Seeing his "little follower" being beaten, Captain Arica roared like an enraged lion and charged forward again without fear.
To cover him, the War Machine continuously launched missiles at Blaine's side, while the gun barrels on his shoulders and arms stayed ready at all tis. It was clear he had no intention of engaging in close combat and was sticking to long-range harassnt tactics.
As Captain Arica rushed toward him, Blaine didn't retreat. Instead, he advanced and t him head-on, fists colliding fiercely.
The Super Soldier Serum had pushed every aspect of Captain Arica's body to its peak, yet Blaine still couldn't understand where the true limit of the human body lay.
If one compared them, Blaine was also human, but his physical body had long surpassed that of ordinary beings—far beyond anything even gods could reach. Blaine himself hadn't reached his limit yet, but Captain Arica already had. It couldn't be said that Captain Arica's body was "one-zero stronger than Blaine's seven"—that was obviously impossible.
Today, Blaine intended to see exactly where Captain Arica's limit lay.
Facing the Bounty Hunter's fist, Captain Arica still didn't dare to take the blow head-on. He raised the shield high and dropped to one knee, using it to protect his body.
The mont Blaine's fist struck the shield, a trendous force surged back through it—counter-shock force. Captain Arica was well aware of his limits and knew how to redirect strength. Without that awareness, he wouldn't have been able to hold out at all.
"Not bad. You can really take a hit."
Glancing at the fist marks left on the shield, Blaine couldn't help but offer a bit of praise.
Captain Arica's combat experience was extrely seasoned. Although the vibranium shield had been dented, Vision had been sent flying by the sa blow earlier, while Captain Arica remained kneeling there, completely intact.
Suddenly, another fist ca crashing down. Captain Arica raised his arm again and blocked it with the shield. At the sa ti, he stood up and kicked out. It was a smart move—blocking Blaine's fist and striking before Blaine could retract it, aiming for a weak point. Unfortunately, he underestimated Blaine.
Blaine snorted coldly, saw through Captain Arica's tactic, and countered with a kick of his own, sending Captain Arica flying back.
Before Blaine could withdraw his leg, another unexpected attack struck.
A tal arm gleaming silver in the sunlight slamd into Blaine's ribs.
This ti, Blaine had just finished throwing his punch and kick and had no ti to react. He took Bucky's iron arm strike head-on.
Clang—
The blow landed, and Bucky imdiately retreated, his timing flawless.
What he couldn't understand, though, was why there was a sound like tal colliding with a magnet when his arm struck Blaine's body.
Feeling the faint sting in his ribs, Blaine was instantly irritated. Being successfully ambushed by Bucky, given his own capabilities, was honestly unacceptable.
Just as Blaine was about to step forward and chase Bucky down to return the favor, a sharp sense of danger suddenly prickled across his back.
Zzz—zzz—
Another laser.
Blaine raised his hand and blocked the incoming beam with his palm, then turned his head. It wasn't Vision. Only then did he realize Vision had circled behind him.
At the sa mont, the War Machine refused to be outdone. Gatling fire and missiles poured toward Blaine in an instant.
"Interesting."
Blaine didn't move at all, letting the bullets scatter sparks across his body. When the shells hit, they only produced clouds of smoke. There was absolutely no way they could harm him.
The replicated eyes within his pupils rotated once more. Blaine parted his lips slightly, and a thin black ray appeared beside the War Machine in the blink of an eye.
"Rhodes!!!"
Tony raised both arms, firing repulsor blasts from his palms—one aid at Blaine, the other at the black ray, trying to destroy it. According to FRIDAY's analysis, this black beam didn't belong to any known Earth material, which alone proved how unusual it was.
"Of course it's unusual. A Dormammu ray—do you really think your armor can block it?"
Seeing Tony's futile effort, a trace of mockery crept into Blaine's expression.
As expected, the black ray moved terrifyingly fast. It pierced straight through Tony's repulsor blast and shot directly toward the War Machine. Everything happened in an instant, leaving no ti to dodge.
…
The Dormammu beam struck the reactor in the War Machine's chest with pinpoint accuracy.
Like Tony's Mark armor, the War Machine's suit was entirely powered by that reactor. Once the lights went out, the armor was finished.
Under the impact of the Dormammu ray, the armor shattered like a smashed mirror, breaking apart layer by layer. Fortunately, Rhodes managed to eject in ti and leap free. This was Earth, where dark matter wasn't abundant, and the beam finally dissipated after tearing the armor into scattered fragnts.
The armor was destroyed, the man survived—but he was effectively out of the fight.
Seeing their numbers drop one by one, the remaining three grew even more desperate.
In the distance, Bucky lifted a container and hurled it toward Blaine. Under Hawkeye's aerial cover, Captain Arica also used the distraction to charge Blaine head-on.
Blaine opened his mouth again. Another Dormammu ray shot out, piercing straight through the container and continuing toward Bucky.
"Get out of the way!"
The mont the ray fired, Captain Arica sensed sothing was wrong and imdiately changed direction, trying to block it for Bucky with the vibranium shield.
But the ray was far too fast—it arrived in an instant, leaving Captain Arica no ti to intercept.
Crack—
With no other choice, Bucky instinctively reached out and grabbed the ray with his arm. But the tal arm that Blaine had crushed so easily earlier stood no chance against dark matter. With a sharp crack, Bucky's entire arm was destroyed. He spat out a mouthful of blood, staggered backward several steps, then collapsed onto the ground, his condition unknown.
Blaine had deliberately weakened the ray by thirty-five percent. It pierced through the tal arm without killing Bucky, rely knocking him unconscious due to internal injuries.
"You—"
Blaine knew exactly how much force he'd used, but Captain Arica didn't. To him, it could only look like Bucky had been killed.
Falcon had been crippled before his eyes, and now Bucky appeared dead. Captain Arica's eyes instantly turned red. Only two people remained standing—Iron Man and Captain Arica.
"Are you finally getting serious?"
Blaine narrowed his eyes, watching Captain Arica and murmuring to himself.
That's right—Blaine had done it on purpose. He had eliminated them one by one simply to see where Captain Arica's limit truly lay.
Captain Arica cared deeply about his teammates. Just now, Blaine had clearly felt it—he still hadn't been using his full strength.
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