Chapter 79: The First Invasion!

"Bang!"

The dull sound of footsteps landing on the ground, accompanied by the splashing of rain, reached Peter's ears.

He looked up and saw a figure approaching Helen in the darkness.

With the agility of a cat, the shadow pounced towards Helen.

With a "bang," the shadow leaped onto Helen's back.

But Helen reacted quickly, grabbing the shadow's arm and throwing her to the ground.

With a "thud," countless droplets of water splashed as the shadow's back hit the ground hard.

After shaking off the unexpected attacker, Helen frowned and looked down at her chest.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

Urgent electronic sounds emanated from a device flashing red on her chest.

Before she could remove the bomb placed there by the shadow...

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion, accompanied by a blinding white light, erupted before Helen's eyes.

Simultaneously, a surge of electricity coursed through her body, momentarily paralyzing her.

The skirmish between the shadow and Helen happened in a blink of an eye, and Peter also saw the true identity of the shadow.

Black Cat?!

He hadn't expected the sudden appearance of Black Cat, especially not during a critical moment like this.

This wild woman, clad in black uniform with silver hair, crouched like a poised cat on the ground.

Helen, irritated by the ambush, exclaimed, "Hey!"

With a low growl, Black Cat lunged towards Helen, her claws aimed at her.

Having recovered from the brief paralysis, Helen grabbed Black Cat's arm and slammed her to the ground again.

Losing her balance, Black Cat reacted swiftly, immediately deploying her hook gun from her left hand.

With a "bang," the hook gun propelled her away from Helen's side.

Grasping the edge of the wall with both hands, she clung to it like a cat.

Seeing Helen launching another attack, she leaped to the other side.

However, Helen's movements were faster. Dark energy enveloped Helen's body, transforming into ropes that entangled Black Cat's ankles.

With a "thwack," Black Cat's body plummeted from the sky to the ground.

"Thunk!"

As she crashed to the ground, she slid toward the edge of the rooftop on the slippery surface.

Leaving scratches on the ground with her sharp claws, she tried to stop herself from sliding.

With a grunt, Black Cat's body tumbled over the edge of the rooftop, plummeting downwards.

"Smack!"

At a crucial moment, Peter reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Huff! Huff!"

Breathing heavily, Black Cat looked up at Peter.

Her body hung outside, suspended by Peter's grip.

Peter's face, obscured by a mask, was right in front of her.

However, Peter's head was bowed, while hers was in its normal position.

Their eyes met.

Frowning, Peter asked her, "Do you enjoy meddling, Miss Hardy?"

"This doesn't sound like the normal conversation I imagined. I thought you'd at least express some gratitude to me."

Black Cat smiled, gripping Peter's hand slightly and using his body as a leverage point to effortlessly flip onto the rooftop.

The pain in Peter's body had subsided considerably by now. He glanced at the black, viscous substance on the ground, filled with curiosity.

It seemed to be an alien embryo, a life form gestating within.

But why wasn't it something like a facehugger, a more lively entity?

Many thoughts raced through his mind as he looked at Helen.

The most pressing matter at hand was dealing with the woman before them.

However...

He glanced at Black Cat beside him. With this woman suddenly intervening, their situation seemed more complicated.

Although Black Cat's intention was to help him, it seemed to have more of a counterproductive effect.

On the other side,

Helen, somewhat surprised, said to Peter, "I didn't expect you to have another girlfriend, Parker."

"I'm not his girlfriend; this is just a cat's way of repaying a debt."

Black Cat flashed her sharp claws at Helen and then turned to Peter in astonishment. "Wait, you're called Parker?"

Peter: "..."

"Whoosh!" He shot out his web at Helen.

The dark energy surrounding Helen countered Peter's web attack.

She then manipulated tendrils towards him.

The air whistled sharply as Peter dodged the tendrils' attacks while pushing Black Cat away.

The ground shattered under the impact of the tendrils, and raindrops splattered in all directions.

Pushed away, Black Cat collided with the wall. When she looked back at Peter, she found him already engaged in battle with the woman.

"I should have known things wouldn't be that simple."

Shaking her head, Black Cat shot her hook gun, pulling herself towards Helen.

With a "bang," her movement was blocked by the tendrils.

She kicked off them forcefully, using the recoil to leap to Peter's side. "Hey, the cops are here. Maybe we should take this fight elsewhere."

Peter evaded Helen's attack and turned to Black Cat. "You should talk to her."

He was about to throw the woman out of the battlefield when Black Cat suddenly showed him something in her hand.

"We don't need to talk; running away might be the best choice."

Saying so, she threw several grenade-like objects towards Helen.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The bombs exploded, releasing electric currents in all directions.

Leveraging the conductivity of the raindrops, the amplified electric current surged towards Helen.

At the same time, Black Cat grabbed Peter's arm and jumped in the opposite direction.

"Let her taste the flavor of an EMP, but you need to go. I can tell you're struggling."

Black Cat fired her hook gun, gripping Peter's arm, and leaped towards another building.

Peter had wanted to stop Black Cat, but seeing police cars approaching, he ultimately gave up and followed her in retreat.

Helen also had no intention of continuing the fight, so she didn't pursue them.

With a complex gaze fixed on Peter's back, listening to the approaching sirens, she took a step back, preparing to leave.

Suddenly!

Her gaze fell on the "vomit" Peter had just spat out.

In the pitch-black, viscous substance, a plant had sprouted.

A deep brown plant, emitting a sinister aura, resembling a violet flower blooming in the darkest depths of hell.

Hesitating, she walked over to the plant.

What exactly was the parasitic organism inside Parker's body?

Why did it give birth to a plant that felt so familiar?

Was this what was born from his body's hormonal catalysis?

Bending down, she plucked the plant that resembled a violet flower and placed it in front of herself.

The next moment, to her shocked gaze, the plant withered rapidly.

In the moment of her astonishment, extremely tiny and discreet spores invaded her body.