"Shut up, Jarvis!"
"I've slept with hundreds of Cover Girls, and none of them called me fast!"
Tony said, somewhat annoyed.
His gaze never left Ben. The creature before him clearly moved faster than his eyes could react. With the slightest distraction, he could suffer a major loss.
"To be precise, its movement speed reaches three hundred miles per hour."
Jarvis didn't understand why Tony was lying, but it had already calculated XLR8's speed through the computer.
Three hundred miles, which is about four hundred kilometers.
However, in reality, Mark 3's maximum flight speed was faster than the J-22, so four hundred kilometers per hour was not much.
But the problem was, just because the Battle Armor could fly that fast didn't mean Tony could!
As everyone knows, the true strength of most people with super-speed powers doesn't lie in their movement speed itself, but more importantly, in their reaction speed.
Why is A-Train from The Boys so useless?
It's because he's too weak without sufficient reaction ability.
It's like driving on an open road; even reaching two hundred kilometers per hour is barely acceptable. But if there are too many cars along the way, it becomes very difficult for the driver to react.
The fact that Ben could move at such speeds in such a confined space indicated that his reaction ability and thinking speed far surpassed ordinary people. If he were to actually fight, the performance of Mark 3 would simply be no match for him!
No!
It should be said that as long as the Battle Suit is operated with human reaction capabilities, it will never be able to defeat the opponent.
Moreover, a speed of three hundred miles per hour was merely XLR8's usual movement speed, like a human walking.
His limit could even reach a point where human eyes couldn't capture him at all, and even machines would have to slow down several times to see even a faint shadow.
"What kind of monster is this!" Tony cursed inwardly.
After all, having only recently become Iron Man, the world in his eyes was still a normal one.
The demons and monsters that came later hadn't even shown up yet!
Ben stretched his limbs, preparing to counterattack!
"Round two, Tony Stark!"
He lowered his body, assuming a starting stance. His mask closed again, and through the black mask, his voice sounded very cold and serious.
For him now, a few minutes of transformation time was actually quite long. He had enough time to play with Tony.
"Come on, Dinosaur Baby!"
Tony seemed to dismiss Ben, still provoking him.
But in reality, knowing that his reactions couldn't keep up with Ben, he had already instructed Jarvis to activate the attack program and handed over control of the Battle Armor.
In his vision, Ben was completely locked onto by Jarvis's intelligent program. At the same time, the weapon systems on the Battle Armor's elbows and shoulders had popped up.
"You said you'd finish me in three minutes. Let's see, there's two minutes and fifteen..."
"THUMP!"
Tony was about to say a few witty remarks when, the next moment, a black blur instantly filled his entire vision—no, before his vision was covered by this shadow, Ben's attack had already reached him!
It felt like being hit by a speeding high-speed train. Tony felt like the ribs on his chest were about to break!
It's worth noting that Tony had long understood that his reaction ability couldn't match Ben's. Therefore, from the beginning, he had given most of the control of the mecha to Jarvis, hoping to rely on technology to capture Ben's movements. As long as Ben made any move, the Battle Suit would immediately launch an attack.
But what he didn't expect was that even the Battle Suit's cameras couldn't keep up with Ben moving at full speed!
Moreover, even if Jarvis could keep up, it still took time for it to control the Battle Suit's actions.
"Mark 3 damage level has reached 12%."
Jarvis's cold voice sounded in Iron Man's ear, but he had no time to pay attention.
Because Ben didn't let go immediately after hitting him. Instead, he used his peculiar hands, like the claws of a claw machine, to grab Mark 3's head and pull Mark 3 out of the factory!
The acceleration at that moment was something an ordinary person could not withstand!
If Jarvis hadn't activated the reverse thrust device instantly to slow down the acceleration, Tony would have fainted immediately. Even so, Tony only felt dizzy and nauseous, his mind blank as if drugged.
Meanwhile, Ben had not stopped his assault.
After dragging Iron Man out of the abandoned factory, he continued to move at extreme speed, his slender but powerful arms carrying Iron Man as they flew. While moving at high speed, he suddenly slammed him into a building along the way.
"SCREEECH!"
Sparks sprayed out like a fountain!
The concrete buildings, now as fragile as crumbling mud, were smashed to pieces!!
Even the titanium alloy Mark 3 suffered widespread damage in an instant, and the vibrant paint on its back was completely ruined.
"Battle Suit damage level has reached 26%," Jarvis continued to warn.
"Thanks, then why don't you push him away?" Tony finally regained his senses after a long while. Worse, because of that impact, he had completely vomited his breakfast from that morning into his helmet, which then smeared all over his face.
"I definitely need to prepare a barf bag for the next generation of battle suits!"
He roared inwardly, then forcefully grabbed Ben's arm with both hands, his entire propulsion system operating at maximum capacity!
"WHOOSH!"
Flames erupted from his back!
Tony shut down all the thrusters on the left side of his battle armor, leaving only the right side active. This immediately threw off his balance.
Ben's sprinting figure tilted instantly. He lost speed and was forced to let go of Iron Man, instead careening forward at an even faster pace!
Losing control at this speed would shatter even an Iron Suit. But for Xenon XLR8, this was just a common occurrence, no different than an Earthling tripping over their own feet while running.
Of course, if handled poorly, it could result in a bloody mess, just like for an Earthling.
He instinctively curled his body into a ball, using a spherical shape to absorb the immense impact.
Even so, it wasn't a pleasant experience.
Each time he hit the ground, he left a small crater, like ripples from a stone skipping across water. Only when the craters became shallower was he finally able to control his body, standing up with a grimace.
In that instant, Ben had flown several kilometers. Fortunately, to avoid drawing attention, he had taken Tony in the opposite direction of the city. Otherwise, who knew what kind of situation would have unfolded!
"Now I understand why Xenon XLR8 have such strong regenerative abilities," he said, stretching his limbs. His body felt like it had fallen apart. "If their healing wasn't so good, they'd probably be killing themselves left and right from simple falls."
On Iron Man's side, after breaking free from Ben, he quickly regained control of his body. Flames shot from his hands and feet, and he spun in mid-air to dissipate the force before stopping suspended in the sky—
"One minute and nine seconds left. Not enough time to get to the zoo, kid?"
Tony even remembered to check the time, though he might have just glanced at an AI virtual screen.
"It's enough for me," Ben said with a cold laugh. "I just wonder if you have enough time to get back to your Stark Industries and replace that other Iron Heart of yours."
Tony immediately had a bad feeling: "What do you want?"
He received no response, or rather, the attack was Ben's final response.
This time, he was aiming for Tony's greatest weakness—the Arc Reactor!
In fact, Tony had realized this the moment Ben finished speaking. He tried to dodge, but it was already too late.
Ben was as fast as lightning!
"CRACK!"
In his rapid descent, black claws pierced the outer shell of the reactor!
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