Chapter 894: A Glittering Star Rotten (39)

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Betty slammed the steering wheel hard and muttered a curse through gritted teeth. She tossed her phone to the side and pressed down on the accelerator, speeding up.

However, before this, Banner had taken her to the Arkham Sanatorium for her treatment. The Arkham Sanatorium was located in the outskirts of New York, not exactly a remote area, but still a distance from the city center.

Unfortunately, the route from here to Gwen's laboratory, where she needed to go, led straight through the Brooklyn area. As Betty's car sped up, more and more bats began to collide with it.

The more bats obstructed her path, the faster she had to drive. If she stopped for even a moment, the bats would break through the windows and fly in.

Betty wasn't an agent; she hadn't received any professional emergency driving training. She had to rely on her instincts to control the vehicle, and in no time, the car was teetering on the edge of losing control.

At this moment, the telephone that she had thrown onto the passenger seat suddenly rang. She picked it up and said, "Hello? Bruce? Oh... I'm at the Sanatorium. What's that? You must have misheard..."

"...Alright, I'm in the car now. I'm heading to the laboratory. There are some very important materials there that could have a significant impact on this vampire invasion."

"I already told you! I'm not crazy!" Betty gritted her teeth. "I'm not a mental patient! I don't need to stay at the Sanatorium! Bruce Banner, mind your own business. I don't want to talk to you right now..."

With that, she hung up the phone, focusing on controlling the car. However, the telephone on the passenger seat kept ringing. Annoyed, she pressed the answer button and said to the other end, "Listen, Banner, I'm not your pet or some personal possession. You can't interfere with my actions..."

"Are you going to repeat your foolish arguments again? Do you think only the strong can stand up? I don't need... Ross? Why are you calling me on the telephone?"

Betty, who was frantically turning the steering wheel while answering the phone, was already emotionally unstable due to the psychological abuse she had suffered. She shouted loudly, "Are you threatening me again?! You damn violent lunatic! Selfish and dictatorial!"

"Where are you hiding now? In your safe military base? What right do you have to preach about world peace every day?!"

Betty tossed her hair back forcefully, turned the steering wheel to the left to dodge another incoming bat, and said, "You've never been the one to uphold world peace! And if that's all you've got, put down the telephone and go back to your mud hole!"

After saying that, she reached out and pressed the hang-up button vigorously. But the next moment, she instinctively slammed on the brakes, and her whole body crashed into the steering wheel.

A cloud of black mist enveloped the windshield, and as she hit the brakes, the steering wheel went out of control, causing the car to spin and crash hard into a roadside utility pole.

Betty was a typical researcher, which meant her physical fitness was even weaker than an average person's without any special training. She couldn't withstand such an impact.

As the airbags deployed, Betty lost consciousness instantly. At the same time, the two men on the other end of the disconnected telephone both felt a tightness in their hearts.

...

At the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge, more and more bats gathered, but there were also more people arriving.

In addition to the police from various districts of New York, Nightshade and Bacteria Man were among the first to arrive at a nearby rooftop. They squinted at the situation nearby but soon saw more people converging in this direction.

Vampire hunters were coming from the southern roads, where there were the most bats. However, they carried firearms and cold weapons specifically designed to deal with this group of flying rodents, so the vampires couldn't impede their progress.

"Vampire hunters, they're here," Nightshade squinted at the monitor on his cheek and said, "For hundreds and thousands of years, there has always been a group of people opposing vampires. The last time, they dealt with those bats running rampant in the Brooklyn district."

Soon, a squad led by Matt arrived from the southern intersection, and the most conspicuous among them was a black-haired girl dressed in a white and blue uniform, flying through the air.

She was faster than the bats and stronger than them. She punched them out one by one in mid-air. Although she couldn't yet handle the vampires' magic, she still cleared a path for the team.

"Who's that girl?" Bacteria Man asked. "I haven't heard of such a powerful superhero in New York."

Nightshade touched his face mask and said, "There's no record of someone like her in my materials database. She must have emerged recently."

Just as Nightshade and Bacteria Man were about to jump down and join the battle, they heard a loud rumbling.

They turned around and saw a massive lizard-like monster, leisurely tossing several bats into a ball, as if throwing a piece of paper into a wastebasket. The bats it held in its hand had wingspans of over a meter.

"I've seen this big lizard many times!" Bacteria Man scratched his head. "Why is he everywhere?"

"I guess he's a researcher," Nightshade said as he analyzed the materials. "His medicine must be very stable and controllable; otherwise, he wouldn't appear only when he's supposed to and disappear when he's not."

After that, Nightshade and Bacteria Man jumped down and joined the team fighting the bats.

The bats' abilities hadn't changed much. The lower-level vampires had talons and sharp fangs, while the higher-level ones possessed teleportation through black mist, talons, and magic. When they transformed into bats, they became larger and faster.

People bitten by them had a chance of dying directly, or they might turn into vampires themselves. However, if they hadn't gone through the proper initial embrace, which involved a blood exchange, they couldn't become high-level vampires with the ability to control magic. Newly turned low-level vampires were weak and had no combat abilities.

Therefore, in the intense battle, high-level vampires didn't attempt to initiate others into their ranks. Their main focus was on causing death, either by attacking the head or the chest.

However, humans' greatest strength lay in their ability to learn. The previous war with bats had been devastating mainly due to lack of experience. Humans were caught off guard and could only gather information on the battlefield.

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But this time, even most regular police officers knew the abilities of these bats and vampires. Some naturally gifted individuals had even learned the nuances of their spellcasting, mastering both the pre-casting and post-casting movements. They held Freeze Guns and could freeze the creatures as soon as they raised their hands.

So, even though there were fewer people and less firepower this time, the formation did not collapse.

As more and more people joined the fight, the human team managed to push to the entrance of the Brooklyn Bridge, an achievement that had come at the cost of countless lives in the previous war.

However, the tactical expert Matt sensed something was amiss. He shouted loudly, "They are building up power, perhaps waiting for something. Fall back! Retreat quickly!"

His voice spread throughout the frontline, and everyone saw a blood mist rising from the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge, emitting a terrifying power that swept across the entire battlefield.

All the bats suddenly became excited, and they all called out one name, "Dracula!"

Behind the blood mist, Dracula revealed himself. He was dressed in a black and red suit, with a cloak and eyes radiating red light.

As he appeared, the moonlight became extremely bright, and its eerie light swept across the entire Brooklyn Bridge.

All the bats immediately took to the skies, and a terrifying black tide surged towards the humans.

In an instant, the human formation was torn open. Eric the Blade swung his longsword and shouted, "They've been enhanced! Fall back and regroup!"

As Matt retreated, he kept his eyes on Dracula in the air and said with some surprise, "Erik, you never mentioned that he had this ability..."

"Before this, he didn't have this ability! Dracula was always physically stronger than other vampires, and he had a few types of magic that other vampires didn't possess. But he had never shown the ability to enhance the skills of other vampires!"

"So, what's our plan..."

"Proceed as planned!"

The human line continued to fall back, and just as everyone felt immense pressure, more flashes of light converged on the battlefield.

With a roar, a black monster with sharp teeth jumped into the battle, biting off a vampire's head and then releasing a sticky substance that caught several bats and tossed them away.

"Venom! On the right! Open a breach!" When Matt saw Venom join the battle, he immediately shouted.

The next moment, two mechanical tentacles tore open a breach in the bat swarm. Supporting themselves with the tentacles on the ground, Otto, like a real octopus, swiftly penetrated the bat swarm.

Sizzling!

After an electromagnetic explosion and a burst of lightning, countless bats fell to the ground, charred by the electricity. The storm formed by the tentacles was like a blade thrust into the heart, heading straight for Dracula.

"Protect Dracula, my lord!"

One of the individuals standing beside Dracula shouted, "Only he can restore the glory of the bloodline!"

Several high-level vampires transformed into bats and confronted Doctor Octopus. They were unafraid of the tentacles, which had been strengthened multiple times. As they swung, storms and electrical currents roared continuously.

At that moment, shining strands of spider web appeared in everyone's field of vision. A figure, red and blue, suddenly emerged, followed by more figures like him.

Amazing Spider-Man changed his usual agile fighting style and jumped directly into the bat swarm. He used his spider web to pick up a piece of rock and started swinging it, instantly sending countless bats flying.

His furious voice echoed on the Brooklyn Bridge:

"Damn vampires! You actually attacked Gwen!"

And at this moment, an even angrier voice rang out:

"Hulk!"

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