Marvel's Venom, starting with a Hydra undercover agent.

On the other side, Holm also watched all of this unfold with a cold eye. Like the bald scientist, he also felt that Tony's playboy demeanor and unreliable personality concealed an unparalleled talent that was truly admirable.

Tony really made a fool of these scientists this time, making them realize their true level. They were all dejected and looked like they had lost their souls.

"As expected of Mr. Stark, what an admirable and brilliant idea! However, we've wasted some time, so we need to pick up the pace." Holm praised Tony as well, then quickly urged him on.

Tony knew he had wasted some time again, so without hesitation, he nodded and climbed up the ventilation duct with Holm.

Returning to the route Tony just came in from would be the most convenient option, but there are several access control points there, so overall it would be more time-consuming than climbing the ventilation ducts.

Tony knew the situation was urgent, so even though he felt climbing the ventilation duct was inelegant, he didn't say anything. After all, his life was obviously more important than such a trivial matter.

"What do we do now?" A bespectacled researcher asked the bald scientist from the slightly trembling corner of the wall.

The bald scientist snapped out of his daze upon hearing this. He stared blankly at the ventilation duct where Tony had left, then turned to his colleagues and said, "Of course we have to run too. There's no need to risk our lives because of Stanislavsky... or any of those guys."

"I know you're feeling just as powerless and helpless as I am right now, but even so, we can't give up on living..."

Listening to the bald scientist's words, the others nodded, and then, like Holm and Tony who had just left, they climbed up the ventilation duct one by one.

The bald scientist was the last one; before climbing up the ventilation duct, he turned back to look at the bloodstains on the ground, which had turned dark red.

Although he had miraculously survived, he was also puzzled as to why Holm hadn't finished them off, which seemed somewhat inconsistent with Holm's decisive and ruthless demeanor just moments before.

Meanwhile, the battle outside the research institute also entered a fierce stage.

Obadiah's Iron Monger rampaged across the plaza outside the research facility, tearing open SHIELD's encirclement time and again with its superior defense and destructive power.

With a loud bang, an armored vehicle was forcibly lifted by the Iron Monger and thrown towards a S.H.I.E.L.D. firing position.

"Boom!" After the armored vehicle reached the firing point, a small missile flew out from the shoulder of the Iron Tyrant, wiping out the armored vehicle and the firing point in one fell swoop, and a burst of flames immediately rose up there.

"Hahaha, I love this suit of armor so much!" Obadiah shouted as he raised his arm and unleashed a barrage of fire from the giant machine gun mounted on it.

Apart from armor-piercing rounds and high-explosive ammunition, ordinary bullets and artillery from S.H.I.E.L.D. had no effect on Obadiah because of his exceptionally high armor protection.

As an opponent, Obadiah's attacks always caused casualties, since S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are made of flesh and blood, and even with the best equipment, they could not withstand Obadiah's fierce attacks.

Chapter 103, Hidden Methods (Please Subscribe)

Seeing that conventional weapons couldn't do much damage to the Iron Monger, Coulson gripped the walkie-talkie tighter, pressed the earpiece in his ear, and asked Holm, "Clint, where are you now?"

He still had hidden methods he hadn't used, but he had to ensure the safety of Holm and Tony.

“Click-clack!...We’re still in the experimental base, but we should be out soon...Click-clack!...It should be no more than 10 seconds. Those methods can be prepared for activation now.” Holm responded to Coulson’s inquiry on the special channel, with some strange mechanical sounds in the background as he spoke.

"They're still in the experimental base, but they'll be out in less than 10 seconds?" Coulson didn't quite understand what that meant. If they were still in the experimental base, how could they be out in less than 10 seconds?

However, Holm was always reliable and never messed up on important matters, so even though Coulson was a little confused, he still followed Holm's advice and said into the walkie-talkie: "Emergency plan activated, relevant departments prepare, 15-second countdown."

After giving the instructions, he pressed the earpiece and said to Holm, "The attack will begin in 15 seconds, so whatever method you use, you must do it as quickly as possible."

“Understood! You’ll see us soon,” Holm replied.

After a brief conversation with Holm, Coulson felt a great weight lifted from his shoulders. It seemed that Holm's operation was going smoothly and Tony Stark should be safe.

Now that this aspect has been confirmed and prepared, there can be no loopholes in their control of the surrounding area.

Thinking of this, Coulson picked up the walkie-talkie again and ordered the surrounding action team: "Bombard this monster with armor-piercing and high-explosive rounds! We must make sure he doesn't break through the encirclement."

As he gave the order, the surrounding artillery fire intensified. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s armor-piercing and explosive rounds rained down on the Iron Monger as if they were free. If it weren't for the assistance of the artificial intelligence system, even with the Iron Monger's strong defense, Obadiah would have been in serious trouble facing this wave of attacks.

"Damn government lackeys! What tricks are you trying to pull now!" As the center of the bombing, Obadiah could certainly feel the change in the pace of the attack. He could sense that these people seemed to want to change their actions, so he cursed angrily.

Just as he was dodging attacks and occasionally counterattacking with his weapons with the help of the artificial intelligence system, a large hole was suddenly blasted open in the roof of the research center, and a golden-red figure flew out of the hole, with a figure attached to his leg.

“Tony Stark?!” Obadiah was also incredibly shocked when he saw the familiar armor in the sky.

He couldn't understand how Tony had done it. He had already taken the Arc Reactor from Tony's chest and installed it on Iron Monger, so how did Tony find another Arc Reactor and put on the armor that Tony had been guarding so closely again?

"Don't even think about running! Get down here!" After the initial shock, Obadiah immediately realized what was happening. He saw a large hole in the Iron Monger's shoulder, and a missile was shooting flames into the sky.

Obadiah planned to use the missile to shoot Tony down from the sky. Even if he couldn't control Tony, he wouldn't allow him to leave him alive.

"Stop dreaming, Stanislav!" Tony shouted as he watched the missile hurtling towards him, while simultaneously firing his hand cannon in an attempt to deflect or detonate it prematurely.

But the missile's design was very strange. Even though Tony's hand cannon hit it several times, it only deviated slightly from its course and then immediately corrected itself before continuing to rush toward Tony.

Just as Tony was thinking about how to deal with the missile, his leg suddenly loosened.

Holm released his grip on his leg and fell from the air, shouting at him, "Get out of here! Leave this to me!"

As he spoke, Holm descended in the direction from which the missile had come.

Just as the missile was about to hit Holm, he dodged it in mid-air with a sideways movement, and at the same time firmly grabbed the missile with his claw-like hands, forcibly changing its trajectory.

"You can keep this for yourself, you old bastard!"

With a roar from Holm, the missile finally gave up its stubbornness and was forcibly thrown towards Obadiah's location.

After doing all this, a black, viscous liquid began to flow from his arms. This black venom adhered to his arms and ribs, forming two tough, black films beneath his arms, allowing him to glide slowly down through the air.

Seeing Holm's series of brilliant maneuvers, Tony, who had been somewhat worried, relaxed. Flames instantly shot out from beneath his feet, and he flew in the same direction as Holm.

"Damn agents!" On the ground, Obadiah roared through gritted teeth as he watched the out-of-control missile hurtling towards him.

With one hand he aimed at the incoming missile, intending to detonate it, and with the other hand he aimed at Holm, who was falling through the air, intending to riddle him with bullets.

But just as he raised his arm, a deafening roar erupted around him.

Not far from here in the air, dozens of Quinjet fighters deactivated their stealth mode, revealing their true forms.

Each Quinjet fighter jet is equipped with a missile with an extremely exaggerated design mounted underneath.

The loud boom is the huge sonic boom produced when a missile is launched.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." As missiles rained down one after another, towering flames instantly engulfed the entire research center.

Compared to the current situation, everything that had just happened seemed insignificant. S.H.I.E.L.D.'s encirclement and control of Obadiah seemed like child's play under the roar of the explosions.

A huge flame rose up, and the heat it carried and the roaring noise from the explosion spread outwards.

In Holm's mind, Venom was enduring all of this in extreme agitation, feeling very uncomfortable with both the flames and the huge sound waves.

"Ugh! The flames and the roaring sound are so annoying! So annoying! So annoying!"

Holm landed steadily on the ground while listening to Venom's irritable shouts.

After landing, he immediately took out a chocolate and put it in his mouth, using the rich and delicious chocolate to soothe Venom's agitated emotions.

Chapter 104, Forced Demolition (Please Subscribe)

"Sweetie~ The explosion will be over soon, eat some more chocolate to calm down." Holm reassured Venom in his mind while stuffing chocolate into his mouth.

As the explosions gradually subsided, and with the continuous feeding of chocolate, Venom's emotions were quickly soothed.

"Phew~ It's much better now. I have to say, this was quite a scene. That bald old guy really died a spectacular death."

Hearing Venom's words, Holm looked at the research center, which had become a ruin not far away, and replied, "He's already done enough to get S.H.I.E.L.D. to use such methods against him."

Compared to being blown up by Tony's Arc Reactor in the movie, the series of missile bombardments just now were obviously more impressive.

Holm was thinking as he communicated with Coulson through his headset, while also heading in his direction.

When Holm arrived at Coulson's location, Tony Stark also drove his gold and red Mark II and landed next to them with a bang.

"I saw how you landed, like a flying squirrel. Was it inspired by biotechnology?" Tony said to Holm as soon as he landed, opening his visor.

"Actually, I wanted to ask you about this weapon last time... that black, viscous liquid that can change shape at will, it uses nanotechnology, right? Is it nanorobots or some other method...? I didn't expect your organization to be so advanced in this area..."

Hearing Tony's barrage of questions, Holm was at a loss for words and could only turn to look at Coulson beside him.

But feeling Holm's gaze, Coulson could only smile and shrug.

Tony's increasingly bright eyes revealed his genuine interest in Holm's abilities.

Even now, he doesn't know that this is Holm's special ability; he thinks it's some kind of special equipment he doesn't know about.

Even S.H.I.E.L.D. was given a filter of extremely advanced scientific research and mystery by him.

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Stark, I know you're very curious and interested in my methods, but this is top secret, so please forgive me for not being able to reveal too much." Seeing Tony getting more and more excited, Holm could only forcefully interrupt his imagination.

But listening to Holm's words, Tony's interest not only did not diminish, but instead grew even stronger.

Seeing the curiosity that was about to overflow in Tony's eyes, Holm could only silently wish the bald guy good luck and hope that Tony wouldn't actually dig up any confidential information.

After all, given Tony's personality, once he becomes this curious about something, he'll definitely find something to satisfy that curiosity.

Coulson, who was watching all this from the sidelines, did not share Holm's concerns, since he did not know Tony very well either.

He could only glean from Tony's reaction that this was a good opportunity for S.H.I.E.L.D. to make contact with Tony Stark. After this incident, the other party would probably not look down on them as much as before, and would have a new understanding of them.

Just as Coulson was about to step forward and have a friendly and in-depth conversation with Tony, Holm, who was standing next to him, suddenly changed his expression and shoved him away.

Not only was Coulson pushed away by Holm, but Tony was also not spared; he was even kicked away.

Just as the two of them landed heavily, feeling confused and puzzled, a huge black shadow suddenly sprang out from the scorched ground full of ruins.

"Bang!" The viscous venom surging on Holm's left hand instantly solidified into a huge shield, blocking the powerful attack of the dark figure.

"You old bastard! I didn't expect you to be so lucky. Ten missiles didn't even kill you!" Holm said in a deep voice, looking at the massive, damaged armor in front of him.

Holm's words went unanswered. Obadiah, his face charred beyond recognition by the intense heat, could only grit his teeth and scream maniacally, "Damn it, damn it, why are you blocking my way! Tony Stark deserves to die! You all deserve to die too!!!"

Although it is unknown how Obadiah managed to survive the missile attack, the Iron Monger was far less imposing than before.

The violent explosion had blasted his armor to pieces, and Holm could even see Obadaia's terrifying appearance through the tattered armor.

The intense heat and flames burned away Obadiah's hair, and his face was so disfigured that he could be an actor in a haunted house without makeup.

In addition, there were two bloody marks on his ears, which looked like the huge roar had ruptured his eardrums. No wonder he didn't respond when Holm cursed him, but just kept shouting wildly.

Obadiah shouted loudly as he continued to attack Holm with the Iron Monger. He seemed to know that he was doomed, so he attacked frantically, trying to take someone down with him before he died.

Unfortunately, he chose the wrong person, or rather, Holm forced him to choose the wrong person.

His sneak attack wasn't targeted at anyone in particular; it was aimed at all three of them, including Holm. However, thanks to Venom's warning and his own heightened senses, Holm had already managed to push Coulson and Tony out of the area beforehand.

So now Obadiah's only opponent is Holm, and Holm is unlikely to let him survive again. Only one of them can stay standing for a while.

"That damn bald old man! Let me teach him a lesson!" Venom shouted as he extended several tentacles and poked them into the gaps in the Iron Monger's armor, forcibly continuing to dismantle the already somewhat damaged armor.

Meanwhile, Holm was fending off Obadiah's attacks while transforming his right hand into a claw, tearing at the tattered armor that was blocking Obadiah's body.

"Crack! Crack!" As the venom forcibly dismantled the Iron Monger's leg joints, the steel armor collapsed onto the ground like a giant iron turtle.