Dawn Frozen in Ice, Steel Showdown! Completely Dragged Back onto the Proper "Ghost" Storyline!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Early in the morning, Yu Xian and Tony were awakened from their sleep by loud knocking.

"Ah~"

Yu Xian rubbed his eyes and sat up from the sofa, looking irritated. "Who the hell is disturbing people's sleep this early?"

"JARVIS, check the door," Tony mumbled, still suffering from the aftereffects of alcohol.

"Sir, Sheriff Joe Ferguson is outside. It appears to be urgent."

Tony staggered to his feet, while Yu Xian lazily stretched. "What could be so urgent this early in the morning?"

The moment the door opened, Sheriff Joe Ferguson rushed in, drenched in sweat. "Mr. Stark! There are power outages across the country!"

"Obadiah Stane has taken control of Stark Industries. He's using Iron Man armors to attack power facilities! He's preparing to control the nation's energy supply!"

"What?" Tony sobered up instantly. "What did Obadiah do?"

"You didn't know?" Sheriff Joe Ferguson was stunned. "He's wearing a black armor called Iron Monger, and he wiped out an entire army!"

"Seventy percent of the country's power facilities are under his control!"

"That's impossible!" Tony could hardly believe it. "The Arc Reactor technology should only belong to me—where did he find the talent to build it?"

Before he could finish speaking, the roar of engines suddenly came from outside the window.

"Watch out!" Yu Xian lunged at Tony and shoved him to the ground.

Boom!

One side of the villa's wall collapsed in a massive explosion.

As the smoke cleared, ten Iron Man armors hovered outside the villa, the reactors on their chests blazing with harsh blue light.

"Tony Stark, Mr. Obadiah sends his regards!" the leading armor said in a mechanical voice.

The ten Iron Man armors hovered outside the villa, energy cannons in their palms charging up.

Yu Xian narrowed his eyes in annoyance. "Tsk, they really won't let anyone get a good night's sleep."

[Detected host is in a bad mood. Pleasure Points -50]

"Mr. Stark, hurry and leave! I'll cover you!" The sheriff struggled to his feet and aimed his gun at the armors.

"What a nuisance." Yu Xian's gaze turned cold. His right hand lightly brushed the seemingly ordinary hilt at his waist, and an icy aura spread from his body.

A wave of frost poured from the sheath. The blade instantly lengthened, a chain growing from its end and terminating in a crescent shape.

"Bankai—" Yu Xian's voice was calm and cold, as though it had come from the depths of thousand-year-old ice.

"Thousand-Year Ice Prison!"

The sky abruptly changed. In an instant, heavy snow drifted down, and the surrounding temperature plummeted below freezing.

The moisture above the ocean froze in an instant, forming countless ice crystals suspended in the air.

"Wh-what the hell is this?" the leader of the armored squad shouted.

Dozens of enormous ice pillars erupted from all directions, shooting into the heavens as though they would pierce the sky.

Before the Iron Man armors could react, the ice pillars pierced through and surrounded them.

Streams of frost spread at an astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, all ten Iron Man armors were frozen in midair, becoming a spectacular ice sculpture.

The entire process took less than three seconds.

"Done. Time to wrap up."

Yu Xian clapped his hands and turned to leave, as though he had merely done something trivial.

Joe Ferguson's eyes widened, his mouth hanging open. "Th-this, what kind of power is that?"

Tony had no time to be shocked. He rushed toward the workshop. "JARVIS, initiate the Mark 3 assembly procedure immediately!"

"I'm going to stop him."

"This is all my responsibility."

"I shut down the weapons division, but I never thought Obadiah would go this far and do something like this."

Tony, now fully equipped, looked at the injured sheriff before him, filled with guilt and self-reproach.

Yu Xian asked, "What are you planning to do?"

Tony replied, "Of course I'm going to stop him!"

Yu Xian took a bite from the apple in his hand, looking thoroughly relaxed. "Then good luck!"

The next second, the Mark 3's thrusters ignited, and Tony shot into the sky as a streak of red and gold light.

"Captain, you're not seriously planning to stand by and do nothing, are you?" Carter, who had luckily avoided the attack, stared intently at Yu Xian, trying to discern something from his abyss-like eyes.

Even this didn't surprise the captain?

What could possibly stir his emotions?

Yu Xian shrugged. "Of course not. I'm still counting on Tony to custom-build a suit of armor for me."

"Let's see what our Iron Man can accomplish first."

"I'll go on ahead. You and the sheriff follow afterward."

After a brief pause, Yu Xian saw the battered sheriff and gestured for Catalina to treat him. "Oh, right, Catalina. You need to practice your Crazy Diamond more. Heal the sheriff."

After this battle, Tony would be able to grow completely. Yu Xian would no longer have to protect him at every moment like a nanny.

Before Catalina could respond, a pair of enormous ice-crystal wings abruptly unfurled behind Yu Xian.

The icy wings beat once.

Boom!

Yu Xian had already vanished from the spot, leaving behind only a faint chill.

S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, the Triskelion.

Nick Fury was holding a video conference.

The participants were Hawkeye—Clint Barton, Black Widow—Natasha Romanoff, and Agent Coulson.

Hawkeye said, "How is headquarters planning to handle this Iron Monger incident? This has already entered the realm of superhuman threats! Ordinary people and the military can't solve it!"

Black Widow said, "Do we need to return and support headquarters?"

Nick Fury said, "No. Focus on your missions. I have my own arrangements for this matter!"

Coulson said, "Who did you arrange? This incident can't be handled carelessly. Can you tell us who it is?"

Nick Fury said, "Agent Yu Xian!"

Hawkeye said, "What? That guy? He spends every day either eating or playing around. Are you serious?"

Black Widow said, "Heh, the last time I went on a mission with that guy, he nearly pissed me off to death. You actually chose that thing?"

Coulson said, "Ah, that guy who slacks off all day?"

Hawkeye said, "Director, are you sure you want to hand something this serious over to him?"

Black Widow said, "It's not that I look down on him. I just don't think he has the strength to resolve this incident!"

Listening to everyone's objections,

Nick Fury gave a mysterious chuckle. "You all underestimate him!"

Above the Stark Industrial District.

Obadiah controlled Iron Monger as it hovered in midair, surrounded by the neatly arrayed Iron Legion.

Suddenly, an alarm sounded.

"High-speed flying object detected approaching."

The corners of Obadiah's lips rose. "He's finally here."

A red-and-gold figure tore through the sky, charging straight toward the Stark Industrial District.

Tony controlled the Mark 3 and activated the shoulder-mounted micro-missiles, firing them at the ten Iron Man armors ahead.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Explosions rang out one after another. The ten Iron Man armors broke apart in the blasts, their components scattering everywhere.

This was the first time the Iron Legion had sustained actual damage since the battle began.

"Obadiah!"

Tony hovered in the air and glared at the massive black armor in the distance. "This ends here!"

Obadiah's voice came through the speakers. "Tony!"

"You always arrive too late."

"I've already taken control of seventy percent of the nation's power grid."

"Before long, the entire world will submit to my energy hegemony."

Tony activated his repulsors, charging them. "I won't let that day come."

Obadiah Stane laughed. "Look around you, Tony."

"I have an army, while you have only yourself."

The moment Obadiah Stane finished speaking, hundreds upon thousands of Iron Man armors rose from the factory buildings and surrounded Iron Monger, forming a despair-inducing wall of metal.

Tony looked at the hellish scene below: wreckage strewn across the ground amid a sea of flames, countless corpses, a horrifying sight.

Rage blazed in his heart, nearly devouring him. "Obadiah, you madman! Why are you doing this?!"

"Why? For power! For money! For this world!" Obadiah Stane's voice became crazed and twisted. "Tony, you're too naive! What this world needs isn't peace, but order!"

"You're wrong, Obadiah. You aren't saving the world at all. You're destroying it!"

"Destroying it? No, I'm saving this world!"