The fierce warm-up between Lennox's side and Barney's side ended quickly!
Both sides showed great sportsmanship. After taking down a dozen or so Gluttony Demons, they tacitly called it quits and started cleaning up the battlefield while watching Stark and Ivan's fight...
Stark, who was on the defensive, had actually been holding back. At the very least, he hadn't used his newly acquired Flying Sword, and he'd abandoned the Pulse Cannon and missiles altogether.
The tycoon had been fixated on beating Ivan in a hand-to-hand fight, but he kept getting taught a lesson.
When it came to controlling Mech Armor, Stark was unquestionably the best on Earth, thanks to JARVIS's assistance.
Stark outclassed Ivan by a wide margin in speed, agility, and just about every other area. Especially since Shang-Chi, that behind-the-scenes instigator, had upgraded the combat system he'd put together for Stark to its fifth generation.
If Stark changed clothes, he'd make a fine hero from a Chinese kung fu movie, the kind who could take on ten men at once.
But when Alvin watched Stark's movements, he knew the country bumpkin had been fooled by Shang-Chi again. The moves did look incredibly cool, but why would you kick your legs so high in a ground fight?
Those Peninsula masters had trained their kicks since childhood. A scientist who'd taken up martial arts halfway through life had no business using moves like that. It was practically asking for trouble with his thighs.
Alvin thought he heard Stark grunt and curse under his breath. Then the Iron Man Armor switched styles in an instant, and a proper set of Wing Chun moves left Ivan reeling...
Unfortunately, the same rule still applied: in a hand-to-hand fight between Mech Armors, power determined the winner...
Ivan's Mech Armor looked like it was pieced