Soul

Natasha glanced at the console and asked Taskmaster, "Why did all of you suddenly wake up?"

Taskmaster still did not answer, as if Natasha did not exist. Natasha sighed and went to chat with Drakov on the ground. "You're depressed, and so am I. I feel like I've been set up. Google Search Read"

Drakov said in a low voice, "Take me away, and I'll give you anything you want."

"What I want is for you to disappear forever."

Natasha snorted. Seeing this, Drakov begged Taskmaster again, but Taskmaster ignored him completely.

The Black Widow Legion was extremely powerful. Before long, every enemy inside the fortress had been eliminated. Then, the Black Widows escorted Red Guardian and Melina into the main control room.

Red Guardian was injured. Clearly, the Black Widows had taught him a lesson.

"Drakov!"

The moment they saw Drakov on the ground, intense Killing Intent erupted from every Black Widow's eyes. Taskmaster said, "Boss said to take him downstairs before we do it. When the time comes, each of us can kill him once."

"Once isn't enough."

Yelena said coldly. The Black Widows all nodded. If there was ultimate evil in this world, Drakov was surely among it.

"Take him downstairs? Could it be that you..."

Natasha thought of something and cried out in alarm. So the Demon King's target had not been her, but the Black Widows.

"Whether it is or not isn't important. What matters is that you need to leave."

Yelena said, "Remember to forget everything that happened here."

"Forget it? That won't do."

Natasha said mysteriously. At that moment, a Black Widow shouted, "Aircraft detected nearby!"

The Black Widows froze and hurriedly looked at the screen. Six fighter jets were approaching. They had special technology that had kept them hidden until now.

They were S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Quinjets.

Melina asked Natasha, "Did you bring people with you?"

"I didn't bring anyone, but S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury is a paranoid lunatic who trusts no one. Since I suddenly came to Russia, he definitely sent someone to monitor me."

Natasha smiled. "With their methods, it's perfectly normal for them to follow me here."

At that moment, Natasha was pulled into the Illusion Realm again. Wang Nanxuan asked with a sneer, "Are you proud of yourself now? Do you think you played me?"

"I didn't play you. If you insist on seeing it that way, there's nothing I can do."

That was what she said, but her smugness was obvious. Wang Nanxuan smiled. "You say you didn't breach it, so you didn't? S.H.I.E.L.D. followed you to the Air Fortress. Natasha Romanoff, you breached the contract. From now on, your soul belongs to me."

As Wang Nanxuan spoke, the contract mark within Natasha's soul turned into a Phoenix Brand. This meant that her soul officially belonged to Wang Nanxuan.

Natasha shouted in shock and fury, "I didn't breach the contract. You can't take my soul."

Wang Nanxuan asked leisurely, "Do you remember the final clause of the contract?"

Natasha recalled it and asked in astonishment, "The final clause says that the Demon King has final interpretive authority?"

"That's right. The interpretive authority belongs to me. S.H.I.E.L.D. appearing here is a fact. If I say you breached the contract, then you breached the contract."

Wang Nanxuan sneered. "Who do you think you are? Trying to play tricks with the Demon King? Do you think you're worthy?"

Natasha trembled with rage. "I refuse to accept this!"

"Do I need you to accept it? If I wanted to, I could alter your memories and turn you into the lowest kind of woman in New York City. I could even turn you into an animal."

Wang Nanxuan said, "Your soul already belongs to me. I control not only your life and death, but everything about you. Natasha, think carefully about what you say next. It will determine your future fate."

Natasha felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. After a moment of silence, she knelt before Wang Nanxuan and said with utmost respect, "Lord Demon King, please forgive my arrogance. Everything I have belongs to you."

Wang Nanxuan walked up to Natasha, lifted her chin with a finger, and said, "Your eyes and memories tell me that the flames of resistance are still burning in your heart."

Natasha's heart skipped a beat. Just as she was about to explain, Wang Nanxuan continued, "But I don't care, because I have little interest in you. And one day, you'll cry and beg to offer everything to me."

Then, the Illusion Realm vanished. Natasha let out a sigh of relief. Only then did she realize that her back was drenched in cold sweat.

Fortunately, the Demon King had no interest in her. Otherwise, she would have been finished. Her soul already belonged to him, and he could easily make her beg for death while denying her even that.

I was too arrogant. I actually tried to scheme against the Demon King. I can't act so recklessly again.

Natasha silently reflected on herself, but she did not believe that she would ever submit to the Demon King. She was a Black Widow, and she had never yielded to anyone.

It was worth mentioning that Natasha and the other Black Widows could not reveal any secrets without Wang Nanxuan's consent.

After dealing with Natasha, Wang Nanxuan lightly waved his hand toward the six Quinjets. The six Quinjets began to decay at once, quickly turning into six rusty old wrecks.

Immediately afterward, the wrecks fell apart in midair. The six pilots hurriedly activated their escape systems and were ejected from their cockpits one after another.

This was the Curse of Decay.

"You should leave."

Wang Nanxuan's voice rang in Natasha's mind. Natasha did not dare delay and prepared to leave with the bewildered Red Guardian and Melina.

Thinking of something, Natasha called out to Yelena, "Yelena, do you want to leave with us?"

"I'll come find you, but not now."

Yelena shook her head. Natasha knew that all their souls had fallen into the Demon King's hands. She sighed and left the Air Fortress aboard a fighter jet.

As soon as Natasha and the others left, vast amounts of black smoke rose from the Air Fortress. When the smoke dispersed, the entire fortress had vanished.

Melina was somewhat frightened. She could not help asking, "Natasha, what exactly is going on?"

"You'd be better off not knowing the truth."

Natasha gave a bitter smile. What was wrong with this world? First Angels, then the Demon King? Could they not just have a good time anymore?

Melina reminded her, "I don't care about the truth, but S.H.I.E.L.D. definitely will. Natasha, you need to be prepared."

Natasha immediately got a headache. This time, S.H.I.E.L.D. would probably interrogate her for a long time. She just hoped they would not suspend her pay; she had so many credit cards to pay off.

Wang Nanxuan teleported the Air Fortress to Rebirth Hell. Howard, Trask, and Yinsen came out to inspect it together.

"The technology is decent, but this thing is too easy to destroy. It isn't very useful."

Howard said, and Trask added, "All flash and no substance. Boss, can we dismantle it? There are quite a few materials on it that we need."

"You're going to make Drakov cry talking like that."

Wang Nanxuan quipped. "You can't dismantle it. Convert it into an air base instead. That will make rescuing people much more convenient in the future."

"As for materials, you no longer need to worry about them. Drakov has an intelligence network comparable to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s. With that intelligence network in hand, buying materials will be easy, whether through legitimate channels or otherwise."