Chapter 172: Chapter 157: The Death of Peter Parker
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At this moment.
New York is engulfed in terrifying ultra-high temperatures.
This brings about the demise of all things.
After the initial violent explosion, the ensuing ultra-high temperatures.
Cause everything to melt at a visible speed, like candles thrown into a fireplace.
Tilted buildings, scattered street lamps, cars piled into a small hill.
Everything, regardless of material, is rapidly melting.
This is a forbidden zone for life!
Even superhumans, the vast majority cannot survive in such an environment!
Death is real and undeniable.
At this moment, New York is no less than purgatory.
Some who refused to leave, either vanished without a trace in the first explosive impact, or if they were lucky enough to escape the first explosion, the subsequent high temperatures turned them into charred corpses.
Thick smoke billows.
Fierce flames rage.
This is hell on earth.
Far outside the city, in an inconspicuous corner of the containment camp.
When the New York explosion occurred, a trail of sparks outlined a circle.
Then, intense and high-temperature flames erupted from that circle.
Causing the immediate death of more than a dozen nearby citizens.
But then the violent shockwave from the explosion caused a hurricane in the camp, resulting in secondary damage.
The entire camp was in chaos, so no one noticed this corner.
Nor did they notice a figure emerging from the erupting flames.
'Homefront' Martin!
This middle-aged man cursed as he removed his half-burnt star-spangled cape, pouring a bucket of cold water over his head to cool down the 'Magneto helmet' glowing red from the heat.
After doing all this, Martin looked towards New York.
"So that's how it is."
"This guy emptied New York to drop a bomb on me."
"Hey, but."
"This guy still isn't decisive enough."
"Too much sympathy."
"If he had been more ruthless, like directly firing at New York last night."
"I might really have been killed."
"Thanks to the commotion of emptying New York, I was on my guard."
"Otherwise, even with the Sling Ring and portal magic, I probably wouldn't have made it in time."
Martin lamented, the big man raised his hand, his left hand wearing a Sling Ring.
Then drawing a circle, like Doctor Strange, he opened a portal.
Martin quickly stepped through.
At this moment.
In the Osborn safe house.
Peter Parker looked up to see the floor-to-ceiling windows shattered, fragments scattered all over the ground.
Outside, people lay fallen, with tents and various debris on the ground.
The entire camp looked as if it had been swept by a storm.
A complete mess.
He hurriedly helped up Aunt May, who had fallen to the ground, brushing off the fragments from her, anxiously asking.
"Aunt May, are you okay?"
"Except for the ringing in my ears, everything else is fine."
Aunt May looked outside in surprise: "What happened?"
Peter Parker also didn't know, shaking his head.
"Peter, are you guys okay?"
A familiar voice came from behind.
Peter turned around.
Gwen and her father ran over, the father and daughter helping up people who had fallen to the ground.
Peter shook his head: "We're fine."
Just then, the hairs on his neck stood up.
Then, almost instinctively, Peter jumped up, sticking to the ceiling like a spider.
And below him, where he had just been standing.
A broken iron pipe 'whooshed' past, the pipe like a cannonball, blasting through the wall.
If Peter Parker hadn't sensed it early, he would have been pierced through the chest by this iron pipe now.
"Oh my god."
"Peter, how did you do that."
"Where did the iron pipe come from?"
Aunt May, Gwen, and George Stacy each spoke their own words.
Peter Parker, however, instinctively felt an extremely dangerous aura, which made him not bother to explain.
He jumped down, crouched on the ground, looking towards where the iron pipe had shot from.
There, in the dim light, someone walked out.
A low voice.
"Already bitten by the spider?"
"I knew it wouldn't be that simple."
"Now with spider instincts, this will take some effort."
"I need to hurry up."
Moments later, Peter Parker saw a man step out of the shadows.
The other was strong, wearing a blue battle suit with obvious burn marks, and a strange iron helmet.
Peter Parker said in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
"Why are you attacking me!"
Martin's broad chin lifted, his eyes disdainful: "Me?"
"You're not qualified to know my name."
"But you can call me 'Homefront'."
"I'm attacking you because you're an addendum to my 'homecoming'."
"Blame yourself for being too unlucky."
He flashed forward, reaching out towards Peter Parker, towards his target.
In Martin's return conditions, besides winning in the 'Iron Cage Bloodbath'.
There was an additional condition.
That condition was: Kill Peter Parker.
Last night, he had already discovered Peter Parker using some dark magic.
So while Azu was still searching for him in New York.
He used the 'portal' to transfer to the containment camp, firstly to avoid a direct confrontation with Azu, and secondly to take the opportunity to kill Peter Parker.
Otherwise, if Azu were here, it wouldn't be so easy for him.
If it were a few days ago, Peter Parker wouldn't have been able to dodge Martin's grasp.
But now, he had spider instincts.
As Martin moved.
Peter rolled away to avoid.
At the same time, he lunged towards his backpack.
He grabbed the backpack and quickly equipped the web shooters.
Then shouted: "Aunt May, Gwen, you need to leave here!"
"This person is dangerous!"
Suddenly, a fierce wind sounded above.
Martin descended from above.
A foot slammed down.
Peter quickly rolled, then curled up, preparing for the impending impact.
Sure enough. Martin's foot smashed down.
The entire safe house shook, cracks quickly appeared on the walls, then the house began to teeter.
At the same time, an impact erupted, creating a violent airflow that swept around.
Peter was blown by this airflow to Aunt May's side, all of this was part of his plan.
Once by Aunt May's side, he immediately hugged his only relative.
At the same time, he shot webs towards the outside of the house, using the strong elasticity of this lightweight cable to catapult himself and Aunt May out.
George Stacy quickly grabbed his daughter Gwen, they were closest to the door, successfully running out into the open before the house collapsed.
At this moment, Osborn's security team arrived, seeing the collapsed house, they were stunned.
Then Martin burst out of the house, landing on the ground.
Osborn's security immediately raised their automatic pistols towards Martin: "Stay there, don't move!"
Martin didn't care at all, his eyes lit up, sweeping out a beam of light.
And slaughtered Osborn's security.
Seeing this, Peter Parker knew that staying here would bring danger and trouble to others.
He immediately shot out webs, then leaped into the air, intending to swing away from this place.
A beam of light swept past.
Cutting his webs, Peter immediately fell down.
Martin sneered, rushing over, a foot kicking out in the process.
Peter quickly covered his head with both hands, using his arms to take the hit.
Instantly, he almost felt as if he had been hit by a high-speed truck on the highway.
He was sent flying.
After landing, Peter caught his breath, then felt a burning sensation in his hands, as if the bones were broken.
He looked up, seeing Martin rushing over again.
He quickly dodged.
Then shot webs, sticking to Martin's feet.
Peter pulled hard.
Martin immediately lost his balance, but didn't fall as he had imagined, instead floating in mid-air.
"No."
"How is this like that gentleman."
"He can fly too?"
Peter continuously shot webs, sticking to Martin's body.
At the same time, connecting the webs to surrounding objects to anchor Martin.
But this was no challenge for Martin.
This 'Homefront' soared into the sky.
The webs were either torn or pulled into the air along with their attachments.
Then Martin swept out beams of light, clearing the webs from his body, and dived down.
Peter slid, narrowly escaping under Martin's fist.
He was still on the ground, leaning back, shooting webs to stick to Martin's helmet.
Originally intending to make this self-proclaimed 'Homefront' fall headfirst.
But when Peter pulled the webs, he instead pulled off the 'Magneto helmet' from Martin's head.
The helmet flew off.
Peter casually caught it.
Then heard the man over there angrily say: "Give it back to me, you little bug!"
It was clear, he cared a lot about this helmet.
Although he didn't know why.
But Peter immediately made a throwing motion.
Martin immediately lunged towards the direction he threw.
But the helmet stuck to Peter's hand and didn't leave.
Martin was fooled.
Peter, however, laughed: "What, do you care about it that much?"
Martin's expression immediately darkened.
"Who doesn't have something they care about?"
"Can you say you don't?"
After saying this.
The man first looked at Aunt May, then glanced at Gwen.
Then sneered.
"No no." Peter immediately changed color, "Here's your helmet back."
"Too late."
Martin suddenly kicked up a section of iron pipe from the ground, then kicked it towards Gwen.
At the same time, looking at Aunt May, he shot red beams from his eyes.
"Choose one."
"Little bug, which one will you save?"
Peter shouted, throwing the helmet to the ground.
He lunged towards Aunt May, but at the same time shot webs at the iron pipe flying towards Gwen.
He tackled Aunt May before the beams could hit her.
On the other side, the webs stuck to the iron pipe, Peter pulled hard, making the pipe fly over.
He just breathed a sigh of relief.
His vision blurred.
Martin's large face filled his entire view!
"Got you, damn little bug!"
Then his neck tightened, already gripped by Martin's single hand.
Peter's face immediately turned red, he curled up, pressure kicking.
Bang!
Both feet kicked up a circle of dust from Martin's chest, but the man didn't move.
"Hey, let him go!"
George Stacy drew his pistol, firing at Martin's head.
Bang bang bang!
Bullets hit Martin one after another, but the man's head didn't even budge.
Deformed bullet heads fell to the ground one by one, leaving George dumbfounded.
Martin then looked over, his eyes glowing red.
A deep red flashed across the scene.
Gwen clearly saw that the red beam penetrated her father's chest, throwing him back.
"No"
"No!"
The girl screamed, running towards her father.
Only to see her father lying on the ground, his chest gradually stained with blood.
On the other side.
Martin turned back, looking at Peter Parker again.
His lips moved.
"Goodbye."
Then with a twist of his hand.
Peter Parker heard a crack from his neck, then his vision quickly moved, seeing Aunt May's horrified face.
Then his vision quickly darkened.
Disappeared.
"No!"
Gwen pressed her hands on her father's chest, trying to stop the surging blood.
Then heard Aunt May let out a heart-wrenching scream.
She turned around, seeing the young man in Martin's hand with his head unnaturally tilted to one side.
Blood flowing from his mouth.
When Martin threw Peter Parker out, the witty and humorous young man lay on the ground like a broken-necked doll, in an unnatural posture.
"No, Peter."
Gwen couldn't help but cover her mouth with her hand, then looked at her father, George Stacy's eyes wide open.
Eyes empty.
His chest no longer rising.
"Don't."
"Don't die, Dad."
Gwen lay on her father's corpse, weeping bitterly.
"Devil, you devil!"
Aunt May picked up a stone from the side, throwing it hard at Martin.
Martin was searching for his 'Magneto helmet', the stone hitting his face.
Although unharmed, it made him very angry.
The man turned around, without a word, shot a red laser at Aunt May.
Just as the beam was about to hit Aunt May.
A hand blocked the beam.
Martin immediately stopped firing, only to find that at some point.
A figure stood beside Aunt May.
Blonde hair, blue eyes, black battle suit, without the previous red cape.
It was his target.
The 'Homefront' from another universe!
Martin immediately jumped back, creating distance.
Then saw this 'Homefront' looking around.
His gaze first fell on Peter Parker and George Stacy's corpses.
Then slightly focused.
Martin followed his gaze, seeing his helmet!
He immediately lunged forward.
But the other was faster.
A golden light stream whistled past his eyes, hitting the helmet first.
Not only pushing the helmet away, but quickly melting and exploding it!
Bang.
The 'Magneto helmet' exploded into fragments, one of which splashed towards Martin's eyes.
He immediately closed his eyes, the fragment hitting his eyelids and bouncing off.
Martin then reopened his eyes, hearing the 'counterpart' behind him laugh.
"Looks like you're quite confident in your strength."
"Already weakened by 50%, yet you're not hiding, still here looking for fun."
"Or do you have something else up your sleeve."
"Think even weakened by 50%, I'm not your match?"
Martin turned around, his lips curling up: "What do you think?"
"Why do you think I was weakened by 50%?"
"It's not just because I'm the invader."
"This is a protective mechanism, who it's protecting I don't need to say, right?"
"Then, as the protected one, naturally a weakling."
"That's right, I'm talking about you!"
Looking at the 'counterpart' in front, Martin looked relaxed: "Although I think it would be more secure when I recover to 75% strength."
"But, yes."
"It doesn't matter."
"Even now, I'm not afraid of you, my 'brother'."
Beside Aunt May, the man nodded.
"If that's the case, why not fight me in New York."
"And come here instead."
"Also killed my important experimental subject, do you know how much effort I put into him?"
"I even became his life mentor."
"You killed him, all my efforts are wasted."
"You really deserve to die."
Martin laughed: "Then you're too boring."
"Spending so much time and energy on a little bug."
"Oh, changing his beliefs to get more rewards at settlement?"
"Fool."
"What's that little reward?"
"The biggest gain in the multiverse is something like the Marvel Infinity Stones."
"And, invading our 'counterparts'."
"Unfortunately, you won't have the chance to practice."
At this moment.
Gunfire rang out.
Bang!
Martin didn't move, but a deformed bullet fell to the ground.
Gwen!
This girl, her hands covered in blood, had picked up her father's gun.
Shouting, she fired repeatedly at Martin.
Bang bang bang!
Clang clang clang!
Deformed bullets fell at his feet, who knows how much Martin wanted to twist that girl's neck.
But in front of him was his 'counterpart'.
He was worried that if he got distracted, the other would take advantage.
In a flash.
Gwen ran out of bullets, but still pulled the trigger.
Her actions seemed to catch the blonde man's attention.
Martin saw his 'counterpart's' gaze shift, looking at the girl.
Good chance!
Martin's eyes suddenly lit up, shooting out not a deep red beam.
But hundreds of red lasers!
This was an effect of his 'Cyclops' ability.
Instantly, hundreds of lasers densely blasted towards his counterpart.
While attacking.
Martin raised his hand, drawing a circle, opening a portal.
Without looking at the result, he flashed into the portal.
At this moment.
Several light bands glowing red with symbols wrapped around the Sling Ring on his hand, as Martin rushed into the portal, the Sling Ring was also taken away by the red light bands.
Entering the portal, Martin then turned back.
Only to see the 'counterpart' smile at him, grabbing the Sling Ring, squeezing hard.
The Sling Ring turned into fragments.
The portal closed.
In the containment camp.
Aunt May saw the blonde man standing firm against the deep red rain of light, and when the light rain disappeared, he also vanished into thin air.
Only then did she come to her senses, then walked towards Peter's corpse, an endless sadness welling up in her heart.
Gwen also stood like a stone statue, motionless.
Until a deep red flashed before her eyes, she looked up to see the man from before, now descending from the sky.
This time, the man had a red cape behind him.
She didn't know.
The man without the cape before was a clone of Azu.
Now landing, was Azu himself.
He had discovered Martin's appearance and rushed back, but didn't appear directly in his true form.
Instead, using a clone for probing.
The clone couldn't replicate Azu's equipment, so it didn't have the red cape, and the black battle suit wasn't vibranium, more like an image.
The reason the clone could speak like Azu himself was because Azu used 'mental invasion' to influence the clone.
The clone had no mental will to speak of, so Azu easily controlled it.
But the clone also had 'mental resistance', the reason Azu could successfully invade was mainly because the clone replicated Azu.
So 'mental resistance' didn't work against Azu himself, but if others wanted to invade the clone, it wouldn't be so easy.
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