The machine continued to exert its power, and just as the ice wall was torn in two, Tony maneuvered the Anti-Chen Mo Armor to crash into it.
Despite its massive size, the machine felt surprisingly cumbersome. The thrusters on its feet and back exploded instantly, propelling the hundreds-of-tons steel behemoth skimming across the ice as it hurtled toward Loki.
Loki's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately raised the Casket of Ancient Winters.
A burst of deep blue icy air erupted, freezing the space in front of them instantly, with dozens of layers of ice crystal barriers forming in a single second.
But the giant fist of steel has already arrived.
Boom! Crack!
The arm, wreathed in golden light, pierced through the first layer of ice wall, then the second, and the third.
Large swathes of solid ice suddenly exploded.
Tony braved the cold wave, activating his thrusters to forcefully close the distance, his right fist aimed straight at Loki's chest, several energy fields at his joints lighting up simultaneously.
Loki dodged to the side, and the scepter pierced towards the mech's head from below.
Tony raised his left arm to block the scepter, and his five mechanical fingers closed together, gripping the top of the scepter.
"Gotcha, Bambi the Deer!"
With a backhand slam, Loki was lifted off the ground before he could let go, crashing through a large patch of ice and slamming into a distant glacier.
With a loud bang.
The glacier, hundreds of meters high, broke in the middle, and a large amount of ice fragments collapsed downwards, instantly burying Loki deep inside.
Tony didn't stop; his favorite thing to do was to beat someone when they were down.
The shoulder armor unfolded to the sides, and twelve penetrating missiles, trailing plumes of flame, pierced into the collapsed glacier one after another.
Explosions rang out one after another.
Before the snow had even fallen, a deep blue beam of light shot out from the ruins, striking the armored chest directly.
The heavy armor quickly froze, turning into a block of ice, and even the golden light dimmed considerably.
The extreme cold spread along the gaps in the machine's body, causing the external thrusters to shut down one after another, and the entire mech was pushed backward dozens of meters.
"Warning! Outer layer temperature is below safe standard."
"Sir, 17 percent of our sensor modules have failed."
JARVIS's warning had barely faded when Tony had already locked onto Loki again.
"Shut down the malfunctioning modules and redirect all energy to the combat components."
"Sir, this will further reduce our environmental monitoring capabilities."
"I can see the horns on his head even without you marking them; those things are glowing!"
The armor surface gleamed with gold, and blinding flames erupted from beneath its feet as it crashed into the snowstorm once more.
Loki burst out of the glacial ruins, his face devoid of any composure. He held the Casket of Ancient Winters in his hands, and countless ice spikes rose from all directions.
The armored arms raised to protect the head, while ice spikes bombarded the machine relentlessly, their tips shattering one after another on the Vibranium armor, the ear-piercing impacts almost continuous.
Tony glanced at the data feedback and continued advancing despite the attacks.
"Thank goodness it's Vibranium. I even felt the machine shaking just now. This Bambi the Deer really something."
With a few steps, the machine charged towards Loki once again.
Loki whirled around, the Casket of Ancient Winters sweeping across the room, deep blue frost condensing into a hundred-meter-long ice blade in the air.
Tony ducked to avoid it.
The ice blade grazed the top of the mech's head, and the distant ice field silently cracked open, leaving a deep ravine that seemed to stretch endlessly.
The next second, Tony's right shoulder bumped into Loki's arms.
A tremendous amount of kinetic energy was released instantly.
A clear cracking sound came from Loki's chest as he was lifted high into the air. Before he could regain his balance, a mechanical hand had already grabbed his ankle.
"Get down."
The armored figure swung its arm, slamming Loki heavily back onto the ice.
The ice layer dipped downwards.
Tony stepped down, but Loki raised the treasure chest at the last moment. Hundreds of tons of ice formed a huge iceberg that rose from the ground, causing the Jaeger to lose its balance.
Loki flipped over to break free of his restraints, pointing his scepter at the mech's chest.
A series of bursts of dark blue energy erupted.
Tony raised his arms to protect his chest armor, charging forward despite the explosion. His mechanical arms swung in succession, each punch accompanied by a muffled sonic boom.
The first punch shattered the magic shield.
The second punch sent Loki's Scepter.
Before the third punch landed, the Casket of Ancient Winters was already in front of Loki's chest.
The fist collided head-on with the treasure box.
Golden energy and deep blue cold light exploded simultaneously, and the ice layer within several kilometers around them sank with a roar.
Loki's feet sank into the ground, and his face quickly turned red.
He is a god of Asgard.
He possesses noble blood, powerful magic, and control of divine artifacts treasured by the shrine.
But now, he's being completely overwhelmed by a Midgardian.
"Impossible..."
Loki gritted his teeth and frantically urged the treasure chest, "You're just a mortal hiding in an iron shell!"
"Let me correct that."
Tony continued to increase the output, the golden light on the mech's arm growing brighter and brighter. "This is Vibranium shell, and the design fee was so high it could buy several small countries."
The two forces were locked in a stalemate for a moment.
The chest of the Anti-Chen Mo Armor suddenly lit up.
Dozens of energy-concentrating devices lit up in succession, and the energy of the Arc Reactor converged wildly along the interior of the armor.
JARVIS warned, "Full-power launch will cause mains power overload."
"Then overload."
Tony stared at Loki, who was inches away. "Fire now!"
The blazing white energy cannon erupted with a deafening roar.
At the same time, Loki roared, unleashing the power of the Casket of Ancient Winters without reservation.
The white beam of light collided violently with the deep blue chill.
The world instantly lost its color.
As soon as the S.H.I.E.L.D.. fighter jet reached the edge of the polar region, a warning popped up on the instrument panel in front of the pilot.
"High-energy impact detected! Immediately increase aircraft altitude!"
Before the words were even finished, the Shockwave of ice and snow swept in.
The fighter jet flipped violently in the air, and ice quickly formed on its wings. It took a while to regain its balance before the rear hatch slowly opened.
As the two fully armed agents approached the edge of the hatch, their goggles were covered in frost.
They didn't even have time to react; their bodies froze on the spot.
Natasha reached out and pulled the two back into the cabin, her gloves now covered in a layer of frost.
"Damn it, the temperature here is beyond the equipment's tolerance."
"Captain! We can't continue descending."
Steve stood in front of the hatch, wearing the latest exoskeleton armor developed by S.H.I.E.L.D.., his right hand gripping the shield tightly.
Through the swirling snow, he could only vaguely see golden and blue lights constantly appearing in the distance.
Each time the light collided, the ice field would tremble.
"No, we have to go in."
After examining the exoskeleton, Natasha looked up at him. "But our equipment will only last three minutes at most."
That's enough.
Steve leaped out of the fighter jet.
Natasha followed closely behind, and the moment they landed, large cracks appeared in the ice beneath their feet.
Inside the cabin, Banner stood behind the cabin door.
If Steve and Natasha can't get close to the battlefield, then the only option left is to send someone else down.
On the ice field.
Steve charged forward dozens of meters against the wind and snow, but his pace slowed down more and more.
The howling wind carried countless tiny ice crystals, each carrying the impact force of a bullet. The exoskeleton continuously emitted damage warnings, and the internal temperature was rapidly dropping.
Natasha knelt behind her, struggling to maintain her balance.
"Captain, we really can't get any closer."
Steve did not answer.
He stared intently into the depths of the Stormfront, feeling for the first time how insignificant the shield in his hand truly was.
On past battlefields, he was always the one charging ahead.
Tanks, artillery fire, Hydra's energy weapons—none of them could stop him.
But now, he can't even get into other people's battlefields.
Another loud explosion came from ahead.
The gold and blue energies spiraled out of control, forming a circular Shockwave that violently spread outwards along the ice layer.
"Get down!"
Steve raised his shield and stood in front of Natasha.
The Shockwave struck the shield head-on.
He instantly lost feeling in both arms, and was lifted off the ground, carrying Natasha more than ten meters away.
The two fell into the snow and tumbled several times before coming to a stop.
Steve gritted his teeth and propped himself up, his shield still in front of him, though his exoskeleton had cracked in several places.
Natasha looked up.
At the eye of the Stormfront, a massive steel behemoth burst forth from the blue light, its mechanical fist slamming down from above.
Loki barely managed to lift the Casket of Ancient Winters.
The fist struck the treasure box, and the terrifying force slammed his arms into his chest.
boom!
Loki was plunged into the deep pit, mouthfuls of blood gushing from his mouth, his magnificent royal robes torn to shreds.
The Anti-Chen Mo Armor stood at the edge of the pit, its right fist glowing with golden light once more.
Loki looked up at Tony.
His eyes were bloodshot, and the arrogance on his face had vanished, leaving only a near-mad sense of humiliation.
An ordinary person.
How dare a mortal whom he had never taken seriously show such contempt for the God-King!
The giant mechanical fist crashed down.
Loki let out a hoarse roar, gripping the Casket of Ancient Winters tightly with both hands.
On the treasure box, ancient patterns lit up one after another, and a power that had been dormant for countless years was finally fully awakened.
The polar winds have stopped.
The falling snow froze in mid-air, a muffled roar came from beneath the sea, and the whole world seemed to freeze at that moment.
Inside Tony's visor, almost all the data simultaneously dropped to zero.
"Warning! System failure detected."
"The armor temperature is dropping rapidly!"
"Gentlemen!"
Tony didn't retreat; all the thrusters on the back of his armor deployed, and golden energy flowed wildly along every mechanical structure.
He raised his fist and charged at Loki again.
"Take this punch!"