A Gathering of Heroes (Part 2)

"The Riot taught that human a lot of knowledge about the Symbiote race. That human used this knowledge to conduct many experiments on me, and even used the Symbiote factors extracted from my body to create many crazy offspring that could infect humans."

"They made me very weak. That human wanted me to possess an ordinary person and then conduct a new round of experiments on me. I didn't want to do that, but I had no other choice. If I had a host, even an ordinary person, I might be able to find a chance to escape."

"When I discovered that Venom had parasitized you, I was on the verge of despair. You were worse than an ordinary person, but I never expected..."

The Phantom Demon asked Peter with some doubt, "Why are you so strong? Based on my understanding of ordinary humans, you shouldn't have such great power."

"I don't know either," Peter shrugged. "We need to stop them both first. Let me think..."

Peter used a Silk to stick to a nearby building, then swung over the heads of the two fighting monsters, finally sticking to the glass curtain wall of a building across the street. He said, "Luckily, it's late at night and there aren't many people around, otherwise just evacuating the crowd would be a real hassle."

"Hey, wait a minute, why did they run away?"

Peter saw Venom being relentlessly Riot by Venom and finally couldn't take it anymore. With a burst of speed and a leap, he crossed an entire street and began to flee in another direction.

"We have to catch up with them!" Phantom said anxiously. "Riot is a warmonger, Venom is an even bigger madman. If the two of them fight, the whole of New York will be destroyed!"

As Peter chased after them in the direction they had fled, he asked the Phantom Demon, "You seem to be very familiar with humans?"

"As I said, before you, I possessed several ordinary humans. The first person I possessed was a nurse, and I worked with her at the hospital for over a month..."

"I have to admit it." The hoarse female voice was somewhat emotional, Peter even heard a hint of tenderness in it. "Humans are the most fragile intelligent race I have ever seen, but at the same time, they are also the most resilient."

"...Alright, Peter." Phantom's tone turned somber. She said, "I am not one of those power-type Symbiote, but I also have special abilities that other Symbiote don't have. Give me control of your body, and I will help you catch up with them."

Peter had barely formed the thought of agreeing when he felt the scene in his field of vision begin to rush past. Through the glass of the Shop window, he saw himself become a translucent Shade, flying through the air at an incredible speed. In the time it takes to breathe, he was in front of the two monsters.

"I am the weakest of the Agents of the Cosmos, but also the fastest." The Phantom's voice echoed in Peter's mind, "I can fly in space without any external aids, and I am faster than some spaceships."

"It can also teleport, become invisible, and create clones, which is why I am called the Phantom Demon."

"Cool--"

Peter just finished his assessment when he saw the two monsters turn a corner and run towards Greenwich Village. The Phantom Demon was about to carry Peter away again, but Peter shouted, "Wait! Let me make a phone call first..."

"Doctor Strange ..."

Meanwhile, Sanctum Sanctorum Strange, Strange raised his arm to shield himself from the flying debris as the building collapsed, shouting to the mages, "Get the civilians out of here first!!"

"Wait! I'm about to sign a contract!" one of the men in a suit shouted at the desk.

The monk next to him pulled him aside, making him dodge the falling debris from the ceiling. The monk picked up the phone he had dropped and shouted into the other end, "Sorry! There's been a bit of a commotion here. We'll talk later!"

Suddenly, a cell phone flew up from Strange's right. The staff member who had been holding the phone reached out to grab it, shouting, "Wait!! Mr. Mephisto, let's talk this out. This is an unforeseen event. Please calm down..."

First came a burst of loud noise on the other end of the phone, sounding like profanities from the devil's language. Suddenly, a cluster of Hellfire erupted around the small phone, and Mephisto's voice came through. "Strange! What the hell are you doing?! Didn't I say I'm negotiating with Satanish today?! My advisor needs to be online 24/7?! I've already paid the deposit..."

Strange flicked the ribbon in his hand, pulled the phone down, and held it up to Mephisto, saying, "I'm sorry, Mr. Mephisto, someone has attacked the Sanctum Sanctorum..."

"As you know, the people working here are all ordinary people. To ensure their safety, we must suspend operations and let them evacuate first."

"You damned humans! My negotiations are at a crucial moment! We've already discussed the land price near the central lava pool!! This concerns my income for the next 100,000 years, and you're telling me you're backing out?!"

As Strange helped the other mages open portals to allow the ordinary people to evacuate, he explained helplessly, "But this is indeed an unavoidable event; two monsters the size of small mountains attacked this place..."

As he said this, Riot threw a punch, causing a building next to the Sanctum Sanctorum to collapse. The Sanctum Sanctorum Strange shook violently, and Strange staggered. He said, "Now half of the buildings here have collapsed. We probably won't be able to..."

Mephisto interrupted him, saying, "Wait! You said two monsters?... Wait!"

The flames around the phone disappeared, and before Strange could react to what the Lord of Hell meant, the crimson ribbon in his hand suddenly jerked violently, breaking free from Strange's control. Then, a scream was heard from a financial advisor behind Strange.

"My computer!!! I spent two hours working on reports!!!"

"Oh, yes, I'm so sorry... Mr. Setar'ak, we've run into a bit of a problem. My computer was just smashed, so I'm afraid the data you requested will have to wait a couple of days..."

Strange watched as the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak flew up in front of him, slowly bending before snapping into a question mark with a "pop".

Strange took a deep breath, took out his phone, and called Wong, saying, "My lord, something has happened at the Sanctum Sanctorum. I'll have to trouble you to go to Asgard and use their Bifrost to send a Cosmic Broadcast saying that the Sanctum Sanctorum has been attacked by an uncontrollable disaster and will be temporarily closed for three days..."

At that moment, Venom leaped high into the air and lunged forward, slamming Tyranny into the roof of the Sanctum Sanctorum. After a loud crash, the remaining half of the ceiling collapsed. Strange sighed and said, "These two monsters are too destructive. Let's close for a week... no, half a month."

The red ribbon in front of Strange slowly straightened again, and with a "pop," it turned into an exclamation mark.

At that moment, Spider-Man had already jumped between the two Symbiote. Taking advantage of their brief separation from their struggle, Peter stretched out his arm, stopping the two monsters from fighting again and shouting, "Stop!! Stop fighting!!!"

Riot completely ignored Spider-Man in the middle, who opened his mouth wide and said to Venom, "Venom! You madman! What does my conflict with the Agents of the Cosmos have to do with you? Why are you chasing me like this?!"

Venom watched the Riot, his voice gradually rising from a low murmur to a high-pitched roar, "Because I am Venom... I am Venom!!!"

Spider-Man looked to the left, then to the right. Phantom thought to himself, "Looks like they've both gone mad. We..."

In an instant, Spider-Man's Spider-Sense kicked in, and he did a forward roll to dodge. Above his head, two monsters, one black and one gray, roared and collided together, like cold water and hot oil colliding. Countless Symbiote factors splashed out, and the Havok completely destroyed the surrounding buildings.

Strange jumped down from the second floor, gripping the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak. The remaining mages who hadn't evacuated followed behind him, and for a moment, the light of defensive magic flashed wildly.

Although Strange was an apprentice mage, the mages behind him were the backbone of Kamar-Taj. As soon as the two monsters collided, the mages waved ribbons to drive them apart.

Spider-Man, on the other side, used his Silk to hold Riot's legs, while Phantom shouted in his mind, "Riot is the strongest of the original Symbiote; we can't fight him head-on!"

Before she could finish speaking, Spider-Man crouched down slightly, grabbed Silk and pulled back. The massive gray monster fell to the ground. Spider-Man took a few steps back and pulled again, dragging Riot several meters away.

The gray monster turned around, about to use its strength to flip over, when Spider-Man took a deep breath, wrapped the Silk around his wrist a few times, swung his arm and swung it hard, Riot flying like a meteor hammer.

It was late at night, and this was Greenwich Village's main commercial street, so there was no one around. There was no need to worry about accidentally hurting the onlookers. Spider-Man, giving it his all, swung Riot around twice in the air and threw him out like a cowboy throwing a lasso.

The Phantom Demon immediately said, "From today onwards, I am a power-type Symbiote. Let's go, let's beat them up!"

The purple Spider-Man's figure became illusory, and in a flash, he reappeared behind Riot, punching him in the back of the head, sending Riot flying again after he had just gotten up from the ground.

When a hero with Superhuman Strength gains incredible speed, he becomes virtually invincible. Moreover, Phantom provides Spider-Man with more than just speed; she can also become invisible, teleport, and, most importantly, fly indefinitely.

Originally, everyone was a ground force. You would punch me, I would punch you, and even if you were knocked away, you could take advantage of the gap when the other side got close to readjust your fighting posture.

But now, Spider-Man punches Riot away, then flashes and punches again, flashes again and punches again, with no cooldown or cooldown. He can keep punching Riot away in the air and continue his infinite combo, turning Riot into a punching bag.

Spider-Man was having a blast when his Spider-Sense and Phantom Demon's voice rang out simultaneously. "Watch out!!!"

Riot roared, unleashing a powerful burst of energy. Phantom Demon, carrying Peter, dodged and landed on the rooftop of a nearby building.

Without external force, Riot, who couldn't fly, should have fallen to the ground, but a black curtain caught him. Then, layers of Dark Force spread out from behind him, spreading with the airflow into a pitch-black hole.

The Phantom Demon's voice gradually turned serious. "Before he set off, Knull bestowed upon him the Chaos Force from the birth of Seventh Cosmos. That was Knull's most powerful force, the source of his immortality..."

"Retreat. This kind of force cannot be dealt with by brute force alone. We need to..."

Just then, Spider-Man keenly sensed a subtle tremor in the ground. Immediately afterward, the roar of a motorcycle echoed from the distant horizon, and from where endless flames blazed, a hoarse, low groan resounded:

"You... are guilty!"