The Stretch Pants: Yes, Susan is the Master's childhood sweetheart. And the Master's true abilities are not just his super-strong physique, but also his physical mutation caused by gamma rays. The stronger his emotions, the stronger his abilities become. He is extremely angry now, and I can feel him about to transform...
After communicating with Stretch Pants, Qin Xuan finally confirmed Steve's true abilities.
Just as he had guessed, Steve was also one of the subjects of the US's post-human ability experiments.
However, unlike other test subjects, he was the only one who possessed both innate and acquired abilities.
Relying on his innate abilities, Steve could already possess the formidable strength of a Grandmaster.
And the acquired abilities implanted by the US further granted him abilities similar to the Hulk.
This allowed his body to mutate with his emotions!
The stronger his emotions, the greater Steve's power would become.
He wondered how his ability compared to the Hulk's, as in Marvel's lore, the Hulk's strength had no upper limit!
"Hiss, roar—!"
In just a few dozen seconds, the once handsome Steve had transformed into a green-skinned monster wearing only a pair of stretch pants.
His aura surged from Grandmaster to peak level, and his gaze towards Su Nishang shifted from vacant to hateful.
It was clear that he firmly believed Su Shan's death was related to Su Nishang, which was why he maintained his hostility towards her after transforming.
Su Nishang wanted to explain upon seeing this, but Qin Xuan gently waved his hand, signaling her to move further away.
He could tell that Steve, in his current state, had completely lost his human rationality.
No matter what Su Nishang said, this guy wouldn't listen.
Seeing Su Nishang leave, Steve, in his Hulk form, began to breathe more rapidly.
He wanted to kill the hateful woman before him.
But an invisible, powerful force seemed to be controlling his body.
He was unwilling, and he was furious.
And his strength continued to grow with his accumulating rage.
It reached the level of a peak Grandmaster, even a demigod!
Qin Xuan's expression gradually turned solemn.
Fortunately, he had used the Soul-Nurturing Pill, which greatly enhanced his mental and soul power.
Otherwise, with his previous strength, he would have been absolutely unable to suppress such a monstrous fiend!
However, even though Qin Xuan could still suppress him, he didn't intend to continue doing so.
Because if he kept restraining Steve, the latter's emotions would have no outlet and would only continue to build up.
If it forced a divine-level supreme being to intervene, it would not only be embarrassing for him but likely fatal for Steve as well.
This was the only special human in the US who possessed both innate and acquired abilities, and he played an irreplaceable role in the research of granting acquired abilities.
He didn't want such a unique existence to die like this. If possible, he would prefer to bring Steve to Dragon Country.
With this thought, Qin Xuan immediately signaled everyone to withdraw.
With nearly seven thousand guaranteed points, Dragon Country was essentially assured of victory.
Since that was the case, they didn't need to stay in the venue and wait for others to attack.
Especially Su Nishang, who had become the ultimate target of the Hulk-like Steve.
If she remained on the field, Qin Xuan feared he wouldn't be able to protect her, leading to her injury.
Upon hearing this, everyone followed Qin Xuan's instructions and ran out of the center of the venue without hesitation.
And almost at the same time, Hulk Steve broke through Qin Xuan's psychic suppression.
Sensing the sudden surge in the opponent's strength and aura, Qin Xuan couldn't help but be secretly shocked.
Just moments ago, the opponent had only reached the power level of an ordinary demigod.
But in the brief time it took for Su Nishang and the others to retreat, his strength had surged again, leaping to the peak of the demigod level!
Although demigod-level strength was far inferior to pseudo-god level and divine-level supreme beings, the word "god" in their titles meant that superhumans at this level could no longer be considered human.
Steve first roared at Qin Xuan, then hunched his body and pushed off with his feet.
Whoosh!
The sound of air breaking suddenly rang out.
This monster, standing two and a half meters tall and weighing half a ton, leaped dozens of meters and hurtled rapidly towards Su Nishang in the distance.
Seeing this, Qin Xuan naturally wouldn't let him succeed.
He instantly activated his "Shrinking the Ground to an Inch" technique, his strong hands gripping Steve's thick leg.
Then, with bulging veins, he forcefully dragged the charging Hulk back!
The Hulk roared in fury, got up, and let out another series of hisses at Qin Xuan.
When he saw Qin Xuan standing still by his side, he leaped again and sped towards Su Nishang.
Now Qin Xuan understood.
It turned out that even though Steve had transformed into a green monster, he had retained some of his original personality traits.
For example, the two times he had hissed at Qin Xuan were not because he disliked him and wanted to attack him.
Instead, he was issuing a warning, telling him not to meddle, lest he get hurt.
This was interesting.
Because from the moment Qin Xuan had first seen Steve, he had looked like he wanted to kill him.
Unexpectedly, after losing his sanity, this guy had turned into a "good person" who wouldn't harm the innocent.
This showed how incredibly complex human hearts truly were.
With no time to dwell on it, Qin Xuan, using the same method, threw Steve back.
"Something strange is happening. If you still have your consciousness, stop and listen to me..."
Sensing the benevolent side of the opponent, Qin Xuan immediately thought of trying to restore Steve to his senses.
However, before he could finish speaking, he was sent flying by a heavy hammer blow.
It seemed his earlier thought had been a bit too wishful...
Adjusting his posture, Qin Xuan shook his arm and once again stood in front of Hulk Steve.
Ever since a portion of his special physique had been activated, he had never attempted to fight using pure physical strength.
Now that Steve wanted to engage in a brawl, he would indulge him.
He wanted to see who had the stronger physique between the two of them.
Taking a deep breath, Qin Xuan directly pushed off with his right foot and charged towards Steve.
Steve was slightly stunned by this, clearly not expecting anyone to dare provoke him in his current state.
However, his daze lasted only a brief moment. Sensing the momentum of Qin Xuan charging towards him, Steve crouched slightly and swung a heavy fist downwards towards Qin Xuan's fist.
Boom!
The two fists collided.
The tremendous sound shocked all the high-ranking officials watching from the sidelines.
They had never imagined witnessing such a head-on physical confrontation here.
Even less did they expect that Qin Xuan, who appeared "petite and delicate," could withstand the Hulk's earth-shattering strength with his bare body!