Passive skill card: Light-speed Flight (Purple) - Carol Danvers: "You can fly at the speed of light, but please be mindful of your body."
Passive skill card: Energy Absorption (Orange) - Carol Danvers: "You can temporarily absorb all energy and release it, but certain powerful energies may harm your body."
Fusion Card: Photonic Energy Control "You can absorb Light Energy to store for later use or directly strengthen yourself; you can release Light Energy or convert it into any form." (Note 1)
Fusion Card: Binary Form "Connect to a white hole and receive the continuous energy infusion erupting from it. The stronger your body, the longer you can maintain this state."
All four skill cards are incredibly powerful. One can see just how strong Captain Marvel is from their descriptions alone. As for Light-speed Flight, Carol didn't maintain this state constantly, but her speed was still not slow.
She didn't become sluggish or defenseless under the Eyes of Death state either, and when she prepared to break away and escape, she was still caught up by the Eternal Spear, Gungnir. For Energy Absorption, Carol did indeed absorb Dragon Power, though she only attracted a small portion, yet it was enough to turn the tables and nearly cripple Hong Fei's right hand.
For Photonic Energy Control, Carol was releasing energy the entire time, and this ability, at first glance, looks very much like Superman's Kryptonian Bloodline. As for Binary Form, when she erupted for the last time, her whole body emitted intense light, and her eyes were covered by pure, dazzling radiance; this should belong to the Binary Form... right?
But Binary Form shouldn't be that weak; either Carol's body isn't strong enough to fully activate this state yet, or her mastery of it isn't sufficient. In short, in the Marvel Universe, fluctuating combat power and ambiguous combat skills are nothing surprising. Looking at these, let's look at Hong Fei.
Dragon Power Fusion Rate: 52.16%
This is the post-battle data; the difference before the battle wasn't significant. Throughout the entire battle, for the first ninety percent of the time, he used half his fusion rate to erupt with nearly 80% of his Dragon Power; the extra 30% came from direct damage to his body and the constant squeezing of his Soul.
In the last ten percent of the time, with the White Dragon merged, the man and dragon together erupted with over 90% of the Dragon Power. The Dragon Power was on par with, or even slightly superior to, Carol's energy in terms of energy attributes. With each shockwave, it permeated into Carol's body and continued to take effect, which could be considered a form of persistent damage.
Ten Rings: Orange Weapon. Without the comprehensive boost from the Ten Rings, he wouldn't have been a match for Carol when they first traded blows, and there would have been almost no way to fight afterward. Furthermore, it was the power of the Ten Rings that allowed Hong Fei to punch a hole in Carol's chest.
Therefore, the Ten Rings can be said to be an offensive weapon, but in Hong Fei's hands, it more often serves the task of comprehensive energy enhancement. Eyes of Death. Except for Carol's tentative initial engagement, Hong Fei kept it active every second afterward; only then could he keep up with and judge Carol's movements. Ikonn's Image. High-end Kamar-Taj magic.
Through the form of a skill card, Hong Fei used energy as a substitute for magic to deploy clones. One heavy suppression, one sneak attack, and finally using a clone to bring the Gungnir, he succeeded in pinning Carol down and took the opportunity for his real body to successfully launch a lethal strike. Eternal Spear: Gungnir.
The great contributor to this battle; it not only caught up to and struck Carol twice, but the Odin divinity and Dragon Power within the spear body also left Carol's body with wounds and destruction that were difficult to heal. Without the Eternal Spear to damage and lock onto Carol, Hong Fei wouldn't have been able to kill her even if he had seized the opportunity. Odin, the GOAT!
White Dragon: A dragon that doesn't look much like a dragon, but you can't say it isn't one. Merging is not a new skill; back in Ta Lo, the White Dragon wanted to enter Hong Fei's body, but Hong Fei lacked trust in it at the time and refused directly. This time, Hong Fei had tested it with the White Dragon beforehand.
The White Dragon can strengthen Hong Fei's body, and Hong Fei can gain almost all of the White Dragon's abilities, while the White Dragon can also benefit from using Hong Fei's body to receive the constant purification and baptism of Dragon Power. After merging, the fusion rate with Dragon Power didn't skyrocket, but the limit of the eruption increased by about 10%.
Preparation: This is the key point. In the three days or so before Carol arrived, Hong Fei wasn't just sitting around. On the contrary, he made very detailed and meticulous arrangements, starting from analyzing Carol's abilities, to how to quickly launch an attack and gain an advantage before Carol could react after he appeared, then how to gradually expand the advantage step by step until victory tilted in his favor, as well as how to deal with temporarily unknown special circumstances—he had a perfect plan for all these directions.
However, obviously, plans can never keep up with changes. Carol had a total of four eruptions, causing the battle to deviate significantly from Hong Fei's initial expectations as it progressed. Nevertheless, preparation was not useless. At the very least, the reason he was able to suppress Carol from the beginning was because he already had a complete contingency plan beforehand.
And Carol, who was unprepared and even held many doubts about him, did not choose to fight with full force at the beginning; this was the opportunity that Hong Fei needed and managed to grasp. Comparing the two sides based on the above. One word: Lucky.
It is no exaggeration to say that Hong Fei was already prepared to have all his subordinates join in, and even Gungnir was ready at any time to open the Bifrost Bridge to welcome Thor's arrival. He even had a plan in place for total failure, including how to take away his subordinates' bodies completely after they sacrificed themselves, and how to open a portal to run away right in front of Carol.
Losing would mean he would almost have to give up everything he currently possesses. But this is a scene he would inevitably have to face in the future even if he didn't strike at Carol first, and future Carol would only be harder to deal with than she is now.
He could restrain himself, develop quickly until his strength surpassed Carol's, and then come back for revenge, but this would undoubtedly delay his established plans indefinitely, and even developing steadily under the pressure of a strong enemy would be a huge problem. In the long run, it does more harm than good.
What Hong Fei is doing now is nothing more than proactively bringing forward something that was bound to happen in the future, while also adding quite a few weights to his side of the scale. Fortunately, he succeeded in this gamble. Dr. Helen Cho's examination continued, and Hong Fei blew a bubble in the transparent liquid, which was a relief.
As for the four cards, there is no need to think twice about the purple and orange skill cards; they are ready to use. "Light-speed Flight" is suitable for short-distance space travel and high-speed combat scenarios, and "Energy Absorption" is undoubtedly a powerful skill; if one is strong enough, then in an ideal state, any energy released by the enemy can be absorbed.
Hong Fei believes that his current body can withstand the initial pressure these two skills bring to the body.
"Photonic Energy Control" and "Binary Form" are Fusion Cards; they can be used by himself or bestowed upon others. Both abilities are excellent; releasing either one would be equivalent to creating a mini Superman.
The point is whether he should merge them all or save one for his subordinates. Photonic Energy Control is similar to Kryptonian Bloodline, also being a method of continuously strengthening oneself, while also lacking the huge weakness of Kryptonite.
Although he doesn't know how the speed compares to a Kryptonian sunbathing, its attribute as a "cultivation technique" determines that Hong Fei will not give it up. Even excluding the additional effects, a method that allows one to continuously become stronger is hard to find in the entire Marvel Universe; there is simply no complete system of cultivation and advancement here.
Even if he wants to give it to someone else, Hong Fei can grab a Kryptonian Bloodline Fusion Card in the future. The Marvel Universe shouldn't have Kryptonite, so the enjoyment will be doubled. Binary Form is worth discussing. A white hole is a special type of celestial body, opposite in meaning to a "black hole."
A black hole is a celestial body with such large spacetime curvature that even light cannot escape, while a white hole is a celestial body that only emits and does not absorb. It is an ejection source in the Universe, capable of providing a continuous supply of matter and enormous energy to external regions.
In all existing data on Earth, white holes are still only a theoretical model and have not yet been confirmed by observation. But now it seems that at least the Marvel Universe really does have such special celestial bodies as white holes.
There are many abilities similar to Binary Form, usually involving opening a portal to a certain dimension or even another Universe to use the power of that dimension, such as the power of a million Suns of a certain Sentinel. Dragon Power can also be considered one of them, but what Hong Fei is doing now is not just using it in a simple and crude way, but performing Soul fusion before using it.
The white hole should exist within the current Universe; if he leaves the current Universe, would the white hole still be effective? According to Hong Fei's estimation, Carol probably didn't erupt with 100% of the white hole's power during the battle; was this because she was previously locked down by the Ten Rings and Gungnir, or was it related to the eruption of the white hole itself?
The latter speculation is incidental, but the former speculation has a basis: every parallel Universe has a Captain Marvel, and before stepping into the multiverse level, their power should all originate from their home Universe. If the speculation is true, then Hong Fei can give it up.
It's not that it isn't strong, but it's far less effective on Hong Fei than it would be if given to someone else to use. He can ask Ancient One about this later to see if she has more understanding. Master Hong's footsteps will definitely not be limited to one Universe, although the farthest he has been so far is Asgard... After a long while, Dr. Helen Cho slammed a report onto the glass cover of the pod with a bang.
"Take a look, your heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, and intestines are almost shattered. Many capillaries all over your body have burst, your aorta is as brittle as a paper membrane, and your bones are covered in cracks. You are like a piece of glass that has been shattered and is full of cracks; it would only take a little more force for you to be blown to pieces as if someone had stuffed explosives inside you."
"If you were an ordinary person, I could have already started preparing your funeral."
"Is it that serious?" Hong Fei asked in surprise with his Psychic Power.
"It's more serious than I imagined. The fact that you can't feel pain now and can't recognize the severity of this report makes me suspect your brain nerves have all gone haywire too."
"Uh..."