" Colonel Rhodes, what happened to you this afternoon? Ah..."
Before the president could finish his sentence, Rhodey shoved him into the wormhole.
Pepper Potts was very bothered by the fact that she had become Extremis Soldier, and worried that she would lose control of her body temperature and hurt Tony. Tony quietly comforted her from the side.
Natasha suddenly stepped forward and hugged Qin Xiao tightly.
"Qin, although I know I shouldn't thank that bastard Killian, what I want to say is that my organs, those organs that were removed in the Red Room, have all come back. It feels strange, but I... I don't know, I should be a complete woman now, right?"
Natasha leaned on Qin Xiao's shoulder, two tears slowly streaming down her cheeks and onto Qin Xiao's shoulder.
"Qin, I understand Natasha's situation. The Extremis Virus is essentially a genetic mutation; it doesn't have a perfect, stable form. I will cure them both. Then, Natasha will be no different from a normal woman!"
Tony pulled Pepper Potts over and said calmly.
"Alright! Alright! This is a good thing, isn't it? Stop crying. Anyway, there's no danger here anymore. After I deal with that bastard Killian, we'll go back together!"
Qin Xiao gently pushed Natasha away and said.
"Qin! Leave Killian to me. I've thought it over. This whole mess was caused by me, and I should be the one to resolve it completely. Besides, I need a victory to give myself a little more security!"
"Good!"
Qin Xiao waved his hand to close the wormhole, and the two of them, along with their respective women, flew directly onto the cruise ship.
Thor used lightning to eliminate the last enemy, and everyone landed on the deck. Around the large ship, a ring of Iron Man Armor floated in mid-air.
"Sir, we've detected another hyperthermal source below the cabin. It's likely the only human on this cruise ship besides you. Should I eliminate it immediately?"
JARVIS's voice came through.
"No need. Just send someone down to tell him. I'll wait for him on the deck, just the two of us, one-on-one. He'll definitely come up."
Sure enough, for Killian at this point, nothing is more tempting than defeating Tony Stark.
Besides, knowing he couldn't escape, he'd definitely seize any chance to turn the tables now that he had a sliver of opportunity.
The Killian who came up this time no longer had the same high spirits and composure he had before, as if everything was under his control.
His suit jacket was nowhere to be seen, his neatly combed hair was now a mess, and even his T-shirt was covered in all sorts of grime.
Looking at Killian's disheveled face, Qin Xiao suddenly remembered a line from a movie he had once seen.
"I still prefer your initial rebellious self, Killian!"
"Did you know that big oaf over there over there with the hammer who killed a lot of his men? His brother is Loki, the Asgard God of Mischief and the mastermind behind the Wakanda war. He's also a naive guy who talks about conquering the world all the time."
"Do you know the difference between you and him? He's just a kid who hasn't experienced society, full of naive fantasies, while you? You're just a fool who doesn't know the immensity of the world."
Qin Xiao looked at Killian with disdain, almost spitting on the ground to express his contempt.
It's not that Qin Xiao enjoys endless verbal sparring; he genuinely dislikes people like Killian.
This has nothing to do with whether he's a villain or not. Just like Nick Fury before, he's always talking about world security. You don't represent the whole world.
Don't impose your own values on others. Killian is no exception. Whether you're seeking revenge, are mentally unhealthy and want to destroy the world, or are ambitious and want to conquer the world, it doesn't matter.
Just do what you're supposed to do. Why create so much trouble and have to preach your values and all that? Qin Xiao was fed up with this.
Having been here for so long, Qin Xiao has spent all his time with the so-called heroes of the Avengers, and he has indeed developed a greater sense of responsibility and commitment than before.
But in essence, he is still a nerdy guy from the bottom of society, a loser, or no different from ordinary people in the city.
Killian was enraged by Qin Xiao's words. His body temperature began to spiral out of control, and flames started to erupt from his T-shirt, which then burst into flames.
"Put away your anger; your flames pose no threat to me whatsoever. Your opponent today is him!"
Qin Xiao took a step to the side, revealing Tony behind him.
"I know I was a pretty jerk more than ten years ago, and I'm still a jerk sometimes now, but no matter what, that's no excuse for you to have become like this. I'm giving you a chance, Killian. Give up the resistance, I'll remove the virus from your body, and you can face the judgment of the law!"
Tony's expression was complicated. To some extent, after learning the whole story, he felt a pang of guilt about what had happened.
But in Killian's eyes, that look of his was interpreted as mockery and contempt.
Therefore, Tony's gaze was more damaging than Qin Xiao's words just now.
"Stop with your hypocritical pity, Stark. What I want to do most right now is burn that fake face of yours to a crisp."
As soon as he finished speaking, Killian rushed towards Tony, deftly dodging a palm strike from Tony.
Almost as soon as he reached Tony, Killian only exchanged a glance with Tony before turning around and wrapping his right arm around the waist of Tony's armor, then sliding under Tony's armpit and behind him.
This set of movements was incredibly fluid and smooth, not only fast but also remarkably graceful.
He must have rehearsed it in his mind many times.
Killian wrapped his arms around Tony from behind, his hands resting on the reactor in front of Tony's chest.
Both arms turned completely orange-red, and the body temperature had been pushed to its maximum.
"Actually, I have a secret. The stabilizer I use is different from others, allowing me to withstand higher temperatures, close to 4000 degrees Celsius."
" Gold-Titanium Alloy? Let's see how long you can last?"
Killian's hands shone brightly as his ten fingers gripped tightly around the reactor, aiming to destroy the armor's energy system as soon as it melted.
"I should have told you sooner that this armor I'm wearing is made of Vibranium. To melt it, you'd need a temperature of at least 6,000 degrees Celsius, not to mention I added two layers of heat-insulating paint."
As Tony's extremely calm voice rang out, two Vibranium daggers, each over ten centimeters long and only a few millimeters thick, popped out from the arm of the armor.
They severed Killian's two arms with ease.