes tracked that shadow.
The blur headed straight for Rosa, who was frozen with fear.
I can't let Rosa die!
This is the boss's assignment. If she dies, there'll be no explaining it when I get back.
Pietro gritted his teeth so hard they creaked, drawing the vibranium dagger at his waist into his right hand with a reverse grip.
His LV6 Super Physique erupted at full power. The ground exploded into dust beneath his feet as he hurtled forward at super speed.
In the slow-motion world no ordinary person could perceive, he gripped his dagger and stabbed at the monster's temple.
Combined with vibranium's hardness, his super speed could drive it through even a main battle tank's armor like tofu.
Clang!
A piercing metallic crash rang out.
Pietro's pupils contracted sharply.
His full-power thrust had been caught.
The monster had not even turned its head. Two fingers precisely pinched the tip of the vibranium dagger.
The terrifying kinetic energy generated by his speed had actually been stopped dead between those two fingers, without even scratching its skin.
What the fuck is this thing?!
Pietro inwardly screamed that something was wrong, his sense of danger sounding frantic alarms in his head.
The monster turned its head.
Its face was twisted and festering, half covered in the green folds of a Skrull, the other half covered in rough human keratin.
Before Pietro could retreat, the monster's other arm suddenly swelled.
Muscle fibers bulged and writhed like pythons, its skin rapidly turning dark green. Several times larger than its other, ordinary arm, it looked like a battering ram.
It was Hulk's arm!
The thought had barely flashed through Pietro's mind before that enormous green fist came crashing toward him.
Bang!
The bones in Pietro's chest shattered on