Ka ka ka!
Gwen's Ghost Spider suit quickly equipped, as she leaped out of the open window—
Buzz~
While falling, the pink-purple patterns on her suit lit up, standing out brightly against the night sky.
Because of this, she was spotted by the guests in the square while still mid-air—
"It's Ghost Spider!"
"Ghost Spider is here to save us!!"
"She's still so cool!"
"Ghost Spider is here, Reindeer Man, your good days are over!"
To this day, Gwen still ranks number one on the female hero popularity list.
However, Felicia, ranked second, was not far behind, and even seemed to be catching up...
After all, cat girls are just too tempting...
Whoosh—
At around forty meters above the ground, Gwen shot out a web that stuck to the banquet hall's roof, reducing her falling speed as she swung to land in front of Loki.
"Was it you who smashed the flowerpot?"
Loki looked at Gwen angrily. Although he planned to pretend to be captured, he didn't want to lose face like this.
Gwen landed in a textbook-perfect stance, straightened up, and asked in confusion, "What flowerpot?"
"Still trying to fool me!"
Loki's figure gradually disappeared.
So, it was just an illusion...
He reappeared behind Gwen.
Loki raised his Mind Stone scepter, pressing the tip against the back of her suit. "You can't deceive the God of Lies from Asgard!"
Weng weng weng~
The Mind Stone emitted a blue glow.
....But nothing happened.
Loki tilted his head in confusion, "How is this possible?"
Gwen reacted swiftly, turned around, and kicked him in the stomach—Boom!!
Whoosh—~
Loki's green cape fluttered as he tumbled away.
"Why sneak up behind and poke me?"
Although Gwen was curious why he didn't take the opportunity to attack, she first turned to the crowd and shouted, "Everyone, run now!"
"Damn it!"
Loki looked at the Mind Scepter in his hand, feeling frustrated with the Chitauri. Those guys claimed this thing was powerful, yet it just failed.
"Not bad."
Watching from the sidelines, Ye Li was quite satisfied with the Absolute Mind Shield's effectiveness.
As expected, anything produced by the system is top-quality, no fakes at all.
…..
"Ugh—!"
Loki completely forgot his original plan to fake defeat.
He raised the Mind Scepter and fired a powerful blue beam at Gwen. "Ah—!"
He refused to believe this wouldn't work either!
"Ah!... Heavenly Dao Mystic Sect...!"
Gwen quickly activated the Golden Light Spell, forming a small golden shield on her forearm to block the incoming blue energy.
Ye Li also secretly used the Rooster Talisman's telekinetic ability to slightly slow down and weaken the energy beam.
Why only "slightly"?
If he used a stronger ice ability—Absolute Zero—he could completely slow down or even stop particle movement, causing the energy beam to collapse entirely.
But that would be too obvious, so the Rooster Talisman's power was enough.
…..
Boom~
With the golden shield blocking, Ye Li's secret assistance, and the Ghost Spider suit's defense...
The blue energy beam only shattered the golden shield before dissipating, not even scratching Gwen's suit.
After all, Loki could only use the scepter to launch crude attacks with Space Stone energy.
"Try this!"
Loki didn't give up. That flowerpot incident had really pissed him off!
He fired another blue energy beam—this time a little different.
This beam was not as concentrated; its energy appeared much more diffuse.
Gwen had just blocked the previous attack and hadn't had time to counter when she was enveloped by the blue light.
She tried to move but realized that the space around her, wrapped in blue energy, had become much thicker and harder to navigate.
"Very good."
Loki appeared behind Gwen again, a dagger forming in his hand, aiming for her waist—Suddenly!
"Hey! Mr. Reindeer, don't stab my kidney!"
At this critical moment, Gwen's Spider-Sense went wild, warning her. She quickly activated a portion of her Golden Light again.
Thanks to her body's warning, she precisely positioned the golden light at the spot where the dagger was about to stab—
Clang!
The golden light shattered.
The attack was blocked, but the dagger still tore a small two-millimeter hole in her suit.
Ye Li frowned as he watched.
With a wave of his hand, he halted the movement of the blue energy's particles, making it disappear entirely...
[It disappeared?]
[Ghost! Activate the lightsaber module attack!]
Without hesitation, Gwen activated the replica lightsaber weapons on her suit's back—
Zing! Zing! Zing! Zing!
Four sleek mechanical appendages unfolded from her back, their tips glowing with a blazing pink light as they rapidly stabbed toward Loki!
Whoosh—! Whoosh—! Whoosh—! Whoosh—!
Accompanied by the sound of cutting through the wind.
Loki barely had time to raise his scepter to block one of the lightsaber strikes—Clang!
The scepter Thanos had given him was of excellent material. The part that blocked the lightsaber only turned black and red-hot but wasn't melted through.
"Ah!!"
Loki let out a miserable cry.
The other three mechanical claws pierced his divine body. Though they didn't go in deep, the extreme heat was agonizing.
Thud!
Loki slammed the scepter into the ground.
His figure quickly split into three identical illusions.
This made Gwen, who had just turned around, hesitate for a moment, unsure which one to attack...
Her Spider-Sense wasn't as multifunctional as Ye Li's Super Spider-Sense, so she couldn't tell which one was the real Loki.
And since the three illusions were spread apart, her mechanical spider claws couldn't cover all of them at once.
[Heh... after all, she's just a mortal. How could she see through my divine illusions...]
Just as Loki thought he could use his illusions to catch a break...
Ye Li's voice suddenly echoed in Gwen's mind—
— [Left side.]
Gwen was stunned upon hearing his voice. "Li's voice? What's going on?"
But out of trust in Ye Li...
She deactivated the lightsaber blades on her mechanical claws and switched to the web-shooter module—
Rustle rustle rustle~
All four mechanical claws simultaneously shot out webs, covering the leftmost Loki and quickly engulfing him.
"Hey! Hey! What are these white sticky things!?"
Loki was forced to reveal his true form, shouting in disgust, "Get this disgusting stuff off me!"
Hearing this, Gwen scrunched her nose and pouted.
He almost stabbed her waist just now, and now he was calling her webs disgusting.
Hmph~ I'll show you the power of Ghost Spider.
Sizzle... Sizzle...
Gwen walked up to the second prince of Asgard, her four mechanical spider claws glowing pink again as they slowly approached him...
"You!... What are you trying to do?!"
Loki shivered in fear, swallowing hard. These weapons could actually hurt his divine body...
"Heh heh~ Now you're scared?"
Gwen sneered on purpose, swinging down her four mechanical claws. "Too late!"
"Ahhh—!"
A flash of light streaked through.
Loki instinctively shut his eyes and screamed.
Why doesn't it hurt?
He opened his eyes.
He saw that Gwen had only cut apart a portion of the webbing.
And in her hand—was his scepter.
"Those blue energy attacks just now..."
Gwen examined the Mind Stone Scepter. "They were all fired from this, right?"
Looks pretty powerful.
She made up her mind.
She was taking this scepter-like thing back with her.
As a gift for Ye Li.
For self-defense~
"Let go of it!"
Loki shouted stubbornly, "That's mine!"
"Now it's mine~"
Gwen hugged the scepter protectively to her chest.
Then she reached out.
Gave the white cocoon a shove—
Loki tumbled across the ground, rolling over and over...
"Aliens aren't all that impressive after all~"
Gwen waved at him playfully.
"Bye-bye, Mr. Reindeer~ Just stay here and wait for the police."
Buzzzzz——!
At that moment.
A Quinjet flew overhead.
Click.
The hatch opened.
Steve, dressed as Captain America, jumped down directly, using his vibranium shield to absorb the impact before landing steadily.
"Miss Ghost Spider, you can't take that scepter."
Steve wanted to keep the Mind Stone Scepter.
S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and others controlled by Loki needed it to be freed.
"Hand it over to me."
"No can do~ sir."
Gwen raised a finger and shook it at him.
"This is a gift for my boyfriend."
Whoosh—
With that—
She flicked her wrist.
A web shot out and stuck to a building.
Gwen tensed her waist and arms, about to swing away.
"Wait!"
Suddenly—!
Steve threw his shield, aiming to cut her web.
Bang!
A repulsor blast struck the back of the shield, knocking it away.
A red-and-gold armored figure descended from the sky, hovering in mid-air.
"Let her go, Cap."
"Tony?"
Steve asked in confusion.
"Whose side are you on? We need that."
Tony lifted his helmet and looked at Loki, who was writhing on the ground.
"Don't start a fight with the Club members. We have a bigger enemy, don't we?"
"I just wanted to keep her here."
Steve watched as Gwen, already swinging away, disappeared. "What about the scepter? We still need a solution."
"Alright, alright."
Tony sighed helplessly.
"I'll go talk to Li."
…..
[Li, what was that voice just now?]
Gwen didn't head straight back to the North Tower. As she swung between buildings, she contacted Ye Li.
[Did you call me? I didn't receive a connection prompt from 'Ghost'.]
[Gwen, have you learned this Chinese phrase— 'a mutual understanding without words.' It means our bond is so strong that we've developed telepathy.]
Gwen's face turned red.
Seriously.
Li was talking like this again.
But...
She was actually really happy~
…..
After swinging around enough.
Gwen returned to the North Tower.
Ye Li stood by the open floor-to-ceiling window, letting the wind blow through, as if he had been patiently waiting for her.
Seeing this scene.
Gwen felt a little happy inside.
Li has been waiting for me all this time, huh? He really does care about me. But he shouldn't catch a cold.
Sliding down her web.
Gwen flipped gracefully into the room and thoughtfully closed the window behind her.
"Li, I brought you a gift~"
She handed the Mind Stone Scepter to Ye Li, removing the headpiece of her suit with a bright smile.
"I snatched it from that alien criminal. It looks pretty powerful. You can use it for self-defense."
Ye Li took the scepter and twirled it in his hand.
"Nice stick. I like it~"
He set aside the scepter, which contained an Infinity Stone.
He wrapped his arm around Gwen's waist.
Gently turning her around.
"There's a small tear. I'll take it to Tony to get it fixed."
"Hehe~ Li, are you treating Mr. Stark like a tailor?"
Gwen turned her head to look at the tear on her suit's waist.
A tiny two-millimeter hole—ordinary people wouldn't even notice it with the naked eye.
"Let's not bother him.
The Club has acquired a lot of tech companies. Fixing a small tear shouldn't be a problem."
"Haha~ I don't really want to praise him, but Tony's tech isn't something just anyone can repair."
Ye Li smiled as he reached out to undo her suit. "Take it off. He's going to come looking for me soon anyway..."
"Hey~ Li, don't take advantage...."
"Wait... Close the curtains first...."