Xiao Han stepped out of the portal. As his black combat boots just touched the shattered asphalt, an arrow whistled straight for his throat.
He didn't even lift his head. With a flash of red light in his eyes, the arrow turned to ash in mid-air.
Immediately after, a Heat Vision shot out, cutting the zombie Hawkeye, who was hiding behind a scrapped car, in half at the waist.
"Clint." Xiao Han watched the former archer's remains twitching on the ground, his rotten face still bearing a ferocious hunger.
But there was no time for sentiment.
The moment the portal closed behind him, the entire street suddenly fell silent for a second.
Then, countless pairs of blood-red eyes simultaneously turned towards him.
The zombie heroes.
Beneath Captain America's rotten stars and stripes uniform, stark white bones were visible, and the edge of his shield was stained with dried blood.
Pieces of flesh hung from Wolverine's Adamantium bone claws, and a Beast-like growl rumbled in his throat.
Ben Grimm's rock skin was covered in greenish-gray corpse spots, leaving cracked footprints on the ground with every step.
"Roar!!!"
With a roar from the zombie Captain America, all the heroes erupted simultaneously!
Captain America threw his shield. Xiao Han stopped it with one hand and flung it back towards Captain America's cervical spine.
With a crack, the head wearing a tattered cowl twisted to a strange angle, but the corpse still charged forward until Xiao Han followed up with a Heat Vision, completely vaporizing its skull.
The second one to lunge was Wolverine.
"Logan, rest in peace." Xiao Han's eyes blazed with intense light, and Heat Vision cut Wolverine in half at the waist like a laser scalpel.
But Wolverine wasn't dead. His charred lower body actually began to writhe and regenerate, while his upper body used its claws to claw at the ground and continue crawling forward!
"Troublesome."
Xiao Han frowned. His Telekinesis field instantly expanded, holding Wolverine's remains suspended in mid-air.
Rotten organs and writhing tendrils of flesh twisted in the force field but could not break free.
The third was the rock creature.
A hundred-ton punch slammed towards Xiao Han's face, but it was abruptly stopped by his Biofield three inches from his nose.
"You are too slow."
Xiao Han spun around and delivered a whip kick, an sonic boom cloud exploding at his ankle.
The rock creature was struck by the immense force and sent flying backward, crashing through three buildings before stopping.
The zombie Human Torch swooped down from high altitude, his entire body burning with eerie blue flames.
"Burn to ash!" He lunged with a sinister grin.
Xiao Han didn't even lift an eyelid. A Heat Vision shot pierced his forehead.
The zombie Human Torch instantly went silent, turning into a charred corpse that crashed onto the ground.
Just as he was preparing to deal with the other heroes, a deafening roar suddenly came from overhead.
"Hulk! Smash!!!"
A giant green shadow plummeted like a cannonball!
Xiao Han didn't leave his spot. He knew Hulk had arrived.
He wanted to test a hypothesis.
Immediately, he crossed his arms to block. The moment two forces capable of shaking a continental shelf collided, the ground within a hundred meters collapsed in a spiderweb pattern.
The Biofield firmly locked the Impact within the battle zone, otherwise the entire Manhattan would have sunk under this blow.
"Interesting, it seems it really is the comic book setting."
Xiao Han looked at the Hulk before him, whose muscles were rotten but still terrifying, and a battle-ready arc curved on his lips.
Scarlet light flickered in the opponent's eye sockets, and corrosive saliva dripped from his mouth, scorching the ground and producing wisps of green smoke.
This was a true opponent.
Hulk swung his fist again. Xiao Han didn't dodge or evade, and likewise threw a punch!
"Boom!!!"
The Impact from the collision of the two fists sent all the surrounding zombie heroes flying.
Xiao Han had already floated up. His Biofield neutralized most of the Impact force, and his body only flew back a little.
Hulk, on the other hand, crashed into the building behind him but immediately roared and charged out again.
"Mirror Dimension."
Xiao Han suddenly formed a hand seal, and golden sparks drew complex trajectories in the void.
Reality shattered like glass, and all the zombie heroes, along with Hulk, were pulled into the bizarre Mirror Dimension.
Twisted buildings floated all around, and the laws of physics lost their meaning here.
"Now I can go all out." Xiao Han twisted his neck.
Hulk gave him no chance to breathe. His rotten giant fist had already slammed in front of him!
Xiao Han also swung a punch to meet him. The two of them turned into one black and one green afterimage in the Mirror Dimension, and every collision caused the spatial structure to vibrate violently.
Hulk's rotten fist, carrying immense force, slammed down. Xiao Han dodged sideways, and the Mirror architecture behind him was instantly reduced to dust by the aftershock.
"Roar!"
Hulk opened his massive mouth, and green saliva splattered.
Golden light flared in Xiao Han's eyes, and Heat Vision shot precisely into Hulk's throat, but it only burned a rapidly healing bloody hole.
Target cell regeneration speed exceeding expectations?
Xiao Han's lips curved slightly: "Now this is interesting."
He suddenly removed the Biofield restriction, charging his right fist to the limit. His Kryptonian cells emitted dazzling golden light under the infusion of Sun energy.
"Bang!"
The Impact from the collision of the two fists spread outwards in a sphere. The New York City in the Mirror Dimension collapsed layer by layer like building blocks.
Hulk was sent flying several kilometers, crashing through more than a dozen Mirror skyscrapers consecutively.
Xiao Han shook his numb arm, secretly sighing that the comic book version of Hulk was truly outrageous.
His own strength was almost insufficient. It seemed he needed to bask in the Sun more after going back.
Hulk attacked again!
"Bang!"
Again, Xiao Han sent Hulk flying high into the air with an uppercut, but the latter suddenly grabbed onto floating architectural debris to counterattack.
The zombie Spider-Man took the opportunity to ambush from the side, wrapping webs around Xiao Han's right leg.
Xiao Han quickly turned his head and blew its head off with a Heat Vision, while simultaneously chopping down with his left leg like a battleaxe, cutting another ambushing zombie hero in half at the waist.
Hulk seized this fleeting opening and slammed a heavy punch fiercely towards Xiao Han's back.
Xiao Han's reaction speed was already known. Hulk's fist was as slow as a snail in his eyes.
He turned his body sideways in the air and delivered a fierce whip kick to the top of Hulk's head.
"Roar!!"
Black blood spurted from Hulk's seven orifices, but he became even more berserk.
He tried to grab Xiao Han by the waist, but Xiao Han grabbed his neck with a backhand and pushed him, crashing through more than a dozen Mirror buildings consecutively.
Wherever the two passed, the spatial structure twisted and tore like a ripped canvas.
Xiao Han's eyes suddenly lit up with unprecedented golden light: "Enough."
Sun flare!
Blazing white light flames erupted from his every pore. Hulk was hit at close range, and his rotten skin instantly carbonized.
But incredibly, he still didn't let go. Instead, he opened his massive mouth and bit towards Xiao Han's throat!
"Stubborn."
Xiao Han grabbed Hulk's neck with one hand. With his other hand, he joined his fingers like a knife and, with a squelch, stabbed into his chest.
When he withdrew his hand, he was clutching a beating green heart covered in black blood vessels in his palm.
Hulk's movements came to an abrupt halt.
Those scarlet eyes gradually dimmed, and finally, a trace of clear-mindedness, like relief, flickered within them.
"Dr. Banner?" Xiao Han narrowed his eyes.
Hulk's lips twitched, and with his last bit of strength, he squeezed out a few words: "Destroy... Reed's... laboratory..."
The green giant's body crashed to the ground with a loud thud.
The Mirror Dimension began to collapse, and the surviving zombie heroes turned into black smoke one after another.
Xiao Han stood in the void, gazing at the heart in his palm that was gradually stopping its beating.
"Time to go to the Baxter Building's underground laboratory."
[Sir, the coordinates have been locked, but anomalous energy readings have been detected,] Jarvis, who had already connected to Xiao Han's multi-functional watch, said with a somewhat solemn voice.
[Recommendation...]
"Recommendation denied." Xiao Han crushed the heart, and a new portal opened before him.
"Time to see what good deeds Mr. Charlatan has been up to again."