Let me show you a new way Chapter 042

In the high sky, a blue stream of light flew at an extremely fast speed. Within the light was a man with a red and blue star shield on his back. His expression was serious, his will firm, as he flew towards the HYDRA base.

High in the sky, Steve looked around. The cold Alps still had specks of snow falling, a truly beautiful place.

But hidden within these mountains was the HYDRA base. Steve, following the map drawn by Doctor Zola, found the base’s ventilation shaft. Just as he was about to quietly open it and slip inside…

He heard something.

Steve looked up. A strange-looking plane, spewing flames, was flying into the sky.

“No…” Steve gritted his teeth, then reactivated his blue power ring, increasing his speed even further as he chased after the plane.

In the sky, Steve continuously pushed the blue power ring’s energy to its limit, his speed rapidly increasing. He gradually closed in on the plane and finally, when the ring’s energy dropped to 51%, he flew beneath the aircraft. The landing gear was slowly retracting, and Steve quickly squeezed in, then collapsed onto the metallic floor, panting.

The power rings created by Lin Dong were not the original versions. Instead, he combined Marvel’s materials with DC’s technology to create these rings.

Therefore, the functions of these rings differed from those in DC. For example, his rings didn’t have miniature power batteries, because the rings’ main energy source was on Earth, allowing them to absorb energy independently.

The ring’s energy was recovering little by little. Steve looked up, cautiously surveying his surroundings. Many strange, large bombs were stored here, marked with city names: New York, Chicago, and so on.

These bombs also had propellers at the back and tail fins on both sides. In their center was a cockpit, seemingly designed for pilots to carry out suicide attacks.

Steve took a deep breath, slowly dimmed the light around him, and quietly hid in a corner. Soon after, an orange light glowed in the distance, and several Orange Lantern Specters floated in the air, slowly flying towards the bombs.

These bombs had been manufactured before the Red Skull’s orange power ring was activated, so the possibility of these Orange Lantern Specters flying hadn’t been considered.

But undoubtedly, this gave them greater freedom and more agile control.

As the Orange Lantern Specters approached the corner where Steve was hidden, an intense blue light illuminated the entire bottom of the cabin.

A moment later, Steve quietly made his way along the cabin’s passage. Before long, he reached the cockpit, where he saw the Red Skull.

He sat silently in the pilot’s seat, his hands propping up his chin, concealed in the dark shadows, not uttering a word.

“So, you finally activated this ring,” the Red Skull’s dry voice emerged from the shadows.

“Yes, I wanted to save my friend, and the ring responded to me!” Steve replied.

“Do you know how I got this ring?” the Red Skull asked, his voice very flat, yet with an inexplicable madness in his tone.

“They fell from the sky, just chose me, and placed themselves on my finger,” the Red Skull murmured. “I am the chosen one. I was meant to be the savior, the only god on this earth!”

“How did your ring come to be?” He looked up, staring intently into Steve’s eyes. On the Red Skull’s forehead, a symbol representing avarice appeared.

“Heh, I’m not like you. I’m just a kid from Brooklyn, who received a gift from a friend,” Steve said dismissively, but his eyes constantly scanned his surroundings, awaiting the arrival of the so-called army.

“…” After a moment of silence, the Red Skull laughed, his voice grating and making Steve feel a wave of disgust.

“So this is the end…” The Red Skull stood up, laughing. The orange and yellow rings on his fingers lit up.

The Red Skull had activated both rings simultaneously.

His face emerged from the shadows, his appearance even more drastically altered. One eye had turned yellow, the other orange. His face was covered in orange-yellow patterns, and the symbols of the power rings were now branded onto his body.

He looked even less human.

The Red Skull extended his right hand, and orange light shone.

The next moment, dozens of Orange Lantern Specters densely appeared inside the cabin.

Steve immediately activated the Light of Hope. Blue light enveloped the shield on his left hand, and he threw it towards the Specters. But the Orange Lantern Specters formed a wall with their bodies, firmly blocking the thrown shield. In an instant, the hope energy attached to the shield was completely consumed. The vibranium shield fell weakly from the air, clattering as it rolled a few times.

“This is…” Steve watched in surprise. Earlier, on the lower deck of the cabin, he had ambushed a few Orange Lantern Specters and instantly purified them with the blue light. So he hadn’t noticed the special abilities of these Orange Lantern Specters.

“Yes… they can drain the ring’s energy!” The Red Skull revealed a hideous smile, evil light radiating from his eyes.

He pointed his right hand at Steve, and the Orange Lantern Specters flew towards him like greedy snakes. Steve desperately dodged, using blue light blasts, but with little effect. Finally, he was cornered by these Orange Lantern Specters. He shaped a shield of blue light, blocking the greedy Specters, who clung to the blue light shield, desperately draining its energy.

45%, 41%, 38%—the power ring’s energy was dropping little by little. Steve seemed trapped, unable to struggle. The blue light was like a candle in a strong wind, as if the blue flame would extinguish at any moment.

Like all foolish villains, the Red Skull, instead of delivering the finishing blow when the protagonist was in peril, slowly explained his plan, waiting for the protagonist to power up.

A flash of yellow light passed over the Red Skull. He soared into the air, floating down from the throne piled with corpses.

“The ring’s energy seems inexhaustible no matter how it’s used, but after many experiments, I discovered that the ring isn’t infinitely energetic; it’s just constantly replenishing energy… replenishing energy from its source.” The Red Skull muttered to himself. Activating two power rings simultaneously must have confused his mind.

“So where is its source? How powerful must that energy be? If I could enter… if I could obtain…” The Red Skull began muttering again. Undoubtedly, his mind had been muddled by the two negative emotions.

“But that doesn’t matter…” The Red Skull suddenly laughed nervously again. “Because you are about to die, and once you are dead, no one will be able to stop me. I will destroy this world and build a new kingdom upon its ruins. And I will also obtain your ring… those beautiful, magnificent rings, full of powerful abilities, my treasures!”

Then he heard something.

From within that faint blue light shield, which seemed on the verge of extinguishing under the consumption of countless greedy Specters, a voice emerged.

【Endless night, unyielding day…】