Trap

"They’re already dead. That Angel too."

Wang Bert said calmly, "Black King, even if you choose to be a dog, you can’t escape death. Because I’m going to kill you."

"Iron Man, the only one dying today is you. Wrath, merge with me."

Black King turned into a streak of black light and flew into Wrath’s body. Wrath hesitated for a moment before surrendering control of his consciousness to Black King. He knew perfectly well that he wasn’t as smart as Black King.

That was the biggest difference between Wrath and Human Torch. Wrath knew he wasn’t smart, while Human Torch did not. He had always thought himself outstanding and exceptional.

Before long, Black King and Wrath fused. Rather than growing larger, Wrath’s body actually shrank a little.

"Iron Man, I’m no longer who I used to be."

Black King stretched out a hand, and vast amounts of Space Energy gathered in his palm. Wang Bert raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You can actively absorb energy now?"

"That’s right."

Black King gave a vicious grin and suddenly appeared behind Wang Bert, driving a fist wreathed in dense black light at his back.

Wang Bert teleported behind Black King and slashed at his back with a Space Blade. Black King did not dodge. He directly devoured the Space Blade, then shouted as more than a dozen Space Blades emerged behind him and shot toward Wang Bert.

Wang Bert teleported a short distance away. Black King turned around and began crazily devouring the Space Power around him like a black hole.

Black King laughed loudly. "Do you see that, Iron Man? Even space must submit beneath my feet. I am the strongest."

"Space submits beneath your feet?"

Wang Bert laughed. "In my name, the person before me is unable to absorb any Space Energy."

As the Space Lord, his words became law. Black King instantly felt his connection to space severed. Even more astonishingly, the Space Energy he had previously absorbed rapidly left his body.

"How is this possible?"

Black King refused to believe it and continued trying to absorb Space Energy, but the energy gave him no response at all.

"See that? Space Lord?"

Wang Bert pointed at himself and said, "If you want to use Space Power in front of me, you have to be as strong as Doomsday Master."

"Space Lord?"

Black King swallowed and asked, "This is your true ability?"

"Correct. But there’s no prize."

Wang Bert smiled faintly and pushed his hand forward. A black hole appeared out of nowhere behind Black King, dragging him toward it.

Black King roared and frantically absorbed the energy around him. Then, he detonated it, forcibly breaking free from the black hole’s pull with the explosion.

After escaping, Black King charged at Wade at astonishing speed. Wade’s eyes lit up red, and he blasted Black King fiercely. He had no intention of turning down credit that had delivered itself to his doorstep.

"Don’t! He can absorb energy!"

Wang Bert shouted urgently, but it was too late. Black King spread his hands and absorbed Wade’s eye beams, his body rapidly turning red.

Wade felt himself growing weaker and weaker. He wanted to stop the beams, but he simply could not.

Wang Bert appeared beside Black King out of thin air and slashed at his arm with a Space Blade. Black King’s eyes lit red, and two laser beams shot viciously at Wang Bert, forcing him to teleport away first.

At that moment, Wade’s eyes returned to normal. He collapsed weakly onto the ground and shouted, "BOSS, I feel like I’ve been drained dry. Not a single drop left."

Wang Bert ignored Wade and asked Black King, "It seems you can do more than just devour energy?"

"That’s right. Not only can I devour energy, I can devour abilities too."

Black King laughed loudly and thrust both hands forward, unleashing a huge electric current at Wang Bert. Wang Bert tapped a finger, and the lightning shifted behind Black King and struck toward him.

Black King did not dodge. The lightning entered his back and vanished. Then his eyes lit up red, and he fired viciously at Wang Bert.

Wang Bert teleported away. Seeing this, Black King directed the laser beams toward Wade on the ground. Wang Bert waved a hand, and Wade disappeared.

Black King did not care. He redirected the beams at the other Security Company members. As his head turned, a glowing red fissure was carved across the ground.

Wang Bert teleported beside Black King and was about to attack when a wave of nausea hit him. He bent over and vomited uncontrollably. At the same time, Vomiting Boy collapsed weakly to the ground.

"Actually, I can absorb the abilities of nearby mutants without touching them. I only charged at Wade earlier to fool you. Iron Man, I’m Brain Eater."

Black King grinned viciously, and laser beams blasted fiercely from his eyes toward Wang Bert. Wang Bert recovered in time and raised a hand. A black hole suddenly appeared, swallowing the beams without a trace.

Black King raised both hands and gathered electric currents. Wang Bert transformed the black hole into a long Space Blade and slashed viciously at Black King.

Black King snorted and formed the lightning into a longsword, meeting Wang Bert’s blade with a slash of his own. With a clang, black light and lightning scattered in every direction.

"Sorry, but I used to be a swordsmanship Champion."

Black King drew upon Wrath’s strength. His strikes came faster and fiercer, driving Wang Bert steadily backward. In terms of raw strength, Wang Bert was far inferior to Wrath.

"I say, you two aren’t filming a movie, so why did this suddenly turn into a swordsmanship contest? Did your production budget run out too?"

Wade quipped. Clearly, even weakness could not suppress his urge to wisecrack.

Black King and Wang Bert could not be bothered with Wade. As Wang Bert blocked Black King’s attacks, he said, "Black King, you have indeed become much stronger."

"Only much stronger? Iron Man, I’ll show you just how arrogant you are."

The muscles across Black King’s body suddenly swelled. Then, like a speeding train, he slammed viciously into Wang Bert. Wang Bert was sent flying and crashed into the equipment behind him with a bang, crushing it flat.

At the same time, Juggernaut fell painfully to the ground. Black King had absorbed his ability.

"This is power, Iron Man. Thank you for bringing so many mutant friends for me."

Black King laughed loudly and smashed both hands into the ground. Countless spikes burst from the floor and surged toward Wang Bert. Wang Bert teleported behind Black King and slashed viciously at his back with a Space Blade.

The shadow beneath Black King’s feet suddenly came alive and wrapped around Wang Bert’s left foot, violently flinging him away. Then Black King’s eyes lit up red, and he fired furiously at Wang Bert in midair.

Wang Bert immediately teleported, then tapped the air with a finger. A spatial ripple swept toward Black King. Black King burrowed into the ground and reappeared moments later in front of Juggernaut, slashing down at him with his sword.

Wang Bert teleported beside Black King and blocked his lightning sword. Black King took the chance to launch a barrage of attacks, leaving Wang Bert no opportunity to teleport.

The longer Black King fought, the more confident he became. He said arrogantly, "Iron Man, today is your death day."

Wang Bert remained silent with a cold expression, desperately blocking Black King’s increasingly savage attacks.

Thanks to his healing factor, Wade soon got back to his feet. He said in shock, "This guy is incredible. Even Iron Man is getting beaten down by him."

"First, Iron Man isn’t wearing his armor, so he only counts as half an Iron Man right now."

Juggernaut said, "Second, Black King is the master of the Hellfire Club, on the same level as the Professor and Magneto. Not to mention, he’s now an envoy merged with Wrath."

"That’s true. He was already powerful to begin with. Good thing the Professor and Magneto didn’t turn evil, or they’d definitely be terrifying."

Wade nodded. Just as he was about to help Wang Bert, Wang Bert’s voice suddenly sounded in his mind. I’m putting on an act. Deal with those Evil Believers quickly, then get everyone out of here.

"Putting on an act?"

Wade froze, then looked at Juggernaut with contempt. If you don’t know how to use your brain, don’t use it. After all that talking, you didn’t get a single thing right.

"I still underestimated BOSS."

Wade shook his head, teleported beside an Evil Believer, and killed him with a single slash.

Was Wang Bert really putting on an act? Of course he was. How could a mere Black King possibly be his opponent? He did not even need his time abilities. His spatial abilities alone were enough to kill Black King with ease.

The current Wang Bert was no longer the Wang Bert who had just arrived in this world.

Why put on an act? To stall for time.

Original Sin had been watching this place. Once Wang Bert killed Black King, He would immediately return Gluttony, Sloth, and Jealousy to Hell. Wang Bert would not allow that. He wanted to destroy all Seven Deadly Sins in one go.

Besides, Wang Bert’s time abilities could not be used for the moment. That would put Original Sin on guard.

Wang Bert thought to himself, Gluttony doesn’t matter much. The key is Sloth and Jealousy. Those two must die.

Tokyo, Yashida Family, Mind World.

The Professor looked at the battered fortress and said to General Anthony, who stood above it, panting and utterly exhausted, "General, you have lost."

"I won’t lose, and I can’t lose. If I lose, I’ll truly become a sinner for all eternity."

General Anthony took a deep breath and raised his hands, controlling the Black Qi to form a nuclear bomb without steel. However, the bomb appeared extremely unstable, shifting between a nuclear bomb and Black Qi.

That was partly because General Anthony lacked the strength, but also because he did not know much about nuclear bombs.

"General Anthony, I’ll send you on your way with the strongest power of mutants."

The Professor spoke calmly. General Anthony was startled. "You’re going to summon Iron Man?"

"No. The strongest power of mutants is not Iron Man."

The Professor shook his head. At the same time, Jean stepped forward, her eyes completely black. Then she shouted, and the void behind her twisted, like a black Phoenix spreading its wings in flight.

The moment the black Phoenix appeared, everything around it—including the projected mutants, the fortress, the nuclear bomb, and General Anthony—was broken down into Black Qi and dispersed.

"This is the strongest power of mutants. I hope it never truly appears. Uh, that’s Bert’s problem now. I’m about to retire, the kind without a pension."

The Professor sighed, his consciousness returning to his body. Then he opened his eyes and looked at General Anthony across from him.

The shield and firearms General Anthony had conjured turned into Black Qi and quickly dissipated. At the same time, his eyes became completely hollow, devoid of any life—his soul had been utterly destroyed by the Professor.

"Another envoy is dead."

Original Sin gritted His teeth inwardly. After hesitating for a moment, He ordered Yashida Ichirō, "Go to God’s City and merge with Pride to kill Iron Man."

Yashida Ichirō shouted, "I want to kill that unfilial son first."

Original Sin said impatiently, "Don’t waste time. Only by killing Iron Man can we win this battle. Otherwise, just wait for him to hunt you down."

"Fine. Transfer me there. I’ll kill Iron Man first, then come back and kill these people."

Yashida Ichirō said unhappily. Original Sin did not waste time and immediately transferred Yashida Ichirō to the waterworks. At the same time, He shouted, "Let Pride take the lead."

After transferring Yashida Ichirō, Original Sin was about to transfer Gluttony when Psylocke unleashed her ultimate move.

"Die, Kingpin!"

Psylocke shouted as the dazzling purple blade in her hand, surrounded by rings of sonic booms, shot down at Kingpin. Even the void warped slightly in its wake.

Kingpin was fighting Yuriko in the underground parking garage. He had crushed countless vehicles—the two had fought all the way from upstairs to the underground lot, and they had nearly brought the whole building down.

Sensing the killing intent of the purple blade, Kingpin was alarmed and hurriedly tried to dodge. At that moment, Yuriko suddenly wrapped around his legs, preventing him from moving.

"No! I can’t die. I can’t die before reviving my wife and children!"

Kingpin roared. His arms swelled wildly, meeting the incoming purple blade light like giant hands.

Just as the giant hands and purple blade were about to collide violently, Kingpin suddenly vanished. The purple blade pierced Yuriko’s chest, even stabbing through her Adamantium bones.

Worse still, the purple blade light exploded with a boom, blasting Yuriko to pieces.

Psylocke and White Queen were dumbfounded. White Queen said, "Psylocke, you killed your teammate."

Psylocke’s face darkened slightly. "How did that happen? Kingpin clearly can’t teleport. Even if he could, he should have vanished with Yuriko."

At that moment, Yuriko’s body healed back together, even her Adamantium bones reforming. She climbed to her feet and said unhappily, "Kingpin still got away."

Psylocke flew down with White Queen and asked, "Yuriko, you don’t blame me, do you?"

"Why would I blame you? I was holding Kingpin because I intended to take him down with me anyway. It’s not like I can really die."

"You’re so open-minded. I’ll buy you a drink next time."

Psylocke smiled. White Queen said, "You’re still talking about drinks? Ms. Psylocke, Ms. Yuriko, we messed up."

Yuriko said confidently, "It’s fine. BOSS will deal with Gluttony."

White Queen said, "I hope so."

Waterworks.

Yashida Ichirō, clad in silver armor, appeared out of thin air. He took one look at the situation and immediately charged toward Black King, who was fighting Wang Bert.

Right after that, Kingpin, with one giant hand, appeared as well. He was confused at first, but quickly followed Yashida Ichirō toward Black King.

"Hahaha, Iron Man, your death day has come. You couldn’t stop two merged people, much less four."

Black King laughed loudly. "It’s a shame you used trickery to kill three envoys. Otherwise, I would have shown you how terrifying the Seven Deadly Sins truly are."

"Finally, everyone’s here. Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for you?"

Wang Bert grinned. Three giant spatial hands emerged around them, grabbing Black King, Yashida Ichirō, and Kingpin at the same time.

Then three constantly spinning spheres appeared out of thin air in Wang Bert’s hand. With a thought from him, all three spheres vanished simultaneously. When they reappeared, they were already in front of Black King, Yashida Ichirō, and Kingpin.