The Father of Snakes, the Primordial Demon, the God of the First Sin—these were the statuses and prestigious reputations possessed by Set. However, even these could not help Set use a body with street-level strength to break through the encirclement of a crowd of street-level heroes.
Therefore, he could only utilize his corruption skill, attempting to corrupt a few more teammates to help him fight—although an even simpler method would be to directly locate this universe and crush his way over, for certain reasons, Set was unable to achieve this.
As Matt heard Set's footsteps a step ahead of time, the ones who reacted the fastest were Peter and Moon Knight, who instantly chose completely different methods to deal with the enemy—Peter used a web line to pull away Iron Fist, who had almost been touched by Set, while Moon Knight charged straight up and planted two crescent darts into Set's body.
"Watch out, that broken body has already been transformed into an immortal corpse by this thing—Khonshu said so."
Khonshu had immediately run away right after introducing Set. From a certain perspective, he was in the greatest danger; after all, Set truly consumed gods, and he had consumed more than one, devouring ancient gods who were multiversal uniques far more powerful than Khonshu.
So, although Khonshu desired to slaughter the Gorgon and Set more than anyone else, he was too cowardly to show himself, deeply fearing being killed. On the contrary, Moon Knight himself wasn't all that afraid of Set. What if he got corrupted?
At worst, he would just separate the corrupted part into a new personality and isolate it!
Thus, Moon Knight swiftly charged forward, closing the distance to Set while throwing crescent darts, and promptly crouched to dodge the blade swung by Set. He then gripped his two crescent lances, blocking the God-Slayer Blade.
Right at this moment, Iron Fist, who absolutely had to make some noise whenever he fought, let out a shout and delivered a punch descending from the sky, smashing toward Set. Set neither dodged nor evaded, directly taking the punch head-on, and then freed up a hand to trade blows with Iron Fist.
But this wasn't over yet. Just as Iron Fist retreated, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and Peter directly grabbed pieces of debris from the ruined Tenshu Pavilion and hurled them toward the damned Set, quickly burying him.
However, Set, who had already transformed the Gorgon's body into an immortal vessel, still walked out from beneath the rubble. Locking onto a direction, he began to sprint. He possessed no raw strength right now, only an immortal body, attempting to touch someone before he was banished so he could corrupt them.
Even Daredevil Matt was mapping their positions by listening to the sounds from the side, analyzing Set's movements for his teammates.
"Everyone, stop that guy! He's running in Luke's direction!"
Immediately following that, along with the sound of a gunshot from afar, a bullet accurately struck Set's forehead, knocking him to the ground and causing him to fall heavily.
Even further away, the Punisher kept his sniper rifle propped up. He was absolutely certain that his shot had struck the enemy's skull, but for some reason, the target actually hadn't died.
"Not dead? That's simple enough. Just continuous shooting! Shoot him until he dies!"
The Punisher watched all this from afar, preparing to continue the battle with utter disdain. And outside the battlefield, they were not the only ones present.
On the other side were those who had not joined the battle. Black Cat hid on a nearby rooftop, watching the combat proceed in the distance.
At this moment, Gwen came to Felicia's side, asking back with a bit of incomprehension, "You don't plan to go up and help?"
"While I could, there's not much need to."
Felicia shrugged as she spoke. For the smoke-filled battlefield over there, not causing trouble for others was the best thing they could achieve.
Let us turn our gaze back to the center of the battle, right to the moment the opponent was headshot by the Punisher. Witnessing this scene and confirming that the entity would not die just like that, Peter hurriedly went to find Iron Fist Danny: "Danny, I heard your Iron Fist power can perform healing. Can you use it on the Gorgon?!"
Danny looked at Peter with some surprise, and then understood his meaning: "Are you planning to use Qi to isolate the Beast and the Gorgon possessed by him, so as to separate them?"
"Yes! Exactly!"
Peter looked at Iron Fist with some astonishment, having not expected Iron Fist to comprehend what he intended to do in an instant under these circumstances. He asked excitedly, "Can it be done?"
"If you were facing a friend who fell after being corrupted, like Matt, then it might still be useful."
Iron Fist looked toward the battlefield as he spoke, explaining, "Yes... theoretically I can try, but this move is mostly to awaken the opponent's own conscience. As for the Gorgon..."
If the one possessed were Matt, then they could leverage Iron Fist's power to let Matt break free from the enemy's mental control, achieving a dialogue with Matt's consciousness once more and breaking through the opponent's immortal body. But right now, the opponent was no good person; could this move still take effect?
"Furthermore, he probably knows about my power, so we must be careful of his targeted attacks against me."
After Iron Fist finished speaking, he looked around and quietly shared a few words with Peter.
By the time Peter returned to the battlefield, the situation hadn't undergone much change. Set truly had no way to break through the absolute defense formed by Moon Knight and the Punisher, being pinned firmly there, relying purely on his immortal body to endure.
Right after that, with a standard shout of "A mighty wave piercing the rainbow!", Iron Fist struck out from the flank, a punch landing squarely on the Gorgon's body.
Then, one second, two seconds passed.
Nothing happened.
"It's plain to see you were expecting something, but now there is nothing left..."
Following closely was Peter's powerful follow-up punch.
"A mighty wave piercing the rainbow!"
The Qi on his fist was precisely what Iron Fist had given him just now, enough for him to throw a single punch. In this manner, using Danny's own punch as bait, Peter was allowed to directly strike the opponent.
Next, Peter delivered another palm strike of astral projection, smashing directly into Set's body.
Another second, two seconds...
Set's immortal body suddenly contorted and began to collapse. He looked at Spider-Man, yet there wasn't a trace of resentment. For some unknown reason, Peter felt that Set did not care about the winning or losing of this encounter.
Rather, he had already won from the very beginning, it was just that it wasn't yet clear what he was winning.
Along with the conclusion of this distortion, the various mutations on the Gorgon's body also began to return to normal. He collapsed powerlessly onto the ground, proving Set's departure. Iron Fist walked over and patted Peter's shoulder: "You are very talented, Spider-Man. Perhaps you should consider going to K'un-Lun to practice."
"Haha, I don't exactly have that kind of time. Sorry about that, Danny, but you'll have to make an appointment for this matter."