Winter Soldier's expression slightly changed. Almost instinctively, he tilted his body slightly to the side, bending his metal left arm into a guard position in front of himself.
Cling clang!
Several bullets immediately struck his metal arm.
Following that, Winter Soldier quickly twisted and dodged with the agility of a leopard, swiftly taking cover behind some debris.
Bang bang bang bang!
The other armed men, seeing someone suddenly burst out, immediately opened fire on the newcomer, showering Black Widow with countless bullets again.
However, the Black Panther's nano-suit was no joke. The Vibranium defense was more than enough to stop ordinary bullets — none of them caused any damage to Black Widow.
With the cover of the Black Panther suit, Black Widow fought fiercely, like a killing god, taking down several armed men.
Bang!
But the enemy's firepower was too advanced. During the intense battle, Black Widow was hit by a grenade and was blasted like a cannonball.
She slammed hard onto the wreckage of the fighter jet.
Although the Black Panther suit could absorb kinetic energy, most of the explosion's force was absorbed, but it was still a grenade. Black Widow was left dazed, almost vomiting inside the suit, her head spinning so badly she couldn't get up.
Iron Man had already suffered from a grenade weapon once before and upon seeing it used again, he couldn't stand it anymore. He immediately targeted the grenade launcher operator and flew straight at him.
The man wasn't panicked either, swinging the grenade launcher again and pulling the trigger at Iron Man.
But this time, Iron Man dodged, landing in front of the man and knocking him down with a single punch.
While Iron Man dealt with the "grenade gunner," Winter Soldier had already reached the limp Black Widow.
"Romanoff!"
Iron Man shouted in surprise and flew over to rescue Black Widow.
Bang bang bang bang!
Bullets rained down all around, but Iron Man ignored them and kept flying through the hail of gunfire toward Black Widow.
Still, despite his efforts, Iron Man was a step too late.
Halfway there, Winter Soldier raised his metal arm and struck Black Widow fiercely.
No one expected Black Widow to snap out of it at the last moment and swiftly dodge Winter Soldier's punch.
Bang!
Winter Soldier's fist smashed into the fighter jet wreckage, denting it deeply.
Then, effortlessly, Winter Soldier pulled his fist out and turned to strike Black Widow again. But Black Widow didn't dodge — she punched back hard.
Boom!
At that moment, all the kinetic energy stored in the Black Panther suit was released in a terrifying shockwave.
Winter Soldier was hit like a giant hammer blow, flying dozens of meters and crashing heavily to the ground.
He couldn't get up either.
"Romanoff!"
At this time, Nick Fury, carrying Captain America on his back, crawled out from the wreckage. With his one eye, he glanced toward the enemy's fighter jets.
Black Widow immediately understood — Nick Fury meant to seize a fighter jet and escape.
The opponent's twisted "Iron Arm Man" had temporarily lost his combat capability — a rare and golden opportunity.
"Stark!"
Black Widow called out to Iron Man. The two regrouped, covering Nick Fury while moving toward the enemy's fighter jets.
One wore the Iron Man armor, the other the Black Panther suit. Without Winter Soldier blocking, the other armed men were no match.
Soon, Iron Man and Black Widow broke through the encirclement and successfully seized a fighter jet.
Only then did Winter Soldier catch his breath and get back up — but it was too late.
The stolen fighter jet was already taking off and impossible to stop.
Winter Soldier immediately decided to jump into another fighter jet.
Whoosh whoosh!
But Black Widow and company weren't idle. As soon as Winter Soldier's jet lifted off, they fired a missile.
Boom!
The jet was instantly engulfed in flames.
Clang!
At that moment, the fighter jet's door was violently blasted open, flying out.
Amidst the fire and smoke, Winter Soldier shot out of the jet and landed on the ground with perfect poise.
Cool and domineering, he was completely unharmed.
He looked up coldly, watching the fighter jet fly into the sky, getting smaller and smaller.
"Shit!"
A burly man tore off his hood in anger and cursed loudly.
It was none other than Crossbones.
They had sent so many men and used so much force, yet ended up utterly defeated — the mission a total failure.
This was unacceptable to Crossbones.
"Shit!"
Inside the fighter jet.
Nick Fury couldn't help but curse as well. He instinctively looked back and said, "Who the hell are those motherfuckers? They caused me to lose twenty elite agents!"
His expression was grim.
Though the rescue mission for Captain America succeeded, everyone but him and Black Widow was lost — heavy casualties.
But Nick Fury wasn't one to dwell on sentimentality. His men were gone; all he felt was anger.
Yet this incident sent a troubling signal: How did the rescue mission leak out when it was so secretive?
Was there another group coincidentally after Captain America, or worse… was there a mole in S.H.I.E.L.D.?
If it was the latter, things were very bad.
"I just want to know, who exactly is that 'Iron Arm Man'?" Iron Man rested his head on his hand, pondering with a frown.
His expression was equally grim.
"He's not an ordinary man. No human body can have such incredible strength. Like Captain America, he's a super soldier," Iron Man said gravely.
"I think I know who he is," the Black Widow pilot said seriously.
"Who?" Iron Man immediately fixed his gaze on Black Widow.
"Many intelligence agencies don't believe he exists, but those who do call him the Winter Soldier."
(End of chapter)