Chapter 186 One Two Three Four Five!
The five men approached, with Bucky subtly excluded.
Although they were all Winter Soldiers, and Bucky was the first, his serum was different from the others.
Therefore, despite his metal arm, he was slightly weaker than the others, leading to their disdain.
While confident in their abilities, the five didn't dare to be careless. They had read the files and knew Finney was no ordinary man, so they immediately coordinated their attack.
Their serum came from Tony's father, making them somewhat similar to Bronsky, except one was modified by the military and the other by Hydra.
While the serum had significant side effects, it also granted them greater strength. At least without considering special circumstances, their strength, speed, and defense were far superior to Captain America's.
However, even so, it wasn't enough to be arrogant in front of Finney.
Watching the five men charging towards him with sneers, Finney calmed himself, maintaining his breathing technique, his blood absorbing surrounding oxygen to enhance his body's functions.
"First one!"
Finney looked at the burly man who was charging the fastest and had already reached him, fist raised in attack.
His eyes narrowed slightly, his right fist clenched, gathering strength, and he swung.
Finney's powerful body allowed his fist to strike first, landing a blow to the man's face, sending him flying back the way he came.
The other four behind him paused instantly, dodging to the side and stopping in place, choosing to surround Finney, not daring to act hastily. Then, glancing at their companion who was pinned to the wall, their expressions turned serious.
"They all call you the Divine Punishment Knight, saying you are a messenger of God!"
The only woman among the remaining four spoke, her eyes fixed on Finney, asking, "Who are you?"
Finney was too lazy to answer. Seeing that they didn't attack, he took the initiative. He muttered 'second one' and then, with a burst of speed, rushed to the woman's side, showing no mercy, and punched her in the face.
"Bang!"
She wasn't chosen as a woman to participate in Hydra's modification experiments because of connections or her less-than-attractive face, but because of her strength.
So, facing Finney's attack, she reacted quickly, crossing her arms to block it. However, due to Finney's overwhelming strength, she was still knocked back.
Seeing this, the other three didn't let the opportunity pass, attacking Finney from three directions—left, center, and right—from behind.
At the same time, Bucky, who hadn't participated in the combined attack, somehow found another laser pistol and began firing at Finney to disrupt him.
Because of the powerful defense of 'Possessed by Evil,' Finney temporarily ignored Bucky, instead looking at his arms being grabbed and the three men choking him, seemingly trying to tear him apart.
"Third, fourth!"
Finney muttered, suddenly tightening his grip, instantly pulling the two Winter Soldiers who were struggling to pull him away, causing them to collide and fall to the ground.
At the same time, he also unleashed a 'Burst Magic' spell on the female Winter Soldier who was about to charge again, sending her flying once more.
Then, Finney pried open the last Winter Soldier's arm around his neck, pulled him in front of him with an over-the-shoulder throw, and stomped his head into the ground, adding,
"The fifth one!"
In less than a minute, before the Hydra agents could even arrive, five Winter Soldiers had already been utterly defeated.
Bucky, watching from a distance, remained unfazed. Alexander Pierce's orders were to kill Finney at all costs, so even if they all died here, they wouldn't escape.
"One, two, three, four, five!"
Finney then began to finish them off. There was no point in talking to these people anyway; five 'Magic Burst' spells were unleashed, leaving not even a corpse behind.
Inside the laboratory, only Finney and Bucky remained. Outside, a large group of tense Hydra agents had gathered, but because of Finney's identity, they dared not immediately launch an attack.
Meanwhile, deeper underground in the base below the two men,
Baron Strucker angrily questioned his subordinates,
"How did he find this place? How did he know about this place?!" He couldn't understand how Finney had suddenly arrived.
"It must be that Pierce guy!"
Strucker paced anxiously in the room, his expression changing several times as he watched Finney on the monitor. Finally, he gritted his teeth and ordered his men, "Attack! Let them attack!"
After watching the agents on the monitor risking their lives to shoot at Finney, he whispered to his subordinates, "Hold them off as long as possible, then erase all data and launch missiles to bombard the location of the Divine Punishment Knight!"
"But we still have many people up there!"
His subordinate hesitated slightly.
"Hydra will remember their great sacrifice!"
Strucker squinted at his subordinate, then whispered in his ear, "If we don't deal with the Divine Punishment Knight, you and I might be next to die!"
People are selfish, and hearing this, the subordinate no longer hesitated and immediately began deleting data and locating missiles.
Watching his men operate, Strucker didn't wait for the outcome. Instead, he and a few others quietly prepared to retreat via a side path.
He wasn't sure if the missile could kill Finney. According to the data, Finney possessed a kind of teleportation technology, so he decided to leave first, his hatred for Alexander Pierce deepening.
Finney was unaware that a missile was about to be launched at him. He frowned slightly as he watched the Hydra agents rush into the lab and fire wildly at him.
"Explosion!"
Although he had previously spared the Hydra agents at Whitehall, it didn't mean he would let every Hydra agent he encountered go.
A few 'explosive spells' were fired, and the gunfire subsided considerably.
Just as Finney finished clearing out the agents, Bucky charged in again. Even with all five of his teammates gone, he resolutely carried out his orders, determined to kill Finney at all costs.
Finney, unaware of Bucky's orders, held back and knocked him away a few times. Seeing Bucky's relentless attack, he frowned.
Seeing Bucky charge again, Finney seized the opportunity, opening a portal behind him and kicking him into the mountains behind it before closing the portal.
Before Finney could even catch his breath, he heard voices beside him.
"Missile! Someone launched a missile!"
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Finney's expression changed slightly. Missiles come in different sizes. He could stand still and be fine with the small homing missiles on Tony's armor.
But he didn't want to test his 'Demon Possession' against intercontinental ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons.
Just as Finney was about to open a portal to retreat, he suddenly remembered something, a hesitant look flashing across his face. He then opened the portal back to the location where he had found the Maximov siblings.
Upon arriving, he smashed the glass in front of them and, to their shock and surprise, lifted them up and carried them through the portal, leaving the base.
The next second, the missile exploded, engulfing the entire base in flames.
In the distance, the people of Sokovia, seeing the missile explosions on the mountain, assumed another war was imminent. They panicked and took cover for a while, then continued to blame Stark for the incident.
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