"Excellent observation skills, I'll give you a ten."
Ron scoffed faintly, his eyes glowing crimson as plasma laser rays shot out.
"But I don't accept being called a thief. What have you lost?"
Black King raised his hand to block the rays, absorbing the energy, but then took a heavy punch to the abdomen.
"You think just because you have my abilities, you can stop me?"
He spoke with a vicious tone, swinging his fist back, the terrifying heat in his punch enough to vaporize steel.
"I've been developing the same abilities for decades, how could you possibly compare to me!"
The last time Ron used Red Devil's abilities, it was clear that while he had copied Red Devil's powers, his development and application of them were far inferior to Red Devil's.
"Is that so? How do you know that all I gained was your abilities themselves?"
Enveloped in a red, flame-like plasma energy, Ron hovered in the air, exchanging blows with Black King, who could also fly due to his ample nuclear energy.
"Kid, what happened last time, plus your interference today, I'll settle it all with you!"
The longer this dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be, especially with his current appearance being seen.
Recalling being thrown into the ash chimney, Black King's internal nuclear energy violently erupted through his attacks, the nuclear energy released from his fists becoming even more terrifying.
He was certain that Ron's energy capacity limit was far inferior to his own.
Since he could absorb energy just like him, he would just overload him!
Terrifying high temperatures and radiation spread, the temperature of the sea surface for several miles around began to rise, and as the radiation diffused, small fish corpses floated up from the seabed.
"How did Ron do that?"
Under the powerful radiation, Magneto's head felt dizzy and he couldn't bear it, so he quickly moved away on his metal sheet, shocked and bewildered that Ron could fight Black King to a standstill.
Squinting, it looked as if two small Suns were fighting in the sky over the sea.
He tried to control the wreckage of the nuclear submarine to attack and help Ron.
Whoosh!
The massive thousand-ton steel wreckage hurtled through the air, but before it could get close, the rising temperature nearby caused it to lose its magnetism and fall into the Water.
"How could this be?"
Facing his enemy, his attacks couldn't even get close.
Bang!
"You want to overload me? It's useless."
Easily blocking Black King's attack again, Ron, with even faster speed, firmly blocked his breakthrough, his face expressionless as he realized his intention.
"However much energy you can absorb, I can absorb even more!"
Alex's ability, combined with Black King's ability, meant that his energy capacity limit, especially for thermal and radiation energy, was even slightly greater than Black King's.
Boom!
Two fists collided, and energy ripples exploded, soaring hundreds of meters high, dispersing clouds, and causing the sea surface to indent, creating towering waves.
"Impossible, kid, you're about to collapse, aren't you? Don't force it!"
Black King's expression was ferocious, subconsciously unwilling to believe this.
If Ron not only had other abilities but also an energy absorption capacity no weaker than his, then even if a great war destroyed the World, would he still rule the World afterwards?
"Black King's abilities are actually this powerful?!
And Ron? He actually held Black King firmly!"
Several miles away, on the Blackbird Fighter, Professor X murmured to himself, and Raven and the others were in shock.
Black King was unexpectedly powerful, like a walking nuclear bomb, and Ron displayed abilities completely on par with Black King.
"He copied Black King's ability, but didn't he say he could only use it five times in his life?"
"In fact, this might be Ron's fifth copy."
Moira, beside him, recalled something and said hesitantly.
"After discovering you, I investigated the Military's secret files and found that Colonel Stryker of the Military seemed to have known about your existence for a long time. He has an X-Squad under his command, said to be composed of various special ability users.
One member, codenamed Sabretooth, has abilities similar to what Ron initially displayed: slower aging than normal people, super healing, and physical enhancement. His nails turn into sharp claws…"
"So, two of the five abilities Ron told me about actually came from one person's ability?"
"Yes."
"Oh, he lied to me.
But it was a good lie."
Professor X excitedly patted the top of the cabin window; he couldn't imagine who could stop such a terrifying Black King if Ron couldn't copy his abilities!
"My God, are these two gods fighting?"
People from both fleets on the sea surface stared wide-eyed in horror, frozen in place.
This was like a scene from a mythical god war, shattering their Worldview.
"How can humans possess such power?!"
A dreamlike feeling arose in their hearts.
Are humans fragile creatures that can be scalded by boiling Water and killed by a bullet to a vital organ?
But those two, how could their fragile bodies contain such terrifying energy!
Above the sea, Ron and Black King exchanged attacks, evenly matched, their fists and feet colliding, powerful energy clashing, back and forth, creating huge energy ripples that affected nearly a thousand meters around them.
Any seabirds flying by were instantly pulverized into flesh and ashes.
Bang!
"This is the first time I've found my own ability so annoying!"
Black King condensed nuclear energy in his fist and struck Ron, saying with hatred.
He finally understood how his enemies felt when facing him before, where no attack had any effect.
All energy was absorbed, with no positive feedback, like attacking an abyss that could swallow everything!
"Me too."
Ron replied coldly.
His and Black King's fight, with constantly leaking energy ripples capable of tearing everything apart, must have seemed terrifying to others.
But he himself felt a bit bored.
A full-power blow couldn't even push the opponent back a step or injure them.
"To prevent this from happening again, I'll have to ask you to die here today."
With his current strength, even fighting Homelander shouldn't be like this.
Black King's ability was too prone to making enemies feel frustrated and powerless; one such existence on Earth was enough from now on.
"Just you? Get lost."
Black King's attacks became more ferocious, the high temperature emanating from him approaching the surface of the Sun, trying to repel Ron.
"Let's just stay here. I don't think either of us can participate in a battle like that."
Nearly a thousand meters away, Darwin, whose body had turned into a strange brown rock-like substance to resist the aftermath, stood with Alex, swallowing hard as they watched the two fighting in the air, their exploding energy ripples sweeping everything.
Only they, one capable of absorbing thermal and radiation energy, and the other possessing the ability of adaptability, could stand there; a normal person would have been killed long ago.
But that was all; if they got any closer, neither was sure they would survive safely.
"Black King's temperature is already approaching the Sun's surface; we can't even get close. Avenging Banshee and saving the World can only fall to Ron."
"Ron, execute Plan D quickly!"
After the shock and excitement, Professor X regained his composure and shouted through the loudspeaker on the Blackbird Fighter.
Matters concerning the World's safety had to be treated seriously; Ron, Professor X, and Magneto had discussed several plans to deal with Black King.
For example, poison gas, extreme cold, space… revolving around his teleportation ability, sending Black King into extreme environments they had prepared beforehand to kill him.
"Plan D?
Indeed, only this one will work."
Hearing the reminder, and having familiarized himself with the abilities, Ron didn't plan to continue and prepared to end the fight.
Given Black King's current state, steel could vaporize near him, let alone poison gas or extreme cold. The range of psychic teleportation was limited, and even if he was teleported into space, he could fly back, so indeed, only one feasible plan remained.
"Someone's rushing me, Black King, this is the end."
"The end? Are you surrendering?"
Black King launched a fierce attack, firing arm-thick nuclear energy rays from his palms, and sneered disdainfully.
The helmet specially made for him by the Soviet Union was on his head, immune to any psychic abilities. With his strict defense, Ron had no chance to remove his helmet.
Physically, besides a large-yield nuclear bomb, what on Earth could kill him?
"Or are you planning to use your teleportation ability to send me into the center of a nuclear explosion to kill me?"
"Can you really absorb the massive nuclear energy I release while also concentrating on teleporting?"
"You're right, absorbing massive energy while teleporting is a bit difficult."
Ron said coldly, retaliating with plasma laser rays from his eyes.
"But there's no need to go anywhere else; I can kill you right here!"