"Warning!"
"Warning!"
"Energy containment wall under attack!"
"Attack exceeds energy containment wall's tolerance limit!"
"Energy containment wall shattered!"
"Warning!"
"Warning!"
"Arc Reactor energy content is rapidly decreasing!"
"Arc Reactor energy remaining sixty percent!"
"Arc Reactor energy remaining fifty-five percent!"
"Arc Reactor energy remaining fifty percent!"
"Arc Reactor energy remaining forty percent!"
At this moment, Michael and Tony Stark were very close, and the voice of the AI Jarvis was also heard by Michael.
"Jarvis!"
"Activate ion jets at full power!"
Seeing the man's wicked smile in front of him and hearing Jarvis's Death broadcast in his ears, Tony Stark felt completely terrible.
Nima!
Where did this freak come from?
He can even absorb energy?
"All ion jet engines have been activated at full power."
"Do you want to activate full-power jetting?"
"Please note, activating full-power ion engine jetting will instantly propel you to supersonic speed. Please close your Iron Man protective mask."
With a series of clicking sounds, the Mark Armor's palms, the centers of its feet, some joints, and the armor on its back opened up, revealing many small particle jet devices.
All devices began to store energy, emitting a faint glow.
"Warning!"
"Warning!"
"Arc Reactor energy remaining thirty percent!"
As an AI, Jarvis continuously reported the sounds that made Tony Stark's heart grow colder and colder.
Originally, Tony Stark had reserved fifty percent of the energy to ensure he could fly from one side of Earth back to New York on the other side of Earth.
But obviously, the remaining thirty percent was no longer enough for Iron Man to fly back.
But this wasn't the scariest part.
The scariest part was actually...
"Warning!"
"Warning!"
"Powerful force suppressing the Mark Armor's exterior, Mark Armor unable to disengage! Mark Armor unable to disengage!"
Tony Stark then realized that Michael had, at some point, placed an arm on the Mark Armor's shoulder.
From the outside, it looked very much like two good buddies.
If it weren't for one of Michael's hands, which had penetrated the Mark Armor and was pressed against the Arc Reactor on his chest.
"Warning!"
"Warning!"
"Arc Reactor energy remaining twenty percent!"
Jarvis dutifully reported.
But Tony Stark no longer held out hope of being able to leave.
Click~
The Iron Man mask opened.
Looking at the man still smiling wickedly in front of him, Tony Stark suddenly felt a sense of calm.
Looking at Michael silently for a few seconds, Tony Stark calmly said, "Jarvis!"
"Stop all actions!"
Instant obedience, at this moment, was displayed to its fullest extent by the artificial intelligence.
The moment Tony Stark finished speaking, Michael already felt that all resistance from the Mark Armor had vanished without a trace.
The particle jet devices retracted into the armor, all ion engines stopped running, and all energy reactions were completely cut off.
"You're very smart, Tony!"
Gently patting the armor, Michael silently withdrew his hands.
Tony Stark said nothing, and Michael explained nothing.
It was as if everything that had just happened hadn't occurred.
Even Tony Stark didn't object to Michael using the name 'Tony', which only close individuals would use... Tony Stark knew that Michael wasn't trying to kill him.
If he truly wanted to kill him, a single punch pushing the Arc Reactor ten centimeters further into his body, piercing his chest, would have certainly killed Tony!
The power that could suppress the Mark Armor taking off at supersonic speeds could also easily crush the golden titanium alloy shell of the armor.
This was enough to show that Michael possessed absolute power.
It also further indicated that Michael's objective was not to kill him.
Tony Stark's brain quickly understood.
It was his actions just now that had angered this powerful man.
He wanted to teach him a lesson!
No!
More than that!
He wanted to display his immense strength in front of him!
Perhaps he wanted to gain something from him, or perhaps he wanted to cooperate on something.
In short, the identity of that lucky kid who had just immigrated to the American Federation clearly didn't qualify him for an equal conversation with the famous Iron Man—Tony Stark.
And now, having understood the other party's formidable strength, he could calm down and think about all this.
Clearly, at this moment, he had become the weaker party.
Of course, this was only in terms of combat strength; the added value of other things could not be generalized.
However, at this point, Michael was no longer the dispensable civilian kid in Tony Stark's eyes.
At this moment, Michael was a truly powerful individual who could converse with him as an equal!
Equality in strength and equality in capital were two different concepts!
...[Tsk~]
[I didn't expect that the Arc Reactor could stably provide two hundred points of energy per minute?]
[And this is just the first-generation palladium element reactor, far from reaching its limit.]
[Not to mention the later krypton element Arc Reactor, that one might even provide tens of thousands of energy per minute!]
Looking at the rapidly increasing energy value in his mind, Michael was filled with emotion.
Tony Stark was indeed worthy of being the favored son of the Marvel Universe.
Despite having a body much weaker than ordinary people, he could control such a vast amount of energy!
He glanced at the increasingly calm Tony Stark.
Michael knew that he had completely figured it out... "Here, take it back!"
Michael pressed his fist against Tony Stark's Arc Reactor, returning the energy he had just absorbed through the mutated gem.
With a distance of an entire hemisphere, Michael didn't want to travel with an Iron Man.
Fortunately, as long as the mutated gem actively absorbed the energy, even if it was returned, Michael wouldn't be deducted an extra point; it would directly make up the other part itself.
Otherwise, Michael would probably have been depressed for half a day, having lost half before even getting any benefits.
"Warning!"
"Warning!"
"Arc Reactor energy remaining thirty percent... forty... fifty... sixty!"
Hearing Jarvis's voice, Tony's gaze at Michael became even more shocked!
What kind of man was this, after all?!