Chapter 31:
After learning the intentions of the Hulk and Alex Chen, Loki couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile.
"Foolish humans, are you even qualified to negotiate with me? I advise you to stop these meaningless resistances and obediently submit to me."
Loki's words were full of contempt and disdain.
But Alex Chen didn't get angry. Instead, he showed an expression like he was watching a show.
"What a domineering tone. It truly impresses me."
As he spoke, Alex Chen stood up and signaled the Hulk to continue.
Seeing himself being lifted up by the Hulk again, Loki immediately shouted:
"Enough, enough! How can you treat your god like this!"
Hearing this, the Hulk's expression darkened, and anger flashed in his eyes.
"Hmph!"
The Hulk let out a cold snort and began slamming Loki onto the ground again — lifting him up and slamming him down. Loki immediately grimaced in pain.
After repeating this several times, Loki finally passed out completely.
Seeing that the mastermind behind the scenes had been dealt with by the Hulk, it was time to handle the portal.
Thinking of this, Alex Chen walked toward Dr. Selvig.
With Loki unconscious, the mind control on Dr. Selvig was instantly lifted.
Upon waking up, Dr. Selvig looked at the chaotic scene before him. Scenes of the many things he had done under Loki's control kept flashing through his mind.
For a moment, a huge wave of guilt surged in Dr. Selvig's heart.
But after trying countless times, Selvig discovered that once the energy of the Cosmic Cube was activated, it could not be forcibly interrupted by ordinary means.
Looking at the energy shield in front of him that blocked everything, Selvig was also helpless.
Fortunately, at this moment Alex Chen arrived on the rooftop holding Loki's Scepter.
The best way to deal with a divine artifact was naturally to use a divine artifact against it.
Looking at the pure energy shield that no one else could break, Alex Chen knew that the only way now was to use the Scepter in his hand to break through the shield.
Then, Alex Chen gripped the Scepter tightly with both hands, got into position, and began gathering power to break through the shield.
When Alex Chen had accumulated enough power and thrust the Scepter into the energy shield, a golden light suddenly appeared at the point of contact.
Watching the confrontation between the Scepter and the energy shield on the display screen, Nick Fury in the control room couldn't help but feel nervous.
After all, he knew that the weapon in Loki's hand was Loki's last resort. If the energy shield could be broken, it would mean Loki had already lost. But if it couldn't, Loki would still win, because at that time he would still be the ruler of this planet.
However, Nick Fury wasn't too worried right now.
Because Alex Chen was currently using all his strength. He believed Alex Chen could definitely break the energy shield.
When Alex Chen concentrated his power on the Scepter once again, a huge blue energy sphere suddenly shot out from the Scepter and slammed heavily into the energy shield.
Instantly, the entire energy shield shook violently, but it still remained stubbornly intact.
Seeing that his attack hadn't produced the expected effect, Alex Chen couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed.
After taking a deep breath, Alex Chen gathered his strength again and thrust forward once more.
Dr. Selvig beside him also saw that Alex Chen was struggling alone, so he stepped forward to help Alex Chen grip the Scepter and thrust it toward the energy shield.
Under the continuous efforts of the two, the Scepter approached the core Cosmic Cube at a visible speed.
"Ah!"
Accompanied by Alex Chen's angry roar, the Scepter finally broke through the energy shield and extracted the Cosmic Cube from the core of the device.
Seeing that the energy shield had been destroyed, both Dr. Selvig and Alex Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
With the Cosmic Cube removed by Alex Chen, the portal high above the city gradually lost power.
Seeing the portal gradually shrinking, smiles of relief appeared on the faces of Tony and the others.
Just as everyone thought the matter was about to come to an end, Nick Fury's urgent voice suddenly sounded in the communication channel.
"Everyone, the military has launched a nuclear missile toward New York!"
Upon hearing this news, the expressions of Tony and the others changed drastically.
"What's going on? Why did they suddenly launch a nuclear missile at New York?"
Hearing Nick Fury's words, everyone panicked.
At this moment, hundreds of kilometers away from New York City, the missile silo had slowly opened.
A giant nuclear missile was slowly rising inside a massive launch tube.
Looking at the enormous missile, even Loki trembled all over, and a look of fear appeared on his face.
"No, don't!"
Seeing the missile growing larger and larger before their eyes, Loki's eyes were filled with terror.
The portal was about to close now. If no one could stop this nuclear missile, even he, Loki, wouldn't be able to withstand it.
As the nuclear missile grew larger in everyone's field of vision, all of them fell into silence.
At this moment, Alex Chen's earlier words suddenly echoed in Tony's mind.
"Mr. Stark, you will do something very remarkable."
As if he had thought of something, Tony shot straight toward the rapidly approaching nuclear missile.
"Tony, Tony, come back!"
Seeing Tony's action, even Nick Fury couldn't help but panic.
But Tony had already caught up with the nuclear missile.
Seeing the missile only a few meters above sea level, Tony didn't hesitate. He positioned himself between the missile and the sea surface.
The next moment, under everyone's shocked gaze, Tony shouldered the rapidly approaching nuclear missile and flew toward the portal in the sky.
Just as Tony had carried the nuclear missile into the portal, Jarvis issued an energy warning.
Tony looked up and saw the dense Chitauri warships behind the portal. Gritting his teeth, Tony continued flying forward.
In the final moment before his energy ran out, Tony adjusted the nuclear missile's trajectory to aim at the Chitauri fleet.
Before long, the nuclear missile accurately struck the Chitauri army, and the portal exploded with a thunderous boom.
Standing on the ground, everyone watched as the portal was about to close, but Tony's figure had still not appeared.
Just as everyone was about to begin praying for Tony in their hearts, a sound of breaking air rang in everyone's ears.
They saw Alex Chen, standing on a metal platform under his feet, flying rapidly toward the portal in the high sky.
Just as everyone thought Alex Chen had lost his mind from being unable to accept Tony's death, a familiar red figure fell out of the portal in the final second before it closed.
It was Tony!
Seeing Tony falling from the portal being steadily caught by Alex Chen, Captain America and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Alex Chen controlled the metal platform to carry Tony while flying toward the group.
With everyone's help, Tony was lowered from the platform and lay in Captain America's arms.
Captain America exerted force and forcibly removed the helmet from Tony's face, revealing Tony's pale countenance.
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