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Chapter 592 The So-Called Spider Totem

The instant a star compressed to a size smaller than a person rushed toward Peter, he felt a physical distortion of space. If the star hadn't been so insignificant, the Black Emperor might have simply thrown a black hole at him.

But no matter what, this is just too terrifying.

Peter unleashed the full power of Captain Universe to break free from the constraints of gravity, while the Black Emperor, as if knowing where he was going to appear, blocked his path and kicked Peter away—but he kicked a phantom instead.

"It's magic again... You really know a lot of things."

“I don’t understand why my spider senses are basically not working,” Peter said, still puzzled as he fought the black-clad emperor. “Are you not planning to beat me, or is there some other reason?”

"No reason why. I've made myself perfectly clear. What you're doing right now is making me a little wary, so I'm here to advise you not to do it. That's all."

Peter dodged while recalling the Black Emperor's words, and then roughly understood what was going on. The Black Emperor had discovered Peter's research on how to dismantle the symbiote's hive consciousness, and had come to stop him. So, it was all Nal's fault. If Nal hadn't orchestrated this special massacre, why would he have bothered researching this? And if he hadn't been researching, how would he have encountered the Black Emperor?
But Peter still didn't quite understand the logic: "According to you, you've replaced countless Spider-Men controlled by the symbiote, and yet you're wary of my actions?"

"You didn't know? I thought your universe had its own guide."

The black-clad emperor's tone remained calm. He casually pulled the sphere back and slammed it down on Peter again. Peter hurriedly dodged, pondering how to deal with the enemy before him while continuing his casual conversation: "What guide? Uh? You mean Lady Spider?"

“It seems you don’t know the significance of totems—especially your special totems.”

Peter witnessed a truly horrifying scene: the black-clad emperor launched spider silk into the starry sky. For a moment, he almost thought the other party was going to pull some star down and smash it into him, but it seemed that he had imagined something even more terrifying. The entire space was torn apart in an instant, reality was forcibly ripped apart by him with brute force, and then the other party rushed over and punched him at a speed that he almost didn't notice.

The two of them flew to an unknown place in an instant.

"The significance of the chieftain is not to be an assistant to other totems or to do hard labor. The significance of the chieftain lies in the fact that he possesses all possibilities, just like you are now learning magic, interacting with symbiotes, and being able to become a captain in the universe!"

Peter had no idea where the Black Emperor had smashed him into. He only knew that he seemed to have pierced through a planet, and then he instinctively fired spider silk, managing to pull the surface of the planet he had pierced through back to a stop.

The black-clad emperor had already appeared behind him.

"Therefore, you too can become the Black-Clad Emperor."

Peter could also become the Black Emperor and replace Nar in some future of 616, which is why the Black Emperor is so wary: he cannot guarantee that the patriarch will make the same decision as him after obtaining this powerful force, but considering that he now possesses Anti-Venom and is researching how to dismantle the symbiote's Hive consciousness network.

He may very well have the ability to dismantle the symbiotic consciousness between the entire multiverse in the future, so the Black Emperor chose to come and see.

"So you really just came to take a look?"

"I need a guarantee, a guarantee that you won't do that?"

“Why?!” Peter realized halfway through his sentence: “Oh, you certainly won’t tell me, because you’re the Riddler, you must have a grand plan but can’t tell me, right?” Although the Black Emperor was covered by the symbiote from beginning to end, Peter still felt a kind of… disapproving gaze.

But this also means that Peter guessed correctly.

The Black Emperor, or rather the Spider Gods, had a grander plan than Anansi had told him. In the infinite multiverse, anything is possible. If that's the case, then theoretically there are more than just these few spider totems that have reached godhood. So why did Anansi choose these individuals to form the Spider Legion?

"So, you really aren't going to say anything?!"

Peter used light to create spider silk, which stuck two stars together and pulled them across a span of light-years. He then used gravity to create a slingshot, turning himself into the projectile, and charged at full speed toward the black-clad emperor before him. However, the latter neither dodged nor evaded, but simply uttered a single sentence.

"We are in the negative wave zone."

Negative wave zone?
In just a moment, Peter understood what was happening and hurriedly hid—the Negative Wave Zone is a special cosmic space in the Marvel Universe, and its most distinctive feature is that it is filled with antimatter.

What would happen if someone came to a universe filled with antimatter?

The black-clad emperor did nothing, silently watching Peter being bombarded by antimatter for several seconds. Protected by the power of Captain Universe, Peter naturally wouldn't be killed by the antimatter, and he was able to quickly adjust his life state. Even when he hadn't realized he was in the negative energy zone, the antimatter hadn't bombarded him.

It was only after he mentioned it that he was bombarded with criticism.

"Your combat experience is poor, though not bad for your age, but certainly not compared to your enemies. I have witnessed the aging of all my enemies, who still tried to resist me in the twilight of their lives, so I have fought for countless years, and that is what you lack."

"Believe me, I've only been Spider-Man for a year, and I've been through far more than any of you."

Amidst the deafening bombardment, Peter appeared behind the Black Emperor, slashing at him with his sword. The Black Emperor remained unmoved, returning to the previous topic: "Take the bride, for example. Well, I don't mean the bride prepared for the patriarch; the bride governs the chance and magic within the web of fate."

"Simply put, if one day the Web of Fate is altered and no longer produces any regular spider totems, then as long as the bride still exists, the Web of Fate can still 'accidentally' give birth to spider totems. Moreover, if the Web of Fate is destroyed and the Weaver is dead, then the bride is the only totem that can be woven—except for Nice, but I have never sensed her."

“Alright, thanks for coming to teach me.” Peter said, watching the Dragon Fang Sword pierce the other man’s body: “Why didn’t you dodge?”

“This body belongs to Nar, child.” The black-clad emperor looked at Peter. “Nar is the embodiment of the Living Abyss, which means that Nar can also be a symbiote.”

The next moment, Peter saw a living abyss surging towards him like a tidal wave.

"...Alright, combat experience."

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