novelhk Chapter 188 Red Madman's Attack Suffers Complete Defeat
Chapter 188 Red Madman's Attack Suffers Complete Defeat
Chapter 188 Red Madman's Attack Suffers Complete Defeat
When Rune saw the guy this villain was using as a trump card, he laughed and asked Red Skull, "Are you serious?"
Although somewhat uneasy about Rune's attitude, Mad Attack still laughed loudly: "What, scared out of your wits? That's right, it's the Hulk you once banished!"
The Hulk, Marvel's most hot-tempered character, is a second personality created by Bruce Banner to escape reality. He possesses the incredible ability to grow stronger with anger, and has repeatedly challenged the entire Justice League. Unfortunately for him, Rune is a natural counter to this terrifying behemoth. Rune directly used a spell of oblivion on the poor soul banished from Earth, instantly clearing the Hulk's eyes as he walked out of the portal, still furious about his banishment. During this process, the attacker dared not interfere—if he did, he would be the one attacked.
Meanwhile, Hulk was completely under the control of Rune's memory magic. He even fell asleep peacefully, completely oblivious to the other villains and heroes present. Indeed, he didn't need to worry about the other villains, as they had either fled or died.
The villains on the technology side were almost all disarmed by Magneto, and were beaten until they cried for their parents.
Magneto did attack the Hydra base before, but how could they have modified their weapons into metal-free versions in such a short time? Even with the help of Hydra scientists, it was simply impossible. Moreover, they thought Hydra was invincible. Who knew they would be in this predicament?
Meanwhile, villains like the Human Absorber and the Enchantress, who don't need many weapons, had already fled. They are villains, but they are not fools. Couldn't they see who had the upper hand right now?
This is also one of the reasons why Rune did not choose to help the villains. Because most of these guys lack their own ideals and beliefs, it's hard to find one among this bunch of scoundrels who isn't after power, money, or even just to win a woman's favor.
It is precisely because they lack faith that their first choice when facing death is always to run away.
Heroes, however, are often able to accept death willingly and even voluntarily because of their ideals. Of course, there are also some moral factors in his choice to help the hero camp, which Rune wouldn't deny. It was precisely because there was nothing yet that could break his conscience that Rune dared to face a soul trial. After clearing out that rabble, the surrounding heroes also gathered closer, eyeing the Berserker with predatory intent. After Rune's counter-Berserker strategy, the Berserker was now only at its last gasp, and Magneto was naturally the most furious among them. Red Skull's desecration of Professor X's corpse enraged him, and the Berserker's choice of Liberty Island as their final battlefield was precisely that. Demolishing the Statue of Liberty here would certainly severely damage the prestige of the strongest nation on Earth, but it also provided Magneto with a weapon.
At that moment, Clyde and Strange, who had been preparing their magic, exclaimed in unison, "Runes!"
Rune immediately summoned tentacles with the terrifying dark magic within him, binding the rampaging attacker. The villain, now completely restrained, struggled desperately, but compared to Rune's powerful magic, his efforts were far too weak. Even the Power Gem was pried off, and the red idiot, who knew nothing of magic, didn't even have a chance to escape.
The next moment, a bright green light swept over the attacker, and he screamed frantically, "No! You can't do this to me!"
After a long time, under the combined effects of magic and the Soul Judgment, the Soul Gem could no longer protect the Red Skull's soul. And deep within this villain's soul, a good person was gradually awakening.
This is Rune's true killer—Professor X's abilities are too powerful, so powerful that his soul is difficult to truly die. In fact, Rune doubted whether Mephisto had the ability to bring Professor X back to Hell, a fact that Red Skull was completely unaware of. He only knew that combining Professor X's and Magneto's abilities could create a terrifying being capable of withstanding the six Infinity Stones. Therefore, he foolishly transplanted Professor X's brain directly into his own head.
If Professor X hadn't stuck to his principles and refrained from killing him, Red Ghoul might have died in that instant.
But it's pretty much the same now. Under everyone's watchful eyes, Berserker, whose soul had been replaced, removed the five Infinity Stones from his chest one by one. With each Infinity Stone removed, his size continued to shrink. After removing all the stones, Berserker's height had shrunk to about 2 meters.
Ultimately, the man completely relinquished his frenzied attack. His body transformed back into the gaunt, emaciated Red Skull. During this process, the Ghost Rider, shrunk and had his eyeballs implanted, also returned to normal under the rune's magic, becoming the somewhat melancholic man once more.
Magneto walked over and patted Charles on the shoulder. Charles's expression was complex, as if he had a lot to say, but in the end, he coldly questioned him: "Charles, have you chosen weakness again? We could have changed everything! You'd rather let mutants continue to live in the shadow of humanity than use this power to fight for freedom?"
Rune immediately understood Magneto's thought process. Onslaught was a combination of their dark sides, symbolizing their shared anger and despair. Now, Professor X had the opportunity to fully control Onslaught's power, but instead of choosing to benefit mutants, he voluntarily relinquished this power capable of reshaping the world.
Professor X didn't respond much; he simply shook his head at Magneto. Eric wanted to say something angrily, but after his chest heaved, he only uttered the phrase he'd said countless times: "You're still that naive Charles who always believes humanity will accept us."
Having said that, he waved his hand, and the surrounding metal fragments transformed into a disc for him to ride on. The man wanted to leave; there was nothing left here for him to miss.
Rune stopped him: "Are you leaving now? What about the promised reward?"
Magneto turned around and raised an eyebrow at Rune: "What, Red Skull isn't dead yet?"
Strange replied to Magneto, "Of course! We just reversed their personalities; Red Skull's soul is still in that body!"
"Let me handle the soul separation," Rune said, having detailed the method of soul division in the incantation for creating Horcruxes. Although he harbored prejudice against Horcruxes as a form of dark magic, this did not prevent him from absorbing the useful knowledge from them.
He chose to begin the surgery right there on the ruins. Since the souls of Red Skull and Charles were already clearly distinct, the procedure was more like a separation than a division, so Professor X didn't suffer much.
Red Skull's soul was then infused into the flesh by Rune and given to Magneto. Eric sneered, crushed the flesh, and executed the beast who had offended him and Charles on the spot.
"Thank you so much for remembering our deal." Eric gave Rune a deep look before turning and leaving. At that moment, Charles patted Rune on the shoulder.
"Would you be interested in talking to me?"