A Conscientious System Shop

Even more critically, the head injury inevitably caused Riley's mental state to decline.

The intensity of the chicken talisman's mental control is linked to the user's mental strength, and it will rise or fall in sync.

Even after a brief respite, Riley realized that holding back due to some lingering concern would inevitably lead to his demise, and decisively chose to unleash his full power. He wanted to use the Cow and Chicken Talismans in combination, just as he had in Mexico, to control the Hulk with his telekinesis. Then, he would take him to a secluded area far from people and surveillance—like a dark sewer—and try to communicate with him verbally to calm him down.

But to their astonishment, they discovered that this move was far less effective on the Hulk!

He only managed to control her for less than ten seconds before Hulk used brute force to break free!

Furthermore, throughout this process, Riley had to maintain a high level of mental concentration to maximize the control of his telekinesis! He simply didn't have the extra mental energy to take any other actions!

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, he clearly knew that unless he could harden his heart and stop holding back from this moment on, directly using the power of the Chicken Talisman to snap Hulk's neck, there was absolutely no way to make Hulk stop in these few minutes.

Riley had no choice but to surface and catch his breath before making any further plans.

But before Riley could react, he had just turned around.

Hulk, who had been keeping a certain distance, simply swung his large, fan-like hands and clapped them forcefully in the water. Propelled by the reaction force, he rushed directly to Riley's side!

The next second, Hulk reached out his strong, powerful hand, grabbed Riley's calf, and met Riley's wide-eyed stare, which seemed to sense something, as he squeezed hard...

Riley's legs were easily twisted beyond recognition by the Hulk! The bones inside shattered inch by inch, and the excruciating pain caused Riley to open his mouth in the water, instinctively trying to scream and vent his pain. However, this caused a lot of river water to rush in, and he completely lost the last bit of oxygen he had left!

It was only now that Riley, who had always maintained the superior attitude of a transmigrator and believed that everything was under his control, belatedly realized...

Even after mutating into Spider-Man, even now that he has received the power of two talismans...

If Riley lets his guard down even slightly, he will meet his end in this Marvel Universe teeming with monsters and demons!

The only thing to be thankful for is...

After gaining Spider-Man's superpowers, a mere one or two points of attribute boost weren't enough to significantly change Riley's strength. Plus, the system shop update added some seemingly useful items. Therefore, Riley kept the high score he'd accumulated from the first two missions, just in case.

Therefore, when Hulk, as if deliberately retaliating, mustered all his strength and flung Riley towards the riverbed.

Knowing that if Riley died here, Peter would surely suffer as well, he used his last bit of willpower to summon the system's shop interface. After quickly clicking twice, two bottles of potions appeared in his storage space, and under Riley's will, they rapidly decomposed into pure energy and merged into Riley's body.

"Hmm? Looks like I won't be needed for the time being..."

Meanwhile, inside a secluded building in New York, a bald man who had already put on his slingshot and started drawing circles looked puzzled as he exclaimed in surprise.

He then looked out the window toward the Williamsburg Bridge and muttered to himself thoughtfully.

"Although I don't know what methods were used, this powerful, seemingly endless fluctuation of spiritual energy..."

"If the body wasn't controlled by the soul of an outsider, and didn't actually belong to this universe..."

"Perhaps this child is more suited than Strange to inherit my mantle and become the next Sorcerer Supreme?"

As the mysterious bald man sighed inwardly and completely gave up the idea of ​​getting involved,

Riley, who had been half-dead, suddenly became like a Saiyan who had suddenly unleashed his full power after absorbing the two doses of the potion.

Not only at the critical moment when the body and the riverbed were only a few centimeters apart and about to make intimate contact, but the momentum of flying backward was also forcefully stopped.

He raised his hand and grabbed Hulk from a distance, using his powerful telekinesis to forcibly drag him over and firmly grip Hulk's neck!

Holding Hulk with one hand, he moved quickly through the water like Superman.

So much so that Hulk, who had been so smug and had already declared victory not long ago, found himself losing control of his body once again. And no matter how hard he struggled, he was unable to fight back.

Hulk's eyes suddenly cleared up as he finally recalled his "wonderful memories" of Mexico!

Hey buddy, just kidding, don't take it seriously...

If you had told me earlier, and you had this ability, I wouldn't have dared to bare my teeth at you...

"Hmph, you can't win, so you just give up? How come I never noticed before, Hulk, you're such a coward..."

Fortunately, Riley, because of his previous unpleasant experience, couldn't deny that he really wanted to kill Hulk to vent his anger.

But when I think about it, the cause of the conflict was that one of my own brothers kicked our ally.

Furthermore, in order to deal with a certain purple potato spirit who will most likely "visit" Earth in a few years, Hulk's power will be an indispensable key element.

This meant that Riley could only roll his eyes at Hulk, his anger barely concealed by his mask, and grit his teeth as he complained inwardly, but he didn't actually try to kill Hulk.

"Hulk went berserk once and made me lose 360 ​​points, almost a year's worth of check-ins... That damn Peter, you were the one who kicked me, but I'm the one who suffers! After this is over, I'm definitely going to make you do my homework for a semester... no, two semesters!"

Of course, complaints aside.

But Riley had to admit that the seemingly unscrupulous system store actually sold goods that were worth the price.

Not only can a single bottle of intermediate-level life potion revive Riley at full health, just like he's taken a Senzu Bean.

The intermediate stamina potion, during the three-minute period when the unlimited stamina buff is active, produces a powerful effect that is almost divine!

Not only did it give Riley a vague feeling that he was like an ultimate life form, able to maintain normal bodily functions even without breathing, eating, or taking in energy from the outside world.

Furthermore, it allows Riley's mental energy to always be output at its maximum level, driving the power of the two talismans without worrying about fainting halfway through!

This allowed Riley to narrowly reverse the situation and once again completely suppress Hulk!

And then, having tasted the sweetness...

Having realized that the items sold in the mall were all worth the price, Riley's expression gradually became strange. Feeling a burning pain on his face, he couldn't help but look at the "watch" and "cell phone" that he had once looked down on.

Even for an item that could be considered a second life, they only spent a tiny amount of points.

Who exactly are these two "trash items" that the system deems worthy of selling for millions or tens of millions of dollars?!