"Whoosh!"
High in the sky, the wind howled past.
Peter held on tightly to the spider silk, like a pathetic wretch being dragged along by a ferocious beast.
"Let go, you bug!"
The Green Goblin surfed between the buildings, his raised skateboard dipping and rising, then sharply turning, trying to fling Peter off his back.
But he underestimated Spider-Man's bio-electricity.
"Spiders aren't insects, I think your biology grade is failing?" Peter shouted.
The Green Goblin's fierce gaze pierced through his armor towards Spider-Man. He didn't care if spiders were insects or not; he just wanted to get rid of this annoying pest, then kill that old fox Norman Osborn and get his company back!
That's right, in his opinion, even though Osborn Enterprise was named Osborn, it still belonged to him, not Norman. He had invested a massive amount of capital into Osborn, making him the true master of Osborn!
Norman Osborn had forced him to give up his company shares through despicable means; it was all a trap.
He had lost so much wealth and become a laughingstock to everyone, while Norman, relying on that so-called Self-Healing Serum, had completely washed away his stains and become a darling in many people's eyes.
Stromm was not willing to hand over Osborn Corporation just like that.
He took a huge risk, using an improved Lizard Serum, and stole all the data and finished products for the armor and aircraft that Osborn Enterprise had been researching...
Of course, more importantly, he had already signed a contract with a certain entity.
"I'm not like you, fighting alone, Spider-Man!" The Green Goblin's gaze shifted downwards, and he let out a sinister laugh.
At the same time, a few blocks away, an assassin dressed in a black uniform with a white circle painted on his head had already set his sights on Spider-Man.
Bullseye raised his pistol and aimed at Spider-Man in the sky.
As Kingpin's most powerful assassin, Bullseye was highly efficient at killing and had almost never missed.
During this time, Spider-Man had been working with Matt to crack down on gangs in Hell's Kitchen, clearing out a lot of Kingpin's illicit goods and dealing a blow to his criminal enterprise.
In the past, few people dared to oppose him, because anyone who did would have already been cemented and sunk into the docks.
But Spider-Man and Daredevil were different. Their combat skills were extraordinary, especially Spider-Man; even a large group of gangsters together would have a hard time taking him down.
This caught Kingpin's attention.
He already had plans to eliminate Spider-Man. Coincidentally, the Green Goblin had also appeared, and the two criminal factions, one with equipment and superpowers, the other with influence, hit it off immediately and decided to eliminate Spider-Man.
Several kilometers away, a muffled gunshot rang out. The bullet instantly shot out, piercing through the white doves flying between the tall buildings and heading towards Spider-Man.
If nothing unexpected happened, this shot would pierce Spider-Man's head.
Bullseye had that confidence.
But something unexpected did happen.
Just a few seconds before the bullet was about to hit, Spider-Man, hanging in the air, seemed to sense something and pulled his head back.
The bronze bullet, carrying the scent of gunpowder, flew past Peter's eyes. At this moment, time seemed to slow down. Through his mask-like eye coverings, Peter could see the trail the bullet left as it streaked through the air.
"Bang!"
In an instant, the bullet hit the building behind him, shattering a large amount of glass. Sharp shards of glass rained down onto the road.
"He dodged?"
Bullseye found it hard to believe.
He was a natural marksman. The airflow, the Green Goblin's trajectory, the sway of Spider-Man as he hung beneath the skateboard – everything was within his calculations. He shouldn't have missed, but the bullet didn't lie.
And in the moment of Bullseye's astonishment, Peter's expression changed.
The glass fragments falling from fifty to sixty meters high were undoubtedly like a guillotine falling from the sky, striking the pedestrians below and instantly killing them.
Thinking of this, Peter let go of the spider silk without hesitation and leaped towards the falling glass.
His arms were tucked tightly under his armpits, like a falcon folding its wings to hunt.
But even so, it wasn't fast enough.
His Spider-Sense was going wild.
Peter felt an intense electric current coursing through his head, making it go numb.
Below the building, the pedestrians who were unfortunately caught in the crossfire let out terrified screams. They instinctively covered their heads and crouched on the ground, fear making them forget even the idea of dodging.
However, there was still hope.
Peter's brain instantly calculated all the stress points of the glass fragments. At the same time, he thanked Ben in his heart for upgrading his web-shooters.
"Web-Weaving Mode!"
Instantly, spider silk shot out from Peter's wrists in all directions!
Like white radiation.
The tips of the webs latched onto the falling glass fragments.
It would work!
He thought excitedly.
But the Green Goblin, as if discovering something interesting, laughed maniacally and swooped back through the air. He pressed a button on his wrist, and instantly, several sharp flying knives shot out from the glider beneath his feet, severing all of Peter's spider silk.
"Hahaha!"
"No!"
Peter shouted in despair.
"You can't save them, Spider-Man!" the Green Goblin roared with laughter. Using the glider's propulsion, he was faster than Peter, directly slamming into him.
"Ah, my back!"
Peter let out a scream of pain.
The groove on the front of the Green Goblin's glider directly struck his back. The immense thrust was no different than being hit by a speeding car!
For a moment, Peter thought he was about to be cut in half.
"Hahahaha!"
Like a Spanish bull, the Green Goblin stared at Peter as he charged into the sky. Peter, stuck in the glider's groove, was flung out like a matador caught between the bull's horns.
The Green Goblin forcefully grabbed his head, his immense strength almost tearing off Peter's skull!
And all of this happened in an instant.
"Witness their deaths, Spider-Man!" the Green Goblin yelled.
"That's not necessarily true!"
In that life-or-death moment, a black shadow shot through like lightning.
Ben, clad in a black battle suit and crackling with blue arcs of electricity, descended instantly. The current surged from his feet, propelling him even faster than his already considerable speed!
In the blink of an eye, he had passed by Peter and the Green Goblin, forcefully swinging the chain on his wrist—
"Swish!"
The air exploded!
The electrified chain instantly struck a large pane of glass, and then, blue arcs of electricity splashed out like sparks towards the other shards.
"Crack!"
All the glass shattered under this single blow, falling to the ground like gravel.
At the same time, the black Spider-Man landed on the ground.
"Another Spider-Man?"
The Green Goblin was so surprised his voice changed.
Peter, whom he had been holding, became excited. He finally understood why his spider-sense had been going wild.
He desperately wanted to shout Ben's name, but now was clearly not the time.
Ben, meanwhile, looked down at his hands, the arcs of electricity between his palms rapidly fading until they vanished.
"Without transforming into a Shadow Person, it's really difficult to use the Old Power," he murmured to himself.
Since his trip to Sakaar, a seed of the Old Power had been planted within him. When transformed into a Shadow Person, his Old Power could rival Caiera's.
But if he transformed into any other race, this power would be weakened.
Just now, he had only used the Old Power for a brief few seconds of acceleration, and it had already been completely depleted.
Although it would recover, the duration and power of its use were unsatisfactory.
"Ah well, three seconds is still pretty powerful," he consoled himself, then looked up at the sky.
Peter had already broken free from the Green Goblin's grasp and was struggling to jump down from the high altitude.
He spread the glider wings under his arms and landed beside Ben, gasping, "When did you get back?"
"Not long after arriving in New York."
Ben said, "Also, you guys can call me Hacker Spider-Man."
"Great, Hacker."
Having a distinct name for differentiation made Peter feel much more comfortable.
"The two of us together..."
Peter was eager to fight.
"Two Spider-Men!"
"I can't even imagine how high the box office would be if this were made into a movie!"
But Ben shook his head coldly. His black suit always exuded an aura of immense power.
Without looking back, he pointed in the direction of a few blocks away: "The person who shot at you is over there. You go deal with him. I'll handle this Halloween Clown."
Upon hearing this, Peter naturally had no objections.
Most of the time, he followed Ben's lead without question.
Spider-Man turned and left, the innocent bystanders having also scattered after Ben shattered the glass.
The entire block became empty once more.
The black Spider-Man locked eyes with the Green Goblin.
Unlike Spider-Man, who had been fighting him for nearly a month, the Green Goblin clearly couldn't gauge Ben's true strength.
He didn't act rashly, instead saying in a strange tone, "I didn't know New York had a Black Widow too. Tell me, what do you want, Hacker Spider-Man?"
"It's not to save the world, is it?"
Even through the Green Goblin's mask, Ben could imagine the mockery on his face at that moment.
But he didn't get angry.
Sometimes, when the difference in power was too great, even anger couldn't be mustered.
"I'm not as merciful as Spider-Man, Green Goblin," he said, cracking his knuckles.
"What did you say?" the Green Goblin roared. As if driven mad, he launched a surprise attack, hurling three pumpkin bombs with terrifying power at Ben without hesitation!
BOOM!!!
Flames shot into the sky!
However, before the Green Goblin could celebrate, a black shadow burst out of the flames.
Ben lunged at the Green Goblin like a beast, his palm striking towards the Goblin's head with the force of tens of tons.
Crack!
That one blow nearly twisted the Green Goblin's head clean off!
His head ringing, the Green Goblin was instantly dazed. Before he could react, he felt a force grab his mask and lift him up.
Then, an evil voice whispered in his ear, "I said,"
"I'm going to put some dirt in your eyes!"
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