Ivan looked at the panel floating in front of him.
Naturally, Soldier Boy did not have just one ability like superhuman durability.
In fact, most of his powers were basically the same as Queen Maeve's. Aside from the energy blast from his chest, he was practically a male version of Maeve.
After the Russians finished modifying him, though, all of those abilities had become something closer to a Pro Max upgrade of hers.
[Talent Skill: Supercharged Chest Blast]
[Analysis Requirement: Withstand three attacks from the Supercharged Chest Blast.]
[After fusion, the player will be able to release a powerful high-energy ion beam from the chest. It possesses extremely strong penetration and carries a radiation-based destructive effect, allowing it to destroy targets within a short period of time.
In addition, because of its exceptional penetrating properties, the attack can directly affect a target internally. By heating the target from within, it can completely destroy its internal structure.
Furthermore, the radiation carried by this ability can affect the superhuman factors inside supes from The Boys universe, forcing them into a temporary dormant state. Without stimulation from an external factor, those superhuman factors will be extremely difficult to reactivate.
Friendly reminder: Using this ability will consume a large amount of the player's stamina. The stronger the released high-energy ion beam becomes, the more extreme the stamina consumption will be.]
After finishing the ability description on the panel, Ivan had only one thought.
This trip had absolutely been worth it.
The Supercharged Chest Blast had given him a much bigger surprise than expected.
Once fused, it would not only give him another offensive method, but judging from the panel's description, as long as his body could handle the strain and he had enough stamina to feed it, then theoretically, he might even be able to fire something comparable to the main cannon of a spaceship from a science-fiction movie.
A high-energy ion blast powerful enough to flatten an entire city.
Of course, if he wanted to reach that kind of destructive level, his physique would need to improve by several more tiers first.
"Don't tell me I'm supposed to go analyze Superman next. If I could already do that, what the fuck would I need an ion cannon for?"
Ivan rubbed his forehead, mildly annoyed.
Generally speaking, someone without a superhuman physique was not necessarily weak. The Ancient One from Marvel was an obvious example.
Still, there was no denying that people with truly monstrous physical bodies were usually powerful.
And not just powerful.
Ridiculously fucking powerful.
At that moment, Ivan suddenly remembered an anime he had watched before.
Toriko.
The Gourmet Cells from that world fit his requirements almost perfectly.
Their potential was also damn impressive.
The only problem was that if Ivan went there with his current level of strength, one of those muscle freaks would probably kick him around like a football.
Just thinking about Jiro, who could literally knock the Earth itself, and the Gourmet God who treated galaxies like food, made Ivan's eyelid twitch uncontrollably.
That world had to be four-star, right?
Then again, maybe not.
If a three-star world was defined as a universe where individual beings could reach universal scale, then Toriko could probably scrape into three-star territory.
After all, fantasy worlds only went up to six stars.
At four stars, things should already start involving timelines or multiverses.
Five stars would probably mean the omniverse.
As for six stars...
With Ivan's current level of strength, his imagination simply was not good enough to picture it.
"By the time I reach that level, I probably won't be too far from my goal."
Ivan murmured softly.
His goal was "simple."
To become an ultimate life-form in the truest sense.
Immortal.
Indestructible.
Omniscient.
Omnipotent.
Omnipresent.
An existence standing above dimensions themselves.
The goal sounded absurdly unrealistic and almost impossible to accomplish.
But that was exactly why it was worth pursuing.
Otherwise, Ivan could simply turn into a lazy bastard right now and stop trying altogether.
As long as he never jumped into a higher-level world, he could remain in The Boys universe indefinitely.
But that would be completely meaningless.
To Ivan, becoming the ultimate life-form was like a mountain peak so high that it seemed impossible to reach.
Why climb it?
Because it was there.
Ivan pulled his attention away from the panel and looked toward the metal cabinet beside him.
He extended his right hand and hooked his fingers around the edge of the thick steel door.
Bang!
With one violent pull, the entire door was ripped straight off.
It flew across the room before crashing heavily onto the floor.
The impact was so hard that the ground seemed to shake slightly.
Hearing the noise, Butcher and the others quickly rushed into the room to see what had happened.
White vapor drifted out from the now-open metal cabinet.
"There's something inside."
Hughie, whose eyesight was the sharpest among them at that moment, immediately pointed it out.
"What the fuck?"
What Ivan did next genuinely stunned Hughie.
"Wake up. Stop fucking sleeping."
Ivan reached into the metal cabinet and forcibly dragged Soldier Boy out.
Soldier Boy's eyelashes twitched.
Before he could even open his eyes, Ivan's fist slammed straight into his face.
Bang!
A heavy, dull impact rang through the room.
Hughie's mouth fell open.
What the hell was going on?
Don't tell him this mysterious bastard had gone through all that trouble to find Soldier Boy just so he could punch him twice.
How much fucking hatred did you need to carry for decades before deciding to fly all the way to Russia just to beat someone's ass?
Butcher and the others were just as confused.
"Hard enough, as expected."
It seemed breaking through Soldier Boy's defenses would require something more specialized.
Ivan manipulated his flesh, forming an extremely sharp spike in the center of his palm, then drove it hard into Soldier Boy's right ear.
He could clearly feel resistance.
Luckily, he had already fused Queen Maeve's super strength, and the spike's point was narrow enough to concentrate the force.
Even then, it took considerable effort before he finally pierced Soldier Boy's eardrum.
The sudden agony made Soldier Boy's eyes snap open.
In the next instant, his chest lit up red.
"Holy shit..."
MM stared at Soldier Boy's chest in shock.
It looked like a miniature sun was burning inside him.
Under the crimson glow, the blood vessels running through Soldier Boy's body were clearly visible, along with the outlines of his internal organs.
"AAAAARGH!"
With a furious roar, a torrent of scorching energy blasted out from his chest.
Butcher had assumed Ivan would dodge.
Instead, to his disbelief, Ivan stood there and took the full blast head-on while reaching out and clamping one hand around Soldier Boy's throat.
Under the brutal heat, Ivan could clearly sense his internal organs and cells being destroyed at an astonishing rate.
Soldier Boy's ion blast lasted less than three seconds.
When the flames finally disappeared, Ivan's hair had been completely burned away.
His skin had turned bright red, and cracks had begun appearing across the surface.
"Is this cunt fucking insane?"
Butcher stared at the badly burned mysterious man, genuinely shaken.
Of course, "badly burned" was only Butcher's opinion.
To Ivan, injuries like these were merely troublesome.
They were nowhere near severe.
About fifty percent of the superhuman factors in my body have been suppressed. If an ordinary supe took that hit, they'd probably lose their powers completely.
Even now, Ivan still had the presence of mind to examine what was happening inside his body.
"Kimiko!"
Behind Ivan, Kimiko had only been grazed by the edge of the blast, yet she had already collapsed into a pool of blood, clutching her right arm.
"Are you okay?"
Frenchie immediately dropped beside her and checked the injury.
Blood kept pouring from Kimiko's right arm.
There was no sign of the bleeding slowing down.
"What the fuck? Where's your power?"
Seeing that, Frenchie instantly panicked.
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