"Hey, Hulk, calm down."
Peter's voice, relaxed and tinged with a hint of teasing, came through his Battle Suit:
"Put down that ugly hammer in your hand, remember? You told me before that you hate hammers, and some self-righteous blond guy... so, there's no need for us to imitate him, right?"
Peter tried to reason with Hulk, using both emotion and logic to get him to drop the hammer.
But Hulk's response was his hammer.
Hulk leaped high into the air, and the stone hammer in his hand—which looked even more plain than the Breaker of Stone hammer, as if it were crafted entirely from stone—erupted with blinding light as he smashed it down toward Peter's head.
At that moment, a dense flood of comments streamed by:
"Holy crap, you've got to be kidding me? The Hulk defected?"
"What's going on? Didn't The Arbiter just save his life a few days ago?"
"Maybe he's being controlled by the hammer? After all, his appearance has changed; he's gone from dark green to ink-green. He doesn't look like he has any sanity left at all."
Facing this thunderous strike, Peter didn't even change his stance.
He simply raised his left hand and snapped his fingers lightly.
Hum~
An invisible ripple spread through the air, and a transparent spherical shield instantly formed in front of him.
It was the Telekinetic Shield he had copied from Invisible Woman Susan.
Peter had originally thought that using this shield to block the hammer would be a piece of cake.
After all, before this, his shield had been strong enough to withstand three full-power punches from Laufey without breaking!
Not to mention that his strength had increased significantly since his battle with Laufey!
In his mind, blocking this strike from Hulk would be effortless.
However, at the very instant before the hammer was about to make contact with the shield.
A palpitation originating from the depths of his soul made the hairs on his entire body stand on end!
It was his Observation Haki giving a frantic warning; his body had reacted even before his brain could process the information.
Rip!
That indestructible Telekinetic Shield, the moment it made contact with the World Breaker hammer, became more fragile than window paper. It didn't even make a sound before it was torn apart and pierced through!
Fortunately, Peter's Observation Haki was powerful enough; the moment the shield shattered, he slid several meters backward, narrowly dodging the blow.
Boom!
The hammer smashed into empty space, and the hard asphalt road exploded like a rotten watermelon. A terrifying deep pit appeared, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading in all directions.
Even Peter couldn't help but click his tongue in surprise at this.
If that had landed squarely on his head, although it might not have killed him on the spot, without using the Horse Talisman, it would have at least made him suffer for a good long while, right?
In the global live stream, the comments exploded like a geyser:
"My god! What just happened? The shield just shattered?"
"What kind of hammer is that? The Arbiter's defense was actually broken?"
"This... this isn't scientific!"
"Yeah, the Hulk has actually become this strong!"
"It's over. One hammer is already so troublesome, and there are reportedly five more similar hammers!"
Back at the scene in Rio, Peter, having regained his composure, had eyes that were brighter than ever before.
Interesting!
This hammer... is much stronger than the last one!
He had originally thought that all eight of Cul's hammers were just ordinary goods like the Breaker of Stone, capable only of manipulating elements.
He never expected that among them, there would actually be good stuff like the World Breaker hammer in front of him!
If he wasn't mistaken, this World Breaker hammer was likely a conceptual-level weapon!
The divine power blessing attached to this hammer was "Ignore Defense"!
In other words, every attack made with this hammer was 100% True Damage!
Although the design of this hammer was even harder to describe than the last one, Peter had already stamped it with the "Peter Exclusive" seal in his heart.
This kind of ability is simply... too radiant!
If he encountered some old monster with super-defensive capabilities in the future, one hammer smash, combined with the internal destruction of Busoshoku Coating and the power-generating method of the Six King Gun... it would guarantee to make them question their life on the spot!
"Hey, Hulk, let's discuss something." Peter spoke again, his tone carrying a bit of seriousness,
"You give me the hammer, and I'll not only help you get rid of that guy in your brain, but I'll also consider helping Betty obtain similar power in the future, so the two of you can be together completely without any worries. How about that?"
"Roar!"
His answer was still a roar devoid of any rationality and another heavy, powerful sweep.
"Unfortunately, wrong answer~" Peter shook his head, his face turning to reveal a helpless yet "nuclear-friendly" smile:
"It seems I can only use physical methods to calm you down."
The moment his words fell, he instantly recalled Tony's Hulkbuster armor in his mind.
Very well! I'll just use a similar method to knock some sense into this guy!
With that thought, he twisted the Omnitrix on his wrist, directly switching his ability to Flora Colossus.
The moment he pressed the Omnitrix, he slammed his hands together violently.
"Wood Release: Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"
Rumble rumble rumble!
The next second, the entire city of Rio de Janeiro—no, the global audience—witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
A wooden Buddha statue of unimaginable size rose from the ground of Rio!
Its height even surpassed the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio. Behind the Buddha, thousands of giant wooden arms unfolded like a peacock's tail, blocking out the sky and casting a vast shadow.
The previously arrogant Hulk/Nul, who had descended like a demon god, looked as tiny as a newborn baby in front of this great Buddha.
The comments in the global live stream froze for a full ten seconds at this moment.
Immediately afterward, it was a flood of screen-covering comments.
"???????"
"I... what the hell did I just see?"
"This is a special effect, right? This has to be a movie special effect, right?"
"No... how much advertising money did Buddhism pay The Arbiter? I, Christianity, am willing to pay double. Next time, can The Arbiter conjure up a super-sized Virgin Mary?"
Facing this miraculous scene, even Nul was visibly stunned. For the first time, an emotion called "bewilderment" appeared in his brain, which had previously been filled only with rage.
But Peter wouldn't give him time to think.
"Well then... good night."
As Peter's indifferent voice rang out, the thousands of arms behind the great Buddha moved!
Boom boom boom~!
Thousands of heavy punches, each with the power comparable to a missile and carrying the whistling sound of tearing air, smashed down toward the green figure below like a violent storm!
The previously ferocious World Breaker realized at this moment what true despair was.
Although he struggled to swing the World Breaker hammer in his hand to fight back.
But after all, two fists are no match for four hands, not to mention that he was facing thousands of hands with a single hammer!
After barely managing to shatter a dozen or so arms, Nul completely lost the ability to fight back.
He was completely submerged by countless heavy punches, just like a punk cornered in a small alley by a dozen burly men, left with nothing to do but cover his head and take the beating...
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