Marvel: The Imposter Inventor

Chapter 168 Flame Sandman (Second Update)
"Hey! Imhotep! Look here! Your Anzuru is here!!"

The Hulk below was still futilely tearing at the Sand Giant's toes, but suddenly Tony's provocative shout came from the sky.

Upon hearing the sound, the Sand Giant looked over and saw the annoying little insect carrying a huge water tanker, flying rapidly from a distance.

"Get out of here!"

The giant's roar was deafening.

As it roared, its gaping maw continued to spew out violent sand and gravel.

However, Tony ignored the onslaught of sandstorm and rushed to the giant, throwing the water tanker in his hand with all his might. At the same time, he raised his palm and aimed his palm cannon at the vehicle that was hurtling towards the giant.

"Today's weather forecast: sandstorm turning into showers~"

"Sizzle~ Bang~"

The light blue palm-sized cannon instantly struck the 'water jug' that was tumbling in mid-air.

However, the anticipated water tank explosion and the resulting 'localized rainfall' did not occur.

On the contrary
"boom----"

A terrifying explosion rang out in the air, sparks flew everywhere, and a wave of heat rushed towards us.

The shattered water tanker truck transformed into a massive fireball in mid-air.

Black crude oil, stained with flames, poured down from the fireball in the sky.

In an instant, it poured onto the head of the sand giant, causing him to let out an even more shrill and painful roar.

"This"

Because he was too close to the center of the explosion, Tony was thrown dozens of meters away by the sudden shockwave. After regaining his footing, he stared blankly at the overwhelming flames in front of him.

"Jarvis, you're telling me that's a water truck?!"

"Yes, sir. Aguapula is a very well-known purified water supply company in Florida, specializing in high-quality purified water. The license plate and stickers on that vehicle indicate that it was indeed a privately owned water truck of Aguapula."

Looking at the giant of yellow sand in the distance, whose body was engulfed in flames and became even more ferocious, Tony had a completely "you're kidding me" expression.

However, Jarvis was not finished speaking.

"Previously, local reports that Aguapula Company was using water trucks to transport cooking oil caused the company's stock to plummet. However, the company ultimately won the lawsuit, and the local newspaper that reported the news paid Aguapula Company a large sum of money for reputational damages."

Hearing this, Tony roughly understood what was going on and immediately cursed through gritted teeth.

"Those bastards! Jarvis, report this company to the authorities! Have my legal team sue them until they're bankrupt!"

However, no matter how angry Tony was, that was a story for another time.

Now he needs to face the second form of the boss, which has been enchanted with 'fire enchantment'.

Despite the seemingly painful cries of the sand giant opposite, its destructive power has actually increased to an even greater level.

With a casual wave of his hand, he splashed out handfuls of scalding hot sand, coated with oil and heated to a bright red.

Even Hulk, who was always trimming the giant's nails, had to occasionally dodge the scalding quicksand.

Just then, a white figure swayed between the buildings and came to Stark's side, shouting loudly at him.

“Mr. Stark, this isn’t the Sandman from my world. That idiot isn’t this powerful.”

In fact, Gwen had been using her spider silk to restrain and harass the gigantic sandman, but now that the opponent was enchanted with fire, Gwen's spider silk was not as effective.

"Leave this to me, Gwen. You go and assist the captain with the rescue efforts!"

After uttering those words, Tony, without caring whether Gwen had heard him or not, charged out again, spewing flames. At this point, it was pointless to dwell on which world this Sandman villain came from.

Although Steve's suggestion was for Tony to lure the Sandman to the beach, Tony did not intend to do so.

He knew that a villain with such obvious weaknesses should also be very aware of his own weaknesses.

Guiding it to the seaside would be an impossible task.

But Tony knew that high-voltage electric shocks could also cause sand to crystallize and solidify, so his original plan was to pour water on the other person's head and then lure him to the nearest power plant.

However, the sandman now enchanted with flames forced him to abandon the idea.

"Jarvis! How much longer until Veronica arrives?!"

"Sir, the Counter-Boxer Armor will arrive in one minute!"

After receiving the report, Tony understood and rushed directly to the top of Sandman's head, who was still making symbolic screams.

"Hey! Big guy, look here! Your trachoma needs some laser surgery!"

Sandman, who was smashing a building to pieces with a single punch, looked up at Tony in the air upon hearing the sound.

The next moment, a thick red energy beam shot out from the LED light on the chest of Tony's Iron Man suit.

The continuously emitted high-temperature rays swept directly from the Sandman's left eye to his right eye.

The deep red ravines, melted and crystallized by the scorching heat, instantly 'connected' his enormous, sand-like eyeballs together.

The agonizing screams caused by extreme pain even caused a significant amount of sand around him to scatter and fall off.

Sandman covered his eyes with one hand and rubbed them incessantly, while his other huge fist swung wildly at Tony in the air.

However, Tony nimbly dodged all of these attacks.

"The surgery seems to have been successful, but the patient's emotions don't seem very stable."

As he spoke, the missile bays on the Iron Man's shoulders unfolded, and countless tiny missiles twisted and swerved towards the Sandman's enormous head.

"Try acupuncture anesthesia? It might make you feel better!"

"Boom boom boom~"

A barrage of miniature missiles exploded one after another. Although they couldn't seriously injure the Sandman, they still blasted his head into a series of craters.

With Veronica about to arrive, Tony had no intention of conserving energy and ammunition, and he kept firing at the Sandman.

At this moment, Sandman finally abandoned his reason and roared as he strode toward Tony's location.

All the buildings along the way were either eroded by the endless sandstorm or simply knocked down by him, leaving only ruins wherever he went.

However, just as the Sandman was being gradually guided by Tony towards the sea...

"Roar!!"

A roar filled with rage.

Hulk, who hadn't achieved anything yet, somehow found the strength to leap directly onto Sandman's waist.

Then, using both hands and feet, it quickly climbed onto the sandman's face and began to frantically pound it.

"Hulk—!"

(End of this chapter)