Hawkeye Barton's eyesight was excellent, and he could clearly see the changes happening to Elektra, who had transformed into a monster.
The bullets merely hit their target and turned into mist, which then quickly regenerated.
"Is it immortality? Is it immune to bullet attacks or does it recover quickly?" Hawkeye wondered.
He took a specially made arrow from his back, drew his bow, aimed, and fired.
The specially treated arrowhead, calculated by Hawkeye, exploded the moment it pierced Elektra.
The demonized Elektra still didn't dodge, taking the full force of the explosion.
Hawkeye stared intently at the rising smoke, wanting to determine if the monster was truly immune to physical attacks.
As the smoke gradually dissipated, Hawkeye saw that Elektra, who was originally in that position, had turned into a large mass, rapidly reassembling and recovering.
"It's not immune to physical attacks, but it doesn't take effective damage.
It looks like the smoke is a recovery effect, and a barrage of firepower might be effective.
Also, it seems to have very low intelligence."
Hawkeye Barton issued an order: "Team B, five Agents, take assault rifles and use suppressive fire to pin down the monster.
Do you have Rocket launchers?"
An Agent replied, "Officer, we have two Airtronic RPG-7 Rocket launchers."
"Good.
Use the Rocket launchers when there's an abnormal situation with the suppressive fire, to keep the monster pinned in place."
On the outskirts of Elektra's black mist domain, Alexandra was very agitated.
Those S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, for some reason, reacted so quickly and were prepared before they even arrived.
What worried her more was Elektra's condition.
From the moment Elektra's body began to deform, she stopped obeying Alexandra's commands, acting like a monster driven solely by instinct.
Alexandra impatiently shouted orders:
"Elektra, don't waste time!
Go and deal with all those people, then retrieve the Dragon Bone for me!"
Her yelling seemed to have an effect, as Elektra turned her head towards her.
Alexandra smiled, immediately feeling that things were still under her control.
The next second, the demonized Elektra raised her hand towards her, and black energy surged out, instantly engulfing The Hand's fingers.
"No, no—"
"Another citizen dead!
Damn it, why are those NYPD guys so slow, and are these people watching the show not afraid of death?"
Hawkeye cursed, having mistaken Alexandra for an ordinary old woman.
After devouring Alexandra, Elektra's mind underwent significant changes.
Previously, although her mind was extremely chaotic, Elektra's will was still barely dominant.
After devouring numerous human souls, the Beast's consciousness began to gain the upper hand, and Elektra's consciousness was suppressed.
The result was that the demonized Elektra's pure black eyes developed another color: red pupils.
"Finally, I can control this body!"
Like the harsh, grinding sound of an old fan, the Elektra now was no longer Elektra; he should be called the Beast.
The Beast recalled the memories obtained from Alexandra's soul, "Dragon Bone, huh?
This body is still too fragile.
Before Ancient One, that lunatic, finds me, I need to strengthen this body and then find a place to hide.
The Dragon Bone seems like a good option."
The Beast pondered how to seize this opportunity to descend into the real World without being caught and exploited by Ancient One.
In front of the Beast, several fully armed S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents suddenly appeared.
They stood outside the black energy domain, holding assault rifles.
The inexperienced Beast didn't recognize these things at all.
Just as he was about to deliver a speech befitting a great demon god, the leading Captain issued an order, "Fire!"
Sparks flew as bullets rained down on the Beast as if they were free.
Da da da da!
Inside the cinema, the movie was in its final stages.
In the film, a burning cinema, the mustachioed man was riddled with bullets by two spies using machine guns, and the high-ranking officials of the Third Reich were wiped out in a cinema.
"This plot is too ridiculous!" Akira complained in his heart, having thought it was serious history.
"But the plot is really satisfying!"
Looking at the incoming iron lumps, the Beast reached out and caught one, while the rest poured onto his body.
The iron block in his hand was scalding hot, and his body was pierced by bullets, but he grinned and said, "These are truly good things!"
Although the Beast had devoured Alexandra's soul and obtained her memories, he only selectively acquired the memories he wanted, not accepting them entirely.
The pierced areas instantly regenerated, and as the Beast raised his hand, the black energy domain rapidly expanded.
"RPG!"
Seeing that the situation was not right, the Captain called for the Agents behind him to fire the prepared Rocket launchers.
Two shells were launched from different positions.
The Beast raised his hand and caught one, while the other passed directly through the Beast's body, exploding not far behind him.
"Nice power!"
Then the Beast actually opened his mouth and swallowed the warhead in his hand.
"It actually ate it!" An Agent was stunned.
What do you mean by swallowing a cannonball whole?
"Continue suppressive fire!" Seeing that the Rocket launcher was useless, the Captain ordered again, hoping to suppress the Beast with firepower.
This time, the Beast didn't stand there as a living target.
The black energy around him gathered in front of him, forming a shield to block the incoming bullets.
The bullets were dissolved the moment they touched the black energy, without even a spark being generated.
Raising his hand, an explosive flame erupted, and the cannonball the Beast had just eaten now served its purpose in this manner.
The Agents were all blown away.
Fortunately, their protective suits were made of the latest synthetic materials by S.H.I.E.L.D., and under the protection of the suits, they did not lose their lives, but they would not be able to fight again for a short time.
"Truly fragile, but these things are still good!"
The Beast rasped in his rusty voice, seemingly not knowing how to speak normally.
He picked up the assault rifles the Agents had dropped on the ground, enveloped them in black energy, and reforged them.
When the black energy dissipated, the several machine guns in the Beast's hand had become a single entity, an incredibly ugly Gatling gun.
The muzzle of the ugly Gatling gun was aimed at the Agents lying on the ground, and the rusty voice spoke again:
"You all try King's new toy too!"
Whoosh!
The Beast raised his hand and caught an arrow shot towards his head, stopping his action of pulling the trigger.
The rusty voice sneered:
"Do you think such a weapon can attack King?"
Bang!
The arrow exploded.
The Beast was blasted back several meters.
His defense had improved, and this time he didn't need to turn into black mist to recover.
Hawkeye Barton said to the Agent following him:
"Take the wounded away!"
Then he picked up the Rocket launcher that had fallen to the ground, an Agent quickly helped him load a new shell, and Hawkeye fired another shot towards the direction where the Beast had landed.
"Grenades next!"
Grenades were thrown into the smoke as if they were free.
The explosion lasted for half a minute, and Hawkeye made a gesture for the Agents to stop.
He drew his bow, the arrowhead constantly aimed in the direction the Beast had flown, waiting to directly shoot the appearing Beast.
The rising smoke gradually settled, but Hawkeye frowned.
There was nothing inside, only the damaged ground.
Where was he?
Given his recovery speed and defense, it was impossible for him to have been blown to ashes.
"Wow, humans, this is called fireworks, isn't it?
You are truly too enthusiastic!
You almost ruined King's newly acquired toy.
King won't blame you.
Come, King will also give you a treat!"
The rusty voice sounded behind the Agents, followed by the rattling of the 'Gatling gun'.
The experienced Hawkeye reacted instantly, without looking back, he pulled an Agent beside him and dove to the side.