The Winter Soldier's expression flickered slightly. Almost instinctively, he shifted his body, bending his metal left arm to block in front of him.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Several bullets instantly struck his metal arm.
Immediately after, the Winter Soldier moved swiftly, agile as a leopard, dodging rapidly and taking cover.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Seeing someone suddenly appear, the other armed individuals opened fire on that person, and countless bullets once again engulfed Black Widow.
However, the Black Panther nanotech suit was no joke; the formidable vibranium was more than enough to defend against ordinary bullets, and those bullets had no effect on Black Widow whatsoever.
Using the Black Panther suit for cover, Black Widow fought with broad, sweeping movements, like a god of war, taking down several armed individuals.
Bang!
But the enemy's firepower was still too advanced. Black Widow, in the thick of the battle, was hit by a grenade and was sent flying like a cannonball.
She crashed heavily into the wreckage of the fighter jet.
Although the Black Panther suit had the ability to absorb kinetic energy, and indeed most of the grenade's explosive power was absorbed by the suit,
it was still a grenade. Black Widow was still thrown around, dazed and disoriented, almost throwing up inside the suit. Her head was spinning, and she couldn't get up for a moment.
Iron Man had already suffered a loss from a grenade launcher once. Seeing someone use it again, he couldn't stand it. He immediately located the person using the grenade launcher and flew straight towards them.
The person, however, didn't panic. They swung the grenade launcher and pulled the trigger on Iron Man again.
This time, Iron Man dodged, then landed in front of the person and knocked them to the ground with a punch.
While Iron Man was dealing with the "grenade launcher," the Winter Soldier had already reached Black Widow, who was sprawled on the ground.
"Romanoff!"
Iron Man cried out in alarm and immediately started flying towards Black Widow, intending to rescue her.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Immediately, countless bullets poured in from all around. Iron Man ignored them, letting the bullets strike him, and flew towards Black Widow, braving the hail of gunfire.
But even so, Iron Man was still a step too late.
Still halfway there, the Winter Soldier had already swung his metal arm, bringing it down hard on Black Widow.
But no one expected Black Widow to regain her senses at the critical moment, suddenly dodging the Winter Soldier's punch.
Bang!
The Winter Soldier's punch struck the fighter jet wreckage, leaving a large dent.
Immediately after, the Winter Soldier smoothly pulled his fist out and turned to punch Black Widow again, but Black Widow didn't dodge. She likewise threw a fierce punch at the Winter Soldier.
Boom!
At that moment, all the absorbed kinetic energy in the Black Panther suit was released, and a terrifying energy shockwave erupted.
The Winter Soldier was hit as if by a massive hammer, and he was sent flying.
He genuinely flew, not as a metaphor or exaggeration, soaring dozens of meters through the air before crashing heavily to the ground.
He too couldn't get up.
"Romanoff!"
Nick Fury, carrying Captain America on his back, also crawled out of the fighter jet wreckage. He glanced with his single eye in the direction of the enemy's fighter jet.
Black Widow immediately understood. Nick Fury meant for them to seize a fighter jet and escape.
And now, the opponent's abnormal "metal-armed man" was temporarily incapacitated. This was a golden opportunity not to be missed.
"Stark!"
Black Widow called out to Iron Man. The two converged, covering Nick Fury,
while moving towards the enemy's fighter jet.
With one wearing Iron Man armor and the other the Black Panther suit, and with the Winter Soldier no longer blocking them, how could the other ordinary armed individuals be a match?
Soon, Iron Man and Black Widow carved a path through the encirclement and successfully seized a fighter jet.
Only then did the Winter Soldier catch his breath and get back up from the ground, but by then, it was already too late.
The stolen fighter jet had already begun to lift off, and there was no way to stop it.
The Winter Soldier made a quick decision and immediately climbed into another fighter jet.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
But Black Widow and her team weren't idle either. As soon as the Winter Soldier's fighter jet took off, they immediately launched a missile.
Boom!
The fighter jet was instantly engulfed in flames.
Crash!
And at that moment, the door of the fighter jet was slammed open by a great force, and the entire door flew off.
Amidst the sky-high flames, the Winter Soldier shot out of the fighter jet, landing steadily on the ground.
He was incredibly cool and imposing, completely unaffected.
He simply looked up, coldly watching the fighter jet fly into the sky, becoming smaller and smaller.
"Shit!"
A curse rang out. A burly man ripped off his hood, unable to help but curse furiously.
It was Crossbones.
They had deployed so many people and used such immense power, only to be utterly routed and their mission completely failed.
This was something Crossbones could not accept.
"Shit!"
Inside the fighter jet.
Nick Fury also couldn't help but curse out loud. He subconsciously looked behind him and said, "Who the hell are those motherfuckers? They cost me twenty elite agents!"
Nick Fury's face was extremely grim.
Although the mission to rescue Captain America was successful, everyone except him and Black Widow had been lost. It was a heavy loss.
However, Nick Fury was not a sentimental person. If his subordinates died, they died. Beyond anger, he didn't feel much else.
But this incident conveyed a very ominous signal: the mission to rescue Captain America was so secret, how did it leak out?
Was it another group that coincidentally targeted Captain America, or… was there an inside man within S.H.I.E.L.D.?
If it was the latter, then things would be quite troublesome.
"I just want to know, who exactly is that 'metal-armed man'?" Iron Man said, chin in hand, deep in thought. His expression was also not good.
"He's not an ordinary person. A human body couldn't possess such astonishing strength. Like Captain America, he's a super soldier."
Iron Man said in a deep voice.
"I think I know who he is," Black Widow, who was piloting the fighter jet, said with a solemn expression.
"Who is he?" Iron Man immediately asked, staring at Black Widow.
"Many intelligence agencies don't believe in his existence, but those who do believe in him call him the Winter Soldier."