I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 394 You've been beaten up by a monkey too?

This silent warning is more impactful than any words.

The Goddess of Death has proven with her actions that Riley's reliance on the power of the talismans is utterly laughable and vulnerable in the face of Death itself, which represents the ultimate law of the universe.

"Snap—!"

Even more critically, before Riley could even push his spider-sense to its limit, and with his head throbbing from all the noise, he figured out how to deal with such a powerful enemy.

The flickering protective barrier, clearly reaching its limit, finally collapsed on the spot with a crisp cracking sound, unable to withstand the pressure!

The moment the barrier collapsed, Riley didn't even have time to react. Under the invisible gaze of the Goddess of Death, his flesh and blood melted and peeled away silently, like a weathered sandcastle.

First, the outermost symbiotic suit, then the skin, muscles, internal organs...

In the blink of an eye, everything that constituted Riley's life had lost all color and vitality, turning into ashen dust.

In less than a second, the once invincible Riley was reduced to a pale skeleton, still warm to the touch, maintaining his final standing posture.

Then, with a crash, the skeleton, now without muscle support, scattered all over the ground.

Only the empty eye sockets facing the goddess of death seemed to retain a trace of lingering astonishment.

At the same time, the pale skull of the Goddess of Death turned slightly, glanced at the pile of bones, and then looked away.

However, this does not mean that the Goddess of Death is satisfied and ready to return home.

On the contrary, the Goddess of Death, who seemed to have successfully killed Riley, suddenly raised her hand made of cold white bones and grabbed at her seemingly empty back without warning!

"Ugh...!"

A suppressed groan of pain suddenly rang out.

The place, which was originally empty, now ripples like water.

The next second, Riley's figure was forcibly "squeezed" out!

As Riley's invisibility was forcibly broken, his entire body was bound by an invisible force, as if gripped by an invisible giant hand. No matter how much Riley struggled, he could not move.

As for Riley, who was supposed to be dead, why did he suddenly reappear...?

It turns out that ever since Riley suffered a setback at the hands of the Spider Killer robot, his already cautious nature has become even more ruthless.

So much so that the moment the spider-sense issued the warning, Riley, who had been in a state of functional transfer, prioritized taking out the Rabbit Talisman. After ensuring that he could use his extreme speed to gain more reaction time, just like Quicksilver did when saving people, under the magical amplification of the Rabbit Talisman, he silently entered stealth mode, leaving only a data-fabricated clone in place to test the strength of the invading enemy.

Even when he saw that the dog talisman couldn't even withstand a single murderous glance from the Goddess of Death, he was still shocked.

Riley, who had already taken out his golden cudgel and quietly crept up behind the Goddess of Death, intending to make fun of Kizaru and tease her about whether she had been hit over the head with a club at the speed of light, while putting all his strength into trying to knock her unconscious with his already bent golden cudgel, not only turned tail and ran away decisively, but even his eyes became much clearer.

joke!

Riley himself tested it with a clone, and even with the clone wielding the Dog Talisman, his full-force swing of the Golden Cudgel couldn't break through the Dog Talisman's defense...

The dog talisman, which Riley once considered "invincible," was defeated so easily...

What's the point of fighting then? Let's run!

Of course, against most opponents, facing Riley who can run at supersonic speeds, has the magic of the Rabbit Talisman, and has entered a state of invisibility, there is really nothing they can do but let Riley escape.

Unfortunately, he was facing death itself.

His every move, the flow of every bit of energy within him, the birth and death of every thought, were as clear as a torch in the dark in the "eyes" of that being.

Riley, who had already left the time-space passage and was preparing to hide in any era for a while, was forcibly pulled back by the Goddess of Death across the river of time before he could even see where he was!

At this moment, Riley was like Sun Wukong trying to escape from the Buddha's Five Finger Mountain.

From beginning to end, all the efforts made to survive were nothing but a futile joke in the face of death.

"A very interesting little trick...deceiving the eyes, deceiving the senses, even trying to deceive fate..."

The Goddess of Death tilted her head slightly, her pale skull seemingly close to the imprisoned Riley, and her cold, ethereal voice once again resounded directly into the depths of his soul, carrying a hint of amusement, as if observing an interesting toy:

"Unfortunately, you are not that monkey after all... If it were him, I would be quite wary."

ha?

What does that mean...?

Could it be that you, like Odin, got beaten up by a monkey?

The Goddess of Death's pointed words were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly stirring up a storm in Riley's mind, which was filled with fear and despair!

Originally, under the stimulation of a life-or-death crisis, his thoughts, which were racing to figure out how to escape, were immediately and seriously diverted by this sudden and bizarre "melon".

hiss……

Upon closer reflection, it's true that the Great Sage did cause trouble in the underworld and burned the Book of Life and Death.

And isn't this Book of Life and Death, in a certain sense, a manifestation of the power of "death"?

Given that the current universe is not simply the "Marvel Universe"...

Assuming that the concept of "underworld" in this universe is also related to this goddess of death before us...

So, wouldn't the Great Sage's actions back then, where "his golden cudgel stirred up the eighteen levels of the underworld, causing all his names to be erased from the Book of Life and Death in the Hall of Yama, be equivalent to...

It was like slapping the Goddess of Death in the face. After it was all over, the Goddess of Death was helpless against this rascal and could only grit her teeth and watch him leave.

Anyway, Odin was beaten up by the monkey, and even to this day, he has not been able to completely get rid of the psychological shadow. So much so that when he sees Riley, who also wields the golden cudgel, even though he is far stronger than Riley, he will inexplicably tremble with fear...

It's not impossible that he could wreak havoc in the underworld or challenge the Goddess of Death! It's something only the Great Sage Equal to Goddess Sun Wukong would do!

After all, he was one of the three notorious traitors in Heaven!

Thinking of this, Riley's previously chaotic mind was instantly filled with this image...

Clad in golden armor, the Monkey King, wielding an iron cudgel, stood atop the judge's table, arrogantly shouting at what might be an incarnation or subordinate of the Goddess of Death, "I, Old Sun, am beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements; you have no right to interfere with me!" This enraged the Goddess of Death, who, upon hearing the news but out of some apprehension, had watched helplessly as the mischievous monkey swaggered and wreaked havoc in the underworld before leaving with a flourish right before her eyes. She was so furious that her bones turned red, and she stomped her feet repeatedly…

Thinking of this, Riley's gaze toward the pale skull of the Goddess of Death was inexplicably complicated for a moment.

Aside from the instinctual fear of death that we all possess as living beings...

It contained a mixture of disbelief, pity, sympathy, and a little bit of... curiosity as if one had overheard some top-tier gossip?

Although this curiosity seems extremely inappropriate and reckless under the current threat of death.

But as the old saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.

Sometimes, thoughts are just that uncontrollable.

Even though Riley forcibly suppressed the turbulent thoughts churning within him that had nothing to do with survival and were even more likely to make the situation worse and more dangerous.

But Riley's lips still twitched slightly.

When he took a deep breath, trying to steer the conversation back on track and attempt to buy himself a chance to survive.

But the words that came out still carried an undisguised instinctive curiosity stemming from his inner conjecture, and he couldn't help but ask.

"So...so, Your Excellency Lady of Death, about that monkey you mentioned..."

"You didn't beat you up too, did you...?"