The Great Demon Lord of the American Comics World

Chapter 96, Leonardo DiCaprio must die!

Cipher's behavior tonight was very much like that of some drinkers.

At the beginning, he was calm, confident, and full of bold words.

Gradually, tears streamed down his face as he began to ramble incoherently.

In the end, he became drowsy and speechless.

In short, it wasn't until midnight, when Cipher, whose mind was blank and whose body was both incredibly full and extremely exhausted, seemed to come back to his senses and slowly regained consciousness.

The first thing that flashed through her mind after she came to her senses was a scene that filled her with shame and indignation:

She knelt before him like a puppy, kissing his feet with a look of fervent devotion...

This was originally her vision of Leonardo Victor serving her, the queen of crime.

But inexplicably, their roles were reversed, with him becoming like a king, high above her, while she was like a slave, groveling below.

"That damned Leonardo Victor! He's a devil who deserves to go to hell!"

Cipher cursed angrily, but his mind kept replaying that strange experience—whether it should be called a nightmare or a beautiful dream—over and over again.

She is still deeply fascinated by the wonderful feeling at the last moment, as if a volcano had erupted inside her, causing her soul to be swept away.

As she relived the experience, her body involuntarily trembled and curled up, her legs even clamping tightly around her own arms.

"Leonardo Victor deserves to go to hell!"

She bit her lip, her cheeks flushed, her eyes glazed, her body trembling, cursing inwardly:

"The night isn't over yet, and you've already abandoned me! Are you scared? You must be scared! Scared that you'll be irrevocably and completely succumb to my charm and become my slave..."

The crime queen, already lost in the ecstasy of the demonic realm, was completely unaware that Li Xingzhou was simply afraid she wouldn't be able to handle it and would be ruined by him...

A criminal queen who has suffered a mental breakdown and become a plaything for the pursuit of lust is anything but interesting.

He was still waiting for her to complete her plan to kidnap New York, so he could have a good laugh.

Outside a hotel in mainland China.

Li Xingzhou sat in the driver's seat and lit a cigarette.

He glanced at the hotel building, a subtle smile playing on his lips, then started the car and drove away.

The night is not over yet; the vibrant nightlife is just beginning.

……

Midnight, over New York.

Li Xingzhou spread his wings, which were covered in blood flames, and circled and surveyed the night sky.

New York is more turbulent tonight than usual.

Numerous figures, seemingly possessed by demons, are active in the city at midnight, keeping the superheroes exceptionally busy.

He saw a man resembling the Punisher, mercilessly blasting a monster that was preying on pedestrians in a dark alley with heavy firepower.

He saw a man in a tight-fitting suit, who resembled Attorney Ma, using superb short stick fighting skills to wrestle with a monster that was two meters tall and had four arms growing from its ribs. He narrowly lured the monster to the rooftop of a skyscraper, then lured it to fall off the building and be smashed to pieces.

However, neither Uncle Fa nor Attorney Ma knew that the possessing demon could not be killed by physical means.

Even if their current bodies are destroyed, they can immediately detach and find a new object to possess.

Fortunately, Li Xingzhou saw it and, without their knowledge, promptly delivered the finishing blow...

After that, Li Xingzhou saw a white man wearing a yellow half-hood, using skills that resembled Chinese kung fu to beat up a monster that looked like an ape.

Of course, he also saw Spider-Woman swinging between the skyscrapers of Queens.

However, he did not go to Gwen.

Because he also has his own things to do tonight.

"There are more and more demons in New York... The heroes are getting busier and busier, and I will reap a great reward..."

Li Xingzhou smiled as he stared at a monster in a slum below, who was about to do something bad.

On the edge of the block, a dilapidated apartment building.

A monster with a bull's head and a pair of ridiculously small bat wings nimbly climbed the exterior wall of the apartment building and soon arrived at a window on the sixth floor.

Through the gap in the curtains, it spotted a bunk bed.

A four- or five-year-old girl was sleeping on the lower bunk, while a seven- or eight-year-old boy was sleeping on the upper bunk.

The bull-headed, bat-winged monster opened its massive mouth, full of fangs and sharp teeth, a trail of sticky saliva dripping from the corner of its mouth, and was about to break through the window.

Suddenly, a jet-black tentacle silently coiled up from behind it, wrapped around its waist, quickly wrapped around its body several times, and finally tightened its grip around its neck.

The bull-headed, bat-winged monster was terrified. Just as it was about to roar, a bizarre chainsaw struck its head with a "thud," and then the saw teeth spun rapidly, sawing its skull in two.

Then the tentacles quickly retracted, carrying the minotaur's body, and disappeared into a large, fluttering banner.

This is a blood-red flag with a flagpole three meters long.

The bone flagpole, entirely black and covered with vein-like veins, was held aloft by Li Xingzhou.

This large banner is clearly the enlarged Secret Demon Banner.

The one that killed the bull-headed bat-winged monster was also a monster.

It has a thick, triangular body, long, strong legs like a frog, and a strange head that looks like a drill bit.

Its left hand is a black tentacle, and its right arm is a chainsaw that grows directly from its elbow. The saw body is pale white bone, with twisted and writhing blood-red veins growing on it, and the saw teeth are sharp black metal.

This is a secret demon drawn from the mind of a chainsaw killer.

The true form of the Mystic Demon has, of course, been fed to this Mystic Demon—if the true form is fed to the Mystic Demon, the Mystic Demon's abilities will receive a tremendous boost.

Of course, this method only applies to those who are insignificant. For example, Li Xingzhou's beloved pet Emma is not suitable for this method to enhance her magical abilities.

With no other superheroes or onlookers present, Li Xingzhou didn't bother to remove the demon from the possessed person. Instead, he fed the person and the demon together to the Secret Demon Banner.

In any case, those who can be possessed by demons are basically not good people—if there is not enough darkness in one's heart, how could a demon possess one?
After defeating the Minotaur-Winged Demon, Li Xingzhou retrieved the Chainsaw Demon from the Demon Banner, and the Crimson Banner returned to its original small flag. Then, he spread his wings and soared into the sky to find his next target.

An underground parking lot.

A monster nearly three meters tall, with a huge belly covered in layers of fat, a thick neck covered in wrinkles, and two fat legs like stone pillars, dragged a huge hoe and cleaved a demon that had fled into the area in a panic, along with a car next to it, in two.

Then it grabbed half of the demon's body, opened its mouth like a python, and swallowed the half of the demon whole in one gulp.

This is a secret demon drawn from the mind of a butcher.

In just over three years, that butcher murdered more than thirty homeless men and night-shift women, averaging one death per month, and even turned his victims into meat patties and sold them...

It's utterly outrageous that this guy can live a comfortable retirement in prison just because there's no death penalty in New York.

Therefore, Li Xingzhou, who fed the Butcher Killer to the demon within his own heart, genuinely felt he was acting on behalf of Heaven, a truly virtuous man deserving a grand medal. After the Butcher Demon devoured the demon, Li Xingzhou retrieved it into the Demon Banner and continued searching for his next target.

By the eve of dawn, including the two demons who finished off Uncle Fa and Attorney Ma, Li Xingzhou had hunted down a total of nine demons. The eighteen secret demons in the demon banner had a hearty meal and their strength had increased considerably.

There are still many demons lurking in New York.

However, Li Xingzhou doesn't plan to continue today.

In the future, there may be no need for us to go out hunting ourselves.

After a few more days of refining with the magic array in the prison, the secret demons will become stronger, and then we can release them to hunt on their own.

Looking at the sky that was just beginning to lighten, Li Xingzhou spread his Blood Flame Wings and flew towards Queens.

……

On the rooftop of a building.

Gwen took off her hood, sat on the rooftop railing, and gently swung her legs, enjoying the cool morning breeze.

Suddenly, a deep male voice entered her ears:

Good morning, beautiful lady. Are you waiting for someone?

Hearing that familiar male voice, Gwen's lips curled up slightly, and she said crisply:
"Yes, I'm waiting for a bad guy who should be locked in an iron cage so he can't come out and harm girls everywhere."

She tilted her pretty face up, looking at the figure that was slowly flapping its wings and hovering in the air in front of her:

"I'll wait for him to take me home."

Li Xingzhou chuckled, leaned forward, and slowly flew to her, extending his palm towards her.

Gwen smiled sweetly, leaped lightly, grabbed his hand, and landed in his arms.

Li Xingzhou held Gwen's light and soft body in his arms, gently kissed her lips, and flew with her to the forest hill.

……

early morning.

Li Xingzhou, who had just taken Gwen home and then went straight home, had just refined a wisp of Morning Sun Purple Qi and was about to take a shower when he suddenly received a call from Emma.

"Boss, a guy who claims to be the secretary to the president of Hammer Corporation just called the company headquarters. He said their president wants to visit you in person at the company headquarters and asked when you would be available."

Hammer Corporation?

Justin Hammer's military-industrial complex?
Li Xingzhou shook his head with amusement, thinking to himself that Justin had indeed set his sights on Whiplash.

Did he say why he was visiting me?

"That guy only said he wanted to talk to our company about a big deal."

"A big deal? Ha, they want Ivan Vanko. However, Hammer Corporation is currently the largest defense contractor. With our current size, MASA has no right to cooperate on an equal footing with such a military giant. Even if they manufacture the Iron Man suit after getting Ivan Vanko, they will only have a monopoly and will not share it with us... Just find some reason to refuse them."

"Yes, Boss."

……

Hammer Group, President's Office.

Justin Hammer, who was playing indoor golf in his office, stared wide-eyed in astonishment after his secretary reported the reply from the president's secretary at MASA Corporation:
"What? They rejected me? Did I hear that right? MASA, a company that only owns one private prison on Rex Island, dares to refuse my sincere visit, Justin Hammer?"

The secretary, with a stiff face and expressionless, said:
"Yes, boss. The secretary named Emma gave me a clear answer: her boss refused."

Justin Hammer said, puzzled:
"What's the reason?"

"The reason was very perfunctory. They said that MASA's boss was fully booked for the next two days and couldn't make time. In addition, she was about to go to Japan and didn't know when she would be able to return to New York. If you're not in a hurry, you can wait until her boss comes back from Japan to have a face-to-face meeting."

Justin Hammer was stunned:

"Don't they know I'm the largest defense contractor in the US? I was prepared to condescend to visit a small company like MASA in person, and instead of immediately canceling all my appointments to give me a grand welcome, the MASA boss actually dared to make me wait in line?"

Justin was filled with rage and felt deeply humiliated.

Hammer Industries was originally just the runner-up, but after Stark Industries withdrew from the defense industry, Hammer Industries automatically moved up the rankings and became the largest defense contractor. As a result, Justin Hammer became arrogant and could not tolerate this humiliation.

The secretary said, "That's why I said the reason was very perfunctory, and it was obvious that I didn't want to see you, boss. Even if we wait for Boss MASA to return from Japan and then call to make an appointment, his schedule will probably be full again, and we'll have to wait in line, and we might not even get a chance in the end."

Justin gritted his teeth angrily and asked his secretary:

In what ways can we strike at MASA?

The secretary shook her head helplessly:

“Our business scope does not overlap with MASA’s, so we cannot use commercial means to suppress them.”

"What about other aspects? What about our connections in the New York City government?"

"Even the city government's connections couldn't suppress MASA. Although the company was small, it had the strong support of the state Supreme Court Justice. It was said that the Justice's second son was MASA's legal advisor—although he had never worked for MASA. The Justice himself was also a close friend of the president of MASA, who, the young president of MASA, Leonard Victor, would visit the Justice's home every weekend and have dinner with the Justice's family."

"So close to the Supreme Court Justice's family? Is Leonardo DiCaprio the Supreme Court Justice's illegitimate son?"

Hammer frowned, sensing something was amiss.

The secretary shrugged:

"Judging from his age, he is more likely the illegitimate son of the Supreme Court Justice's son. Perhaps we can ask the Pentagon to send a representative to put pressure on MASA?"

Justin considered it for a moment, then shook his head:

"No way. New York is one of the Democratic Party's strongholds, and they don't like military-industrial groups like ours that support the Republican Party. If we ask the Pentagon to put pressure on us, and Leonardo takes us to the Supreme Court, it could have a significant negative impact on Hammer Corporation's operations in New York... Besides, if we can't even handle a small company like MASA and have to ask the Pentagon for help, wouldn't that make them think we're incompetent? They might even use that as an excuse to drive down prices in future business deals?"

The secretary asked, "So, what method should we use to demand Ivan Vanko?"

Justin thought for a moment, then suddenly snapped his fingers and said with a relaxed and cheerful expression:

“I’ve come up with a simpler and more direct way. Call William Stryker.”

The secretary was taken aback:
“William Stryker? That colonel who studies mutants? I remember he once asked our company for funding and promised to share some of his research findings with us, but you refused because we weren't involved in the fields of biology and genetics…”

"Yes, that's him."

Justin smiled smugly:
"William Stryker's so-called 'Weapon X' project has made little progress so far, with very few laboratory results, let alone large-scale application. The Pentagon is very dissatisfied with him and once planned to shut down his laboratory. Although he pleaded and sought help from various connections, he was barely kept on, but the Pentagon's funding for him has been reduced to the bare minimum... Now is the time when that down-on-his-luck guy needs funding the most. We only need to promise him some money to get his help."

The secretary suddenly realized:

"You want William Stryker to send a special forces team to storm Rex Prison and kidnap Ivan Vanko?"

"Yes."

Justin Hammer sneered and said bitterly:

"We can't suppress him commercially, and it's not convenient to exert pressure, so let's just be simple and brutal—if Leonard Victor is in Rex Prison when the team raids, just kill him. That arrogant young brat, relying on the Supreme Court's support, dared to refuse my Justin Hammer's goodwill; he must pay the price!"

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