A monstrous wave of frenzied cheers erupted from the spectator stands.
Countless alien spectators rose from their seats, waving tentacles, appendages, or arms, roaring with all their might.
They all felt that the ticket was well worth the price.
Countless viewers on Earth were also so excited they couldn't speak coherently.
"Does the Vought Vanguard Hero Academy give these out? When is the next enrollment? I want to sign up!"
"Spider-Boy? No, please call him the Spider God of War now!"
"This is the coolest entrance I've ever seen in my life! Bar none!"
"Don't let your guard down, Peter, that big lizard isn't dead yet!"
"Attack, Peter! Let the alien monster see what Earth's bonds are all about!"
The Superheroes on the platform seeing this for the first time were equally stunned by the sight before them.
Thor laughed heartily and slapped Tony on the shoulder with such force that Tony staggered.
"Well done, Stark! A steel Destroyer! This is fantastic! It must be an idea from Asgard, right?"
"No, this was Homelander's idea..." Tony replied, rubbing his shoulder in dissatisfaction.
"Same thing, same thing! Hahaha!" Thor was even happier.
Star-Lord Quill curled his lips sourly: "It's cool, sure. But if I were piloting it, I'd paint flame decals on it and install heavy subwoofers. This design is too Boy Scout-like."
"This is truly... incredible."
Steve Rogers stared at the giant mecha without blinking.
His eyes held not only shock but also a hint of reminiscence and yearning.
His thoughts seemed to drift back to that war-torn era of 1943.
He remembered Howard Stark, Tony's father.
Back then, before the Super Soldier Serum injection experiment, Howard had privately told him about a backup plan.
"Steve, if the serum enhancement fails, don't be discouraged. I will custom-build a heavy armor for you called the 'HYDRA Stomper.' Then, you can still go to the battlefield and beat up those Nazis."
Now, more than half a century had passed.
The 'HYDRA Stomper' had ultimately remained only in memory, but the spider-king kong before his eyes had turned that unfinished mecha dream into reality in an even grander way.
Steve thought of the young figure inside the mecha, and a feeling of passing the torch welled up in his heart.
Homelander stood with his hands behind his back, looking calm and composed on the surface, but inwardly, he was smiling triumphantly.
This was the effect he wanted.
Extreme visual Impact, extreme individual heroism—this would not only help Earth win the match, but it was also a top-tier show for him to harvest popularity.
Inside the arena.
The horn of battle had sounded.
Roar!!!
The urban behemoth let out a sky-shaking roar, its massive body suddenly exerting force, its thick lower limbs stomping deep craters into the ground.
Tens of thousands of tons of mass, combined with terrifying acceleration, charged towards the spider-king kong with unstoppable momentum.
"Come on!"
Inside the cockpit, Peter shouted excitedly.
His body was suspended in the center of the cockpit, without any joysticks or buttons.
No complicated operations were needed; the mecha's movements were completely synchronized with his neural signals.
Every command in his brain, every tiny contraction of his muscles, was parsed by the AI and converted into the mecha's physical actions.
Peter slightly bent his legs, lowering his center of gravity.
Outside, the spider-king kong synchronously crouched, its massive mechanical arms crossed to protect its chest.
The super-alloy barbs on the mecha's feet dug fiercely into the ground, locking its position firmly.
The next second, the behemoth smashed hard into the mecha's arms.
Bang!!!
A sound of clashing metal that nearly shattered eardrums resounded across the world.
The terrifying kinetic energy turned into a tangible shockwave, spreading rapidly in all directions from the point of Impact.
Countless building ruins were swept high into the sky by the hurricane.
The mecha's feet plowed two deep trenches dozens of meters long into the ground while holding back the behemoth.
But in the end, the spider-king kong stood its ground firmly, forcing a stop to the Earth-shattering momentum and halting the behemoth in its tracks.
Inside the cockpit, Peter felt waves of pressure on his arms; the neural link allowed him to genuinely feel the force the mecha was enduring.
"Whoa! This guy is really strong!"
"Karen, report the mecha's status! Did that Impact chip any paint?" Peter didn't forget to joke.
"Mr. Parker, the mecha's external armor integrity is at 99%, with only minor scratches." The AI, Karen, reported truthfully. "Power core output is stable. It is recommended to launch a counterattack immediately."
"Received! Let's teach this big guy a lesson!"
Peter pulled his right arm back and clenched his fist.
"But I'm not bad either!"
The spider-king kong made the same movement synchronously. Its massive mechanical legs dug deep into the ground, and the thrusters on its elbows spewed dazzling exhaust flames.
"Taste Mr. Parker's iron fist!"
It swung its right fist heavily.
Bang!!!
A heaven-shaking, Earth-shattering loud noise.
The giant steel fist smashed solidly onto the behemoth's face.
The behemoth let out a painful wail, its massive body actually forced back dozens of meters by this punch, and a sharp tooth flew into the sky.
"Cool! The feel of this punch is amazing!"
"Honestly, I was worried before that this mecha would be very clumsy. But it's incredibly agile!"
"Mr. Eros, what did you think of that just now? If you surrender now, there's still time to take it to a vet!"
Eros took to the air the moment the behemoth retreated.
"You always manage to surprise me, Peter." He hovered in the air, his expression uncertain. "But it's too early for you to say that."
As soon as he finished speaking, the enraged behemoth suddenly swung its thick tail, lashing out at the spider-king kong's legs like a long whip.
"Watch your lower half!" Peter's Spider-Sense reacted quickly.
The thrusters on the spider-king kong's back burst at full power, and the mecha jumped into the air, narrowly dodging the behemoth's tail sweep.
"Whoa, whoa, that almost hit me—if I were ten times slower!"
"Now, taste this!"
The spider-king kong suddenly turned in mid-air and kicked its legs straight at the behemoth's chest.
Boom!
The behemoth was kicked heavily to the ground, collapsing an entire underground parking lot.
Just then, a dark red figure approached like lightning.
It was Eros.
He finally realized that the behemoth was no longer gaining any advantage in close-quarters combat.
So he had to enter the fray himself to find a weakness.
Utilizing the advantage of his small size, Eros flew continuously around the spider-king kong.
Suddenly, he rushed towards the spider-king kong's knee joint.
"Being too big has its downsides, Peter."
Eros said softly, then threw a full-force punch.
Bang!
The seemingly tiny fist smashed into the huge mechanical joint, actually causing the spider-king kong's knee armor to instantly dent inward by a large chunk.
Inside the cockpit, Karen's alarm sounded.
"Warning: Left knee joint armor damaged. Integrity decreased by five percent."
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