Boom!
The Iron Man Armor, like a meteor, smashed heavily onto the ground, flipping over a car parked there and then rolling several times.
Boom, boom, boom!
After rolling several times on the ground, it finally dissipated the force of Hulk's punch, stopping like a dead dog.
Although protected by the armor, Tony Stark inside still felt as if his entire skeleton had come apart, and his whole head was buzzing.
He was almost knocked out by Hulk's punch.
"Multiple contusions detected."
Jarvis's reminder immediately came to his ears; the thoughtful AI detected this at once.
"Yes, I detected it too."
Tony Stark's mouth twitched slightly.
The faint pain from all over his body had already informed the Playboy of this.
After getting up from the ground, Tony Stark discovered that the part of the armor's chest hit by Hulk was actually dented.
This made Tony Stark even more secretly astonished.
As expected of the ruthless guy who could rub Thor into the ground in the future!
Although his current strength was clearly not at that level, or even far from it.
Yet, he was still incredibly powerful and not so easy to deal with.
"Jarvis, it seems we're in a bit more trouble this time."
However, Tony Stark was not afraid, merely looking at the Hulk in front of him and complaining to his AI.
"It seems so, sir!"
Jarvis immediately agreed.
"Roar!"
Under Tony Stark's gaze, Hulk let out another Beast-like roar.
Then, like a small mountain, he charged towards Tony Stark again, rumbling.
Having learned his lesson, Tony Stark became smarter and no longer confronted Hulk directly, but instead extended his hand towards Hulk.
A dazzling light flashed from his palm.
Whoosh... Bang!
A repulsor blast was immediately fired by Tony Stark.
Hulk, in this state, didn't know how to dodge and was directly hit by the repulsor blast.
But it must be said, Hulk is Hulk.
The strength of his physique is beyond what ordinary people can imagine.
He took a repulsor blast from Tony Stark head-on, and merely swayed his body, his movement slightly hindered, that was all.
He didn't suffer even the slightest injury.
Not only that.
"Roar!"
Hulk's roar sounded even more intimidating.
"Sir, he seems angrier."
Jarvis's voice sounded in his ear, timely reminding Tony Stark.
"It seems so. I guess I've really angered him now, haven't I?"
Tony Stark had just finished speaking when Hulk, whose fury had intensified threefold, had already charged before him.
Whoosh!
The Playboy, piloting the armor, immediately flew into the air.
Then, with a whoosh, he launched a tear gas canister at Hulk.
Clang!
After rolling twice on the ground, the tear gas canister began to spray out a large amount of irritating gas.
It quickly enveloped Hulk's figure.
"Jarvis, switch to X-ray scan view."
Floating high in the air, Tony Stark looked down at the cloud of smoke and gave Jarvis this command.
Swish!
Jarvis immediately faithfully executed Tony Stark's command, and in an instant, the Playboy's vision changed.
The scene within the irritating gas was fully reflected in his eyes.
"Oh, this isn't good!"
Tony Stark immediately exclaimed in a low voice.
Because within his vision, he saw Hulk looking up, staring with wide eyes, and glaring furiously at him.
This made Tony Stark feel a chill down his spine.
Whoosh!
The next moment.
Hulk's legs pushed off the ground with immense force, causing cracks to appear on the ground with a crunch.
His massive body shot into the air like a cannonball, launching towards Tony Stark with incredible speed.
"Jarvis!"
Tony Stark's pupils contracted sharply, and he instinctively let out a cry of alarm.
Although he only managed to shout out a name, Jarvis naturally understood Tony Stark's meaning.
Even before he spoke, Jarvis had already controlled Tony Stark's armor to dodge.
Hulk almost grazed the Playboy's Iron Man Armor as he flashed past.
With a bang, he smashed heavily into the building opposite, creating a large crater in its structure.
"Roar!"
Hulk dug his hands deep into the wall, like Spider-Man.
He turned his head, looked at Tony Stark, and roared again.
Boom, boom, boom!
Bang, bang, bang!
And so.
A fierce battle erupted between Tony Stark and Hulk.
Tony Stark temporarily relied on his air superiority, flying around in the air and continuously launching various attacks at Hulk.
He tried to find Hulk's weakness and suppress him.
However, it was completely useless.
Hulk was simply an unkillable cockroach.
No matter what kind of attack Tony Stark used, it had no effect other than making him angrier.
But thankfully, Hulk couldn't fly, although his jumping ability was astonishing, each time he could leap tens or even hundreds of meters high.
But Jarvis wasn't to be trifled with, was he?
Controlling the armor to dodge and weave, though it looked dangerous, he managed to evade all of Hulk's attacks.
The battle between the two temporarily fell into a stalemate.
But unfortunately, this situation did not last long.
After all, in the end, Tony Stark's raw power was indeed quite a bit weaker than Hulk's.
"Roar!"
Another earth-shattering roar.
Hulk, having repeatedly missed hitting Stark, was now at maximum rage, hugging a car and throwing it towards the metal lump in the sky.
He actually treated the car like a sandbag, throwing it dozens of meters away in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, it smashed in front of Tony Stark.
Whoosh... Bang!
The Playboy couldn't stop Hulk, but he couldn't stop a car, could he? He extended his hand and fired a repulsor blast.
The car was instantly blasted away.
Swish!
But at that moment, Tony Stark suddenly saw a blur.
Hulk's body had already launched in front of him!
"Not good!"
The Playboy inwardly cried out that something was wrong.
Hulk looked like a mindless Beast, but he actually knew how to use tactics!
Bang!
This time, Tony Stark had no time to dodge at all and was hit by Hulk's punch.
He shuddered violently, as if struck by lightning, and was punched to the ground by Hulk.
Crack, crack, crack!
A crater was created in the ground, accompanied by cracks.
Some parts of the Playboy's Iron Man Armor even sparked with electricity.
It showed how powerful Hulk's punch was.
Tony Stark was so badly punched that he almost vomited his overnight meal.
Not only were his bones almost dislocated, but he also felt as if half his life had been punched out of him.
His whole head was dizzy, and even seeing things felt blurry.
"Now!"
Tony Stark, in this state, naturally couldn't know.
A middle-aged man hidden in a secret corner suddenly flashed a sharp light in his eyes.
He immediately took out a device, aimed it at Tony Stark, and pressed the button.
Swish!
A specific EMP pulse was instantly released by him.
It directly hit the Iron Man Armor lying on the ground, still unable to get up.
It should be known that an EMP pulse is actually an invisible, intangible specific energy wave, undetectable by the human eye.
It's not like in movies where you can see clear energy fluctuations.
So when the middle-aged man emitted the EMP pulse, the entire scene remained silent, with no movement.
It seemed as if nothing had happened, alarming no one, and attracting no one's attention.
However, the reality was naturally not like that.
"Jarvis, Jarvis?"
Tony Stark inside the Iron Man Armor immediately felt his armor system go completely offline.
He instantly lost control of the Iron Man Armor!
However, Tony Stark didn't think much of it, still believing that the complete paralysis of the armor was due to Hulk's violent blow.
Without a God's eye view, how could he have predicted that he had been ambushed by HYDRA?
That's right.
The middle-aged man who secretly attacked Tony Stark was a senior Agent of HYDRA!
The other party had been secretly lurking, waiting for this critical moment of a thousand pounds hanging by a thread.
So the question is.
How did HYDRA know that Hulk would suddenly appear in Manhattan, and thus set up this conspiracy with Hulk at its core?
The answer is simple: Hulk was also HYDRA's doing!
With HYDRA's capabilities, it was not difficult to secretly operate, lure Bruce Banner to Manhattan, and then induce his "transformation."
Even from beginning to end, Bruce Banner, the person involved, would not realize this was a conspiracy.
Not just Bruce Banner.
Afterward, even any other agencies or organizations, including the Military, would not be able to find anything suspicious.
This is the capability of a top intelligence chief!
This is Alexander Pierce's method.
Given Tony Stark's identity and status, if he were assassinated, it would indeed cause a huge uproar and greatly Impact HYDRA!
But what if he died as a hero?
What if he died in the process of fighting crime?
Wouldn't that be completely different?
It must be said that Alexander Pierce's plan, no matter how one looked at it, was flawless and had no loopholes.
And the facts proved that this conspiracy indeed worked.
"Jarvis?"
"Jarvis!"
Realizing something was wrong, Tony Stark's expression began to grow anxious, and his adrenaline surged in an instant.
Boom, boom, boom!
Because the ground began to tremble again.
The Beast-like Hulk began to charge towards Tony Stark again.
"Damn it!"
The Playboy's expression changed dramatically; the armor system had gone completely offline, meaning he could only operate it manually.
But in front of a monster like Hulk, wouldn't manual operation be a joke?
What good would it do?
Of course, the most fatal thing was that once the system went offline, it meant the armor lost its flight capability and mobility!
He, Tony, would probably be hammered to death by that monster Hulk before long.
However, Tony Stark was not an ordinary person after all; at this critical moment, though startled, he remained calm, quickly got up, and raised his right arm towards the charging Hulk.
At the same time, his left hand began to perform some manual operations on it.
Click, click!
A micro-missile was immediately ejected.
Then Tony Stark manually aimed and fired that micro-missile at the Hulk in front.
Because Hulk's speed was too fast, and Tony Stark's manual aiming accuracy was greatly reduced, that missile did not hit Hulk.
Instead, it directly hit the ground beside Hulk.
Boom!
In the violent explosion, scorching Fire also surged out fiercely.
The surging energy suddenly sent Hulk's massive body flying.
But Tony Stark knew this was useless.
Judging by the strength Hulk displayed, let alone missing, what good would it do even if that missile directly hit him?
It would only temporarily buy some time!
"Roar!"
Tony Stark's guess was correct.
Just in the next moment, Hulk, who had been sent flying by the missile's Impact, got back up.
He charged towards Tony Stark again, rumbling.
But at this moment, Tony Stark had no more micro-missiles!
He could only laboriously raise his hand again, beginning manual control, intending to fire a repulsor blast at Hulk.
But unfortunately, Hulk didn't give Tony Stark this chance!
The Playboy's manual operation was only halfway through when the roaring Hulk had already leaped into the air, falling heavily towards Tony Stark like a meteorite.
His enormous, pot-sized fists were already raised high, just waiting to deliver a fatal blow to Tony Stark.
The HYDRA Agent hidden in the dark couldn't help but curl his lips into a smug smile.
If Hulk hammered him down like this, even the Destroyer would be smashed into a pulp!
The mission was about to succeed!
Swish!
But who would have thought, at this critical lightning-fast moment.
Hulk, who was hammering down on Tony Stark, suddenly froze in mid-air.
Whew!
Tony Stark, whose pupils had rapidly dilated, couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
His heart, which was about to burst from his chest, finally dropped back down.
Heaven help him, just now, the Playboy once again felt the threat of death!
It was even exactly like that moment when he was hit by a missile in Afghanistan.
Both were so close to death, one could even say he had one foot in the grave.
But, what on earth was going on?
The still-shaken Playboy took a few deep breaths, then felt a bit confused.
Why was Hulk frozen in mid-air?
Thanks to reader 08a for the reward!