"Uh, this…"
"He's really dead? Those human invaders actually defeated Saros?"
"Which means the [Impossible City], which hasn't been invaded for thousands of years… has completely fallen today??"
The hall was filled with sounds of shock.
But soon, some quick-witted leaders of the cults reacted and walked up to Selena with fawning smiles, cautiously asking:
"Um… Leader Selena, who did you say we should swear a [blood oath] of loyalty to just now???"
If Saros hadn't used such tough methods to break through these guys' psychological defenses, these cult leaders definitely wouldn't have submitted so easily.
After all… once you surrender the first time, you're destined to do it a second time!
And so, as Selena's "persuasion" of some cult leaders proceeded smoothly, Frank and the others' cleanup work was also nearing its end.
According to post-war statistics:
In this special operation, apart from the two [Deathwalkers] accompanying Selena, who suffered varying degrees of non-lethal injuries in the battle,
the special tactical squadron, composed of a mix of [Second Phase Vampire Super Soldiers] and [Third Phase Werewolf Super Soldiers], suffered no casualties!
In the series of battles to seize the [Impossible City], a total of 699 enemies were eliminated!
Nearly 70% of the elite vampire warriors were wiped out by King Kong outside the castle.
Nearly 100 vampire servants were captured!
Nearly 400 humans of all ages who had been used as "blood slaves" were rescued from the dungeon!
Thus, this special operation against the dimension where the [Impossible City] was located, planned and initiated by Karl, was officially declared a complete victory!!
But some were happy, and some were sad…
Compared to the victory Selena, Frank, and the others achieved in the [Impossible City],
the [.], which was also carrying out a special operation, had fallen into an extremely dangerous predicament!
…………
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[Chicago].
Rewind the clock a little, to ten minutes earlier.
Under the cover of darkness, a [Quinjet] rapidly swept through the streets near the "black pillar of smoke."
In order to avoid attracting the attention and siege of more vampires, the 6-person "temporary capture team" led by Captain America decisively abandoned the plan to bombard the area with fighter jets first.
Instead, they chose to quickly land silently, then cross a few blocks and walk to the target location!
The whole process went very smoothly.
Along the way, when the scattered vampires wandering in the streets and alleys noticed the 6 people's whereabouts, they didn't even have time to roar before being silently dealt with by Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Sharon Carter, three professional agents proficient in assassination.
"Tony, I'll leave it to you to get that guy out of there."
Captain America glanced at Blade, who was shrouded in a dark energy storm, and said quickly:
"The five of us will do our best to buy you enough time on the outside!"
"Leave it to me."
Perhaps having seen too many horrific scenes along the way, Tony Stark rarely made jokes this time, and responded with unusual seriousness:
"It's time to let this damn black guy… uh, I mean vampire, see the power of human technology!"
"Tony, watch your language," Captain America pointed to the miniature communicator in his ear, "Don't forget that Director Fury can hear you."
"Oh, sorry, Fury, I really didn't mean you, you're different from that guy!"
Tony Stark said extremely perfunctorily, and then controlled the Iron Man armor to hover near the "black pillar of smoke."
He began to use [Jarvis] to scan and analyze the dark energy surrounding Blade's body.
"Jarvis, quickly help me find a way to interrupt him from continuing to release this energy!"
"Sir, Blade is releasing some kind of mysterious unknown energy," the AI butler immediately replied.
"And the 'black storm' surrounding his body is composed of this pure energy. With the weapon system currently equipped on [Mark 43], I'm afraid it won't be able to penetrate it successfully!"
No, Jarvis, it's hard for me to step down if you're so straightforward.
Tony Stark really regretted saying those words just now, and couldn't help complaining:
"Damn it, shouldn't there be an emergency shutdown button for this kind of thing?"
"Yes, unless he walks out from inside himself," Jarvis mimicked his master's usual tone, teasing in its unique AI way.
However,
as soon as it finished speaking, the dark energy constantly surging on Blade's body stopped strangely.
However, the "black pillar of smoke" that had lost its energy supply did not disappear immediately, but still stood between heaven and earth.
It's just that the intensity will gradually weaken over time, and it probably won't be able to last for long!
"Jie Jie Jie…"
Blade walked out of the energy field with a grim smile, and looked at Tony Stark, who was wearing Iron Man armor, and said:
"Iron Man, are you here for me?"
Obviously, he had already discovered Tony and the others' whereabouts with his powerful perception.
"I say, Jarvis, have you had your mouth blessed recently?"
Tony Stark didn't hide his purpose at all, and said bluntly:
"That's right, we hope to learn from you, you traitor, what the hell these damn vampires are up to?"
"Traitor?"
Blade grinned, pointed to his sharp fangs, and retorted: "Don't you think it's ridiculous to use that word on a vampire?"
"I haven't betrayed anyone, I just… ushered in a higher evolution!"
"But I can answer your question just now."
As he spoke, Blade pointed to the "black pillar of smoke" behind him that was constantly accumulating, and continued in a slightly teasing tone:
"Eternal Night is coming, the Blood Hunt is on… Before long, the control of this world will return to the hands of the Blood Clan!"
"Wait, are you saying that vampires are plotting to control the world?"
Tony Stark couldn't help laughing, "This might be the funniest joke I've heard this year."
"Seriously, buddy, I think you should apply to [The Daily Bugle], they like exaggerating guys like you the most."
Because of the "humiliating scene" of his equipment being blown up all over the place when fighting the female MUTO before, which was broadcast live by [The Daily Bugle], it spread wildly online.
As a result, for a long time afterwards, netizens were using the meme of "disassembled Iron Man" to tease Tony Stark.
He himself was too embarrassed to show up in public for several months, for fear that someone would ask about this embarrassing question!
So Tony Stark naturally didn't have a good impression of [The Daily Bugle] in his heart.
"Hehe, exaggerate?"
Blade ignored the other party's teasing and seriously corrected: "I see you don't seem to understand the situation!"
"The Blood Clan is the real master of this world. Humans have been constantly抢夺ing our living space."
"Now, my people just want to take back what originally belonged to us!"
"On the contrary, you humans were originally just slaves of the Blood Clan… So, to be precise, you betrayed us, who were your masters!"
After a slight pause, he extended an invitation to Tony Stark on the opposite side in a fairly sincere tone.
"Tony, the reason I'm telling you so much is because you are in the ranks of high-value targets. The technology in your head can help us become stronger…"
"Join us, become a member of the great Blood Clan, and conquer this world with us!"
"Imagine, you will have a long life, spanning century after century."
"In this process, you can completely use your talent and mind to shape this world into the shape you like with technology!"
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Without a doubt.
Blade's words were very tempting.
Because as long as they are human, they are destined to not escape the fate of death!
And the richer and more powerful people are, the more afraid they are of the arrival of death.
That's why so many top rich people invest tens or hundreds of billions every year, regardless of return, to fund various scientific research teams related to [gene pharmaceuticals] and [life sciences].
Attempting to find ways to delay aging and escape death from their research.
However.
Tony Stark chose to refuse without hesitation, "First of all, thank you for such a high evaluation of me… but our relationship doesn't seem to be close enough to call each other by name."
"Also, I think you're the one who hasn't figured out the situation."
"No matter what conspiracy you杂碎 are planning, it is destined to fail, because mankind has the [Avengers] to protect them… As long as we are here, your stupid plan will not succeed!"
After saying that, two rows of rapid-firing high-explosive buckshot suddenly rose from the shoulders of the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor], and launched an attack on Blade on the opposite side.
"It's a pity, I originally thought we could be friends."
A look of regret appeared on Blade's face.
His figure dodged all the bullets like a ghost.
Then he slowly drew the silver long sword from behind, and mocked while facing the Iron Man armor:
"But you should be very clear that you can't beat me with that pile of iron shells on your body, right?"
Whoosh—
Two huge black bat wings suddenly grew out of Blade's back, and then the whole person ejected like an arrow from a string, kicking the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor] in mid-air.
After the special transformation of [Black Magic], although Blade's body was not parasitized by demons.
But he possessed the same power as demons.
So he naturally wouldn't take the Iron Man suit seriously.
But what he didn't expect was.
After experiencing the "battle of shame" where all the Iron Man suits were wiped out before.
Tony Stark painfully rethought and spent a lot of effort to improve the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor], and made great optimizations and improvements in the attack and defense systems.
"Have you ever seen an iron shell worth tens of billions of dollars?"
A dozen miniature anti-tank missiles were fired from the elbows of the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor], flying towards Blade from different angles.
Seeing this, the latter could only use huge bat wings to cover his whole body in a hurry.
Rumble—
Although the power of the miniature anti-tank missiles was not enough to seriously injure Blade, it effectively destroyed the bat wings, blasting several large holes in them.
It was almost impossible to fly again in a short time!
Then, before Blade could counterattack, Tony Stark had already taken advantage of the smoke to obscure his vision and quickly approached, controlling the armor.
Click—
A short sword-shaped weapon with a length of about 50 centimeters and sharp staggered L-shaped serrations automatically popped out of his right fist, and slashed towards Blade's shoulder.
Buzz buzz—
At the moment when those sharp serrations on the edge of the blade were activated by the internal mechanism, they began to vibrate at high frequency within a very small range back and forth.
Flesh and blood splattered!
The blade hardly encountered any resistance, and easily sawed open Blade's dark energy-enhanced muscles and bones, which were as hard as steel plates, like tearing a piece of parchment, and sawed off a complete right arm.
"How is it? Do you like this new weapon feature I added?"
Tony Stark proudly flaunted while controlling the armor to continue cutting off the other party's other arm:
"Originally, this was a small gift specially prepared for Titan monsters… You know, their skin is harder than steel, and ordinary weapons can't cause substantial damage to them at all."
"So I can only choose another way… Speaking of which, this chainsaw-style weapon that uses high-frequency vibration to cut the enemy's defense from the molecular level was 'dreamed' of by me while sleeping?"
"Ugh… stay away from me." Seeing that his arms were cut off by the other party in the blink of an eye, Blade let out a shrill roar, and then crashed into the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor], running towards the energy field behind him in a panic.
But how could Tony Stark give him a chance to escape?
Whoosh—
A lasso made of super alloy was launched from the arm of the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor], flying forward at a low altitude less than 30 centimeters from the ground.
A few seconds later, it accurately hit Blade, firmly fixing his legs together.
And under the action of inertia, Blade, who was running away with all his strength, fell heavily forward, rolling several times on the ground before stopping completely.
"That's good, if you have anything else to say, we can go back and talk slowly!"
Tony Stark flew up to the front, first punched Blade unconscious with a few "bang bang" punches, then picked up the other party, and reported in a high-pitched tone in the communicator:
"Captain, mission accomplished! We've successfully captured one Blade Warrior!"
The recent battle proved that the series of modifications he made to the [Mark 43 Beast Hunter Armor] were perfect!
So, Tony Stark now had a sense of sweet revenge.
See that? I've risen again!
I told you, the dignity and honor I, Tony Stark, lost will be taken back with my own hands!!
Immediately, Captain America's slightly surprised voice came through the communicator, "How did you do that so quickly?"
And in the gaps between Captain America's words, Tony Stark could even clearly hear the roar coming from the vampires' mouths, as well as the dull thud of heavy objects colliding with each other.
Clearly, the battle was still going on!
