Not Much Damage, Maximum Humiliation

How could he call me that?!

Green Goblin had originally been a little angry at being called a clown by Peter and had wanted to teach Peter an unforgettable lesson.

But when he saw Peter ignore the utterly disproportionate difference in size and knock Lizard down with a single blow, the look in his eyes beneath his helmet instantly cleared.

Emmm, suddenly being called a clown didn't seem like such a big deal...

Meanwhile, Lizard, who had been knocked to the ground, felt his mind go completely blank.

He had just... been knocked down by a human?

Influenced by the lizard genes, Lizard's thought process had become extremely bizarre.

He instinctively believed that humans were inferior creatures, while only lizardmen were noble beings!

And now, a noble lizardman had been knocked down by an inferior human!

Realizing this, the lizardman flew into a rage.

A threatening growl rumbled from his throat as he tried to scramble up from the ground with both hands and feet. His thick tail swept out like a steel whip, kicking up gusts that tore through the air!

That strike was enough to send a sedan weighing over a ton flying!

But facing that thunderous attack, Peter's expression did not change in the slightest. He merely slowly raised his right hand...

Before the disbelieving eyes of Lizard, Green Goblin, and Gwen Stacy in the distance, he casually caught that massive, powerful tail in his palm.

The violent kinetic energy vanished without a trace the instant it touched Peter's palm, like mud sinking into the sea.

Peter's body did not budge an inch!

"What?!"

Lizard's slit pupils were filled with disbelief.

How was this possible?!

How could his strength have been so easily stopped by a human so small?!

Before he could recover from his shock, Peter's arm suddenly tensed!

"Up you go~"

The next second, Lizard felt an irresistible, terrifying force surge from his tail. His massive body, weighing several tons, was actually swung up by Peter!

Whoosh~!

Like a hammer throw, Lizard carved a perfect arc through the air!

Boom!!!

The reinforced concrete wall was like papier-mâché as a massive hole was smashed through it in an instant!

Lizard's huge body crashed heavily into the corridor. The concrete portion of the railing collapsed from the impact, while the metal railing above was completely bent by the violent force.

"Th-This is impossible!"

Gwen stared blankly at the scene, her mind completely empty.

The lizard monster she had only barely managed to hold off with all her strength was now being... spun like a top by that guy called the "Arbiter"?

Was he... really human?

"Roar!"

Shaking his groggy head, Lizard let out another furious roar.

As someone with strength equal to Peter's, he naturally would not be defeated by just two simple moves.

His rage completely drowned the last remnants of reason in his heart. Throwing all caution aside, he lunged at Peter and launched a fierce assault based solely on his most primitive survival instincts.

His claws tore through the air as they came hurtling toward Peter with the howl of death.

His thick tail whipped toward Peter again, trying to smack him flat on the spot.

But even in the face of Lizard's reckless assault, Peter's expression remained utterly calm.

With a simple sidestep, he effortlessly avoided the tail's attack.

"Want to stretch a little? Then I'll play with you!"

As Peter spoke, his fists left streaking afterimages in the air!

Gwen, who was dodging Green Goblin's Pumpkin Bombs while constantly circling around him, nearly felt her heart leap into her throat at the sight.

Was he insane?

He was actually giving up his powerful combat techniques to face the lizard monster head-on without dodging?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just as that thought surfaced in Gwen's mind, muffled impacts of fists striking flesh rang out one after another.

Gwen instinctively turned her head and saw that the Arbiter really was trading blows with the lizard monster!

And he looked so relaxed, as if he felt no pressure at all.

No, it was not as if he felt no pressure. He genuinely felt no pressure!

This guy had even... taken a moment to stretch out a hand and yawn?!

That did not hurt much, but it was immensely insulting.

Lizard's eyes had completely changed from yellowish-brown to crimson red!

He nearly went mad as he launched attack after attack at Peter, and their battle turned the corridor into a complete wreck.

The ground was covered in impact craters, while every wall and classroom they passed was torn apart.

On the field below, the sheltering high school students had originally been so frightened they could barely breathe.

But as they watched the two fight with increasing intensity, they actually began cheering one after another.

After all, the Arbiter and that lizard monster were demolishing their school!

It was like the daydream every kid in a certain Eastern superpower had had: "I'm going to blow up the school, carrying a bag of explosives!"

Now, the dream had become reality!

As long as the Arbiter or the lizard monster threw a few more punches at the surrounding classrooms, they would get another day off!

Some of the seniors might even be able to lie around at home until graduation!

No more classes, straight into vacation until graduation—what could be better than that?

"So cool! Arbiter, do us a favor and punch the classroom next to you a few more times!"

"Nice! I love you, Arbiter! I want to have your babies!"

By the time an entire floor of the school building had nearly been destroyed by him and Lizard, Lizard's movements had begun to slow.

Peter immediately mocked him.

"Hey, seriously? I haven't even started trying yet, and you're already about to give out?"

"Lowly human! Stop talking big in front of me!" Lizard angrily snapped back.

But that very response proved his weakness!

His serum was still taking effect. There was no way he should have been clear-headed enough to say something like that.

"Talking big?!"

Peter sneered. The next second, his entire body instantly became a black-and-red blur.

Then... boom!

A straight punch slammed into Lizard's stomach like a heavy cannon!

Caught off guard by the punch, Lizard had even the tough scales on his body shattered, and his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

"I'm not done yet!"

Peter did not give the airborne Lizard any chance to regain his balance.

He stomped heavily on the ground and shot toward Lizard at high speed.

Then...

"Ora ora ora ora..."

A barrage of ordinary punches flew out like a raging storm. Lizard felt like a small boat caught in a violent tempest.

His huge body had practically become a giant punching bag. He could not find any chance to fight back and could only be hammered backward again and again amid Peter's cries of "ora."

After taking who knew how many hundreds of punches, Lizard—his joints warped and his body completely shrunk back to the size of a normal human—struggled to rise from the rubble, but failed time and again.

Finally, Lizard's vision went dark, and he completely lost consciousness.

Lizard was unable to continue!