[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-hunter":3,"chapter-marvel-hunter-marvel-hunter-chapter-155":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: Hunter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1589844,2056,"Chapter 155: Blown Away","marvel-hunter-chapter-155",155,"\u003Cp>This time it finally hit the nail on the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killian's subordinate turned his head to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Happy was still puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were an ordinary person taking that hit, the guy should have been knocked out long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't left-handed, and Happy was very confident in his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such fist-to-flesh fighting attracted the exclamations of many women and the wary attention of men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy frowned in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his confusion soon gave way to shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the subordinate's cheek—where Happy had struck—suddenly glowed with searing heat, magma-like energy surging beneath his skin, just like the man from earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned slowly and looked directly at Happy, a reddish glow burning across his face as the Extremis coursed through him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he forced himself to calm down, and then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another punch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, however, things ended differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Extremis soldier caught Happy's fist with one hand, twisted, and hurled him backward with overwhelming force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy's heavy body was flung several meters through the air, crashing into a food cart and shattering glass and metal in a violent burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Peng! Peng!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy groaned in pain, dazed and battered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the crowd screamed and scrambled to flee in panic.ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NoveI[F]ire.net\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the man who had just received the briefcase was clutching his fists against his mouth, gasping heavily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bright red glow spread across his face, veins bulging, his skin turning translucent, magma-like fire pulsing through his body—even his eyes burned with the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy, his face cut by shards of glass and streaked with blood, struggled to push himself upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Extremis soldier—Eric Savin—walked toward him steadily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Savin! Save me! Save me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man with the briefcase cried out, his body convulsing violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Savin turned his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was on his knees, trembling, his entire body glowing hotter and hotter, the Extremis fire consuming him from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stretched out a shaking hand, the red light blazing even brighter, the air around him heating to unbearable levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mouth opened in a silent scream—something inside was about to rupture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second, the glow reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Savin darted to the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happy, caught in the blast path, rolled desperately and managed to take cover behind the wrecked cart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time seemed to freeze—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BOOM!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man exploded, a furnace of heat and light tearing through the Chinese Theater. The temperature soared to thousands of degrees, vaporizing everything within range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shockwave ripped outward, blasting cars off the street outside, creating a bizarre accident in which eighteen vehicles collided—miraculously with no fatalities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At almost the same moment, across Queens, another Extremis test subject detonated inside a home, killing the entire family and leaving nothing but a scorched crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at the Chinese Theater—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion ended as quickly as it began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-bustling venue was reduced to a ruin. Flames licked at the blackened wreckage, smoke and ash choking the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the interior was incinerated by the blast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the debris, Happy lay unconscious, his body broken and burned from the blast and searing heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others hadn't been so \"lucky.\" Those too close to the Extremis subject had been vaporized instantly, leaving behind only gray shadows burned into the walls, grim silhouettes of the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But amid the wreckage, another figure stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rose slowly from the rubble, his skin charred black, his feet burned down to carbonized husks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, before the horrified eyes of any survivors, the wounds began to heal. Flesh knitted, bones re-formed, and even his ruined feet regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Eric Savin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like the others, his body glowed with the Extremis fire. Unlike them, however, Savin controlled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many innocents had died in the explosion—ordinary people with no idea what they were caught in—erased in an instant by the Extremis heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the man who exploded could have screamed, \"I'll reduce you to ashes in three days!\" no one would have dared to doubt him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a villa, Blaine lounged on the couch, munching potato chips and watching TV leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foreign films were often pretty good, with a solid rating system. If he wanted to watch something more exciting, all he had to do was pick an R-18 film—no hunting for special resources needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But someone always had to ruin his good mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The TV convulsed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ten Rings logo flashed across the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine sighed. This time, instead of changing the channel, he decided to see what these guys were up to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the logo faded, the \"broadcast\" began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old archival images and strange rituals appeared, intercut with modern news footage, creating a bizarre, unsettling effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the real focus was clear: armed terrorists in the desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortune cookies. They look Chinese. They sound Chinese.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gravelly voice echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But they're actually an American invention… which makes them hollow, full of lies, and leaving a bad taste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screen showed an old, bearded man descending from a helicopter, women and children kneeling before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark-eyed figure filled the frame: the so-called \"Mandarin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My followers have just destroyed another American illusion… and the home of a so-called 'superhero.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Chinese Theater… and the residence of a bounty hunter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. President, I know you must be shocked. But this is only the beginning…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blaine didn't bother to watch further. He clicked off the TV, his face blank, his mind replaying those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell? Did you just blow up my house?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*************************************\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can get access to early chapters on patr*on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you like my work and you want to support me then you can become my patron on patre*n.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My patr*on account is Lord_Immortal_0170\u003C\u002Fp>",963,"2026-06-06T09:11:28.860Z",1,"novelbin.me","9244c9d3e354aab62a6589311b7d090674dc0f3dddfc749e40d5a6eae1cb8e68","marvel-hunter-chapter-156","marvel-hunter-chapter-154",411,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-hunter-cover.jpg"]