In the corner, the man who had been slumped there like a homeless drifter slowly raised his head at Captain America's call.
Robert Reynolds.
On this battlefield of despair, his messy blond hair obscured half his face, and his eyes held the bewildered look of a lost child.
Yet, the tattered golden skintight suit he wore radiated a heart-palpitating, ancient aura through the dust.
High in the sky, the elegant smile on Frieza's lips froze the instant he saw the man stand up.
His scarlet pupils instantly constricted into pinpricks.
A chill he had never felt before shot up his spine to the top of his skull, making even his expensive white suit feel biting cold.
"Sen...try?!"
Frieza screamed internally.
As a transmigrator well-versed in Marvel lore, how could he not recognize this absolute cheat code of a character?
The man with the power of a million exploding suns!
The key was, that was just the power he convinced himself he had to suppress the Void inside him.
His true power, in the comics, was practically second only to the One Above All!
A terrifying existence comparable to the Old Testament God!
Even if he wasn't sure if the MCU logic would apply here, or if the writers would nerf him...
But!
Even if it was just 10%—no, 1% of the real deal, that was still enough to tear him apart!
If this thing fully awakened, forget about his current base form. Even if he dragged out Golden Frieza—who didn't even exist for him yet—it would still be a giant question mark whether he could win!
"Damn it! Steve, you traitor, you actually dare to wake him up?!"
Warning bells were going off in Frieza's mind like an air raid siren as he watched Sentry's eyes focus.
According to the standard villain playbook, this was the part where he should cross his arms, look arrogant, and wait for the opponent to transform.
Then he'd say, "Oh? This is getting interesting," right before getting his face smashed in.
But!
Who was Frieza?
He was the man aspiring to be the universe's greatest real estate tycoon!
That kind of suicidal stupidity was something the original Frieza would do, not him! Frieza would never do that!
This is called being prudent!
"He has to die! Now! Immediately! Right this second!"
The killing intent in Frieza's eyes surged to the extreme, overshadowing even the indifference he showed when destroying the moon.
"Since you want to play rough, the Emperor will play rough with you!"
BOOM!!!
No wind-up. No monologue.
In the sky, Frieza's elegant humanoid form underwent a horrific mutation in an instant!
Frieza's Third Form!
That xenomorph-like form born for combat—ugly, but incredibly savage!
His skull elongated backward, hideous as an alien monstrosity. His back arched, and spikes protruded from his shoulder armor.
His height exploded from just over a meter to over two meters!
The terrifying aura that had been suppressed until now poured out like a dam breaking!
[Ding! Host switched to Third Form! Combat Power surged to 2,000,000!]
Two million Power Level!
At this moment, the Earth's atmosphere wailed under the pressure, as if it would tear apart at any second.
"DIE!!!"
Frieza let out a shriek that didn't sound human. He didn't fire those tiny, playful beams from his fingertips this time.
All five fingers lit up simultaneously, converging into a massive, thick purple Destruction Beam!
Target—the not-yet-fully-awake Robert Reynolds!
On the ground.
Captain America, Steve Rogers, felt the sudden explosion of evil energy above him, countless times more terrifying than before.
His face went sheet-white.
He guessed Frieza might attack, but he didn't expect this demon to be this decisive!
No monologue? Just straight to the ultimate move?
"Ancient One! Stall him!!!"
Cap roared, pulling out a special syringe that S.H.I.E.L.D. had kept sealed for half a century.
Inside was a high-concentration golden serum, the only key to waking the Sentry.
"God, forgive me..."
A flash of pain crossed Cap's eyes. He knew that once he injected this, the Earth might just be destroyed by a different monster, but he had no choice.
He raised the syringe and stabbed it violently toward Sentry's carotid artery!
At the same time.
The Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One, who had been on standby, made her move.
She knew this was the last chance.
Her hands formed seals rapidly. The Eye of Agamotto on her chest snapped open, emerald light blooming like a lotus flower.
"Time... Freeze!"
The Ancient One gave it her all, trying to use the Time Stone to freeze the purple monster diving toward them.
However.
In the eyes of Third Form Frieza, with a Power Level of two million...
Slow.
Too slow.
It was like watching an old slide projector click through frames one by one.
Cap's motion of stabbing the needle looked like a slow-motion replay. The Ancient One's hand seals were so slow they made him want to laugh.
"In the face of absolute speed, even time has to make way for the Emperor!"
ZOOM—!
Frieza's figure vanished from the air.
It wasn't teleportation; it was physical movement pushed to the absolute limit!
One microsecond before the Ancient One's time magic took effect...
Frieza's hideous, alien hand had already appeared in front of her face.
"I think this belongs with me for safekeeping."
A grotesque grin spread across Frieza's elongated face.
SPLAT!
Like crushing a block of tofu.
Frieza's hand punched straight through the Ancient One's chest, grabbing the Time Stone glowing with green light.
"Urgh..."
The Ancient One's eyes went wide, the light within them fading rapidly.
She had calculated everything, but she had failed to calculate that this monster's speed could exceed the casting time of her spell.
"Goodbye, Baldy."
Frieza flicked his wrist, tossing the Ancient One's corpse to the ground like trash.
The next second.
He looked over at Cap, whose needle had already pierced Sentry's skin.
"Hold on! It's not over yet!"
Alarm bells rang in Frieza's head again.
The Ancient One was dead, but if that serum got injected, who knew if Sentry would instantly turn into the Void!
That was the biggest unstable bomb in the Marvel Universe!
He couldn't gamble!
Frieza looked at the Time Stone in his hand without hesitation.
He didn't know magic, but the System did!
And even if that failed, he could just pour brute force energy into the stone to force it to work!
"Give me... REVERSAL!!!"
Frieza's Ki poured madly into the Time Stone.
HUM————!
Green light exploded instantly, enveloping the area within a hundred meters.
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