Exploding at the Slightest Disagreement
Pepper Potts was unharmed; having been injected with the Extremis Virus, she was now a key member of the trio. Captain was also alright with his shield protecting him, but Bucky looked rather pitiful.
His hair was mostly singed, and his body showed multiple severe burns; even the metal arm of his left hand had been burned off at the elbow.
He was already unconscious, being held by the Captain.
It seems that Captain and Bucky somehow ended up rescuing Pepper Potts, but they were discovered. Outnumbered, the two of them ended up being the ones who led the two out of the encirclement after Pepper Potts, who had been injected with the Extremis Virus.
These two melee fighters, without plenty of ammunition, would be easy prey against the invincible Extremis Soldier who's covered in flames.
But people can't think about that now.
"That's the Captain! Quick, save him!"
The three ran out of the cabin, followed by a group of Extremis Soldier. They were gradually surrounded. If Xia Yu and his group hadn't arrived, something terrible might have happened.
Besides Hawkeye and Natasha, the four flying creatures rushed towards the three. Tony and Rhodey were armed with various machine guns, laser cannons, and small Missiles, cutting off the pursuers behind them. Xia Yu and Thor flew directly towards the Extremis Soldier coming to provide support from the outside.
These two possessed incredible power; even the Extremis Soldier who hadn't activated their lava mode were sent flying by their impact, either falling into the sea or crashing onto the ground.
This amount of damage certainly won't kill the Extremis Soldier, but it won't be a short time for them to heal and come back up.
Xia Yu approached the three first, exchanged a glance with the Captain, but now was not the time to explain in detail.
Xia Yu quickly checked Bucky's injuries.
"They won't die." Ignoring the potential for shock, Xia Yu quickly opened a portal and tossed Captain and Bucky into a storage room in the hospital. "Keep an eye on Bucky, we'll take care of things here."
Xia Yu opened another portal to the base, not giving Tony and Pepper Potts a chance to say more, and told Pepper Potts to go back to the base and wait for them.
Although Pepper Potts seems to be quite formidable in combat, Xia Yu knows that Tony is definitely worried about her being here. To put it bluntly, if efficiency isn't an issue, Xia Yu alone could easily handle these Extremis Soldiers.
Actually, the best option to deal with these Extremis Soldier is to have Loki bring the Casket of Ancient Winters. Loki can use the bloodline of the Frost Giants to activate this artifact, and not to mention dozens or hundreds, even hundreds of millions of Extremis Soldier would be frozen to death.
That was truly cold and icy, unlike Bucky, the Winter Soldier, who was scalded like a rooster about to be plucked after being scalded by hot water.
As Xia Yu pondered this, he became very curious about the limits of these Extremis Soldiers. Relying on his invincible defensive power, he simply jumped into the crowd and began to conduct experiments.
A hole could be drilled right into your chest, right in front of your heart, and you'd be fine!
Using energy to sever someone's arm at the chest and back? It seems like it could grow back, just much slower.
Especially in the magma state, it seems that physical attacks are basically ineffective except for directly destroying it with energy.
However, Xia Yu had tried punching someone's head until they hadn't even transformed into magma, and that way, they couldn't be revived.
It needs a core, something like Deadpool, who can regenerate even with only one arm—that's too overpowered.
However, to kill the Extremis Soldier in one hit, you need to completely shatter his brain. Even if you only shatter half of it, it will regenerate. It's actually a very powerful ability, but its weakness is too obvious and too easy to exploit.
For example, the creature in front of Xia Yu, its entire body transformed into magma, was charging fiercely towards Xia Yu. Its footsteps left molten iron footprints on the iron deck.
"Have you ever thought about setting up a street stall and selling roasted sweet potatoes or something? Hey!" Xia Yu's teasing went unanswered.
Xia Yu could only mutter a few inappropriate words to himself, then took out a metal can from his Space Ring.
Similar to a gas cylinder, it had a round valve on top. Xia Yu turned on the valve as the Extremis Soldier charged towards him with a strange cry...
A whole tank of Liquid Nitrogen.
Xia Yu put this in to make ice cream for himself, but then Xia Yu had a sudden inspiration and wondered what it would be like to freeze the Extremis Soldier.
A thick plume of smoke rose as the entire canister of Liquid Nitrogen rapidly turned into gas, creating a misty atmosphere within a radius of several meters, resembling a fairyland.
But the Extremis Soldier still broke through the thick fog and punched Xia Yu in the chest.
"Xia, what are you doing? Rehearsing for a stage play?" Tony's voice came through the earpiece.
"I tried to freeze this thing with Liquid Nitrogen, but it had absolutely no effect. I must have bought a fake! A fake! I'm going to complain to the seller!" Xia Yu said, clutching his broken arm.
Tony Stark was flying in the air, suddenly paused for a moment, then burst into thunderous laughter.
"Xia, was your first girlfriend your chemistry teacher? Nitrogen's boiling point is -195.8 degrees Celsius. That puff of gas you sprayed couldn't even kill an ordinary person, let alone an Extremis Soldier. You should stick to your promising martial arts skills and leave the science to me, okay?"
Xia Yu blushed, a rare occurrence for him. He muttered something like, "I'm not a scientist, who remembers these things?" Then, he suddenly looked up and gave the Extremis Soldier, who was recovering his arm, a wicked smile.
Suddenly, he opened his mouth and asked, "Do you know what the boiling point of nitrogen is?"
This Extremis Soldier was already annoyed by Xia Yu's tirade. He punched Xia Yu and broke his own arm. The key point was that the high temperature had no effect on Xia Yu, and he was starting to get irritable. Extremis Soldier are probably all extremely short-tempered due to their attributes.
Xia Yu suddenly asked a question that stunned the soldier, who then flew into a rage.
"How dare you ask me such a question? Even if you're amazing, you can't insult my intelligence by asking me something a three-year-old could answer. What do you mean by that? I'll fight you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his body shone brightly, and he directly self-destructed while holding Xia Yu.
Yes, he hugged Xia Yu and self-destructed.
It just self-destructed...
The energy and heat of the explosion were so great that even Xia Yu's True Qi couldn't break through it, leaving only some residual magma-like liquid around him.
And then there's the dazed Xia Yu.
If you know, just say so! Why are you revealing this all of a sudden...?