Volume 6: Secret Invasion Chapter 56: I want what Mason has! The attacker and control master of the Junior K team is here!
"boom"
A loud bang sounded deep in the swamp.
It was like a huge bomb was detonated, and tons of mud and torn vines were thrown into the sky, and then fell down like a sparse rain of mud spots.
This scene made Team K, who were rushing to the swamp monster battlefield, look at each other in bewilderment.
Although they have never been clear about how strong the fighting ability of Mason Cooper, the captain of Team K, is, seeing that the three Kryptonians are so respectful to him, it seems that Mason should not be a weakling.
However, even though the captain took action personally, he was still unable to deal with such a big scene because of the semi-conscious Ant King Franklin... Hiss, is this young Ant King who robs and loots in the wasteland so strong?
So he was just pretending to be weak and slacking off before, right?
"I have to go help sweetheart, he's going to get hurt."
Harley, who was led by Kevin to join Team K, grabbed her Origin X Metal Hammer and was about to rush over to help, but was pulled back by Zack with a magic.
The White Wizard rubbed her forehead to sense the power ahead. She said with a headache:
"Don't go over there. The energy over there is rapidly increasing. It's a dangerous reality distortion. Listen! Harley, that's not a battle you can participate in."
"The swamp monster is still over there."
Zha Kang, who was smoking a cigarette, also advised:
"Mason didn't ask us to help, which means he has his own plan. Let's go to Ivy's place. Aren't you worried about your best friend?
Mason says the Swamp Thing's rampage could be part of a secret invasion of our world by the stars, and it's clear he doesn't want the Swamp Thing to escape.
You are a member of Team K and you are on a mission, Harry, you don't want Mason to be disappointed in you, right?"
"Sweetheart..."
Harry hesitated.
She turned her head back and forth in both directions, and finally gritted her teeth, activated the Venom suit, and rushed towards Ivy. It wasn't that she had to choose between the two.
Instead, Quinn told her in her heart that she had to deal with Ivy first so that she could concentrate on helping Mason.
But when Team K and two wizards, led by Kevin, crossed the misty swamp and arrived at the other side, they were shocked to find that the situation here was not much better than that of Mason.
There is indeed no naughty kid here who can distort reality at will, but the "swamp monster" that has expanded to the extreme and looks like a combination of countless vines seems to be no less intimidating than the distorted reality.
"How did it become like this! Is it contaminated?"
Zha Kang screamed, and the cigarette in the corner of his mouth fell into the mud.
Before meeting Mason, he actually had a good relationship with the swamp monster. Although this guy had no human emotions, he was one of the few beings willing to give him shelter when Zack got into trouble.
Therefore, the swamp monster is one of Zhakang's few friends.
But now this swamp monster did not have the silly feeling that Constantine remembered. It expanded itself into a twisted and indescribable "Tree of Darkness" and took root deep in the dark swamp.
Those twisted vines were like dark snakes, circling and catching in the mud, on the ground and in the air, like gluttons foraging for food.
The swamp that was originally filled with a fishy smell was now filled with the smell of blood. The corpses of the cultists of the Church of All Green were hanging on the vines and branches of the swamp monster, just like the horror legend of the Hanged Tree.
"The power of All Green is out of control!"
Poison Ivy, who was manipulating a bunch of vines to resist the attack of the swamp monster, saw the reinforcements coming and called out to them:
"Holander concentrated all the power of nature on it, but it simply couldn't withstand this concentrated power and was disturbed by some weird things.
It has been induced to take root.
This swamp is expanding! We must stop it, or overnight the entire Kandak will become a dark quagmire filled with powerful vitality."
"help!"
At Xiao Zha's command, Team K immediately took action.
As the dark wizard Zhakang wielded the coral trident staff and released the stolen Wind of Watum to block all the magic power wandering around, a closed battlefield suddenly took shape.
Zack used strange irony magic to summon falling fire from the sky in an attempt to burn the vines, but it provoked a counterattack from the confused swamp monster. A large number of bloodthirsty vines emerged from the swamp mud and tried to pull Zack into the mud and drown him. This time, the quick-eyed and quick-handed Xiao Qiao burned the plants with heat rays and saved Zack's life.
Iron Heart opened the armor's ammunition bay and flew across the battlefield at supersonic speed, bringing a wave of land bombing, which sent wood chips and mud flying everywhere but had little effect.
"Attack the main body, little girl!"
Rocket Raccoon jumped nimbly on the flying vines, dropping bombs from time to time, holding the big gun and directing Miss Ironheart who was flying around:
"It's useless to blow up its vines. This guy can summon trees infinitely to defend it. Damn it! Groot was almost bewitched by it...
careful!"
Rocket cried out in surprise, and Ironheart, who was trying to get closer to the swamp monster's main body, was hit by a sudden burst of Thorny Ironwood Seeds.
This thing was like a cannonball. It blasted Tiexin away with its super kinetic energy and took root on the ground, trapping the armored man in the mud pit and making him unable to break free for a while.
"I hate mud!"
The little princess of the Stark family, who was always wise, respectable, and scheming, screamed.
A beautiful girl like her definitely doesn't like mud, but she can't ask for more right now. Everyone else is busy fighting, so she can only rely on herself to get out of trouble.
Damian, who was standing next to him, grinned secretly when seeing this scene.
Should!
Let you, a good girl whose skin is black when you cut her open, snatch my position as captain!
"You can at least tell us why it became like this?"
Damian, feeling happy, used the vines thrown by Groot to jump like a monkey to the side of Poison Ivy who was struggling to control the situation and resist.
The famous sword in his hand was as sharp as ever, and every strike could cut through vines or ironwood seeds under the deadly skills of the little madman. However, based on his understanding of combat, he did not think that he and his men could defeat the swamp monster in front of him that had obviously grown to a higher stage.
He shouted to Poison Ivy:
"You also have to tell us what this guy's weakness is? I don't think ordinary fire can kill it!"
"The swamp monster is immortal. Don't even think about killing it."
Zha Kang accurately summoned a ball of infernal fire in front of him, burning all the scattered snakes and vines. While the blazing magic fire pillars temporarily slowed down the regeneration of plants, he rode a broom to Damian and said:
"Now it's all right to let it recover from its rooting state, and I just happened to have a great idea."
Zha Kang took a step back while maneuvering the broom.
Looking at the swamp monster in front of him that had finally suppressed the Inferno by relying on the continuous shedding of bark, the latter summoned tens of thousands of poison vines again to sweep across the entire area, determined to turn all those who interfered with the ritual into its own fertilizer.
It can't hear any sound from the outside world now, and Zha Kang's mental projection just now was completely useless.
The swamp monster has been controlled by the Green of All Things.
"Mason!"
Seeing that even the Hellfire could not burn down the rooted Dark Tree, the Dark Wizard narrowed his eyes, activated the team communication, and shouted to his captain:
"Send your Phoenix over here! There's a lot of rotten wood here that needs to be burned."
"Hold on……"
Mason's response was tinged with difficulty and pain, not as easy as before. It seemed that his battle to suppress the runaway Franklin was not going well.
A few seconds later, amid the raging flames, the narcissistic Phoenix Fox was sent to the battlefield here with a sour face.
Don’t ask why Zha Kang can see the sour expression of a phoenix. This is probably a kind of talent.
“Chirp, chirp!”
Fox was in a very bad mood because he was forced to work, so he naturally didn't care about the severity of his attacks. The moment he appeared, this guy started a "Phoenix Fire Setting the Prairie on Fire".
It rushed towards the swamp monster's body like a flaming meteor, and at the moment of collision it sent a raging fire forward, followed by a dark blue purifying flame. In just a few seconds it delivered an incredible DPS that was unmatched by Team K and the wizard duo.
Then, a wave of fireballs with rising temperatures burned the outer bark of the swamp monster cleanly. This wave of "magic fire slimming" was very effective, causing the swamp monster, which had no sense of pain, to roar loudly.
Harley, who was swinging her war hammer at the vines nearby, also got an inspiration.
She frantically searched through her bag and threw her personal belongings everywhere. Finally, she threw out Johnny's Hellbike, lifted it up and twisted the accelerator.
However, the arrogant motorcycle was unwilling to pay attention to her.
It had come to an agreement with Mason that Harley was not allowed to ride it.
It was a conservative motorcycle, and it was impossible for anyone to just jump on it and drive it away. Harley was so angry about its uncooperative attitude that she threatened to smash it. The next second, the rooted swamp monster was forced to pull out its roots and move under the threat of Phoenix Fire. As soon as the group achieved their combat goal, they fell into a more dangerous dilemma.
The BOSS enters the second stage, from a wooden stake to a positional battle that requires flexible movement.
The combatants apparently had no time to react before they were hit in the face by a "Tree World Coming" attack from a swamp monster that jumped into the mud to hide and accumulate power.
Black vines carrying mud rushed out from the ground. Hundreds of poisonous vines surrounded them and released highly toxic spores, knocking down several people in an instant.
Miss Tiexin, who had just run out of the armor, was knocked down head-on and fell into the mud. Ashley Parker, who was unable to dodge, was also hit by the poisonous spores. Harley, who was riding a motorcycle, was smashed away with her motorcycle.
Her best friend Poison Ivy is even worse off.
The vines belonging to her were "assimilated" by the swamp monster, causing her to be dragged into the mud.
She had some fragments of the power of the Green of All Things in her body. Once they were obtained by the swamp monster, the situation would be even more critical. Damian pounced on her, swung his sword and kicked Ivy away, but he himself was caught by vines and pulled into the mud pit.
The roar of the engine sounded the next second.
The hell motorcycle that had been uncooperative just now now spewed out blazing magic fire from its exhaust hole, and rushed out of the muddy ground carrying Harley, who was covered in mud.
Hello!
You tree bastard just hit me, didn't you? How dare you get mud on my beautiful car?
very good!
Now this is a personal vendetta!
The burning locomotive flew up, and the spinning wheels, controlled by Harley, cut the swamp monster that emerged from the mud pit like a razor.
Accompanied by the roar of the phoenix descending from the sky, the two flames merged in an instant and exploded like a spirit bomb.
Damian was pulled towards the monster and struggled to jump out, but was pushed forward by the explosion of flames and fell to the side of Little Joe who jumped up. However, the impact was too strong and the two children rolled over and fell on Jimmy Houtley who was frantically cutting the awakened "tree people" around him.
The three of them rolled into a ball and fell into the mud, turning into mud monkeys, no longer having any dignity as young heroes.
“That won’t do!”
The Wasteland Wolf Cub climbed up and looked at the scene in front of him. The body of the swamp monster that was restrained by the Hell Motorcycle and Phoenix Fire was on fire, but it quickly grew again in the scorch marks.
His beastly instincts gave him the alarm, and he turned around and shouted to Damian:
"We need a strong attacker who can destroy its core... This thing has to have a core, right?"
"Attack fighters, yes."
Damian, who seemed to have rolled in the mud, squinted his eyes and looked at the battlefield. Then he glanced at Xiao Qiao who was clenching his fists and wanted to help, but was helpless because his abilities would occasionally fail.
Batboy curled his lips, pulled out a syringe and stabbed the defenseless Little Joe in the neck under Jimmy's shocked gaze.
The light golden liquid was injected into Xiao Qiao's blood vessels, and the latter suddenly held his head and screamed.
He felt that at this moment, all the information in the world was transmitted to his ears through his hearing sense which was amplified thousands of times. He was unable to accept it all at once, as if his brain was about to explode.
"Hey! Look at me! Don't think about anything else."
Damian grabbed Xiao Qiao's face, stared at him and said:
"The drug I injected you with is a superhuman drug. It won't kill you, but will temporarily give you strength that rivals your father's. We need an attacker right now!
The next time Fox and Harley complete their combined fire attack, I need you to rush over and tear that monster apart before it regenerates!
Do you understand?
That is your mission!
Keep your eyes on it, it's your target! If we kill it, we can save the world... At least this country, where nearly ten million people can survive tonight, it depends on you.
Do you understand?
Jonathan Kent! Take a page from your old man and use your superior wisdom!"
The bat boy roared like a devil instructor.
The heat rays in Xiao Qiao's eyes could no longer be suppressed, so he had to close his eyes. Although the farm boy was trembling, he still nodded when facing Damian's instructions.
He asked his own super intelligence what to do now?
The super intelligence in his mind immediately replied reliably: Of course use your super strength, idiot! Besides, you are already a mature Kryptonian kid, it's time to find yourself a reliable external brain or something, don't ask it for everything.
Superintelligence is also busy, okay?
"Great! Take a deep breath and get ready!"
Damian looked back, and at the moment when Phoenix and Hell Motorcycle once again ignited the swamp monster with flames, he patted Xiao Qiao on the shoulder and said:
"Go ahead!"
"Whoosh"
Xiaoqiao took off and slammed into the burning swamp monster at ten times the speed of sound. He couldn't control the power but that was not a bad thing at the moment.
The heat rays that no longer suppressed his eyes blasted the wood in front of him like a cutting laser, and with his clasped hands, he violently tore off the swamp monster's "left arm" with a snap.
"Attack! What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for it to pin us down in the mud and drown us?"
Da Mi's roar brought the adults present back to their senses.
Zhakang gave Damian a thumbs up to express his appreciation for his ruthlessness, worthy of being the offspring of Batboy. He then cast a spell and threw out the crimson band of Cytorak, which cooperated with Xiao Qiao's wild attack to bind the swamp monster.
The white wizard Xiao Zha also found a way to defeat the enemy. She waved her hands and shouted to the embarrassed Poison Ivy and the tree man Groot:
"The will of the Green of All Things can be transferred, right? Just like a swamp monster trying to eat you, go! You two, absorb its power!
Maybe it will wake him up.”
"Cooperate, cooperate! Quick!"
Harley screamed and swung her warhammer, smashing the newly grown head of the swamp monster with one blow as the flame motorcycle was cutting and flying. Led by her, the K team also launched a counterattack.
With Zha Kang controlling the forbidden spell, there is no pressure at all to go forward and deal some damage.
Even Miss Tiexin, who had lost her armor, grabbed the baseball bat that Harley threw to her and smashed it hard, gritting her teeth and cursing the bastard, saying that she would have to do the laundry when she got home today.
She hates doing laundry!
Poison Ivy and the alien tree man manipulated the vines on the left and right to pierce into the body of the swamp monster that was constantly regenerating but was constantly destroyed by Xiao Qiao and the others. They transferred the power of the green of all things to themselves according to the rhythm commanded by Xiao Zha.
They are all very suitable carriers, and with such cooperation, the swamp monster that seemed invincible just now is now in a critical and desperate situation.
But it didn't give up.
As it regained its sanity, it quickly found the fighting skills that suited it best. In the next fierce attack, its entire body turned into rotten wood and shattered, which immediately made Zha Kang's control magic ineffective.
The dark wizard realized that something was wrong.
But before it could give a warning, a vine entangled its left foot, and it was thrown away and smashed into the mud. Then, with a low roar, the swamp monster "revives with full blood" with a twisted tree as its new body.
It roared and called.
The trees around the entire battlefield were awakened one by one. With the blessing of natural forces, the plants that were about to trample the earth today would have a terrifying numerical advantage.
The young K team in front of them is already prepared for a fierce battle. Damian in the center grabbed the sword, Jimmy on the left gritted his teeth and lowered his body, and Xiao Qiao on the right was ready to launch a heat ray.
They've won once, and they're not afraid to do it again.
However, at the moment when the second world war between the two sides was about to break out, the roaring swamp monster suddenly shook its body violently as if a serious illness had relapsed, and then the whole body turned into rotten wood and exploded as everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Amid the activity of strange energy, the body of a strange man slowly took shape amid the splashing of rotten wood.
Behind him, Mason, whose clothes were tattered, was supporting the pale-faced Franklin Richards as they walked out of the swamp, one step deep and one step shallow.
Franklin raised his left hand and was struggling to control his newly awakened mutant ability. He waved his fingers lightly outward, and the tree people awakened by the swamp monster wailed and returned to the form of trees again.
Mason, who was covered in wounds, pushed his glasses frame.
He raised his head and said to the people who were relieved:
"Well done, everyone. Especially you, Damian. Even though you might get beaten up by Xiao Qiao soon, you are indeed a qualified captain."
