In just an instant.
4 became 16, 16 became 64, 64 became 256.
The Boxer was already surrounded by over two hundred densely packed tracking missiles.
The 'drip drip drip' locking sound reverberated through the cockpit.
The next moment.
All the missiles launched simultaneously, and the tail flames ejected by the flying missiles even instantly enveloped the entire Boxing Mecha.
One must know that there were only about 50 enemy aircraft on site at the moment, meaning each enemy aircraft could fortunately be allocated 5-6 of its own little troublemakers.
In a flash.
"Boom boom boom boom—"
Countless fireballs exploded across the sky.
Deafening roars echoed in unison.
The azure sky was dyed red.
The Impact of the explosions collided and attenuated.
The aerial combat, which had been a back-and-forth struggle, ended instantly.
Including the 'audience' in the quinjet, everyone watched it all with wide eyes.
Venom, who was already afraid of fire and sound, completely retracted into Harry's body.
Harry, still a bit dazed from the explosion, first froze.
Then he plummeted rapidly downwards, screaming 'Ah ah ah ah'.
But one must remember that all of this was initially caused by just four thumb-sized micro-missiles released by Luca from the Boxer.
God knows how many of these micro-missiles were still stored inside the Boxing Mecha.
For a moment, even Tony in Veronica couldn't help but swallow in shock.
'Is this space compression technology? This kid isn't planning to spar with me using these missiles, is he?'
At this moment, Tony was just grateful that when the two of them sparred last time, the Boxing Mecha wasn't equipped with weapon modules.
Otherwise, the consequences…
And this was what Luca had referred to as 'mother-child missiles' earlier.
In reality, this thing wasn't technically difficult for Luca at all.
Simply put, it involved turning universal capsules into micro-missiles, then nesting them layer by layer, ultimately releasing the true tracking missiles evenly.
These final tracking missiles were already in a launch-ready state when they were 'compressed'; as soon as they were released, with Haro's ability as a 'super pilot', their lock-on targets could be reset.
The most difficult part was not the technology, but rather the meticulous effort and cost involved in 'packaging' and manufacturing the missiles.
But all of this perfectly met Luca's need for his fear of insufficient firepower.
In fact, the Boxer's current launch bays contained not only a large number of 'mother-child missiles' but also 'mother-child landmines', 'mother-child machine gun turrets', 'mother-child drone swarms', 'mother-child Haro repair teams', and various other similar universal capsule provisions.
Even so, this was still because of incomplete production lines, insufficient capacity, and the tediousness of 'packaging', with most of the bays still unfilled.
If Luca had enough time for preliminary preparations, he alone, with his one mecha, could stand in for an entire mechanized army.
Everyone who witnessed this scene, though still unaware of how much armament the Boxing Mecha truly carried, had only one thought in their minds.
'You really can't provoke a mischievous kid!'
"Ah ah ah ah~~~"
Harry, still falling towards the ground, suddenly felt wings unfurl behind him again.
Immediately after, his body abruptly paused in mid-air, then was carried back into the sky by Venom.
Only this time, even Venom, an 'old hand' who had experienced multiple Worlds, instinctively chose to stay far away from the Boxer piloted by Luca.
"Cough cough, continue forward, target, Sky Carrier!"
Finally, Captain was the first to regain his composure and ordered them to set off again.
And this time, everyone seemed to have a bit more confidence in the upcoming battle.
"Tell me! Do you have confidence in dealing with that mecha?!"
On the command bridge of Sky Carrier No. 1, Hive looked coldly at Alexander Pierce beside him.
Since they had chosen to dispatch carrier-based fighters to intercept the Avengers, they naturally wouldn't ignore it.
In fact, the HYDRA faction, which had now completely occupied Washington, had not pursued rapid expansion precisely because they were waiting for the Avengers to arrive and prioritize their annihilation.
Otherwise, even if they took over more territory, this group of 'troublemakers' with superpowers would still bring immense trouble to HYDRA's subsequent rule.
However, no one expected that these unruly rebels not only failed to die in their first wave of arrangements but even the dozens of fighter jets sent to intercept them yielded nothing.
No, perhaps they had anticipated that the interception would fail, and that the Battle of New York could only serve as a delaying tactic.
But they hadn't expected the interception to be resolved so easily, nor had they expected that, until now, not a single member of the entire Avengers had been lost.
At this moment, hearing Hive's question, Pierce was truly under immense pressure.
Based on the last video transmitted by the fighter jets destroyed by the missiles, with the firepower displayed by that blue and white mecha, the Sky Carrier would undoubtedly be instantly destroyed if it got within a certain range.
More importantly, before that, the blue and white mecha had withstood several missiles launched by fighter jets without a scratch.
'Can the anti-aircraft firepower mounted on the Sky Carrier really stop that mecha?'
At this moment, Alexander Pierce utterly hated the person who had conceived Project Insight.
'This damn plan is full of holes!!!'
However, no matter how much he roared internally, facing Hive's questioning now, Pierce still needed to answer carefully.
Otherwise, even without the Sky Carrier crashing, he would be directly turned into a puddle of blood by Hive right now.
"My Lord Hive, there are still three fighter jets equipped with nuclear warheads on the Sky Carrier; I suggest we immediately release these three planes now to completely eliminate that group of Avengers."
As Pierce said, there were indeed nuclear warheads on the Sky Carrier; the nuclear bomb that Stark 'bent' the trajectory of during the First Battle of New York had taken off from an old Sky Carrier.
Moreover, it wasn't just the carrier; various military Bases controlled by HYDRA also had missile silos capable of launching nuclear bombs.
However, HYDRA had previously always pursued dominion, which was why they hadn't considered launching nuclear bombs on 'their own territory'.
But in the current situation, nuclear contamination was no longer a concern; if they didn't deal with the Avengers, they might not even be able to achieve the most basic rule.
"Furthermore, My Lord Hive, I suggest that regardless of whether nuclear bombs are launched, shouldn't we first return to ground command via transport shuttle?"
Well, whether they could intercept or not was beside the point.
At this point, Pierce didn't want to spend another second on this giant flying coffin!