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With a roar, Infinite Hulk's fist, burning with six-colored flames, blasted toward Ryan, who was flowing with seven-colored radiance!
Pa——————
But this fist, comparable to a nuclear explosion, ultimately failed to land on Ryan. Instead, it was stopped by a palm two fist-lengths away from Ryan's face!
"Decent power, but the speed is a bit lacking~"
Ryan held Infinite Hulk's fist and gave a faint evaluation. He then decided to show Infinite Hulk what a faster-than-light punch with both power and speed looked like!
"Are you ready to get beaten?"
Ryan even gave Infinite Hulk a warning in advance before slowly raising his own fist.
But when his fist actually fell, Hulk still failed to react in time.
By the time the thought of raising a hand to catch Ryan's fist even formed in Infinite Hulk's mind, Ryan's fist had already imprinted itself on the bridge of his nose and retracted!
Dong————Ka!!!
Even after Ryan's faster-than-light punch had been retracted, the sound of the impact hitting Infinite Hulk's body only just began to ring out!
The speed of the sound waves from the impact couldn't even keep up with Ryan's fist!
Hulk, having suffered Ryan's punch, was not doing well either; the bridge of his nose was directly broken by that single strike!
Blood even gushed out from his nostrils!
This made Infinite Hulk unable to resist clutching his nose and stumbling back several steps.
Ryan didn't pursue him. Instead, he beckoned to Infinite Hulk: "Little Hulk, it seems I won the first round of mutual attacks. Now it's your turn again~"
It wasn't easy to encounter a sandbag that could endure his hits; Ryan didn't want to end this battle so quickly.
Moreover, if it ended too easily, the little Witch behind him probably wouldn't be able to sit still anymore~
Seeing Ryan's provocative tone and gestures, the six-colored flames rising from Infinite Hulk's body flared up even more intensely!
Fong fong fong fong fong——————
As the six-colored flames burned on Infinite Hulk, the already ferocious-looking Infinite Hulk now appeared as terrifying as a multicolored version of Ghost Rider!
However, this Hulk version of 'Ghost Rider' was far more terrifying than the original Ghost Rider himself!
Infinite Hulk took a deep breath, and then, much like Tiga preparing a finishing move, spread his arms wide before slamming them together with a 'Cha'!
Sa——————
In an instant, a hurricane even more violent than the one Infinite Hulk used to counterattack the Asgard fleet swept toward Ryan, carrying the energy of the Infinity Stones!
Ryan's reaction speed was naturally incomparable to Hulk's, whose brain was flooded with infinite energy. While Infinite Hulk couldn't react to his attacks, Ryan could even predict Infinite Hulk's attacks in advance.
Yet he didn't dodge. He simply blocked with his right arm, choosing to tank this hurricane that was powerful enough to blow away an entire city!
Ding ling ling ling ling————————
As Ryan blocked with his right arm, the Ten Rings' auto-protect function activated. They immediately flew off Ryan's arm, forming an interlocking energy shield in front of him, emitting constant crisp sounds under the impact of the Infinity Stones' energy within the hurricane!
But this wasn't the sound of the Ten Rings being unable to withstand Infinite Hulk's attack and being about to collapse.
On the contrary, it was actually the Ten Rings using high-frequency vibrations to dissipate the force of the infinite energy impact within the hurricane!
Ryan, who shared a telepathic link with the Ten Rings, felt this, and his eyes couldn't help but light up!
The surprises these Ten Rings gave him were truly increasing!
It even gave him the illusion that the value of the Ten Rings was no lower than that of the six Infinity Stones!
After all, this ability to increase its own strength along with the user's strength, being versatile in both offense and defense, and having a somewhat autonomous protective function was just too practical!
Infinite Hulk repeatedly opened and closed his hands, sending wave after wave of destructive hurricanes sweeping toward Ryan!
But Ryan, under the protection of the Ten Rings, didn't feel even a slight breeze behind the barrier; not a single strand of hair moved.
Ryan, who intentionally wanted to test the defensive upper limit of the Ten Rings, was in no hurry to counterattack. Instead, he gave Infinite Hulk a thumbs up, then provocatively turned it downward!
The meaning was clear: trash!
Could Infinite Hulk endure this?
Not even using the Hulk Smash, Infinite Hulk kicked off the spot, shattering a large area of ground as he transformed into a six-colored beam of light, crashing toward Ryan!
Light is incredibly fast. Infinite Hulk arrived in front of Ryan almost as if teleporting and raised both hands high!
It remembered that last time, one of its fists was blocked by the opponent!
So this time, it would use two, four, six fists?!
In the next moment, Infinite Hulk's fists began a frantic 'Ora Ora.' Its arms split from one into two, two into four, four into eight...
In an instant, Ryan was surrounded by massive six-colored fists!
It was as if countless Infinite Hulks were besieging him at the same time!
"A bit interesting, but... not much~"
With Ryan's vision, which was even stronger than Bullet Time, he could naturally see that this wasn't Infinite Hulk using cloning techniques or growing three heads and six arms. It was simply that Infinite Hulk was fast enough to create a visual illusion!
Facing these fists attacking from all directions, Ryan still didn't dodge. Instead, he stood straight with his arms crossed over his chest.
Because no matter which angle Infinite Hulk attacked from, a seven-colored iron ring would precisely block Infinite Hulk's incoming fist!
It was true that Infinite Hulk's speed had reached the speed of light, but the reaction speed of the Ten Rings, bolstered by Ryan's power, had reached faster-than-light speeds!
Originally, a single ring wouldn't have been enough to withstand Infinite Hulk's serious punch.
But Infinite Hulk increasing its speed to the speed of light came at the cost of the power of each individual punch being reduced!
Therefore, even though the sky was filled with Infinite Hulk's fists, Infinite Hulk still couldn't touch a single strand of Ryan's hair.
Furthermore, Ryan closed his eyes and carefully felt the consumption the Ten Rings were placing on him under such defensive conditions, only to discover speechlessly...
If Hulk continued to attack him with this level of force, he could hold out for at least another day!
In other words, this level of Infinite Hulk simply couldn't force out the defensive limit of the Ten Rings; at most, it could only waste time by draining his energy!
But he didn't have Captain America's leisure to say 'I can do this all day' to everyone he met...
What he pursued was finishing things quickly once the target had no more utility!
Thus, Ryan, standing at the center of the Ten Rings' protection, took another look at his surroundings encircled by Infinite Hulk's afterimages and shook his head with a smile:
"The speed is sufficient this time, but the power has dropped again. Tsk tsk, how should I describe you..."
"You're really... too weak, Hulk!"