These Winter Soldiers had clearly been lying in ambush for some time, and they were superbly equipped, with automated machine guns and rockets positioned everywhere.
Caught off guard, the Avengers fell back again and again. In the enclosed space, they could barely withstand such concentrated firepower, let alone fight five Winter Soldiers at close quarters at the same time.
These Winter Soldiers not only possessed enhanced physiques, but their tactical coordination was brutally effective. They used the terrain to keep Tony and the others pinned down.
This was unmistakably a death trap.
Whoever was behind it had accounted for everything, intending to use the terrain and heavy firepower to wipe out the Avengers here in one fell swoop.
Under normal circumstances, if this continued, even if they weren't all killed, they would still lose plenty of people.
"Vision!"
Tony roared.
Vision, who had been standing idle on the sidelines, finally moved.
He floated silently in midair. None of the bullets striking him could penetrate his defenses; they couldn't even scratch his paint.
The Mind Stone lit up, and a laser swept across the entire hall.
Every automated machine gun was destroyed, and two Winter Soldiers were neatly sliced apart as well.
Then Vision turned intangible and passed straight through the remaining Winter Soldiers' chests. The instant he became solid again, he reached back and squeezed, snapping their necks.
Just ten seconds.
All five Winter Soldiers had become corpses.
The hall fell silent.
Hermione raised an eyebrow in midair.
It seemed the mastermind's intelligence was still out of date. They had no idea Tony had created Vision using Ultron's legacy and the Mind Stone, much less how absurdly powerful Vision was.
As Hermione looked down at the stunned Avengers, a sudden spark of inspiration flashed through her mind.
Since Zemo had