Chapter 205: Tricking the Inheritor Family's Master Weaver...
Raina grabbed the chains on the Master Weaver and threw him in front of Solus, her eyes filled with fanaticism as she looked at Solus and said:
"My Lord Father, please enjoy your first meal after your return. Use the Spider God's blood and soul to restore your great power!"
Solus glanced at the Master Weaver at his feet but didn't choose to eat immediately. Instead, he looked at Raina and said coldly, "Where is your eldest brother, Morlun?"
Seeing that Solus's first words upon waking were about Morlun rather than her, the one who had freed him, a flash of jealousy crossed Raina's eyes. She said hatefully:
"Father, Morlun betrayed you. He wanted to escape you and take control of the Inheritor Family himself!"
Solus didn't seem surprised; his tone remained terrifyingly calm. "I didn't ask what Morlun's thoughts were. I'm asking you where he is now. Answer me, Raina."
Hearing Solus's unquestionable tone, Raina trembled and lowered her head.
"Big Brother... he's dead. He died at the hands of the Destiny Spider, the one the ancestors prophesied would destroy the Inheritor Family. Even his soul was annihilated..."
Hearing this, Solus, who hadn't reacted to the news of Morlun's 'rebellion,' fell silent, as if mourning for his son.
Finally, Solus grabbed the Master Weaver by his side, his tone chillingly cold: "I will make every Spider-Man in the Universe pay with their lives for my son!"
In the entire Inheritor Family, from start to finish, only Morlun was qualified to be his heir!
The other Inheritors were merely sidekicks for Morlun!
Now that his only heir was dead, how could Solus not be enraged!
With deep-seated hatred, Solus bit into the Master Weaver's neck, swallowing his blood and soul with a 'gulp gulp' sound!
As he devoured the Master Weaver, his withered body began to fill out at a visible rate. He grew taller than Ryan and more muscular than the Hulk before finally stopping his growth!
At this point, the strongest Inheritor, Solus, had restored his peak form!
"Ha... haha... it's over. The Inheritor Family will finally be destroyed here..."
Just then, an untimely voice spoke. It was the Master Weaver in Solus's hand, dying after having all his power drained.
Solus frowned and looked at the Spider God, whose face was covered by a strange hood, and sneered:
"Heh, stubborn even at death's door. I can feel that Kang the Conqueror is no longer here. Without that meddling guy, who in this Prime Multiverse do you think can stop me now that I'm back at full strength?"
"Or rather, who do you think would be willing to oppose me for the sake of a mere Spider-Man?"
The Master Weaver looked at Solus and suddenly said something even Solus didn't expect:
"It was never Kang the Conqueror who could destroy the Inheritor Family. Have you forgotten the prophecy of the ancestors?"
"Only Spider-Man himself can destroy the Inheritor Family—only that Destiny Spider who broke the inherent fate of Spider-Man and exists outside the timeline!"
"And absorbing my power was the biggest mistake you made after waking up. It means you are now the Destiny Spider's greatest prey. He won't let you go... my father..."
Hearing the Master Weaver's last words, Solus's eyes widened instantly:!!!
At this moment, Solus realized the muffled voice under the hood sounded so familiar, just like... Karn, whom he had personally forced into that shameful hood!
Thinking of this, Solus tore off the Master Weaver's hood to verify his suspicion. Sure enough, he saw Karn's face with a weak smile under the hood!
Solus threw the Master Weaver to the ground and couldn't help but step back, his mind reeling: "How is this possible? The Spider God who controls the Web of Destiny for all Spider-Men is actually an Inheritor, and it's you!"
Who would believe that the god of the Spider-Men was a member of their rival family?
But the fact was right in front of Solus. Whether he believed it or not, it was the truth!
Solus's mind raced, recalling the past, and he suddenly understood. He pointed at the Master Weaver and shouted:
"It was you! You designed all of this! You knew Karn would hesitate when taking a life because he was originally you, so you killed his mother in front of him, making me, who already loathed his weak personality, completely cast him out of the Inheritor Family!"
"It was all so Karn would understand the 'truth' in the future and take your place as the new Spider God. So you're the mastermind behind the Inheritor Family's current state, aren't you?!"
"You're getting anxious, Father..." The dying Master Weaver burst into laughter: "Hahahaha, you're afraid. You're afraid of Karn knowing the truth, you're afraid the prophecy will come true, and you're even more afraid of the Destiny Spider finding you!"
Solus felt a bit broken by those words and scolded:
"Shut up! I'm not afraid! Whether it's Karn, that failure of the Inheritor Family, or that so-called Destiny Spider, I won't fear them now that I'm at full strength. I'll eat them all!"
After laughing, the Master Weaver's breath grew even weaker. With only one breath left, he turned his gaze in another direction and murmured:
"Accept your fate, Father... you realized too late... He is already here... At the right time... in the right place... to do the right thing..."
After saying that, the Master Weaver closed his eyes with a satisfied smile, his life force completely gone.
Zzzzzz——————
The moment the Master Weaver closed his eyes, under the terrified gazes of all the other Inheritors except Solus, the space where the Master Weaver was facing suddenly began to collapse into a twisted 'black hole,' and blurry figures slowly emerged from it...
Tap————————
With a sound that wasn't heavy but felt like it was stepping on the hearts of all the Inheritors, a tall, silver-gray figure slowly walked out of the twisted black hole!
Spider Monarch, attacking!
Walking out of the black hole, Ryan spread his arms, first taking a deep breath of the fresh air of the Quantum Realm and embracing this different World, then opened his eyes to look at the six Inheritors, including Solus, with a grim, wide smile:
"You bastard bats, hiding in the Quantum Realm outside the monitoring of the timeline and the Spider-Alliance really gave your Spider-Daddy a hard time finding you. But... didn't expect this, did you? I also have a way to travel through the Quantum Realm!"
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Chapter 206: Ruthless Solus, King vs. King!
Ryan wasn't stupid. He had previously led a team and failed to find the remaining Inheritors in the Inheritor Family's castle, and he had already read Karn's memories.
Therefore, he naturally guessed where the remaining Inheritors would go. Or rather, after learning of his strength in killing Morlun, there was only one place they could possibly go...
And that was the Quantum Realm where Solus was sealed!
This was the place where the Inheritor Family's last hope lay, and it was also a place Ryan could not easily reach!
Because the Quantum Realm does not exist within any single timeline, the Timeline-Hopping Bracelets created by Spider-Man 2099 naturally couldn't travel into the Quantum Realm.
But that didn't matter. While Spider-Man 2099 was indeed a scientific genius, he was far from the top ranks of scientific geniuses in the Marvel Universe.
And Ryan just happened to know a genius even more brilliant than Spider-Man 2099, who had ready-made equipment for traversing the Quantum Realm!
That was... the Tony Stark of another Universe.
Specifically, the Tony from the Universe where the God of Stories was born!
Thus, after taking all the Spider-Men back to the original Universe, he made a trip to that Universe, explained the situation to that Universe's Tony, and with his help, successfully used their Universe's Quantum Tunnel to enter the Quantum Realm.
Although it delayed him for a bit, it seemed he had arrived just in time!
As Solus watched Ryan step out of the black hole—sensing a faint threat even he couldn't ignore—his expression turned extremely grim!
He looked down at the Master Weaver's corpse on the ground and hissed through gritted teeth, "Damn you, Karn. I should have killed you from the start. You actually calculated that your future self's memories would be read by the Destiny Spider!"
If not for Karn, the Inheritor Family wouldn't have lost their Infinite Cloning Factory in the castle under Ryan's pursuit.
If not for Karn, Ryan wouldn't have known he was in the Quantum Realm. Then, after he woke up, he could have led the other Inheritors to hunt more Spider-Men and restore their power!
He might have even devoured more Spider-Men, becoming stronger before seeking out that prophesied Destiny Spider for payback with the Inheritor Family at full strength!
But now, although he had just absorbed the Master Weaver and restored his power, the other members of the Inheritor Family had fallen into a weakened state because of saving him!
At this fatal juncture, this Destiny Spider had arrived. The Inheritor Family's chances of victory would be drastically reduced!
Especially since they could no longer be resurrected and had only one chance left!
Ryan looked at Solus, whose face remained stoic but whose body was already beginning to radiate a faint desire to retreat. A look of disdain appeared in Ryan's eyes.
"Heh, you, the so-called strongest Inheritor, are actually thinking of retreating without a fight and playing the coward when facing me—the Child of Destiny prophesied to wipe out your Inheritor Family?"
Hearing Ryan's mockery, before Solus could speak, Raina—who was fanatically loyal to Solus—couldn't contain herself and snapped at Ryan:
"What nonsense are you talking about, you lowly insect? How could My Lord Father be afraid of you? He is the ultimate fear of all you Spider-Men, he is..."
Swoosh—!
With a casual wave of Ryan's hand, a flash of cold light flickered, and Raina's voice came to an abrupt halt!
Ryan looked at Raina, who now had a thin red line appearing on her forehead, and sneered, "Last time I let you bitch escape, you really started thinking you were someone important, didn't you? What right do you have to bark at me?"
Raina opened her mouth but was completely unable to speak. She could only reach out her hand toward Solus in helplessness and despair.
But just as her hand rose, a 'squelch' sounded. Raina's entire body suddenly split down the middle, internal organs and blood splashing everywhere!
Thud—!
As Raina's corpse fell apart to both sides, the other Inheritors beside her finally reacted, scrambling away in terror from Raina's still-bleeding remains!
Motherfucker!
What just happened?
Why didn't they see anything?
Whose blade was it? How could it be so fast?
Ryan flicked his blade—though no blood remained on it due to the extreme speed—and looked at the unmoved Solus ahead, teasing:
"Old bat, the others couldn't stop it, but you should have been able to stop that strike. Why did you just watch your daughter die in front of you without lifting a finger?"
Solus didn't even look at Raina's corpse on the ground. He said indifferently, "She abandoned Morlun and fled alone, leading to his death. This is the fate she deserves..."
Hearing this, Ryan's gaze toward Solus became even more disdainful. "Heh, truly worthy of a family of beasts. Morlun was a beast, and you're the oldest beast of them all. To be so heartless even to the daughter who devoted herself to rescuing you—you only care about that heartless eldest son of yours!"
Then, Ryan pointed his blade at the remaining four Inheritors with a grin. "But since you don't care about your daughter's life, old beast, I assume you won't mind if I kill a few more?"
Though Ryan's words were phrased as a question, he had no intention of seeking Solus's consent. He flicked the blades on his arms again and slashed toward the four Inheritors while they watched in terror!
In their current weakened state, they couldn't even dodge such a fast strike!
Swoosh—!
Clang—!
But this time, Solus, the cold-blooded old bat, finally stopped watching. He appeared in front of the four Inheritors and blocked the strike for them!
Solus gripped Ryan's blade tightly, preventing him from pulling it back. He turned his head slightly and said in a low voice to the four Inheritors behind him:
"I will deal with him. You guys quickly finish off the other Spider-Men he brought and use them to restore the power you just consumed!"
Looking at the imposing back blocking the way before them, the remaining four Inheritors instantly felt a massive surge of security and confidence!
Father hasn't abandoned us! We still have hope!
With their confidence bolstered, the four couldn't help but look at Ryan with mocking eyes, as if gloating: 'You're pinned down by My Lord Father now. Just watch helplessly as the Spider-Men you brought become our food one by one!'
Just like that foolish Spider-Alliance from before!
In their minds, as long as Solus held back that terrifying Destiny Spider, the other Spider-Men were nothing to be feared!
Even in their current weakened state!
Weren't they also in a weakened state when they first woke up?
But hadn't they quickly restored themselves to their peak by relying on their natural advantage over Spider-Men?
So, aside from that Destiny Spider, they viewed any number of other Spider-Men as nothing more than a meal to restore their strength!
With the mindset of predators, they looked hungrily toward the distorted black hole Ryan had emerged from, eager to see how much food had delivered itself this time!
However, they failed to notice that Ryan, despite being restrained by Solus, wasn't worried at all. Instead, his eyes were filled with amusement.
And then...
Clang—
As the first metallic footstep hit the ground, a red-and-gold iron leg stepped out of the black hole. The Inheritors' hearts suddenly skipped a beat.
Chapter 207 The Inheritor Family: Where's my spider feast? Why are the Avengers here instead!
Wait, what kind of Spider-Man is this? Why does he have a metal leg?
Something feels off!
And as the person stepped fully out of the black hole, all The Inheritors' eyes widened!
Because the person wearing the red and gold iron man armor wasn't a f*cking Spider-Man at all; he was the f*cking Iron Man!
And there wasn't just one. As the first Iron Man stepped out of the black hole, another Iron Man wearing Nano-Armor walked out!
Then came two Hulks!
Two Thors!
Two Captain Americas!
Two Hawkeyes!
One Doctor Strange, one Scarlet Witch, one Electro, one Deadpool, one Wolverine... one by one, the Avengers and powerful superhumans stepped out of the black hole!
But even after everyone had emerged, they didn't see a single Spider-Man!
The four Inheritors, who were still waiting for their 'feast' to be delivered to their doorstep, were completely dumbfounded!
No, wait, man, what the f*ck is all this?
What happened to the promised final battle between the Spider-Man army and the Inheritor Family?
What's the deal with you f*cking calling in outside help?
And where the f*ck are all those Spider-Men of yours now?
Yeah, where are the other Spider-Men?
Weren't they just with Ryan, heading to the castle in Universe One to fight the Inheritor Family?
Why have they disappeared now?
Naturally, it's because... Ryan isn't stupid!
He knew perfectly well that the Inheritor Family countered every Spider-Man except him, yet he was supposed to lead them to their deaths?
So, after guessing that the remaining members of the Inheritor Family had gone to the Quantum Realm to liberate their 'Ancestor,' Ryan told all the other Spider-Men to get lost while he went to another Universe to borrow a Quantum Tunnel from another Tony!
Then, he assembled a new super team!
It was a super team composed of the other superhumans from his Universe's Spider Family—those without Spider Abilities—and the Avengers from another Universe!
After all, the Avengers from that other Universe had said they would always remember Ryan's kindness in saving their Universe; they would forever owe Ryan a favor.
So they were naturally more than happy to help with this'small favor.'
Besides, they could take the opportunity to have some fun in the brand-new World of the Quantum Realm~
Thus, we have this 'underworld' scene that nearly made The Inheritors' eyes pop out of their heads!
No matter how many Spider-Men came, the Inheritor Family wouldn't be afraid, but the problem was that not a single one who arrived now was a Spider-Man!
There wasn't even a single Animal Totem bearer!
This completely stripped the Inheritor Family of their advantage in absorbing the power of Animal Totem users!
Facing the Avengers, their chances of winning might not be zero, but they certainly didn't exceed 10%!
Since they couldn't win in a fight, they had to resort to the dirty tricks villains always love.
"Don't come any closer, or we'll kill the hostages!"
Daemos held the infant Mayday Parker hostage while Bora held the unconscious Silk Cindy, using them as shields to threaten the oncoming Avengers.
But...
It's not like there aren't Avengers who know how to play dirty~
A semi-darkened Wanda, her eyes glowing with red light, tilted her head slightly at the four Inheritors threatening them and said leisurely, "Kill the hostages? What hostages?"
"Her? Or her?"
As she spoke, Wanda lifted Mayday Parker, who had appeared in her arms at some unknown point, and Silk Cindy, who was leaning against her shoulder.
Daemos, Bora:???
The two of them looked down abruptly, only to find that the hostages who were just in their hands had vanished without a sound!
Holy sh*t, aren't we screwed now?
Seeing that the hostages were out of danger, the two Captain Americas remained in the center, acting as team commanders, and pointed in unison at the stunned Inheritors.
Captain America, full of righteousness, shouted, "Avengers..."
Before Captain America could finish, Snake Cap rudely interrupted, yelling, "Let's kill these sons of b*tches together!"
Captain America whipped his head around to look at the foul-mouthed Snake Cap, his face full of disbelief: "You... how can you be so crude???"
Snake Cap:...
After a disdainful glance at Captain America, Snake Cap didn't bother saying more to this saintly b*tch. He charged ahead, holding his shield in front of him like a speeding truck, and sent one of The Inheritors flying!
Seeing that Snake Cap had initiated the fight, the others from Ryan's Universe followed suit instantly!
One by one, they launched a brutal assault on the Inheritor Family!
"Never mind. Avengers, assemble!"
Seeing his other self already leading the charge, Captain America didn't have time to wonder why the version of himself from Ryan's Universe was so crude. He raised his shield, let out a shout, and led his group of Avengers to charge at The Inheritors.
Facing the combined assault of Avengers from two Universes, even at their peak, The Inheritors wouldn't necessarily have come out on top, let alone in their current weakened state!
As soon as the two sides clashed, the remaining four members of the Inheritor Family immediately fell into a disadvantage and were pinned to the ground and given a sound thrashing by the Avengers!
With moves like the Hulk tag-team slam, thunder piercing the darkness, the suffocating coil of Chaos Magic, and 'we can do this all day,' these explosive combos left the four Inheritors unable to even catch their breath!
If not for their incredible self-healing abilities, the four of them probably would have been dead the moment they clashed!
And even with their accelerated healing, it was clear they wouldn't last much longer under the Avengers' righteous gang-beating!
After all, the Avengers didn't just have brute force; they also had energy attacks, magic attacks, and lightning attacks—methods of assault that The Inheritors found difficult to heal from!
Seeing this, Solus naturally couldn't sit idly by. After all, these were the only members left of the Inheritor Family. If they all died, how could he alone fulfill the mission of reviving the Inheritor Family?
But it was already too late for Solus to help.
He found that he couldn't move!
He had been pinning Ryan down, but Ryan was pinning him down just as much!
Solus looked down to see that the blade he had just been holding had somehow turned into a long whip covered in thorns, tightly coiled around his arm!
The blade he had gripped so tightly to restrain Ryan had now become a whip Ryan used to restrain him, leaving Solus to watch helplessly as his children were pummeled by the Avengers!
Solus tried to break free from the whip with brute force, but Ryan exerted his strength at the same time, leaving Solus shocked to find that he couldn't overpower his opponent!
Having no choice, Solus temporarily abandoned the idea of supporting the other Inheritors and instead glared back at Ryan with pure malice:
"Since you're in such a hurry to die, I'll grant your wish. Once I've eaten you, no one will be able to stop me!"
With that, Solus stopped struggling and instead charged at Ryan like a heavy tank, his footsteps making the ground tremble!
At this, Ryan retracted the whip restraining Solus and sneered, "You're exactly like your foolish son. You still don't understand anything. You aren't hunters; you're my prey!"
With that, Ryan also charged at Solus!
The two absolute powerhouses collided in the most brutal fashion, instantly whipping up a gale-force wind (don't read it backwards) in the Quantum Realm that sent everything nearby flying!
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Chapter 208: Solus, Who Can Contend, But Only a Little, With Spider Monarch...
Swoosh——————————
Everyone in the vicinity—including the Avengers who were busy ganging up on The Inheritors—except for Ryan and Solus at the center of the collision, was swept away along with the dust in a nuclear-like storm that lacked radiation!
Particularly for low-tier superhumans like Captain America, it felt as if every bone in his body was falling apart under the aftershocks of this storm. He crawled up from the ground, spitting out mouthfuls of dirt.
As for team battle mascots like the two Hawkeyes, who were even less durable than Captain America, if Wanda hadn't used her Chaos Magic to protect them in time, they probably would have 'crashed' and died in the storm by now...
Captain America patted his chest, looking at the two monsters whose mere collision caused such devastating movement. With lingering fear, he said:
"I think we should take those Inheritors further away to fight. This is even more terrifying than when Thanos attacked..."
Snake Cap stopped mocking his kinder personality at this moment and nodded in agreement:
"I agree. With our meager strength, staying here means those two monsters will probably farm us like minions in a bit!"
The two Captains looked at each other, putting aside their differences to reach a consensus on this point.
Then, Captain America and Snake Cap signaled their respective Universes' teams and shouted, "Thor, Hulk, clear the field!"
It was normal for the Avengers of the other Universe to listen to Captain America.
The reason the Spider Family members of this Universe listened to Snake Cap was purely because Ryan had appointed Snake Cap as the temporary Commander before they arrived.
Otherwise, the Spider Family wouldn't have given Snake Cap the time of day...
Snake Cap (Captain America) might be average in terms of raw power, but you have to admit, his resilient spirit and leadership abilities are top-tier!
Upon hearing the orders from the two Captains, the two Thors and two Hulks—who were holding their ground against the storm generated by Ryan and Solus's Impact—immediately grabbed an Inheritor by the ankle, spun them around several times, and violently hurled the four Inheritors into the distance!
Brothers, let's change venues and keep ganging up on them!
Seeing this, the rest of the Avengers and the Spider Family immediately followed to the new site where The Inheritors had been thrown, leaving this battlefield to the two terrifying beings who were not like humans at all!
At this level of slaughter, ordinary superpowered individuals could no longer intervene!
Even the top-tier ones among them, like Thor and the Witch Wanda, would likely only be able to provide support if they went up, and might even end up being a hindrance!
After all, both are essentially mages, whereas the battle Ryan and Solus were engaged in was the most primitive form of physical brawl!
Although both were powerful beings capable of soloing a Planet, neither liked using flashy superpowers. Their exchange involved no cool abilities; their fists were their most potent weapons!
Every punch from the two made the earth tremble, whipping up wild winds and tearing everything around them apart in the Impact!
One was an immortal race who had lived for an unknown amount of time, the strongest Inheritor who had experienced countless battles!
The other, though he hadn't lived as long—only a mere twenty-some years—had devoured the power of numerous strong individuals and absorbed the combat experience of the cosmic tyrant Thanos. He was the strongest Spider-Man!
In terms of pure strength and combat technique, the two could be said to be evenly matched, both being top-tier existences in the entire Multiverse!
Place any powerhouse here, and without using their own energy attacks, in a pure physical brawl, no one would dare claim they could face these two head-on!
But this even match only applied to strength and combat technique, where Solus could contend with Ryan.
One must remember that after Ryan devoured Morlun, he became immune to the Inheritor Family's ability to negate Spider-Sense—the very ability most targeted at Spider-Man!
Without this targeted skill, the gap between Spider-Man and an Inheritor at the same level of strength became apparent!
In the close-quarters combat pentagon, aside from strength and technique, Ryan's speed, reaction time, and flexibility could be said to completely crush Solus by more than just a little!
Furthermore, his bug-like Spider-Sense could now work against Solus!
So even if Solus could match Ryan in strength, with Ryan able to predict his moves in advance, Solus quickly fell into a disadvantage!
Ryan knew where Solus's next strike would land, so he could evade in advance.
Solus, however, lacked this ability. Moreover, his speed was inherently slower than Ryan's, so he couldn't dodge Ryan's fists at all and had to tank them completely!
Even though Solus possessed defensive power and self-healing abilities equal to his strength, he felt the power he had just recovered from absorbing the Master Weaver being rapidly consumed!
Between resisting Ryan's fists and healing his own injuries, his consumption was at least three times that of Ryan's!
If things continued like this, he would eventually be worn down to death by Ryan!
Solus shifted his moves toward defense, trying to preserve his stamina while his eyes scanned the surroundings, attempting to find a way to break the deadlock!
But this was the Quantum Realm, and Solus had been casually sealed here by Kang; he wasn't familiar with this place at all...
Moreover, the shockwaves from every one of Ryan's punches had leveled the surroundings to the ground. There wasn't even a single hair left nearby. What way out could Solus possibly find?
Thus, Solus's move to switch from offense to defense actually accelerated his death!
Because there is a saying: defense held too long will eventually fail!
When Solus was on the offensive, Ryan would have some restrictions if he didn't want to get hit...
But once Solus turned his offense into defense, Ryan's attacks became even more daring!
Ryan stopped using his fists; instead, the Symbiote in his hands converged into a decapitating greatsword, much like the one Thanos had!
However, unlike the broadsword shape of Thanos's double blades, the greatsword formed by Ryan's Symbiote looked more like the blade from Prototype!
It looked extremely hideous yet possessed an ultimate sense of power; just looking at it made one shiver!
Blade in hand, Ryan took a large stride forward and delivered a charged upward slash toward the defending Solus!
Clang——————
Solus's powerful defense prevented him from being split in two by Ryan's blade like others would have been, but his blocking arms were slashed with deep, bone-deep gashes!
However, Ryan didn't expect to kill Solus with this one strike; his goal was... to launch him!
Solus and Ryan shared a common weakness: they couldn't fly!
This was a very fatal point!
This is a common problem in American comics; the power scaling isn't very strict, leading to some weaklings being able to fly, while some Planet-busting powerhouses cannot...
And Solus's inability to fly was even worse than Ryan's!
Ryan couldn't fly, but he could at least use Silk and Symbiote-mimicked wings to achieve temporary aerial gliding and steering!
But Solus didn't have those two things as aids. His inability to fly meant he truly couldn't fly at all!
After being launched into the sky by Ryan's blade, he was completely removed from his home turf, and his combat ability in the air dropped significantly!
And the ever-merciless Ryan would not give Solus another chance to return to his home turf!
Remember the move he used to deal with Abomination?
That fighting style of descending from the heavens!
Against this kind of power-type fighter who can't fly, this move works every single time!
Chapter 209: The Death of Solus, The Downfall of the Inheritor Family!
After knocking Solus into the air, Ryan also bent his legs and leaped up fiercely, catching up to Solus like a launched Rocket. Before the force on Solus's body could dissipate and cause him to fall, Ryan slashed at him again in mid-air!
Solus couldn't evade Ryan's swift attacks even on his home turf on the ground, let alone in the air!
Solus could only continue to protect his vital areas to prevent himself, who only had one life left, from being killed by Ryan in one strike!
But because of this, Solus could only continue to be knocked higher into the sky by Ryan, completely unable to land again!
Unlike Earth, where the sky has a limited height and enters space after reaching a certain altitude...
The'sky' of the Quantum Realm is boundless. If these two slashes of Ryan's were on Earth, with his striking power, Solus would probably be in space by now, cosplaying as Kars who stopped thinking.
But in the Quantum Realm, when Solus flew to the height of Earth's outer space, he hadn't reached the altitude limit of the Quantum Realm at all. Instead, at this height, he could see many 'microorganisms' happily flapping their wings!
Ryan also relied on these huge 'microorganisms', constantly stepping on their backs to catch up with Solus and continuing to knock Solus further upward!
One slash after another!
Even if Solus's physical strength far exceeded that of Hulk and Thanos, he couldn't withstand Ryan hacking at him like this!
After an unknown number of slashes from Ryan and reaching an unknown height, finally, with a crisp 'crack', the self-healing speed of Solus's arms could no longer keep up with Ryan's destruction speed under the rapid depletion of his physical strength. Both of Solus's arms, which he used to block in front of him, were sliced off by Ryan!
Losing his arms meant Solus had lost his most important means of defense and attack, completely becoming a wingless bat successfully hunted by a spider!
So for the next strike, Ryan didn't slash at Solus again. Instead, after stepping on an eagle-shaped microorganism, he performed a standard Superman takeoff move and pierced Solus's chest!
Puchi——
The armless Solus could only watch helplessly as Ryan's fatal blade pierced through his heart!
This big BOSS hadn't even lived for an hour after emerging from his seal before he hastily lost his life...
Just like in the comics, he only made a cameo appearance...
Except in the comics, Solus was killed by the plot, but this time, Ryan killed Solus with raw strength!
After the strike, Ryan slowly leaned into Solus's ear and said leisurely, "I told you, your Inheritor Family is my prey, and your ancestor's prophecy was right—the Inheritor Family will eventually perish by my hand!"
"Oh, right, there's one more thing I want to tell you. Without the ability to be immune to Spider-Sense and the ability to absorb other animal totems, your Inheritor Family is so weak that it's utterly disappointing!"
After speaking, without waiting for Solus, whose eyes were wide with resentment from the mockery, to speak, Ryan gave the blade—most of which was already buried in Solus's body—a fierce twist. He directly shredded Solus's heart from the inside, interrupting his final words while also preventing him from healing again!
Finally, as Solus's life force weakened and faded from his shredded heart, Ryan pulled out the blade with a backhand and stepped onto Solus's massive body as if it were a skateboard!
This time, the two of them weren't rising like a Rocket, but falling like a meteorite!
Falling from a height far exceeding Earth's atmosphere, sparks soon ignited on both of them, eventually turning into raging flames!
But whether it was Solus or Ryan, neither cared about the fire on their bodies.
Solus didn't care because he had lost his heart—the human engine—and was already almost completely cold. The sparks ignited by friction actually brought a certain warmth to his cold body, rather than heat...
As for Ryan... it wasn't him burning, but Riot, who served as his Symbiote suit. He naturally felt nothing...
Riot, who was constantly using the frost abilities obtained from previously devouring a Frost Giant to cool himself down: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻!
On the other side, the battle had ended. Having already reduced the four Inheritors to human stumps with only heads and torsos remaining, the Avengers couldn't help but look up after hearing the commotion from the sky.
Immediately, everyone saw a giant flaming 'meteorite' falling from the sky!
Clatter——
Deadpool, who was currently busy cutting off the tongues of the four Inheritors one by one, saw this and dropped his knife. He cupped his face in his hands and shouted with a mix of horror and faint anticipation:
"Oh my god! Everyone, it looks like we're about to experience the extinction of the Jurassic dinosaurs. I've never tried dying this way before!"
Truth be told, with Ryan bringing Solus down from a height far exceeding Earth's atmosphere, if they landed on Earth, they might actually deal heavy damage to a continental plate. The people on that continent would truly experience a dinosaur extinction crisis!
The other Avengers weren't as optimistic as Deadpool, that unkillable guy. Seeing the meteorite falling at extreme speed, their faces turned pale instantly.
As the commander, Captain America was the first to react. He stepped forward and shouted, "Everyone, form three arrays to prepare for the impact! The two Thors and Max will be the first lightning defense line; Strange and Wanda will be the second magic defense line; Hulk and the others will be the third physical defense line!"
"Move now, go go go!!!"
Usually, as long as there is a backbone, disordered people will turn into an organized team!
The reason Ryan valued Captain America and brought two not-so-strong Captain Americas to this battlefield was precisely because he needed this ability of theirs!
Under Captain America's arrangement, although the others' minds were still somewhat blank, they subconsciously reacted.
First, the two Thors stood at the very front. Fat Thor held Stormbreaker and Mjolnir, while Thin Thor held Mjolnir. Together, they summoned a massive amount of lightning!
And Max, the Electro, used his electricity control ability to condense the lightning summoned by the two Thors into a thick wall of thunder in front of everyone!
Oh, right. The reason the Thor of Ryan's Universe had reclaimed his hammer now was because Ryan simply couldn't stand it anymore.
This silly Thor had been on Earth for almost two years. Previously, he would occasionally try to pick up his hammer and become the God of Thunder again.
But later, perhaps because life with Jane was too comfortable, Thor actually settled for being a mortal on Earth!
He even relied on his strong physique—which, even as a mortal, was comparable to Captain America—to land a high-paying, easy job as the Security Captain at Ryan's Parker Tower!
So when Ryan came back and saw Thor standing in front of his company in a security uniform, his feelings were beyond complicated.
It made him feel a bit of sympathy for Odin...
With a son like this, how could the family not be broken and the kingdom not fall?
So when Ryan went to another Universe to borrow the Quantum Tunnel and ask another Avengers team for help, he brought along his 'Security Captain' Thor.
He wanted the Fat Thor, who had lost everything in the other Universe, to give his own Universe's Thor a good talk about what consequences he would face if he didn't work hard!
And after Thor heard Fat Thor recount his experiences, it was as if he had been struck by lightning!
"What? You're saying that in the future, my brother will be missing, my mother will be dead, my father will be dead, my siblings will be dead, my comrades will be dead, most of my people will be dead, the country will fall, and even my girlfriend Jane will break up with me?"
At that moment, Thor's desire to protect everything reached its peak. The hammer that he hadn't been able to lift for two years flew back into his hand automatically just two seconds later, letting him sweep away his mortal weakness and become that invincible God of Thunder once again!
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Chapter 210: The Figure in the Storm, the Excited Deadpool!
This was the entire process of Ryan-verse Thor recovering his divine power.
That's right, it was that simple.
There was no need for Thor to experience great trials or be beaten to the brink of death by the Destroyer; he only needed to know everything he would lose in the future.
Even if the experiences of Fat Thor from another Universe didn't mean Ryan-verse's Thor would suffer the same hardships, with Thor's IQ being comparable to an adult Husky, he wouldn't even think of that...
He only knew that if he didn't protect, he would lose...
This might be the benefit of being simple-minded...
Returning to the present, after the two Thors jointly summoned lightning and Max, the Electro, condensed it into a protective wall.
The magic duo of the second line of defense, Witch Wanda and Doctor Strange, also made their move.
First, Doctor Strange pushed out a massive golden magic shield (Shield of the Seraphim), and then Witch Wanda layered Chaos Magic over it, raising the massive shield's defensive power by another level!
Finally, it was the physical group of the third line of defense; as the last group, they were positioned according to their own strength.
First, the two strongest Hulks stood at the very front, followed by the two Captain Americas holding their Vibranium shields before them, and finally, the two Iron Men, each protecting one Hawkeye—the team mascot...
At the very center were the four Inheritors, who had been reduced to human swine.
Don't misunderstand; they didn't put these four Inheritors in the center to protect them.
It was because before they came, Ryan had instructed them that he wanted them alive...
The next moment after everyone was ready, the flaming "meteor" finally struck the ground!
Whoosh——————————
Arriving even before the sound of the crash was the howling Impact; that invisible Impact blew the lightning barrier summoned by Thor so hard that it trailed long wisps of electricity to both sides, looking like a pair of unfurled lightning wings!
But this was only the "breeze" before the storm; the extinction-level crisis that the prehistoric dinosaurs actually experienced was only just beginning!
Centered on the Impact point of Ryan and Solus, the entire tectonic plate was ripped up piece by piece and shattered into countless stones, spreading wildly in all directions in a circle along with the hurricane generated by the descent!
In just the blink of an eye, this disaster carrying fire and fragments of the Earth's crust crashed into the Avengers' position!
Amidst the Impact of endless fire and sand, the people inside the defensive line could hardly see what was happening outside; they felt as if they were in a World of fire and sand, as if they were facing not a man-made disaster, but a natural catastrophe brought down by the wrath of God!
Deadpool leaned his back against Wolverine's, whose claws were buried deep in the ground, and muttered to the air in a relaxed tone:
"Those marketing accounts always say I'm an anti-hero, a murderer who doesn't care about the lives of others. Well, they really haven't met this Spider Monarch. If this guy pulled this off on Earth, he'd kill more people than the version of me who slaughtered the Marvel Universe in the comics!"
"Look at this 21st-century Jurassic spectacle around us. This is what you call a murderer who doesn't care about lives, okay?"
As he spoke, Deadpool pointed emphatically at the entire World around the defensive line, which was enveloped by the Impact of fire and sand.
But the next moment, Deadpool's eyes widened as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Following his gaze, a faint figure could be seen within the sand and fire hurricane outside the defensive line.
A somewhat hunched and thin figure!
But how was that possible?!
One must know that even Hulk and Thor couldn't stand in such a destructive hurricane!
Deadpool squinted his eyes, finding the faint figure more and more familiar the more he looked!
Until a certain moment, he suddenly had an epiphany and pointed at the figure in the hurricane, shouting excitedly:
"Holy Motherfucker! That familiar feeling of being observed... it's you, Stan Lee!!!"
Deadpool shouted this name that the other Avengers didn't understand and, ignoring the attempts of others to stop him, actually rushed straight into the destructive hurricane outside the defensive line in his excitement!
Even Hulk and Thor couldn't stand in this destructive hurricane, so Deadpool naturally couldn't hold his ground either. Thus, he could only use his twin katanas as canes, stabbing them into the ground one hole at a time, laboriously moving toward that figure.
Even though Deadpool's suit was torn apart by the fire and sand carried by the hurricane during his progress, leaving only a pair of pink striped boxers printed with "I Love Vanessa" in English and the mask that seemed to be permanently grown onto his face, he still didn't give up his pace!
Facing the hurricane, Deadpool said in an almost fanatical tone:
"I must ask you, the creator of Marvel, to your face: why was I held by Thor while he cried his eyes out in 'deadpool & wolverine'!"
Halfway through, Deadpool turned his head to the air again and said:
"By the way, readers who haven't seen 'deadpool & wolverine' must go watch this masterpiece that saved Marvel. Let me tell you a secret: the movie has some exciting fanservice of Hugh and me stabbing each other while naked~"
Finally, that faint figure seemed to be moved by Deadpool's persistence and actually took the initiative to walk toward him!
Moreover, unlike Deadpool, who struggled in the hurricane, that figure seemed completely unaffected by the destructive winds, walking toward Deadpool in a manner that was abnormally normal!
One step, two steps, three steps... soon, that figure was only a step away from Deadpool!
"God and Jesus, Stan..."
In Deadpool's excited eyes, the person took the final step and finally appeared before him. It was...
Tap——————
Deadpool's eyes widened: "Fuck! Why is it you, Spider Monarch!!!"
After landing, Ryan, who had thought to come over and see how the mission of the small team he formed was going, looked at the exasperated Deadpool with a Strange expression:
"What, did you expect Solus to come over? Well, sorry, he's already cosplaying as a mummy. Why don't you try pouring some Water on him to see if he can come back to life like a Trisolaran?"
As he spoke, Ryan held up Solus, whom his Symbiote had already sucked into a dried corpse.
Deadpool stomped his feet and said unwillingly, "Who the fuck wants your Water baby? I have so many inflatable ones at home I can't even fit them all. I'm saying, you bastard, why did you have to come now of all times, right when I was about to see that old man? Fuck, fuck, fuck!!!"
Hearing this, Ryan looked around at the empty surroundings, his eyes flickering as he said leisurely, "Maybe the old gentleman just went to catch his next cameo on another set?"
Now it was Deadpool's turn to be surprised: "You actually believe what I said just like that?"
Ryan shrugged: "Of course, I've always believed that dogs can see things that people can't~"
Deadpool:?
At this moment, the wind stopped and the Fire died down. If Deadpool didn't know he was no match, he would definitely have made this Spider Monarch lose a part of his body, so he'd know that 'too many breasts' spells trouble when he faces two or even more Gwens in the future!
Unfortunately, Ryan didn't know what Deadpool was thinking. After reading Deadpool's mind once before, he had been so disgusted that he swore never to read it again. Otherwise, Ryan would definitely let Deadpool know the meaning of a Facebreaker!
Chapter 211: A New Plan, the Bully Intends to Wipe Out the Skrulls from Two Universes at Once!
On the other side, after the devastating hurricane subsided, the Avengers were all left in a state of shock...
They looked at the surrounding area, which was now completely cracked and parched, as if it had undergone an apocalypse; they could no longer imagine that this was the previously colorful and brilliant Quantum Realm.
At the same time, they gained a completely new perspective on powerful superpowered individuals.
Previously, they always felt that the flashier the superpower, the stronger the individual must be.
For example, Thor, who could summon lightning, and Captain Marvel, with her ability to launch devastating fleets, were in the top tier of strength they had previously recognized.
Even someone as physically strong as Hulk was only ranked below these two because he couldn't perform large-scale energy attacks, and was never quite in the first tier.
But now it seemed that even with pure physical strength, as long as it was strong to a certain extent, it was even more terrifying than energy attacks!
At the very least, they felt that Thor, wielding Stormbreaker and Mjolnir, and Captain Marvel could absolutely not achieve this level of apocalyptic destruction!
So, in the hearts of the Avengers, above the T1 tier, a new tier was born—the only T0 figure!
He was Spider Monarch, Ryan Parker!
Ryan, unaware he had been placed in a tier of his own, slowly walked up to the stunned Avengers and said flatly:
"What are you all standing around for? What, have you never seen the end of the World before?"
The Avengers looked at each other: "Should we... have seen it?"
Compared to the Avengers, the members of the Spider Family from Ryan's Universe were much calmer; after all, they had seen Ryan use this move to deal with Abomination before.
Only this time, Ryan's performance was even stronger!
And... he would get even stronger!
*Thud*——————
Ryan tossed Solus's desiccated corpse like trash in front of the four Inheritors, whose limbs had been severed and whose tongues had been cut out by Deadpool, and gave a sinister smile:
"Are you ready to accept the prophecy of the Inheritor Family's downfall, my 'babies'?"
"Just kidding, I don't care if you're ready or not!"
Under the despairing gazes of the four human-swine Inheritors, Ryan raised his foot and stomped down, one after another!
*Boom boom boom boom*————————
As the four heads exploded, it signaled the total annihilation of the Inheritor Family!
In this Multiverse, there would no longer be an Inheritor race!
As for Ryan's cruel behavior in directly killing the four, neither the Avengers nor the Superheroes of the Spider Family spoke up to stop him.
Because before coming here, Ryan had already screened everyone and kicked out the soft-hearted 'saints' from the team.
Like the Spider-Men in the comics who wouldn't let Superior Spider-Man, Otto Parker, directly kill the Inheritor Family...
Spider-Man is great in every way, but sometimes his kindness is just too excessive!
By contrast, Ryan preferred an alternative Spider-Man like Otto Parker—someone with a conscience but who was also calm and ruthless!
Sigh, it was a pity Otto Parker didn't show up this time. He didn't even know if an Otto Parker existed in this Multiverse.
Otherwise, Ryan would probably have groomed Otto Parker to manage the newly acquired Spider-Alliance for him.
After all, Ryan was someone who disliked restrictions; just like with the Parker Industries of the two Universes, Ryan couldn't stay in the Spider-Alliance to manage it forever.
So he would definitely find a surrogate like Black Widow to manage it.
Since Otto Parker hadn't appeared, Ryan could only let Spider-Man 2099 continue to take over his duties.
Although compared to Otto Parker, Spider-Man 2099 was still a bit lacking.
But compared to other Spider-Men, Spider-Man 2099 was already a Spider-Man whose work style was relatively close to his own.
He could barely manage the Spider-Alliance on his behalf...
Now that the Inheritor race was completely wiped out, this mission was naturally a perfect success.
Ryan looked at the Avengers who had come to help and said with a meaningful smile:
"Thank you all for your hard work in helping out. The Quantum Tunnel in our Universe will be ready in about a month. I hope you can all visit our Universe again then. I have a new plan of action, a 'Pest Control' plan that can coincidentally help your Earth as well..."
That's right, after discovering a large number of Skrullss during his battle with Morlun, he had already decided to clean out the Skrullss on his own Universe's Earth.
And the Earth of the God of Stories Universe would eventually link up with his own. If he only cleared the Skrullss from his own Earth while a large number still existed on the other linked Earth, Ryan knew without thinking that a revenge plot from the other Earth's Skrullss would follow.
So Ryan planned to simply deal with the Skrullss of both Earths at once, treating it as the first joint operation between the two Earths...
However, Ryan didn't directly explain the Skrulls situation to the Avengers of the other Universe this time...
After all, although the Skrulls impersonating Rhodes didn't come this time, he was still lurking among the Avengers of the other Universe...
If he told the Avengers about the Skrullss now, it was very likely the pervasive Skrullss would notice something was wrong.
And that Skrulls disguised as Rhodes would also be an important catalyst to prompt the other Universe's Avengers to join him in wiping out the Skrullss a month later!
As for why not carry out the operation to wipe out the Skrullss now and wait until a month later?
Naturally, it was because Ryan wasn't a beast of burden who had to work non-stop every day; he needed a rest, didn't he?
Having just gone through a major war, followed immediately by a second one—this wasn't the damn World of Warhammer 40K...
Besides, he still had matters with the Spider-Alliance to handle...
So Ryan simply notified the Avengers of the other Universe to gather in his Universe in a month, and then both sides returned to their respective Universes.
In the other Universe, there were still two Gwens waiting for him; he had to 'soothe' them both first, lest they start fighting while he was away.
The rescued Silk Cindy and Mayday Parker were also brought back to his Universe by Ryan.
The previously injured Original Spider-Man had been taken back to his Universe, and Ryan had to return his daughter to him.
As for Silk Cindy...
To be honest, the first time Ryan saw this female Spider-Man who used Silk as her suit, a strange feeling rose in his heart—a... warm feeling in his lower abdomen?
That almost primal urge caused the corners of Ryan's mouth to slowly curl into an arc.
"Interesting..."
After Ryan and the Avengers left the Quantum Realm, another Quantum Tunnel opened, and a Spider-Man wearing a black and red spider suit with four crimson mechanical spider legs on his back leapt out.
Immediately after, more various Spider-Men poured out of the Quantum Tunnel.
They were... the Superior Spider-Army!
The Multiverse is infinite, so naturally, there couldn't be only the Spider-Alliance created by Spider-Man 2099 and the Spider Family assembled by Ryan.
In addition to the Spider-Alliance and the Spider Family, the Superior Spider-Army was the third Spider-team in this Multiverse!
They were also a Spider-team that united to fight the Inheritor Family after the Inheritors appeared and attacked various Universes, composed of those who escaped due to their own strength or sheer luck!
And their leader, the person who had saved most of the Spider-Men among them, was... Superior Spider-Man, Otto Parker!
A Spider-Man whose body had been taken over by Doctor Octopus!
Otto Parker surveyed the apocalyptic scene around him and took a sharp breath: "Hiss, we're late. It seems an extraordinary existence has appeared among us..."
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Chapter 212: Gwen Accepts Another 'Self', Spider-Man's Strictest Father!
Parker Tower, Conference Room.
As the air distorted, several figures appeared before the eyes of the Spider-Men waiting anxiously in the conference room.
Once the distortion vanished and they saw Ryan and the others had returned, the Spider-Men present breathed a collective sigh of relief.
The two Spider-Gwens simultaneously lunged toward Ryan at the first opportunity.
However, upon seeing the Long-Haired Gwen beside her, the Short-haired Gwen stopped in her tracks just before throwing herself into Ryan's arms, watching as the Long-Haired Gwen embraced him.
It was so natural...
The Short-haired Gwen from another Universe couldn't help but lower her head in disappointment...
But before her disappointment could last even a second, she felt her waist tighten as she was pulled into a firm, warm embrace.
Smelling that familiar, faint woody incense, the Short-haired Gwen didn't even need to think to know who it was!
Because not long ago, she had smelled this reassuring scent 'up close' in her other self's bed...
Instantly, the disappointment in the Short-haired Gwen's eyes vanished, replaced by nervousness and joy.
But she still didn't dare raise her lowered head, especially since she could clearly feel the other version of herself staring at her; she dared not meet the 'Official Wife's' gaze...
As long as I don't look, I won't see my other self getting angry...
The Long-Haired Gwen was indeed staring at the Short-haired Gwen being held tightly by Ryan, but contrary to what the Short-haired Gwen expected, the Long-Haired Gwen didn't feel much jealousy in her heart.
Because she had known for a long time that an outstanding man like Ryan, who possessed every virtue, could not possibly have only one admirer.
And the temptations a man could least resist, besides power, were undoubtedly 'carnal' ones—namely, beautiful women.
Ryan was already not lacking in power.
As for women, as Ryan grew stronger and stronger, it was certain that she would not be the only woman by his side in the future.
So, rather than relying on Ryan's affection for her to exhaust his love by repeatedly opposing his acceptance of other women who intruded, it was better to accept this inevitable outcome in advance and vet them for Ryan herself.
After all, since the moment Ryan pulled her out of that desperate situation in this life, she never intended to leave his side, no matter what he became...
What's more... even though she had become Spider-Woman with Ryan's help and her physical fitness far exceeded her former self...
To be honest, even as Spider-Woman, she was finding it a bit hard to keep up with the increasingly powerful Ryan...
Now that there was another version of herself to share the 'pressure,' wasn't it easier to accept than a complete stranger sharing it with her?
"Oh~~~ variant girlfriends from two Universes together! Why didn't I think of this explosive idea? I'm definitely going to have two Vanessas together in the future!"
It wasn't until Deadpool, who followed Ryan out of the Quantum Tunnel, spoke up without any restraint.
Only then did the other Spider-Men, who were surprised by the sight of Ryan holding a Gwen in each arm but dared not speak, have their chatterbox attributes ignited, and they began to buzz incessantly about it.
The male Spider-Men all gave Ryan thumbs-up, expressing admiration and envy.
The female Spider-Men—the pregnant Spider-Woman Jessica and Peni Parker—gave Ryan the middle finger in contempt, looking at him as if he were a scumbag.
However, Ryan didn't care about their looks.
After all, pregnant women and little girls weren't his type, so why should he care what they thought of him?
Ignoring the chatter of the surrounding Spider-Men, Ryan walked through them with a Gwen in each arm and sat down squarely in the head seat.
The male Spider-Men: Impressive!
"Alright, quiet down. The meeting is starting."
Ryan's calm sentence immediately silenced all the chatterbox Spider-kids in the room.
See, this is the authority of the Spider Monarch!
Once the conference room fell silent, Ryan held up a finger: "First, I'm announcing some good news. The Inheritor Family has been completely wiped out by me. You no longer have to worry about being hunted by those little bats ever again..."
Although the Spider-Men had expected this, hearing for certain that the Inheritor Family—who had hunted them across the Multiverse—was destroyed by Ryan made them all so emotional they nearly burst into tears.
Even the tough Spider-Man 2099 felt his eyes well up.
Or rather, among this group of Spider-Men, the one who felt the most excitement and relief at the Inheritor Family's destruction was Spider-Man 2099, Miguel.
After all, his previous tactical errors had led to over a hundred Spider-Men dying at the hands of the Inheritor Family. Miguel had been in agonizing pain and felt immense guilt over their deaths.
It was because of this that Miguel felt he lacked the ability to continue leading the Spider-Alliance and voluntarily gave up his leadership position to the more capable Ryan.
The members of the Spider-Alliance present understood his feelings perfectly as they saw Miguel with his head bowed, tears falling onto the conference table. They all stood up, gathered around him, and placed their hands on his shoulders.
They didn't try to comfort Miguel with words, but they showed through their actions that they didn't blame him and would always support him.
Although Miguel had some flaws in his personality, like arrogance, his starting point was indeed for the good of all Spider-Men, not for some personal desire.
Seeing this, Ryan tapped the table, raising his voice slightly: "Miguel, as a leader of an alliance, shedding tears won't solve any problems!"
Hearing this, Miguel raised his head with red eyes and looked at Ryan, his expression desolate: "No, you are the leader of the Spider-Alliance now. I am no longer fit to lead the Spider-Alliance, or even to stay in it..."
The others were shocked to hear Miguel's intention to quit the Spider-Alliance and were about to persuade him, but they saw Ryan raise his hand.
Seeing this, the others could only fall silent.
It had to be said that compared to Miguel—whom the other Spider-Men dared to ignore or interrupt—Ryan's absolute authority, where his orders were strictly followed, was more suited for a leader.
To put it bluntly, these Spider-Men were just lacking a strict father!
And he, Ryan Parker, was that strict Spider-Father!
Ryan looked at the group of Spider-Men who, even without him speaking, didn't interrupt and waited quietly for him to talk. A flash of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
Not bad, they have some discipline.
He didn't want a Spider-Alliance with no discipline to speak of; what he wanted was a Spider-Alliance that, like the Spider Family, was entirely his own domain!
After a full ten seconds of silence in this eerie atmosphere, a smile slowly spread across Ryan's face as he looked at Miguel: "Miguel, you did indeed hand the leadership of the Spider-Alliance over to me before, and I am very happy to accept it..."
"But who said a team can only have one leader? The Avengers in the neighboring Universe are co-led by Captain America and Tony..."