Flames on the ground blazed fiercely.
Johnny Blaze glanced at the Shadow Wolf's corpse on the ground, having initially intended to use the Penance Stare to incinerate it, but it seemed he wouldn't need to.
However, he was very curious about the person in the evil mask before him; was this person helping him?
"Blood Queen was right; you're very strong. But you killed my pets, so you owe their Master an explanation, don't you?" Phantom's expression was calm, and his tone even, showing only a slight surprise at Alan Folker's ability to instantly kill the Shadow Wolf, but no fear.
This indicated Phantom's confidence in his own abilities. Having traveled the Universe for so many years, his power was not something mortals could contend with, otherwise, he wouldn't hold a position as one of the Twelve Great Leaders.
Upon hearing this, Alan Folker's gaze fell on the young man before him. A Karola named "Phantom" had appeared in Hell's Kitchen, so this must be him.
Judging by Phantom's tone, it seemed Blood Queen had told him all about Alan Folker. Considering his demeanor and actions, Alan Folker guessed that Phantom was indeed a powerful Karola.
"Your soul is not pure!" Johnny Blaze reeled in his chains, wrapping them around himself, and said coldly to Phantom.
Phantom sneered in response, "My soul isn't pure? That's right, I don't have a pure soul. Ghost Rider, do you want to redeem my soul too?"
But as he finished speaking, Ghost Rider's eyes emitted fire, meeting Phantom's gaze. When the Penance Stare is used and takes effect, a violent surge of Hellfire energy impacts the target's eyes, causing the target's soul and body to explode.
Phantom's expression hardened. The moment Ghost Rider met his gaze, he slowly closed his eyes, and in doing so, the Penance Stare did not take effect.
This was the first person to survive Johnny Blaze's Penance Stare. He withdrew his gaze, reeling in his chains and dragging them slowly along the ground, emitting sparks.
"Two against one, while unfair, I have no objections," Phantom said calmly. As he finished speaking, the surrounding buildings instantly transformed into a World of ice and snow, and they found themselves in a World of falling snow.
Snowflakes drifted down, landing on Ghost Rider, and upon touching the flames on him, they produced hissing sounds of vaporizing gas.
Alan Folker looked around. In just one second, their space had changed. Was the energy of Phantom before him related to space?
"Kneel!" Phantom appeared on the snowy ground and said nonchalantly.
A massive surge of energy compressed the area around Alan Folker and Ghost Rider. An invisible force pressed down on their bodies, and the gravity around them seemed to multiply several times.
"Boom!"
Ghost Rider couldn't withstand the energy for a moment and immediately knelt on the ground.
Alan Folker released his spiritual pressure, resisting the spatial impedance, and instantly raised his spiritual pressure level to six, surrounding himself with it.
Phantom looked at Alan Folker in surprise, a satisfied smile appearing on his face, "God of Death Aizen, I wonder whose power will be stronger next."
Alan Folker suddenly smiled, and his spiritual pressure burst forth, spreading around him.
Phantom was about to make his move, having prepared his powerful ultimate technique, but under the influence of his space, a spiritual pressure swept over him, enveloping him.
His body sank, as if a thousand-pound boulder was pressing down on him, and even the surrounding air became very thin.
The World of White snowflakes instantly returned to darkness, to the cold alleyway.
Although Ghost Rider was free from the spatial resistance, he still couldn't stand under the spiritual pressure and could only watch Alan Folker helplessly.
As Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze had never interacted with superheroes or other ability users, but had always been punishing evil souls in the city.
This time, he realized how powerful ability users could be, and he had also underestimated the power of Karola.
Johnny Blaze endured the spiritual pressure, growling in a low voice, "Why not leave him to me?"
Alan Folker glanced at Ghost Rider, shrugged his shoulders, and the surrounding spiritual pressure was instantly lifted. Johnny Blaze and Phantom both regained their strength and slowly rose from the ground.
"I remember the Karola whose soul I purified before; she was indeed enchanting, but not my type. If you want to kill me, you're not qualified yet." Ghost Rider's entire body erupted in flames again, blue flames prominently on his hollow skull.
Ghost Rider possesses not only simple strength, but also superpowers such as super strength, sin harvesting, elemental manipulation, petrification, summoning, and various forms of magic.
And Johnny Blaze further possessed the furious demonic nature of the Spirit of Vengeance, Zarathos, which, if uncontrolled, could cause extremely terrifying destruction.
This Ghost Rider was not someone a Karola could afford to provoke.
Phantom's expression was cold. He understood why Blood Queen had told him to be careful of God of Death Aizen; this powerful oppression alone was something he couldn't handle. Even with his spatial power at its maximum, he couldn't resist the spiritual pressure.
Just as he was pondering how to fight, pillars of Fire rose around him, one by one, emerging from the ground and engulfing him.
Phantom constantly changed positions, dodging the pillars of Fire, but a pillar of Fire would appear at every landing spot he made, making it impossible to avoid, yet he couldn't help but avoid them, gradually increasing the distance.
The pillars of Fire that had originally wrapped around him now pursued him in a straight line. No matter where Phantom landed, he couldn't stay for more than a second.
"Today, this ends here!" Phantom's speed was incredibly fast. He vanished into the night, leaving behind a sentence, traversing the buildings, and disappearing into the distance.
Johnny Blaze watched the retreating Phantom, withdrew his magic, and then glanced at Alan Folker, saying, "Thank you for today!"
"Let me introduce myself, I am Aizen, a God of Death. Professionally, we two are somewhat similar," Alan Folker said, looking at Johnny Blaze as he introduced himself.
"Ghost Rider Johnny Blaze. It seems our goals are aligned now." Johnny Blaze extinguished the flames on his body, revealing his black leather attire, with strong muscles faintly visible, and smiled.
"I didn't expect Karola to start targeting superheroes already. I wonder what the situation will be like with the Mutants?" Alan Folker said indifferently, looking at the Shadow Wolf's corpse on the ground.
"I think, with Professor X and Magneto, Karola's schemes won't succeed so easily."
As he finished speaking, his gaze immediately fell on Alan Folker's mask, "Can't you show your true face?"
Upon hearing this, Alan Folker looked to the side at Hawkeye Clint Barton and said indifferently, "This is not a good place."
Johnny Blaze, naturally aware of Hawkeye Clint Barton's presence in the shadows, nodded, started his Harley motorcycle, and sped off into the distance.
And Alan Folker transformed into an afterimage, disappearing among the buildings.
After they left, Hawkeye Clint Barton emerged from the darkness, looked at the Shadow Wolf on the ground, and immediately reported everything that had happened to Coulson.