Chapter 181: Stark Arrives
"Can you snatch the rings?" Little Black asked Kha'zix.
Kha'zix confidently replied, "Of course. All I need to do is chop off his hand."
"Fear the Void." Kha'zix attacked the Mandarin again.
The Mandarin paid no attention to Kha'zix, pointing his hands again, and bolts of lightning and lasers shot directly toward him. Kha'zix quickly raised his dual blades to block the attacks. Snap! The mechanical wings on his back suddenly separated, flying toward the Mandarin's sides.
"These little tricks won't work on me." The Mandarin was surprised at first, but knew these couldn't hurt him.
"Ignorant creature." The Mandarin controlled the Dragon Throne to slide backward.
The Mandarin, who thought he had dodged the attack, suddenly saw the two wings change their trajectory, still flying towards him.
"Targeting system?" The Mandarin knew he couldn't dodge this one. Since he couldn't dodge, he'd destroy them!
Boom! Boom! The pair of wings that were about to attack the Mandarin exploded inexplicably again.
"That move again." Kha'zix couldn't understand how the Mandarin did it. It seemed he had the ability to remotely detonate objects.
"Where is your Master? Call that coward out," the Mandarin shouted. If he defeated Destiny, would Destiny's subordinates submit to him, the stronger one?
"If you're looking for a coward, I think it's you." A red figure streaked across the sky, then landed next to Little Black. The newcomer was Tony Stark. After receiving news of Destiny's presence, he rushed over immediately.
"Did you build that?" Tony asked, glancing at Kha'zix.
Little Black replied, "Yes. What does our genius Tony Stark think of it?"
"Not much." Tony noticed the thrusters on Kha'zix's back, raising an eyebrow. "Is that considered patent theft?"
"This isn't patent theft, but mutual progress," Little Black turned and said.
"Speaking of which, what's with your pink armor? It looks a bit like what women wear," Tony teased, examining the color of Little Black's armor.
"It's not pink, it's magenta," Little Black clarified.
"Actually, I think..." Tony's words were cut short.
The Mandarin in mid-air could no longer stand it and roared, "Enough! What do you think this is? A party?!"
"Shut up! Where is Pepper!" Tony extended his arm. Missiles rose from his forearm, and the missiles on his back rapidly unfolded. Every single missile was aimed at the Mandarin. Tony threatened, "Bring Pepper out, or you'll be turned into a heap of meat chunks."
"Hahahaha! Are you threatening me? Sorry, you can try." The Mandarin was completely unafraid of Stark. As for Pepper being taken away by the Black Shadow Ninjas, the Mandarin chose not to mention it. Seeing Stark so anxious made him feel great. Besides, it seemed Destiny's group hadn't told Stark yet. Why was that? Didn't they say all superheroes were like-minded?
Tony's face darkened and he said, "I will definitely take down that stupid donkey!" With that, missiles from Tony's entire suit fired off.
Boom! Crash!
"That's not enough to be worth watching." The Mandarin swept a laser across the missiles, and they all exploded before they could get close to him.
"Laser?" Tony hadn't seen the Mandarin wield any weapon that could fire lasers. It seemed to appear out of thin air from the Mandarin's fingertips.
The Mandarin blew on his fingertips, which were turning white, and said, "Stark, do you remember that cave?"
"So, you were behind that too?" Tony hadn't connected the two incidents, but now that the Mandarin brought it up, he immediately understood the cause and effect.
"That's right. I was originally aiming for Stark Industries. Now it seems I should have killed you back then," the Mandarin said with some regret. At the time, he had only wanted to rely on Stark to develop those incredibly powerful weapons, but Stark was not a man to wait around and die.
"Apologies, but even then, you didn't have the ability to kill me," Tony boasted.
"Hmph~" The Mandarin sneered. At that time, Stark was severely injured. If it hadn't been for Yinsen, using the electromagnet to stop the shrapnel in Stark's body, Stark would have died.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A dozen or so Iron Man suits finally arrived.
The Mandarin looked at the sheer number of Iron Man suits, then looked down at Stark and said, "You certainly have a lot of reserve stock."
"Jarvis!" Tony called out.
"Yes, sir." Jarvis, hearing Tony's call, directed the Iron Man suits to attack the Mandarin. It was night now, and only a few beams of light illuminated the surroundings. The jets of flame left by the Iron Man suits in the sky were extremely conspicuous.
"Your suit doesn't look very sturdy," Tony said, patting Little Black's back.
Little Black casually pulled Big Black, who was wearing his armor, out of the Shadow Realm and pointed at the black mark on Big Black's chest. "See? He was hit by a lightning bolt and a laser, and the person inside is completely unharmed."
"???" Big Black didn't understand why Little Black suddenly pulled him out.
"Mmhmm~ If mine were hit, believe me, not a single mark would be left. Indestructible," Tony said confidently.
Clang! The Prodigal Son's helmet rolled in front of them.
"..." Tony.
Little Black said mercilessly, "Is that what you call indestructible?"
Tony quickly changed the subject, looking at the antennae on Big Black's head. "So, where did you get the inspiration for your suits? Is it from beetles?" As he spoke, Tony blocked the Prodigal Son's helmet, kicking it back with his foot.
Little Black naturally noticed this but was unconcerned. Just as he was about to answer Stark's question, Clang! The Prodigal Son's head flew back again.
"Jarvis..." Tony said. Jarvis was making him look bad.
"Apologies, Sir. If possible, we need backup," Jarvis said.
Tony and Little Black looked up at the sky. They saw that the attacks from the dozen or so Iron Man suits couldn't even get close to the Mandarin, and the Mandarin's sweeping lasers were unavoidable for almost all the suits. Even the lasers fired by the suits were easily dodged by the Mandarin.
"It looks like your suits aren't that impressive either," Little Black said.
"Because the protagonist hasn't appeared yet." As soon as Tony finished speaking, he flew toward the Mandarin. He wanted to take down the Mandarin himself and force him to reveal Pepper's whereabouts.
"Oh? Going to do it yourself?" The Mandarin noticed Stark's move. Stark was taking action even before Destiny was forced out. "Since you've come, stay here." All ten of the Mandarin's rings flared, flashing in multicolored hues.
Rumble! A thick bolt of lightning struck down from the storm clouds.
Tony quickly called two suits to block in front of him. Clang! The suits couldn't withstand the ferocity of the lightning. They rapidly exploded, turning into fragments that rained down onto the ground.
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