Tony's face turned completely dark at the sight.
Laugh!
Next time, I'll definitely get my revenge!
Tony silently swore in his heart.
This time, he had suffered a great loss.
...
The next day;
The first small Universe spaceship built by Tony, which he named the Avengers, officially began its test flight.
The spaceship's overall design resembled a bird spreading its wings to fly.
The wings were the two side flaps, and the head was triangular and very sharp, suitable for ramming.
In Tony's design, because the exterior of this spaceship was covered with a layer of Vibranium, it was very suitable for destroying enemy targets by ramming them in close-range combat.
Due to the presence of Vibranium, even if a collision occurred, the spaceship itself would not be damaged.
After all, Tony used a lot of Vibranium on it. The Vibranium Rhodey sold him during this period, apart from a portion used on the Guardian armor and the Iron Man armor he frequently wore, the rest was concentrated on this Avengers.
This is also why Tony named it the Avengers; he clearly intended to use it as the main mode of transportation for the Avengers.
As for the second spaceship currently under construction, although its exterior would not change much from the first.
The Vibranium on the outside would be gone!
After all, Tony didn't have that much Vibranium to squander.
Unlike Rhodey.
He didn't lack anything else, only Vibranium was abundant!
He didn't care how much was consumed at all.
Just like those wealthy Black people in Wakanda, they didn't treat Vibranium as a treasure.
In addition to the Vibranium armor on the outside of the spaceship.
Tony also installed some weapon systems on the spaceship.
But they weren't particularly powerful.
The strongest was a main cannon at the bottom of the spaceship.
It could fire laser beams with a maximum range of 50,000 kilometers.
As for its power...
It had no problem penetrating the strongest defense facilities on Blue Planet, and it didn't even need 100% power; about 10% would be enough.
As for the 50,000-kilometer range?
This range is certainly exaggerated on a Planet, and it's not really necessary.
After all, the surface of a Planet is curved.
And lasers can only attack in a straight line; if the target is truly tens of thousands of kilometers away, you won't hit it if you fire...
But it's different in the Universe.
To be honest, if the Chitauri's technology in this area wasn't so mediocre, Tony actually wouldn't be very satisfied with this range.
What is 50,000 kilometers in the Universe?
Compared to the Universe warships in movies that strike targets tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of kilometers away at the drop of a hat, this range is too short.
Fortunately, Tony only built a small spaceship.
For a small spaceship, this range is already quite far.
After all, the role of small spaceships in space warfare is primarily for short to medium-range engagements.
In long-range situations, main battleships usually directly fire artillery from hundreds of millions or even billions of kilometers away.
The energy cannons on those main battleships are truly powerful!
It's normal for one shot to blow up a Planet.
After all;
In Universe warfare, destroying a star system is commonplace.
But for small spaceships, there's no need to install weapons of this caliber.
And it's actually impossible to install them!
The main problem is energy.
A main battleship's energy room might be much larger than a dozen small spaceships combined.
How can you fit so much energy into such a small volume?
Not everyone has Rhodey's Shrinking ability.
If possible, Tony would also like to install tens or hundreds of thousands of Arc Reactor on the Avengers!
But on one hand, conditions don't allow it.
Insufficient space!
On the other hand, it was also because there weren't many materials to manufacture the Arc Reactor.
Hundreds of thousands?
You wish!
Do you really think they're like cabbages!
...
Hells Kitchen.
Inside Fisk Tower, the once-flourishing headquarters of the Kingpin Gang.
At this moment;
In the top-floor office of this building, which had been redecorated a few months prior.
A man wearing a black, ink-like robe, with ten glowing blue rings on both arms, stood in the office.
Across from the man was a phantom-like monster.
The monster had an octopus-like head, blue-black skin all over its body, and large, red eyes.
It looked very evil!
And indeed it was;
This monster was a creature from another dimension, referred to as a demon by those familiar with it.
This demon had been sealed for an unknown number of years.
But now;
This demon seemed to have broken free.
Though its state looked a bit strange.
How to describe it?
It just seemed a little dazed and silly.
"Give me your power."
At this moment, the man in the ink-black robe spoke softly.
Immediately, the demon in front of him transformed into a stream of blue-black 0.2 energy, continuously surging into the man's body.
The man's face showed an expression of pain, but he gritted his teeth and persevered.
Until more than ten minutes later!
All of the demon's power had entered the man's body.
At this point, a look of relief appeared on the man's face.
Following that—
He reached out and made a grasping motion, and instantly, a terrifying blue-black energy surged from his body, enveloping his fist, then his entire arm, and finally his whole body!
At this moment;
The man looked like a demon reborn from fire, with terrifying crimson light emanating from his eyes.
He laughed heartily, seemingly intoxicated by this immense power.
However, after a brief moment;
The energy on the man's body retracted, and his expression returned to its usual indifference.
"The demon's power is indeed evil, but no matter how evil the power, it can only be used by me!"
Mandarin said softly to himself.
He had spent more than half a year to finally subdue this demon, completely enslaving it and transforming its power into his own.
Thus;
Possessing the power of the demon and the power of the Ten Rings, he now had the ability to achieve his goal!
As for ruling the entire underground World of the U.S.?
That was merely a small goal.
Mandarin had already accomplished it long ago.
Such trivial matters were merely condiments for life, not worth his serious attention.
Only this immense power was the true weapon that could control destiny!