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"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"
Adrian Toomes's back suddenly sprouted a pair of massive Symbiote wings, and with a flap, he unleashed dozens of sharp feathers at Captain America!
"Clang, clang, clang—!!!"
"Sir, I think you might have misunderstood…"
Captain America blocked the deadly incoming attack with his round shield, but before he could react, Adrian Toomes had already rushed in front of him, kicking him directly away.
However, Adrian Toomes did not choose to continue his assault, not because he was merciful.
It was because he didn't want to kill in front of his wife and daughter, and Captain America was probably the only superhero in the Avengers that he didn't dislike.
After all, this old soldier had once defended the safety of America with his life; at least morally, he was a truly admirable hero!
Unlike Tony Stark, who was a hypocritical and greedy capitalist…
"Damn it, I'm really starting to hate these kinds of battles."
Captain America couldn't help but complain in his heart. There was nothing he could do; he didn't know when, but the enemies' strength had started to'soar,' making him, a'super soldier,' seem so pale and powerless in front of these'super criminals.'
Captain America even began to wonder if he should retire sooner rather than later?
But thoughts aside, the battle had to continue.
So he quickly rolled over and got up from the ground, directly flinging his round shield at Adrian Toomes, who was attempting to take flight with a flap of his wings.
"Hey, sir, our 'talk' isn't over yet!"
"Bang—"
The round shield accurately hit the back of Adrian Toomes's head, causing him to stumble forward, nearly falling to the ground.
The round shield then bounced off the wall and the backyard fence several times, changing its original trajectory, and magically returned to Captain America's hand as if by magic.
"Mr. Toomes, please listen to me. Whatever trouble you're currently in, I'm willing to help you get out of it…"
"But the problem now is that evasion and resistance won't help you escape your predicament, and you can never evade the judgment of law and morality!"
Facing Captain America's earnest persuasion, Adrian Toomes became completely enraged. As he launched a new round of attacks, he roared furiously:
"What the hell is law? When Stark Industries snatched that order from my hands, where was the law? Where were you?"
"If it weren't for Tony Stark… no, if it weren't for that crisis your S.H.I.E.L.D. caused, I would never have ended up in this tragic state of 'broken family.' It's all your fault!!"
"If I have to choose between morality and family, the answer is obvious… nothing in this World can compare to my family!!"
As he spoke, Adrian Toomes used the massive wings on his back to deliver a low sweep, once again sending Captain America, who was holding his round shield, flying.
Even though the round shield was made of Vibranium, which can absorb kinetic energy, it still couldn't withstand all the impact of this blow.
"Damn it…"
Captain America was about to get up from the ground when Adrian Toomes suddenly shot several sticky, pitch-black Symbiote webs from his hands, firmly pinning him to the ground.
Fortunately, this time, Adrian Toomes still didn't choose to kill him, but instead flapped his pitch-black giant wings and soared into the sky.
"Excuse me, Captain, you look like you need some help?"
The Human Torch's flippant voice came from Captain America's built-in communicator, and then a figure engulfed in flames suddenly flew rapidly from the cabin of a quinjet that had been hovering in mid-air at some unknown time.
"Whoosh, whoosh—"
The Human Torch, transformed into Pyro, shot two fireballs from his palms, accurately hitting Adrian Toomes's Symbiote wings.
Caught off guard, Adrian Toomes let out a painful wail. His wings instantly 'melted' in the flames, and he plummeted from mid-air, crashing heavily to the ground.
However, just as he was getting up from the ground, he felt the ground beneath his feet suddenly tremble, and then he saw a Thing, as massive as a small mountain, charging towards him from the dark alley.
"Captain, it seems your old-fashioned persuasion isn't working so well… So you don't mind if we join the game, do you?"
The Thing, Ben Grimm, also teased Captain America through the communicator, then accelerated and charged, directly sending the unsuspecting Adrian Toomes flying far away.
However, just as Adrian Toomes was about to crash into a civilian house by the roadside, a transparent force field barrier suddenly appeared out of thin air in his path!
"Bang—"
Adrian Toomes slammed heavily into the force field barrier, and the Invisible Woman, Susan Stone's figure, slowly emerged from behind the force field barrier.
By now, she was quite proficient in using her two powers: 'force field' and 'invisibility.'
"Tch, I heard from Director Fury that Symbiote Warriors are very powerful… Now it seems, they're nothing special, are they?"
Seeing how 'weak' Adrian Toomes's strength was, the Thing immediately pouted, saying with a look of boredom:
"And here I was looking forward to this fight!"
"Ben, I told you already, if Director Fury didn't insist on us capturing that guy and the Symbiote on him alive, I alone could easily handle him."
The Human Torch slowly hovered above the Thing's head, proudly showing off: "You know, my flames are the bane of all Symbiotes… Director Fury himself said so!!"
However, before he could finish speaking, he felt his calf being tightly gripped by a pair of strong hands, and then he was suddenly pulled down from mid-air.
Looking at the Thing, who was tightly gripping his calf and making a throwing gesture, the Human Torch suddenly felt an inexplicable panic.
"Hey, Ben, what… what the hell are you trying to do?"
"Come on, Jonathan, it's 'fastball' time now."
The Thing immediately said with a wicked smile: "Since you're that guy's bane, let's just end this boring fight!"
Actually, the Thing had long been annoyed by this arrogant and obnoxious guy. Now that he had willingly delivered himself, why not seize the opportunity to give him a good beating?
"Hey, Ben, wait a minute… Let go of me, I can handle him myself… You bastard, you're clearly trying to get even… Hey, stop it!!"
But before the Human Torch could finish speaking, he was suddenly thrown like a baseball by the Thing towards Adrian Toomes.
"Ah, Ben, you bastard, I'm not done with you!!"
The Human Torch, tumbling rapidly in mid-air, let out a disgruntled protest, but just as he was about to vent all the grievances he had just suffered on Adrian Toomes, he saw the latter suddenly shoot a tentacle-like Symbiote web from his arm, pulling Captain America, who was firmly stuck to the ground, up, and then… throwing him in his direction.
"Oh, look what this damn bastard did!"
Seeing this, the Human Torch quickly extinguished the flames covering his body, otherwise, Captain America would be instantly roasted into 'charred tough guy' upon colliding with him.
"Bang—"
The two figures collided heavily in mid-air, letting out a dull thud that made one's sphincter clench, and then the two colliding individuals fell to the ground like two blobs of mud.
The Human Torch, with his slightly weaker physique, immediately rolled his eyes and fainted.
After losing the protection of the flames, his physical defense was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary person.
And Captain America was naturally no better off, lying on the ground for a long time before he could get back up.
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
WTF?!!
The Thing was instantly dumbfounded!
The rest of the New Avengers Alliance members present were all stunned by this sudden scene.
No, bro, you can actually play like this?
The Invisible Woman no longer paid attention to Adrian Toomes and ran directly towards her brother.
Meanwhile, in mid-air, the Black Widow, who was piloting the quinjet, chuckled teasingly through the communicator:
"Well, now Captain America really 'crashed face-first' with the Human Torch!!"
After successfully dealing with the Human Torch, who was the greatest threat to the Symbiote, Adrian Toomes was completely enraged.
If the tiger doesn't show its might, do you really take me for a sick cat?
He immediately roared: "You foolish Avengers, you have no idea what's about to happen…"
"Even if you capture me, it's useless. 'The Gods are coming'… The great God of Symbiotes, the Dark King Knull, is about to descend upon Earth. When that happens, the entire Earth will be enveloped in endless darkness, and you… you self-righteous'superheroes' will be powerless to stop that day from coming!"
Although Adrian Toomes was not like other Symbiote Warriors, whose consciousness would be controlled by the Loyalist Symbiote attached to them, he could still receive commands from Eddie Brock through the Loyalist Symbiote's consciousness.
So, he was naturally not unfamiliar with Knull's impending arrival on Earth.
However, just as Adrian Toomes changed his form, growing countless sharp spikes on his massive wings, and prepared to attack Captain America and the Invisible Woman not far in front of him, an arrow with a suction cup at its tip silently struck his chest.
"Hmm?"
Adrian Toomes's movements froze. He instinctively lowered his head to look at the arrow in his chest. However, the next second, the arrowhead of that arrow suddenly flashed red, followed by a 'buzz' as it released a high-frequency sound wave.
"Ugh ah ah…"
Adrian Toomes let out a sharp scream, and the Loyalist Symbiote on him violently churned like mud, clearly affected by the'sonic arrow.'
At the same time, Hawkeye's voice rang out from the communicator, "Sorry, guys, I really couldn't listen anymore!"
He had been hiding on the rooftop of a nearby civilian house, keeping watch to prevent Adrian Toomes from having any accomplices lurking nearby.
"Me too, I didn't expect this guy to be a damn cultist?"
The Thing charged out like a heavily armored tank, directly ramming the not-yet-fully-recovered Adrian Toomes into a passing building.
The entire building collapsed with a loud 'boom.'
However, completely dealing with Adrian Toomes was not that easy.
In the smoke-filled ruins, Adrian Toomes's two pairs of pitch-black wings suddenly transformed into two massive fists, and with one punch, he sent the unsuspecting Thing flying.
"Damn it, do you think you can defeat me just like that?"
"No, Mr. Toomes, we never intended to defeat you…"
At this moment, Captain America, panting, stood up from the ground, holding his round shield, and said in a heavy tone: "We just don't want you to sink deeper."
However, Adrian Toomes was now impervious to any persuasion, stubbornly roaring: "Stop with the fake pretense! I don't need your help… All I need is freedom and fairness!!"
"Captain, stop talking nonsense with him, watch me punch him flying."
The short-tempered Thing, without any regard for tactics, directly charged at Adrian Toomes.
However, this time, the latter was well prepared.
Before the Thing could even get close, Adrian Toomes's two massive fists on his back suddenly elongated, grabbing the Thing's upper body, then tossing him high into the air. Next, his arm transformed into a sharp spear, stabbing towards the Thing's vital spot.
If this blow connected, even the Thing, with his rock-hard skin, would find it difficult to defend against.
Captain America's expression immediately changed upon seeing this, and he urgently shouted into the communicator: "Barton, stop him!"
"Captain, leave it to me."
On a dark rooftop somewhere, Hawkeye lightly pressed the arrow selection button on his multi-functional compound bow, then drew an arrow with an oil-based compressed chemical fuel tip from the quiver on his back. Without even aiming, he directly shot it towards Adrian Toomes in the distance.
"Whoosh—"