The aftershocks of the nuclear blast had yet to fade when another shadow swallowed Wakanda's sky.
Ultron's robot army surged back from the direction of the Atlantic Ocean. This time, its numbers were more than ten times greater than during the assault on the shield.
Their metal bodies formed a vast iron curtain stretching from one end of the horizon to the other, cutting the sky into countless gray-white fragments.
Clearly, Ultron was throwing everything he had into this attack!
Dense volleys of laser fire poured down from above like a blazing metal storm.
Wakanda's defense towers had lost the protection of the main shield. The remaining secondary energy barriers shattered into golden dust under the first volley. The second and third volleys then slammed straight into the heart of the city.
A thick laser beam split the spire of the palace's east wing down the middle. It toppled into the square below, spraying golden fragments and dust.
The once-exquisite sculptures made partly of Vibranium melted in the heat, turning into pools of dark-gold liquid metal that flowed slowly down the steps.
Wakanda's warriors fought back with everything they had.
Their Vibranium spears remained unmatched in close combat. Every strike could slice through an Ultron robot's metal shell.
But there were simply too many robots. Destroy one, and ten more took its place. Destroy ten, and a hundred more surged out from behind the clouds.
The commander of the Dora severed the energy core of a seventh robot with her spear, but an eighth had already breached her guard. A metal arm fitted with a high-speed cutting blade tore a charred gash across her shoulder.
She grunted and stepped back. Her Vibranium spear swept around and cut the robot in half, but the ninth, tenth, and eleventh charged her at