Zod Heath ran a full inspection and series of tests on Blonsky.
He discovered that this Blonsky was far stronger than the Abomination from the original storyline. First of all, the structure of his skin made him unafraid of energy attacks. It had an extremely high refractive index. And those ferocious bone spikes on his body were unbelievably hard. Despite being biological material, they surpassed even secondary kryptonite in strength. On top of that, they carried terrifying heat, basically a biological "thermal cutting blade." Even secondary kryptonite couldn't withstand that temperature. And it could get even hotter, since Blonsky still had the Extremis Virus inside him, capable of generating extreme temperatures.
Heat-beam mouth cannon, biological thermal-blade bone spikes, energy-refracting skin, Extremis regeneration, Red Hulk Serum regeneration.
It completely crushed the original Abomination!
"My strength right now… is over a hundred tons?" Blonsky was stunned. Something he couldn't achieve as a Super Beast Soldier, he'd achieved now.
And Zod also told him that once transformed, unless it was a nuclear bomb, over 90%90% of human weapons were no longer a threat to him.
With that kind of power, Blonsky was thrilled. He couldn't wait to find someone and test just how strong he'd become.
Of course, Zod Heath was not on that list.
"Want a sparring partner?" Zod nodded at Blonsky's request. Then Black Tank walked in, wearing a vibranium helmet.
"He is?" Blonsky hadn't seen Black Tank before. 2.32.3 meters tall, muscles swollen to an explosive degree. He looked strong.
"His name is Black Tank. He's my experimental product. He has a body of steel, an undying body, and laser eyes. After a while, I plan to replace his entire skeleton with kryptonite bones," Zod said.
Undying body?
Blonsky stared at Black Tank with interest. After all, Zod had said Blonsky was also "undying," with an unmeasurable lifespan, theoretically able to live forever.
Blonsky and Black Tank each threw a punch straight at the other's head. A thunderous boom rang out!
Black Tank, protected by the vibranium helmet, was perfectly fine. Blonsky's cheek was injured instead, though it healed quickly.
Realizing Black Tank's helmet wasn't ordinary, Blonsky shifted his target to the body.
Black Tank's body turned metallic, and Blonsky's fist carried bone spikes. Even his fingernails had been replaced by spikes. The blazing red bone spikes slammed into Black Tank with the punch, piercing straight through Black Tank's steel body.
Black Tank let out a muffled grunt, but with a healing factor, he didn't care about such a small wound. He countered with an uppercut that slammed into Blonsky's chin, loosening Blonsky's teeth. But Blonsky grabbed Black Tank's arm in return and used a joint-crushing technique. Black Tank, whose raw strength was far inferior to Blonsky, had his arm snapped.
Because of the metallic state, Black Tank didn't look particularly pained. Blonsky, who had been hoping to hear a scream, felt disappointed. But then Black Tank hooked him with his legs, tripped him, and followed with a ground technique into a choke. Blonsky was caught off guard and had both leg joints twisted apart by Black Tank.
"Ah!" Blonsky screamed. He swung his right arm, and the sharp bone spike on his elbow slashed open Black Tank's chest, ripping him wide open.
What surprised Blonsky was that Black Tank's chest was still metal inside. There were no organs to be seen.
"What the hell are you?" Blonsky demanded.
Blonsky's legs recovered in the blink of an eye. With the combined regeneration of Extremis and Hulk Serum, it was practically stronger than Wolverine's.
After recovering, Blonsky completely dominated Black Tank. Even though Black Tank had watched the underworld fighting footage under Black Queen's guidance and learned many killing techniques, he still couldn't overcome the heavyweight gap and quickly lost. Black Tank still looked like he could keep fighting for a long time, but Zod stopped it.
Blonsky returned to his human form. Even in that state, he wasn't as weak as Bruce Banner. He still had around ten tons of strength and wasn't afraid of small-caliber pistols or SMGs.
Blonsky was in a great mood. Becoming an ultimate lifeform felt incredible. Following World Serpent, following Zod Heath, really was the most promising path.
But next, Zod Heath drew quite a bit of his blood, intending to use it as Abomination Serum.
However, Red Hulk Serum and Abomination Serum seemed extremely picky about candidates. Even with Zod's electromagnetic force helping, the next batch of test subjects still died in large numbers, failing for no reason at all. Zod frowned. This kind of failure without any clear cause felt less like genetic incompatibility, and more like… a restriction.
Then why did Black Tank succeed?
Zod couldn't figure it out. He shook his head and could only chalk it up to the special nature of the Marvel universe.
And right then, a piece of news broke. Not earthshattering, but not small either.
Stark Industries was officially taken over by Obadiah. Since Tony Stark had no heirs, his shares would be inherited by Obadiah.
Zod watched the press conference. Obadiah's eyes were red, like he'd just cried. In reality, he was probably thrilled inside.
At first, when Tony Stark went missing or was confirmed dead, Obadiah had been anxious. But gradually, he began to feel the benefits of Tony Stark's disappearance or death. It was true that without Tony Stark, that genius, Stark Industries' stock had been hit hard and plunged, losing who knew how much. The damage was huge.
But even a rotten ship still had nails. Even a skinny camel was bigger than a horse.
Tony Stark's existing weapons patents alone were enough to let Obadiah and Stark Industries feast for a long time. And because those weapons sales were still solid, and Blade Technology Industries didn't seem to be meddling in that area of weapons innovation yet, Stark Industries' stock had stopped falling. It even showed signs of rebounding.
Once Obadiah realized that, he leveraged connections and distributed benefits until he successfully became the true decision-maker at Stark Industries. Now he didn't want Tony Stark to come back at all. He even hoped Tony was really dead, since there hadn't even been any ransom extortion attempts.
"That's a bargain for Obadiah," Zod sighed, though he didn't really care about a clown like Obadiah.
But Black Queen also brought him another piece of good news.
Dr. Otto, who'd been quiet all this time, was finally about to begin experiments on the tritium element reactor. He had spent a lot of money building the equipment, and he'd also forged six alloy mechanical arms to assist with the experiment, because he found his assistants too clumsy.
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