Johnny was swept up by a violent whirlwind and hurled into a factory warehouse, slamming hard against the wall.
"Cough—cough—what the hell…?"
He struggled to push himself off the ground, dazed and confused. Just a moment ago he'd been watching the show—how had he suddenly ended up here?
Footsteps echoed—pa-ta, pa-ta—as a pale, brooding young man walked toward him, sizing him up from head to toe.
Johnny felt extremely uncomfortable under the guy's cold stare and couldn't help snapping,
"What're you looking at? I don't swing that way! And even if I did, I sure wouldn't pick a sissy like you!"
"The knight my father values the most… is this kind of trash?" The pale-faced youth sneered, then waved a hand. "Help him wake up." He stepped aside, losing interest.
Johnny was about to go over and deck the smug pretty boy when he noticed the ground beneath his feet swelling upward—bulging like an upside-down pot lid.
"What… what the hell is that?" he murmured, staring dumbly at the rising mound.
Boom!
The bulge exploded, blasting Johnny high into the air. He smashed into the ceiling, the impact forcing up bile as his vision blurred—his very soul felt like it had been knocked loose.
As he fell, a hulking brute caught him midair—only to use him as a punching bag, slamming fist after fist into Johnny's head.
Normally, Wuxinmo would've enjoyed such a brutal spectacle. But the earlier battle between Zed and Mephisto had been a wake-up call.
Even in the human world, Mephisto still wielded terrifying power. And that "Clockman" wasn't someone to be trifled with either. Wuxinmo realized he had to move faster.
"Earth Demon, kill him. I want to see what happens to the Ghost Rider when his host dies." Wuxinmo's tone was sharp with impatience.
Following the order, the Earth Demon seized Johnny's neck with both hands, tightening his grip little by little, forcing Johnny toward awakening. Johnny's eyes rolled white, his struggles growing weaker—he was seconds away from death.
The Earth Demon hesitated and looked toward Wuxinmo. But just as he turned his head, he felt an unbearable heat surging in his palms. With a cry, he instinctively released his grip.
Johnny collapsed to the ground, gasping, his body temperature climbing rapidly. Flames of orange and gold burst across his skin. His flesh burned away in chunks, exposing the bones beneath.
As the flames roared higher, Johnny's consciousness began to blur. Laughing madly, he clawed away what little flesh remained.
Wuxinmo's eyes narrowed. Johnny was a newcomer—he couldn't possibly know where the Vatican Contract was hidden. Only Mephisto's most prized Ghost Rider could hold the secret of the San Venganza Contract.
"Where is the Contract of San Venganza? Speak!" Wuxinmo demanded arrogantly, glaring at the newly awakened Ghost Rider.
But the Ghost Rider didn't even look at him. Swaying slightly, he muttered hoarsely,
"I'm hungry."
The moment the words fell, he lunged toward the Earth Demon, hungering to devour his sinful soul.
But freshly awakened, the Ghost Rider was weak—he hadn't "fed" in ages and lacked the strength for battle.
A fire without fuel cannot burn bright.
The Earth Demon cracked his fists together. Chunks of stone crawled over his body, encasing his arms in heavy rocky gauntlets.
The stony armor couldn't block hellfire, but it was more than enough to resist the Ghost Rider's weakened flames.
He slammed both fists into the ground, sending shockwaves that knocked the Ghost Rider sprawling. Then, leaping high, he landed a crushing stomp on the Rider's chest and began pounding his skull relentlessly.
The Ghost Rider couldn't die—but being beaten like this, pinned and pummeled, was pure humiliation. He barely had the strength to move, let alone fight back, and could only watch helplessly as each blow smashed into his face.
Bang!
Bang!
BANG!
A massive shockwave suddenly blasted the Earth Demon across the room.
Moments later, Skye, Xin, and Lilith—fully transformed—entered the warehouse.
Zed knew his women weren't just decoration. Against Wuxinmo and his flunkies, they were more than enough. After giving a few quick orders, he let them loose.
Seeing the three women in armor similar to the Clockman's, Wuxinmo immediately realized they'd be no easy opponents. He summoned the Wind Demon and Water Demon to join the fray.
The Earth Demon climbed to his feet with a roar and charged at Skye, while the Wind and Water Demons targeted Lilith and Xin.
The Earth Demon's strength lay in his sheer bulk—but that meant nothing before Skye. She casually raised her hand and unleashed a shockwave that shattered his rocky armor into dust.
He stared dumbly at his bare hands, completely lost. That single second of confusion was all it took—Skye's next wave crushed his internal organs to pulp.
Fortunately for him, he wasn't a mortal creature, or that blow would have ended him outright. Gravely wounded, the Earth Demon dove underground to hide.
"Ugh—IQ truly questionable," Skye sighed, shaking her head. Then she stomped her right foot down hard.
Her armor focused the vibration into a devastating shock cannon. The blast pulverized everything beneath the warehouse floor into fine dust.
Near death, the Earth Demon barely managed to crawl back to the surface, trying to reach Wuxinmo—but he didn't notice the faint embers flickering behind him.
With a guttural roar, the Ghost Rider pounced, clawing at the Earth Demon's head and shouting madly,
"Hungry! Hungry! I'm so hungry!"
Wuxinmo curled his lip, about to move to the rescue, but Woz stepped in front of him.
"According to the Demon King's script, he dies here. And it's still not your cue to appear."
Wuxinmo's face twisted, and he roared in fury,
"You damned pests! I'll slaughter every last one of you!"
He dissolved into black mist and lunged at Woz—who calmly switched to the Ninja Dial.
"Hmph—cheap tricks."
The two flickered rapidly around the warehouse, clashing again and again—each strike quick, sharp, and without greed.
Woz couldn't kill the soulless Wuxinmo, and Wuxinmo's blows landed only on straw-man decoys. Cunning met cunning, deception met deception—a stalemate of trickery and speed.
While the two dueled endlessly, the Ghost Rider and the Earth Demon had already settled their fight.
Gripping the demon's skull, the Rider opened his hollow jaws wide and drew in great gulps of the creature's soul.
When the feast ended, the Earth Demon's body crumbled to ash and drifted away—while the Ghost Rider's flames flared bright once more.
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