Crimson Embers Chapter 17 Happiness is achieved through comparison. You bunch of bastard Masons, now you know who is good to you, right?
"Oh, it hurts so much, just like someone really shot my heart in the head with a gun. It's no exaggeration to say that I even had a moment of last breath. This experience is much more exciting than the last time I faced the old devil."
Another similar body was "split" out from behind Mason in the splashing water. The engineer who was "rescued" in a strange way wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and teased several brothers around Mason who had "come back" early. The other Masons also patted his shoulder with understanding.
The gesture was like, "Hey, you're back, bro."
This scene looks quite strange, as if Mason's funny family is living in harmony and happiness, but the truth is obviously more secretive and dangerous than what the Iron Emperor sees.
The moment the core of the engineer's clone was shattered and he returned to Mason's main body, all the information in this guy's brain poured into Mason's mind, all of which was knowledge from his old profession.
Including but not limited to the disassembly of the blueprints and weakness analysis of the Thunder Hammer mecha, the counter tactics against the Black Bolt armor, and the functional analysis of the silver armor on the Iron Emperor.
This is basically equivalent to turning upside down all the information about the war weapons used by the second sequence of conquerors.
From the influx of this information, it can be seen that the capture of other Masons might be an accident, but the sinister engineer was captured on purpose to spy on intelligence.
“Good job.”
Mason examined the drawings and information in his mind and said something to the engineer behind him, who snorted complacently and picked up his large wrench, assuming an attitude of concealing his achievements and fame.
"Superman, the weak spot of the Thunder Hammer mech is the area below its chest that is blocked by the Asgardian inscription. There are three parallel-connected improved Ark Reactors there that provide it with the energy to flash forward. Use your heat ray to upgrade to 'destruction mode' and attack there once to prevent them from moving quickly.
The rest can be taken care of with your fists."
The captain gave some instructions to Feng Yichao over the commuter. The latter was being beaten by dozens of battle armors and looked quite miserable. However, after getting the plan to defeat the enemy, he also became determined and planned to launch a fierce counterattack.
Mason didn't need to give any more instructions. Brainiac, who was originally clearing out the armored legion in the sky, took the initiative to descend in altitude and began to fight with three more dangerous anti-Black Bat sonic energy defense mechas. The two sides worked together to separate the Iron Emperor and his guards, but neither launched an attack on the Iron Emperor.
Apparently, they left the commander of the second order of conquerors to Mason.
"It is a fusion product of the Sword in the Stone armor and the White Jar Symbiote suit. It simulates the Sword in the Stone to create a supernatural energy core to replace the traditional Ark reactor, and then uses the parasitic characteristics of the symbiote to complete the neural level of armor control parallel connection.
Theoretically, this suit of armor cannot be destroyed, and its indicators are even close to the main power armor of the universe.
It is also smaller and equipped with a full life support system, which ensures that you can survive even if you are thrown into the sun. Compared to the main power armor of the universe that is difficult to replicate, the battle suit you wear can be called a great crystallization of engineering.
From this point of view, at least in terms of force, you are already at the top of all Tony Stark and Iron Man. No wonder they call you 'Emperor' and 'Tyrant'."
Mason looked up, looking at the Iron Emperor who was hovering in the air without the aid of any propulsion system and looking majestic in the fluttering white cloak. He slowly told him the various parameters of the armor he was wearing.
With every word he spoke, the Iron Emperor's momentum increased, and he obviously felt the threat from Mason.
It was not an act of oppression through the use of force, but rather the fact that his prized weapon was clearly visible to the other party, and this happened within less than five minutes of their first meeting.
This is enough to make anyone who uses technological power be vigilant.
"But your armor's life support system has been operating at nearly full capacity. 30% of the armor's energy cycle is constantly supplying energy to this module, which should only be activated when you are injured, Tyrant Tony."
Mason narrowed his eyes and said to the unusually silent Emperor of Steel:
"Any armor user knows that energy cannot be wasted like this, but you have already adapted to consuming one-third of the energy. Does this mean that you are already seriously injured?
Are you sick?
How long have you been without your fancy Tyrant suit? Is it because you'd be in a pretty bad place if you were off life support?
Do you need me to treat you?
In fact, I have a say in rare diseases.”
“No need.”
The Iron Emperor landed on the ground. He walked towards Mason, stretched out his hand to him, and said:
"Give me the Gem of Wisdom!"
"Oh, I see. You're the one who's been chasing this thing. Tony Zero asked me to bring you a message, but I guess you don't want to hear it."
The captain blinked, took out the box of pink Infinity Stones from his bag, tossed it up and down, and winked at the Iron Tyrant in front of him and said:
"Do you hope to obtain this 'Crown of Wisdom' that belongs to Tony Stark, in addition to merging wisdom with your strength, or to use it to find a way to heal yourself?
Your illness seems to be really serious.
Tony Zero, who I just executed, was also critically ill. This makes people wonder whether death from disease is the ultimate fate of you super individuals .
Or is there some mysterious connection between you two Tonys, who are at the top of 'wisdom' and 'power' respectively?
Let me guess, someone has used some method that I don't understand to separate the two of you from the same entity? You want to obtain this stone to achieve a completeness in your existence?"
“You have too many questions!”
The tyrant Tony finally couldn't bear it anymore. His white figure flashed and pounced on Mason. The sudden attack of his iron fists destroyed Mason's head and body and tried to snatch the gem of wisdom from his hand.
The power of this silver-white armor was extremely violent. The energy collision caused by the bombardment alone turned Mason and all his brothers beside him into flying splashes of water. The box and the gem of wisdom in their hands were also thrown into the air and then locked in the armor of the Iron Emperor. However, the moment it was opened, the pink gem in front of him seemed to be mutated, and flying mud hit their faces .
Classic Kevin raid tactics.
The mud with magical power, driven by the Drama Slime Monster, instantly turned the originally cool and domineering Iron Tyrant and his majestic armor into a filthy creature that rolled in the mud for several rounds before standing up.
Kevin attacked the armor with all his might.
But unfortunately, it could not find any cracks for it to drill into, and its slime monster's spray and attacks were completely unable to break the defense of this imitation Sword in the Stone armor, and even the energy matrix was not activated.
Although the harm is zero, the insult is instantly maximized.
The Iron Tyrant roared and activated some kind of armor function. The high-vibration impact blew away the mud around him, allowing Kevin to gather on the other side. While carrying his big gourd to collect the splashing magic mud, he made a very unhappy gesture to Tony Stark.
But no matter what, my mission to lure the enemy was accomplished.
While the Tyrant activated the weapons bay to prepare for additional attacks, the roar of heavy artillery mixed with the beam of destructive power projected by the disposable Infinity Stone completed the Mason Family's initial counterattack. The silver-white armor instantly bounced off the strongest defense but was still swallowed up in place by a wave of saturation bombing.
Mason, who was carrying a heavy particle assault cannon, took a look at the results of the battle and shook his head. All he saw was thick smoke. According to the famous "smoke, no harm" law, the Iron Emperor should still be alive and well.
"Let's increase the intensity."
The alchemist behind him obediently handed over a million-star potion, and the jeweler also handed over a bag of disposable infinite rough stones. The others followed suit and presented the strongest things in their own fields of skill.
It was like a "living arsenal" was opened at this moment, allowing the captain to choose his own strategy for this time. The engineer was also ready to recall the main power armor of the universe that Xiaobu was driving.
Mason's choice was to shake his head.
He said:
"These things are great, but they are not quite suitable for the armor in front of me that has full energy and physical resistance. The Iron Emperor integrated all the countermeasure modules in his hands into his own armor. This is obviously a confrontation between engineering and countermeasure plan.
So I chose the most appropriate response, to crush him with a force he could not defend against."
"Chirp, chirp, chirp"
The summoned wild phoenix Fox appeared in the firelight, and without further ado, opened its beak and smashed a ball of burning phoenix power onto Mason.
The burning of the scorching fire made the other Masons retreat far away in unison. When they saw the main body showing its power and entering the form of "Phoenix Apostle" with flames all around its body, they waved their hands, cheered and applauded, and acted as if they were watching a show.
The Iron Emperor, who broke through the covering bombardment, tore off the cloak that was burning behind him. His silver-white battle suit transformed into a simple golden energy blade in his left hand, and covered the impact cannon in his right hand. The weapon bay behind him popped open and triggered twelve "anti-life ray" missiles.
But as soon as those things with tails of flames took off, Phoenix Mason used his reality-distorting ability to transform them into twelve dazzling soap bubbles, which then formed petals flying all over the sky after they burst.
Two figures, one in white and one in red, collided with each other, dragging ripples formed by the collision of extremely high-energy levels of energy. The Excalibur armor was originally an energy breakthrough type of armor and was not afraid of confronting the Phoenix Apostle, but the cunning Mason drew a black blade from the flames at the moment of passing by and stabbed towards the Iron Emperor.
The complete Black Death Sword was extremely sharp, and the silver metal armor could not withstand it and was easily cut through. This physical cut should have been repaired by the nanosymbiote in the next instant.
But this perfect armor seemed to have been disturbed by something and no repair program was started for a long time. Then Mason took the opportunity to slash it three or four times, leaving ugly cracks on the originally gorgeous armor.
Such an unethical way of fighting shocked the Tyrant Tony. He activated the quantum teleportation to leave the battle circle, and hovered in the air, looking at the Black Death Sword in Mason's hand, which was twisting into a ball of "black mud", in doubt and amazement.
"It's a very good idea to integrate the symbiote suit into your own armor, but the problem is that symbiotes also have 'classes'."
The captain in the Phoenix Apostle form raised his left hand, transforming the Black Death Sword from a sharp blade into a fist blade gauntlet covering his fingers. As his fingers moved, he said to the Iron Tyrant:
"When facing their ancestors, even the most ferocious symbiotes will be as obedient as lambs. If I ask them to stop serving you, they will obey me and abandon you without hesitation.
Your breathing becomes rapid, adrenaline is surging, and your body temperature is rising. Tony, is there something wrong with the life support system that I destroyed?
Your organs are starting to fail, and you don't have much time left.
If your armor does not have the 'Anti-Phoenix Force' module, then this battle can be declared over and you can just surrender.
Tony Zero told me that he would tell me those unspeakable secrets when we meet next time. If you are a unique individual who was split apart, it means that the things he cannot tell me can only be relayed by you.
I'm sorry, but the fact is, Tony Zero predicted that you would come here, and he used you as a tool to pass on a message. Perhaps this is the meaning of your existence.
From the moment you were split apart, your life has entered a countdown."
"I am not!"
Tyrant Tony did not give up. When the life support system was destroyed and his condition rapidly worsened, he simply gave up supplying power to the life support system, transferred all the energy into the attack module, activated the entire armor weapon system, turned himself into the most deadly force, and rushed towards Mason again.
He was enraged.
Perhaps he was outraged by the truth.
"I am not his servant! Even less his tool! My existence is much more meaningful than his. That coward only dared to hide in the secret room of time, sneaking a peek at the mortal world from the shadows.
And me!
I am a conqueror!"
The full-energy attack of the Sword in the Stone armor caused devastating consequences. The ground collapsed wherever he went. His nearly omnipotent power turned all usable objects into weapons and smashed them at Mason, but the flickering burning of the Phoenix Fire left Mason unharmed.
Iron Man's tactics are very similar to Batman's, both of them will use targeted tactics, but one tends to solve problems with wisdom, while the other will create physical counter-devices.
This effective tactic makes them quite lethal when facing specific enemies, but on the other hand, if they fail to prepare corresponding tactics in advance, retreat is their best option.
The lack of an anti-Phoenix Force module in the Tyrant Armor made all of Tyrant Tony's attacks at this time useless. It was just a pipe dream to want to eliminate the Phoenix Apostle through a war of attrition.
This kind of creative power has always become stronger with each fight, but unfortunately in this state, Tyrant Tony has lost his mind.
This is also normal.
He does not have enough wisdom to control power, and Tony Zero is not generous enough to share all his wisdom and strength with his poor clone who has the attributes of a tool.
From this point of view, the tyrant Tony is obviously much more miserable than the Mason family's clones. He has power but no freedom at all.
"Give me that stone!"
He used the energy of his armor to roll up the broken ground, throwing millions of pieces of rubble at Mason and roared:
"That book belongs to me. He promised! Give it to me... ahem."
The surging blood spurted out of his throat.
It even overflowed from the silver-white armor's visor, making it look like the silver battle suit was spitting out blood, which meant that his illness could no longer be controlled.
He is dying.
Everything was going according to Mason's plan. When the Tyrant Suit's life support system was destroyed by the Black Death Sword, this outcome was inevitable.
But the latter was still unwilling to stop. He fell to the ground and struggled to get up. In the uncontrollable energy that shattered everything, he staggered step by step towards Mason who also fell to the ground.
He stretched out his hand and staggered to grab it. The captain looked at him with pity, shook his head and threw the real wisdom gem over, allowing Tyrant Tony to finally get what he had always dreamed of.
All his desires seemed to be satisfied at this moment. The destructive energy of the silver battle suit was restrained at this moment, causing him to collapse to the ground.
Mason thought the guy was going to swallow the Wisdom Stone to make himself the real Tony Stark.
But he didn't.
He just held it as if he were holding the most precious thing in the world.
"Click"
The silver visor flicked up and down, revealing the terrifying face.
Cysts and scars of varying sizes covered his once handsome and dandy face, making him look like a monster whose growth had run out of control. However, this was just the result of uncontrolled cancer cells spreading throughout the body.
Mason was right, this guy was already terminally ill.
"I'm Tony Stark! The one and only Tony Stark!"
He collapsed to the ground and spoke very seriously to Mason, who was crouching down.
"Well, you're Tony Stark."
The captain nodded and said to him:
"Nice epitaph, I'll write this on your tombstone."
"Thank you."
Tyrant Tony whispered, lowered his head and looked at the pink raw stone emitting light in the palm of his hand. A terrifying smile appeared on his terrifying face, and he said in a hoarse voice:
"Whoever has it is Tony... I won! I won, haha, tell that bastard for me that he lost..."
