Battle Experience Matters

Although Tony Stark had seen bloodshed in Afghanistan, that had only been bullying the weak, and he had no real combat experience. Now, he was focused on taking Peter upstream and hadn’t noticed the danger behind him.

Riding the current’s speed, Namor shot out like an arrow and silently appeared behind Tony, thrusting his spear viciously with the intention of skewering both of them like candied fruit on a stick.

Thanks to Jarvis’s warning, Tony instinctively dodged to the side. The spear missed Tony, but pierced straight through the distracted Peter’s lower abdomen.

Tony was shocked and enraged. He hurriedly thrust out a palm, forming a defensive force field that knocked Namor away.

Namor used the force to pull back his spear and retreat, but he didn’t leave. Instead, he circled the two of them, looking for another chance to attack.

With the ocean currents assisting him, Namor was faster than Tony underwater. Every time Tony tried to swim upward and escape, Namor would pounce on him to harass or fiercely attack him, keeping him entangled.

He had made up his mind to let Peter bleed to death.

Tony increasingly realized that his so-called "elegant" ranged attacks were meaningless in a true battle to the death. For the first time, he somewhat regretted not learning a few techniques from his master back then. At least he wouldn’t be so helpless now.

When Namor pounced again, Tony finally abandoned using the force field for defense. Instead, he let Namor close in, then threw a heavy punch at him.

Although he didn’t know any martial techniques, his cultivation level was right there. Although the Strong Magnetic Armor’s boost to his cultivation was somewhat insubstantial and weaker than the effect of his actual level, its power was absolutely genuine when used in battle, without the slightest bit of falsehood.

This punch contained the full power of the Fifteen Heavens. Even without the support of martial techniques, it sent Namor flying with a single blow, leaving a long white trail in the water.

The punch was simply too powerful. The backlash exploded around him, blasting the surrounding seawater into a huge sphere that remained suspended for several seconds before collapsing.

The Strong Magnetic Armor on Tony’s body was also ruined in the clash.

As for Peter, the aftershock of the punch made him spit out a mouthful of blood, and the wound in his abdomen, which he had forcibly suppressed with his power, split open again.

Without the armor, Tony couldn’t fly anymore and had no choice but to keep swimming upward.

Namor had also been badly injured by the heavy blow.

Back then, Zhan Liu had kicked him more than a hundred times, but Zhan Liu hadn’t used any force. It had been more about humiliation, which was an important reason Namor had misjudged Zhan Liu’s combat strength.

The blow he had taken now had injured him even more severely than Zhan Liu’s attacks had, but he was fierce enough to keep pursuing them relentlessly from behind.

By the time he caught up, Tony was prepared, making another sneak attack difficult.

So he simply waved his hand, and a large group of Sea Clan Warriors suddenly appeared nearby and closed in around them.

Before beginning the pursuit, he had already spread the order through the Sea Clan’s methods, instructing the Sea Clan Warriors to block off all the surrounding areas where they might surface. They were determined to surround and kill these two human powerhouses there.

Tony held Peter against him with his left arm and kicked through the water with both legs, charging toward the group of Sea Clan Warriors.

These warriors were all Talokan’s finest. Every one of them had seen countless battles and often hunted powerful sea beasts, so they worked together flawlessly. When one advanced, another retreated; some harassed while others launched fierce attacks. Even if one died in battle, another would quickly take the fallen warrior’s place.

These warriors were very good at choosing their targets. Most of their attacks were aimed at Peter in Tony’s arms, making Tony even more flustered and overwhelmed.

Tony also had to devote even more attention to dealing with Namor, who could attack from behind at any moment, and this clearly slowed his ascent.

Seeing Peter’s condition worsen and worsen, Tony grew increasingly anxious.

After killing another Sea Clan Warrior who had drawn his attention, Namor pounced again.

Tony summoned the remaining power of the First Heaven Magnetic Field Rotation and once again met Namor’s fist with a heavy punch.

Amid the thunderous crash, Namor was surprised to discover that his opponent’s strength had actually declined to roughly the same level as that boy’s.

Namor didn’t know that Tony’s earlier strength had come from the Strong Magnetic Armor. He assumed that the previous attack had been some kind of secret technique that couldn’t be used often.

He was immediately overjoyed and pounced again.

After the clash, Tony also had to face the fierce attacks of the group of Sea Clan Warriors, who had seized their opportunity.

This attack was clearly fiercer than the previous assault. Seeing that he couldn’t dodge it, Tony secretly sighed, pulled Peter tightly into his arms, and used his own body to withstand the spears stabbing toward him. At the same time, he kicked hard with both legs, accelerating his ascent.

A forest of spears struck Tony’s back almost simultaneously. His rising body shuddered, and then he suddenly discovered that these attacks… couldn’t! Break! Through!

Peter had been pierced through by a single thrust from Namor, which had given Tony the mistaken impression that their flesh could be wounded by these cold weapons.

But in fact, both his and Peter’s bodies had already been strengthened by Magnetic Field Rotation. Ordinary people’s attacks couldn’t hurt them at all. Their bodies could withstand machine guns and missiles, so naturally they could also withstand the attacks of these Sea Clan Warriors.

Peter had been injured entirely because his opponent was Namor.

Namor was the Sea King, an opponent on the same level as them, and the spear in his hand was an artifact. How could it be compared to the weapons held by those ordinary Sea Clan Warriors?

Tony simply lacked combat experience. Any martial artist who had fought their way up from the bottom would never have made such a mistake.

Only after being stabbed by the spear formation did Tony understand this principle. He was so frustrated he could have died, but it was also excellent news, because he no longer had to worry about these annoying flies.

He turned and met Namor’s next pounce with another punch, then used his own back as a spear and rode the force straight upward.

The Sea Clan Warriors thrust down with all their strength, but they could only slightly slow Tony. They could no longer stop him.

After repeating this several times, Tony finally broke through the surface.

Holding the blood-soaked Peter, he ran toward the helicopter in the distance with great strides.

This scene was captured by a television station’s camera as well.

By then, helicopters from all the major media outlets had arrived, and none of them was willing to miss such huge news. Their wait had been well worth it. Not only had they filmed Thor drenched in blood, they had also captured Iron Man’s true identity: the playboy Tony Stark.

Through the camera lens, everyone saw the waves behind the two men suddenly surge upward again. A fierce-looking figure stood atop the waves and charged straight toward them.

The man’s speed was astonishing. In an instant, he was behind Tony, and he drove his spear heavily toward the back of Tony’s heart.