Chapter 005: Playing Dead

Ross was very confident in his own abilities.

He had once been a heavyweight boxer, knocking out opponents countless times in the ring. His fists were astonishingly heavy, capable of easily breaking an ordinary person's bones.

If this punch landed on an ordinary person's head, the heavy force could even kill them with a single blow.

But he had never imagined that one day, his fist would actually be blocked.

And the one who blocked his fist was actually a woman in a spider suit.

Even more astonishingly, the woman blocked his fist with just one hand, the whole process effortless and casual, making him feel like a reckless young punk flailing his fists.

And his opponent was a seasoned boxer.

Although the other person was wearing a mask, Ross could clearly feel that beneath it there must be a contemptuous face.

This made Ross furious, feeling that he was being looked down upon, but besides anger, what lay deeper in his heart was fear.

Unparalleled fear.

Because he knew very well that anyone who could casually block his fist was definitely no ordinary person.

Even if the opponent was merely a woman.

But she was also a very terrifying woman.

So Ross's first reaction was to retreat. He stepped back with quick, fluid movements, putting distance between himself and the Spider Woman, while his right hand instinctively reached for the gun at his waist.

Since he couldn't win against the opponent in boxing, he had to resort to his pistol.

At this moment, only the cold, impersonal pistol could bring a trace of warmth to his chilled heart.

He suddenly drew his service pistol and aimed ahead.

However, Ross suddenly discovered a terrifying fact.

The spider woman disappeared. While he was drawing his gun, she vanished from his field of vision. Ross quickly turned his gaze, trying to locate the spider woman.

Then he saw the Spider Woman appear beneath him in what seemed like an instant teleportation.

The next second, Spider-Woman punched Ross squarely on the chin.

With a crisp crack of bone, Ross was sent flying, tracing a graceful arc in midair before descending from the sky.

Then Wang Bo saw Spider-Gwen pivot gracefully on her left foot, spinning in a circle and following through with a kick from her right foot.

With a crisp bang, the very air trembled, and Ross shot toward him like a cannonball.

In that instant, Wang Bo thought of many things.

But in the end, he did nothing, watching the speeding Ross with a panicked expression, spreading his arms in an attempt to catch him, but he seemed to have underestimated Spider-Gwen's kick!

Rushing toward him like a real cannonball, Ross slammed into Wang Bo, and the moment of impact, with brute force that defied all reason, sent Wang Bo flying.

Then he slammed against the wall with a thud and fell unconscious without a word.

Spider-Gwen, as if she had done something trivial, stepped with an elegant gait and advanced toward the interior of Arkham Asylum.

After Spider-Gwen left, Wang Bo opened his eyes, glanced around a few times, let out a breath, and rubbed his chest.

He wasn't pretending just now.

He had genuinely underestimated Spider-Gwen's kick, never expecting that her kick would be so powerful.

The force was so heavy that even Wang Bo could not withstand it.

Wang Bo couldn't help but feel extremely fortunate that he hadn't entertained the thought of fighting Spider-Gwen just now.

He was truly afraid of being thrashed.

After all, he had only been a superhuman for a very short time. Although he had cheating methods like Ripple Qigong, his strength was only over five tons, not exceeding ten.

But Spider-Gwen?

According to Marvel's official setting, Spider-Man's strength should be over twenty tons, and his movement speed is supersonic.

Even though Spider-Gwen is not as strong as Spider-Man, she is not far behind—at least ten tons or more—and her speed exceeds the speed of sound, if the two were to actually fight.

Wang Bo is definitely no match for Spider-Gwen right now.

But as long as Wang Bo is given a year's time, beating Spider-Gwen should not be a problem.

But the question is, would Wang Bo go after Spider-Gwen because of that scumbag Carmine Falcone?

Of course not.

So Wang Bo had just pretended to be an ordinary person, feigning unconsciousness to avoid fighting Spider-Gwen.

Bang, bang, bang...

Meanwhile, gunfire came from Arkham Asylum. Clearly, Spider-Gwen had already alerted the Falcone family's men guarding the asylum.

They were firing their guns, fighting against Spider-Gwen.

As for whether they could hit Spider-Gwen, that remained an unknown.

After all, Spider-Gwen's movement speed exceeds the speed of sound, her dynamic vision can even clearly see the trajectory of flying bullets, and with her webs, she can easily beat a group of ordinary people.

“Quick, quick, quick…”

"Kill her, kill her!"

Wang Bo heard someone roaring—it was Leonardo's voice, and Leonardo had clearly already realized how powerful Spider-Gwen was.

Bang, bang, bang—the sound of gunfire grew more and more intense.

But Wang Bo never heard Spider-Gwen scream; instead, he heard the occasional screams of Falcone's men.

It seemed unrealistic to rely on this group to kill Spider-Gwen.

Come to think of it, Spider-Gwen was, after all, a female superhero with formidable strength. If she could really be taken down by a bunch of criminals, she would have died hundreds of times over by now.

Only super criminals can fight against superheroes.

So far, Wang Bo had never heard of a superhero dying at the hands of ordinary people. This was not to say that ordinary people were incapable, but rather that superheroes were simply too powerful.

The screams and gunfire continued, and Wang Bo occasionally heard the sound of heavy objects hitting the ground.

It seems the situation inside is not looking good.

After a long while, the gunfire finally ceased, and everything had returned to calm.

Wang Bo figured that the battle should be over, but he didn't know how things were inside. Although he was a superhuman, because the time was too short, many of his abilities had not yet awakened.

Neither heat vision nor X-ray vision had awakened.

But as his body improved in all aspects, his long-distance vision grew better and better, and now he could even see a fly fluttering a thousand meters away!

Of course, Wang Bo could also see clearly the dust dancing in the air.

Wang Bo believed that as time passed, he would gradually unlock a series of Superman's superpowers.

But in truth, he genuinely did not want to unlock these abilities. Because this meant he was becoming more and more powerful, so powerful that he could kill someone with a single careless move.

Tap, tap, tap... Just as Wang Bo was lost in thought, a familiar sound of footsteps suddenly came.

He quickly closed his eyes, slowed his breathing, and pretended to be unconscious.

He heard it very clearly; this set of footsteps definitely belonged to Spider-Gwen.