The Savior of American Comics? I'm the Subspace Evil God!

Chapters 579, 1074, and 1075: Tony's Second Battle with Ultron

boom--

Caught off guard, Ultron was struck head-on by a speeding train. Before it could even react, the violent force sent it flying off the truck roof. Then, like a baseball that had been violently hit, it tumbled and flew backward through the air.

He eventually smashed through the glass curtain wall of a building and disappeared into the building amidst screams.

call--

Tony Stark didn't choose to give chase immediately. Instead, he hovered the Mark 45 armor above Captain America's head, then lifted his visor to reveal his slightly arrogant yet concerned face. He teased in a very irritating tone:
"Captain, you've worked hard. As someone who's nearly a hundred years old, I have to commend you and say 'Well done'..."

He winked at Captain America, who was lying in the car and struggling to get up, and said, "You can rest here for a while now. Let me teach this disobedient son a lesson!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the visor of the Mark 45 armor clicked shut again, and Tony Stark turned and flew towards the building where Ultron had been blasted away.

That's enough showing off, it's time to get down to business!

shhhhh--

However, before he could fly close, five scorching orange laser beams shot out from the building, directly hitting the chest armor of the [Mark45 Armor] and sending Tony Stark flying backward.

He was handsome for only a second!
Ultron shot into the sky from the building, its crimson eyes burning like raging flames, and roared at Tony Stark in the distance, "Stark, you really are a persistent ghost!"

“My good son, Daddy’s here!” Tony Stark retorted without backing down. The thrusters under his [Mark45 armor] sprang into full power, propelling him into the air like a rocket as he hurtled toward 'Ultron'.

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet!
The two then engaged in a fierce battle in the air.

The repeated clashes of the [Arc Pulse Cannon] and the mutual firing of miniature missiles unleashed blinding light and violent shockwaves, shattering the windows of surrounding vehicles!

Two steel armors with almost identical color schemes shuttled, collided, and separated at high speed among the skyscrapers of Seoul, each encounter producing a deafening roar.

Seeing that Tony Stark had successfully engaged Ultron, Captain America, enduring excruciating pain in his ribs, struggled to climb out of the shattered car window.

He stood in front of the still-moving car, staggering a few steps before regaining his balance.

"Phew... Stark, I need to go inside the carriage and take a look. You keep Ultron occupied as much as possible!"

After speaking into the communicator, he fixed his gaze once again on the truck ahead, which, despite losing its back door, was still speeding away.

Taking a deep breath, suppressing the pain, he once again demonstrated terrifying athletic abilities far beyond those of ordinary people.

Captain America spotted a faster sports car next to him, and with a sudden leap, landed precisely on the roof of the car.

Then, amidst the horrified gazes of the other drivers, he repeated the act, performing dangerous parkour on top of the speeding traffic, and with a few leaps, he once again shortened the distance between himself and the truck in front of him.

In the final stretch, he seized the opportunity, leaping from the roof of a small truck. His body stretched out in the air, like a precisely delivered package, and he rolled through the open rear door of the truck, landing steadily inside the cargo area.

His gaze was immediately drawn to the device inside the carriage that emitted a soft blue light—the very "Cradle of Life" they had been searching for.

The Cradle of Life looks like a high-tech metal coffin, made entirely of a special alloy, with its surface covered with complex circuits and indicator lights.

Through the reinforced glass observation window on the front, one can clearly see a perfect humanoid mechanical body quietly displayed inside.

The surface of this mechanical body exhibits the unique dark gray metallic luster of Vibranium, with smooth lines that exude power, resembling the exquisite sculptures exhibited in museums.

Inside the Cradle of Life, countless 'mist' composed of tiny vibranium nanomolecules swirled slowly around the surface of the mechanical body, merging into it as laser beams occasionally illuminated from the surroundings.

On the display screen on the surface of the Cradle of Life, a message appears: 'Consciousness transmission has been disconnected, current progress 89%'.

"Phew..." Captain America breathed a long sigh of relief upon seeing this, his tense nerves relaxing slightly.

Thankfully, they made it in time!

Before Ultron's consciousness was fully uploaded, this powerful 'vibranium body' was still in a blank state.

If they can steal this 'vibranium body' now, they can successfully thwart Ultron's attempt to create a perfect body and realize his terrifying plan!

However, at that moment, Black Widow's voice suddenly rang out in the communicator, warning: "Captain, be careful! Two Iron Man suits have broken free of my grasp and are heading your way... Whatever you're planning, you'd better hurry!"

As if to confirm her words, two heavy thuds came from both sides of the carriage. Then, the entire carriage shook violently and began to rise uncontrollably!

Two steel mechs that had previously participated in the pursuit of the Quinjet returned, now like parasites clinging to the sides of the truck bed. Their thrusters were at maximum, spewing out dazzling blue flames, and they actually tore the heavy truck bed off the cab and dragged it away, then accelerated in a completely different direction.

Inside the cargo compartment, Captain America watched as the cargo box began to lift off the ground and rise higher and higher. He knew he had to make a decision immediately, so while holding onto the Cradle of Life to steady himself, he spoke into the communicator:

"Natasha, we have to find a way to get rid of the Cradle of Life!"

"Captain, I don't think this is a good idea."

Despite her words, Black Widow's Quinjet, like the most loyal hound, traced a graceful arc in the sky, successfully shooting down the last entangled mech with an air-to-air missile, and sped towards the cargo hold where Captain America was.

"Natasha, the time has come to test your driving skills, get ready..."

Captain America didn't hesitate any longer and immediately began to remove the alloy latches and hydraulic rods used to secure the Cradle of Life. "I'll send you the Cradle of Life right now!"

“Captain, don’t worry,” Black Widow’s voice was slightly teasing, trying to ease the tense atmosphere. “You know I’m an old hand at this.”

She then maneuvered the Quinjet, performing an extremely dangerous lateral roll and sudden stop in mid-air. At the same time, the tail hatch slowly opened with a 'whoosh,' revealing the relatively spacious tail compartment inside.

At this moment, the Quinjet was almost parallel to the two steel mechs flying with cargo boxes towed by it, with its tail hatch facing the open rear door of the cargo box.

"Captain, I'm ready."

"Okay, here I come!" Captain America roared, using all his strength to snap the last finger-thick securing cable. Then, he used his waist to push hard against the carriage floor, his arm muscles bulging like steel cables, and he hugged the heavy Cradle of Life, shoving it violently towards the open carriage door.

The Cradle of Life scraped against the carriage floor with a screeching sound, and with the powerful thrust provided by Captain America, it slid out of the carriage and landed in the tail section of the Quinjet that was waiting diagonally below.

At the same time, Captain America slid out of the carriage along with the Cradle of Life. He seized the opportunity and, just as his body was about to fall, pushed off the edge of the carriage with both legs, and his whole body flew towards the tail section of the Quinjet like an arrow.

Clang! The Cradle of Life landed heavily in the tail section of the Quinjet, slid forward a little, and then came to a stop.

Captain America followed closely behind, executing a swift tactical roll to dissipate the force, kneeling on one knee and coming to a steady stop next to the Cradle of Life.

He barely paused before standing up and slamming his hand heavily on a prominent red button on the bulkhead!
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The rear hatch began to close rapidly and lock.

"Captain, should we go help Tony?" Black Widow asked as she accelerated away in the Quinjet.

“Ignore Stark,” Captain America replied without hesitation, his gaze sweeping warily over the receding cityscape outside the porthole, his tone resolute.

"He'll definitely find a way to escape. Before Ultron realizes his base has been raided, let's take the Cradle of Life to Hawkeye's house immediately, and then hand it over to Stark to deal with later... Let's go!!"

“Okay!” Black Widow said no more. She pressed a button on the control panel, and a subtle light distortion appeared on the surface of the Quinjet’s shell. The background reflection panel was activated, and the powerful signal jamming system also started working.

The entire fighter jet, like a chameleon blending into the background, quickly became blurry and transparent, and finally almost completely disappeared from the naked eye and radar, entering a near-perfect state of 'stealth'.

call……

With a deep roar from its engine, the Quinjet, at full power, tore through the clouds like a silent ghost, speeding toward the secret farm where Hawkeye and Bruce Banner were.

Meanwhile, high above Seoul, the clouds, like torn cotton wool, were violently torn apart by two rapidly flying figures.

Two golden and red mechs traced chaotic and anxious trajectories against the azure sky, like two fighter jets performing a death ballet.

bang bang bang-

The deafening explosions from the arc pulse cannons were incessant.

Tony Stark piloted the Mark 45 armor, pushing its mobility to the limit; every sharp turn, dive, and climb was accompanied by the furious roar of the thrusters.

The energy beams shot from his palm rained down on 'Ultron', which was hot on his heels, and exploded into dazzling sparks on the opponent's smooth metal armor.

However, such attacks have had little effect.

The Mark 43 armor controlled by Ultron is also made of titanium alloy, providing excellent physical defense. In addition, its powerful evasion algorithm, which is based on real-time calculations of the Internet and global data streams, makes most of Tony Stark's predicted attacks miss.

Faced with an attack, it doesn't even need to make any significant evasive maneuvers. Often, just a slight deflection of the fuselage by a few centimeters is enough to easily neutralize the [Arc Pulse Cannon], which is powerful enough to penetrate tank armor.

“Your attack patterns are full of predictable ‘humanity,’ Tony…”

As Ultron pursued, he taunted, "Anger, anxiety, and your pathetic protectiveness—all of that is just useless, redundant code to me."

"Shut up. In my eyes, you're like a virus that has tampered with the safety protocol of my robot vacuum cleaner."

Tony Stark retorted, and at the same time, the small missile pods on his shoulder opened, sending dozens of miniature tracking missiles swarming toward Ultron like a bee.

Ultron neither dodged nor evaded, but stretched out his arms and used the laser beams from his fingertips to precisely intercept all the missiles in mid-air, causing them to explode into a series of dazzling and deadly fireballs.

Boom boom boom——! ! !
"Is this all you have?"

Ultron's taunts rang out once more as it burst through the smoke of the explosion, its gauntlets contorting into a knife-like shape as it slashed viciously at the neck of the [Mark45 Armor]!

Tony Stark reacted extremely quickly, raising his left arm to block and sliding open the armor on his right arm to reveal the high-energy laser emitter inside.

Zila——! ! !
A high-energy red laser beam shot out, accurately hitting 'Ultron's' hand blade, successfully leaving a long, narrow 'wound' on it, almost melting it in two.

At the same time, his right palm's [Arc Pulse Cannon] struck 'Ultron' in the chest at point-blank range, sending him flying backward.

"It seems you're still a bit unskilled, you unfilial son!"

Tony Stark pressed his advantage, unleashing even greater thrust from his thrusters as he closed in, firing a barrage of Arc Pulse Cannons that pounded into Ultron like hammer blows, unleashing a continuous stream of energy sparks.

'Ultron' rolled in the air, trying to stabilize itself, while its back armor opened, launching dozens of small floating turrets.

These turrets spread out as if they possessed their own consciousness, firing dense energy beams at Tony Stark from different angles.

Upon seeing this, Tony Stark immediately activated his all-around defense mode. His Mark 45 armor performed various high-difficulty maneuvers in the air, as if dancing in a hail of bullets. At the same time, the weapon systems on his shoulders and wrists kept firing and refining, accurately targeting those annoying floating cannons and blowing them up one by one in mid-air.

Although the battle looked extremely intense, with explosions and energy swirling around it, it seemed as if the outcome would be decided in the next second.

But in reality, both Tony Stark and Ultron knew very well that neither of them could defeat the other in the short term.

"Tony..."

Ultron seemed to have grown tired of this pointless war of attrition. After a brief exchange of fire, it used a dense laser beam from its fingertips to temporarily force the Mark 45 armor back. Suddenly abandoning further combat, its machine accelerated upwards, instantly creating distance at a near-vertical angle. Looking down at Tony Stark, it said:

"I don't have time to waste on you right now. We'll have plenty of time for 'friendly' exchanges like this later..."

Having said that, it ceased its fighting and instantly boosted the power of its thrusters to their maximum, transforming into a streak of gold and red light as it accelerated towards a higher altitude.

However, just as Tony Stark was about to give chase, he saw Ultron make a strange turn in the air. But its target was not him, nor the departing Quinjet, but... a large civilian airliner preparing to land at Seoul International Airport in the distance.

'Ultron' raised its arm, and a miniature missile, no bigger than an adult's palm, silently slid out of its arm-mounted weapon bay. With a 'whoosh', trailing a faint trail of flame, it shot towards the distant passenger plane at an astonishing speed.

But his target wasn't the engine, nor the fuel tank... but its rear compartment.

"No!!" Tony Stark's eyes widened in fury at the sight. He activated his armor thrusters at full power, attempting to intercept the micro-missiles, but the distance was too great, and it was too late.

boom--! ! !
The missile detonated precisely at the tail of the passenger plane near the vertical tail fin, without causing a secondary explosion or directly destroying the structure. Instead, it deliberately blasted a huge hole with a diameter of more than three meters and twisted, jagged edges into the sturdy fuselage.

In an instant, the high-altitude airflow, like a raging flood that had found an outlet, roared and surged into the cabin.

The cabin instantly depressurized, and the powerful pressure difference between the inside and outside created a terrifying suction force...

(End of this chapter)