Four Arms: Fight!
25: Chapter 25: Ultron Attacks!
Four Arms: Fight!
Stark’s eyes widened, so tense he forgot to breathe.
Didn’t this little dinosaur have any sense of caution at all?
Why did he turn right back around just because someone called out to him?
Stark burned with anxiety.
Now that the enemy had gained another speedster dinosaur, what were they going to do?
Could they win?!
In the next second, a scene unfolded that left Stark stunned.
As he turned his head, XLR8 was already shifting into Wildvine, completing the transformation the moment he faced them.
Stark’s heart twitched.
How did his super ability change again?
…….
Having expanded in size after transforming, Wildvine blinked his single innocent eye and looked down at them.
Wanda’s face paled slightly at the sudden shift, but ignoring the shock, she forced her emotions into check and activated her power.
Fixing her gaze directly on Wildvine, red magic swirling in her pupils, Wanda spoke softly, issuing a command: “Deactivate all your powers.
Stop, and stay quiet.” As the words fell, time seemed to freeze, and the world went silent.
Seeing Wildvine standing motionless, Wanda’s eyes sparkled with joy, and the corners of her lips curved upward.
It worked!
Then…
she saw Wildvine raise a hand and scratch his head.
“Uh, Wanda, your power doesn’t actually work on me.” Instantly, the smile froze on Wanda’s face.
In…
ineffective?
Not only did he know she had mind-control powers, but he was immune to them?!
Equally stunned into silence were Stark and his group.
That short sentence hit them like a boulder dropped into a calm lake, setting off massive waves in their hearts!
Even someone as strong as Hulk was easily manipulated by Wanda, yet this plant-man was completely unaffected?
Soon, Stark realized another terrifying fact!
The anxiety on Stark’s face didn’t fade with Wanda’s failure; instead, it deepened to the extreme, knitting his brows tightly.
This mystery man!
Why did he have so many mutant abilities?
First fire, then ice, then a lightning-fast dinosaur, and now a plant person?
Why did he have so many mutant powers?
Where did they all come from?!
An unbidden guess popped into Stark’s mind: Could this mystery man’s mutant powers be…
something he evolved on his own?
A mutant capable of infinite evolution?
Just thinking about it made Stark shudder in cold terror.
If so, that would be freaking horrifying!
Though right after, Stark dismissed the idea.
The speedster dinosaur could barely be matched with Quicksilver, but this new plant-man didn’t line up with any known mutant power logic.
Exhaling a long breath, his breathing returning to normal, Stark smiled.
He hadn’t forgotten that right now, the mystery man was on their side.
……..
“What?” Wanda’s face turned pale once more in shock, and she subconsciously took a step back.
This was the first time she had ever encountered something like this—one of her trump cards having no effect whatsoever!
Seeing the clear fear on Wanda’s face, Owen Vance considered thoughtfully switching forms.
For a young girl, Wildvine was indeed a bit creepy.
However, considering Wanda might cheap-shot him out of desperation for her brother, Owen decided to stay in this form.
One of Wildvine’s primary traits was immunity to toxic gas and hypnosis.
Wanda’s mind-control powers might work on Hulk, but Wildvine could shrug them off with ease.
Controlling the tangle of vines in his lower body, Wildvine rolled forward like a tank.
Leaving them with his back, Wildvine waved.
“Forget it.
Playing with you guys is boring.
I’m going to find Ultron.” Behind him, watching Wildvine’s retreating figure, Wanda frowned, her lips slightly parted, blinking rapidly in confusion.
She realized that she and Pietro had been fighting this mystery man for ages, both going all out, yet they still had no idea how strong he actually was!
Recalling Hydra’s words that she would be the most powerful mutant, Wanda felt those words were utterly absurd.
Clearly, the guy right in front of them was the strongest!
On the ground, Quicksilver stumbled to his feet with an embarrassed look, keeping his head down and staying silent.
This time, he was thoroughly beaten and humbled.
Afterward, even when his sister pointed at his nose and scolded him, he didn’t utter a word.
Once they confirmed the mystery man truly had no intention of harming the siblings, the tension eased.
After talking it over, the brother and sister decided to follow Owen, expressing their desire to join him in confronting Ultron.
The message was relayed by Friday.
The Avengers were surprised at the news, then broke into relieved smiles, already catching a glimpse of victory on the horizon.
In this mission, the siblings had been their biggest headache.
Now that they had defected from Ultron and returned to humanity’s side, things were about to get a whole lot simpler.
Charge in, destroy Ultron, and wreck the lifting device.
They were full of confidence in this simple, direct, and effective battle plan.
Even Stark, usually the most cautious, breathed a sigh of relief.
Taking advantage of the brief lull, Stark began analyzing Owen once again.
Friday replayed the recent footage, capturing key details one by one.
Images of Heatblast, XLR8, and Wildvine appeared on his helmet display.
Upon close observation, Stark quickly spotted a commonality: each carried an emblem resembling an X.
Stark issued a command, and Friday captured the emblem for analysis and database searching.
Unsurprisingly, it turned up nothing.
Stark frowned, his intuition telling him the mystery man’s powers were connected to this mark.
But nothing came up?
Friday had access to virtually every database on Earth’s networks—how could she find nothing?
Was he hiding too deep, or was he from…
outer space?
On second thought, Stark leaned toward the former.
First, aliens sounded too absurd, and second, he had no fondness for extraterrestrials.
Taking a deep breath to regain his composure, Stark decided that once this mission was over, he couldn’t let this guy slip away!
He needed to have a serious talk with him and get to know what he was all about.
Rumble!
A violent tremor shook the ground, interrupting Stark’s freshly resumed seriousness.
On the display, Sokovia began to shake violently.
Ultron’s plan had begun!
………..
The earth shuddered violently as the propulsion from the lifting device sent the town below soaring into the air.
Wanda’s face paled with panic once again.
The scene before her was identical to the vision she had seen inside Ultron’s mind!
The countdown to humanity’s extinction had begun!
Subconsciously, Wanda cast her anxious gaze at Wildvine, placing all her hopes on the strongest mystery man here.
To Wanda’s confusion, she couldn’t spot a single trace of panic on Wildvine—not even the slightest hint.
Sensing everything around him, the corners of Wildvine’s mouth even twitched upward into a smile.
This utterly baffled her.
“Isn’t he here to stop Ultron?
Why is he smiling when Ultron’s plan is starting?” “Humanity is about to be destroyed!” Right then, turning her gaze away from Wildvine, Wanda saw as far as the eye could reach—countless, dense masses of Ultron sentries!
They were like a swarm of locusts, forming a wall that blotted out the sun!
And an endless stream of Ultron drones was flying in from all directions, converging on this spot.
A single glance was enough to almost trigger trypophobia in Wanda!
The Avengers were shaken, visibly startled by the sight.
The figures of Ultron bots completely flooded the screens before them!
WTF?!
They knew Ultron had a lot of drones.
But they never imagined there were *this* fucking many!
Except for Banner, everyone—including Stark—was like ants on a hot skillet, frantically trying to solve the same question: With so many Ultron bots, how were they supposed to fight?!
……
Owen Vance switched into Four Arms, slamming his four fists together with a broad grin.
“You two take one each.” “Leave the rest to me!” The siblings’ eyes bulged, staring at him in terrified disbelief as if they had seen a ghost.
A-all of them to you?!
As they watched, Four Arms bent his massive legs and vaulted into the air, launching himself like a rocket.
Earlier, while fighting Quicksilver to unlock XLR8, he had held back out of restraint.
Now there were so many Ultron bots to slaughter!
Just thinking about it made Four Arms flush with excitement, his nostrils puffing out squalls of hot air.
Time to fight!
Hell yeah!
Seeing Four Arms charge into the swarm of Ultron bots, the seasoned Avengers thought a step further than the siblings, their brows knitting in skepticism.
They already knew how powerful this mysterious mutant was.
But could he really destroy this entire army of Ultron drones all by himself?
They remained doubtful and wanted nothing more than to enter the battlefield immediately to help shoulder the burden.
Even if an army of this sheer magnitude stood perfectly still and let him hack away at them— humanity would be wiped out before he finished killing them all!