Chapter 151: Third Generation Arc Reactor

After taking the Arc Reactor from Tony Stark's chest, Obadiah believed Tony was undoubtedly dead and no longer concealed himself, frankly admitting everything he had done all along.

Back in Afghanistan, it was he who ordered the terrorists to kill Tony Stark, and he had always treated Tony as a tool for making money, exploiting his talent in weapons manufacturing to earn him profits.

It was only at this moment that Tony Stark fully recognized Obadiah's true colors and deeply regretted his previous naivety and ignorance.

Before leaving, Obadiah smugly told Tony that he had manufactured an even more powerful Iron Man suit, and the miniature Arc Reactor would serve as the core of this powerful new generation of weapons, helping him control the entire world.

Furthermore, after Tony, he was about to make a move on Pepper Potts, which made Tony Stark extremely anxious but powerless.

Having lost the energy supply from the Arc Reactor, the electromagnet embedded in his chest could no longer attract the shrapnel inside his chest. They began to slowly move towards his heart with the blood flow. Tony Stark appeared exceptionally painful and weak.

However, due to the effects of the neuroparalyzer, he was completely unable to move and could only helplessly slump on the sofa, feeling death constantly approaching, with no power to stop Obadiah.

After Obadiah left the villa triumphantly with the second-generation Arc Reactor, Chen Mo slowly walked out of the underground laboratory, holding a newly manufactured third-generation Arc Reactor in his hand.

Tony's originally despairing gaze became excited the moment he saw Chen Mo. After Chen Mo installed the new reactor for him, the electromagnet started working again, attracting the shrapnel moving towards his heart. He finally escaped the threat to his life, and his complexion gradually improved.

Chen Mo immediately called Agent Phil Coulson, asking him to take Pepper Potts to a safe place and immediately send people to evacuate the personnel near Stark Industries.

The evidence of Obadiah's private arms deals and his instructions for terrorists to kill Tony Stark had already been obtained by Pepper Potts. He would definitely be driven to desperation, and a major battle was inevitable. With the powerful force of the Iron Man suit, nearby civilians could easily be harmed.

Receiving Chen Mo's orders, Phil Coulson disregarded Pepper's request for him to gather people and arrest Obadiah, and took her to the New York branch of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.

It was heavily guarded there and had underground bunkers, so even if Obadiah came in an Iron Man suit, he wouldn't be able to harm Pepper.

Confirming that Pepper was safe, Tony finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Once the effects of the neuroparalyzer wore off and Tony Stark had fully recovered, he immediately stepped onto the equipment platform with a murderous look and put on the Iron Man suit.

Obadiah had obtained the miniature Arc Reactor, so the Iron Man suit he manufactured would have power. Although he didn't know exactly what kind of suit Obadiah had built, since he could instruct terrorists to attack him and claimed to have built a larger Iron Man suit, he must have obtained the Mark I design blueprints he had left in the base, and possibly even the prototype that crashed in the desert.

Obadiah now had complete control of Stark Industries. With the company's resources, having the blueprints and the prototype, it was not difficult to manufacture an Iron Man suit more powerful than the Mark I.

The only thing that could trap him was the energy to drive the Iron Man suit. Now that he had obtained the second-generation Arc Reactor from Tony, his Iron Man suit would have power.

Based on Tony Stark's understanding of the Iron Man suit and Stark Industries' research capabilities, even if Obadiah's Iron Man suit was not personally built by him but was improved by Stark Industries' engineers based on the Mark I, its destructive power would definitely be extremely astonishing.

He had to stop him in time. Tony would not allow something he created to be used by others for evil deeds and to harm the innocent.

Chen Mo did not stop him. A powerful warrior must undergo the tempering of battle. To become a superhero, Tony would inevitably experience countless battles in the future, and Obadiah was a good practice opponent.

Moreover, the person who betrayed him should be dealt with by him personally.

Although they had been researching the new third-generation Arc Reactor and the suit's rapid deployment system during this time, Tony had not completely idled the Mark II.

Very satisfied with this armor, Tony took the time to modify it, adding weapon systems and repainting the entire suit. Like in the movie, he adopted a gold and red dual-color scheme similar to one of his vintage cars, vibrant, eye-catching, and handsome.

After equipping himself on the donning platform, Tony Stark nodded towards Chen Mo and Yinsen on the side and then directly activated the thrusters, accelerating out of the passage.

After Tony left, Chen Mo also quickly put on his Edman alloy armored combat suit, opened the car door of a sports car parked in the garage, and sat inside.

Seeing this, Yinsen hurriedly ran to the other side, wanting to get in the car.

"You're going too? Take me with you!"

Hearing this, Chen Mo couldn't help but recall the scene in the movie where Dr. Yinsen, to buy time for Tony, roared and drove away several terrorists in the cave while holding a rifle. It had to be said that the usually refined Dr. Yinsen was even feared by terrorists when he disregarded his life.

However, it was clear that he wouldn't need to risk his life now.

"Yinsen, you stay here. There's still a very arduous task that needs you to complete."

Hearing this, Dr. Yinsen immediately stopped, looking at Chen Mo with a firm face and an expression of resolute determination to die for a noble cause.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

"What task?"

Chen Mo stepped on the accelerator. Amidst the low and resonant roar of the engine, the sports car accelerated forward and rushed into the passage.

Chen Mo's voice came from the car.

"Give me directions, I don't know the way."

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Although Chen Mo drove the sports car as fast as possible under the guidance of Yinsen's artificial voice navigation system, staging a real-life "Fast and Furious," it was still not as fast as Tony Stark's Iron Man suit flying.

By the time he arrived at Stark Industries, Tony had already been fighting a much larger armored suit for a while, and the surrounding buildings had been significantly damaged by their battle.

Fortunately, this was Stark Industries' campus, the employees had already gone home from work, and the civilians within a few kilometers radius had also been evacuated and a cordon established, so their battle, apart from destroying a large number of buildings, did not cause any civilian casualties.

However, their battle was too intense. Fighting from the factory to the road, the momentum was astonishing and was still seen by many curious onlookers in the distance.

The "Iron Monger" driven by Obadiah was obviously much rougher and more backward than the Mark II, but its enormous size allowed it to install more powerful power units. Therefore, in terms of strength alone, it was much stronger than Tony's Mark II, and its thick armor also made it difficult for Tony to break through its defenses.

So when Chen Mo arrived, he saw Tony being suppressed and beaten by Obadiah. He could only rely on the Mark II's greater agility and speed to maneuver around the Iron Monger.

There were already many scars on the surface of the suit, obviously having suffered many attacks. Fortunately, the Mark II's gold-titanium alloy enhanced composite defensive armor was strong enough, so it wasn't directly torn apart.

Stark Industries was an arms manufacturing enterprise, so it naturally would not lack weapons. The Iron Monger's huge size could also carry more and larger, more powerful weapons.

However, the engineers who built the Iron Monger did not have Tony Stark's talent for concealing all the weapons inside the suit. Most of these weapons were directly mounted on the Iron Monger's body.

Different from the movie, because Obadiah's left hand had been cut off by Brock Rumlow, the left arm of the Iron Monger was modified into a heavy impact hammer, capable of unleashing powerful impact force to knock enemies away.

After using the impact hammer again to heavily strike Tony away, trapping him temporarily unable to escape in a pile of twisted steel pipe racks, the armor on the back of the Iron Monger slowly opened, extending a heavy missile more than a meter long. After locking onto Tony, it launched it towards him.

This was the most powerful weapon equipped on the Iron Monger and the only weapon hidden inside the suit. Its power was enough to directly take out a tank head-on.

If the Mark II was directly hit, it would also suffer significant damage. Fortunately, Tony escaped from the twisted steel just as the missile flew over, dodging the direct hit, but he was still blown into the air by the huge impact force of the missile explosion.

While tumbling in the air, Tony directly activated the thrusters on his feet and the flight stabilizers on his hands, steadily hovering in mid-air, making it impossible for Obadiah to catch him.

"Wow! Truly amazing! Did you upgrade your armor?"

Obadiah's arrogant voice came from inside the Iron Monger, praising the Mark II.

"What a coincidence! I made some improvements too!"

After Obadiah finished speaking, the Iron Monger's legs began to transform, extending two thick thruster nozzles. Immediately afterward, the thrusters ignited and started, spewing out strong flames, propelling the Iron Monger upwards.

Although the Iron Monger's thrusters were obviously much more backward than the Mark II's, its huge size compensated for the shortcomings to some extent, giving the bulky Iron Monger the ability to fly.

Seeing Obadiah controlling the Iron Monger to fly towards him, Tony quickly increased the power of his thrusters and flew towards high altitude.

Wholeheartedly wanting to take down Tony, Obadiah also maximized the power of his thrusters. Fierce flames with billowing smoke spewed out, and the huge Iron Monger, dragging two thick columns of smoke below its feet, chased Tony towards high altitude.

At the moment the Iron Monger took off, Tony's mind raced, and he couldn't help but think of the Mark II's test flight when Chen Mo sternly stopped him at an altitude of 150,000 feet.