Chapter 4018

The Parademon army roared silently in the universe, the mechanized modifications on their bodies flashing with a deadly cold light. Creatures like spiders, with strong bodies and eight claws, opened their mouths full of sharp teeth, and drool dripped from the corners of their mouths. The laser turrets on their backs finished charging, a dazzling light flashed, and laser beams shot out. The multi-armed giants, six or seven meters tall, swung their modified steel fists, smashing everything in their line of sight. The cosmic serpents, composed of countless energy nodes, stepped over one trap after another, being blown to pieces but quickly gathering again. The slime monsters, with bird wings and scorpion tails, spat a mouthful of phlegm containing corrosive substances onto the shields of the mechanical defense line, melting most of the metal away.

Everyone behind the defense line looked at this scene, and their expressions became heavy. The individual strength of the Parademons was even higher than the individual soldiers of the three major empires, and they were not limited to mechanical bodies at all. Mechanical modification allowed the advantages of their own race to be brought into full play. On top of this, there was a terrifying number comparable to the soldiers of the three major empires.

At this moment, everyone was roaring in their hearts: "Batman!! Look at what you've brought!!!"

However, if one thought about it carefully, the deep meaning contained within made one's back feel even colder—is this the kind of opponent Batman is facing? He could actually talk about cooperation with such an existence, and even let him bring the entire planet to the battlefield together. Does this mean that Darkseid, who possesses such a terrifying army, also has to avoid Batman's edge?

Can't think about it anymore. Steve took a deep breath and reminded himself in his heart: the most important thing in front-line confrontation is morale; at this time, one cannot boost others' ambition and destroy one's own prestige.

He was the first to discover that everyone's face didn't look good, so he understood that he must immediately divert their attention and not let them continue thinking.

"We can't rely entirely on the mechanical defense line!" Steve shouted into the communicator, "Prepare to move out!"

"Hulk, please go intercept those giants immediately." Professor X's voice sounded in everyone's minds. "Captain America, go solve the slime-spraying monsters. Doctor Doom, the energy-type monsters are up to you. Asgardian Royal Guard, continue to guard against the Green Lantern fleet..."

After the combat mission was issued, everyone put away their thoughts and immediately rushed to the battlefield.

The first to enter the field was Hulk. They jumped from the surface into space and rushed directly toward the giant-fist monsters. Although the opponent's size was larger than theirs, their strength was far inferior. The main universe Hulk pounded his chest and roared: "HULK!!!!!"

He first punched the monster in the chest, directly punching a big hole in the opponent's chest, then grabbed the opponent's leg and swung it fiercely, smashing several flying monsters away. Then he used this double-fisted monster as a weapon, smashing fiercely wherever he saw something he didn't like, until the monster's entire upper body flew away, and only some remnants were left of the lower body.

Seeming not to have smashed enough, he directly dismantled a huge shield plate from the shield of the mechanical defense line and played "whirlwind greatsword" among the Parademon army, carrying a plate and smashing wherever things were wrong. All the monsters he encountered were not his match for even one round, and in an instant, they were smashed into meat paste.

Although Hulk is strong, his activation state is unstable. The Hulks from the central universe and the main universe have already jumped up, and there are several others in the form of Bruce Banner still waiting on the surface.

"Professor X, help me!" one of the Banner doctors shouted, "I don't know why, but Hulk won't respond to me! Find a way to call him out!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that." Charles said, "If I call Hulk directly, it's very likely to severely anger him, causing him to go crazy directly on the surface. But it doesn't matter, I'll teach you meditation, which can better allow you to communicate with Hulk..."

Charles, just like he taught the main universe Thor, taught Bruce Banner in the mental space how to better control and utilize Hulk. And the Banner doctors learned very quickly.

Most Bruce Banners are relatively resistant to Hulk, but those who can come here to participate in the war are more open-minded and also want to use Hulk's power to contribute to their own universe. And as long as the Banner doctor is not so resistant to Hulk, he can actually communicate with Hulk.

After the Banner doctor from the central universe frequently went into space to vent his anger, Hulk became very quiet. Banner doctor also tried to communicate with him many times. Although Hulk is actually very much like an ignorant child, as long as there is patience, a good cooperative relationship can be achieved with him, just like a human host and a symbiote.

Symbiotes still have to consume two cans of chocolate balls every hundred kilometers, but Hulk is working for free. Considering this, Banner couldn't resist him, and the main theme was "coaxing," which led to the fact that now, except for the Scarlet Witch, Banner is the best at coaxing children.

As Hulk entered the field one after another, it was the Green Lanterns' turn to frown—the destructive power of this big guy, whose color was similar to theirs, was too strong. They watched helplessly as the crustacean Parademons, which were known for their defense and were previously used by them as targets for practice, had their proud armor play no role at all; after being punched by this big guy, they turned into pancakes, shell and meat together.

"Hulk has no reason; we can find a way to lure them away." the main universe Batman said, "Martian Manhunter, use mental interference to further stimulate his anger, and then let them turn their targets to you and lead them away from the battlefield."

The main universe Martian Manhunter nodded and, taking the other Martian Manhunters with him, flew toward the place where Hulk was causing massive destruction, while estimating the speed difference between himself and Hulk in his heart.

After some calculations, they discovered that Hulk's speed was far from theirs. In this way, the plan to lure them away should go very smoothly. The only relatively troublesome thing is that if they want to interfere with Hulk's mind, they might face Professor X head-on.

"Come on." the main universe Martian Manhunter said in his heart, "There will be such a hurdle sooner or later, so let's see who is better at this between mutants and Martians."

He slowly closed his eyes, his mind shot out like an arrow, and soon found the Hulk's brainwaves. He felt a mental barrier, which seemed to have been left by Professor X. The main universe Martian Manhunter took a deep breath, concentrated his energy, and stabbed fiercely; the barrier broke at the sound, and his mind successfully invaded the Hulk's brain.

"Is this a bit too easy?" Just as the main universe Martian Manhunter was hesitating, he saw the Hulk he invaded seem to suffer some huge stimulation, let out a deafening roar, and green light began to radiate from his whole body.

Martian Manhunter is very sensitive to energy, and one of them immediately shouted: "Something's wrong, stay away from him!!!"

Some kind of green mist began to emerge from the Hulk's eyes and mouth, and the contours of the muscles on his body became more obvious. Just as he turned his head to look over, the alarm bells in the main universe Martian Manhunter's heart rang loudly.

Because what he saw was not a pair of eyes full of anger, but calm, wise eyes—that was not Hulk, but Bruce Banner!

"What's going on?!" the main universe Martian Manhunter asked in the mental network while retreating, "Why did he suddenly... damn it, we might have fallen into a trap!"

"When the anger value reaches a certain level, there will be a breakthrough." another Martian Manhunter said, "Professor X deliberately let us stimulate Hulk because he knew that this could allow Hulk to maintain his strength while regaining his reason, making Hulk's state tend to be stable, so that he could stay on the battlefield all the time."

The main universe Martian Manhunter's heart began to sink, because he realized that his counterpart might be right—Professor X's defense against Hulk's mind was too simple, completely unlike the strength that this famous psychic should have.

Then there is only one possibility: the other side knows that Hulk's unstable form is just a transition, and the true strongest Hulk only appears after anger reaches its limit.

But it's too late now. Most of the Martian Manhunters broke through the barrier left by Charles. The completely enraged Hulk, however, no longer roared crazily, nor did he rush into the enemy formation like a madman, but specifically sought out those large-sized Parademons, forcing them back again and again.

And even more terrifying is that the main universe Martian Manhunter discovered that he couldn't feel Hulk's existence at all—the opponent's brainwaves disappeared directly from the universe. This shouldn't be Professor X's masterpiece, but that the opponent possessed the ability to be immune to mental invasion.

"Too tricky." the main universe Martian Manhunter said in the communication channel, "Possessing invincible strength, a stable state, the wisdom of a scientist, and the ability to resist mind control—what other weaknesses does he have?"

Although he spoke relatively politely to Batman, he was already cursing in his heart: God, open your eyes and look, is this how you do version balancing?!

The Green Lanterns couldn't help but click their tongues, originally thinking that the Superman and Martian Manhunter on our side were already the result of God's shaking hands, didn't expect there to be an even higher master, whose subordinate is this again?!

This is not over yet. Finding that melee combat didn't work, the Martian Manhunters had the idea of using their speed advantage for long-range strikes. After the main universe Martian Manhunter withdrew a distance, red light surged in his eyes, followed by a laser beam hitting over.

But this beam of light was completely dissolved when it came into contact with the faint green light on Hulk's skin. Not only the laser beam, but other energy attacks created by the Parademons were also completely ineffective against him.

Hulk, who entered the "Green Scar" state, while his physical strength was not inferior to or even better than the Martian Manhunter, also possessed a clever brain, and the immunity ability that just happened to counter the opponent's mental ability, and was also immune to most energy attacks.

Hulk in this state is extremely stable, will not easily turn back into a mortal, and is very adapted to cosmic warfare, which can be considered a rare, extremely comprehensive and powerful warrior on the Marvel side.

Just when the Martian Manhunter was having a headache about how to deal with these green big guys, he found that they were retreating while fighting—the Hulks began to gather in one direction, but it was not the direction of the base.

"Why did they run?" the main universe Martian Manhunter asked the main universe Batman with some doubt, "What's in that direction?"

The main universe Batman didn't know either. But soon they all knew, because the light of superluminal transition flashed and disappeared before everyone's eyes—the Hulk just disappeared from the battlefield like this, seemingly having left by spaceship.

The main universe Batman reacted immediately and said: "I'm afraid they went to support Asgard."

The main universe Martian Manhunter narrowed his eyes and said: "They can barely protect themselves, yet at this juncture, they sent their most powerful force to support Asgard?"

"Either they are crazy, or Hulk is far from being their most powerful force."