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At the other end of the portal was the Sky Restaurant where Christine had disappeared last time, and sitting in the old spot wearing a blue gauze dress was naturally Christine herself.
The ferocity and coldness on Strange's face from the recent battle vanished the moment he saw Christine, replaced by an extremely gentle smile.
This time, I won't let anyone take you away from me again, no one!
While some live lives of fulfillment, others are naturally miserable.
In a dark Sewer in London, space suddenly distorted, and a pathetic figure appeared out of thin air, falling into the filthy sewage mixed with feces and various trash!
And this person was, of course, Kaecilius, who had just escaped from our half-Dark Strange's hands.
However, although he escaped, Kaecilius was not having a good time at all right now!
Not only was his entire body covered in burns, but he was even missing an arm, becoming the American comic version of the Great Hero Yang Guo!
Kaecilius used his remaining left hand to prop himself up in the wet, soft feces of the Sewer, struggling to stand up as he let out a roar of extreme hatred from his mouth:
"Ahhhhhhh!!!!"
"Steve Strange, I want you dead! And I want that damn Spider-Family all dead; I'm going to destroy every single one of you!!!"
As his resentment deepened, bursts of black smoke suddenly rose from Kaecilius's body. Miraculously, this black smoke actually healed all the injuries on his body, and even his lost right hand grew back!
However... Kaecilius's newly grown right hand looked filled with a grotesque aura!
Because it looked like a skinned demon arm with only muscle remaining!
Furthermore, this arm was an uncomfortable purplish-black, constantly oozing a turbid semi-liquid, semi-gas filled with corrosive power!
But at this moment, Kaecilius didn't care about any of that because he seemed to hear something. His gaze became dull as he stared blankly up at the ceiling of the Sewer, muttering to himself:
"You are right, Great Dormammu. With my power alone, I cannot destroy the Three Sanctums of Earth. I need to find more and more powerful believers for you..."
"List of believers... Dark Alliance..."
"I finally found you..."
In the boundless sea of stars in the Universe, a huge spaceship stopped above a colorful Planet.
Ryan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window at the very front of the ship, looking down at this beautiful Planet, an excited curve involuntarily hooking at the corner of his mouth.
Because this beautiful Planet was the location of the Soul Stone, Vormir!
It was also one of only two of the six Infinity Stones that did not have a container!
It was also a rare Infinity Stone that almost never brought any side effects to people!
After all, in the original work, even an ordinary person like Hawkeye could take the Soul Stone with his bare hands~
If you had to say the Soul Stone had a side effect, it was that to obtain it, one had to make a soul-for-a-soul trade with the Soul Stone, which meant sacrificing a loved one.
This person didn't necessarily have to be a lover; family members like your father or mother were also acceptable...
But Ryan obviously didn't bring Gwen this time, let alone his parents, because he never intended to trade with the Soul Stone in the first place!
He was here to rob it!
Not giving it up?
Heh, is something I, the Spider Monarch, want to get something you can just say no to?
Moreover, this time, he should be able to kill two birds with one stone!
Ryan tilted his head slightly to look back, as if he could see something through the steel barriers of the spaceship.
It shouldn't be said 'as if,' but rather that his overpowered Spider-Sense truly sensed the 'little mouse' behind them who had followed them all the way here!
However, Ryan did not choose to alarm this little mouse now; after all, he still wanted to use her to catch a 'big fish'!
"Land the ship. Let's see if we can be polite first; if not, we'll use force after trying diplomacy," Ryan said indifferently.
Yondu nodded immediately and commanded the ship to descend toward the Planet below.
Gamora looked at the Nine Rings on Ryan's left hand, which were already embedded with four Infinity Stones, with a complex expression:
"If the fifth Infinity Stone really exists here, then as long as he gets the last one, he will truly have the ability to destroy the entire Universe. Is this really right..."
Beside her, Star-Lord seemed quite indifferent upon hearing this: "Whether it's right or not isn't really important, is it?"
"With the Captain's strength, even without our help, he could still get all the Infinity Stones. He gave us the chance to follow him, which is actually our luck. At least this way, we are on his side~"
Rocket, sitting on Groot's shoulder, looked at Gamora with a very disdainful gaze:
"I think you're just being a busybody. Your strength is the lowest among us, yet you're worrying about the safety of the entire Universe!"
Hearing this, Groot quickly covered Rocket's mouth with his hand and gave Gamora a gentle, apologetic smile:
"I am Groot..."
The air was silent for several seconds before the slow-witted Drax suddenly burst out laughing, pointing at Gamora and Rocket:
"Hahahahaha! This little mouse said you're a dog, and if you take him, you're a busybody! That's hilarious! Hahahaha!!!"
Rocket was stunned for a moment, then suddenly pounced from Groot's shoulder onto Drax, scratching him wildly:
"You're the damn mouse! I've put up with you idiot for a long time. Today, I'm going to tear that foul mouth of yours apart!"
Drax tried to pull Rocket off while running and laughing loudly:
"Ahahaha! Get off me! Don't pull on my nipples! They're sensitive, you talking mouse!"
Seeing the two of them fighting, Star-Lord and Groot also quickly chased after them to try and break it up.
This caused the cockpit of the descending ship to instantly turn into a rowdy dance hall under their pursuit!
Seeing this 'cheerful' scene on his ship, black lines piled up layer after layer on Yondu's forehead.
But he looked at the new Captain, Ryan, who was standing quietly at the very front, completely unaffected by Star-Lord and the others' ruckus, and couldn't help but feel heartfelt admiration!
As expected of a powerhouse who could insta-kill Ronan. Just this steady-as-an-old-dog mindset is something he couldn't compare to!
It seemed that compared to a true powerhouse like this, he still had a long way to go!
As for Ryan himself, he didn't know about Yondu's admiration behind him.
He truly didn't feel much about the noise from Star-Lord and the others behind him; he even felt a sense of 'familiarity' as if he were home!
After all, he seemed unable to escape the curse of his subordinates always being a noisy bunch...
Wait, hold on!
Why does it feel like something's not quite right?
The people around him are always noisy. Could it be that it's not a problem with his subordinates, but a problem with himself?!
Holy crap, I'm the source that attracts the 'noise curse'!
But... Ryan listened to the lively, noisy sounds in his ears and smiled slightly.
I don't hate this feeling...