More than a month had passed since Andy killed Madame Gao.
These days, street heroes like Jessica and her friends had also been added to the House of Heroes archives by their fans.
They had been doing well, maintaining restraint no matter what they faced.
At most, they would beat up the thugs who were committing crimes and then Hand them over to the nearby Police.
Perhaps their performance wasn't as dazzling as Andy and Stark's, but their actions of helping the weak still garnered a significant fanbase.
The thugs who had been taught a lesson had thought about retaliating.
However, when they saw Jessica and her friends enter Hell's Kitchen, all these thugs cowered.
While they were indeed thugs, if compared to the people of Hell's Kitchen, they were not even as ferocious as Hell's Kitchen's most peaceful residents.
Even after taking a beating, they could only endure it.
They could only assume these people were unhappy in Hell's Kitchen and came out to find some unlucky people to vent on, even though they were those unlucky people.
During this time, Andy was not idle; he created a greatblade called gram.
He also practiced the stance, Royal Rhythm, that was integrated into gram.
The reason Andy created gram was because he found Empty Blade's attack range to be too small.
When killing the assassins in the Hand, Andy always needed to use Illustrious Sword to solve the problem.
So Andy decided to create a close-combat weapon that could perform large-scale attacks, and he had considered it for a long time before deciding to create gram.
A greatblade, a weapon with a very large attack range, could allow Andy to break out when deeply surrounded.
Moreover, gram's blade was extremely wide; its blade alone could fit two Empty Blades side by side.
This heavy blade made it less agile than Empty Blade when swung, but its large-scale attack and destructive power made Andy overlook its shortcomings.
This was just a small drawback that could be solved by integrating an Amplification Crystal into it.
However, after Andy created it, he did not directly use gram.
Instead, he created a practice greatblade similar in appearance to gram and practiced various moves of Royal Rhythm every day.
Because he had previously learned Steel Phoenix, Andy's speed in mastering the moves of Royal Rhythm was significantly faster.
In less than a month, Andy had basically mastered the Royal Rhythm combat stance.
Royal Rhythm lived up to its name; this combat stance had distinct characteristics.
It could use various flipping attacks to increase his mobility when using a greatblade.
In Elegant and fluid attacks, he could finish off enemies with devastating blows.
Moreover, every move of Royal Rhythm also embodied the nobility and Elegant of royalty.
After all, no other stance attacked with the rhythm of music; Royal Rhythm granted death to enemies in an Elegant dance.
Whether it was Grandioso Cadenza or Grandioso Toccata, they made the heavy weapon that was the greatblade unleash astonishing destructive power.
When experimenting with gram, steel plates that Empty Blade previously needed several strikes to break were easily cut by gram.
And the moves in Royal Rhythm named after dance music further maximized the greatblade's destructive power.
Solemn Elegy and Luminous Serenity could both cause large-scale ground-shaking attacks, dealing massive damage to all enemies within several meters.
Andy had used all these moves; each attack would transfer part of gram's power to the next attack.
The continuously stacked power was released at the moment of the ground-shaking attack, and no one could withstand that powerful destructive force.
gram's destructive power reached a new height after being integrated with an Amplification Crystal.
gram [Royal Rhythm] (/70)
Max Rank Pressure Point (+120% Base Damage)
Max Rank Cleaving Wind (+1.2m Attack Range)
Max Rank Berserker (+30% Attack Speed)
Max Rank Steel Charge (+120% Critical Chance)
Max Rank Virulent Scourge (+90% Toxin Damage)
Max Rank Shocking Touch (+90% Electric Damage)
Max Rank North Wind (+90% Cold Damage)
To maximize attack efficiency, Andy specifically combined gram's elements into corrosive plus cold.
While the corrosive element weakened defenses, the cold element would freeze and then shatter the opponent.
Andy had tested this elemental combination in the training ground; a steel pillar ten centimeters in diameter was easily destroyed by gram's attack.
And just as Andy was practicing with gram, a battle broke out near a park in New York.
The Military deployed a large number of soldiers to surround the park, and at the center of their encirclement stood a green monster.
That was Hulk, the prey the Military had been pursuing for years.
Hulk looked extremely angry; his body was constantly hit by bullets, his skin rippling in layers.
He roared at the soldiers and charged towards several armored vehicles that were continuously firing.
Facing armor entirely made of metal, Hulk destroyed an armored vehicle with just one punch.
However, Hulk didn't just punch once; he delivered several consecutive punches to the armored vehicle, tearing the entire vehicle into pieces.
Grabbing the fragments as weapons, he smashed the other armored vehicles into scrap.
General Ross, who had been pursuing Hulk, was not surprised by Hulk's combat ability.
He picked up his communicator and said, "Bronski, you're up. Use the Rage Stimulant."
Under General Ross's order, the enhanced soldier named Bronski took out a syringe filled with blue liquid from his waist.
He plunged the needle into his neck, and the liquid from the syringe was injected into his body.
The moment the Rage Stimulant entered his body, Bronski's body underwent drastic changes.
His body continuously swelled, transforming into a muscular giant over two meters tall, and his expanding body tore all his clothes.
Now, Bronski's heart was filled with anger, always wanting to destroy something; seeing the green Hulk in the distance, Bronski charged over.
He needed to vent his inner rage now, and Hulk was a powerful opponent.
Hulk, who was wreaking havoc, heard footsteps behind him and looked back with an angry expression.
But he only saw a huge fist appear in front of him; the fist, carrying immense power, struck Hulk's head.
Unprepared, Hulk was sent flying by the blow, rolling several times on the ground and destroying the grass.
"Do you remember me, Hulk?"
Although he used the Rage Stimulant, Bronski was not blinded by anger.
On the contrary, while angry, he maintained relative sanity.
Looking at Hulk, who was getting up from the ground and roaring at him, Bronski was somewhat disdainful.
Compared to his mastery of various combat techniques, Hulk only had brute strength and didn't know how to use it.
The two charged at each other, but Bronski's fighting ability was extremely powerful.
He hit Hulk several times in a row but was never hit by Hulk.
However, his strength simply couldn't compare to Hulk's; after so many punches, Hulk was only forced to continuously retreat.
There was no sign of him falling; seeing his attacks so powerless.
Bronski's anger grew, and the strength in his body became even greater.
As Bronski's strength gradually increased, Hulk's anger also grew, and his size visibly expanded.
Hulk, whose body had grown, had greatly improved in all physical aspects.
Facing Bronski's continuous attacks, he no longer retreated but swung his arm horizontally, directly sending Bronski flying.
Bronski, who was sent flying, tumbled several times on the ground before crashing into a tree; the immense impact he carried broke the entire tree.