"Hey, Tony, I've already taken care of one Sky Carrier over here. How much longer will you be?"
On the streets of Washington, Luca leisurely 'skated' towards the Triskelion, not forgetting to bother Tony.
That's right, Luca naturally knew very well that Tony hadn't finished his task yet. Actively connecting to the communication channel at this moment was purely looking for trouble.
Meanwhile, in the northeast corner of Washington, Tony, who had just been knocked back by another volley of anti-aircraft fire from the Sky Carrier, replied somewhat exasperatedly, "You brat, don't rush me! Uncle Tony is just playing around with these big guys. Once I get serious, I can take it down in minutes!"
However, as soon as Tony's words left his mouth, a dissenting voice immediately appeared in the communication channel.
"Then you better get serious quickly! I can't hold on much longer over here!"
The speaker was Colonel Rhodes, who had come with Tony to deal with the Sky Carrier in the northeast.
Although Tony's Veronica was somewhat awkward due to its size and weight.
It couldn't force its way through the firepower blockade like Luca, given its size and weight, and its large bulk made it very easy to be hit by intercepting fire, making it impossible to break through.
However, by actively drawing a large amount of fire, he allowed Colonel Rhodes to use the War Machine's size and flexibility to break through to the Sky Carrier's deck early on.
However, Rhodes, who had broken through, was unable to directly destroy the entire Sky Carrier due to his insufficient destructive power.
Although he initially charged in and unexpectedly threw the Sky Carrier's deck into chaos, even destroying two turrets along the way.
But when the two Inhumans stationed on the Sky Carrier began to counterattack, Rhodes found himself in danger.
In reality, the two Inhumans on this Sky Carrier might not have been as powerful as the two Luca had dealt with.
However, one of them could remotely unleash sonic attacks, which could both harm Rhodes in the air and intercept and destroy missiles, as well as intercept incoming fire.
The other seemed to have an ability that allowed him to merge with metal, making him as elusive as a slippery loach.
He would take the sonic Inhuman with him, his body occasionally diving into the deck and then emerging from another direction, unleashing a sonic cannon blast at Rhodes whenever he tried to attack.
Coupled with the soldiers and cyborgs assisting them, Rhodes was already overwhelmed and unable to concentrate on destroying the bridge.
At this moment, Tony, hearing Rhodes' words that sounded like both a challenge and a plea for help, immediately stopped arguing with Luca.
Gritting his teeth, he directly controlled the Veronica to split apart in the air.
The Boxer, several sizes larger than him, had already completed its penetration, and the War Machine, several sizes smaller, had also easily passed through the network of fire by virtue of its small size and flexibility.
Now, he couldn't increase his size and weight, but he could certainly reduce his volume!
Just as Veronica, which was being covered by the crossfire, suddenly had all its limbs explode, transforming into four small flying vehicles that moved away from the main body of the armor.
The close-range defense cannons of the Sky Carrier that had been relentlessly targeting Tony were instantly bewildered.
Some continued to relentlessly fire at the main body of the armor, while others immediately turned and began to disperse their fire, shooting at the detached limbs of Veronica.
However, in their disarray, in the blink of an eye, Tony managed to break through the barrage blockade.
Er… partially broke through.
Although the right arm of the Veronica, which had reassembled on the Sky Carrier's deck, was nowhere to be found, it immediately launched an aggressive assault, quickly sweeping away all resistance with Rhodes' help.
However, while Tony's progress was smooth, Luca himself wasn't idle; he had leisurely arrived in front of the Triskelion.
Luca had just confirmed with Steve.
Although Hulk and Thor were very fast at smashing the Sky Carriers, they had only just finished and were also on their way.
So Luca, being the first to arrive, was currently considering whether to directly attack.
In fact, the resistance Luca encountered along the way was surprisingly minimal.
Could it be that all the HYDRA members were hiding inside the Triskelion?
Although there were still quite a few HYDRA members blocking Luca's advance at the moment, with Rocket launchers and soldiers charging fearlessly.
But Luca always felt that this level of resistance seemed a bit underwhelming for a 'final battle'.
However, Luca didn't think much more about it, simply controlling the Boxer to clear out the cannon fodder as he approached.
Regardless of whether the HYDRA leaders were hiding inside, the Avengers certainly had a plan to break into the Triskelion.
After all, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s main server was inside, and according to Steve's plan, they intended to directly hack the server and make all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s and HYDRA's data public.
In fact, Luca's aggressive attack on the Triskelion at this moment might also have been driven by an eagerness to break in early, hack the server himself, and discreetly check for any information that needed to be quietly removed.
"Anyway, as long as they don't use nuclear weapons or bring out some Inhuman with strange abilities, HYDRA's resistance is nothing."
Luca thought as he watched wave after wave of HYDRA soldiers surge forward.
However...
Just then.
Inside Luca's cockpit, the emergency warning red light suddenly began to flash violently.
The continuous "beep beep beep" sound filled the air.
Haro, in the co-pilot's seat, also began to issue urgent warnings.
"High energy reaction ahead! High energy reaction ahead!!"
At this moment.
Luca felt as if time had instantly slowed down countless times.
In his field of vision, the Triskelion in front of him suddenly began to emit a dazzling red light in all directions.
It was as if a furious Beast within the entire building wanted to break free.
The red light rapidly spread outwards, instantly expanding into a somewhat irregular, incandescent red sphere.
And the original building exterior, in this expansion, was rapidly torn and cracked, becoming insignificant adornments on that incandescent red sphere.
And around this rapidly expanding, incandescent red fireball, there were visible white Impact waves in rings.
Wherever the Impact wave passed, the building seemed like blocks hit by a giant hammer, the Water instantly evaporated, and those HYDRA soldiers who were still charging at him with their backs to the explosion all turned into charred dust.
The rising earth was scorched like a volcanic eruption.
It wasn't until this Impact wave 'gently' swept over the Boxer's outer armor that Luca seemed to realize it.
The violent Impact, the scorching heat, the twisting of tearing armor—all sensations seemed to flood into Luca's mind at once.
Yet at this moment, in his extremely active brain, there was only one thought.
Is it too late to give a thumbs-up for distance measurement now?
"Boom!" The enormous, incandescent red fireball transformed into a towering blaze.
The column of heat rising from the center directly pierced through the clouds, millions of tons of earth and rock were uprooted, congealing into a rotating gray-Black vortex high in the sky. No one had expected that this time, this cute little mushroom cloud would bloom in Washington.
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