American comics: Starting with gaining Spider-Man's abilities

Chapter 73 Constantine

The superheroes watched this scene with great vigilance. Hawkman was about to destroy the computer, but the words that appeared on it made the old man raise his hand to stop them.

[I am the Prophet. I apologize for disturbing you all, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Doctor Fate, and... Black Adam.]

Let's make a long story short: someone is about to open the gates to hell.

hell!?

Upon seeing these two words, the old man known as Doctor Fate stood up straight with a speed beyond his years, his eyes filled with seriousness and vigilance. Black Adam was the same; he had recently killed a guy who had obtained power from a demon.

The two of them naturally knew what hell meant, and the magic they had just experienced did indeed have that tendency.

[The details are somewhat difficult to explain, so please listen carefully. The angel who sounded the trumpet was dissatisfied with the fact that humans could ascend to heaven simply by sincerely repenting. He cooperated with the son of the devil and used the spear of fate that killed Jesus to bring him into the world...]

[That's the gist of the situation. The world is in grave danger. Please go to Los Angeles, USA, and find a witcher named Constantine. He will help you solve the problem.]

All the characters appeared on the document, and the document was automatically deleted after ten seconds. The four people present looked at the characters and looked at each other in confusion. Hawkman and Hawkgirl finally decided to ask Doctor Fate.

"So—what should we do?"

"Let's go, to Los Angeles right now. If this prophet isn't lying to us, then this is a crisis that could destroy the entire human society."

Doctor Fate quickly made a decision, turned to look at Black Adam, who had recently saved the area from evil to good, and extended his hand as if to shake hands with him: "Black Adam, we need your help."

Black Adam glanced at Doctor Fate's palm, ignored his kindness, stood up, walked straight past the doctor, opened the door, and turned to the three of them: "So, where is Los Angeles?"

……

The next morning.

Li Buying walked the streets of Los Angeles, having used Apparition to teleport there. He left Ai Yi in the hotel while he went to find Constantine, who was performing an exorcism.

He had arrived at the foot of an apartment building when a roaring sound suddenly came from inside the window. A shadow leaped out of the building and pounced on Li Buying.

Li Buying looked at the ugly monster rushing towards her and could tell from its evil magic that it was a demon.

Just moments before, the dashing man, exuding an air of decadence, had leaped out of the window through which the demon had appeared. Upon seeing the demon and Li Buying, he immediately shouted, "Get out of the way!"

However, when the hoodie-clad teenager on the street looked up, the dashing man was immediately stunned by the extremely peculiar spider mask.

Ignoring what Constantine was thinking, Li Buying raised his right fist, clenched it tightly, aimed at the demon rushing towards him, took a deep breath, his entire arm muscles bulging, and punched the demon in front of him!

[Mastering Gravity].

The fist struck the demon's head, and the demon, invisible to ordinary people, exploded instantly in front of Constantine. Blood and bones splattered in a cone shape and then turned into ashes!

Li Buying shook her hand, feeling somewhat dissatisfied with how she used her newly developed ability and needed to make some adjustments.

He is adept at using his spider-sense, agility, speed, and physique, but he doesn't quite utilize Spider-Man's most powerful ability—his strength—and doesn't demonstrate it very well.

Since gaining his ability, regardless of the situation, he has basically only used the process of [mobilizing muscles - adjusting force - exerting force], and a lot of his power has been wasted.

What would happen if he simply punched a wall or a person?

Force combined with speed would only cause his arm to pass directly through the wall or a person, so he has to stop in the middle to prevent this from happening.

A penetrating wound to the brain is fine, it can basically kill instantly, but it's not very effective against certain types of enemies.

For example, creatures with strong survival abilities may still be able to move for a period of time even after losing their heart, like Wolverine or Frost, who can directly counterattack.

For example, with large creatures, Li Buying could not hit a vital spot even if he stretched his entire arm in.

After dealing with the stone golem next to Kingpin, he had some ideas.

Since it's possible to use [Gravity Mastery] to directly inject force into that steel man's body, could it be possible to use [Gravity Mastery] to diffuse the force that one has applied to a region of another person onto the entire body?

The former involves reducing the surface area to allow all the force to penetrate into the body and then spread, while the latter involves making the entire human body the target of the force.

After his control over his gravity superpowers improved, he finally achieved some results.

The result was that the demon was dealt with; after being hit by the instantaneous impact, it not only had a hole pierced in its head by Li Buying, but it turned into a cone-shaped spray of blood mist and bone fragments.

It's unclear what exactly can be destroyed at full power right now—a wall? A house? Or a building?

Two other advantages are that when using Gravity Mastery, you don't have to worry about the maximum force it can control, and the energy consumption is not much.

Clenching her fist, Li Buying looked up and waved to the astonished Constantine. Constantine remained silent for a moment, making sure the person below wasn't some kind of demon, before replying, "Wait for me!"

The exorcist turned to look at the wall, where the tip of a spear caught his eye.

……

Li Buying pulled his hood down and leaned against a lamppost to wait. He smelled a strong odor of smoke. He looked up and saw a dejected Constantine standing beside him, opening his cigarette case and putting a cigarette in his mouth.

"Heh~, who are you, and what do you want?" The exorcist lit a fire and looked at the guy wearing a spider mask in front of him.

"An unnamed magician—you can call me the Weaver—was instructed by a man called the Prophet to come to you, Mr. Constantine. Do you know of the Spear of Destiny?"

Adjusting her voice, Li Buying said in a low voice.

"Of course, the spear that killed Jesus was related to yesterday's magical fluctuations?"

"That's right, the prophet said that someone wanted to summon Satan's son through the Spear of Destiny."

"Phew~, which Satan?" Constantine neither believed nor disbelieved Li Buying's words, or rather, he didn't care, after all, he was about to die of lung cancer.

Is it part of the manga's setting?

When Constantine asked which Satan, Li Buying's limited knowledge of American comics told him that it was a comic book setting.

In the DC Universe, "Satan" is a title, and Lucifer, the First Fallen, and many other demons seem to have held this position.

"The one who most wants to take your soul."

Li Buying refused the cigarette offered by Constantine and wondered about something—smoking is harmful to health, so could this be considered a form of suicide?

Was Constantine denied entry to Heaven because he was constantly attempting suicide?

(End of this chapter)