When Dragon Balls Descend Upon Marvel

At that moment, Ivan Vanko saw his drones pinning down Tony Stark. He immediately surfaced behind Tony, lashing out with a plasma whip that coiled tightly around Tony's suit.

The plasma currents surged into Tony's systems, but the adamantium armor's defensive properties were so formidable that the interference had no effect.

Noticing the drones still swarming him, Tony shouted,

"Duck!"

A red laser beam shot from his arm, slicing every drone in half — except for Ivan, who had dropped altitude just in time.

The bisected drones lost power instantly, plunging into the sea.

Seeing this, Ivan silently retracted his whip and said,

"I've lost."

He knew full well that even though his own armor was made from gold-titanium instead of the cheaper alloys of the drones, if Tony hadn't warned him to drop down, that laser would have cleaved him apart all the same.

"What's your armor made from? My whip couldn't disrupt your systems this time."

Tony patted his suit proudly.

"Adamantium."

Ivan didn't press further, simply committing the name to memory. Smith Dole, on the other hand, was momentarily stunned — he hadn't expected this world to have adamantium at all. Wasn't that what Wolverine's skeleton was coated with?

No wonder Tony had wanted this spar. Not only had his energy systems been upgraded, but his defensive capabilities had skyrocketed. True adamantium could withstand even 500,000°C without melting, making plasma whips useless against it.

If it really was pure adamantium, even Smith's current power might not be enough to break it — meaning he could lose. After all, not even the Hulk in his Green Scar state could destroy it, and even Thor's Mjolnir would crack before shattering adamantium. Unless… Tony's was actually the cheaper, military-grade secondary alloy, since true adamantium was a top U.S. government secret.

Smith now felt certain that this universe wasn't the MCU's Earth-199999, nor the main Marvel-616, nor Ultimate-1610, nor Sony's Marvel-688B, and certainly not the "Black Panther helps Tony" universe.

Still, when Tony eventually worked on Ultron, Smith would need to keep a close eye on him — the Ultron universe could be trouble.

Smith was still mulling this over when Tony said,

"Smith, your turn to spar with me."

Smith glanced at him.

"Need to restock your ammo first?"

Seeing Smith's confidence, Tony shook his head.

"No need. My infrared laser isn't single-use anymore."

That made Smith's expression turn serious.

"In that case, let's begin."

Ivan wordlessly stepped out of the combat zone to watch from the cliff edge. He wanted to see exactly how strong his leader had become. This match had already revealed plenty of flaws in his own Whiplash suit — slower flight speed than Tony, weaker weaponry (with some systems unused, like air-dropped bombs and self-destruct), and a big disadvantage in materials. He'd never even heard of adamantium.

And there was the financial gap — with his company still new, he hadn't been able to replace every suit's plating with gold-titanium. If he had, the fight might have lasted longer.

In the center of the battlefield, Smith looked at Tony.

"Tony, this time I won't hold back."

Tony grinned.

"Even better."

Boom!

Smith's ki flared at full force, white energy swirling around him. The sea beneath his feet churned into a vortex under the pressure of his aura. The sheer force radiating from him made both onlookers instinctively shudder.

Zzzt—Pop!

Both Tony's and Ivan's power level scanners smoked and shorted out on the spot. They stared in disbelief.

"Your power level just broke 500…"

Tony had known Smith was over 150, but never imagined 500 wouldn't even be his limit. He couldn't help but wonder — just how high could Smith's power level go?

Neither of them guessed that after recent training, Smith's full-powered aura now pushed his power level to 1,300.

Whoosh!

Smith vanished from sight, reappearing in front of Tony before he could react, and slammed a punch into his abdomen.

Boom!

The sonic boom roared as Tony was blasted away like a fired shell.

Watching this, Ivan's mouth twitched. He was suddenly very glad he hadn't challenged his leader himself — that punch might have reduced his Whiplash armor to scrap instantly… along with him inside it.

Even more surprising was that the adamantium suit had withstood the hit — it hadn't come apart under Smith's strike.

Tony, however, was completely stunned. He'd never expected Smith's speed to be so extreme — even J.A.R.V.I.S. hadn't reacted in time.

All four thrusters on Tony's arms and legs fired at full power, finally halting his backward flight and stabilizing him.

"J.A.R.V.I.S., what speed did Smith just hit?"

"Sir, that instant reached Mach 20."

(End of Chapter)

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