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However, at this moment, Ikaris, known as the strongest Eternal, had likely had his brain scrambled by the zombified Captain Marvel.
His glowing eyes were now filled with nothing but violence, with not a single trace of the reason belonging to an intelligent being.
For instance, even though the zombie Captain Marvel had already been finished off by Ryan, Ikaris still had no intention of stopping. Instead, he fired two golden beams from his eyes directly at Ryan!
Facing this Marvel-version Superman's Heat Vision attack, Ryan's expression didn't change in the slightest. He simply raised a hand casually to block the two incoming energy beams!
Ikaris's strength was actually not weak; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to trade blows back and forth with Captain Marvel without a clear victor.
But his beams, which were comparable to Captain Marvel's cosmic blasts, couldn't even break through the protective Cosmic Energy flowing over the surface of Ryan's arm!
Although Ryan was currently using the same Cosmic Energy as Captain Marvel, even with the same ability, there is a gap between different users.
It was just like how his Spider Abilities were on a completely different level compared to those of an ordinary Spider-Man.
But at this moment, the irrational Ikaris clearly didn't realize how massive the gap was between himself and this 'new' Captain Marvel.
Seeing that his energy beams were useless against Ryan, Ikaris actually lunged forward, raising his fist and flying toward Ryan on his own initiative, wanting to crush Ryan's head with brute force!
Seeing this, Ryan also slowly raised his fist where he stood. The moment Ikaris approached, he threw a punch at the speed of light!
Boom—!
The two fists collided, and after a stalemate of less than 0.01 seconds, one fist suddenly exploded along with the arm!
And the person whose arm exploded naturally couldn't be our invincible Spider Monarch Ryan; it could only be poor Ikaris~
With one punch, Ikaris—who hadn't had his defenses fully breached despite fighting Captain Marvel for who knows how long—had an arm blown off instantly. Even his eyes seemed to regain a bit of clarity under the force of this punch.
But Ryan didn't stop just because that bit of clarity returned to his eyes. On the contrary, once he started moving, he generally wouldn't stop until the enemy was dead!
So, after blowing off one of Ikaris's arms, Ryan's retracted arm didn't stop. Instead, he formed a hand-blade and struck out again in an Inch Punch style, piercing through Ikaris's chest with a 'squelch'!
However, as an inorganic being created by the Celestials, Ikaris didn't die even after having his chest pierced by Ryan. Instead, his eyes became even clearer, and he could even speak:
"You..."
However, before Ikaris could say a second word, Ryan's next move arrived first.
With one hand skewering Ikaris's body, Ryan raised his other hand in a claw-like shape and slammed it heavily onto Ikaris's back, his five fingers digging into Ikaris's body!
Before Ikaris could utter his second word, Ryan's hand gripping his spine pulled hard, and Ikaris's cheeks instantly caved in and withered at a visible speed!
Creeeeak—
Finally, amidst a tooth-aching sound of bone grinding against flesh, Ikaris's entire spine, including the skull, was actually ripped right out of his body by Ryan and held in his hand!
With that, both 'Gods' of the Battle of the Two Gods Canyon had fallen at Ryan's hands.
And they fell quite easily...
Ryan looked down at the Ikaris spine in his hand after performing his bone-stripping technique; its structure was completely different from a human spine and it dripped blue liquid. He tossed it aside disinterestedly.
This thing wasn't a biological organism, so the Symbiote couldn't devour its abilities. Boring...
Otherwise, if he had absorbed Ikaris's abilities, he could have cosplayed as Superman for fun~
Sitting on the ground nearby, the second-generation Hawkeye, Kate, was already dumbfounded. She murmured, "My God... even in a zombie-infested apocalypse, this scene would be considered R-rated..."
At that moment, the late-arriving Ms. Marvel, Kamala, threw herself onto Kate, who had just survived the ordeal, weeping with joy.
Kate also snapped out of it, her expression softening as she patted Kamala's back:
"It's okay, Kamala, I'm okay now..."
After being comforted by Kate for a while, the emotionally fragile Kamala finally recovered and looked at Ryan with teary eyes:
"Thank you, thank you for saving Kate, Mr... uh, the gentleman who killed my idol?"
Hearing this, Ryan turned to look at the two of them. The Symbiote on his head retracted like liquid, revealing an unfamiliar, handsome face they had never seen in their Universe.
Ryan glanced at Ms. Marvel, or rather, the Quantum Bangle she wore on her wrist.
On that bangle, he felt a familiar energy, seemingly like time, yet also like space...
Interesting...
In the end, Ryan didn't choose to snatch her bangle on the spot. Instead, he said indifferently, "No need for thanks. It's not like this is the only Captain Marvel I've finished off..."
Kamala: ?
Ryan's single sentence almost made Kamala's brain crash.
There's a bit too much information in that sentence, bro...
But before Kamala could carefully consider the weight of those words, a voice came from behind them again.
"Kamala, Kate..."
Hearing it was Ironheart's voice, the two quickly turned around. Just as they were about to tell her they were fine, they saw that Ironheart's face was dark, and she was clutching her bleeding arm.
This made Kamala and Kate instantly realize something. They ran toward Ironheart in a panic, supporting her on both sides.
Sure enough, they saw a bite mark deep in the flesh of her arm!
"Oh my god, Riri, you've been bitten!"
The two of them couldn't help but panic even more. Especially Kamala, who was on the verge of tears again.
She had only just gotten one friend back; was she about to lose another one now?
However, Ironheart herself, aside from her darkened face, appeared to be the calmest of the three.
She shook her head: "I've already injected myself with a Virus Inhibitor I just developed, so don't worry, I might not necessarily turn into a zombie..."
"Hmm? What did you just say?" Before Kamala and Kate could respond, a figure suddenly appeared between the three of them like a ghost.
As Ryan spoke, he grabbed Ironheart's wrist, lifting her up to carefully observe the bitten arm.
Then he discovered to his surprise that although the virus in her bitten arm hadn't been completely eliminated, it really hadn't continued to worsen; it had stopped at the state it was in before she injected the inhibitor!