Reckless Behavior

At that moment, Hong Fei buried almost half his face in the soil. Beneath the mask, his features twisted slightly, his legs stretched straight, and his body shivered gently as if struck by an electric shock, clear drool involuntarily leaking from the corner of his mouth.

The strength surging from nowhere once again enhanced Hong Fei's physical fitness. Yet this time it did not bring the usual comfort, instead releasing a sour, numb, and swelling ache from the inside out.

The sound of gunfire from the outskirts quickly reached the nearby city, the rising flames catching everyone's attention. Within a mere minute, the lights of countless buildings lit up one after another.

The police helicopter had already taken off, and Frank, having finished firing the three mortar rounds, had long since abandoned the mortar and dashed into the mountain forest.

Hong Fei slowly raised his head, gazing at the glowing blue Skill Card amidst the flames. With a slurp, he sucked back the drool at the corner of his mouth, and enduring his trembling body, he strode across a distance of several hundred meters before charging headfirst into the sea of fire without hesitation.

After stowing away the Skill Card, he rolled continuously on the spot to extinguish the flames.

When he rose again, the trembling of Hong Fei's body had decreased drastically, and an inexplicable strength began to rapidly surge and grow.

He took a stride, his velocity suddenly skyrocketing, and with a whoosh, he sped into the dense forest like a swift cheetah.

Seconds later, a starlike ray of light arrived first at the explosion site from behind. Inside the silver humanoid Iron Man suit, Tony frowned tightly.

Seeing the police helicopter about to arrive, the Iron Man suit took to the air once again and flew far off into the distance, its direction completely matching the one Hong Fei had taken.

Inside the jungle, the rustling of vegetation sounded endlessly. Hong Fei's black figure sprinted rapidly through, the dense bushes and dim light having not the slightest impact on his speed.

With a nearly doubled all-around enhancement, Hong Fei had gained an unprecedentedly powerful physique.

Killing a Kingpin naturally did not yield such a massive reward, but physical enhancement was evidently phased.

Previous improvements could be considered as making the progress bar creep forward bit by bit within a fixed stage, but this upgrade was equivalent to filling the final gap of the progress bar, causing his physical fitness to enter a second, completely different stage.

He stamped his foot hard against the ground, his body instantly leaping three meters high into the air.

Using both hands and feet, the dark figure immediately swung and shuttled through the tree branches, as nimble and fluid as an ape.

A rumbling sonic boom sounded from behind. Hong Fei glanced back and locked onto the silver Iron Man suit hundreds of meters away.

In the sky, Tony also spotted Hong Fei.

"Ha, ha-ha, ha-ha-ha, God, look what I found! I just came out to test the Iron Man suit for the very first time! Jarvis, mark today as my lucky day."

With that, he excitedly dove down at high speed.

Hong Fei jumped to the ground, watching unblinkingly as the Iron Man suit flew from the high sky right before his eyes.

The familiar black combat suit, the familiar pure white mask—this undoubtedly stirred up extremely bad memories in Tony's heart. He spread his arms, the repulsors locking onto Hong Fei before he spoke mockingly.

"Remember what I said before?"

Hong Fei tilted his head. "Did you even give me the chance to speak?"

Tony's face darkened, as if he indeed hadn't managed to utter a sound back then.

"I said, the next time I see you, I'll definitely make you taste the hardship I went through ten times over!"

"You want to shove a knife into my shoulder, too?"

With a whoosh, the repulsor fired, the intense light arriving in an instant.

Hong Fei sidestepped slightly, Tony's attack brushing past his shoulder.

"An attack like this seems a bit slow. Why not come down for some hand-to-hand combat?"

Tony remained motionless while Jarvis rapidly performed data analysis.

Hong Fei spoke again, "Don't be scared. I didn't bring a knife this time. Plus, your newly manufactured Iron Man suit looks seamless now—very nice, truly worthy of Tony Stark."

With two rapid shots from the repulsors, Hong Fei used the Shinigami Eye to quickly dodge away.

Tony followed closely behind, an iron fist rapidly assaulting Hong Fei's head.

This time Hong Fei did not use any leverage techniques to redirect a thousand pounds with four ounces, because techniques had limits, and the force the Iron Man suit could unleash clearly surpassed Hong Fei's current physical body.

He directly avoided the punch, and after retreating a step, his toe swiftly tapped the ground. Then, his entire body's Qi erupted forcefully, his right arm slamming directly into the chest of the Iron Man suit.

Clang!

The flight path of the Iron Man suit was abruptly altered by an external force, violently stumbling backward as it tumbled. Meanwhile, Hong Fei was also forced to retreat step after step from the recoil until his back slammed into a tree trunk with a thud.

Leaves fluttered down, and Hong Fei felt a deep, piercing pain shooting through the bones of his arm, along with a tingling sensation in his back.

At that moment, he couldn't help but think, What a reckless brute!

Fortunately, Tony's silver Iron Man suit should have just been assembled at this moment, belonging to the very first test version after the tin can, otherwise no matter what Hong Fei said today, he wouldn't have escaped.

Tony, having rolled out, quickly flew up once again. He no longer closed in on Hong Fei, and the data provided by Jarvis also shocked him greatly.

Nearly ten thousand pounds of impact force.

Moreover, the opponent still appeared to have made an instinctive move following an instantaneous reaction, rather than acting with prior preparation.

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

Tony hovered mid-air in full battle readiness, ready to ascend without hesitation the moment Hong Fei made any unusual movements. Aside from the palm repulsors, this Iron Man suit was not equipped with any other weapons; tonight he genuinely just wanted to come out to test the new Iron Man suit and incidentally experience the thrill of flight.

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

"Hmph, I am never afraid of anyone. I admit your strength exceeded my imagination, but what a pity—you can't fly." Saying this, Tony even deliberately bobbed up and down in the air. "I've already called the police, and SWAT will rush over soon, so my only task right now is to keep my eyes on you."

"Ah, truly wonderful. The famed Tony Stark still needs to call the cops to make an arrest even while wearing an Iron Man suit. What a law-abiding good citizen."

"Say whatever you want. Today I absolutely won't let you lea—"

Bang!

A sudden bullet instantly blasted a cluster of sparks on the faceplate of Tony's Iron Man suit.

At the same time, Hong Fei bent his legs slightly, exerting explosive force to leap upward, reaching a height of around three meters. He hooked his elbow around the Iron Man suit's neck, twisted his waist, veins bulging, and amidst an angry roar, Hong Fei actually dragged the Iron Man suit down headfirst into the ground by sheer force.

Right before hitting the earth, Hong Fei let go and rolled aside.

The top of the Iron Man suit's head slammed frontally into a protruding boulder on the surface.

Sparks flew and fragments scattered, leaving only a trail of scratches on the surface of the Iron Man suit—such hard material was truly extraordinary.

Only, though the Iron Man suit remained intact, the Tony inside was rattled into slight dizziness.

Hong Fei charged forward right behind, scooping up a boulder with both hands and executing a frenzied battering ram against the faceplate, the light on the chest of the Iron Man suit beginning to dim.

Sparks splattered, and the stone in Hong Fei's hands quickly shattered. A rumbling sound suddenly rang out; the Iron Man suit reactivated and shook off Hong Fei. Five meters up, it extended both hands: "Please put down your weapon and surrender, or bear the consequences."

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

Because the one speaking was Jarvis.

He tossed away the stone in his hand, patting the dust off his palms. "If I were you, I wouldn't stand my ground here. If we keep fighting, how much energy do you have left?"

"Enough to last until you are arrested."

"By then, Tony Stark will be exposed."

Jarvis fell slightly silent.

Hong Fei pressed the attack while the iron was hot. "Besides, you don't have time to go look for the person who just fired that shot, do you? If anything happens to me today, the person who fired won't go looking for Tony Stark—he'll target the people around Tony first. Do you think Tony can accept a result like that?"

After another bout of silence, the silver Iron Man suit suddenly turned, ascended, and flew away into the distance.