Chapter 668: Spider Web Magic Trace (Part 1)

In the office of Arkham Nursing Home, Shiler, Strange, and Loki sat in three directions of the sofa, while Peter sat on the sofa in the last direction.

His sitting posture was very cautious, his knees were closed, his hands were on his knees, and he had to look around from time to time, or shiver, because the three people in front of him were staring at him with burning eyes.

"You mean, he is full of faith power. How come I didn't see it?" Shiler asked while staring at Peter.

"This is magic, ordinary people can't... Oh, wait, you absorbed Nall's power before, then you take it out directly and attach it to your eyes, and you can see it." Strange said while demonstrating.

His eyes flashed, emitting a soft luster, but soon disappeared, becoming no different from usual. But at this time, his vision had changed, and he could see some kind of power fluctuation that ordinary people couldn't see.

Shiler tried it and found that he could also do it. Before, he didn't think about this aspect at all. After all, the fact that Spider-Man's source is magic is easily ignored by people. And before in DC, when he hadn't mastered the magic power of that world, he still needed Constantine to enter the spiritual vision. He forgot that in Marvel, he still had an identity, which was a magician.

After enabling the magic vision, Shiler was dazzled, because the person sitting opposite him was no longer Peter, but a huge ball of light emitting golden light.

"What's the situation? How can he glow?" Shiler blocked his eyes with his fingers. Strange and his movements were exactly the same. Loki sighed and said, "Can't you just remove a bit of the energy attached to your eyes? That way it won't be so dazzling."

The two followed suit and removed a part of the energy, leaving only a very thin bit attached to their eyes, and then they could see Peter's body. Shiler turned to look at Loki and asked, "Why are you so proficient?"

"I am a member of the God race. I did not learn magic later in life; I have been able to use this energy proficiently since birth, so of course I know how to handle various situations," Loki said. After finishing, he turned his gaze back to Peter, observing him with great interest, and continued:

"This child looks like he is about to become a demon god. Where did he get such dense power of faith? How many believers does he have?"

Loki and Strange both looked at Shiler together. Strange spread his hands and said, "Shiler, I know you are a professional in this area, but you are being too exaggerated. What necessity is there for Peter to become a god? He just started college. Even if he were to become a cosmic demon god, he should at least finish college first, right? I don't want the first demon god I encounter after becoming the Sorcerer Supreme to not even have a college degree..."

"If I say it wasn't me, would you believe it?" Shiler explained very powerlessly, but looking at the expressions of the other two, they certainly didn't believe him. Shiler sighed, looked at Peter again, and asked, "Have you eaten anything strange lately, or met anyone strange?"

Peter shook his head and said, "No, I've been very normal lately. Normal start of school, normal dates, normal gaming—oh... I didn't play games!... I didn't play too late."

"If you are sure it wasn't you, I can check his soul, but it's best to find a place with no one around..." Strange suggested.

"A place with no one around? What do you want to do?" Shiler looked at Strange. Strange widened his eyes, looked Shiler up and down, and said, "What do you mean 'what do I want to do'? Have you forgotten? After the soul leaves the body, his body will be out of control. If you think it's fine, then I'll start here?"

"No, wait a minute, my new nursing home just finished renovations!" Shiler immediately stopped Strange from taking out the soul bottle.

About twenty minutes later, everyone gathered in the laboratory of Stark Tower. Stark touched his chin and said, "So, Peter having these abnormal symptoms isn't because his mating season has arrived, but because he is influenced by mysticism?"

"That's right. And what you might not know is that the mutation Peter underwent after being bitten by the spider was not a scientific mutation; it is very likely related to magic as well. Do you remember the guy who called himself Morlun who appeared in the center of New York during the bat invasion incident?" Shiler walked to the side and began to flip through his medical record book.

Stark and Steve both recalled it. That was actually something that happened not long ago, but their memories were already very blurry. There had been too many recent events, and the bat invasion incident, which originally seemed earth-shattering, now seemed like nothing much. After all, the entire Earth was already prepared to step into the sea of stars.

Stark recalled some things he saw at the moment of his ascension. He frowned, showing a vigilant expression, and even had Jarvis scan the surroundings, as if he were afraid that someone was watching Peter nearby.

He gave Shiler a look—the tacit understanding of spoilers—and both of them stopped talking.

"He came specifically to hunt Spider-Man, but the specifics of what exactly is going on are still unclear. It's better for us to check Peter's soul first, lest someone really has tampered with it without us knowing." Shiler summarized briefly.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Steve, hearing that someone might have tampered with it, said somewhat anxiously, "Let's start the check immediately!"

"The problem is that Peter possesses Spider-Sense. If his soul leaves his body, his body will move on its own and possesses very strong combat power. Last time, it even dismantled my clinic." Shiler sighed and said. Beside him, Peter showed a guilty expression, and Shiler reached out and patted his shoulder.

"So, we need to find a place with no one around to extract Peter's soul for examination, and it's best if everyone goes out to ensure he doesn't run out of the no-man's-land, otherwise it might endanger the surrounding cities." Strange took out the soul bottle and then said.

"You know who we should ask for this." Shiler glanced at Natasha, who had just arrived. Natasha took out her phone, contacted Nick, and finally chose the location in the desert of New Mexico—the place where that group from Asgard had crashed down back then.

Arriving here again, the traces of destruction by the Destroyer were still clearly visible. Loki stood on a rock, looked at Spider-Man, who was surrounded in the center, and said to Shiler beside him, "I say, aren't you all making a mountain out of a molehill? It's just a child with a spider mutation; is it worth such a big fuss?"

Shiler glanced at him and asked, "After you went up, didn't you take a few more looks?"

"I was only busy looking at Asgard." Loki shrugged and said.

Shiler took out his walkie-talkie and said to Steve on the other end, "You all withdraw first. Our Mr. Loki has some opinions to express regarding Spider-Man's combat power, and we must give him this opportunity..."

After finishing, he looked at Loki with a provocative gaze. Loki snorted coldly and said, "Even if I am not of the Aesir race and don't have the physique of those brutes, you are underestimating me too much. I rarely use magic in person lately, but that doesn't mean I can't even handle a child..."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, magic light surrounded his whole body, and a gorgeous magic robe appeared. He grasped at thin air, and a staff appeared in his hand. Immediately after, his figure flashed, and he arrived beside Spider-Man.

"Mr. Loki? Wait, why are you all leaving?" Peter looked around and found that Stark and Steve were both retreating, leaving only Loki in the entire field.

Peter took two steps back, looked at Loki, and said, "Mr. Loki, you might not know, but after I fall asleep, I have great destructive power. You had better..."

Loki smiled at him, loosened his wrists, twirled his staff, and then swung it hard. With a "bang," Peter's soul was knocked out of his body. After Strange took the soul away with that small bottle, he quickly moved away from the battlefield.

The body that lost its soul first went limp and fell to the ground. Just as Loki was about to step forward to observe, Peter's body jumped up with a "whoosh." The sudden movement gave Loki a fright. He stepped back slightly and looked at Peter's face.

Peter was not wearing his uniform, so his expression was clearly visible. Now, there were no pupils in his eyes, and the entire eyeball was white. After a normal human has their soul extracted, they will have this appearance, so Loki was not surprised.

What surprised him was that this body did indeed move on its own, and in the absence of a soul, it assumed a defensive posture.

Although Loki spoke lightly, he knew how much force to use when attacking. Not being sure of Peter's magic resistance, he did not directly use magic like missiles, but instead waved his staff and summoned a stone giant from the ground.

Several rays of magic light lit up, and the enchantment of the stone giant was completed. Loki did not use offensive enchantments, but only added a few layers of "sturdiness" and "swiftness."

Seeing the stone giant appear, Peter was still standing in place defending. Loki frowned. He was thinking about whether to dismantle a few stones to weaken the stone giant's power; it would be bad if he really hurt Peter.

In Loki's eyes, Peter was still that child who hadn't started college. Even by Asgardian lifespan calculations, both he and Thor were older than Peter. Although Loki did not rigidly follow the Asgardian principles of warrior honor, he had no interest in bullying children.

And just as he was hesitating, the stone giant began to attack. Loki thought for a moment and pinched a healing spell in his hand; if something really went wrong, he could treat it in time.

The huge stone giant raised its thick arms, and after raising its arms above its head, it smashed down fiercely. With a "boom," smoke rose. Loki narrowed his eyes because he knew this blow had not hit.

Just as Loki wanted to search for Peter's figure, a subtle sound of wind rose, followed by a violent gale howling. A sharp sound of breaking through the air rang out, and a sonic boom was produced almost instantly.

Several afterimages surrounded the huge stone giant. Perhaps it wasn't several, but rather afterimages formed by a single figure, because the speed was so fast that several afterimages almost turned into a protective shield wrapping around the stone giant.

The "swish, swish, swish" sound was incessant. Within a few seconds, it returned to calm. Loki had just raised his staff when that huge stone giant "whoosh" scattered, falling into a pile of ordinary gravel on the ground.

Loki opened his mouth, looked at the completely shattered enchantment runes, and swallowed his saliva.

Loki gripped his staff tightly. Just as the magic light lit up, what appeared in his field of vision was Peter's sandbag-sized fist.