Kraken of the North Sea

"Uaaaargh!!—"

Wild Child clutched his eyes and howled in agony, blood streaming endlessly through his fingers, impossible to stop.

Unlike mutants like Wolverine or Sabretooth, whose Healing Factors were extraordinarily powerful, Wild Child possessed considerable healing abilities, but their actual effectiveness might not even compare to Beast’s.

Especially when it came to a vital organ like the eyes, recovery was almost impossible. Even if they could heal, his sight would never return. He would only become blind.

"Do you know what the funniest thing is? I used to say those exact words to Captain America." Blood Baron laughed wildly.

Blood Baron suddenly realized that villains like them could get distracted in battle too. It was just that those heroes never—or rarely—took advantage of that to launch sneak attacks. Perhaps that was why heroes failed. They did not have the villains’ complete lack of scruples.

Meanwhile, Ashley suddenly swung around Green Goblin and shot straight toward Lorelei.

From the moment Lorelei began casting her magic, Ashley’s Spider-Sense had been screaming warnings throughout her body. This unprecedented sense of danger made every hair stand on end. At that moment, she felt as if she were facing a nuclear explosion head-on.

Seeing Zhang Ye and the others disregard the danger, Ashley was anxious beyond measure. She was not afraid of death, but that did not mean she was willing to throw her life away. So, she decided to stop Lorelei from casting the spell herself.

"Yo, yo, yo, where do you think you’re going, little girl? Our game isn’t over yet!" Green Goblin naturally would not let Ashley disrupt Lorelei’s magic.

Of course, the most important reason was that he did not want his prey dying at someone else’s hands.

The sharp wing blades of the Green Goblin Glider severed Ashley’s web line, sending her tumbling through the air before she landed on the ground. Before she could steady herself, countless bullets came flying at her in a dense barrage.

"Osborn, you bastard! Are you trying to get yourself buried with us too?!"

Ashley darted through the hail of bullets while loudly cursing Green Goblin for ambushing her.

High above, Osborn paid no attention to Ashley’s vicious insults. He laughed maniacally, mocking the foolish overconfidence of Ashley and the others below.

"Ahahahaha, too late, little girl! You’re all going to die! Not one of you is getting away! Every last one of you will die here!"

As if to prove Osborn’s madness.

Looking up from the ground, they saw violent winds tearing apart the clouds behind Osborn. Dark clouds pressed down over all of Osborn City as dark green energy continuously surged forth, as though a massive sacrifice was underway.

Within the dense clouds, a terrifying shadow slowly emerged.

"There’s… there’s something in the clouds!"

Ashley crouched behind cover, staring at the unknown existence high in the sky. She could barely get the words out.

Honestly, she had never seen such a terrifying sight in her entire life. She had heard that her father had experienced all kinds of world-shattering wars in the past, but she had always looked down on him. Hawkeye was an ordinary person, and she did not believe ordinary people could take part in real wars.

But at this moment, Ashley truly had nothing to say. She had thought controlling Venom would make her much stronger, but after seeing the terrifying existence hidden in the clouds, all she wanted was to slap herself twice and wake up properly.

Ashley’s scream quickly drew everyone’s attention. Pietro kicked Shocker’s right leg clean off, then grabbed him with his Vibranium arm and gave him a Batman-style backbreaker.

After doing all that and seeing that Shocker had completely lost his ability to fight, Pietro finally turned his gaze toward the sky.

"I think I’ve seen this before."

The shadow within the clouds was far too enormous. Its sky-blocking size made everyone’s pressure soar. Then, amid the dark green magical energy, enormous tentacles extended one after another from the black clouds. By the light, they could even see the massive claws hidden deep within the clouds.

"I remember now! Another witch summoned something similar before!" Pietro’s face changed drastically. "Do all witches like these tentacle-covered monsters?!"

"Enough nonsense, Pietro. Get ready to fight." Kara punched Absorbing Man back, then rushed to Pietro’s side and stared tensely at the being above.

The tentacles reaching from the dark clouds resembled those of an octopus or squid, but the difference in scale was like heaven and earth. Kara had no doubt that if the creature fully descended into reality, all of Osborn City would be reduced to rubble.

Unlike the others, Kara’s X-Ray Vision allowed her to see much more clearly. She could vaguely make out a colossal being in the sky, waving countless tentacles as it attempted to invade reality through a chaotic magical passage.

If she had been at full strength, Kara would not have felt even the slightest fear. At a single command from Zhang Ye, she would have dared to rush up there, drag it out, and beat it senseless.

But her strength was still insufficient. Forget flying—even controlling a basic Bio-Field was difficult for her. That made her feel somewhat nervous as well.

"My fear of huge things is about to kick in."

Pietro opened his mouth, then suddenly shouted at Zhang Ye.

"Witch Raven, think of something!"

"Don’t panic."

Zhang Ye finally responded.

If anyone could have seen Zhang Ye’s expression at that moment, they would have seen the delight in his eyes. He stared unblinkingly at the massive shadow coiled in the sky, about to descend—as if he were looking at a mouthwatering delicacy.

Lorelei’s forbidden incantation had reached its final stage. Her motionless body slowly floated into the air, and then she abruptly opened her eyes, wanting to see the horrified expressions on everyone’s faces.

But when she saw what the Black Wizard opposite her was doing, her face filled with bewilderment.

The fear she had expected was nowhere to be found. On the contrary, the Black Wizard had spread his arms toward the shadow in the sky, as if preparing to give that terrifying, indescribable being a great big hug.

Did he get scared stupid?

Lorelei could not make sense of it.

A deafening, muffled sound thundered in everyone’s ears, making them unable to resist covering them.

"It’s over… that thing…" Ashley collapsed onto the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably.

The being within the dark clouds finally began revealing its massive body. It let out a violent roar, as though announcing its imminent arrival in this world and the endless destruction and rebirth it would bring.

Terrifying tentacles stretching thousands of meters touched the ground, instantly blasting a huge breach through the towering walls. Every artificial structure was like a paper toy at that moment, utterly incapable of withstanding its destruction.

A colossal eye opened deep within the clouds, and its terrifying pressure instantly engulfed all of Osborn City.

An unbearable sense of being watched came from another dimension, making everyone feel as though their entire body had become a sheet of parchment for that unknown horror to read at will.

Suddenly!

When that gaze swept across someone, it abruptly froze.

At that moment, it was as if the entire world had stopped. Even those incomparably massive tentacles fell into deathly silence!

On the ground.

Zhang Ye silently removed his beaked mask.

His pupils, radiating absolute black light, stared fixedly at the enormous shadow in the sky.

The corners of his mouth curled upward slightly, exposing his sharp fangs.

"Since you’re here, don’t even think about leaving."