Tony's side had very few weapons loaded on the Mark III, so he didn't bother clearing out the grunts and flew straight toward their arsenal.
His main objective was to destroy the weapons that had come from Stark Industries.
J.A.R.V.I.S. had even detected the presence of twelve Jericho Missiles in that small town.
He had barely risen into the air and had not yet had time to accelerate when a violent explosion suddenly erupted on his chest.
The tremendous force sent the Mark III crashing down, smashing a huge crater into the ground.
Seventy meters away, a tank's barrel was still trailing faint wisps of smoke. Just now, a tank shell traveling at 1,400 m/s had struck the Mark III.
Five seconds later, a steel arm pushed itself up, and the Mark III stood again.
However, the armor on his chest, arms, and faceplate was covered in countless shrapnel scratches, with much of the paint scraped away.
Facing the tank not far away, Tony discovered through J.A.R.V.I.S.'s scan that another shell had been loaded. He controlled the Mark III and shifted slightly to one side, letting the shell graze past his chest.
Stark also raised his right hand. A Micro-missile rose from his forearm and was launched.
With a soft ding, the missile embedded itself in the tank's hull, but nothing happened.
Tony turned around and prepared to leave.
With a loud boom, a violent explosion erupted. The sixty-ton tank turned into a massive fireball, and fragments of its hull flew in every direction.
As he continued toward the place where the weapons were stored, more than a dozen armed soldiers frantically opened fire at Tony.
Tony looked at the Jericho Missiles. The Mark III shot straight into the air, and halfway up, he used the Pulse Cannons in both