James stood atop the burning Baxter Building, the virus hive incinerated. The city wailed, zombie heroes roaring.
"Jarvis, any survivors in New York?"
[None detected, sir,] Jarvis replied.
He nodded, eyes scanning. They came.
Daredevil, red suit rotting, claws sprouting. Luke Cage, skin mottled, muscles bursting. Spider-Woman, joints twisted, oozing viral webs. Blade, fangs overgrown, eyes blood-red. Ghost Rider, green hellfire flickering.
Moon Knight, Deadpool, Punisher, Black Bolt, Juggernaut…
James's gaze hardened. "If I can't save you, I'll end your pain."
Boom! He broke the sound barrier, punching through Daredevil's chest, heat vision vaporizing his head.
Luke Cage charged. James slammed him down, cratering the street, then crushed his skull.
Spider-Woman's webs evaporated in his bio-field. A frost breath froze her, a finger snap shattering her.
Blade's bone claws grazed James's neck, stopped by his field. James tore off his arm, dragging his face across pavement until it was bone.
Ghost Rider's chains burned green. James's heat vision pierced his skull, crushing it.
Moon Knight's blade snapped on impact. A punch caved his chest, hurling him through a building.
Deadpool laughed, slashing wildly. James bisected him, freezing his regenerating half, then smashed it.
Punisher's dagger shattered. A heat beam turned him to ash.
Black Bolt's sonic scream collapsed buildings. James's bio-field blocked it, his hand crushing Black Bolt's heart.
Juggernaut charged like a train. James met his fist, shattering his arm, then punched through his chest, bursting his heart.
The fight ended in seconds.
James stood among corpses, armor pristine. His super hearing caught a hum above.
Boom! A cosmic cannon grazed him—he'd dodged. He looked up.
Hyperion, red cape fluttering, face grotesque, black veins pulsing. "Hungry…" he growled, muscles bulging unnaturally.
James shot upward, their fists clashing, shockwaves shattering clouds. Hyperion flew back but stopped, grinning, blood on his lips. "Your flesh… tastier than theirs!"
His chest vortex absorbed James's test heat beam. "Energy? I eat it!"
James vanished, reappearing behind, his kick sending Hyperion crashing. He rebounded, faster, his cosmic punch grazing James.
James matched him, testing his limits. After thirty clashes, he concluded: 70% of his strength, energy absorption capped, healing slower than Hulk's, low combat IQ.
"Playtime's over," James said, weaving golden runes. Mirror Cage! A cubic trap locked Hyperion, his blows sparking uselessly.
"Trash!" Hyperion roared, his vortex swelling.
James's eyes blazed. Soul Burn! Heat vision infused with Kamar-Taj magic seared Hyperion's soul. He screamed, black mist pouring from his orifices.
James slapped his skull. Soul Expel! Hyperion's translucent soul ripped free, staring at his raging body, the ruined city, then James.
"What… have I done?" His soul trembled, recalling devoured civilians and allies.
James nodded, summoning a Solar Flare. "Rest."
White light consumed Hyperion's soul and body, leaving ash in the sunset.
"A hopeless world," James muttered.
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