"Isn't it a little late to start flattering me now?"
Andrew gave him a contemptuous look, then reminded him, "Tony, don't get careless. The battle's only just begun."
"The battle's only just begun?"
Tony was stunned. They've all been sliced in half, and you're telling me this is only the beginning? Are you sure you saw that right?
Just then, thick red mist poured from the wounds of the eight steel monsters that had been cut in half. The mist turned into red threads that connected to one another, then tightened, fusing the monsters' severed bodies back together.
The cheers of the soldiers and spectators abruptly stopped. They can do that? That's just unfair! Steel monsters that huge can actually heal themselves?
Although they had survived, the blood-red beams fired by the seven smaller steel monsters had vanished. Being sliced in half had inevitably affected them, removing the threat to the Defensive Shield. However, the Large Steel Monster's blood-red mouth remained.
"Tony Stark, you certainly gave me a surprise. But sorry, my steel monsters are living creatures with a healing ability."
Chthon's smug voice rang out through the speakers. "Cut them into pieces if you can. Even they won't be able to come back from that."
Tony snorted, entered the communications channel, and shouted, "Chthon, don't get so cocky. They're just eight steel monsters! I'm Iron Man. What could possibly stump me?"
Chthon pretended to give it some thought, then asked, "Uh... not getting kidnapped?"
The citizens of the Empire had no idea what he meant, but the viewers on Earth couldn't help laughing. They had all played the "Superheroes" virtual game in the Game Space and knew Iron Man's nickname, the Kidnapping Hero. This villainous Demon King really knew how to twist the knife.
Tony's face darkened like thunder.