Chapter 166
When Spider-Gwen first stepped onto the spaceship, which was filled with futuristic technology and whose interior space was far vaster and more luxurious than she had imagined, she was once again deeply shaken.
She looked at the holographic screens shimmering with a faint blue light, the automatically operating precision instruments, and the subtle yet comforting and reassuring energy permeating the air.
She felt as if she had entered a brand new World, a realm that completely transcended all her previous knowledge and imagination.
And when she saw the Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen, who looked almost identical to her but had the cold and seductive aura of a dark night queen, lounging lazily on an obviously expensive sofa, looking at her with a gaze full of scrutiny, hostility, and a hint of superiority, Spider-Gwen's heart skipped a beat again, and a very complex and uncomfortable feeling surged within her.
She knew that this woman was the powerful spider-woman who had been with Lin Tian before, and also her counterpart from another Universe.
This feeling was truly too bizarre.
It made her feel like she was looking in a mirror, yet seeing a completely unfamiliar reflection, one that even made her feel a touch of fear.
"Hmph, has Master finally brought this fake back too?" Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen spoke first, her voice husky and alluring, yet filled with undisguised hostility, "She seems even weaker and more naive than I imagined, doesn't she?"
She scrutinized Spider-Gwen from head to toe, her eyes filled with disdain and provocation.
"You—" Spider-Gwen immediately bristled at these words.
Although she admitted that the aura emanating from the other party, a fusion of symbiote and some mysterious energy, was indeed much stronger than her own.
But she would never allow this imposter, who had appeared out of nowhere, to insult her like this.
"I am the real Gwen Stacy!" Spider-Gwen straightened her back, retorting without showing any weakness, "You monster, reeking of evil, you don't deserve this face at all."
"Oh? Is that so?" Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen, hearing this, not only didn't get angry but instead let out a delicate giggle, her laughter filled with seduction and a hint of madness.
She slowly stood up, taking elegant yet dangerous cat-like steps, approaching Spider-Gwen one step at a time.
The purple-black symbiote suit flowed slowly over her body like a living thing, outlining curves even more alluring than Spider-Gwen's.
The large White crescent-moon eye sockets gleamed with a cold yet possessive light.
"Little Spider," her voice became as seductive and dangerous as a venomous snake's hiss, "You don't seem to understand the situation yet."
"In this World,"
"Power is everything."
"And I—" The Purple-Gold Spider Queen suddenly extended her hand, and the symbiote-covered claws instantly extended, stopping less than a millimeter from Spider-Gwen's fair neck.
An icy killing intent instantly enveloped Spider-Gwen, making her stiffen and unable to move.
"Am Master's strongest and most beloved—",
"Only Queen."
"As for you?" The Purple-Gold Spider Queen's lips curled into a cruel and superior smile, "You're just a pitiful—",
"Substitute Master picked up on a whim."
Substitute?
Hearing these three words, Spider-Gwen felt as if her heart had been fiercely pierced.
An indescribable anger, humiliation, and a hint of unspeakable panic instantly surged into her heart.
Could it be that Lin Tian approached me and was good to me, truly just seeing me as a replacement for this woman?
This thought, like the most vicious curse, made her almost collapse.
"You're talking nonsense! I'm not a substitute!" Spider-Gwen suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with angry tears, and she tried to activate the spider power within her to resist.
However, just then.
"Enough."
A calm, yet undeniably authoritative voice suddenly rang out.
It was Lin Tian.
--- Seeking fresh flowers --- He had appeared between the two Gwens at some unknown point.
He merely glanced at Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen.
The latter immediately trembled, retracting all her killing intent and hostility, and obediently retreated to the side, giving Lin Tian a fawning smile, as if the arrogant queen from moments ago wasn't her at all.
Then, Lin Tian turned his gaze to Spider-Gwen, who was trembling with anger and grievance, her eyes filled with tears.
A gentle and apologetic smile appeared on his face.
Looking at Spider-Gwen, who was teary-eyed, filled with grievance and anger due to a few vicious provocations from her "homologue," Lin Tian felt no pity in his heart; instead, a stronger sense of possessiveness and mischievousness surged within him.
He wanted to see them contend for him! Be hostile to each other! Even come to blows!
That would be more interesting, wouldn't it?
However, now was not the time for them to completely fall out.
After all, this Little Spider from Earth-65 still had immense "utility value" and "development potential" for him.
She still needed to be properly "comforted" and "trained."
"Gwen," Lin Tian reached out his hand, gently trying to wipe away the tears from Spider-Gwen's eyes, his voice also becoming exceptionally gentle, filled with "apology" and "distress," "I'm sorry, I made you suffer."
However, this time, Spider-Gwen was not as easily fooled by his "gentleness" as before.
She sharply turned her head, dodging Lin Tian's hand!
With those eyes full of tears, yet carrying a hint of stubbornness and anger! She stared fixedly at him!
"Tell me! Lin Tian!" Her voice trembled slightly with emotion! "Is what she just said true?! Did you approach me! Were you good to me! Truly just treating me as her substitute?!"
...This question, like a sharp knife, plunged fiercely into her heart! Making her ache to the point of being unable to breathe!
She needed an answer! A real answer!!
Lin Tian looked at the young girl's eyes, filled with pain and questioning, chuckling inwardly, but putting on an even more "helpless" and "affectionate" expression.
"A substitute?" He gently shook his head, his tone filled with "sincerity" and "firmness," "How could that be?"
"Gwen," He took a step forward, ignoring the young girl's subconscious retreat, and forcefully pulled her into his embrace! Tightly! As if to meld her into his very bones!
"Listen!" Lin Tian's voice, carrying an undeniable dominance and a hint of unspeakable tenderness, resonated directly in the depths of her soul! "In my heart! Every 'Gwen Stacy'! Is unique!"
"Whether it's her," Lin Tian glanced at Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen, who was gnashing her teeth in jealousy beside them, "or you!"
"You both possess the same beautiful appearance! The same unique temperament! The same soul that makes my heart flutter!"
"You are not substitutes! But in my life! Indispensable! Two equally brilliant lights!"
Lin Tian's "confession," filled with "affection" and "universal love"!
It was simply the art of "balancing the scales" taken to the extreme!!
He neither denied his "favor" for Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen!
Nor did he deny his "interest" in the Spider-Gwen before him!
Instead, he elevated both of them to a "equally important," "unique" level?!
This left Spider-Gwen, who had been prepared to face the "cruel truth," completely bewildered!!
Unique? Two lights?
What—what does he mean by this?!
Does he—does he want—
An even more absurd and unacceptable thought instantly surged into her mind!!
Does he want to have both of us at the same time?!
This thought! Made her feel both ashamed! And angry! But deep down, it also seemed to produce a trace of—
Extremely faint—
Twisted—
Excitement?!
To serve one man with another "self"?!
This kind of stimulation, filled with taboo and a sense of immorality, made her feel like her brain was about to explode!!
And Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen, standing by, hearing Lin Tian's "universally loving" declaration!
Her heart was even more furious and anxious!!
What does he mean by two lights?! What does he mean by equally important?!
Master's heart should clearly only have me!
This fake!! How can she be compared to me?!
But feeling the undeniable authority emanating from Lin Tian, and the cold warning hidden beneath his gentle words!
Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen ultimately forced down the dissatisfaction and killing intent in her heart!
She merely glared fiercely with her large White eye sockets at the "fake" who was still dazed in Master's arms!
Then!
She actually walked forward too!
Extending her slender arm, covered in the purple-black symbiote!
From the other side!
Similarly!
Tightly!
She embraced Lin Tian!!
And!
With a gaze full of possessiveness and provocation!
She looked at Spider-Gwen!!
As if to say:
See! Master ultimately belongs to me!!
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And the strong jealousy and competitive fire, born from vying for him, hidden deep within their eyes!
In Lin Tian's heart!
There was an unprecedented!
Immense satisfaction and!
Emperor-like enjoyment!
Very good!
Excellent!
A love triangle! That's how it should be to be thrilling! And interesting!
"Alright, alright," Lin Tian's face showed a "helpless" yet "happy" smile! He gently patted the backs of the two Gwens, "I know you both 'care' about me a lot."
"But now is not the time to discuss these things."
Lin Tian's eyes! Suddenly sharpened!
He could clearly feel!
An extremely faint! Yet full of "prying" and "malice" energy fluctuation!
Was silently!
Descending from a distant dimension!
Into this Universe!
And it seemed to have locked onto them!!
"It seems," Lin Tian's lips curled into a cold arc! "We have 'guests' coming."
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And they're after the Spider Totem!
The Inheritors Family?
They found us so quickly?
Perfect!
It saves me the trouble of having to find you all!
A cold, murderous glint flashed in Lin Tian's eyes!
It seems this 'hunting game' in the Spider-Universe is reaching its climax faster than he imagined!
Lin Tian's words, "We have guests," instantly shattered the atmosphere of ambiguity, jealousy, and a hint of awkwardness in the shuttle, which had been a'shuraba' (carnage site).
Both Gwens stiffened simultaneously!
They immediately released their arms from Lin Tian's embrace!
Their eyes became wary!
They looked out the window!
Their spider-sense, though somewhat interfered with and suppressed by Lin Tian's presence, could still vaguely perceive an extremely evil, terrifying aura filled with cold killing intent and extreme hatred for'spiders' like them!
It was approaching their coordinates at an incredibly fast speed!
This feeling made them shiver with an unspeakable dread and fear from the depths of their souls, as if they had encountered their natural enemy!
"Wh-what is it?!" Spider-Gwen's voice trembled slightly!
She had never felt such pure and terrifying malice before!
"Hmph! Just a bunch of bugs that only suck on their own kind!" Purple-Gold Spider Queen Gwen's eyes, however, flashed with disdain and a bloodthirsty gleam!
Although she also felt threatened, what she felt more was excitement!
She craved battle!
She craved slaughter!
She craved to display her even greater power before Master!
Wanda and Jean also stood up with serious expressions!
Although they didn't have spider-sense, with their keen perception of energy and laws, they could clearly sense how powerful and disgusting the approaching dark force was!
Only Lin Tian remained with that calm, almost 'expectant' expression!
"It seems the Inheritors Family has come knocking," Lin Tian picked up a glass of red wine that Mystra had just poured for him and took a small sip, a joyful smile appearing on his face, like a hunter seeing his prey willingly come to him.
"The Inheritors Family?!" Spider-Gwen's face instantly turned pale when she heard that name!
She seemed to have heard this name in some legends or information about Spider-Man in the Multiverse!
It was an ancient and terrifying family, like Vampires, that specialized in hunting Spider Totems from various parallel Universes, feeding on their life energy to sustain their own existence!
It was said that their power was extremely immense, and their methods were extremely cruel, making them the nightmare of all Spider-Men/Spider-Women!
How did they find this place?!
Is it because of me? Or because of the other 'me'?
Or is it because of Lin?!
Spider-Gwen's heart was filled with fear and unease!
"Don't worry," Lin Tian seemed to read her thoughts, walking over and gently pulling her into his embrace, comforting her softly in her ear, "I'm here."
"They're just a few insignificant blood-sucking bugs."
"They'll be perfect for..." A cold glint flashed in Lin Tian's eyes, "...being your'sparring partners'!
Sparring partners?!
Upon hearing this, not only Spider-Gwen, but even Wanda, Jean, Gwen, and Mystra couldn't help but twitch their mouths!
To treat the Inheritors, a terrifying family rumored to threaten the existence of Spider Totems across the entire Multiverse, as sparring partners?!
Master, isn't that a bit too much to say?!
Although they knew Lin Tian was incredibly powerful!
But that was the Inheritors Family!
Especially their leader—Morlun!
It was said he possessed terrifying power that could easily crush most Spider-Men, and even contend with cosmic-level beings!
Can it really be done?!
As if seeing through their inner doubts and worries, Lin Tian smiled and didn't offer much explanation.
He simply slowly raised his hand and gently pointed at the void outside the shuttle!
Buzz—!!!
The next second, under everyone's shocked and disbelieving gazes, the space around the shuttle began to violently twist like water ripples!
Immediately following this, countless visible, purple-gold energy threads, filled with profound runes and the power of law, emerged from the twisted space!
Like a living spider-web, they instantly intertwined and spread, completely enveloping the entire area where the shuttle was located, as well as a radius of several tens of kilometers!
Forming an enormous, independent spatial barrier that was between illusion and reality, filled with meanings of isolation, distortion, and even a hint of 'devouring'!
Or rather, a 'hunting ground' personally crafted by Lin Tianspecifically to 'entertain' guests?!
"Alright," Lin Tian clapped his hands, a warm smile on his face, as if inviting friends over, "the 'venue' is set."
"Next..."
His gaze swept over Wanda, Jean, Gwen, and Mystra, these four equally eager queens.
In his eyes, a glimmer of excitement shone, like watching gladiators about to enter the arena!
"Let us properly..."
"'Welcome'..."
"Our guests who have traveled so far!"
As soon as his voice fell, whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!
Several black figures, filled with cold killing intent and hungry auras, instantly appeared at the edge of the barrier, like arrows tearing through space!
They wore ancient and luxurious noble attire, with pale faces, crimson eyes, and cruel smiles at the corners of their mouths.
The energy fluctuations emanating from each of them had reached at least planetary level!
And among the leaders, several had even vaguely reached single-Universe level!
It was the vanguard of the Inheritors Family!
They had arrived, bringing with them an endless craving for the Spider Totem, and the cruelty and arrogance of hunters, descending into this death trap meticulously prepared for them by Lin Tian!
When the Inheritors Family's vanguard members, exuding cold killing intent and powerful auras, tore through space and appeared at the edge of Lin Tian's meticulously arranged 'hunting ground', their crimson eyes immediately locked onto the purple-gold shuttle suspended at the center of the barrier, which emanated an enticing 'Spider Totem' aura like a delicious delicacy!
"Hahaha! Found them! They are indeed here!" The leader, a tall male Inheritor in a luxurious black tuxedo, with a sickly pale face and eyes as greedy as a hungry wolf—possibly one of Morlun's brothers or capable subordinates, such as Bora, code-named 'Brick Man', or the 'Leopard Woman's' elder brother Bu...s, let's temporarily call him Bu...s—let out an excited and cruel laugh!
"The Spider Totem aura in this Universe seems even 'tastier' than any we've encountered before! And there's more than one?!" Another female Inheritor, relatively petite but with an equally sinister and deadly aura, dressed in a tight black leather armor and toying with two energy daggers—let's temporarily call her Bora the Leopard Woman—also licked her crimson lips, her eyes filled with a bloodthirsty gleam!
"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up! Grab them! Drain their life energy! Then offer them to the great My Lord Morlun!" A more burly Inheritor next to them, with bulging muscles like an iron tower, urged in a muffled voice, already impatient to taste the 'delicacy'!
They hadn't even noticed the anomaly in the surrounding space, nor did they put any potential 'Guardians' inside the shuttle in their eyes!
In their opinion, anyone who dared to stop them from hunting Spider Totems would only find death!
"Attack!!"
With Bu...s's command, several members of the Inheritors Family, like arrows released from a bowstring, transformed into streaks of black afterimages, rushing fiercely towards the shuttle with air-rending shrieks!
The cold killing intent and extreme craving for life energy emanating from them almost froze the entire space!
However!
Just as they were about to approach the shuttle, and could even see the 'Little Spiders' trembling inside the shuttle, a sudden change occurred!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Four equally lightning-fast and exquisitely beautiful figures, each emanating a distinctly terrifying aura, appeared before them like goddesses descending from the void, blocking their path!
It was Lin Tian's four queens—Wanda, Jean, Gwen, and Mystra!
"Oh? A bunch of oddly shaped blood-sucking bats?" Gwenlooked at the pale-faced, crimson-eyed Inheritors before her, a hint of disdain and disgust flashing in her large white crescent-moon eyes, "Perfect! This Queen is a bit hungry lately! I wonder what your 'life energy' tastes like?"
She extended her tongue, covered in purple-black symbiote, and lightly licked the corner of her mouth, revealing a smile filled with sinister charm and bloodthirsty desire!
"Hmph! Ignorant ants! How dare you block our way?!" Bu...s was startled at first when he saw the four unexpected 'interlopers', then flew into a rage!
Especially when he felt the equally powerful, even subtly superior, energy fluctuations emanating from them, it filled him with an inexplicable irritation and a hint of unease!
"Kill them!!" Bu...s ordered without hesitation!
He would use the most brutal methods to tear these guys who dared to challenge the Inheritors Family's prestige into shreds!
Roar!
The Inheritors attacked again!
This time, they held nothing back, fully unleashing their terrifying power, which originated from the negative side of the Web of Life and was specifically designed to counter Spider Totems!
Icy energy claws, sonic boom punches that tore through space, and the strange black mist that could directly drain life energy!
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Overwhelming!
They enveloped the four Queens!
However!
Facing these terrifying attacks that would be considered "unsolvable" to other Spider-Men/Spider-Women!
Wanda, Jean, Gwen, and Mystra, the four Queens, showed no fear on their faces!
Instead, they revealed excited smiles?!
"Finally, I can properly stretch my muscles!"
Wanda's eyes glowed crimson, and Chaos Magic surged out like an invisible tide!
The energy claws and sonic Impact fists that tried to approach her instantly began to twist, decompose, and even attack each other uncontrollably the moment they touched the chaotic energy?!
Reality distortion!
Probability modification!
In front of Wanda's power, which was almost at the "rule" level, the Inheritors' seemingly powerful attacks were like children's toys!
And Jean was even more direct!
Flames danced in her golden Phoenix eyes!
A Phoenix Impact wave capable of incinerating stars, like a divine sword piercing through heaven and earth, swept out!
Boom—!!!
The few Inheritors who charged at the front didn't even have time to scream before they were completely engulfed by the terrifying Phoenix Flame!
Not even a trace of ash was left!
As for their so-called "life energy extraction" black mist?
In front of the Phoenix Force, the Universe's top-tier life and spiritual energy, it was simply a joke!
Not only did it not cause Jean any harm, but it also instantly erupted into even more violent flames, like gasoline being ignited!
Burning those unlucky Inheritors, making them shriek and look utterly miserable!
"Damn it! What kind of power is this?!" Bu…s and Bora were completely stunned, seeing the battle unfold in a way that completely exceeded their expectations!
Chaos Magic?! Phoenix Force?!
These were not powers a Spider Totem should possess at all!
What exactly were these two women?
Could they also be higher-level "prey" from other Universes?!
Just as they lost their focus!
Two other figures, like specters, joined the battlefield!
Gwen!
Her figure moved at high speed in the darkness! Her purple-black symbiote suit flowed over her body like a living thing, sometimes transforming into sharp claws, sometimes into barbed tentacles, and sometimes spraying purple-gold spider-silk imbued with charm and corrosive power!
Every one of her attacks was filled with deadly allure and cruel beauty!
She tore apart, bound, and then slowly "savored" those Inheritors who tried to approach or escape, like toying with her prey!
She even deliberately whispered "love words" in her enemies' ears in her hoarse and alluring voice, words that were enough to make them mentally collapse?!
This was simply a night Queen walking on the edge of slaughter and desire!
And Mystra!
She was even more bizarre and caught her opponents off guard!
Her body, like flowing water without a fixed form, constantly changed its appearance on the battlefield!
Sometimes she would transform into a companion of an Inheritor, delivering a fatal blow from behind!
Other times, she would become the most terrifying existence in an Inheritor's heart, completely destroying their will with mental attacks and illusions!
Even!
She would transform into Lin Tian's appearance?!
Using Lin Tian's eyes, full of "majesty" and a "sense of control," to "command" those Inheritors with weaker willpower to kill each other?!
For a time!
The entire battlefield completely turned into a one-sided slaughter filled with chaos, blood, and various "R-rated" scenes!
The Inheritors Family! These terrifying beings who once ran rampant across the multiverse, enjoying hunting Spider Totems!
In front of Lin Tian's four "Queens," each with their distinct style, yet all equally powerful to the point of being abnormal!
They were like lambs to the slaughter!
Vulnerable!
They couldn't even put up a decent resistance!
They were completely!
Crushed!
What kind of monsters are these?!
Bu…s and Bora watched their companions die tragically before their eyes, their hearts filled with unprecedented fear and despair!
They finally understood!
This time, they had probably really kicked a steel plate!
And it was an ultimate steel plate, capable of completely shattering the entire Inheritors Family!
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