"Cough, cough, cough!!!"
Pepper Potts slammed down onto the ground, her face pale as paper from the brief suffocation. Both hands clutched tightly at her throat, as though she wanted to purge that suffocating feeling from her body completely.
After coughing dryly a few times, she finally broke free from the agony. Her wide eyes were filled with terror and confusion as she stared at Obadiah, standing proudly not far ahead.
Her mind was blank. She had never expected to end up in such a dangerous situation, much less knew how to escape.
"Hold it down!"
Ten Power Armor units appeared. Their casings bore black-and-gold paint, and the large War God Industries emblems on their chest plates came into view.
"War God Industries!"
A flicker of surprise crossed Obadiah's eyes. He had not expected War God Industries to intervene at such a crucial moment.
He sneered, his gaze full of contempt. "Mere Power Armor dares to stand against my suit? You're overestimating yourselves!"
The Iron Man suit could fly, making it far more formidable than Power Armor.
He raised a hand and fired a repulsor blast, but the Power Armor's agility and reactions were simply too fast. Their visors and helmets enhanced neural reflexes and dynamic vision, so every Power Armor unit dodged at once, and the repulsor blast missed.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!!"
Just as Obadiah stood astonished, a deafening burst of gunfire rang out.
One of the Power Armor units raised the large-caliber automatic rifle in its hands and unleashed a frenzied barrage. Every bullet seemed meticulously calculated, striking Obadiah's balance points with pinpoint accuracy.
Though the bullets could not penetrate the Iron Man suit's defenses, they cleverly disrupted his sense of balance, forcing him to stagger backward again and again.
The deafening gunfire quickly woke Coulson