The ground is very hard!
Luke Cage's head is also very hard!
But relatively speaking, the ground is a bit harder.
Because the ground doesn't bleed!
Luke Cage was originally just a street thug, but due to his increasing age and some other reasons, he decided to say goodbye to the thug life.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.
Not long after changing his ways, he was framed by a former good friend and sent to prison.
To get out of prison early, he volunteered to undergo an experiment to recreate the Super Soldier program experienced by Captain America.
During the experiment, a prisoner who held a grudge against him broke into the lab, intending to kill him while he was undergoing the experiment.
Unexpectedly, by a strange twist of fate, this caused a genetic mutation, significantly increasing his physique, greatly boosting his strength, and granting him a superhuman constitution that was virtually invulnerable.
His muscle tissue and bone density were enhanced, allowing him to lift 25 tons and punch through 10-cm-thick steel plates.
His skin is exceptionally tough, capable of withstanding a one-ton impact, resisting attacks from bladed weapons like swords and daggers, and even surviving close-range shots from conventional handguns and TNT explosions.
His regenerative ability is also three times faster than that of an average person.
As he attacked Luke Cage, these pieces of information he had seen before transmigrating flashed through Russell's mind.
However, the facts proved that some things couldn't be truly known without actually testing them.
Whether Luke Cage could lift 25 tons or withstand close-range conventional handgun fire and TNT explosions, Russell didn't know.
But he knew now that when he slammed Luke Cage's head into the ground with all his might, Luke Cage's head would bleed just the same.
Although he didn't smash Luke Cage's head like a watermelon dropped from a height, seeing Luke Cage's head make a large dent and bleed after being slammed, he still revealed a satisfied smile.
Invulnerable?
And you dare claim invulnerability with just this?
Russell's attack was too sudden.
Not only did the three Daredevils not expect it, but Luke Cage himself didn't either.
Only after Luke Cage's head made intimate contact with the ground did the three Daredevils finally react.
Without any hesitation, the three Daredevils attacked Russell simultaneously.
Adults are fighting, kids stay out of the way!
Looking at the three Daredevils rushing towards him like lightning, Russell not only didn't release his right hand but grabbed Luke Cage's head again and slammed it heavily into the ground.
Boom!
A massive impact sound echoed again, and small stones created by the shattered ground flew out like bullets.
At the same time, four black tendrils, like fox tails, surged from Russell's lower back as he half-crouched.
These four black tendrils emerged from his lower back and stabbed towards the approaching three Daredevils like spears.
There were only three enemies attacking him now, but he controlled the Venom symbiote to produce four sharp tendrils like tails.
This wasn't because he was bad at math or made a control error for a moment, but because he did it on purpose.
At this moment, he was using the Venom symbiote to imitate the adorable Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul.
The adorable Kaneki's initial Kagune form was the four sharp, tail-like Kagune emerging from his lower back.
This was also the Kagune form the adorable Kaneki inherited from Rize.
Three of the sharp black tendrils were controlled by him to attack the three Daredevils.
The remaining one came before Luke Cage.
Luke Cage, dazed and disoriented from the impact, had no chance to resist Russell; the fact that he was still alive was thanks to his superhuman constitution at work.
The black tendril that came before him coiled around his neck like a python, lifting his entire body.
Meanwhile, the three Daredevils on the other side were still fending off the black tendrils' attacks.
When they decided to eliminate Russell, this heinous and brutal killer, they had investigated information about him and knew that Russell possessed a superhuman physique far exceeding that of ordinary people.
Unfortunately, their information was a bit outdated.
According to their investigation, Russell was a superhuman capable of lifting a small car with his bare hands and leaping over ten or twenty meters high.
Although what he displayed was a bit exaggerated, for Daredevil and others, it wasn't a big deal.
They also had people with superhuman physiques on their side, and there were two of them.
Lifting a small car with bare hands or similar feats, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones could do the same.
But they never imagined that the superhuman physique was a thing of the past.
What Russell possessed now was not just a superhuman physique.
However, this was also normal; besides Diana, Tony, and Ethan, everyone else who had witnessed him use the Venom symbiote's abilities had gone to hell to meet Mephisto.
The people at the textile factory are all dead!
The Punisher is dead too!
The terrorists in Afghanistan and the Ten Rings gang members are the same!
Without exception, everyone who had witnessed him use the Venom symbiote and was an enemy, all died.
This led to the outside world believing that the only superpower Russell possessed was that ordinary superhuman physique.
However, the truth was, his Venom symbiote was no less capable than the superhuman physique.
Although the three Daredevils tried to rescue Luke Cage from Russell's grasp, unfortunately, blocked by the black tendrils, they couldn't even get close to Russell, let alone rescue Luke Cage.
They could only watch as Russell controlled the black tendrils, lifting Luke Cage, whose head was covered in blood.
Fortunately, Luke Cage himself was black, so with his face covered in blood, he didn't look quite as miserable.
After all, black is a very dominant color.
After lifting Luke Cage, Russell controlled the other three black tendrils, forcing the three Daredevils back.
"You know what? I'm starting to understand more and more why villains in movies love to rant at the heroes who represent justice during a fight."
"Because those heroes who claim to be righteous are really overestimating themselves!"
Russell, looking like a monster with four sharp tendrils surging from his lower back, tilted his head and spoke to the three Daredevils.
Just as the three Daredevils were about to open their mouths to refute him, he raised a finger, placed it in front of his mouth, and shushed them lightly, indicating that the three Daredevils shouldn't interrupt his performance.
"Villains die because they talk too much; this is a trope that screenwriters and audiences never get tired of!"
"I used to like this trope too. It's fun to play with, and when you mock villains, you can also show that you're a humorous person. It's hitting two birds with one stone, nothing wrong with that."
Saying this, Russell paused for a moment, looked up at Luke Cage, who was lifted by the black tendrils.
Then, he continued, "But have you ever thought about why even very smart villains fall victim to this 'die because they talk too much' trope?
Is there really a rule in the world that evil cannot triumph over good, so ambitious villains must be defeated by righteous heroes!
No, no, no, the world doesn't care about the justice and evil defined by human standards of good and bad.
Villains dying because they talk too much has nothing to do with evil not triumphing over good, and nothing to do with justice always winning.
The reason villains in movies are always defeated, while justice in reality doesn't get fair vindication, is only one: political correctness!
Because only politically correct movies can be released. As for reality, hehe, who cares about this damned reality!
Oh, right, since we're talking about political correctness, let's talk about a topic you Americans like even more: racial discrimination!
Speaking of which, you might not believe it, but in this country of yours that claims to be fair and just, I, a newcomer to the assassin profession, actually experienced racial discrimination.
Even as an assassin who sells his life for money, just because of my skin color, the pay I received was always a bit less than other assassins.
Even if my assignments were completed more perfectly, it made no difference.
So later, here among you, I learned some very important lessons.
Justice?
The winner is justice!
Whoever has the bigger fist holds the right to speak!
Just like now, you desperately want to kill me immediately, but you can only stand there and listen to me, the villain, pontificate.
Oh, right, do you think I'm just an arrogant and ignorant villain right now?
No, you're wrong!
I'm telling you this only because these words have been suppressed in my heart for a long time, and I've never had the chance to express my true thoughts to you representatives who claim to be righteous.
Now I finally have this opportunity, so I might as well get it off my chest!
Finally, to make your resolve to eliminate me, this villain, even stronger, let me tell you something.
There are two kinds of people I hate the most!
The first kind is racist people, and the second kind is silent people!"
After speaking, Russell controlled the other three black tendrils, wrapping around Luke Cage's hands and right leg.
Then, he pulled the black tendrils with all his might, tearing Luke Cage apart in mid-air.
"Welcome to the real world, where villains also have a chance to win!"
PS: A few words here.
While writing this chapter, I kept thinking about whether to have the protagonist pontificate so much "nonsense".
After all, writing this content might cause many readers to drop the book or result in comments about twisted values and filler content.
But after thinking about it, I finally decided to write it this way.
As for why I wrote it this way, the reason is simple: the apprentice hopes that readers who get to this point will clearly understand one thing, which is that the protagonist is really not a good person.
Because from the beginning, he is in a relationship with Diana, and Diana is a superhero, some readers might think the protagonist is on the good side.
But when the protagonist's identity was set, it was already predetermined that the protagonist would not be a good person; good people don't become assassins, and the subsequent series of ruthless actions also proved this.
As for Diana, she is indeed a superhero, but she is truly not a superhero like Superman or Batman.
In the Justice League, she is one of the few who doesn't have a no-kill rule; when it comes to killing, she is more decisive than anyone.
Of course, some readers might say, no, Wonder Woman is justice, and she couldn't possibly be with a protagonist who is like a villain.
If you really care about this point, then all I can say is that the apprentice's novel might not be the kind of novel you expect.
Alright, I won't say anything else. If you think you can continue reading, please give the apprentice more support. If you don't like it, that's okay too; after all, everyone has their own preferences.