At this moment, all-black the necrosword's appearance had changed drastically from its initial form.
From its original red and gold, it had turned into a blood-like scarlet, and flesh and blood writhed on the blade from time to time, as if the sword were now alive!
Ryan gripped all-black the necrosword tightly, standing in place with his head lowered. He remained silent for a long time, only drawing heavy, ragged breaths.
"Hoo—"
Sliiiide—
After an unknown amount of time, strands of silver-gray liquid tissue flowed out from the gaps of the destroyer armor, forming a hideous head in front of Ryan.
Riot cast a fearful glance at the mutated all-black the necrosword in Ryan's hand, then looked worriedly at the silent Ryan. Finally, gritting its teeth, it asked:
"M... Master, are you alright? Your state seems a bit off. Your body is filled with chaotic energy and a twisted consciousness. I can't enter your body anymore..."
But Riot's words received no response from Ryan, which made Riot even more worried.
Could the thing it feared most have actually happened...
If its Master was also infected, then...
Thinking of this, Riot's face was already filled with terror!
Then this World—no, the entire Multiverse—would be completely finished!
Riot didn't even dare to imagine what an immense disaster it would be if the Monarch Spider, who could play Knull like a dog and lock him in a dark cage forever, lost control!
"Damn it! I'll risk it! Even if I die, I can't let Master be corrupted. Hold on, Master, I'm fucking coming!"
With a final clench of its teeth, Riot lunged headfirst toward Ryan's head, planning to force its way into Ryan's consciousness to rescue its Master!
But before Riot's head could collide with Ryan's, its neck was grabbed by a large silver hand.
"Quack—ugh, help! I can't breathe!"
Its neck being squeezed, Riot was so frightened that it let out a duck-like squawk and screamed in panic!
"You're a fucking Symbiote, why the hell do you need to breathe?!"
Only when the familiar, steady voice reached Riot's ears did its panicked heart instantly calm down.
Looking at Ryan as he slowly raised his head—whose eyes were still blood-red, but whose expression and tone were exactly like the Master it knew—Riot was so touched it almost cried.
"Waaah, Master, it's so good to see you still look like a human!"
Ryan: ...
"Are you fucking complimenting me or cursing me?"
Ryan was somewhat speechless as he released Riot's neck. "I was just adapting to the twisted power that all-black the necrosword absorbed. This stuff has a stronger kick than wasabi; it almost blew my soul away!"
This was no joke from Ryan; it was the absolute truth.
After all-black the necrosword absorbed an entire Planet's worth of twisted cultists, those billions of twisted consciousnesses entered all-black the necrosword as well.
And the core of all-black the necrosword was his soul imprint.
Thus, those billions of twisted wills rushed into his soul together.
That feeling was far more terrifying than a tide of hundreds of millions of zombies rushing at you!
Ryan felt as if his entire soul was crawling with unspeakable, twisted entities. They kept whispering seductive voices in his ear, trying to make his soul fall into the Great Old Ones' trap of eternal life!
But fortunately, Ryan's will was firm enough.
He firmly believed that except for what he obtained with his own hands, no matter how good something freely given by others was, it was just an illusion. He disdained the charity of others!
Therefore, no matter how these voices tried to entice him, he had only one response, which was...
'Sizzling squid skewers, one-fifty a skewer!'
As Ryan kept chanting this phrase in his heart, those unspeakable tentacles reaching toward him seemed to actually land on a red-hot iron plate, making a sizzling sound like roasting meat!
What was this? This was called the power of idealism!
In my own soul's home turf, as long as I imagine my soul as an iron plate and the Cthulhu trying to seduce me as squid tentacles, they can be combined into sizzling squid skewers!
If you understand, applaud!
Next time you encounter Cthulhu, you can try this too. It should work~
Of course, the premise is that your soul also harbors a Super Spider whose lower limit is at least Multiverse-level, your body possesses the Infinite Power, you have gathered all six Infinity Stones, you are wearing the Armor of the Gods' Blessing, and you yourself are incredibly powerful...
Back to reality.
The red glow in the depths of Ryan's eyes slowly dissipated, and the last uncomfortable trace of distortion in his eyes vanished.
Seeing this, Riot let out a long sigh of relief and asked in confusion, "Master, why did you take such a huge risk to absorb the twisted flesh and souls of the Great Old Ones' cultists?"
In Riot's view, even if it was the life force of an entire Planet, it shouldn't be worth its Master taking such a risk!
Ryan looked down at the crimson all-black the necrosword in his right hand, a flash of madness crossing his eyes.
"Why? To kill them, of course. As everyone knows, Great Old Ones cannot be killed by external forces. The only thing that can kill Great Old Ones is a Great Old One!"
"If I cannot obtain a power from the same source as theirs, then even if I can defeat them, I will never be able to truly kill them. That is not what I want to see!"
"So, at the cost of a tiny bit of risk, I now possess a sword capable of killing them, reversing our roles of offense and defense!"
"They are no longer the attackers planning to break through this Universe's barrier to continue eroding other Universes. I am their terminator!"
At the end of his words, Ryan suddenly raised his head and looked into the dark depths of the Universe, meeting a semi-illusory crimson eye. He grinned cruelly:
"Now, the hunt begins!"
Seeing Ryan suddenly raise his head, Riot also hurriedly followed Ryan's gaze. However, having not obtained the unspeakable power, it saw nothing but the pitch-black Universe.
"M... Master, are you talking to me? Who were you just looking at? There's no one else there! Don't scare me, I'm frightened!"
Riot's voice trembled as it tightly wrapped its slender neck around one of Ryan's arms like a python, seeking a sense of security.
Ryan: ...
Such a great atmosphere, completely ruined by you!
Ryan's face darkened. "Cowardly trash! Get back into my body!"
"That's great!" Hearing this, Riot didn't feel insulted at all. Instead, it sounded like heavenly music to its ears, and it immediately slipped back into Ryan's now-calm body.
Once Riot went quiet, the giant eye that had been secretly watching him just now also disappeared.
Ryan didn't pay any mind to its disappearance. Instead, holding the sword, he reverse-eroded the souls of the twisted entities within the sword, reading their memories.
A moment later, Ryan opened his eyes and muttered, "Has Earth's main fighting force gone to help the galactus engine devour powerful living Planets?"
"Their next stop is... the Land of Nihility!"
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