Clang~!
Before Thor's Mjolnir could land on Mephisto's head, a figure silently blocked Mephisto's path, firmly catching Mjolnir with a massive red trident in his hand.
"Father!"
Looking at the numb soul of his father before his eyes, Thor suddenly felt all the strength drained from his body.
But Odin opposite him showed no mercy, raising his hand to thrust the trident toward Thor's heart.
If Frigga hadn't forcibly used magic to pull Thor back, Thor would have probably lost his life on the spot.
"Do you see this, Peter Parker?" Mephisto didn't care about Thor's anger at all; his entire attention was on Peter.
"This is my confidence. That fool Thanos didn't understand the true purpose of the Soul Stone and the Mind Stone at all.
With just these two stones, it is enough to play everyone except you like toys in the palm of my hand!
After you die, once I obtain your body—which is enough to even captivate the Phoenix Force—I will use you as the vanguard to build an invincible undead army!
At that time, not just this tiny Earth, but the entire multiverse will crawl at my feet!
All the lords of the underworld in this multiverse, whether Hela, Hades, or Death itself, will be replaced by me!
I, Mephisto, will become the sole and supreme... Satan!"
His ambition was laid bare at this moment.
Compared to Thanos's hypocritical rhetoric of 'for the balance of the Universe', Mephisto's desire was much purer and far more evil.
He ruled everything, enslaved everything, and wanted to drag everything in his sight into his endless sulfur hell.
Faced with this world-ending declaration, Peter's expression still didn't fluctuate in the slightest.
"Are you done? My evaluation is... have you forgotten how my battle with Cul went when you were spectating?"
"Playing the game of manipulating souls in front of me, are you serious?"
As he spoke, with a thought from Peter, a golden banner, shining with brilliant gold light and exuding an ancient aura, suddenly appeared behind Peter.
It was indeed the human emperor banner, which had been directly upgraded through the battle with Cul!
As soon as this banner appeared, sunlight instantly bathed everything within a hundred miles.
The moment those low-level demons, who had just rushed out of the rift and were still baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, were illuminated by the light, they all let out shrill screams as visible black smoke rose from their bodies.
An invisible suction force also acted on them, seemingly about to forcibly suck them into the space within the banner to be refined.
Even the souls of Odin and Thanos, enslaved by the hellfire and the Soul Stone, shook for a moment, their bodies visibly stiffening in place.
The moment he saw the human emperor banner, a visible trace of solemnity flashed across Mephisto's face.
But in the next second, that solemnity turned into a confident smile:
"Of course I remember your capabilities. If I weren't prepared, how could I have directly shown you this trump card?"
Saying so, he raised his left hand, and the Reality Stone on the Infinity Gauntlet suddenly burst with a blinding red light!
"God said, let there be light... then Mephisto says, let there be flesh!"
Along with his mischievous declaration, a great power that warped reality instantly enveloped the entire battlefield!
The demons pouring out of the hellish rift, as well as the souls of Odin and Thanos, had their spiritual bodies rapidly solidify in the red light.
Upon their originally unstable spiritual bodies, bones, flesh, scales... rapidly grew at a speed visible to the naked eye!
In just the blink of an eye, this army of the undead and demons broke through the boundary of life and death, becoming physical, true living beings.
Once they possessed physical bodies as anchors, the human emperor banner's suction force targeted at souls would be greatly discounted.
"That's why I said Thanos was not qualified to enjoy these three stones at all. His development of these three stones was less than one percent!"
Mephisto smiled triumphantly, his tone filled with contempt for Thanos and anticipation for Peter:
"Now, this strange flag of yours can only be used as a decoration!"
Hearing this, even Peter couldn't help but nod:
"Well, even I must admit that in terms of brains, you are indeed a cut above that Thanos."
"However," his tone shifted, "if you think you can render my human emperor banner useless like this, then you are sorely mistaken~"
As he spoke, he gently waved the large banner in his hand.
Wuuu~
Accompanying the shining golden light, a horn faintly blew in the void.
Tens of thousands of golden streams of light flew out from the banner, condensing into shape in mid-air.
It was a cavalry army standing in combat readiness, and at their very front stood eight warriors of various forms holding giant hammers.
It was precisely the All-Souls Cavalry under Cul, as well as the eight Worthy!
Over the past period of time, after being refined by the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, these souls had completely become Peter's power, turning into his most loyal subordinates.
At Peter's command, The Worthy and the All-Souls Cavalry immediately charged toward Mephisto's demon army.
Although Mephisto was a Hell Lord ruling over billions of demons, most of these demons were evolved from the deceased sinners of Earth.
Even if they could obtain various degrees of enhancement by killing and devouring each other, their combat power was still very limited.
At most, they were only slightly stronger than the Chitauri Soldiers.
But Peter's All-Souls Cavalry was different.
These were all battle-hardened, deceased Asgardian warriors who had followed Cul to conquer the Nine Realms ten thousand years ago.
It could be said that the combat power on Peter's side was more than ten times that of those low-level demons.
In addition, the All-Souls Cavalry released by Peter were pure spiritual bodies, whereas Mephisto's demon army had been forcibly given physical bodies to resist the human emperor banner.
This resulted in the All-Souls Cavalry being able to be repaired by the human emperor banner, or rather, Peter's own soul power, no matter how severe their injuries were.
In contrast, once the physical bodies of Mephisto's demon army were destroyed, they would be absorbed on the spot by the human emperor banner.
Therefore, this confrontation between the two armies was unfair right from the start.
Even if Peter's All-Souls Cavalry did not have the advantage in numbers, slaughtering Mephisto's demon army was still as easy as cutting melons and slicing vegetables.
Watching the demon army being slaughtered to the point of crying for their parents, and even being absorbed as nourishment by the human emperor banner after their physical bodies were destroyed,
Peter couldn't help but smile:
"It seems your plans still can't keep up with my changes~"
"I'd like to ask, in this current situation, what other backup plans can you possibly bring out?"
Listening to Peter's mockery, Mephisto's red face faintly grew a few shades redder.
For no other reason than the combat style Peter displayed had indeed caught him completely off guard.
He originally thought his plan was seamless enough to completely subdue Peter, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he would turn into a Joker again.
No matter who it was, they wouldn't be able to stand this situation!
With this thought, Mephisto subconsciously tightened his grip on all-black the necrosword.
Obviously, the only way left to break the deadlock now was to 'directly defeat Peter'!
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