Chapter 77. Testing Suit.
"You... how did you just do that?"
T'Challa's face beneath his armor mask showed more shock than anyone else present. If the blurred figure he had just perceived was indeed Felix, what incredible speed would be required to achieve such an effect?
And to think he had planned to spar with him earlier.
With this extraordinarily fast speed alone, Felix was already someone who is league ahead in power. Although T'Challa's own speed far exceeded that of ordinary people, compared to Felix, he reckoned he is slow!
"What? You're shocked just by this? This is nothing! He has many more powerful abilities that he hasn't even demonstrated yet! Fortunately, your sparring session with him was interrupted today. Otherwise, you might find it difficult to stand here now that he's wearing his suit!"
"Oh, I almost forgot—you seem to have made an agreement with him. In a while, you'll both put on your suits to continue that unfinished discussion! So, I can only wish you good luck!"
Tony approached T'Challa and patted his shoulder in mock comfort. However, Tony's face bore more of a gloating expression than genuine concern.
'This... it shouldn't be as bad as he makes it sound! I'll also bewearing a vibranium suit. Even though he's fast, he shouldn't be able to cause much damage to me! It should be... manageable!'
T'Challa heard Tony's words and could only try to comfort himself. Although he didn't truly believe his own reasoning! Because with such speed came the implication of tremendous power to match it.
Felix wasn't like the Flash, whose god-like speed somehow lacked proportional striking force.
No, Felix's speed suggested something far more dangerous.
Regardless of T'Challa's troubled thoughts, Felix remained thoroughly excited. After all, this was his first vibranium suit, which held significant meaning for him. It absolutely had to be properly tested!
As Felix walked, he marveled at how the suit felt nothing like traditional metal armor. It was barely different from wearing normal clothes, yet possessed incredible strength and durability. In the past, Felix had always held back his full strength, afraid of damaging his clothing.
Now Felix no longer needed to restrain himself, because he sensed that unless he used seventy or eighty percent of his strength, it would be nearly impossible to damage the vibranium suit!
The suit caused no discomfort whatsoever, nor did it feel awkward during large movements. The surface of the combat suit was soft and smooth—it was difficult to imagine that such resilient vibranium metal could be crafted into such comfortable clothing.
He had to admire that Wakanda wasn't only leading the world in terms of scientific and technological advancement, but their application and development of vibranium materials had reached an unprecedented level!
Soon everyone emerged from Wakanda's underground laboratory and came to the surface.
"How is it, Mr. Felix? Does the suit fit well?"
The old king smiled as he watched Felix, who had put on the suit after coming outside, performing various large-amplitude movements to test the suit's performance.
The old king was very confident in the vibranium suit made by Wakanda! Asking if Felix found it unsuitable was merely a symbolic inquiry.
"Well, it's excellent—truly worthy of being produced by Wakanda! I just don't know if this suit can withstand my full fighting power!"
Felix was also skeptical about this, because he felt that if he exerted all his strength, he should be able to tear the suit apart.
But Felix wasn't idle or foolish—of course, he wouldn't tear the suit with full strength deliberately. However, under the state of his maximum power, he didn't know if the suit could withstand the violent energy surges.
But mere imagination wasn't Felix's style. Of course, he should test it himself!
"Haha, let me try it out. I'd like to ask everyone to step back a considerable distance to avoid anyone getting hurt!"
So Felix didn't delay and reminded everyone after speaking. He began to focus on himself, and a powerful aura suddenly erupted from his body. Countless silver lightning bolts suddenly appeared around Felix's body, flickering and dancing around him.
With Felix as the center, the violent electrical current even spread along the ground toward the periphery. Like a spider's web, the ground within a radius of tens of meters was painted with silver and white lightning. It was reminiscent of Thor himself!
"Holy crap, what the hell is this!"
Hearing what Felix said, Tony and the others naturally understood Felix's intentions. Knowing that Felix was powerful, they immediately backed away a considerable distance, fearing they might be injured by accident.
But T'Challa and the old king weren't sure what Felix intended to do! So when they heard Felix's words, they were merely surprised and didn't heed his words. They didn't understand what Felix meant, and their bodies didn't move backward.
However, Felix's next actions truly frightened them! Of course, this wasn't a metaphor—they were literally scared enough to jump, and then kept backing away rapidly, quickly distancing themselves from where Felix stood.
Fortunately, both of them had taken the heart-shaped herb. Their physical fitness was relatively strong, and their reaction ability and movement speed were also very fast. Therefore, they weren't hurt, though the scene before them was far from calm!
"Is this kind of power really available to human beings?!"
Having stopped his constantly retreating body, T'Challa muttered in a low voice, simply because the scene before him was too shocking. Even as a prince of Wakanda, he had never seen a human with this kind of power!
"Hey, this is just Felix copying skills from another member of our Justice League! How about it? Does it look cool?"
As T'Challa and the old king retreated to a safe distance, Tony suddenly leaned over to T'Challa and explained very "kindly"!
Of course, Tony had always believed that Felix had stolen this move from Thor. After all, when the Destroyer's armor attacked, Felix hadn't been as powerful as Thor.
"What are you saying? So in your alliance... no, it should be in our alliance now—is there someone even stronger than him?"
T'Challa was shocked into numbness by Tony's words. Was this non-human existence in the Justice League that he was joining actually not the strongest among them?
"Ah, I can't say that. If we're only comparing this ability of lightning and thunder, they should be similar. But Felix doesn't only have this kind of ability!"
Regarding Felix and Thor's thunder abilities, Tony really wasn't good at judging who was superior. After all, the two had never been compared, and Tony couldn't be too clear about their full explosive states.
"So what other abilities does Mr. Felix have..."
T'Challa was somewhat curious and wanted to know more about Felix's abilities.
BOOM! CRACK!
But at that moment, thunder roared in everyone's ears, so terrifying that T'Challa's words were cut short! He turned his head in horror and looked in Felix's direction, wondering what new spectacle was unfolding!
However, after looking back, he saw that above Felix's head, thick black clouds had suddenly appeared in the sky, constantly rolling and churning, with silver electrical currents flashing continuously within them!
Constant flashes of lightning were striking down toward Felix's body! Like ten thousand rivers returning to the sea, pouring down relentlessly!
But don't forget—the sky above Wakanda was covered with an energy protection shield! So after the violent thunderbolts struck the energy barrier, they couldn't penetrate it. Instead, waves of ripples were stirred across the protective cover, spreading outward like water ripples!
"Mr. Stark! What the hell is going on? Why does the lightning in the sky keep striking at Mr. Felix's body? Did he do something that have offended the very gods? Is Heaven punishing him?"
After seeing the lightning blocked, T'Challa seemed to grow more agitated, and the dark clouds rolled more violently, spawning even more flashes of lightning that struck the same position on the protective cover like they cost nothing, as if trying to penetrate the protective barrier entirely!
And the lightning was getting fiercer and more violent! T'Challa couldn't help but ask Tony, because in his view, this level of lightning was not something humans could endure!
T'Challa couldn't help but wonder—what the hell had Felix done to be struck by such extremely violent thunder and lightning? And it seemed like it wouldn't stop without completely destroying his body!
"You're overthinking this! This is Felix's ability—he can harness the power of thunder for his own use! It's not what you think, where thunder wants to put him to death!"
Tony heard the startling inquiry in T'Challa's words and felt speechless for a moment.
If Felix knew that his cool scene of attracting countless thunderbolts had been misunderstood by T'Challa as punishment for some wrongdoing, Tony didn't know if Felix would directly control the thunder and lightning to give T'Challa a taste of real thunder!
"Oh! That's the case—no wonder the target of the thunderbolts is Felix. So should we remove the energy shield above his head, so that the lightning can successfully strike him?"
T'Challa nodded, expressing his understanding, and couldn't help but suggest!
"I was thinking the same thing!"
Although the old king was equally shocked, he deserved to be the head of a country who had seen the world. His expression didn't change much, except for a little embarrassment when he had just retreated. His face still maintained that kind of unsurprised expression!
He shared the same idea as T'Challa! Immediately, the old king moved to use the communication device on his arm to tell the guards to close the energy shield over Felix.
"I don't think you need to do that!"
At this moment, Tony suddenly spoke up, interrupting the old king's movement.
"Why do you say that, Mr. Stark? Hmm? Where did Mr. Felix go?"
Hearing Tony's words, the old king couldn't help but raise his head to ask him why. However, at the moment when he looked up, the old king's peripheral vision glanced at the place where Felix had originally been, but he suddenly found that Felix's figure was no longer there!
This surprised the old king—how had he suddenly disappeared?
"Look up!"
Tony couldn't help but remind them!
"Above?"
Following Tony's guidance, T'Challa and the old king raised their heads and looked up to the sky.
Their eyes saw a figure wearing a silver war suit standing in the sky at a height of nearly one thousand meters, as if unbound by gravity!
And he was outside the scope of the Wakanda protective cover, which should be the reason why Tony said they didn't need to be troublesome!
Innumerable lightning bolts slashed toward the figure from the dark clouds. Thunder roared, and the dazzling silver radiance covered up the sun's glory! People couldn't look directly at that figure for long!
"But how did he get out? Our Wakanda's protective cover can't be forcibly passed by anyone or anything! Even energy will be absorbed by the protective cover!"
The old king and T'Challa looked at Felix's figure outside the protective cover, and this question appeared in both their hearts simultaneously!
"Of course, this is also one of Felix's abilities! After getting along for a long time, you'll understand! The unknown things about Felix are terrifying! But fortunately, he's our friend!"
Tony's tone carried some significance as he explained to T'Challa.
"This ability is truly terrifying! Mr. Stark, I now have some confidence in what you said. Felix does have the strength to defeat Dormammu!"
Although the old king hadn't seen much of Dormammu's true form and didn't know how powerful it was, at this time, he saw Felix's horrifying presence with his own eyes—the dark clouds that covered the sky and the violent lightning that continuously struck his body!
If all this hadn't been seen with his own eyes, the old king would never have believed that human beings could possess such powerful strength! This also made the old king believe in what Tony had said at the –time!
And at this time, the old king was very fortunate. His decision to build a good relationship with Felix now seemed incredibly wise! If such a powerful person was an ally of Wakanda, then Wakanda could fear no danger!
Unless they encountered an extremely powerful enemy that even Felix, with all his power, couldn't defeat! But the old king felt that such an enemy shouldn't be so easy to encounter!
At this time, Felix, bathed in lightning, didn't pay attention to Tony and the others, and of course didn't know their thoughts.
He was simply controlling the violent thunder and lightning, constantly channeling it into the vibranium suit to test whether the vibranium suit would be destroyed by the violent lightning energy!
However, the tenacity of the vibranium suit seemed to be excellent. Under the state of Thor's power that Felix used with almost all his strength, he didn't feel any damage!
On the contrary, it remained completely intact. When lightning struck the surface of the vibranium suit, it couldn't even penetrate the suit's defense. This should be because vibranium cannot conduct electricity!
From this point of view, the vibranium suit could easily resist the thunder and lightning bombardment in this state!
"Not bad! When I use Thor's power in the future, I'm not afraid that my clothes will be burnt by lightning again!"
Seeing that the vibranium suit was able to withstand the power of thunder and lightning in this state, Felix was also very happy!
Now that the test was completed, Felix put away Thor's power, and the flashing electrical arcs slowly disappeared. The thick black clouds rolling overhead slowly dissipated into the air in a state visible to the naked eye, as if they had never appeared!
"Haha, this suit really has excellent defense! I'm very satisfied with it."
While the old king, Tony, and the others watched the dark clouds in the sky suddenly dissipate and felt a little strange, Felix's figure suddenly appeared in front of them, with a smile on his face, looking very satisfied with the vibranium suit!
"Uh... you... why did you suddenly appear here? Weren't you in the sky just now?"
Felix, who had suddenly appeared in front of everyone, shocked T'Challa! He couldn't help but rub his eyes, thinking he was seeing things!
"Oh, no need to make such a fuss. I just came here to inform you—I'm going out to test the vibranium suit again! I don't know how long I'll be gone, so don't stand here baking in the sun!"
Felix had come to the crowd using his super powers simply to inform them. After all, Felix was ready to enjoy the thrill of high-speed flight. He didn't know how long it would take to return, and he couldn't let them wait here the entire time!
"Wait, Felix, you want to..."
Watching Felix's legs bend as if to jump, Tony couldn't help but ask!
BOOM! WHOOSH!
However, Tony's words weren't finished yet when a burst of air-breaking sound came instantly, and Felix's figure was no longer in front of him. Only the rubble and dust that had been kicked up by Felix's powerful recoil force were constantly scattering around!
"What? Oh no, be careful... protective cover! Mr. Felix!"
T'Challa responded faster, seeing that Felix had only left a small crater in his position. He thought that Felix might have flown toward the sky and couldn't help raising his head and shouting!
After all, if Felix flew directly into the sky like this, he would inevitably hit the Wakanda shield.
However, T'Challa was obviously worried unnecessarily, because when Felix flew to the front of the protective cover, he used his super power directly to avoid close contact between his head and the protective barrier!
Felix, who appeared outside the protective cover, no longer restrained his strength. He accelerated instantly and directly broke through the sound barrier. A sonic cloud like a little skirt worn by a ballet dancer appeared around Felix.
But it disappeared in an instant! Felix's speed continued to soar in a straight line, and he vanished from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye!
"Bah! Bah! This Felix—didn't he know to inform us before takeoff! Or at least move a little further away!"
Tony was covered with dust from the debris that Felix's takeoff had kicked up and couldn't help complaining loudly!
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