The entire Harlem neighborhood was having trouble, not just Shang-Chi and his companions. Many people had seen the Homeless Men acting strangely.
They didn't seem interested in attacking ordinary people. Instead, they were gathering near the sewers.
The reason Shang-Chi and the others had been attacked was that he'd grabbed a Homeless Man who was being controlled by a beetle...
The beetles inside the Witch Ahmanet fed on human souls, replenishing Ahmanet's weakened strength. They could also control people's bodies, turning them into an Undead Army to serve her.
Unfortunately for Ahmanet, she'd chosen the wrong place. In Harlem, any reasonably sensible person kept themselves covered from head to toe, leaving those little beetles nowhere to bite...
In a place where everyone was terrified of bugs, it was nearly Mission: Impossible for those little beetles to crawl into someone's ear.
Only a handful of Homeless Men and addicts who spent their days tucked away in dark corners knew nothing about the bugs—or didn't care even if they did—and so they became the beetles' targets.
That was the downside of failing to keep up with the times...
A Witch who thought herself invincible and looked down on humanity had unleashed the full extent of her power. And yet, after scouring Harlem for a long time, she'd managed to gather only a few hundred members for her Undead Army.
They hadn't even made it back to the Witch before Shang-Chi cut down dozens of them...
Amid the screams around him, Shang-Chi finished off dozens of stiff-moving Homeless Men. Hearing April shout, he drew his Fire Sword and gently tapped the cheek of one of the dead Homeless Men...
Seeing a beetle crawl out of the dead Homeless Man's ear, Shang-Chi looked at April in surprise. "Yes, a beetle!
What on earth is