Ice Rescue, the Super-Condensed Version of Ice Flower Funeral!!!!

The next day.

On a hill several kilometers from the cave where Tony was trapped.

"They're almost done!"

Yu Xian lowered his binoculars and leaned against the Bull-brand car, looking completely relaxed.

Happy times were always so short.

This trip to the Middle East was about to come to an end.

"Captain, what do we do? Are we going in to rescue Tony directly?"

Catalina, unaware that Iron Man was about to be born, was lost due to insufficient intelligence.

"No need. Just stay here and enjoy the show."

This was not the right time for me to make a move.

The moment Tony emerged from the cave would be the moment for me to act.

Listening to the occasional sounds coming from the distant mountains, Yu Xian's lips curled into a faint smile.

"Has it started?"

[Detected that the host is delighted by the upcoming scene. Delight points +500]

Inside the cave, Tony and Yinsen gave it everything they had and finally completed the last welding job.

The Mark 1 steel armor was finally complete.

This bulky mechanical shell, brimming with power, was Tony's last hope.

"Can it move?"

After Tony entered the armor, Yinsen began running the tests.

Meanwhile, the Ten Rings discovered that Tony was no longer visible on the surveillance feed.

Enraged, Raza sent men to investigate.

"System startup..."

"Power supply normal..."

"Hydraulic system normal..."

"Weapons system..."

Tony's voice emerged from the heavy helmet of the steel armor.

Outside the iron door, Ten Rings members had arrived, shouting, "Yinsen! Yinsen! Stark! Stark!"

Through the iron door, the Ten Rings members saw Yinsen rushing about and immediately felt that something was wrong. They hurriedly opened the door.

Boom!!!

The moment the Ten Rings members stepped inside, they were blasted away by the bomb the two had set in advance. Thunderous explosions echoed throughout the cave as smoke filled the air.

At the same time, alarms suddenly blared. Raza discovered what was happening and flew into a rage, plunging the entire base into chaos.

Tony looked at the busy Yinsen, sweat beading on his forehead as he said hoarsely, "Go start the power program."

"OK!"

Drenched in sweat, Yinsen worked frantically. The program's progress bar began to rise, but it was moving slowly.

"No, no, we need more time!"

Watching the slowly rising progress bar, Yinsen suddenly seemed to understand something.

"Hey, I'll buy you some time!!!"

Without waiting for Tony's reply, he picked up a gun from the ground and rushed out.

Tony was left behind, roaring furiously, "Yinsen, Yinsen!!!"

Outside, on the hill.

"It's begun!"

Using the Whisper-Whisper Fruit's power, Yu Xian learned that Yinsen had set off. With a thought—

A rat in the distant cave received the signal, clutching a bean in its paws as it raced outside.

[Blue Item: Senzu Bean (1 Star)]

[At 1 star, it can preserve a dying person's life and place them in a state of suspended death. At full stars, it can instantly restore severe physical injuries. Ineffective on the dead, unlimited against disease, and ineffective on those with continent-level abilities or above.]

"Go, go, go!"

"Go, go, go!"

"Oh no, what is that thing???"

The Ten Rings members stared at the steel armor before them, terror rising in their hearts as they fired their guns at it.

Rat-tat-tat-tat!!!

Boom!!!!

Explosions, gunfire, the mechanical whirring of Mark 1, and the shouts of Ten Rings members intertwined.

Bzz—

Bzz—

Bzz—

At the bend leading up to the surface, a silver steel armor slowly emerged.

"Yinsen!!!"

Through the steel mask, Tony spotted Yinsen lying on the ground after being shot.

Boom!

With a casual blast, he sent the Ten Rings members opposite him flying.

Tony came to Yinsen's side. "Yinsen, come on. We need to go."

"Move! We agreed on this. Stick to the plan!!!"

Tears welled in Tony's eyes.

"My plan was always this, Stark!"

"No, no, you still have to see your family!"

"Stark, listen to me! My family is dead."

Yinsen spoke weakly.

"I'm going to see them, Stark!"

"It's okay. I hope so!"

Yinsen looked at Tony's devastated expression and slowly spoke his final words.

"Don't waste your life."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yinsen's head tilted to one side, and his eyes went blank.

Huff... huff... huff!

Tony looked at the dead Yinsen, overwhelmed with grief as he gasped for breath.

He turned toward the light at the exit leading to the surface, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"Quick, quick, quick! Keep up, keep up!"

The Ten Rings members on the surface surrounded the cave entrance, only to see a steel armor emerge from within.

Tony roared as he came out and stood up, activating Mark 1's flamethrowers.

He intended to use every last bit of energy to perish alongside the entire Ten Rings.

Just then, snow began to fall slowly from the sky.

A black-clad figure descended from above and landed between Tony and the Ten Rings fighters.

The black-clad figure gripped the sword at his waist with his right hand.

"Bankai, Daiguren Hyorinmaru!"

The black-clad figure spoke softly, yet his voice reached everyone present with perfect clarity.

Bzz~

In an instant, an enormous wave of cold erupted violently from the black-clad figure, and the snow falling from the sky grew ever more intense.

Catalina, hundreds of meters away, felt a bone-piercing chill assault her in an instant. She could not help wrapping her arms around herself in search of warmth.

To her horror, tiny crystals of frost had formed on her eyelashes.

The Ten Rings members at the center of the cold, meanwhile, experienced a taste of fire and ice.

One second, the air had been scorching hot. The next, it was like falling into an ice cellar.

The violent contrast in sensation left their minds blank.

Tony heard the person standing with his back to him speak.

"Mr. Tony Stark?"

"I am Level 7 Agent Yu Xian of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division!"

"By order of our director, I have come to rescue you."

The black-clad figure did not stop moving.

Behind him, a pair of enormous crystalline dragon wings slowly spread open, like an angel descending into the mortal world. The sword guard transformed into a twelve-petaled lotus, the chain at the end of the hilt became an icy crystal chain, and a crescent-shaped ice crystal hung from its tip.

Tony's eyes widened as he watched this supernatural scene unfold before him. He felt certain he was hallucinating.

The black-clad figure paid no attention to everyone's shock.

He raised the long blade in his hand and pointed it at the sky.

"Ice Flower Funeral!"

The moment the black-clad figure finished speaking.

The Ten Rings members discovered in horror that ice sculptures of all shapes and forms were rising around them.

Snowflakes fell onto the ground, and the ground instantly froze; they fell onto the walls, and the walls instantly froze; they fell onto people, and people instantly became ice sculptures.

The Ten Rings members tried to flee, only to find that their feet had already frozen to the ground, leaving them unable to move.

"No... don't..."

"Help, help... save me..."

"What is this... everyone, find cover..."

The Ten Rings members cried out in despair. Some even tried to evade the inexplicable attack.

But it was meaningless.

From the moment Yu Xian arrived, their fates had already been decided.

In just a few seconds.

Not a single person in the entire Ten Rings base was spared. All of them were frozen into lifelike ice sculptures, forever preserving the terrified expressions on their faces.

"Done. Time to wrap up!"

[Detected that the host is delighted after shocking Iron Man. Delight points +5000]