As the energy of the Cosmic Cube was released, the spatial gateway above Stark Tower grew larger and larger.
The Chitauri army that had originally been filing one by one into Earth's airspace now poured through the portal in groups, surging straight toward Tony.
Thirty, fifty, a hundred…
Densely packed enemies flooded through the portal like a tidal wave, pouring into the skies over New York.
Tony knew very well that his stamina was limited and that he could not hold back too many enemies.
But this was the critical moment to defend their home. No matter how exhausted he was, he had to grit his teeth and keep going. Having just gained a brief moment to catch his breath, Tony's gaze gradually became firm.
This was a fight to the death.
Just as Tony was about to charge into the enemy ranks again, a scene appeared that made his jaw drop.
It was Corin again.
After harvesting the first wave of enemies, Corin controlled the magnetic field to stack the vacant Chitauri suits into a pile, bundled them up for exchange, and raked in hundreds of billions of dollars.
This made Corin's eyes light up as he shouted in excitement, feeling extremely satisfied.
But it seemed there were still some flaws in efficiency. His eyes rolled, and Corin refined the attack pattern for the next wave.
He raised both hands, expanding the range of the magnetic field as much as possible. All Chitauri warriors within the coverage instantly turned into puppets in his hands.
With a swing of his arm, swarm of enemy troops were lined up into two long rows, head to head, feet to feet.
Then his body leaned back slightly. When he leaned forward again, heat vision turned into two scythes of death, piercing through the heads of the two rows of aliens at light speed.
"HOLY SH! What kind of mowing game is this supposed to be?"
Inside the helmet, Tony's pupils trembled. His own bitter punching and kicking, combined with energy cannons, had almost drained him dry, and he could barely hold back a small wave of enemies. Then he looked at Corin. The guy just moved his hands and harvested aliens in wave.
"Looks like Mr. Silver is more suited for this kind of large scale combat."
Tony decided to stop paying attention to Corin's fight. Not for any other reason. This was a war. How could you space out in the middle of a battle?
"Focus. Stay focused!"
Tony kept reminding himself to concentrate on his own fight, yet his eyes still unconsciously glanced in Corin's direction.
"God! What am I looking at?"
At this moment, the communication system of the Helicarrier was restored. As soon as images appeared on the monitor, it captured Corin displaying overwhelming power, leaving Nick Fury staring blankly.
"Why does this scene look so familiar?"
"Right, there's a snack in the East where candied red fruits are skewered together…"
Corin's efficient slaughter of enemies reminded Nick Fury of tanghulu.
"Synchronize all combat footage!"
As the staff frantically worked the keyboards, multiple screens appeared in the Helicarrier's command room. Thor was fighting Loki. Tony was drawing small groups of enemies in the air. Barton and Natasha were piloting a jet, closely following up behind Tony with finishing blows.
And Corin was holding off massive numbers of enemies directly beneath the spatial portal.
At this time, Barton piloted the jet as it swept past above Stark Tower.
"See that?"
Barton gestured to Captain Rogers. The culprit behind this war was right there.
Before Rogers could reply, Loki was distracted during his fight with Thor and released a wave of energy.
The blast shot straight toward the aircraft, blowing out the left engine.
Barton gritted his teeth and forced the aircraft into a relatively controlled hard landing.
It jolted Captain America inside.
As the aircraft's hatch opened, the original flying trio became a ground team.
Rogers held his shield, with Hawkeye Barton and Black Widow Natasha at his side.
They planned to head to the top of Stark Tower to support Thor.
But at this moment, the portal in the sky had grown large enough.
A gigantic alien creature dove down.
Its entire body was covered in thick armor, like a centipede, or more like a huge fish swimming through the air.
It had obvious biological features, with fin like structures on its body and spine like bones subtly swaying up and down.
But it looked more like a mobile war fortress, or an army transport freighter.
Because grappling hooks shot out from both sides of its body, followed closely by large numbers of Chitauri ground soldiers who descended along the hooks, landing across the ground and on buildings.
"Stark, do you see that?"
Before the ground team could do anything, they were already stunned by the sight.
This was not an opponent they could defeat.
———
The battle between Thor and Loki had already gone on for a while.
"Look around you. Is this the kind of rule you wanted?"
Thor was still trying to persuade his stubborn brother. With his combat power, defeating Loki would only take minutes, but because of old feelings, Thor wanted to try one more time.
Loki clearly had no intention of continuing this topic with his brother.
"Sentimental fool!"
Pfft!
Loki stabbed a broken dagger into Thor's abdomen, then used Thor's attack to disengage from Stark Tower. He mounted a Chitauri bike and launched indiscriminate attacks on civilians on the ground.
The ground trio, who had just been at a loss against the massive alien creature, finally had a place to put their skills to use. Led by Captain America, the three quickly divided tasks, turning into firefighters as they rescued trapped civilians from waves of Chitauri infantry.
Corin now felt a trace of pressure.
It was the first time he had faced the concept of an army head on.
Even if you could wipe out a hundred in one move, there would still be thousands, tens of thousands behind them.
Corin had refined his harvesting methods to a certain level, yet he still could not keep up with the speed at which enemies were pouring in.
This made him a bit frustrated.
There were simply too many enemies, so many that he did not even have time to exchange the spoils.
Chitauri weapons and bike suits had piled up into a mountain at his feet. Realizing that everything beneath him was basically a mountain of gold, Corin actually felt a bit excited.
'War really is a great way to get rich.'
The premise was having enough strength.
Corin looked at the large alien transport bug that had slipped down while he was distracted. He wanted to go help, but if he left the area near the portal, the speed of enemy invasion would increase even more.
The current situation made Corin like the main firepower in a tower defense game. His damage was fierce, but there were simply too many enemies.
There would always be spots he could not cover, letting some enemies slip through.
What remained was a test of how thick the walls were.
And Tony and the ground team were those walls.
Corin was not worried at all.
Because even without him, the Avengers would get through this crisis. After all, the Hulk had not even entered the battlefield yet.
Corin's hands kept moving, but his mind wandered through many thoughts.
At that moment, another alien giant bug loaded with infantry passed through the portal and appeared above Corin's head.
"You little punk. You think I'm letting all of you get away?"
With that thought, Corin took in a massive breath of air.
Then he exhaled a huge cloud of freezing mist filled with ice crystals.
The cold spread instantly across the entire portal area.
Crack! Crack!
Chitauri soldiers and flying bikes pouring in were instantly frozen into ice sculptures under the extreme low temperature, then shattered into fragments as inertia drove them into collisions.
"Hiss! That kind of hurts to watch."
Seeing both enemies and equipment destroyed together, Corin felt a sting in his heart.
That was all his money, but the effect of such a strategic level area skill was terrifying.
The enormous transport mother bug slowed down until it completely lost its ability to move on its own.
Corin leaped with all his strength—
Smack! Crash!
The massive alien mother bug turned into icy rain, slapping coldly across the faces of the other soldiers.
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