The Savior of American Comics? I'm the Subspace Evil God!

Chapters 394, 704, and 705: Gwen vs. [Carnage]

"Actually, your daughter didn't have to die!"

Cletus Casadi pointed to Liz, who was hanging in mid-air beside him, her struggles noticeably lessening, her eyes rolled back, and she looked like she was about to suffocate from lack of oxygen. He grinned maliciously at Adrian Tooms and said:

“You were right before, she was just a frightened little girl... but as her father, you didn’t care whether she lived or died.”

Cletus Casadi stomped his foot on Adrian Tooms' chest, who was glaring at him angrily, and continued his taunts with unbridled arrogance:
"Tsk tsk tsk, look at your incompetent state. I must say, you are truly a disappointing father!"

"Also, I must correct myself. I'm not crazy. I just... enjoy killing people."

"Since you refuse to cooperate with me, as punishment, I will have no choice but to make you watch your own daughter die in front of you."

With that, the crimson symbiote once again covered Cletus Casadi's entire body, and four tentacles with spear-like tips instantly pierced Adrian Tooms's limbs, pinning him firmly to the ground, rendering him unable to move.

Then Cletus Casadi deliberately brought Liz in front of Adrian Tooms, and right there in front of him, he slowly tightened his tentacles, savoring the beautiful moment of this life-or-death separation amidst Adrian Tooms's desperate screams.

“Honey, I think you’ve gone a bit too far… I don’t object to you killing them both, but at least don’t torture them like this… It’s really inhumane!”

At this moment, Francis Barrison, who had been quietly watching the show after being knocked away by [Slaughter], seemed to have some unpleasant memories stirred up by the scene before her, and suddenly stood up and said:

"Baby, you must learn to control this big thing inside you, instead of letting it control you... Otherwise, you'll eventually become its slave!!"

"boom--"

However, before she could finish speaking, a tentacle reached out from behind Cletus Casadi and lashed her away, sending her crashing into a stone pillar on the right side of the hall. She rolled to the ground and lost consciousness.

"[Slaughter], what are you doing? She didn't use ultrasonic waves this time, why are you attacking her..."

Clearly, the person who just manipulated that tentacle was not Cletus Casadi, but Carnage.

"Shut up, idiot."

[Slaughter] said mercilessly, "What we do is none of this foul-mouthed guy's business."

"Kassadi, I'm warning you, if there's a next time, I'll shut her up forever!"

Faced with the threat of "massacre," Cletus Casadi fell silent.

"No... Liz!!"

While Cletus Kassadi was arguing with Carnage, Adrian Tooms on the ground was still calling out to the symbiote within him, "Come out, you bastard, come out now... I need to save my daughter, I will never let her die in front of me!"

Under his continued calls, the [Loyal Symbiote] within him, which was somewhat frightened by [Slaughter], finally appeared.

The possession swept over his entire body swiftly like a tidal wave, but a closer look revealed that the speed of the possession was noticeably slower than before the battle began.

Although the Symbiote possesses self-healing abilities, these abilities are not unlimited.

Under normal circumstances, the symbiote and its host need to constantly replenish their energy while fighting and repairing themselves; otherwise, they will experience the current situation of continuously 'weakening'.

Unlike the serial killer Cletus Cassady, Adrian Tooms, although he was the first symbiote warrior to leave, suppressed his desire to "eat to his heart's content" during that time and did not choose to devour human heads like the other symbiote warriors.

This directly resulted in his power being so much weaker than the combination of Cletus Casadi and [Carnage].

"They came out at just the right time."

When Cletus Casadi saw Adrian Tooms summon the symbiote within him, he grabbed the other's head and tore it off completely.

"Huffing and puffing—"

Cletus Casadi opened his blood-red maw and, right in front of Adrian Tooms, swallowed the sludge-like symbiote whole.

After being separated from a host's body, no matter how powerful the symbiote was originally, it will become extremely weak.

Cletus Casadi licked the crumbs off his lips with his long tongue and let out a burp, "Tsk tsk, this tastes really not good at all."

"no no!!"

This time, Adrian Tooms felt utterly desperate.

He struggled to get up and rescue his daughter, who was no longer struggling in mid-air, but without the power of the [Symbiote], and with his hands and feet pierced by tentacles, he was powerless to move an inch from the ground. He could only watch helplessly as his daughter's arms fell limply to her sides, letting out pitiful cries.

"Liz, don't leave me... No, please don't leave Daddy!!"

"See what I told you before? This is what happens when you, an idiot, don't join me."

Just as Cletus Casadi was about to bite off Liz's head, who had fainted from lack of oxygen, to deliver a fatal blow to Adrian Tooms, a slender figure suddenly darted from outside the church, using the swaying of spider silk.

The figure moved like a white lightning bolt, carrying a sharp aura, drawing a beautiful arc in mid-air before launching a powerful kick that sent Cletus Casadi flying far away.

"boom--"

Cletus Casadina's massive, mountain-like symbiote body slammed heavily against the wall behind the church, instantly creating cracks and filling the air with dust.

The slender figure used the momentum to gracefully flip in the air and landed, reaching out to catch the unconscious Silent girl who had fallen from mid-air.

[Reputation +888, +88, +88]

Gwen gently placed the girl in her arms on the ground, then reached out to check the girl's nose and carotid artery. Only after finding that she still had vital signs did she feel relieved.

"It's you... [Spider Woman]?"

Adrian Tooms recognized the newcomer immediately; it was none other than the Spider Woman he had dealt with before. Although he didn't know why she was there, his attention was now entirely focused on his daughter. He asked anxiously, "Tell me quickly, how is my daughter?"

"She is not in immediate danger."

Gwen glanced coldly at Adrian Tooms, who was covered in blood, his hands and feet pierced, but he was still struggling desperately to move towards the location of the Silent girl at her feet. Her tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

The 'knot' that had previously angered her was instantly resolved.

At least this man didn't deceive her about his love for his daughter!
Yes, he was both a criminal and a father...

"Roar--"

Just then, Cletus Cassady's angry roar came from behind Gwen, "I know you, you're that little rascal who's always meddling in the streets of New York?!"

Cletus Casadi stared intently at Gwen, who was dressed in a spider suit, his face contorted with rage, yet a chill inexplicably ran down his spine.

Whether it was his imagination or not, he could sense, through the [Slaughter Symbiote] attached to his body, a boundless killing intent that seemed ready to erupt like a wildfire from the other woman's slender and graceful figure, as well as a terrifying sense of oppression completely different from Gwen's aura.

This left Cletus Casadi feeling bewildered and uncertain. Was the symbiote misperceiving him?
Or perhaps something went wrong when you were communicating it to yourself?
Otherwise, how could a mere Spider Woman possibly be his match?
That's right, there must be some mistake!
"You've come to the wrong place. This is a feud between me and Toms. You shouldn't be here... Waaah?!"

Before Cletus Casadi could finish speaking, a scarlet spider web stuck to his face.

Immediately afterwards, several more scarlet spider webs flew towards him, sticking him directly to the wall.

"Shut up when I'm not telling you to!"

Gwen looked at Adrian Tooms and asked in a cold voice, "What exactly happened in Ravencraft Prison that day? And who is that Void Knight's true identity?"

"You'd better answer my questions truthfully, or... you won't be able to leave here alive today."

Adrian Tooms looked at Gwen with gratitude. Even through the mask, he could almost feel the anger in her eyes. He struggled to hold his still unconscious daughter in his arms, panting as he said:

“I know you might not believe me, but I really have nothing to do with the prisoner disappearances at Ravencraft Prison or the deaths of those guards.”

"The disappearance of those five thousand prisoners was all the work of a guy named [Void Knight]. Including the [Symbiote] that attached itself to me before, he gave almost every prisoner a [Symbiote]..."

"As for the deaths of those prison guards, it was the work of that guy on the other side, but in the end I became the scapegoat."

While Adrian Tooms was speaking, Gwen was secretly observing the subtle changes in his facial expressions, trying to determine the truthfulness of his words.

Fortunately, the other party passed her test and told the truth.

Gwen wasn't actually surprised by the result, because Adrian Tooms's account was almost identical to what she and Peter Parker had previously guessed.

"You still haven't answered the last question: who is the true identity of that [Void Knight]?"

"This... I really don't know!!"

Adrian Tooms shook his head weakly. "All I know is that he is the 'Chosen One' chosen by the [Symbiotic God] Nal. Almost all the new symbiotic warriors that have appeared this time are his creations."

"But he never showed his true face to anyone, and I never saw him again after I escaped from Ravencraft Prison."

Just as Gwen was about to ask something, Cletus Cassady, who had somehow broken free from the spiderweb behind her and tore the web off his face, preparing to attack her, suddenly changed his previous furious state and grinned maliciously, saying:

"Little bug, I didn't expect you to know about the Void Knight?"

"How about it, want to team up with me and take him down? ...I've had my eye on that bastard for ages!"

Upon hearing this, Gwen turned to look at Cletus Casadi and coldly replied, "Sorry, I never work with scum."

"Besides, in my eyes, you're already a dead man!!"

"what?"

Cletus Casadi flew into a rage, opening his gaping maw full of fangs and roaring, "You're asking for it! Then you can die along with that piece of trash, Toms!!"

A dozen tentacles with sharp spikes at the front stabbed towards Gwen's direction, but the latter seemed to have anticipated his attack and leaped to the side before him, successfully dodging all the attacks.

That's right, it's all thanks to the Spider-Sense!
"Whoosh-"

Then Gwen raised her hand and shot a spider silk towards the top of the church. Her slender figure swung rapidly in the air using inertia, and then, with lightning speed, kicked Cletus Cassady away.

"boom--"

Cletus Casadi slammed heavily into the concrete wall behind him once again.

But before he could regroup, several scarlet spider webs stuck him firmly to the wall.

Immediately afterwards, Gwen gracefully descended from mid-air, eight sharp [Hellspears] with crimson light flowing across their surfaces slowly extending from her back, undulating with her steps and breaths.

On Gwen's head, two bull horns, symbolizing the devil, also grew, though they were only about two centimeters long.

"I'll make you taste the pain that the guards at Ravencraft Prison once felt before you die..."

Gwen said in an extremely cold voice.

Cletus Casadi felt a chill run down his spine upon seeing this, vaguely sensing the approaching threat of death. This feeling of weakness and helplessness drove him to the brink of madness.

He then erupted in extreme rage, shouting, "Damn little bug, how dare you look down on me? I'm the [Slaughterer]!!"

(End of this chapter)