Unbearable Torture

In principle, what Russell was doing now was no different from how he used to control enemies with the Venom Puppets. Both methods involved using his symbiote to possess and manipulate the enemy.

The only difference was that the Venom Puppet move was mainly used to create cannon fodder puppets and, incidentally, to mess with the enemies' mindset. Now, he was directly applying the ability of his symbiote possession in one-on-one combat.

Although Russell's throwing force was astonishing, it didn't amount to much for Kara.

Let alone being thrown to the ground, even if a skyscraper fell on Kara, it wouldn't cause fatal damage to her.

However, Russell didn't intend for this throw to inflict significant harm on Kara.

This was just an appetizer!

After slamming Kara onto the ground, Russell accelerated his symbiote possession and continued his attack.

He swiftly turned his body, pressing his right knee directly onto Kara's neck.

Simultaneously, his left hand instantly grew to Hulk's size from its original human size.

Bang!

The moment his left fist enlarged significantly, he acted without hesitation and punched Kara's pitiable and beautiful face.

Kara, still paralyzed, could only watch as Russell's massive white fist came hurtling towards her.

The tremendous force made the ground shake.

Following the punch, Russell didn't pause. He lifted his left hand and punched Kara again.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

Only after landing five or six punches on Kara did he stop this attack that would surely provoke strong condemnation from some quarters.

After the final punch, he held Kara's face with his left hand, making her face the direction where Hulk was located.

He didn't want to risk getting hit suddenly by Kara's heat vision or super breath.

As Russell firmly held his hand against her face, forcing her to look away, Kara became thoroughly infuriated.

She had endured being thrown on the ground!

She had tolerated getting her face attacked!

But having her face pushed directly into the dirt was a limit she couldn't bear!

If Kara were a man, she might not have had as much discontent with this.

Unfortunately, she was a woman.

For men, a little dirt on the face was acceptable since it was during battle and there was no time to worry about such trivial matters.

However, for women, it was an entirely different story.

Moreover, Kara wasn't a female soldier or a warrior; she was just a relatively young Kryptonian woman.

Kara's right hand was now firmly bound by the white tendrils, while her left hand was pinned down by Russell's right foot.

Due to the angle, both her heat vision and super breath couldn't be effectively employed against Russell.

However, that didn't mean she would give up resisting.

Although Kara couldn't use her legs to attack Russell very effectively in her current position, lying down on the ground limited her ability to exert force.

However, she didn't need to struggle like a regular human.

She could fly!

Kara didn't attempt to struggle against Russell's suppression while lying on the ground. Instead, she bit her lip in anger, trying to take off into the air with Russell's weight still on her.

Clever move!

Russell immediately sensed Kara's intention.

However, he had anticipated this from the very beginning.

How could he forget that Kara could fly?

Just as Kara attempted to lift off, aiming to shake off Russell's restraint, he took control of his symbiote that had already possessed her.

While evading Kara's heat vision, he manipulated his symbiote to induce a sudden numbing sensation in her for no reason.

At the moment, he didn't reinstate the numbing sensation for Kara.

Itchiness!

The instant Kara tried to take off, Russell manipulated his symbiote to create an uncontrollable itchiness under her armpits, on her abdomen, the soles of her feet, and other areas simultaneously.

Tickling was a very common prank.

Of course, sometimes tickling could also become a form of torture, especially when one couldn't escape it.

Although Kara wasn't an Earthling, Kryptonian physiology was far superior to that of humans.

However, Kryptonian physiology was remarkably similar to that of humans.

Let's put it this way: physiological reactions humans experienced, Kryptonians experienced similarly.

The only difference was that, due to their physiology, Kryptonians had far greater tolerance than humans.

But this didn't change the fact that Kryptonians and humans shared the same physiological reactions.

At the moment Kara tried to take off, she instantly felt an uncontrollable itchiness.

Kara, who was infuriated just moments ago by Russell pressing her face into the ground, burst into fits of laughter due to the overpowering itchiness.

"Ha ha... ha... hahaha..."

Kara laughed heartily, but her face didn't carry the slightest trace of joy.

Trapped under Russell's weight on the ground, Kara struggled like a fish out of water, attempting to get rid of the unbearable itchiness.

Her slender yet strong waist kept moving up and down, her long and straight legs constantly kicked around.

Even her hands, suppressed by Russell, began struggling desperately.

When deciding to use tickling as torture against Kara, Russell was mentally prepared for her intense resistance.

However, he underestimated the power of tickling as a torture method.

Or more accurately, he underestimated Kara's strength in resisting the itchiness.

Damn it!

Russell realized that he was beginning to lose control over keeping Kara pinned to the ground.

"Admit defeat; you can't win against me!" Russell said to Kara, who was laughing so hard that she was even shedding tears, as she continued to struggle.

"Ha ha... no... ha ha ha... I won't... ha..."

While laughing maniacally, Kara refused Russell's proposal.

At the same time, her resistance was growing stronger.

"Let me ask you one more time, do you admit defeat?"

Hearing Kara's refusal, Russell intensified the itching sensation produced by his symbiote.

"No... ha ha ha... I will never... ha ha..."

Although Kara was laughing like a mental patient now, she still refused to give up.

Tickling was indeed a form of torture, but it wasn't a torture that could be sustained for a long time.

The human body had a self-protective mechanism: when tickled, people would burst into laughter.

However, when the itching sensation reached an unbearable limit, the body's self-protective mechanism would cause people to faint.

Russell didn't know Kara's limit, but he knew that if he continued like this, he would soon lose control over her.

Kara's resistance at this moment even exceeded Hulk's.

Since Kara was unwilling to admit defeat, Russell had to expedite his symbiote possession process.

Fifteen seconds, thirty seconds, one minute...

Until one minute had passed, Russell finally achieved preliminary control over Kara.

As his symbiote achieved preliminary control, Kara, who was intensely struggling a moment ago, became significantly calmer.

Or rather, her body became considerably stiffer.

"You've lost!" After completing the preliminary control, Russell said to Kara.

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