Tony was not too worried about Chen Mo's safety. Even setting aside Chen Mo's terrifying strength, enough to defeat Thor, his teleportation ability alone was sufficient to ensure his safety!
Not long ago, Tony had personally experienced the wonder of Chen Mo's teleportation. Chen Mo had freely taken him in and out of Air Force One; escaping the sea of flames would have been the simplest thing imaginable.
Tony Stark quickly understood. Chen Mo had likely deliberately chosen not to dodge and had willingly stood there to take the attack because he had some other purpose.
Tony Stark immediately stopped as Chen Mo had asked, no longer interfering in his battle with Killian. Instead, he turned back around and continued what he had been doing.
Raising his hand, he fired a blazing white Arc Pulse Cannon beam from Mark XLII's palm. It pierced straight through the back of a bald, muscular man fleeing desperately in the distance. His brawny body, which had been sprinting at full speed, toppled to the ground, lifeless.
This Extremis soldier, who had luckily escaped death at the crucial moment earlier, ultimately could not escape the fate of having his heart pierced by an Arc Pulse Cannon!
However, after taking out that Extremis soldier, Tony Stark immediately discovered that there were no more Extremis soldiers left on the oil tanker's deck!
The man he had just killed had been the slowest runner and had chosen the direction farthest from the ship's rail, making him the last one still aboard. The others had either jumped into the sea or fled down to the dock beneath the ship!
Tony Stark immediately engaged his thrusters and flew toward the dock. As he cleared the rail, the entire dock came into view, and he spotted dozens of figures below fleeing