American Comics: Tales of Cultivator

## Chapter 212: Battle of Wakanda

T'Challa wrapped his arm around the neck of a Royal Guard, then sent another guard who was trying to stab him with a spear flying with a kick to the chest.

With a backhanded hand chop, he struck the side of the neck of the guard he was holding, knocking him unconscious.

By the time he finished, Natasha Romanoff and Bucky Barnes on the other side had already ended their fights.

"Prince, it seems your prestige in Wakanda isn't as high as you thought?"

Natasha Romanoff removed her Widow's Bite from a guard who was foaming at the mouth from the electric shock, clapped her hands, and said to T'Challa.

"I haven't seen them before, but judging by their tattoos, they must be warriors Erik brought from the Border Tribe!" T'Challa shrugged.

"Not much time, keep going!"

Bucky Barnes glanced at the two who still had time for small talk, held up the MI6 in his hand towards the sky, and coldly signaled to T'Challa with his poker face.

T'Challa nodded and clicked the shielding device on the wrist of his Black Panther suit.

This device was also modified by Shuri; it could block the surveillance system in the Royal Palace and simulate a false environment feed to the surveillance terminals.

"This system can buy us fifteen minutes. The palace ahead is the guest room for the elders of the major tribes when they come to the Royal Palace. If the intelligence is correct, the Hydra people should be there!"

T'Chaka led Black Widow and Winter Soldier near a palace, looked at the guards outside, and said to the two.

The magnificent palace ahead subtly displayed sculptures decorated with Vibranium coating, which also showed the Wakandans' immense wealth.

"Do we need to make a plan?"

"Charge in and rescue the people!" Bucky Barnes always adhered to simple and effective action plans.

Plans were completely non-existent for him, a cold hitman.

"We don't have much time. From now on, don't consider casualties!" Black Widow glanced at T'Challa beside her.

T'Challa was somewhat silent; his expression was completely hidden beneath the Black Panther helmet.

However, he didn't object, silently extending the ten claws on his Black Panther armor, clearly acquiescing to Black Widow's words.

Black Widow pulled two live ammunition magazines from behind her waist, replacing the tranquilizer magazines.

Click, click!

Winter Soldier pulled the charging handle of his MI6 modified grenade launcher, chambering a grenade.

Just as the three were looking at the palace not far away, ready to strike.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion sound suddenly erupted from behind them. The huge sound, accompanied by smoke and dust mixed with flames, came with an earthquake-like rumble. The ground was collapsing, and a huge depression had formed, like the mark left by an invisible giant punching the earth.

"Not good!" Black Widow reacted instantly, grabbing her dual pistols and aiming behind them.

The position of the burning, huge fireball was exactly where they had hidden the small Quinjet.

"Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!"

Winter Soldier dove behind T'Challa. The position where he had just stood was instantly covered by a dense hail of bullets.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat——

As Winter Soldier dodged, T'Challa, who was used as a shield, was instantly subjected to focus fire. Countless bullets struck his Black Panther armor.

Fortunately, when this Vibranium armor was designed and manufactured, Old Black Panther was still in power, and no one dared to cut corners.

T'Challa stood straight in place, enduring the hail of bullets.

As for Black Widow, she had already quickly dodged to the side the moment she noticed the explosion.

"Black Widow Natasha Romanoff, Winter Soldier, and this must be the exiled Prince T'Challa. The three of you are old friends!

Why didn't you notify me in advance when you came here, so I could extend my hospitality!"

The speaker was a tall and burly middle-aged man, wearing a suit, bald head, with mud-like cracks covering his forehead. His voice had a stiff accent, sounding German.

Of course, the most eye-catching things were the steel mechanical glove on his right hand and the silver brooch pinned to his chest.

The brooch was roughly shaped like a skull, with six tentacle-like pendants below it. The overall design was simple and understated, with nothing remarkable about it except for a hint of eerie darkness. You could buy a whole dozen similar non-mainstream brooches for ten USD at a cheap accessory shop.

"Wolfgang von Strucker! You're still alive!?"

Black Widow cautiously peeked out from the wall corner, looking at the man speaking, her face full of disbelief.

Black Widow had never dealt with Wolfgang von Strucker directly, but she had seen data on Wolfgang von Strucker when she was in the Former Soviet Union.

He, Red Skull, and Baron Zemo were the three major figures of Hydra during the WWII period.

The Red Room had sent a group of them to train with a Ninja Organization. If Captain America and Wolverine Logan hadn't jointly destroyed that Ninja Organization connected to Hydra, Wolfgang von Strucker would have almost become her instructor.

In terms of age, Wolfgang von Strucker was even older than her, a true old relic.

Moreover, according to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s data, Wolfgang von Strucker was supposed to be dead.

Baron Strucker moved his mechanical arm, looking at the three who had walked into a trap with a mocking gaze: "Dead? God doesn't like me, a disciple of Satan!"

A fierce look flashed across Black Widow's face. She raised her handgun and fired at Baron Strucker: "In that case, why don't you just go to Hell!"

"Clang!"

The moment Black Widow raised her handgun, Baron Strucker quickly flashed back. Two fully armed elite soldiers blocked in front of Strucker.

Black Widow's bullet hit one of the soldiers in the chest. The bullet collided with the metal plate under the bulletproof vest, making a light metallic ping.

"Kill them!"

Strucker waved his hand. Behind him, forty to fifty elite special operations soldiers raised their SCAR rifles.

"Tat-tat-tat——"

Dense bullets shot out from their muzzles, instantly forcing the peeking Black Widow back.

Bullets landed on Black Panther's Vibranium armor without making any sound. He endured the bullets and was about to charge forward to fight these soldiers.

Bucky Barnes held his gun with his metal arm and sprayed fire at this group of elite Hydra soldiers.

Clang, clang, clang——

Bullets hitting his exposed arm made a series of crisp metallic clangs.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat——

Bucky Barnes pulled the trigger of the MI6 in his hand, and bullets sprayed out in a fan shape——

But this group of Hydra soldiers was completely fearless. Besides wearing a bulletproof tactical vest over their clothes, their limb joints were covered with three layers of pitch black high-strength fiber woven bulletproof armor.

Outside the bulletproof vest, they also had bulletproof plates inserted. Ordinary rifle bullets simply couldn't penetrate this layer of bulletproof armor.

Even their heads were covered with full-face bulletproof helmets, truly armed to the teeth.

If Agent Hill, who was responsible for procurement, were here, she would definitely find the equipment on these Hydra soldiers very familiar.

Yes, the similarity to the batch of bulletproof vests Tang Someone supplied to S.H.I.E.L.D. was ridiculously high.

Of course, if Nick Fury had any doubt, Tang Song naturally had an explanation. This batch of bulletproof vests was procured from the Underworld.

It was equipment customized by the High Table through an arms broker from China's Northern Military Factory. Boss Tang, out of kindness, intercepted a portion from the High Table and supplied it to S.H.I.E.L.D.——

As for the flow of the other bulletproof vests, Boss Tang was not clear.

Of course, Boss Tang wouldn't say that this batch of equipment sold to Hydra was the remaining equipment after his gunmen were re-equipped.

Now, his high-level gunmen have all switched to the highly technological Black Demon Battle Armor. Later on, after Adamantium is mass-produced, the people in the Weapon Manufacturing Department plan to add a layer of Adamantium coating to the Black Demon Battle Armor.

In Ivan Vanko's words, this armor mixed with Adamantium should not only be lightweight and thin but also have astonishing defensive power, at least equivalent to the total armor strength of a Federation main battle tank.

The plan he submitted to Tang Song was to use Adamantium as threads to add a metal mesh layer to the front and back surfaces of the Black Demon Battle Armor. This would strengthen the defensive capabilities of the Black Demon Battle Armor while greatly reducing the use of Adamantium.

Currently, this project has been approved by Boss Tang, but due to the limited production of Adamantium, not many Adamantium Black Demon Armor sets have been produced yet.

As an aside, due to Tang Group's investment in several major research projects of Oscorp, especially the Artificial Sun Project, Tang Group invested over five hundred million USD in Oscorp.

Because of this investment, the investment banks and analysis experts on Wall Street all predicted a rise for Oscorp's stock. As a result, Oscorp's stock achieved a counter-trend reversal despite the sluggishness in the biological sector.

In return, Norman Osborn packaged the Black Demon Battle Armor project and sold it to Tang Group at cost price.

After all, for a single soldier suit priced over two million USD, recovering the research and development cost would require the military to pay for it and popularize it within the army.

But the big bosses at the Department of Defense also had to calculate costs when buying things.

Norman Osborn almost lost everything on the Black Demon Battle Armor project. Besides Tang Group's procurement, he couldn't find a second buyer.

So, he simply sold the entire project to Tang Song.

After Tang Group achieved mass production of the Black Demon Battle Armor, the bulletproof vests that Tang Song's gunmen replaced naturally needed to be dealt with.

Tang Song contacted Baron Strucker through Kane and sold this batch of heavy bulletproof vests to Hydra at three times the procurement price.

Now, this batch of Hydra soldiers wearing heavy bulletproof vests was truly giving Black Widow and Bucky Barnes a hard time.

Black Widow was pinned down by the dense bullets and couldn't raise her head. Her two small handguns, although modified to have a rate of fire comparable to a micro submachine gun, simply couldn't penetrate the bulletproof vests on these Hydra soldiers.

Bucky Barnes's MI6 rifle was also struggling. Fortunately, his rifle had a grenade launcher mounted underneath. He hid behind T'Challa and fired grenades, blocking the momentum of the attack from these Hydra soldiers.

However, these Hydra soldiers weren't fools. Although their bullets couldn't penetrate T'Challa's Vibranium armor, they spread out and attacked Winter Soldier behind T'Challa from the sides.

Clearly, T'Challa's Vibranium armor alone couldn't block the bullets coming from various angles from these Hydra soldiers.

"Charge through and capture Strucker——"

Seeing the Hydra soldiers surrounding them from all sides, Black Widow reached out and threw something the size of a button towards the Hydra soldiers.

Hiss, hiss, hiss! Dense white mist surged from these small things, and the surroundings instantly became pitch black, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of their face.

In the white mist, Black Widow pressed herself against the wall, moving towards Strucker. At the same time, T'Challa and Bucky Barnes also used the white mist as cover and charged towards Baron Strucker's direction.

Strucker looked at the suddenly rising white mist but showed no panic. A cold laugh hung on his face as he stepped back a few paces.

The Hydra soldiers in the white mist collectively pressed the buttons on their helmets.

Their helmet viewports were equipped with AN/PVS-21 night vision goggles produced by Federal Sensor Technology Systems Company, the top binocular infrared night vision goggles on the market. They were equipped with dual IR illuminators and variable zoom telescopes, and could connect to the HUD display of the sight on their SCAR rifles, featuring a gyroscope and electronic map display function.

One could only say that Boss Tang put a lot of effort into arming his own people.

After all, when his people were working as Cleaners in New York, they often encountered some dark creatures that could use invisibility.

Armor-piercing rounds mixed with silver powder paired with this kind of infrared night vision was simply the bane of those little monsters.

One generation plants the trees, another enjoys the shade! The team led by Baron Strucker fully experienced what it meant to fight a rich man's war.

"Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat——"

"Tat-tat-tat——"

Dense bullets penetrated the white mist. Black Widow felt a numbness in her arm, followed by intense pain.

She let out a muffled grunt, gritted her teeth, and curled up, rolling towards the wall corner——

"They have night vision goggles!"

T'Challa barely managed to create a space in the wall corner with his body, providing a defensive space for Black Widow and Bucky Barnes.

"This won't work! I remember Strucker's bearing. I'll throw you over in a bit, you take him down, and we still have a chance!"

Bucky Barnes looked at the bullets hitting T'Challa's armor and falling to the ground, speaking calmly.

"But, your safety?!" T'Challa hesitated.

"I have a method!" Bucky Barnes's poker face showed no expression.

"Okay!"

T'Challa nodded.

Bucky Barnes extended his metal arm and grabbed one of T'Challa's arms. Using all his strength, he suddenly swung him up and threw him in the direction he remembered Strucker was.

T'Challa soared into the sky, pouncing towards Baron Strucker.

The moment Bucky Barnes threw T'Challa away, under Black Widow's surprised and confused gaze, he turned around, shielded her, and used his body to block the incoming bullets for her.

Baron Strucker watched T'Challa pouncing towards him from the white mist, raised his right hand, and aimed his mechanical arm at T'Challa, quickly rotating.

Tat-tat-tat-tat-tat——

This mechanical arm, named Satan Claw, ejected from six apertures, turning into a Gatling gun! Microscopic cannonballs fired out as the muzzle rotated, blasted towards T'Challa in the sky.

T'Challa's Black Panther Vibranium armor could withstand most attacks in the world, but the microscopic cannonballs hitting him caused intense vibration, which deflected his landing position.

"Buzz!"

Facing T'Challa who landed not far in front of him, Baron Strucker took a Vibranium spear from the Black Person beside him and aimed it at T'Challa, firing immediately.

The charged Vibranium spear fired out blue energy beams, bombarding T'Challa's Black Panther armor.

T'Challa let out a roar, waving his claws, and charged towards Baron Strucker, enduring the Vibranium spear's shots.

Soon, T'Challa reached Baron Strucker's vicinity and waved his claws, grabbing directly at his neck.

"Ding!"

Baron Strucker immediately raised his high-tech metal right arm to block T'Challa's fatal attack.

At the same time, his right arm's Satan Claw instantly released an ultra-high intensity voltage——

Baron Strucker lifted the Vibranium spear in his left hand and thrust it towards T'Challa's eyes.

The super-strong electric current was completely ineffective against Vibranium, but the Vibranium spear thrusting towards his eyes triggered T'Challa's instinct to instinctively want to dodge.

The moment T'Challa turned his head, Baron Strucker pressed the spear down, holding his neck.

At the same time, a Vibranium bomb flashing with red light appeared on Baron Strucker's right hand's Satan Claw. He held this bomb, about to press it onto T'Challa's Black Panther armor.

"Hey, mister, it's better if I keep this dangerous item!"

Just as Baron Strucker was about to succeed, accompanied by a cheeky voice, the Vibranium bomb in his hand suddenly disappeared.

Immediately after, a pair of feet kicked him fiercely in the rear, sending him flying over ten meters away.

A guy in a tight suit landed in front of T'Challa and greeted him: "Hey, mister, are you alright!"

T'Challa's mouth twitched, his eyes fixed on the Vibranium bomb in his hand, which was wrapped in webbing and still flashing with red light.

"Oh, mister, you're worried about this!" Spider-Man Peter Parker raised his hand to look at the bomb, pouted, and casually threw it into the sky.

"Boom!"

A violent explosion sound echoed throughout the entire Wakandan Capital. The night seemed to be instantly blown away, becoming like dawn.

"Holy shit! What kind of bomb is this!"

Spider-Man Peter Parker looked at the bomb he threw hundreds of meters into the high altitude with some surprise, shocked but also a little scared——

If his arm strength hadn't been astonishing, this bomb would have exploded...

Black Widow looked at Winter Soldier, who was standing expressionlessly in front of her. In his eyes, she could only see numbness and relief! Just like when she was in the Red Room! Bullets hitting his body, amidst the pain, Bucky Barnes revealed a cruel smile.

Although he had been awakened from hypnosis, it didn't mean he had forgotten the past, forgotten the murder orders he carried out as Hydra's blade.

A killing machine wouldn't have emotion, but Bucky Barnes, who had found himself again, lived in pain and self-blame every day.

Maybe dying like this was for the best. Steve Rogers didn't need a brother who had once served Hydra. Let Steve's memory of him stay from their time with the Howling Commandos.

Just then, buzz, buzz, buzz! A buzzing sound came from the horizon. A Quinjet was flying towards them.

Natasha Romanoff looked up. The Quinjet's hatch opened, and a figure descended from the sky.

Clang! A shield landed with a figure. Immediately after, the figure rolled and came in front of Bucky Barnes, using the shield to block the bullets shooting at him.

"Steve!"

Bucky Barnes looked at Steve Rogers, who had descended from the sky, in disbelief.

"Bucky, I told you a long time ago, don't fight alone, at least call me!"

Steve Rogers shook his head and smiled at Bucky Barnes, teasing him.

"You're shot, how are you, can you hold on!" Steve Rogers noticed the wound on Bucky Barnes's body and was a little worried.

Bucky Barnes said with a casual look on his poker face: "Minor thing, compared to the injuries we suffered when we stormed the Hydra base back then, this is like a mosquito bite!"

Black Widow looked at Bucky Barnes, then at Captain America in his iconic outfit, opened her mouth wanting to say something, but felt like she couldn't get a word in.

Boom, boom, boom! Just then, a series of roaring sounds echoed in the horizon. A streaking light of gold and red flew from the sky.

Iron Man landed on the ground like a meteor, striking a Thinker pose.

"Click!"

The faceplate opened, revealing Tony Stark's face with a mustache.

"Hi! Agent Natasha, did you miss me!"

Natasha Romanoff finally breathed a sigh of relief seeing Tony Stark's face.

"Tony, deal with those guys behind you first!"

Natasha Romanoff looked at Tony Stark acting cool and pointed behind him.

At this moment, many Hydra soldiers had pulled their triggers towards him, and countless bullets shot towards him.

"Trying a sneak attack! You've got the wrong guys, gentlemen."

Tony Stark soared into the sky. Several missiles from his shoulder hatch blasted towards this group of Hydra soldiers.

Swish-swish-swish-swish-swish——

Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom——

Several missiles blasted into the white mist, instantly sending this group of Hydra soldiers flying head over heels.

However, amidst the explosion sound, some discordant sounds also rang out.

"Damn it, you blew up my rear, my rear, my thigh, you have to pay more money——"

The miserable wailing was full of vigor——

Natasha Romanoff was startled, thinking Tony Stark had accidentally injured friendly forces.

"Wade Wilson, shut your mouth, I'll give you two hundred thousand USD——" Tony Stark's helpless voice sounded from inside the Iron Suit.

"Oh, dear Mr. Stark, really, two hundred thousand USD, do you want to aim and blast again, or do you need a target at your place, two hundred thousand USD a time, do you want me naked or wearing clothes, how about a bikini..."

"Shut up, Wade Wilson, if you say one more word, this two hundred thousand USD is gone!" Tony Stark said exasperatedly.

"Okay, okay, you're the boss——"

The white mist gradually dispersed. A figure waving twin blades stopped chopping at the enemy with his twin blades and reached up to his mouth, making a zipping motion.

The Hydra soldier who had just been facing the blade naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity. He pulled the trigger, instantly shooting him into a sieve.

Deadpool lowered his head, looked at his chest, which was transparent from front to back, and made a face at the Hydra soldier in front of him with a twisted mouth.

"Oh, God, you killed me, you committed murder!"

Before the Hydra soldier could react from his stunned state, Deadpool raised his hand and struck with a blade. A cold light flashed, and the full-face helmet on the Hydra soldier's head, along with his head, fell to the ground.

(end of chapter)