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Clearly, whether it was the Lizard Man or the floor of this haunted house, neither could withstand Ryan's ridiculous strength any longer!
The Lizard Man also knew things couldn't continue like this; otherwise, its head would eventually be crushed by the opponent's foot!
Thus, the Lizard Man's eyes turned ruthless. Risking Ryan's foot pressing down further, it quietly swung its massive tail from behind, wrapping it around Ryan's back, preparing for a fatal blow!
Chief Stacy, who had an excellent view while hanging from the ceiling, saw this clearly and immediately shouted, "Spider-Man, watch your back!"
Swoosh——————
If it were an ordinary person, even with Chief Stacy's warning, they likely wouldn't have had time to dodge the sneak attack from the Lizard Man's sword-like tail!
But as it happened, Ryan was not a normal person~
Without even turning his head, he reached out and accurately grabbed the tip of the tail stabbing toward the back of his head, preventing it from moving an inch further!
In reality, even without Chief Stacy's warning, the Lizard Man's little trick couldn't have escaped his enhanced Spider-Sense.
While continuing to increase the pressure with his leg, Ryan pulled the Lizard Man's tail in front of him and sneered:
"Little lizard, did you think having an extra tail would give you a better chance at a comeback?"
"Then... what if I do this?"
As Ryan asked, he placed his other hand on the Lizard Man's thick tail, and then began to exert force with both hands simultaneously!
As the tiny barbs on Ryan's palms dug into the tail, the Lizard Man's skin and muscle began to separate, blood splattered, until finally, Ryan violently ripped it in half with sheer brute force!
The intense pain from the tail caused the Lizard Man's body to instantly lose strength, no longer able to resist Ryan's foot, which was as heavy as a hydraulic press!
Crack————-
With a cracking sound, Ryan's foot snapped the Lizard Man's arms, and his sole almost sank into the Lizard Man's chest!
Even with vitality as strong as the Lizard Man's, it fell into a weakened state under such fatal injury and agony.
Even the recovery of its severed tail and arms, as well as the deep footprint in its chest, slowed down...
Seeing this, Ryan calmly retracted his foot and casually tossed away the Lizard Man's severed tail.
He thought to himself that it seemed the Lizard Man's self-healing ability had a limit. Continuous damage and severe trauma would rapidly consume a large amount of the regeneration serum's potency; it couldn't heal indefinitely.
Ryan sighed inwardly. Dr. Connors' lizard regeneration serum was still too grounded in science, completely incomparable to the unscientific healing factors of Wolverine and Deadpool...
This was also why Ryan, despite having stats far exceeding the Lizard Man's, hadn't killed him instantly at the start.
Because he wanted to test the limits of the Lizard Man's self-healing.
Now it seemed that the lizard regeneration serum, whether in terms of side effects or efficacy, still had many areas needing optimization... and who would know better how to optimize the lizard regeneration serum than the Lizard Man himself?
So, seeing the Lizard Man's body clearly shrinking and about to revert to Dr. Connors, Ryan quickly wrapped him up in webbing, hoisted him onto his shoulder, and prepared to take him away.
Seeing Ryan about to leave with the Lizard Man, Chief Stacy, still hanging from the ceiling, quickly called out to him:
"Hey! Spider-Man, you can't take him! He's a suspect wanted by the New York Police Department and must be handed over to the police for custody and trial!"
"What you're doing is illegal!"
Hearing this, Ryan stopped, turned his head, and asked calmly:
"Illegal?"
"Chief Stacy, do you think that even if I left the Lizard Man here, your department could actually keep him contained?"
"Don't be foolish. You know very well that the police station can't hold the Lizard Man. You would only let him escape from prison time and again to kill more innocent people."
"So for your own sake, for your family, and for the thousands of innocent officers and civilians, give him to someone who can actually keep him contained, alright?"
It had to be said that Ryan's tactic of moral kidnapping was very effective on Chief Stacy, who had a high sense of morality.
Chief Stacy imagined the serious consequences Ryan mentioned if the police failed to contain the Lizard Man, and finally, he compromised.
Chief Stacy sighed, "Sigh, can you promise me that under your watch, he won't come out to hurt innocent people again?"
Ryan nodded slightly, "I promise you."
Chief Stacy breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Fine, I believe you!"
Seeing that he had successfully bluffed Chief Stacy, Ryan said no more and was about to leave with the Lizard Man on his shoulder, but then Chief Stacy called out again.
"Hey, wait, at least let me down first?"
To this, Ryan shrugged. "Sorry, Chief. My webbing is several times stronger than steel wire, equivalent to high-strength alloy steel. I don't have a specialized solvent ready, so you'll have to hang there for a bit. The webbing will dissolve automatically in about two hours~"
Chief Stacy's eyes widened upon hearing this, staring incredulously at Ryan's back. "What? Two hours? Are you kidding me? I'm still on duty!"
Ryan waved his hand with his back turned to Chief Stacy. "No need for thanks. Just consider it a lunch break I'm treating a dedicated Chief like you to. Bye~"
After saying that, Ryan leapt onto the roof with the Lizard Man on his shoulder and swung away on his webbing.
On the way back, Ryan even freed up a hand to send a quick text to Gwen.
He told her that her father was fine, but he had to leave for a while to lock the Lizard Man up at his house.
As for how Ryan could carry the Lizard Man with one hand, swing on webbing with another, and still send a text with a third—Ryan figured, wouldn't it be easier just to wrap the Lizard Man in webbing and strap him to his back?
The speed of traveling through the city by swinging on webbing was comparable to flying, so it didn't take long for Ryan to reach Queens, where his home was located.
He had long since hacked and controlled the surveillance cameras near his house. Therefore, Ryan wasn't afraid of being filmed as he landed and climbed through his bedroom window in one smooth motion.
When he set down the Lizard Man, who was wrapped like a Mummy, and used a special solvent to dissolve the webbing, as expected, the Lizard Man had already reverted to the form of Dr. Connors.
That's right, he had lied to Chief Stacy. In reality, he had the webbing solvent on him; he just wanted his girlfriend's father to hang there for a while longer.
He glanced at Dr. Connors, who was currently in a deep sleep on the floor.
At this moment, the injuries he had sustained in his Lizard Man form had actually finished healing before he reverted to human form.
If he hadn't recovered, Ryan was afraid Dr. Connors wouldn't have been able to withstand such severe injuries and would have just dropped dead right there.
Ryan fired two more strands of webbing, binding Dr. Connors' legs and his single arm. After putting on a set of casual clothes, he walked out of his room and opened Peter's room next door.
Unsurprisingly, Peter was still fast asleep after applying medicine this morning, due to the severe beating he took from the Lizard Man last night.
No wonder this time he only saw the Lizard Man being chased by police cars and didn't see Spider-Man.
It also led Chief Stacy to mistake him for Spider-Man in the dim environment.
Slap, slap, slap————
Ryan reached out and patted Peter's cheek, heartlessly interrupting Peter's sweet dream.
Peter rubbed his blurry eyes. Seeing it was Ryan, he instinctively asked, "Ryan? What's wrong? Is it night already? I thought you and Gwen wouldn't be back tonight because of your date..."