Second match: Loki vs. Carter. Loki wins.
Third match: Black Captain Marvel vs. Hawkeye. Black Captain Marvel wins.
Fourth match: Hulk vs. Wolverine. Hulk wins. In truth, neither could truly defeat the other, but Hulk's immense strength allowed him to forcibly throw Wolverine out of the ring.
Fifth match: Human Torch vs. Cyclops. Human Torch wins. Cyclops's weakness in close combat was evident.
Sixth match: Iron Man vs. Hydra Stomper Steve. This match was a major highlight, a battle between two different types of mechs.
Regardless of the love-hate relationship between them as two giants of the Avengers in the main Universe, there was no shortage of drama in this Universe 838 either.
Steve's Hydra Stomper was built by Tony's father, Howard. Tony also suspected that the deaths of Howard and his wife were orchestrated by HYDRA after they brainwashed Steve and sent him to carry out the act.
However, the outcome was somewhat beyond his expectation; Iron Man Tony actually won.
He had initially believed that Steve, after his modifications, could contend with Tony even without the Hydra Stomper, and with it, his chances of winning would be higher.
But surprisingly, precisely because the Hydra Stomper was built by Howard, Tony understood the mech too well. He exploited this advantage, causing the entire mech to malfunction and temporarily trapping Steve inside.
Finally, he pushed both Steve and the mech out of the ring.
Seventh match: There was no seventh match. Because there were thirteen contestants in the second round, one person would inevitably get a bye. Jessica did not need to participate in a seventh match and directly advanced to the third round.
Thus, the second round concluded, with seven people advancing. The contestants who failed to advance received an additional sports car compared to those from the first round.
Day five of the World's Greatest Ability User Tournament: Third round of the official competition.
First match: Thor vs. Iron Man Tony.
Despite Iron Man's advantage of being immune to lightning and gaining more power the more he was struck, he ultimately succumbed to the repeated blows of the Meow-Meow Hammer and lost this match.
After this match, he stood in the ring and publicly announced to all media that Stark Industries' weapons manufacturing division would be shut down, and he would no longer sell any weapons.
At the same time, he apologized to everyone who had been harmed by the weapons he manufactured.
Second match: Loki vs. Hulk.
Loki, in his green leather armor, and Hulk, with his green skin, if they were in the main Universe, Loki would undoubtedly be brutally thrashed by Hulk, like a dog.
If a magician suddenly engaged in close combat with a tank warrior using a dagger, he would undoubtedly be the one getting thrashed.
However, when a magician genuinely fought a tank warrior using magic, it was the tank warrior who would be thrashed.
Even with Banner's guidance, Hulk was still completely outmaneuvered by Loki.
After all, no matter how smart Banner was, he had never seen magic, so how could he discern the illusions and decoys?
So, naturally, Loki successfully advanced.
But precisely because Hulk had advanced so powerfully to this round, and ultimately was also tricked by magic into jumping out of the ring, he still gained a large number of fans, as he wished.
Especially many men, who loved the incredibly powerful Hulk.
Third match: Human Torch vs. Jessica. Human Torch wins.
In this round, Black Captain Marvel had a bye.
There was no other way; among the current contestants, besides Thor, almost no one was a match for Black Captain Marvel.
It was better to just give her a bye and let others have more opportunities to perform.
Day six of the World's Greatest Ability User Tournament: Morning.
First match: Thor vs. Human Torch. Thor shattered Human Torch's flames with lightning, then closed in and used the Thunder God's Hammer to strike Human Torch down from the sky.
Second match: Loki vs. Black Captain Marvel. The cunning Loki, wanting to make things harder for Thor, pretended to make a mistake and was knocked out of the ring after just a few moves.
Afternoon: Final match, Thor vs. Black Captain Marvel.
"Although you are a woman, you hit my brother Loki this morning. I promised to avenge him, so I won't hold back against you later!"
As soon as he entered the ring, Thor issued a strong warning.
But in the very next second, he was sent flying by a punch from the rapidly approaching Black Captain Marvel.
"Kid, hold back? That's what I should be saying to you. Put down your hammer and surrender, and you might take fewer hits!"
"You called me 'kid'? And told me to put down Mjolnir?
Woman, you have successfully caught my attention!"
Thor stabilized himself in mid-air and furiously swung his hammer, unleashing a barrage of lightning storm combination strikes at Black Captain Marvel.
However, Black Captain Marvel was unlike others; her entire body erupted with light energy, and she directly broke through the lightning storm, engaging Thor in close combat.
"Super Protego."
Seeing that the aftermath of their battle was already spreading towards the audience stands, Adam raised his hand and cast a Super Shield Charm, protecting all the spectators.
"This... this is too terrifying!"
Watching the lightning and bright flashes constantly erupting from the storm above the ring, all the spectators couldn't help but stand up.
At this moment, they could no longer clearly see Thor and Black Captain Marvel's figures; they were simply stunned by the terrifying energy storm in the air.
"It seems Black Captain Marvel still has the upper hand."
Others couldn't see clearly, but Adam naturally could.
In his opinion, Thor had still not fully awakened the divine power within him, and in his battle with Black Captain Marvel, he was still at a disadvantage.
However, it wouldn't be easy for Black Captain Marvel to defeat Thor either.
Both were all-round contestants, excelling in close combat, long-range attacks, physical prowess, and energy manipulation, and both possessed the ability to fly. They could only win the match by fighting until the opponent was down for ten seconds.
But the key was that both of them had incredibly thick HP.
As long as her light energy wasn't depleted, Black Captain Marvel, like Black Captain Marvel in the main Universe, could directly tear through a Universe warship with her bare body.
And Thor's body could even withstand the power of a neutron star.
So, they went back and forth, fighting for an entire afternoon, until the moon hung high in the sky, before a victor was finally decided.
Thor lay bruised and battered in the ring, his face filled with disbelief. He couldn't believe he had been defeated by a mortal, and truly, genuinely defeated head-on, without any tricks or shortcuts.
This dealt a considerable blow to him.
Black Captain Marvel was also not much better, the light energy on her body had dimmed to a mere thin layer, and she was breathing heavily.
If she had been slightly careless today, she might be the one lying on the ground now.
She could now confirm that this Thor Odinson was definitely the Thunder God Thor from Asgard; otherwise, he couldn't have fought her to this extent.
One could only say that the divine realm of Asgard truly lived up to its reputation as a renowned race in the Universe.
No wonder her husband, Nick Fury, valued him so much.
"Our strongest challenger has emerged: Black Captain Marvel Maria Rambeau!"
After counting ten seconds, and seeing that Thor was still unable to get up, Angel loudly announced the match results.
"Tomorrow morning, the final match: Black Captain Marvel vs. Saiyan Superman. What the outcome will be, let's wait and see!"