Mephisto, who still wanted to act all mysterious: ...
Mephisto looked at Deadpool, who was standing on the table, and grinned, "I was wondering who it was. Isn't this the biting dog recently recruited by the TVA?"
"What, can't the TVA afford to pay your salary anymore, so you've come out to take on part-time jobs now?"
Hearing this, Deadpool crossed his arms with a provocative look on his face, "This is called a business trip funded by the company. You black-hearted hell capitalist, do you even know what a company-funded business trip is?"
"Of course you don't know, because you're just an old bastard whose employees across generations all quit and set fire to your ass!"
Mephisto: ...
Of course he knew what Deadpool was talking about.
Wasn't it just the "curse" that generations of Ghost Rider would ultimately betray him?
This had always been a pain in his heart.
He had always wanted to find a Ghost Rider who would never betray him and would serve him with eternal loyalty, but he could never find one!
Deadpool precisely poked at Mephisto's pain point, causing the smile on Mephisto's face to slowly fade as his gaze turned cold:
"Kid, do you really think I have no way to kill you? Do you really think your boss, trapped on the Throne of Time, can actually protect you?"
Facing Mephisto's threat, Deadpool scoffed dismissively:
"Whether you can kill the mother who gave birth to me in a public toilet, I don't know, but if you want to kill me, that's indeed ten thousand years too early. What suicide methods hasn't your Grandpa Deadpool tried? Stuffing grenades up my ass, rinsing my mouth with an AK, and nude swimming in a wok of boiling oil—aren't I still living perfectly fine right now?"
"As for whether my boss can protect me, I don't know either, but in my second boss's territory, if you want to beat a dog, you still have to look at the Master's opinion. If you screw me over, my second boss will definitely screw you over, right, Boss Spider-Man?"
Saying this, Deadpool did a backflip, landing precisely in the arms of Ryan, who was watching the show.
Ryan: ...
Now it was Ryan's turn to be speechless, and with a look of utter disgust, he threw Deadpool from his arms onto the floor.
But immediately after, Ryan looked at Mephisto, his gaze similarly turning cold:
"Although this guy is disgusting and I've wanted to off him more than once, he hasn't gotten one thing wrong: this is my territory, and everyone here can only be disciplined by me. You're simply not qualified!"
"Kid, talking to me like that, do you know who I am?" Being looked down upon like this by one person after another today made it completely impossible for Mephisto to maintain his elegance.
His expression sank, and he suddenly took steps, walking slowly toward Ryan.
Strange, who was closest to Mephisto, instinctively prepared to use magic, but the next moment, the magic shield in his hand flickered a few times and suddenly vanished, and he found that he couldn't use any other magic!
Mephisto glanced at Strange and said indifferently, "Anti-magic Array. Casting a specific anti-magic spell within a specific space means only the caster can use magic. Didn't the Ancient One of this Universe teach you that?"
As he spoke, he waved his hand, causing the air in the conference room to distort and fluctuate, revealing transparent, ancient runes with jet-black characters.
"Anti-magic Array? When did you cast it?!" Strange widened his eyes, looking at the runes emerging all around, feeling somewhat in disbelief.
He had originally thought he was among the best in the magical field, second only to the Ancient One, but he hadn't expected to be directly taught a lesson by Mephisto today in the very field of magic he excelled in the most!
Mephisto looked somewhat smug, "Naturally when you guys were watching that immortal kid make fun of me~"
"Play magic with me? Back when I was playing with dark magic, Earth didn't even have humans yet!"
Strange's expression was ugly, but having lost his magical powers, he was just an ordinary surgeon, so he could do nothing against the provocative Mephisto.
After all, he couldn't possibly go up and take on Mephisto with a scalpel, could he?
However, although Strange had lost his magical power, the other superheroes of the Spider Family hadn't lost their respective superpowers because of the Anti-magic Array.
Seeing Strange take a hit and get humiliated, they rushed to attack Mephisto one by one!
But without exception, all of them passed right through Mephisto's body!
"What the hell? Why do I feel like I'm attacking thin air?" After executing a general flying kick, Harry landed on the ground, hugging his head with a look of absolute disbelief.
Max was also utterly bewildered, "Me too. This is the first time I've encountered this kind of situation. My elemental lightning attacks are completely ineffective!"
The others chimed in one after another.
Regardless of whether they used physical attacks or elemental attacks, they couldn't hit Mephisto; all their attacks passed right through him.
It wasn't until Ryan looked at everyone making a mess of the conference room that he raised his hand, signaling Harry and the others to stop.
Seeing them stop, Mephisto instead halted his steps, turned back, and sneered at Harry and the others, "Giving up already? Actually, I could play with you guys for a bit longer, letting you experience how foolish it is to try to attack a formless soul!"
Hearing this, everyone who had just attacked Mephisto changed their expressions.
A soul body—no wonder all their attacks were completely ineffective!
And no wonder the opponent had to first use the Anti-magic Array to ban Doctor Strange, the only one who knew soul-attack methods!
Because this fellow had actually transformed himself into a soul body!
This old bag of bones named Mephisto is truly insidious!
He had been plotting against them right from the moment he came out!
But unfortunately, this old fellow messed with the wrong person!
Everyone stopped talking, crossing their arms as they waited to watch a good show.
Seeing that the people behind him weren't speaking, Mephisto assumed they were scared and let out a disdainful sneer, "A bunch of sacrifices destined sooner or later to become part of the God's resurrection, just like every other Earth. Isn't it fine to just obediently wait for Death? Rebellion is not something you are capable of!"
Finished speaking, Mephisto looked at Ryan in front of him, licking his lips with a gaze that looked as if he were looking at some delicious feast:
"And you, privately recalling souls that have already died. This already violates the laws of Death. You toy with Death, and Death will ultimately toy with you. Are you ready to pay the price?"
To this, Ryan had only one sentence: "Are your last words finished?"
"?" Mephisto.
Swoosh——
The next instant, a hand violently pierced up through Mephisto's lower jaw, its five fingers thrusting out from his two eye sockets and eardrums!
Ryan's palm stabbed straight into Mephisto's chin, and then, gripping it like a bowling ball from the inside, he gouged out his head!
But even having sustained injuries that would cause an ordinary person to die eight hundred times over, Mephisto's mouth was still opening and closing as he spoke, "You... how can you attack my soul body?"
To this, Ryan's answer was...
Crack——
He didn't answer; the palm holding Mephisto's head from the inside suddenly clenched tight, directly crushing Mephisto's front half of the skull into smithereens!
Splat——
Mephisto, whose face had completely caved in and become a bloody mess, instantly went limp and finally collapsed weakly onto the ground.
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