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Chapter 256 Thorn Cage

[Thunder Network]

It's sizzling!

Large swathes of electricity burst forth from "Lightning" instantly, the scorching currents carrying terrifying energy rapidly weaving a dense, massive electric net in mid-air, enveloping Erin and a large area around him.

Since attacking Erin's body alone won't harm this cunning human, then I'll just include the entire area around him in my attack range.

With such a vast area covered by the electric grid, Lightning surely has the audacity to catch that cunning human.

of course.

If one electric grid strike fails to catch this cunning human, then lightning wouldn't mind trying a second, or even a third time...

Lightning believed that his carefully prepared electric net would one day catch that cunning little mouse.

Just as the lightning net, spreading at the speed of light in the air, was about to engulf Erin, whose lips were slightly upturned, a figure in gold and red suddenly blocked Erin's way.

The moment the foremost bolt of lightning touched the figure, the entire electric net quickly coiled around it, like a fishing net catching its prey.

Sizzle sizzle...

After a flash of lightning.

Jarvis's joyful voice came from the Mark VI armor.

"17% charge, 31% energy reserve. Sir, if you don't plan to go back to change the energy source, I suggest you grab this robot in front of you and use it as a backup energy source. As long as we let it use that move a few more times, we can fully charge it."

"31%, good, this is probably the only good thing this guy did tonight."

Seeing the energy reserves suddenly increase dramatically, Tony Stark's lips curled up slightly, feeling incredibly grateful that he had added an energy collection system to the Mark armor earlier.

Glancing at the energy bar, which was still more than half full, Tony Stark deliberately provoked the lightning robot, saying, "With so little power, are you trying to tickle me?"

A dozen meters away, after hearing Tony Stark's words, Lightning roared, "Damn humans, do you think I didn't hear your conversation?"

"Is that so? That's a real shame!"

Just as Tony was feeling a little regretful...

A sharp whooshing sound suddenly rang out behind Lightning. Before it could react, a huge afterimage of a scepter slammed directly into its steel head with a "bang".

An indescribable, terrifying force smashed into Lightning's steel-forged head, denting half of it.

Under the terrifying pressure, even the electronic eye on Lightning's head, along with a bunch of other parts, couldn't withstand the strain and flew off.

Almost instantly.

The steel components and wires at the lightning's neck shattered and broke apart completely.

Lightning's head, now without support, was sent flying like a baseball by the massive two-meter-long scepter.

"boom!!!"

The head that was smashed away was like a powerful cannonball, crashing directly into a missile that another mechanical life form was about to launch.

next second.

A violent explosion engulfed Lightning's dented steel head and another mechanical life form.

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Seeing the fireworks suddenly burst in the distance, Erin turned to Tony Stark, who was staring in disbelief, and said, "Since this thing can replenish your energy, just take it. Why waste so much time talking about it?"

Done.

With a gentle toss, the enormous angelic scepter transformed into a streak of light and disappeared into Erin's sleeve.

As the light faded, Arryn himself, like a phantom, slowly disappeared from Tony Stark's sight.

"Damn it, just how much force did that brat use to hit me?"

Inside the Mark VI armor, Tony Stark looked at the headless robot corpse not far away and subconsciously reached out to touch his own head.

Jarvis: "According to calculations, the instantaneous explosive force of that blow just now was at least over twenty tons, which is why the robot's head collapsed. Sir, as far as I know, Ms. Pepper is arguably the only family member that Mr. Erin acknowledges. For your safety, I suggest that you and Ms. Pepper try to avoid conflicts after your marriage, otherwise your life will be in serious danger."

"Shit..."

As the image of Arryn smashing the head of Mark's armor off with a single blow flashed through his mind, Tony Stark couldn't help but curse unconsciously.

And silently sounded the alarm in my heart.

"This little guy is a real monster!"

After letting out a sigh, Tony Stark drove the Mark VI forward, grabbed the still-burning energy whip from the remnants of Lightning's body, and placed it against his chest.

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While Tony was silently absorbing the energy released by the lightning robot.

Erin discovered that the death of the lightning robot, which seemed like a mini-boss, did not have a significant impact on the other robots on the battlefield.

Just one pause later.

A silver-white robot, relatively larger than the others, took command of the battlefield and directed the other robots to continue their attack.

Compared to the previous lightning robot.

This silver-white robot employs an even more ruthless fighting style.

It almost completely abandoned its revenge against powerful figures like Erin, seeking only to inflict greater and more effective damage on the humans around it.

to this end.

It even goes so far as to allow other mechanical life forms to exchange injuries for its own.

Under this intense playing style.

It only took a dozen seconds.

That hastily constructed defensive line suffered heavy casualties.

The morale of the police officers and secret agents, which had just begun to rise, collapsed instantly.

A rookie patrol officer who had just joined the police station witnessed his former colleagues, friends, and superiors die in front of him in the blink of an eye, even getting covered in blood.

An indescribable fear instantly gripped his mind, causing him to tremble uncontrollably.

Enveloped by overwhelming fear, his pupils constricted sharply, and he let out a scream:

"No, I don't want to die! I don't want to die..."

After letting out a scream, the young patrolman dropped his weapon and scrambled away, running off into the distance.

The young patrolman's escape seemed to trigger a swarm effect.

Countless police officers, already on the verge of collapse, turned around and ran frantically into the distance, seemingly without anyone leading the way.

It seemed as if they didn't want to face those terrifying robots for even a second longer.

Even the frantic shouts of his former comrades behind him could not stop their steps in the slightest.

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The moment that temporary defensive line collapsed.

Erin, who had just manipulated one mechanical lifeform with illusions and blasted another mechanical lifeform away with a missile, seemed to sense a strange fluctuation that flashed by within the temporary defensive line formed by the New York Police Department and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

"That feeling just now was..."

Driven by a strong instinct, Erin instantly turned his head and looked towards the rooftop of a building in the distance.

Just as Erin looked up, a green figure flashed by in the night.

"That is..."

After quickly activating his spiritual vision, and seeing the aura rapidly dissipating in his sight, Erin snapped his fingers.

The next second, his figure flashed past more than twenty meters away, next to a still-burning flame.

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Meanwhile, Steve, who had just used a sneak attack from behind, in coordination with Kiris, to destroy a giant robot covered in frost, looked at the collapsing defenses not far away and his expression changed instantly.

"Oh no, the defenses have collapsed."

On the other side...

Having just replenished most of his energy and returned to the battlefield, Tony Stark couldn't help but swear upon seeing this.

"Shit..."

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"Blood and flesh, suffering and pain, but machines are eternal; the glory of machines will surely illuminate the whole world."

After blasting away an armored vehicle blocking its path with a single shot, the silver-white robot revealed a cold smile, then strode towards the last few remaining defenders on the defensive line.

And when the silver-white robot launched its charge.

Some robots, whose ammunition was almost depleted, spontaneously followed behind the silver-white robot and launched a deadly charge at the humans who were still holding out not far away.

Just as this last line of defense was about to be reduced to dust by the onslaught of those robots.

A middle-aged agent with half-gray hair and a face covered in wrinkles, looking somewhat old, sighed and then opened a briefcase beside him.

With a "click," a miniature emerald green thorn cage appeared in the opened suitcase.

Looking at the emerald green mini cage in the briefcase, a struggle flashed in the eyes of the slightly aged middle-aged agent, but in the end he still pressed his palm hard on the mini cage full of thorns.

In an instant, sharp spikes pierced the middle-aged agent's palm, and crimson blood gushed out as if drawn by something, staining the emerald green mini cage inside the briefcase red.

After absorbing those streaks of crimson blood, the leaves of that miniature cage seemed to be nourished, appearing even more lush and vibrant.

"Dedicate thirty years of my life, descend, thorny cage!"

Accompanied by a soft call.

Brown branches, emerald green thorn vines, thick tree trunks, and clusters of bright red thorn flowers together revealed a huge, illusory thorn cage that suddenly flashed across the entire battlefield.

next second.

Centered on the middle-aged agent, countless thorny vines surged up wildly within a 150-meter radius of the battlefield, quickly entangling all living beings on the battlefield.

Whether human or mechanical life, all are imprisoned by cages made of thorns.

Even the witch Kiris, who possessed extraordinary powers, was imprisoned in these small thorn cages.

"What the hell is this? What the hell is this thing?"

Just as Tony and Steve, who were also imprisoned, tried to struggle, Kiris, who seemed to sense something, suddenly shouted.

"Don't move!"

Trusting either Erin or Kiris, Tony and Steve, who were about to break free from the thorns, stopped and looked at Kiris, whose expression was somewhat serious, with confusion.

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On the other side...

Looking at the green vines that had appeared around it, the silver-white mechanical life form let out a disdainful snort.

"Hmph, just a few thorns. Trying to trap me? Dream on..."

Just as the mechanical lifeforms imprisoned in the thorn cage tried to rely on their brute force to break free from the thorns that were in their way,

They discovered, however, that the strange thorny vines that had imprisoned them possessed an unexpectedly strong resilience.

Let alone breaking all these thorny vines, even with their powerful mechanical strength, they began to show signs of exhaustion after breaking a few thorny vines.

Upon sensing the prisoners' struggles and resistance, the thorny vines seemed to become excited, instantly splitting into tiny branches that burrowed into the joints and crevices of the mechanical lifeforms.

They began their frenzied conquest of territory within those mechanical lifeforms.

The more those mechanical lifeforms struggled, the faster these thorny vines grew.

Amidst the struggles of those mechanical beings, the thorns that seemed incapable of harming their steel bodies suddenly secreted drops of a dark green, viscous liquid.

These seemingly unremarkable dark green viscous liquids unleashed astonishing power the moment they dripped onto those steel bodies.

Amidst a series of "buzzing" sounds.

White smoke quickly rose from the hard alloy armor pieces, which were then rapidly corroded.

In the blink of an eye, the hard alloy armor became pitted and uneven, and even its texture looked much more brittle.

And it was because of the sudden appearance of these thorny cages that countless humans and mechanical beings, who were terrified by the scene before them, heard this.

But then a slightly aged voice came through.

"Heh, it's useless. The more you struggle before the thorny cage disappears, the more pain you'll only bring..."

(End of this chapter)