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Leon's safety, or even his life, was a mystery, and Tony was extremely anxious, no longer waiting to die. He charged his palm cannon and fired it at Arcee.
Buzz—
Arcee raised her hand to block the beam, and faintly, through the holographic projection, one could still see her real, reddened metal arm.
After continuously blocking Tony's palm cannon several times, even Arcee's gold-titanium alloy body began to show signs of melting.
Although she didn't want to hurt Tony, in order to maintain her mobility, Arcee decided to take the initiative and began a close-quarters, fist-to-flesh battle with Tony, who was wearing the Mark 4.
For a moment.
Even though his armor had been updated to the fourth generation, Tony was still completely suppressed by Arcee, a battle-hardened, agile warrior representative of the Transformers.
The physical combat skills and agility of both sides were not on the same level; Tony couldn't even touch Arcee.
In this relatively small, artificially excavated space, Arcee displayed a posture of 'one woman holding the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it.'
The clang of metal collisions kept ringing out!
The Mark 4 armor kept showing dents under Arcee's iron fist punishment and continuous leg attacks. Tony could even clearly feel the deformed armor pressing against his chest.
However, Arcee didn't intend to kill him, so Tony could still barely hold on, relying on the armor's defense and Jarvis's real-time action predictions.
"Shit!"
"How come I didn't know you were so good at close combat?"
Tony couldn't help but complain. He had always thought that Arcee, who had been inconspicuous by Leon's side, was just a glass cannon that only knew how to kite from a distance.
The result greatly surprised him.
If he had the chance, he definitely had to disassemble Arcee to see what kind of structure she had inside, Tony thought, but Leon would definitely be reluctant, tsk!
"There's a lot you don't know, Leon's brother."
Arcee said proudly.
"Is that so?"
Tony's eyebrow, hidden beneath the armor's helmet, raised, and he retorted to Arcee, "Then have you heard Leon say this — 'When doing things, one must know how to adapt'?"
"What?"
Arcee was stunned.
"Now, Pepper!"
Taking advantage of Arcee's momentary Stunned, Tony hugged her and delivered a full-force back suplex, then refused to let go. Pepper took this opportunity to bypass the two and slip into Leon's Wonderful House.
After all.
Defeating Arcee was not their goal; confirming Leon's safety was.
"You can't..."
Arcee struggled to break free from Tony's restraint, crawling towards the door to stop Pepper, but it was too late. She could only watch Pepper enter.
The next moment.
"Ah—"
Pepper's scream came from Leon's Wonderful House.
Arcee and Tony, who were entangled in a struggle, looked at each other, immediately ceased their confrontation, and temporarily truce, then quickly rushed into Leon's Wonderful House.
What they saw was.
Inside Leon's Wonderful House.
Pepper was surprised, covering her mouth with one hand and her eyes with the other, but her fingers were spread wide, looking at Leon, who had already put the 'Regeneration Cradle' into the system space but was still completely naked, as if trying to steal a bell by covering her ears.
"Holy Shit!"
Tony had a look of seeing a ghost and asked Leon, "During the time you disappeared, did you eat protein powder as a meal?"
"Huh?"
Leon, who had just woken up, hadn't yet grasped the situation. Arcee walked over and, with one arm, reluctantly shielded his vital parts.
Then she projected Leon's current appearance into the air for him to see.
What he saw was.
It was a nearly perfect male body, like an ancient Greek sculpture. Anyone who knew would immediately recognize it as Superman!
Meaning—
The current Leon already possessed nine-tenths of Superman's splendor.
He had evolved from the original "looks thin in clothes, muscular without" to now, whether clothed or unclothed, it was difficult to conceal his magnificent muscle lines, which were far beyond what mere mortals could compare to, almost like a god.
Without appearing bulky, the current Leon was almost incredibly handsome to the extreme.
To borrow a phrase from a certain Zhenren (Immortal) — 'There has never been a Venerable in the path of handsomeness, Leon might be able to fill this void.'
After explanations from Tony, Pepper, and Arcee, Leon finally knew how long he had slept.
—A full two and a half months!
Tony jokingly said that Leon had set another Guinness World Record.
Pepper was annoyed that Leon hadn't informed her and Tony in advance about such an important matter, which resulted in her and Tony misunderstanding Arcee, the good girl who had dutifully protected him.
Yes.
Leon's explanation to Tony and Pepper was — he had become stronger by completing this 'undisturbed' sleep.
Leon even gave this process of awakening superpowers through sleep a highly impressive name, paying homage to a certain God King —
'Leon's Slumber'.
After seeing off Tony and Pepper.
Leon immediately began to eagerly check his gains.
Defense was difficult to test.
But in terms of strength—
The blast-proof alloy door, which Leon could only barely dent with one punch before, he could now effortlessly punch through.
And in terms of speed—
Leon and Arcee had also tested it out at sea.
At full power, Leon's speed had already broken the twenty Mach barrier, and this was tested while he was enduring increasingly terrifying air resistance.
If he activated his 'Biological Stance' or was in the vaster expanse of outer space, he would only be faster.
In a simple sentence—
Leon felt incredibly powerful now!
But after a brief moment of inner swelling, he quickly sobered up—with only this much strength, who could he defeat?
Odin, Ancient One, or Thanos?
Then.
Leon quickly chanted his version of the "Heart-Cleansing Mantra" in his mind—'I shall examine myself three times a day: I am handsome, I am rich, I am not strong.'
After mentally preparing himself that he was still very weak, Leon suddenly thought of an even more serious problem!
Homelander's role-playing was a minor issue, but he had just won over Zhao Hailun and then disappeared for two and a half months. Would that innocent girl have any problems?
"Arcee, has Zhao Hailun come looking for me during this time?"
Leon quickly asked.
"She did come looking, but I turned her away in your name."
Arcee replied.
"What?!"
Leon's mouth twitched fiercely twice. Arcee gave him a White eye: "What else did you expect me to do? I couldn't leave here!"
"She was relatively calm in the first month. I chatted with her online using your account, and it was quite pleasant."
"But after being repeatedly rejected for meetings by me, she became significantly colder online in the second month."
"In the last half month, she hasn't sent a single message. Your account seems to have been blacklisted by her."
Arcee placed one hand on her alluring waist-hip line, waving her hand with a hint of schadenfreude.
Well.
Looking at this situation.
What was originally a thoughtful little cotton jacket had probably become leaky all the way to her grandma's house.
Leon thought.
He must remedy it as soon as possible.
Leaving aside other things.
The fact that it was Zhao Hailun's first time alone was enough for Leon to care more about her than others.
"Oh, right."
"I've been maintaining Homelander's activity for you. You absolutely must not go out and say foolish things like 'Long time no see, I've missed you greatly' to fans."
Arcee suddenly reminded him.
"Wow~"
"Arcee, I absolutely love You!"
Leon excitedly put his arm around Arcee's waist, taking the opportunity to kiss her face, which was mimicked by a holographic projection of Tifa's virtual skin, and asked curiously, "How did you do that?"
Pushing Leon's wandering hand away, Arcee queen-like wiped the wet mark from her face with disdain, then pointed a single finger at her Sun temple, and rolled her White eye:
"Using my brain."