Editing Shang-Chi (section)

===''Avengers Assemble''===
Shang-Chi is one of several heroes recruited by Captain America to part of the [[Avengers Assemble (comics)#2024 series|Avengers Emergency Response Squad]] and is deployed on the team's first mission to stop [[Sin (Marvel Comics)|Sin]] from terrorizing [[Rügen]] with her new powers; Shang-Chi and his team ultimately succeed.<ref>''Avengers Assemble'' vol. 2 #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> While later investigating a robbery that had been committed in Rügen during the fight against Sin, Shang-Chi is ambushed by the culprit Tiger Snake of the [[Serpent Society]]. The two fight to a standstill until Shang-Chi is forced to retreat when Tiger Snake poisons him. After recovering at [[Avengers Mansion]], Shang-Chi reports the encounter with Tiger Snake to Captain America.<ref>''Avengers Assemble'' vol. 2 #3. Marvel Comics.</ref> Realizing that the Serpent Society had been using the crises that the AVENG.E.R.S. had been dealing with as cover for several robberies, Shang-Chi joins Captain America's team to confront Tiger Snake and the Serpent Society while they are committing a heist at a mine close to [[Latveria]]. They are too late to stop [[Viper (Marvel Comics)|Pit Viper]] from completing a mysterious substance called the Serpent's Tears. Pit Viper attempts to make Shang-Chi his first test subject with the Serpent's Tears but Captain America jumps in the way; the Tears transform him into a humanoid snake-like monster.<ref>''Avengers Assemble'' vol. 2 #4. Marvel Comics.</ref> Despite this, the AVENG.E.R.S. reunite and rally together to defeat the Serpent Society, destroy the Serpent's Tears and revert Captain America back to human while Shang-Chi defeats Tiger Snake in a rematch.<ref>''Avengers Assemble'' vol. 2 #5. Marvel Comics.</ref>