Chapter 189: Incarnating as Slap-Man, One Slap per Spider-Man!
Tap——————
The moment Ryan stepped out of the spatial portal, every Spider-Man from the Spider-Alliance present—except for the two Gwens—felt a heavy, almost tangible pressure radiating from him!
It wasn't just physical pressure, but a pressure originating from the soul; even their Spider-Sense instinctively emitted a feeling of 'dread' toward the newcomer!
Stepping out of the portal, Ryan first nodded to the 'real' Gwen, then turned his gaze toward the disheveled members of the Spider-Alliance.
At this moment, he didn't even need to read their minds to know these idiots must have committed some self-righteous, foolish act that caused them heavy losses, so he spoke to them coldly:
"What a bunch of trash!"
Facing Ryan's bluntness, although it was indeed the truth, the Spider-Men of the Spider-Alliance inevitably found it a bit hard to accept.
For instance, the hot-tempered Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly!
He was a clone of Peter Parker, and among all of Spider-Man's clones, he was the most perfect and stable one in every aspect.
Of course, that was only in comparison to the imperfection of other clones.
As a clone, Ben Reilly's personality was quite different from the refined and easygoing Peter Parker; for example, his explosive temper!
Already irritated by being easily defeated by Inheritor Family, and now being mocked by a Spider-Man from another Universe, the Scarlet Spider's fury was instantly ignited!
I couldn't beat Inheritor Family, but I can't beat you?
I'll go up there and give you a...
Ben Reilly strode aggressively toward Ryan like an angry lion, and then...
Thud————————
The next second, the Spider-Alliance watched in even greater shock as Ben Reilly was sent flying backward, embedded so deeply into the water tank Gwen had hidden behind earlier that he couldn't be pried out.
While the Scarlet Spider, Ben Reilly, wasn't the strongest Spider-Man among them, he certainly wasn't the weakest; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to escape Inheritor Family with them!
But this guy who suddenly appeared struck second but arrived first, defeating Ben Reilly with a casual punch—is this f*cking logical?
This guy is definitely not simple!
Spider-Man 2099, Miguel, looked at Ryan in his silver-gray spider suit and immediately had the idea of recruiting him into his Spider-Alliance.
Having lost over a hundred Spider-Men, the Spider-Alliance was now in desperate need of such a powerful Spider-Man!
However, his own man had just been thrashed by the other party. As the leader, he certainly couldn't show goodwill directly at this moment; he had to give this newcomer a show of strength first!
He had to let this newcomer know that the Spider-Alliance wasn't a place where he could run wild, and to keep him in line after joining!
Thinking of this, Miguel stepped forward, flicked his wrists, and two crimson arm blades deployed from his forearms!
Miguel pointed his arm blades at Ryan and said equally coldly, "You should apologize to Ben right now!"
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Hearing Miguel's nearly commanding tone, a question mark slowly appeared over Ryan's head.
Wait, buddy?
Is there something seriously wrong with your head?
Have you still not figured out who's in charge or the gap in our strength?
So arrogant?!
"Heh, you want me to apologize, right?"
Ryan cracked his neck and walked step by step until he was in front of Miguel.
With Ben Reilly as a cautionary tale, Miguel did not underestimate Ryan. Seeing Ryan walking toward him, he immediately became vigilant.
"What are you trying to do now?"
Ryan, who was slightly taller than Miguel, looked down at him and raised his palm high: "What am I doing? I'm doing you, of course!"
As the words fell, Ryan's palm whipped out with a whistling wind, slapping toward Miguel!
Miguel, who was prepared, naturally wouldn't sit and wait for death; instead, he blocked with his crimson arm blades in front of him.
In his view, as long as the opponent wasn't stupid, he should retract this slap instead of pitting his flesh and blood against sharp arm blades!
But Miguel was clearly mistaken this time. Ryan's falling slap didn't retract because of the arm blades; instead, he used a flesh-and-blood hand-knife to forcibly snap the arm blades!
In Miguel's wide-eyed gaze, an irresistible force transferred from his forearms held in front of him...
Crack——————
With a crisp sound, it wasn't just Miguel's arm blades that broke, but also his forearms!
And it wasn't over. The massive force of Ryan's slap sent Miguel sprawling face-down on the ground, unable to get back up!
Ryan looked down at Miguel at his feet and mocked ruthlessly: "Trash is trash. You can't even recognize the gap in strength; no wonder you've made such a mess of yourselves!"
With consecutive insults and their companions being struck down one after another, the rest of the Spider-Alliance couldn't sit still anymore and all surrounded Ryan.
Seeing this, Gwen, who had come with Ryan, instinctively wanted to step forward to help, but before she could, a figure also wearing a Ghost-Spider suit blocked her path.
The 'real' Gwen stared at Gwen and said gloomily, "You don't need to worry about Ryan's side. Now, you need to tell me first... who exactly are you?"
Gwen:...
On the other side, the four Spider-Men surrounding Ryan had already begun their move. The experienced Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Punk were the first to act.
The two of them rushed at Ryan simultaneously from the left and right at extreme speed, attempting to subdue him with the numerical advantage of 'four hands being better than two.'
But clearly, the two of them were overthinking it just like Miguel had. Ryan wasn't just about high strength, speed, and defense...
After absorbing the rich combat experience of the cosmic tyrant Thanos during the last rain, Ryan didn't fear being outnumbered at all when his strength was overwhelming!
Thanos could take down the Big Three of the Avengers with just a broadsword without any superpowers.
Beating two Little Spider-Men—wasn't that just like beating little babies?
Still incarnating as Slap-Man, still one slap per person!
The movements of ordinary people are slow-motion in the eyes of a Spider-Man, and the movements of Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Punk were similarly slow-motion in Ryan's eyes.
Before the two could even touch Ryan, two slaps landed, leaving them face-down with their butts in the air at Ryan's feet, falling into an infant-like sleep...
As he defeated four Spider-Men in succession, Ryan clearly felt his bug-level ability to absorb the power of his own kind starting to work again; his physique and abilities were gradually strengthening in all aspects!
This simple and efficient way of becoming stronger was almost addictive to Ryan!
Therefore, once the thrill of becoming stronger subsided, he couldn't help but turn his gaze toward the remaining two Spider-Men of the Spider-Alliance—the 'pregnant' Spider-Man and the 'little girl' Spider-Man—and gave them a smile that made them both shudder...
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Chapter 190: Moral Kidnapping? You Need Morals for That!
Watching Ryan walk toward them with an overwhelming pressure, both of them couldn't help but take a few steps back.
The pregnant Jessica suppressed the terror rising within her and stepped in front of Peni Parker, shouting at Ryan:
"Enough! Stop it, you've won, we surrender! I'm just a pregnant woman, and she's just a little girl. You wouldn't actually lay a hand on us, would you?!"
Faced with Jessica's moral kidnapping, Ryan actually stopped in his tracks.
He looked at Jessica's large belly, which looked like she was about to give birth, and frowned. "How long have you been pregnant?"
Jessica thought this bully had finally softened under her words, so her tone softened as well. Stroking her belly, she said, "Nine months already. I think my baby should be born soon..."
Hearing this, Ryan nodded and said thoughtfully, "So that means the Little Spider in your belly is almost fully developed, making it a Little Spider-Man too, right?"
"What did you say?" Jessica was stunned.
Before she could react to what Ryan meant, *slap!* Ryan delivered another strike, sending the pregnant Jessica tumbling to the ground!
Fortunately, Jessica came with her own built-in airbags, so the fall didn't hurt much.
Feeling the double feedback of Spider Abilities within him as expected, Ryan flashed a very satisfied smile.
Buy one, get one free—who could refuse such a good deal?
As for hitting a pregnant woman being immoral?
The Spider Monarch would say: guess why I'm also called a bully?
I'd need to have morals for you to be able to kidnap me with them!
After the Pregnant Spider-Man went down, only one Spider-Man remained who hadn't been slapped, and that was...
Ryan's "evil" gaze fixed on Peni Parker, making her legs go weak as she collapsed onto the ground in fear.
A strong survival instinct caused Peni Parker's eyes to well up with tears instantly. Adopting a pitifully cute look, she acted cute toward Ryan: "Onii-chan, you wouldn't have the heart to slap such a cute little girl like me, right?"
Seeing such a pitiful little girl acting cute and begging for mercy, one would believe that anyone with a soul wouldn't have the heart to strike her.
Ryan knelt down, placed his large hand on Peni Parker's hair, and ruffled it, saying gently, "You are so cute, big brother naturally has a special exception for you..."
Peni Parker's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this, and she said happily, "I knew big brother was the best!"
Ryan reached out and pinched Peni Parker's cheek dotingly, smiling as he said, "Then you've celebrated too early. The exception I'm giving you is that I'll let you choose: should I slap your left cheek or your right cheek?~"
Indeed, no human would have the heart to slap a pitiful little girl, but Ryan wasn't exactly a pure-blooded human; he was the Spider Monarch!
So, he could bring himself to do it!
Hearing Ryan's words, the smile froze on Peni Parker's face as she stared at him with wide, disbelieving eyes.
It seemed she never expected such cold and heartless words to come from a human's mouth!
Seeing Peni Parker frozen in place looking like she was about to cry again, Ryan—who couldn't stand seeing women cry—softened once more.
Sigh, seeing how pitiful you are, I'll be merciful and... make the decision for you!
With that, Ryan curled his finger and delivered a flick to Peni Parker's forehead. Her mind went blank instantly, sending her into a brief standby mode as she fell straight back onto the ground.
*Thud*——————
However, Ryan's insistence on defeating all the Spider-Men of the Spider-Alliance present was only to acquire their abilities. He wasn't like Inheritor Family, who not only wanted their powers but also their lives.
Thus, everyone from the Spider-Alliance was actually just knocked down by him.
Under his deliberate control of force, except for Miguel, who lost a forearm due to his own arrogance, the others hadn't even sustained what could be called injuries.
Especially for Peni Parker, who was a normal human, the force Ryan used was even smaller, merely causing her to feel dizzy for a moment.
As Ryan had expected but was still slightly disappointed by, Peni Parker, being a normal human, indeed didn't provide him with any Spider Abilities.
After a brief dizzy spell, Peni Parker regained consciousness. Clutching her reddened forehead, she glared at Ryan with teary eyes and said with a sob, "You're simply a big jerk!"
After ruffling Peni Parker's hair once more, Ryan stood up and looked around at the Spider-Men who were gradually waking up from their unconsciousness, saying calmly:
"This is just a lesson for you all—a lesson to fix your arrogant habit of thinking you're in control of everything!"
"You should be grateful right now that I'm not your real enemy. Otherwise, after being taken down by me, you wouldn't be standing up again perfectly fine like this; you'd never stand up again!"
"As losers, you must have the self-awareness of a loser!"
Hearing this, all the survivors of the Spider-Alliance lowered their heads in silence. The last shred of pride in their hearts was ruthlessly shattered by Ryan's words...
Indeed, they had nothing to be proud or arrogant about; they were just a bunch of stray dogs who had barely managed to escape...
Miguel sat on the ground, ignoring his limp, severed arm. Instead, he leaned against the corner of the rooftop wall and said dejectedly with his head down:
"You're right. We're all losers. Especially me, as the leader of the entire Spider-Alliance. My arrogance led to countless Spider-Men dying at the hands of Inheritor Family this time. I am the absolute failure..."
"I am no longer fit to continue leading other Spider-Men as the leader of the Spider-Alliance..."
At this point, Miguel suddenly looked up and stared intently at Ryan. Seeing Ryan in his Silver-gray suit shining with a divine glow in the sunlight, he made a decision in his heart and spoke:
"I want to ask you for a favor!"
The other recovered Spider-Men of the Spider-Alliance seemed to sense something and suddenly looked at Miguel. They had already guessed what he was about to say.
But before they could speak to stop him, Miguel raised his hand to silence them. Looking at Ryan, he said firmly, "You are powerful—more powerful than me, and more powerful than any Spider-Man I have ever seen!"
"Most importantly, you are calm, decisive, and have a natural leadership quality—something all Spider-Men lack, including myself..."
"So, I want you to take my place and serve as the leader of the Multiverse Spider-Alliance!"
"I believe that with you leading the Spider-Alliance, there is more hope of defeating Inheritor Family and ending this Spider-Man hunting crisis sweeping through the Multiverse than if I were leading!"
Seeing Miguel's voluntary "abdication to a more capable person," a smirk of success played on the lips of Ryan, who was being forced into the role of the new leader.
Making him the new leader of the Multiverse Spider-Alliance?
Wouldn't that... mean he'd have countless Spider-Men to absorb power from and grow stronger in the future?
After all, training the strength of every newly joined Spider-Man member is a responsibility he should have as a leader, right?
So he was about to have a channel to acquire Spider-Men's abilities without offending any Universe?
This is... just too great!
With a smile, Ryan reached out, about to shake hands with Miguel to make peace and gladly accept his abdication. But halfway through extending his hand toward Miguel, he suddenly stopped in mid-air.
It wasn't because Ryan had a change of heart and didn't want the responsibility; it was because... more guests had arrived!
As Ryan turned his gaze behind him, a hideous spatial rift was tearing through the air, slowly appearing on this rooftop terrace...
In the next moment, two men and a woman stepped out of the spatial rift...
Morlun, leading the group, scanned all the Spider-Men and revealed a bloodthirsty smile. "I think I just heard someone say they were going to defeat our Inheritor Family?"
Chapter 191: The Terrifying Suppression of the spider spirit!
Hearing that familiar voice, everyone in the Spider-Alliance suddenly turned their gazes toward the three people who had just appeared!
Unlike the calm in Ryan Parker's eyes, the Spider-Men of the Spider-Alliance were filled with fear the moment they saw the three members of Inheritor Family appear!
Because not long ago, over a hundred Spider-Men from their Spider-Alliance had died tragically at the hands of these fellows!
They especially recognized Morlun, the leader of the three; he was the head of Inheritor Family and the Inheritor who had most brutally killed the most Spider-Men back then!
Miguel sprang up from the ground, staring fixedly at Morlun and the other two, questioning them in a heavy tone:
"How on earth did you track us? To think you could so quickly and accurately follow us to this Universe we escaped to at random!"
Facing Miguel's obvious attempt to fish for information, Morlun glanced at him, raised an eyebrow, and admitted generously:
"Indeed, we do have means to track you pathetic Spider-Men, but I'm afraid you've mistaken one thing..."
Miguel's brow furrowed: "What thing?"
Morlun slowly raised his hand, pointing his finger at Ryan Parker beside Miguel, his voice tinged with excitement:
"We aren't here to hunt down you pieces of trash this time. You trash aren't worth three family members mobilizing. Our target this time is him—this delicious and dangerous spider!"
Hearing that Morlun's target wasn't them but Ryan Parker, Miguel didn't breathe a sigh of relief; instead, his heart grew even heavier.
Although Ryan Parker had just given them a beating and easily defeated their Spider-Alliance squad, Miguel didn't resent Ryan Parker for it; on the contrary, he valued Ryan Parker even more in his heart!
Otherwise, he wouldn't have just thought about handing over the position of Spider-Alliance leader to him!
In Miguel's view, a Spider-Man with such great power and intellect should absolutely not fall here today!
Therefore, Miguel resolutely took a step forward, faintly shielding Ryan Parker, and said solemnly: "Take them and leave quickly. Go gather all the Spider-Men you can. I'll hold them off for you temporarily!"
It had to be said that although Spider-Man 2099 was somewhat arrogant, he truly had the sense of responsibility of a leader!
His first instinct when encountering difficulty wasn't to flee, but to choose to face it bravely!
However...
Flee?
What kind of interstellar joke was that!
In Ryan Parker's dictionary, the word 'flee' had never existed!
Ryan Parker reached out and shoved Miguel's face aside, saying coldly: "Give it a rest. Get lost and watch closely. See how Spider Abilities are actually used!"
As he spoke, ignoring Miguel's hand trying to pull him back, he walked toward the three Inheritors step by step at an unhurried pace, just as he had walked toward the other Spider-Men of the Spider-Alliance before.
Seeing this, Morlun and the other two didn't take the approaching Ryan Parker seriously. Especially Morlun and Raina, who had returned to their peak; their lips curled into disdainful smiles.
Other Spider-Men couldn't run away fast enough when they saw them, yet this guy actually dared to walk toward them proactively. He was simply courting death!
The people of the Spider-Alliance were also greatly shocked to see Ryan Parker walking toward the three Inheritors, thinking that this guy surely didn't intend to slap these three Inheritors across the face like he had just slapped them!
Miguel shouted a warning from behind Ryan Parker: "Don't engage them in close combat! If they grab your body for too long, they can drain your soul!"
To this, Ryan Parker gave a disdainful smile: "Grab me?"
Whoosh—
Everyone felt Ryan Parker's figure blur for a moment, and in the next instant, he actually vanished from the spot like a phantom!
That was actually an afterimage!
Then where was Ryan Parker?
Slap!
A crisp sound of a slap rang out!
Everyone followed the sound and saw that Morlun was already kneeling on the ground, clutching his face!
And standing in front of him was exactly the Ryan Parker who had just vanished from his original spot!
Furthermore, Ryan Parker's hands were gripping the faces of the other two Inheritors, one in each hand, lifting them into the air!
Ryan Parker turned his head slightly to glance at Miguel, who still had his mouth open from the warning, and said calmly: "Get it straight. I'm the hunter now. They're just my prey!"
While everyone was shocked, a doubt also rose in their hearts, which was...
When the hell did you get over there?!
Miguel's pupils shook: "Teleportation?"
Even with his eyesight as a Spider-Man, he hadn't captured Ryan Parker's movement trajectory. He could only assume that Ryan Parker being able to teleport was the only possibility!
"No..."
However, a voice denied Miguel's guess.
The two Gwens, who had stood together at some point, spoke up. One of them said with a tone of absolute trust: "My Ryan doesn't know any teleportation. He's just simply fast..."
The other Gwen heard this and immediately hesitated to speak...
Ryan Parker... is he really that fast?
The members of the Spider-Alliance, hearing Gwen say Ryan Parker wasn't teleporting, didn't feel relieved; instead, they felt even more shocked.
Fast to the point that even they, as Spider-Men, couldn't capture it?
This was even harder to accept than teleportation!
And it wasn't just the Spider-Men of the Spider-Alliance who couldn't accept it. Morlun, who had been slapped to the ground, also had trembling pupils, unable to accept this outcome!
If you said you could get the first move before I recovered my strength, that would be fine, but...
I've devoured so many Spider-Men, and my strength has almost recovered to my former peak! Why was I still slapped to the ground like a dog by you?!
"Dammit! How is this possible? Impossible, absolutely impossible! I don't believe it!!!"
Morlun gave a roar and lunged fiercely at Ryan Parker, who was looking down at him with contemptuous eyes. He opened his large Vampire-fanged mouth to bite into Ryan Parker's neck!
To this, Ryan Parker expressed...
Eat this, bang bang bang!
Ryan Parker first delivered a front kick, hitting the lunging Morlun square in the chest, letting Morlun experience what it felt like to be kicked by a coalition of gods!
spider spirit + Hulk + Thor + God of War + Thanos + N Spider-Men's power = Big Bang!
With this one kick, the speed at which Morlun flew backward even caused sparks to ignite on his body, as he penetrated the entire New York like a meteor!
It wasn't over yet. After kicking Morlun away, Ryan Parker looked at Karn and Raina, who were struggling frantically in his hands and gripping his hands tightly in an attempt to absorb his soul. He smiled slightly:
"What's wrong, you two little children? Have you discovered that you can't suck out my soul, right?"
With Ryan Parker's large hands gripping their entire faces, the two couldn't speak at all, but the rising emotions of terror on them already told Ryan Parker he had guessed correctly!
That's exactly what they were thinking!
As for why Inheritor Family, who could absorb the souls of Animal Totem users, couldn't suck out Ryan Parker's soul?
That was very simple...
In Ryan Parker's eyes, a bright yellow light flashed in his left eye, and a mysterious green light flashed in his right eye...
The Mind Stone denied external access to his soul, and the Time Stone firmly locked his soul within his body...
Holding three Infinity Stones, you few little bats think you can take my soul? Are you even worthy?
Ryan Parker gave the two a most ferocious smile: "Little bats, you'd better know how to fly next, because you're about to take off!"
After saying that, the Ryan-style windmill began to spin rapidly. The hurricane generated by him spinning the heads of the two Inheritors even forced the other Spider-Men on the rooftop to use their respective spider-adhesion abilities to grip the floor so they wouldn't be blown away!
Finally, after two crisp 'crack' sounds of necks breaking in his hands, Ryan Parker threw the two Inheritors fiercely in the direction Morlun had just flown!
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Chapter 192: The Ill-Fated New York City~
Three meteors, one in front and two behind, streaked across the New York sky, trailing sparks. Under everyone's watchful eyes, they crashed into Harlem, slamming three craters into the ground!
This violent impact caused the entire New York City to tremble slightly!
At this moment, only one thought crossed the minds of every New York citizen: "Not this f*cking sh*t again!"
It was bad enough that the Chitauri invaded less than two months after the Frost Giant invasion!
But the Chitauri only finished their invasion yesterday—how are there more alien invaders today?!
Is New York City some kind of f*cking tourist hotspot for aliens?!
Can't they go terrorize some other city? Like Washington next door, or Los Angeles!
Many New Yorkers were even starting to plan on moving to other cities!
With an alien invasion happening every other day, their hearts just couldn't take it anymore!
However, it wouldn't be long before they abandoned that idea, because... they would find that fleeing to other cities was actually useless...
The three "meteors" that landed in Harlem were, of course, the three members of Inheritor Family whom Ryan had thrown one after another.
As for why he threw them toward Harlem?
Did he even need to ask?
It was obviously because this was Harlem!
Harlem was the most chaotic area in New York after Hells Kitchen; in fact, to some extent, Harlem was even more chaotic than Hells Kitchen!
Hells Kitchen at least had Kingpin, the underground emperor, keeping things in check. The gangs there showed some restraint because they feared him...
But the folks in Harlem, tsk tsk...
This illegal neighborhood was different; they didn't care who Kingpin was. After all, many of them weren't even part of real gangs—they were just small-time hoodlums...
The last time Ryan cleared out the "pests" of New York, he started with Harlem. But back then, the Avengers from another Universe were waiting, so he hadn't been thorough!
So this time, he deliberately chose this area as the next battlefield against the three members of Inheritor Family...
And this time, Ryan wouldn't be playing around like he did before.
This time, not only would he kill these three reckless Inheritors, but he would also take the opportunity to purge the most chaotic district in New York!
Right now, Harlem was filled with screams and chaos.
This chaos wasn't just caused by the three Inheritors crashing down like meteors.
It was more because the sudden chaos triggered the "source code" of this community, causing countless Thugs to start their specialty: looting!
On the streets, before the three invaders from Inheritor Family could even begin causing destruction, the Thugs had already skillfully masked up and started robbing the people around them and the stores.
This left the three Inheritors, who were shaking their heads and climbing out of the craters, somewhat bewildered.
They thought they had arrived on some war-torn Planet!
Until a bolt of purple lightning streaked across the sky, and a figure landed before Morlun and the others with a thunderous "whoosh!"
Seeing the purple lightning gradually dissipate from Ryan's body, Morlun and the other two finally believed they were indeed still on Earth, rather than having been thrown to some other war-torn Planet by that damn Spider-Man with his ridiculously absurd strength!
Ryan, who had descended from the sky to give chase, wasn't as surprised by the surrounding chaos as the other three; instead, he seemed quite calm.
After all, he had lived in this country for over twenty years and was long accustomed to the "traditional crafts" of these Thugs...
However... he believed that after today, the situation would be greatly improved—at least in New York...
And for that... he would need the cooperation of their three guests...
A classic villainous smirk curled on Ryan's lips as he looked at the three of them like a wolf eyeing sheep!
The three Inheritors, who had never felt fear from any Spider-Man before, all shuddered simultaneously at this moment!
Especially Morlun, who had been the first to be kicked away by Ryan. That kick had been incredibly heavy, blowing a basin-sized hole in the spot where he was hit, and a large chunk of flesh was still missing!
Thus, as the family leader, Morlun couldn't help but take two steps back under Ryan's predatory gaze, shielding himself with Karn and Raina.
"You two stall him first; I need to recover!"
Hearing this, Karn's face was hidden behind his mask, but Raina's expression instantly turned sour.
"We stall him? Wait, brother, are you serious?"
Although she and Karn hadn't been as badly injured as Morlun—theirs were just minor "fatal" injuries like having their necks snapped by Ryan—they had already realized the power gap between them and Ryan!
They were suppressed three-on-one, and now it was two-on-one?
And that was with Karn not even back at full strength!
How were they supposed to fight?
But before Raina could refuse, Karn had already charged at Ryan with his Trident.
Karn was an honest man; after being tricked by Morlun into becoming the muscle for Inheritor Family, he was solely focused on atonement and completely disregarded his own safety!
The charging Karn stuck to his old routine. His space-cutting Trident swung down toward Ryan's head, just as it had when he attacked Witch Wanda!
To be fair, while the move was simple, it was quite effective against most powerful opponents!
After all, in any Universe, space and time were considered high-level forms of attack.
Even someone as strong as Scarlet Witch Wanda had nearly met her match under Karn's spatial slicing due to a moment of carelessness!
But Ryan was not Witch Wanda. No matter how strong Witch Wanda was, it was ultimately because her Chaos Magic was well-developed; she wasn't inherently that powerful herself.
But Ryan was a true all-rounder!
Neither his combat experience nor his reflexes were comparable to Witch Wanda, who was still at a mortal level!
Facing the Trident Karn swung down at him, Ryan showed no intention of dodging. Instead, he calmly watched the crimson blade of the halberd enlarge before his eyes!
Then... when it was less than half a meter away, Karn, who had leapt with it, froze in mid-air!
Familiar red light was coiled around Karn's body!
At that moment, two figures—one red and one yellow—slowly descended from behind Ryan.
It was the arriving Witch and Wolverine!
Both of them were now staring angrily at Karn. The Witch, in particular, said coldly, "Ryan, leave him to us. We have a score to settle with him!"
Chapter 193: The Terrifying Inheritor in a Frenzied State!
Ryan glanced at Karn, who was frozen in mid-air by Chaos Magic, then at Witch Wanda and Wolverine Logan who had arrived together. He had already roughly guessed what had happened.
It seemed the reason Wolverine hadn't come to find him was that he'd run into members of Inheritor Family, and the Witch just happened to get involved.
And it looked like the two of them had suffered quite a bit at Karn's hands...
Tsk tsk, one can only say that Karn is truly unlucky.
Of all the people to provoke, why would you provoke a semi-blackened Scarlet Witch?
Ryan waved his hand. "Mm, go ahead. He's all yours to play with."
He had felt it before; among the three Inheritors, Karn felt the weakest to him, far from the powerful auras emanating from the other two.
It was as if his aura was withered from not being full.
So he wasn't afraid that Witch Wanda and Wolverine would fail in a 2v1 against Karn.
If they really failed, then it could only be said that those two didn't deserve to stay by his side.
After all, he didn't keep useless people around him!
Having received the consent of Ryan, the 'Master' of this Universe, Witch Wanda and Wolverine both grinned, looking very excited.
Last time, the two of them had almost failed, which made them remember Karn deeply, thinking of getting revenge sooner or later!
They didn't expect the opportunity for revenge to come so quickly!
The Witch's red-glowing hand gave Karn a violent push, and Karn was sent flying backward like a cannonball once again!
Witch Wanda then took Wolverine and chased after the direction Karn had flown.
Clearly, the two were leaving this battlefield to Ryan.
They had changed battlefields to have their fun...
And now, it was Ryan's turn for a 1v2!
With the little time Karn had stalled, Morlun, whose recovery was comparable to Wolverine's, had actually healed his injuries by now.
Ryan even felt that the auras on Morlun and Raina were even stronger than before!
If they were like a burning campfire before, now it was as if gasoline had been poured on it; they had begun to burn fiercely!
And this involved another talent of Inheritor Family...
Frenzy!
Every member of Inheritor Family shared a special biological link, giving them family combat synergy. This ability ensured that as long as one family member was injured or died, all other members would trigger their Frenzied state!
In this Frenzied state, all of their various abilities would be significantly enhanced!
And just now, Ryan had injured all three of them—Morlun's group—at once!
So now, all three had triggered their Frenzied attributes!
Especially Morlun and Raina, who were already back to full strength; in their Frenzied state, actual black and red steam had begun to rise from their bodies!
To those who didn't know better, it would look like the two of them had opened the damn Gate of Death!
At this moment, on another rooftop not far from the battlefield, the newly arrived Spider-Alliance and the two Gwen Stacys happened to witness Morlun and the other's explosive power surge...
Even from a distance, they felt an extremely strong sense of pressure!
Seeing this, Miguel couldn't help but say worriedly, "Should we go down and help? Even if it's just to help Ryan stall one of the Inheritors!"
The Gwen of this Universe glanced at Miguel, who was still clutching his severed arm, and casually tossed him a small green medicine bottle, saying coldly:
"Ryan told you to watch closely, so just watch. Not going down there to cause trouble is already the greatest help you can give Ryan!"
Even though she had gained Spider Abilities and become the Ghost-Spider of this Universe, the Gwen of this Universe always knew that there were levels to being a Spider-Man!
And Ryan was the eternal ceiling among Spider-Men!
Whether in this Universe or in others!
Gwen would always believe this, from the past, to the present, until the future!
Feeling the unreserved trust the Gwen beside her had for Ryan below, the Gwen from the other Universe felt her heart start to race for some reason.
And whose hearts were also racing were Morlun and Raina below!
But they weren't racing because they were attracted to Ryan, but because of their own Frenzied attributes!
With their power greatly increased once again in the Frenzied state, the two suddenly felt like they were capable again!
Morlun pointed arrogantly at Ryan, his face wearing a sinister smile as he said, "Today will be the day I end the prophecy of Inheritor Family's demise, and the day I absorb your power, surpass Solus, and become the strongest Inheritor!"
Raina, standing nearby, suddenly looked at Morlun and couldn't help but gasp!
You eyebrowless, small-eyed guy, I've felt your motives weren't pure for a long time, and now you're not even acting anymore, are you?!
Saying that unsealing the Patriarch Solus would consume all their power—actually, you just don't want Solus to come back because you want to continue being the Patriarch yourself, don't you!
But even though Raina knew of Morlun's rebellious thoughts, she didn't dare to speak up at this time. She only lowered her eyes slightly, a strange glint flashing through them...
On the other side, even though the two from Inheritor Family had a surge in momentum, Ryan wasn't afraid at all. His eyes even became excited as he also pointed at Morlun: "Don't get it wrong, little bat... you are the one who is my nourishment!"
The next moment, the eyes of the two trash-talkers collided. Instantly, like two ignited Rockets, they erupted and charged fiercely toward each other!
BOOM————————
BOOM————————
The ground beneath their feet shattered instantly under their acceleration. Two blurs that couldn't be seen clearly crossed the entire block in less than 0.1 seconds and collided!
Ryan's and Morlun's fists slammed together. At first, it didn't cause any ripples; the air fell into an eerie silence for two seconds...
But this was merely the calm before the storm. On the rooftop not far away, the Spider-Sense of the watching Spider-Men went into a collective, frantic frenzy!
DANGER!!!
"Not good, run!!!"
Under the Regeneration Serum given by Gwen, Miguel, whose severed arm had recovered, was the first to react. He scooped up Peni Parker, who was just an ordinary person, and sprinted back frantically!
The other Spider-Men weren't slow to react either. Under the extreme spider warning, they were already swinging away on their Silk!
But it was still too late...
The second after they fled backward, the power compressed to its limit at the center of Ryan and Morlun's fist-clash finally broke its equilibrium and exploded outward!
WHOOSH————————
There were no fancy energy explosions; just the aftershocks from a pure collision of strength, which swept out frantically in all directions like a nuclear shockwave!
The fleeing Spider-Men hadn't run far before they were overtaken by the aftershocks. Under the intense pressure against their backs, they were swept away by the shockwave like insects!
And for those ordinary people still 'looting' around the area of Ryan and Morlun's clash, it was even worse!
They didn't have the durable physiques of the spectating Spider-Men. Hit by this powerful shockwave, those close by simply exploded, turning into blooming fireworks of flesh and blood!
Those slightly further away had their internal organs shattered almost instantly by the shockwave, swept away like trash. Before they even hit the ground, they had already lost all signs of life, bleeding from their seven orifices in mid-air!
This single collision left the entire block where the two were located in ruins, and there were almost no survivors among the people within it!
Chapter 194: Accidental Disaster? Accidental Harvest!
However, those who still dared to stay here at this time were rarely innocent.
After all, if they were truly innocent, they would have fled at the very start of the disaster...
As for Ryan and Morlun, located at the center of the collision, they bore not just the aftershocks, but the full force of each other's power!
First was Morlun; the arm he used for the clash exploded directly into a bloody mist, and he was sent flying back through several streets before crashing into and collapsing a building to a stop!
Next was Ryan. This time, Ryan wasn't as relaxed as usual; his legs were buried deep into the ground, and he plowed a furrow two miles long into the Earth before finally stopping!
A single punch from Morlun in his berserk state would probably beat the crap out of even the Hulk!
And somehow, without anyone noticing, the Hulk had become a unit of measurement~
But what Ryan cared about most wasn't actually the power Morlun erupted with, or even Morlun himself.
It was that his Symbiote suit had actually sustained damage for the first time!
Ryan looked down at his right arm, which had just traded blows with Morlun; the Symbiote was currently dispersed like a liquid, and his eyes couldn't help but show some surprise!
One must know that this was an enhanced version of the Symbiote that had gone through several rounds of strengthening and had all its weaknesses covered!
It seemed that while the Symbiote suit was effective in low-end matches, it still had its limitations as a suit in truly high-end battles!
After all, when trading punches with an enemy, the first thing to take the hit is definitely the suit on the surface. If the suit can't handle it, it's no good even if he can withstand it himself!
He didn't want his clothes to suddenly explode in a battle against a powerful enemy in the future, forcing him to fight while swinging his 'Little Spider' around...
It seemed he had to find a way to get a better suit, or find an existence that could greatly enhance Riot's defensive power to devour...
But for now, he could only make do with it...
He'd just have to be careful next and not let Morlun's attacks hit his more... exposed parts...
Watching the Symbiote suit re-condensing on his arm, Ryan didn't feel like waiting for it to recover slowly on its own.
With a flick of his hand, countless Symbiote tentacles shot out, dragging several Thugs who were originally engaged in 'zero-dollar shopping' out of a store with smashed windows, and began to suck them dry aggressively!
Weren't there 'energy bars' for replenishing energy everywhere here?
In the blink of an eye, all the men were absorbed into dried meat strips by the Symbiote tentacles...
This was the advantage of fighting on his home turf; in this city, Ryan had an endless supply of 'Heads' to replenish his energy during battle!
But Morlun didn't have an endless supply of Spider-Men to replenish his energy!
Ryan casually devoured a few Heads and completely replenished the Symbiote's damage and consumption. On the other side, Morlun, who had flown much further, wasn't having such an easy time...
Every member of Inheritor Family had self-healing abilities comparable to Wolverine, but that self-healing consumed their own energy!
One had 'zero consumption' while the other had consumption; who was stronger and who was weaker was obvious at a glance!
On the other side, by the time Morlun crawled out of the collapsed building, he saw Ryan standing perfectly intact in front of the ruins with his arms crossed, waiting for him to come out.
Looking at Ryan, whose suit wasn't even slightly dirty, Morlun's eyes were full of disbelief: "How can this be..."
Why was it that no matter how strong he became, the opponent was like a mountain he could never surpass, with no end in sight!
Could it be that the Destiny Spider in the prophecy, who would exterminate Inheritor Family, didn't possess some special means to kill them, but was simply just strong enough?
"I don't believe it!!!"
Morlun roared, and his exploded right arm suddenly sprayed out a large amount of black plasma. As the right arm twisted, it formed a red and black blade several meters long, which he swung violently upward at Ryan!
Swoosh——————
Ryan didn't even uncross his arms; with just a slight sideways tilt of his body, he perfectly evaded Morlun's unparalleled slash!
He dodged it, but the skyscraper behind him suffered!
The power erupted by Morlun's slash actually split a hundred-meter-tall skyscraper in two from the middle!
Amidst the screams of countless people inside, the building slowly tilted to both sides, hitting the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust that reached the sky!
Ryan had no intention of acting like Spider-Man to go and rescue them; instead, a blade several meters long also extended from his right arm!
Clang————————
In the next moment, amidst the sound of clashing metal, a black and red figure broke through the smoke raised by the falling building and crashed violently into another even taller skyscraper nearby!
A silver-gray figure followed closely behind, entering that skyscraper after the black and red figure!
Next, the people fleeing around that skyscraper were horrified to find that loud crashing noises were constantly coming from within, accompanied by the terrifying sight of long blades piercing through the building and extending outside!
And on those blades extending from the building, crimson blood hung and dripped continuously!
No one knew if this blood belonged to Morlun, Ryan, or... the people inside the building...
No one even knew if these blades piercing the building were Morlun's, Ryan's, or... both of theirs...
Inside the building, where blade shadows intertwined, one man's arm was a blade formed of blood, while the other's was a blade formed of a Symbiote!
The two were extremely fast; in their exchanges, even the high-tech cameras inside the building couldn't capture which of the two afterimages was which!
And guess what the most coincidental thing was?
That was... the boss behind this building was actually Nick Fury!
And why would Nick Fury, as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., own a building in Harlem?
Naturally, as the most corrupt hand in S.H.I.E.L.D., our 'exceptionally brilliant' Director Nick Fury had realized long ago that he couldn't keep relying on embezzling funds allocated by The Security Council to supplement the forces he was secretly cultivating.
He needed a business that could generate money on its own, so that even if his embezzlement was discovered by The Security Council and they stopped funding him, he would still have a profitable business to make money!
Therefore, over the years, by skimming off the funds The Security Council allocated to S.H.I.E.L.D. and using S.H.I.E.L.D.'s technology, Nick Fury had secretly established a tech company in his hometown of Harlem to make a profit for himself!
Relying on his status as the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and made tech company could be said to be thriving in Harlem!
This company was also one of his secret Bases, and the employees inside were all his confidants!
For example, members of his Fury Family and some of the Skrullss who had come to Earth over the years were disguised as humans, living comfortably with high salaries inside this building!
At least... that was the case until today!
But... today, the good days for these Skrullss, whom Nick Fury supported by embezzling funds from The Security Council, were over!
Because... judgment had arrived!
As the two terrifying figures brought the battlefield into this tech building, these Skrullss, whose average physical fitness was significantly stronger than Earthlings, were now like ants, swatted to death like bothersome bugs in the middle of the two's battle!
Resist?
Non-existent!
They fired their company's highest-tech weapons at Ryan and Morlun, but they couldn't even get the two combatants to spare them a proper glance. With just a casual swing of their blades, as if swatting flies, this temporary Skrulls resistance force was completely cut in half, leaving their blood and guts to flow like rain inside the building!
In fact, for these Skrullss inside the building, even wanting to escape was a pipe dream!
Because the battle between the two was simply too intense, and the process too fast!
So fast that their escape speed couldn't keep up with the two's destruction speed!
Before the first Skrulls could even reach the building's exit, two blades burst out from the center of the building, one on the left and one on the right, and then, carrying terrifying power, they crashed into each other!
Clang————————
Rumble rumble rumble rumble——————————
After a deafening impact...
The building... began to collapse!
All the Skrullss inside the building were buried under the collapsing structure amidst desperate shrieks!
And at this moment, on a street not far from this building, a man was holding a little girl, his eyes filled with hatred as he stared fixedly at the collapsing building amidst the screams!
His name was Talos, the current leader of the Skrulls race and the body double who often replaced Nick Fury. His wife... was currently working inside that collapsing building!
And the little girl in his arms was his daughter, whom he had finally found the time to bring along to deliver a meal to his wife today since he didn't have to fill in for Nick Fury!
This was supposed to be a warm daily routine for a family of three, but Talos never expected it would be such a cruel final farewell!
Talos stared at the two figures who had rushed out of the collapsing building as if nothing had happened, his eyes full of venom as he roared with a raspy voice: "Ryan Parker, I want you dead!!!"
Chapter 195: The Skrulls and the Spider Monarch Put Each Other on Their Hit Lists
"Hmm?"
Ryan, who had just fought his way out of the collapsed building with Morlun, suddenly paused and looked in a certain direction.
Just now, he seemed to sense a great deal of malice directed at him from that direction!
Could it be a Skrulls who escaped from that building?
To be honest, Ryan hitting the Skrulls nest just now really wasn't intentional...
It could only be described as a pleasant surprise...
After all, who would have thought that he and Morlun, by simply crashing into a random building, would encounter so many Skrullss!
Or perhaps...
As Ryan thought of this, a cold glint flashed in his eyes!
Or is it that there are already so many Skrullss on Earth now!
In any random building, almost everyone is a Skrulls disguised as a human!
It seems that as the Lord of Earth, he can no longer ignore these 'parasites' who are even more parasitic than the Symbiotes!
Once he takes out Inheritor Family this time, these disgusting shapeshifting green-skins will be next!
At this moment, the leader of the Skrullss and the leader of the Spider Family surprisingly reached a consensus, placing each other on their respective hit lists!
However, neither Talos nor Ryan had the time to deal with each other immediately.
Talos needed to take his daughter, who had just lost her mother, to a safe place first, and then gather the other Skrullss to discuss how to deal with Ryan.
Although Talos was furious and wanted to kill Ryan right away, having been Nick Fury's body double for so long, he naturally knew how terrifying Ryan's power was!
For the Skrullss to face the Spider Monarch and his Spider Family head-on would undoubtedly be like throwing an egg against a stone!
So... this time, the Skrullss would need another method to deal with Ryan!
A most sinister method!
The darkened Talos had eyes full of malice; a world-shaking 'Secret Invasion' plan was about to unfold!
Ryan, however, didn't know that because he had 'accidentally' killed a building full of Skrullss, he was already being held in a grudge by the Skrulls leader, Talos...
He didn't have time to deal with these Skrulls pests right now; he had the more troublesome Inheritor Family to handle!
You Skrulls small-fries, get in line!
While Ryan stopped to look in another direction because of his Spider-Sense, Morlun, who had just fallen into a disadvantage again in their exchange of blows, felt a surge of joy!
How dare he get distracted in battle!
A perfect opportunity!
In a battle between experts, a single moment's mistake is often enough to decide victory or defeat!
Morlun suppressed his urge to shout with joy and dove toward Ryan like a bat, the blade on his arm silently stabbing toward the back of Ryan's head!
This time, even the Symbiote won't be able to save you!
Morlun seemed to have already foreseen the glorious future where, after killing Ryan, he would rewrite the fate of Inheritor Family and become the strongest Inheritor in history by absorbing Ryan's immense power!
Puchi—!
With a cutting sound, liquid instantly splashed!
But what splashed wasn't Ryan's blood, nor was it Morlun's blood, but... liquid Symbiote!
Morlun's eyes widened as he saw that Ryan hadn't turned around, but a silver-gray Symbiote arm had suddenly extended from his back, grabbing the tip of his blade!
Usually, Spider-Man doesn't have any eyes on his back, except for his anus.
But Ryan was different; with the Symbiote, Riot was his second pair of eyes!
Ryan was responsible for the front view, and Riot was responsible for the back!
When Ryan was distracted, Riot would take the initiative to stay alert to the surroundings for him!
Although the man and the Symbiote had never explicitly said it, it had always been this way since the parasitism began!
Ryan was a natural Symbiote host, and Riot was a natural partner for Spider-Man!
So, trying to sneak attack Ryan while he was distracted—even if Morlun could ignore the Spider-Sense due to the special talent of Inheritor Family—was nothing but a pipe dream!
Ryan slowly turned his head and smiled slightly at Morlun, who looked a bit embarrassed as he was lifted by the Symbiote arm holding his blade:
"I'm very happy that you've fought a satisfying battle with me. I can also clean up the vermin in this city along the way. Protecting the Earth's environment is everyone's responsibility!"
"But you sneak-attacking me makes me very unhappy!"
"So, are you ready to face the Spider's Fang?"
Morlun's lip twitched, and he opened his mouth to curse: "I'll prepare your mother's—"
Before Morlun could finish, Ryan, to prevent his mother May from being insulted, controlled the Symbiote arm holding Morlun's blade to give it a hard shake, then slammed Morlun ruthlessly onto the ground, forcibly interrupting Morlun's greeting!
The force of the blow was so heavy that Morlun was embedded into the concrete ground, forming a human-shaped crater!
And because the impact force was so great, dense cracks like a spider web spread around the crater!
And Morlun was right at the center of these spider-web cracks!
At this moment, Morlun was like a prey caught in a spider web!
And this also foreshadowed Morlun's future!
Ryan looked at Morlun on the ground and, without a moment's pause, raised both hands high above his head and smashed them down fiercely toward Morlun's head!
While the Spider-Sense might be ineffective against the Inheritors, the Inheritors can certainly feel how dangerous Spider-Man is!
Ryan's descending fists made Morlun feel as if he could see a giant 'DEATH' character in his mind!
Therefore, Morlun chose to trust his intuition without hesitation, crossing his arms in front of his head!
Boom—!!!!
Whoosh—
As Ryan's fists fell, not only was Morlun embedded into the ground, but the entire street he was lying on collapsed!
A soaring airwave instantly erupted above the street!
As for Morlun himself, who bore the brunt of Ryan's punch, he was knocked directly into the underground subway tunnel!
Fortunately, Morlun's crossed arms successfully blocked Ryan's blow, which would have been fatal!
Falling into the tunnel, Morlun endured the soreness in his back, reached back to firmly grip Ryan's hands that were resting on his arms, and grinned:
"Hehe, caught you! Let's see what you'll use to smash me now!"
Ryan didn't say anything upon hearing this, but his gaze toward Morlun was full of mockery...
The next moment, six silver-gray Symbiote arms extended from Ryan's back!
Ryan also tightly gripped Morlun's wrists and smiled slightly: "Now, I'm the one who wants to see what you'll use to block me!"
Morlun: ∑(O_O; )!!!
"Wait! Maybe we can talk. I suddenly feel that Inheritor Family and your Spider Family don't necessarily have to be enemies!"
With the six arms on his back raised high, Ryan said coldly, "Thinking of reconciliation only at this moment? Morlun, you must be joking!"
"Who do you think I am? Peter?"
Without waiting for Morlun to plead further, the first punch from the Symbiote arms on Ryan's back landed on Morlun's mouth, knocking out two of his fangs!
The first punch was to shut his mouth and prevent him from pleading for mercy!
Then, the six arms on Ryan's back swung in a blur, continuously pummeling Morlun beneath him!
Ora Ora Ora Ora!!!!