Battle

Rogers understood what Natasha meant as well. Seeing the aircraft flash past at low altitude, he took two steps back and slightly lowered his body.

"You really want to do this?"

"Yeah. It'll definitely be exciting, right?"

Using a boost from Rogers's shield, Natasha flew six meters into the air.

She stretched out both hands and grabbed the underside of a Chitauri aircraft.

The aircraft's incredible speed dragged Natasha along behind it, causing her intense pain, but she still refused to let go.

Rogers continued fighting on the ground, entangled with the Chitauri Soldiers slowly closing in from all around.

Natasha struggled to climb onto the aircraft's tail.

On the small platform, the Chitauri Soldier assigned to attack was still concentrating on firing.

Natasha drew her single-finger dagger and cut through the airship's safety chain, then kicked it away.

She then stabbed through the pilot's shoulder and back, forcibly taking control of the aircraft and turning it around.

Natasha struggled desperately to control one airship, but the one behind her had already begun firing at her.

Tony charged out from the side, dealt with the remaining airships, and landed on the ground. He joined forces with Captain Rogers and continued killing the Chitauri Soldiers closing in.

Hawkeye Barton kept firing from above, taking in the entire battle.

His arrows never missed. Every shot could destroy a Chitauri airship.

Hulk and Thor stood atop a Leviathan Beast, slaughtering the Chitauri Soldiers at will and tearing apart the armor on the beast's body.

With Hulk's help, Thor swung a heavy hammer wrapped in lightning and hammered the enormous armor plate on the beast's back inward.

The strike paralyzed the beast and sent it crashing into an indoor television studio, where it stopped moving.

Rogers quickly ran into the streets and had just rescued many civilians who had been trapped inside a church invaded by Chitauri Soldiers.

Behind Natasha, Loki was piloting an airship and firing at her without holding back.

"Hey, birdboy!"

"What are you doing?"

Standing atop a high-rise building, Barton spoke while watching Natasha a kilometer away.

"Could you give me a hand?"

Natasha spoke anxiously. If she took a direct hit, she would definitely die horribly.

Barton pressed his finger lightly, replacing the arrow in his quiver with one designed to explode after a delay.

He drew the arrow and pulled back the bowstring. Watching the two rapidly moving figures, he gave a faint smile.

"I've got him."

He fired an arrow straight at Loki's head.

Loki caught the arrow with one hand and turned sideways, mocking Barton in the distance.

Beep.

The arrow in his hand immediately exploded violently.

The entire airship was blown to pieces, and Loki was thrown from it, landing directly on Stark Tower.

Natasha leaped from the speeding airship. Her extensive experience jumping from vehicles allowed her to land successfully on Stark Tower.

However, the tremendous acceleration meant she could only roll several times across the gravel-covered ground to cushion the impact.

Loki stood up somewhat disheveled, his hair hanging loose, while even his Horned Helmet had been knocked aside.

Hulk leaped up with a roar and slammed a powerful fist into Loki, who had just gotten to his feet.

Loki smashed through the glass, flew indoors, and crashed heavily into a wall.

His powerful physical fitness allowed Loki to angrily climb back to his feet.

Hulk slammed both fists into the ground and charged at Loki.

"Enough! You lowly, despicable mortals! I'm a god, I'm telling you! I won't be defeated by ants... ah!"

Hulk grabbed Loki by the lower leg and began smashing him violently against the ground.

It was like a mischievous child grabbing a giant Barbie doll.

Human-shaped craters were smashed into the floor one after another. Loki was tossed into the air without any ability to resist, then sent back down to share an intimate greeting with the ground.

After seven or eight blows, Hulk smashed Loki down one more time before releasing him.

Loki's face was covered in wounds. He stared at the ceiling in disbelief, his heaving chest proving that he was still alive.

Hulk, however, said disdainfully, "What a weak god."

Loki lay motionless in a crater perfectly matching his body, letting out a whimpering inhalation like a kitten.

Fury connected to a video conference with the council members in the Command Center.

"Commander Fury, your carrier is closest to the battlefield. Order the fighter jets to carry nuclear weapons and attack Manhattan."

Fury looked at the council members before him and fell silent. But after remembering the promise Leo had made to him and everything Leo had told him, he could not help nodding.

"I agree."

The four council members froze. For a moment, they could not even say the words that had been on the verge of escaping their mouths. Fury's answer was something they had never expected.

"Sir, that's Manhattan Island. If we launch a nuclear missile, then everyone there..."

Commander Hill grew anxious.

"Commander Fury, execute this order immediately," the council members said.

Fury calmly glanced at Hill and ended the call.

Natasha arrived beside the Tesseract Device.

The shining Tesseract Device was still continuously supplying energy to the Portal.

Natasha pondered how to deal with it.

"The scepter. Loki's scepter. That energy... the Tesseract can't oppose it, because it can't oppose itself."

Dr. Erik sat up nearby, his face covered in wounds and his body injured, and spoke.

Natasha looked at the somewhat despairing doctor and thought of Barton, who had been controlled as well. "This isn't your fault. He controlled you."

The doctor looked at Natasha, his expression somewhat dispirited. "The scepter can close the Portal. It's right in front of us."

Natasha turned to look. Only a small part of the Mind Scepter was exposed above the ground; the rest was buried deep beneath it.

Leo casually pulled, and more than twenty Chitauri Soldiers were crushed together and pierced by dozens of Metal Darts.

He thrust out his right hand, and an entire squad of Chitauri airships in the sky crashed into one another, becoming a massive fireball.

At the same time, he kept scanning the surroundings. Huh? Where's the other big guy?

There was still one last Leviathan rampaging through the city.

Tony followed alongside the Leviathan Beast, using his Second-Generation Laser Cutter and Triple Laser Beam to cut into the beast's armor.

"Sir, the energy will run out before it penetrates the shell."

Tony glanced at the Arc Reactor, whose energy was nearly depleted, and put away the emitter.

He accelerated forward and moved to block the Leviathan's path.

"J.A.R.V.I.S., do you know the story of Jonah?"

"I wouldn't take him as a role model."

Tony's expression turned solemn as he watched the Leviathan Beast charge straight toward him. The Helix Missiles mounted on the front of the outer armor over his thighs opened their launch-bay covers, with four missiles extending side by side on each side and ejecting into position, waiting for the command.

The Leviathan opened its enormous mouth.

Tony let out a loud roar and plunged into the beast's gaping maw.

The Mini Missiles originally used for covering ground targets with bombardment exploded violently inside the Leviathan's body.

The continuously exploding Mini Missiles tore open the Leviathan's chest and abdomen from within.

Mark VII also suffered collateral damage at such close range and was blasted out by the explosion, crashing toward the ground.

At the instant it was about to hit the ground and be injured, Mark VII, which had lost its power, miraculously skimmed up from the ground and shot into the air.

Leo arrived above Tony.

With one hand, he pulled Tony up, while with the other, he crushed the heads of the dozens of Chitauri Soldiers swarming around them.

"Are you all right, Mr. Stark?"