Reckless Behavior

This instant, Hong Fei buried half his face in the soil. Beneath the mask, his features contorted, legs stretched out straight, his body trembling slightly as if struck by electricity, clear saliva involuntarily dripping from the corner of his mouth.

The power surging from nowhere was once again enhancing Hong Fei's physical attributes. However, this time it wasn't as comfortable as usual; instead, it released a feeling of soreness, numbness, swelling, and pain from the inside out.

The distant artillery fire from the suburbs soon reached the city not far away. The rising flames were eye-catching, and within just one minute, the lights in countless buildings flickered on.

Police helicopters had already taken off. Frank, having fired three rounds, had long since abandoned his mortar and turned to charge into the forest.

Hong Fei slowly raised his head, gazing at the skill card glowing blue amidst the flames. He slurped back the saliva from the corner of his mouth with a slurp, suppressed his trembling body, and quickly crossed hundreds of meters before plunging headfirst into the inferno without hesitation.

After collecting the skill card, he rolled on the ground repeatedly to extinguish the flames.

When he stood up again, the trembling of Hong Fei's body had significantly reduced, and a mysterious power began to surge and grow rapidly.

He took a step, and his speed suddenly surged. Whoosh, he darted into the dense forest like a swift leopard.

Seconds later, a streak of light, like a comet, arrived above the explosion site. Inside the silver humanoid armor, Tony frowned tightly.

Seeing that the police helicopter was about to arrive, the armor took to the air again and flew far away. His direction was exactly the same as Hong Fei's.

Within the jungle, rustling sounds were incessant. Hong Fei's dark figure moved swiftly, the dense undergrowth and dim light having no effect on his speed.

With an almost double, all-around enhancement, Hong Fei had gained an unprecedentedly powerful body.

Killing a Kingpin naturally didn't yield such a massive reward, but the physical enhancement was clearly staged.

Previous enhancements could be seen as inching the progress bar forward within a fixed stage, but this time, the enhancement was equivalent to filling the last gap in the progress bar, allowing his physical fitness to enter a completely different second stage.

He stomped his foot, and his body instantly leaped three meters into the air.

Using both hands and feet, the dark figure swung and weaved through the branches, as agile and free as a monkey.

A rumbling sound of breaking air sounded behind him. Hong Fei looked back and locked onto the silver armor hundreds of meters away.

In the sky, Tony also spotted Hong Fei.

"Ha, ha, ha, hahahaha, my god, look what I found! I'm just testing out the armor for the first time! Jarvis, mark today as my lucky day."

With that, he swooped down excitedly.

Hong Fei landed on the ground, staring intently as the armor flew from high above to his front.

The familiar black combat suit, the familiar pure white mask—this undoubtedly evoked extremely unpleasant memories for Tony. He spread his hands, the arc-pulse cannon locking onto Hong Fei, and then spoke mockingly.

"Remember what I said before?"

Hong Fei tilted his head. "Did you have a chance to speak?"

Tony's face darkened. It seemed he hadn't been able to utter a word at the time.

"I said, the next time I see you, I'll make you experience ten times the suffering I went through!"

"You want to stab a knife into my shoulder too?"

Whoosh, the pulse cannon fired, and a bright light instantly arrived.

Hong Fei slightly shifted his body, and Tony's attack grazed past him.

"This kind of attack seems a bit slow. How about we fight hand-to-hand?"

Tony remained still, Jarvis rapidly analyzing the data.

Hong Fei added, "Don't be afraid, I didn't bring a knife this time. And your newly manufactured armor doesn't seem to have any gaps. Very good, worthy of Tony Stark."

With two shooing sounds of attacks, Hong Fei, using his Shinigami Eye, dodged rapidly.

Tony followed closely, his steel fist striking rapidly towards Hong Fei's head.

This time, Hong Fei didn't use any techniques like "using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds" because techniques have limits. The power the armor could unleash was clearly beyond Hong Fei's current physical body.

He directly dodged the fist, retreated, and then quickly tapped the ground with his toes. His entire body's strength erupted, and his right arm directly slammed into the armor's chest.

Clang!

The armor's flight path was abruptly altered by the external force, and it tumbled backward violently. Hong Fei, under the recoil, retreated repeatedly until his back hit a large tree with a thud.

Leaves fluttered down. Hong Fei felt a sharp pain in his arm that went deep into the bone, and a tingling sensation in his back.

At this moment, he had to say to himself: What a reckless fool!

Fortunately, Tony's silver armor should have just been assembled, being the first test version after the Iron Can. Otherwise, Hong Fei would have had no chance of escaping today.

Tony, who had been sent flying, quickly got back into the air. He no longer approached Hong Fei, and the data provided by Jarvis also shocked him.

A collision force of nearly ten thousand pounds.

And the other party seemed to have reacted instantly with an instinctive movement, rather than being prepared beforehand.

This was clearly data that surpassed the limits of an ordinary person.

Tony hovered in mid-air, on high alert. If Hong Fei made any move, he would not hesitate to ascend. Apart from the arc-pulse cannons in his hands, this armor was not equipped with any other weapons. He had genuinely just wanted to test his new armor tonight and experience the thrill of flying.

Hong Fei shook his arm and spoke again, "Are you scared again?"

"Tch, I've never feared anyone. I admit your strength is beyond my imagination, but unfortunately, you can't fly." As he spoke, Tony deliberately moved up and down in the air. "I've already called the police, and SWAT will be here soon, so my only task now is to keep an eye on you at all times."

"Mmm, that's great. The renowned Tony Stark still needs to call the police to catch someone even while wearing an Iron Man suit. What a law-abiding citizen."

"Say whatever you want. Today, I absolutely won't let you leave again..."

Bang!

A sudden bullet instantly sent a burst of sparks flying from Tony's combat suit's faceplate.

At the same time, Hong Fei bent his knees, exerted force, and leaped up to a height of about three meters. He wrapped his elbow around the combat suit's neck, twisted his body, veins bulging, and with a roar, Hong Fei actually dragged the combat suit down headfirst, crashing into the ground.

Just before hitting the ground, Hong Fei let go and rolled to the side.

The front of the combat suit's head slammed into a large rock protruding from the ground.

Sparks flew, debris scattered, and the combat suit's surface was only left with scratches. The material was truly extraordinary in its hardness.

Although the combat suit was undamaged, Tony inside was somewhat dazed by the impact.

Hong Fei immediately charged forward, scooped up a large rock with both hands, and smashed it repeatedly at the faceplate. The light on the combat suit's chest began to dim.

Sparks flew, and the rock in Hong Fei's hands quickly shattered. A rumbling sound suddenly erupted, the combat suit reactivated and broke free from Hong Fei. Five meters above, it extended its hands: "Please lay down your weapons and surrender, or face the consequences."

Hearing this voice, Hong Fei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Because it was Jarvis speaking.

He threw away the rock in his hand, patted the dust off his palms, and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't be stubbornly resisting here. If we keep fighting, how much energy do you have left?"

"Enough to last until you are apprehended."

"Then Tony Stark will be exposed."

Jarvis was silent for a moment.

Hong Fei struck while the iron was hot: "Besides, you don't have time to find the person who just shot, do you? If something happened to me today, the person who shot wouldn't go after Tony Stark; they would first target the people around Tony. Do you think Tony could accept that outcome?"

After another period of silence, the silver combat suit suddenly turned and ascended, flying away.