"Riot has shared a lot of knowledge about the symbiote species with that human. That human used that knowledge to conduct numerous experiments on me. He even extracted the symbiotic factor from my body to create countless offspring capable of infecting humans."
"They left me very weak. The human wanted me to inhabit an ordinary person for another round of experiments. I didn't want to do this, but I had no other choice. If I found a host, even an ordinary human, I might find a chance to escape."
"When I found out that you have been parasitized by Venom, I was devastated. That's even worse than an ordinary human. But I didn't expect... "
Phantom asked Peter with some confusion, "How come you are so powerful? By my understanding of ordinary humans, it's impossible for you to have such great strength."
"I don't know either." Peter shrugged, "We have to stop those two now. Let me think..."
Peter used a spider silk to stick to a nearby building, swung over the heads of the two fighting monsters, and finally stuck on the glass curtain wall of a building across the street. He said, "Thank goodness it's late at night. There aren't many people here. Otherwise evacuating the crowd would be a trouble."
"Hey, wait. Why are they running?"
Peter saw Riot, who was being chased by Venom, finally couldn't stand it anymore and jumped over an entire street with a blast jump, began to flee in another direction.
"We have to catch up with them!" Phantom said anxiously, "Riot is a war maniac and Venom is a lunatic. If they start fighting, all of New York will be destroyed!"
Peter chased them in the direction they were fleeing, and asked Phantom, "You seem to know a lot about humans?"
"I told you, before you, I inhabited several ordinary humans. The first person I inhabited was a nurse, and I worked in a hospital with her for over a month..."
"I have to admit." The hoarse female voice sounded nostalgic. Peter even heard a touch of tenderness in it, "Humans are the most fragile intelligent race I've ever seen, but at the same time, they are also the strongest."
"...Alright, Peter." Phantom's tone began to grow more somber, "I'm not a power-type symbiote like them, but I have other special abilities that other symbiotes' don't. Hand over the control of your body to me, and I'll help you catch up with them."
Just as Peter was about to agree, he felt himself suddenly zooming backwards so fast that his surroundings blur in his field of view. Looking in a shop window, he saw that he had become a semi-transparent shadow and was flying at an incredible speed. In a single breath, he had flown far ahead of the two monsters.
"I'm the weakest in strength, but also the fastest among cosmic special agents." Phantom's voice echoed in Peter's mind, "I can move through the universe without the help of any external objects, even faster than some spaceships."
"I can also teleport, become invisible, clone myself. That's why I'm called Phantom."
"Cool--"
Right after Peter finished commenting, he saw the two monsters turn a corner and run towards Greenwich Village. Phantom was about to take Peter to fly again, but Peter shouted, "Wait! I have to make a call first..."
"Mr. Strange..."
Meanwhile, Strange in the Holy Sanctuary raises his arm to block the scattering debris from the collapsing building. He yelled at the mages, "Get the civilians out first!!"
"Hold on! I'm just about to sign a contract!" a suited man yelled from his desk.
A nearby mage pulled him out of the way of falling rubble from the ceiling and picked up his abandoned phone, shouting into it, "I'm sorry! Things are a bit chaotic here, can we talk later?!"
A phone suddenly flew up on Strange's right. The staff who was holding the phone tried to grab it while saying, "Wait!! Mr. Mephisto, let's talk about this, it's force majeure, please calm down..."
There was a burst of intense noise from the other end of the phone. It sounded like cursing in devil's language. Suddenly, a cluster of hellfire exploded around the small phone, and the voice of Mephisto came through, "Strange! What the hell are you doing?! Didn't I tell you, I have a negotiation with Satannish today! My assistant needs to be online all day! I've already paid the deposit..."
Strange grabbed the phone with his magical ribbon and said to Mephisto, "I'm sorry, Mr. Mephisto, someone attacked the Holy Sanctuary..."
"As you know, the people working here are ordinary people. In order to ensure their safety, we must temporarily suspend business and evacuate them first."
"You damned humans! My negotiation is at a critical point! We were already discussing the land price near the Central Magma Pool!! This could affect my income for the next 100,000 years, and you're telling me you're not doing it anymore?!"
While Strange helped the other mages open the teleport portal to evacuate the ordinary people, he tried to explain, "But this is indeed force majeure, there are two monsters the size of hills attacking here..."
As he said this, Riot threw a punch and a building next to the Holy Sanctuary collapsed. This caused the Sanctuary's building to shake violently. Strange staggered a bit and said, "Half the buildings here have collapsed, and until they're repaired, we probably won't be able to..."
Mephisto interrupted him, "Wait! You said two monsters?... Hold on!"
The flames around the phone disappeared, and before Strange could react to what the Hell's Master meant, the crimson band in his hand suddenly shook off, escaping from Strange's control, and then a financial advisor behind Strange let out a wail.
"My computer!!! I spent two hours on that report!!!"
"Oh, yes, I'm really sorry... Mr. Setorak, we've had a bit of a situation here, my computer just got ruined, so I'm afraid the data you need might be delayed for another two days..."
Strange watched as the crimson band in front of him slowly curved and then with a "Pop" turned into a question mark.
Strange took a deep breath, he took out his phone and called Wong, "Wong, there's been a bit of a situation at The Sanctum, you'll have to run to Asgard and broadcast a cosmic message through their Rainbow Bridge, announcing that The Sanctum has suffered an act of God and will be temporarily closed for three days..."
Then, Venom leapt high into the air, pounced forward, and slammed Riot onto the roof of The Sanctum. After a deafening sound, what was left of the ceiling also collapsed. Strange sighed, "the destructive power of these two monsters is too strong, make it a week... no, half a month."
The red ribbon in front of Strange straightened again, and with a "Pop" turned into an exclamation mark.
By this time, Spider-Man had jumped between the two symbiotes, taking advantage of their brief separation from grappling, Peter stretched out his arm, blocked the two monsters who wanted to fight again and shouted: "Stop!! Don't fight anymore!!!"
Riot completely ignored the Spider-Man in the middle, he opened his mouth wide and said to Venom: "Venom! You crazy creature! What does the dispute between me and the Cosmic Special Agents have to do with you? Why are you incessantly pursuing me?!"
Venom looked at Riot, the sound slowly shifting from low to high: "Because I am Venom... I am vengeance!!!!!!"
Spider-Man first looked to the left then to the right, Phantom in his head said, "It seems that they're both crazy, we..."
In an instant, Spider-Man's spider-sense tingled, he rolled forward to dodge, above his head, a black and grey beast roared collide together, like the clash of cold water and hot oil, countless symbiotic factors splashed around, the shockwave completely destroyed the surrounding buildings.
Strange, holding the crimson band, jumped down from the second floor, the remaining mages followed behind him, the light of the defensive magic flickered chaotically.
Even though Strange was an apprentice mage, the mages behind him were the stalwarts of Kamar-Taj. As soon as the two monsters collided, the mages brandished their bands and drove them apart.
On the other side, Spider-Man used his web to grab Riot's leg, Phantom in his head shouted: "Riot is the most powerful of the original symbionts, he cannot be directly confronted!"
Before she could finish speaking, Spider-Man squatted slightly, grabbing the web and pulling back, the massive grey beast fell to the ground with a noise, Spider-Man retreated a few steps and then pulled again, dragging Riot several meters away.
The grey beast turned around, was about to power up and flip over, Spider-Man took a deep breath, wrapped the web around his wrist a few times, swung his arm and threw, Riot flew out like a meteor hammer.
At this time, it was deep into the night, this place was also the commercial district of Greenwich Village, there was nobody, there was no worry about injuring the spectators, Spider-Man operating at full capacity swung Riot up into the air, and like a cowboy throwing a lasso, threw him out.
Phantom immediately said: "Starting from today, I will be a strength-based symbiote, let's go, beat them up!"
Purple Spider-Man's figure became elusive, in a blink, appeared again behind Riot, delivering a punch to the back of his head, Riot, who had just gotten up from the ground, flew out again.
When a hero of immense strength gains extreme speed, he becomes virtually invincible, moreover, what Phantom provided Spider-Man was not only speed, she could also become invisible, teleport, and even more importantly, fly infinitely.
Originally, they were all ground forces, with you throwing a punch and me reciprocating, even if you were blown away, you could take the opportunity to adjust your combat posture when the opponent approached.
But the situation now was, Spider-Man punched Riot and sent him flying, then in an instant was back again with another punch, then another blink, another punch, no cooldown periods, uppercuts following uppercuts, if he's hit up into the air, in-flight they could continue the barrage infinitely, Riot became a punching bag.
Spider-Man was having a great time beating Riot, the Spider-Sense and Phantom's voice at the same time: "Look out!!!"
Riot roared, a powerful energy burst out from his body, Phantom took Peter and teleported, landing on the rooftop of a nearby building.
Without any external forces, Riot who could not fly should have fallen down to the ground, but a layer of black curtains caught him, immediately after, layers upon layers of darkness spread out from his back, along with the airflow it permeated into a pitch-black hole.
The voice of Phantom became serious: "Before he set off, Nal gave him the power of chaos that originated from the birth of the Seventh Universe, that is Nal's most powerful force, the root of his immortality…"
"We need to retreat, this kind of power is not something that can be coped with brute force, we should first..."
Just then, Spider-Man keenly felt a subtle tremor in the ground, followed by the roaring sound of a motorcycle from the distant horizon, at the ignition of the endless flames, a rough growl echoed:
"You…are guilty!"
"Sss..." The phantom hissed, her voice echoing in Peter's head. Peter asked her, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it might be an illusion, but why does the power of that skull seem familiar?"
At that moment, chains sliced through the dark New York skyline, a flaming skull driving a motorcycle creating a trail of bright light in mid-air.
The rooftop where the motorcycle landed was less than 200 meters from Peter's building. When Peter saw the flaming eyes of the skull, he felt his soul almost sucked into them.
"It's really him!" The phantom's surprised voice echoed in Peter's mind: "That's the power of Mephisto! Has the Lord of the Hell Dimension descended???"
"Mephisto?" Peter asked in confusion. "I think I've heard my friend mention that name, something about a Hell's Master..."
"Mephisto is an incredibly powerful Dimensional Demon God. Among all Dimensional Demon Gods, he is one of the most powerful. His Hell Dimension is perpetually ablaze with infernal flames, reducing any creature that dares to challenge him to ashes..."
As she spoke, the phantom's voice took on an undertone of confusion: "Why would Mephisto's apostle appear here? Could it be..."
Her voice grew darker: "Could Nal have broken free? Had he made a deal with Mephisto?"
Then she muttered to herself: "It's not impossible. Mephisto loves making deals, there are objects of his transactions everywhere in the cosmos. If that's the case, this is bad news. I have to inform the Cosmic Agent immediately..."
"Wait! ... Why are they fighting??"
Accompanied by the phantom's shocked voice, the flaming-skulled man whipped his chains, ensnaring the Riot shrouded by a black curtain. He then pointed his flaming eyes at Riot and declared, "You're guilty! Die!"
Riot evidently hadn't expected a surprise enemy during his power release, but it didn't interrupt his chant. "The Creator is on the verge of descending, the world will be consumed by chaos and darkness..."
"That skull-head is on our side??? Unfortunately, he's just Mephisto's apostle. He seems unable to interrupt Nal's power. Looks like I have to call for backup..."
"Boom!"
A tremor shook the ground. Peter turned his head and saw through a cloud of dust in the distance, a colossal figure leapt onto the battlefield. Its bulging muscles and unyielding strength were completely enveloped in bright red.
"Wait?? Is that Setorak's power??? Is he the apostle of the Lord of the Crimson Dimension???"
The phantom's voice was breaking, "How can Setorak be here too??? Mephisto, Setorak, who's next? Dormammu?? Xeseon??? "
"What the hell is going on??? Are the gods having a meeting???"
Before she could finish speaking, thick black smoke surged in the distance. Peter turned his head again to see a figure floating in the endless black mist. When the darkness dissipated momentarily, Modu landed. His voice was cold and low. He echoed in everyone's ears: "I come by the order of Dormammu, Lord of the Dark Dimension..."
Stranged and the phantom exclaimed in unison: "Dormammu?!"
"Modu! Have you gone insane?!" A mage behind Strange shouted, "You dare to betray the Supreme Magician and side with Dormammu?!"
Modu's face didn't look too good, he spoke to Strange with a blank expression: "Dormammu sent me to ask why he can't reach the Holy Sanctuary by phone? His... his..."
Modu hesitated, seemingly unsure how to explain it, but Strange grasped his meaning: "Return on investment, right? We had discussed a rate of 7.2. To be honest, that was already the bottom line. Also, Dormammu cannot call to harass any more..."
He then came back to the current situation, and asked Modu: "Wait, how did you end up as Dormammu's apostle? Aren't you afraid the teacher will be angry???"
"The Supreme Magician didn't choose me, so naturally, I had to find another way... Strange, we'll settle our score later."
Upon saying this, Modu turned his gaze towards the floating riot. Peter and the phantom heard him say, "A Divine descent? That's audacious."
Peter hurriedly jumped down and asked him, "What's going on? What is that symbiote trying to do?"
Modu stared at the Riot in mid-air and said, "The Demon God behind him seems to want to open a portal for a Divine descent."
"That's impossible!" The phantom refuted through Peter's mouth, "Nal was imprisoned on the Klinter Star. He didn't escape and certainly couldn't have come to Earth."
"His physical form couldn't come, but his power could. Apparently, this Demon God left a seed in his disciple's body, a key for opening the portal for a Power Descent."
Modu's expression was icy, "The Demon God behind him seems to be of high rank. Earth's Magic Defense System may not be able to withstand the eruption of the Seed of Power..."
As he said this, they all looked upward. The skull shrouded in flames and the red giant were both drawing closer to the Riot in mid-air. Flames and dark red power were constantly invading the black curtain, but it wasn't happening fast enough.
"The apostles of Mephisto and Setorak only possess a small fraction of the Demon God's power. I'm not sure they can completely stop the eruption of the Seed of Power."
"What about the Supreme Magician?" Strange asked Modu.
Modu kept silent without a response, after a while, he muttered in confusion, "Even if the Defense System can't necessarily withstand it, it shouldn't have been breached this quickly... What happened to The Ancient One?"
Hearing that The Ancient One might be in trouble, the mages behind Strange began to panic. Strange turned his head to them and said, "You guys go back to Kamar-Taj through the portal first to check what's happening. We'll handle here."
After the mage left, Strange said to Modu, "No matter the circumstances, you're here to help, right?"
Modu completely ignored him, manipulating the power of darkness to resist the riot.
Different from the other two apostles of the demon gods who attacked fiercely, Modu planned to suppress the power of the riot with the power of the Dark Dimension, using the power of darkness to continuously infiltrate the area around the riot.
"What should we do next?" Strange muttered to himself, but Peter didn't hesitate. He raised his hand… and pulled out a cell phone.
Two minutes later, the mecha roared past from the sky, as a glossy shield flew in with a whoosh.
The first words Stark uttered after landing were, "Peter, Dr. Connors is calling for you. He said, if he doesn't see you in ten minutes, he'll come over here and drag you back himself."
"But…"
Steve also hopped over from the roof of another building, telling Peter, "Connors and Dr. Shiller have already achieved results. It's that one you guys had me test last time, you'd better go over and take a look."
Stark turned his head and declared, "What the hell are you guys up to? Acting all secretive! JARVIS told me, the lab you guys have been using had power overload occur 27 times in the past three days..."
As soon as Peter heard Stark trying to probe further, he quickly responded, "Dr. Connors must be really anxious, I'll go now!"
With that, he instantly turned semi-transparent and disappeared with a "whoosh", leaving Stark's eyes wide open. He turned his head, and Strange also jumped down waving the Deep Red Ribbon.
Stark was fascinated by what these people were up to behind his back, but only Steve was left at his side, so he didn't have the nerve to inquire. He simply launched his mecha and flew towards the riot.
In the laboratory of Stark Building, as soon as Peter landed, the Phantom told him, "We have to keep an eye on the Riot! In case Nal's power really arrives, I need to immediately call for support from the Cosmic Special Agents!"
"Trust me, there's something more important right now than watching him."
Just as the Phantom was about to argue, Shiller walked out from the preparation room of the laboratory. He patted Peter's shoulder, and Peter heard the Phantom let out a sound of "...Hm???"
Then, the symbiont fell silent. Peter asked her, "What's wrong? Are you angry? Okay, I will finish up here as quickly as possible, and then we'll go to the battlefield..."
"No, no need, let's just stay here for now."
Peter was confused. At this point, Dr. Connors came out with an odd-shaped object in his hand.
The object looked like two pyramids, one facing up and the other facing down, with a sphere in the middle that was emitting a faint light.
Peter went over and looked at the object and said, "This is the finished product? It's much smaller than I imagined, after all this is the result of our hard work over time..."
Connors swung his hand, tossing the polyhedron to Peter, who hastily caught it and said, "You guys really want me..."
"Who else besides you? Do you think if you hand it to anyone else, they would catch it?"
"Alright, but you guys said..." Peter looked at the object in his hand, but the Phantom couldn't help blurting out, "Where did you humans get such pure magical energy? Aren't you a mechanical civilization?"
"I don't know, but they call this thing 'earnest money'."
Shiller said to the two, "You two will take care of the rest of the work, I have other matters to attend to."
Dr. Connors pulled out a syringe, motioned towards his own arm and said to Peter, "You'll do the rest of the work, I have other things to do as well."
Phantom also said to Peter, "The rest is all on you now, I have something else to do."
"Hey, wait! I mean, it's understandable for those two, but where are you going? Aren't you a symbiont?"
Before Peter could finish his words, the purple on his spider suit faded away, restoring back to its original red and blue color, and in a blink of an eye, the purple mucus disappeared.
Peter is not the kind of person who imposes on others, so he only sighed regretfully and then continued with the experiment.
Outside the laboratory door, Shiller was holding a glass jar, collecting the purple mucus that jumped in. He extended a finger to let Phantom touch his body and as soon as he connected, Phantom exclaimed loudly, "You're actually here!!! Do you know that all the symbionts in the universe are looking for you???"
Gray mist said, "I don't know, nor do I want to know."
"How did you end up on Earth? You... nevermind, you better hide immediately. Nal's power is about to descend. If he finds you, it'll be bad."
The Phantom said quickly, "Although we no longer recognize Nal as our creator and leader, he did create the symbionts. Even though he can no longer control the symbionts directly, once his power arrives, he will definitely be able to feel your existence."
"No matter how you got here, he has always hoped that new symbionts will be able to help him escape from his prison. If he really wanted to catch you, not even the cosmic agents could help."
"My brethren... I regretfully can't help you. After the split, the cosmic agents no longer have the power to form an army to resist Nal. Once he truly escapes, the cosmos will again face the catastrophe of chaos invasion."
Sadness swelled in the female voice: "Child, while there's still time, run."