Shadow of the Beautiful World

Woods by the coast, New Jersey.

After the half of the forest was destroyed by a blow of revenge, this coast has become a dangerous place.

The original pas de deux has now joined a third party, and the three-person tango of the three superheroes has turned this unknown forest into a hellish battlefield.

boom

There was another loud noise, and the alienated Winter Soldier was sent flying horizontally by the giant fist of the blue symbiote, smashing several big trees in a row before barely stopping.

But before the poor man got up, the super mark that fell from the sky completed a cool flying kick in the air.

Under the action of the propeller, the combat boots with terrifying kinetic energy were kicking on his chest, kicking the mutant Veronica flying out again.

click

Tony landed on the ground, just like before, with his arms in front of him, his fingers clasped tightly, on his arms covered with melted burns, the flipping and jumping firepower device was reorganized, and the terrifying destructive cannon began to recharge again.

Apparently, Iron Man is planning to have another burst of firepower to knock the alienated Winter Soldier to the ground.

He has already realized that it is not a good idea to fight a war of attrition with this monster that can heal itself quickly, but any self-healing has a limit...

Tony has seen with his own eyes that on the island battlefield, self-healing creatures like Logan will be burned by the phoenix fire until only their skeletons remain.

In that state, Logan's self-healing can still take effect, but it takes a lot of time.

So he adjusted his strategy.

Projecting a huge amount of firepower at one time can directly kill the Winter Soldier in front of him, or put him in a weak state.

But the Winter Soldier isn't stupid either.

He knew what Tony was going to do. Amid the tearing of the ground under his feet, the alienated monster rushed towards Tony, dragging its scorching sharp claws like a storm of beating blades.

Destroy heavy artillery requires energy storage...

Although the time is short, for Veronica's virus-enhanced super soldier, this time is enough for him to tear Iron Man into pieces...

At least 3 times!

Steve, cover me!

On the projection in front of Tony, the red light representing the threat was constantly beating, but Iron Man didn't want to give up this excellent opportunity to snipe.

He yelled in the communicator, but in fact he didn't need to remind him, the captain with extremely rich combat experience knew what to do now.

The blue symbiote pulled an afterimage on the ground, and Steve, who was waving his shield, slammed into the assaulting Winter Soldier in the posture of a football player.

The strengthening of the fury suit allowed Steve's strength to break through the limit of superhumanity. On the theoretical level, as long as Steve could bear it, the force of his punch could easily break through 50 tons.

In such a state, Steve's punches, kicks, and every move are fatal.

The Winter Soldier was knocked to the ground, and the captain rode on the mutant's waist, clenched his fists, and crazily sent out towards the Winter Soldier's cheek.

Every punch is like a cannon fire.

But on the captain's hands, in addition to the fury battle suit, there is also a pair of black, somewhat worn tactical gloves.

It was a gift from Merlin to Steve, and it had a weird name called Dementor's Kiss.

Crafted from the hedron of the fantastical creature Dementor, it can put anyone in a state of pain and trance by awakening negative emotions when they come into contact with their skin.

In addition, this glove has another use.

It can be used to wake up brainwashed, or disturbed minds.

Wake up!

Steve suppressed the struggling Winter Soldier punch by punch. Even with the blessing of the symbiote suit, Steve still felt the pressure when facing the Winter Soldier strengthened by the Veronica virus.

The brutal strength and scorching claws of the Winter Soldier are also fatal to him, and if he is not careful, he will end up with a dead body on the spot.

But he doesn't want to give up...

Perhaps for Tony, the Winter Soldier is an enemy that must be killed.

But for him, the guy in front of him...

But the best friend ever!

Wake me up!

Howling, Steve slammed a punch into the Winter Soldier's jaw, breaking his jaw, but the injury healed again the next moment.

Get away!

Iron Man's shout sounded through the communicator, and terrifying energy fluctuations jumped behind him.

The fury suit also sensed the threat, it roared and wanted to take the host away from this dangerous place that was about to be destroyed.

But Steve gritted his teeth, he lifted the shield, clicked twice, cut off the Winter Soldier's sharp claws with the shield, and then turned around holding the shield.

When Tony's destructive cannon shot out a beam of light that destroyed everything again, he raised the shield in his hand and stood firmly in front of the Winter Soldier.

The terrifying beam of light collided with the captain's shield, and the kinetic energy that tore everything apart was absorbed by the shield, while the energy beam that scorched everything was refracted by the smooth shield and rushed into the sky.

At that scene, it was like a white beam of light erupted from the ground at this moment, and then penetrated the sky and the earth.

The clouds in the sky were all dispersed by this energy, and layers of radiation circles stirred in the air, causing Sharon's trio, who had withdrawn from the woods, to raise their heads subconsciously and look towards the sky.

What the hell are you doing!

Tony's surprised and angry roar echoed in Steve's ears. After realizing that Steve had no intention of dodging at all, Iron Man quickly stopped firing.

But in just one second of bombardment, the aftermath of those diffused energy still caused the trees in the surrounding woods to be scorched like burnt dead wood.

In the scorched air, the blue symbiote on the captain's body shrieked and retreated into Steve's body. As symbiotes, they have a fatal weakness, and high temperature is their unbearable pain.

Sorry, Tony.

Steve whispered:

But I can't let you just kill him...

I know you have a lot of principles that I don't understand, and you can sometimes seem stubborn and stupid. But I can't understand...

Iron Man yelled:

Why do you want to protect a monster?

He's not a monster!

Steve looked back and saw the Winter Soldier with his severed claws struggling to stand up, but he didn't attack immediately, but looked at Steve beside him with a blank gaze.

He also seems to be wondering why Steve saved him.

Of course, more reasons may be due to Steve's previous beating, the negative energy accumulated in Dementor's Kiss finally broke through Madame Hydra's mind control over Winter Soldier.

Let him enter a free and dazed state.

In the past few years, he has been brainwashed countless times, his memory deleted countless times, and he has even undergone many frontal lobotomies...

His memory was messier than Logan's.

Those false, real and ugly things are mixed together, so that the Winter Soldier has no past that can be read.

He's not a monster, Tony, trust me.

Steve said:

He's my friend, Bucky Barnes, a member of the Roaring Commandos, and I fought devils with me in World War II... He and your father were also friends!

He killed my father!

Tony did hear Bucky's name from the notes his father left behind, but that didn't stop him from continuing to be hostile to the Winter Soldier.

He said:

He may have been the man you remember, Captain, but now he's just a monster with blood on his hands...

He's not worth it!

Iron Man took a step forward, raised his arms, and in the halo of the energy cannon in his palm, he said in a low voice:

Step aside!

swish

Although the Winter Soldier lost his memory, he did not lose his super intuition on the battlefield. He noticed the killing intent on Iron Man.

His thoughtful expression quickly dissipated, he raised his recovered claws, and stared at Iron Man with a cold gaze.

No!

Steve clenched his shield tightly, stretched his arms, and stood in the middle of the two of them. He shouted loudly:

Tony, calm down, we'll take him away and hand him over to Merlin, okay?

I won't interfere with the next thing, I don't expect him to escape sanctions, I just hope to give Bucky the last dignity...

The captain gritted his teeth and said in a pleading tone:

Even if he has to die... let him die as Bucky, not as a mindless monster, okay?

I reject!

Tony's stubborn temper also rolled up at this moment, and he couldn't control his anger, as if an invisible hand was plucking at his heartstrings, making him extremely impulsive.

You're mentally unstable, Tony.

Jarvis duly reminded:

Adrenaline is surging, it is recommended to temporarily leave the battlefield.

No!

Tony gritted his teeth and rejected this suggestion. The helplessness after the tragic death of his parents, the anger that he had nowhere to vent after learning the truth, and the pent-up loneliness in these years.

Those negative emotions hidden in the bottom of my heart rushed into my mind.

I say it one last time, get out of the way!

The energy cannon in Iron Man's hand was ready to go, while the captain was silent, he lowered his body slightly, and assumed a fighting posture.

The blue symbiote suit also reappeared at this moment, covering him like a blue armored knight.

All right...

Iron Man felt the pain of being betrayed by his companions, the captain made a decision, he stood on the side of the monster.

It seems that it was a mistake to join you at the beginning...

boom

In Tony's hoarse voice, two energy cannons were fired, the weapon system on his shoulder was activated, and the rockets fired like a honeycomb roared towards the Winter Soldier behind the captain.

The latter waved his paws indifferently, blasting those tiny rockets in the air. He was ready to fight, but at this moment, the brisk voice of the clown rang in the Winter Soldier's ears.

Well, 20 minutes is up.

Come back, it's time for the show to begin...

Although the Winter Soldier was awakened from Lady Hydra's mind control, he hesitated for a moment in the face of the order, and glanced at Steve who was fighting Iron Man.

Finally, he turned and rushed to the other side of the woods.

Don't try to run!

Iron Man watched the Winter Soldier escape, he sprayed a powerful beam of light from his chest, knocked the captain back, then activated the injectors on his feet, and shot out like an arrow.

Tony! Don't be impulsive! Come back!

Behind him, the blue symbiote warrior was also chasing through a messy forest.

The tumbling hatred, revived friendship, dark will, intertwined love and hatred, mutual hatred and hostility, as well as the upcoming tragedy, render this nameless forest...

Like real hell.

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On the other side, in the castle on the border of hell, Liana, the queen of the border, stood silently in the huge basement below the castle.

This basement was built by Bellacos back then, and it was used to draw power from the magic node of the border of hell to charge the various magic circles of the castle.

This is one of the magical gathering points of the entire frontier world, and there is always a halo of energy that is always lingering here.

At this time, in the shining of the halo, a red-haired lady was kneeling and sitting there quietly.

She closed her eyes, as if she was sleeping, but with her rhythmic breathing, the lingering energy in the basement, like a giant beast swallowing water, was constantly being absorbed into the body of the red-haired lady.

Phantoms of flames appeared from time to time and flickered from time to time, raising the temperature in the basement to a level that was difficult for ordinary people to adapt to.

This is Jean Grey, who was secretly sent by Merlin some time ago.

Phoenix girl, she wants to complete the complete fusion with the phoenix fragments in her body in a quiet, undisturbed place with enough energy.

Such places are not easy to find, but Liana's castle fits all the boxes.

Of course, the Queen of the Frontier was quite critical of this matter.

She learned from her brother that when Qin exploded out of control that day, in just a few minutes, it swallowed millions of tons of sea water and an entire island.

She was worried that Jean would get out of control on her own turf, unleash the hungry phoenix, and eat the whole of Limbo clean.

However, it seems that Liana's worries will not become a reality.

In the recent period of time, Qin has been quite stable. She is like the most skilled acrobat, like walking a tightrope, in contact with the dangerous force in her body.

And with the help of the abundant energy of the border of hell, to promote the fusion of the two sides.

According to this speed, in a few more years, she will really control that power.

Liana looked at Qin, and a trace of undisguised jealousy flashed in the eyes of Her Majesty the Queen of the Frontier.

Other people's luck is so good...you can even encounter a fetish like the phoenix fragment, why am I not so lucky?

While muttering in a low voice, Her Majesty confirmed once that the energy in the basement was functioning normally, and then left quietly.

As a dimension controller, she has many things to do every day.

Well, the few dramas I've been following this week seem to be updated today, right?

And not long after Liana left, the demon servant in the castle brought lunch for the Phoenix girl.

In theory, Qin no longer needs to rely on food to survive, but as a human habit, it will be difficult to get rid of it for a while.

However, just as Qin finished her meditation and was about to eat, a flame suddenly flashed in her beautiful eyes.

The next moment, a leaping flame wrapped itself around the demon servant with low brows and obedient eyes.

you...

Qin stared at the ugly demon, she said suspiciously:

who is it?