"It just so happens that you are going with us on this mission. Just treat it as a way to relax. Anyway, you and Jane will be reconciled in less than half a month."

"I also think so!"

Standing up from the recliner, Qin Yang spread his hands.

Watching the two people leave, Thor glanced at the ice bucket on the ground and asked, "What about these beers?"

"Wait until you get back to drink!"

Hearing Tony's voice, Thor shrugged, then stood up and jumped off the roof.

Half an hour later, at a ranch in Texas.

Stepping down from the Quinjet, Thor looked at the green pasture in front of him, with wild flowers of various colors blooming freely.

He opened his arms and took a deep breath, "I like the smell of nature, Qin, Tony. I think it can make me feel sad because of the breakup."

After hearing Thor's words, Qin Yang and Tony looked at each other, and then walked towards the crime scene.

"I am not kidding!"

Seeing Qin Yang and Tony ignoring him, Thor complained as he walked: "If someone else asked me, I would definitely say that I don't care about breaking up."

"But you guys are different. After all, we are best friends!"

He kept chattering along the way, and when he arrived at the crime scene, Ant-Man had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing the three people coming, Scott Lang stepped forward and said apologetically: "Sorry, this was originally my mission, but I really can't find a solution!"

"It's okay, our little ant. After all, there's still a guy here who's been nagging about a breakup!"

Patting Scott Lang on the shoulder, Tony and Qin Yang looked at the dead man together.

Rather than saying this is a crime scene, it would be better to say that this is a scene deliberately created by someone.

In front of a chopped wooden stake, a naked female corpse was kneeling in front of it.

The female corpse's eyes were covered with white cloth, her mouth was blocked, and even her hands were tied to wooden stakes.

On the head of the female corpse was a pair of deer antlers carved from branches, and on her naked back was a very strange symbol painted with red paint.

It can be said that the whole scene looks quite weird.

"This is the thirteenth female corpse found this month."

On the side, Scott Lang explained to Qin Yang and the others: "The first body appeared in San Francisco. I have been tracking it since I took over this mission, but unfortunately I didn't find any useful clues."

"Moreover, the identities of these thirteen female corpses are not the same, and their life trajectories are completely different. The only thing they have in common is the way they died. They all inhaled a large amount of poison gas and were placed like this after death."

As he spoke, Scott Lang handed the victim's identification information to Qin Yang.

After taking the information and taking a look at it, Qin Yang discovered that some of the dead were white-collar workers, some were students, and some were strippers.

"Where's the murderer?"

Looking at Scott Lang, Qin Yang asked, "Thirteen female corpses, and the crime scene was not filmed at all?"

"That's why Paxton asked for my help. Oh, Paxton is Casey's stepfather, he's a police officer in San Francisco, in fact, he was the one who found the first body."

As he spoke, Scott Lang took out his cell phone and played a video.

In the video, a guy wearing a black robe and a hood, whose face cannot be seen, placed the corpse in front of a stool and knelt down, and put deer antlers carved from branches on the corpse's head.

After doing all this, the guy in black robe took a few steps back.

His fingers kept drawing all kinds of strange symbols in the air, and then the whole person began to become transparent, and finally disappeared directly from the surveillance.

After playing the video, Scott Lang said to Qin Yang: "This is the footage captured by the surrounding surveillance cameras when the first female corpse was found in San Francisco."

"That's why Paxton asked me for help. After all, the police can't handle this kind of supernatural incident!"

Looking at the content of the video, Tony Stark nodded.

Then he asked Scott to send the video to him, ready for Jarvis to analyze it.

At this moment, Saul, who had been standing there in a daze, suddenly said, "I know. The murderer must be a fanatic who believes in the devil."

"This is their ritual. They sacrifice the souls of the dead to the devil in order to gain powerful power from him!"

Hearing Thor's solemn words, Qin Yang and the other two looked at him at the same time: "Thor, do you know the meaning of the symbol behind this female corpse?"

Facing Qin Yang's question, Thor spread his hands very honestly: "I don't know, but I think it was definitely done by the devil's followers."

"Because that's what happened in the movie Jane and I watched last night. After the perverted killer killed the heroine, he performed all kinds of weird rituals."

"Come on, man, watch fewer horror movies in the future."

Hearing Thor's answer, Tony Stark shook his head.

Fortunately, I heard his confident tone and thought he really knew.

As a result, this is it?
If I believe this guy again in the future, I will be an idiot!
Qin Yang, who was standing by, heard what Thor said and nodded, "What Thor said makes sense."

"It does seem like some kind of sacrificial ritual."

"See, I knew my guess was correct!"

Hearing that Qin Yang agreed with his point of view, Thor immediately raised his eyebrows proudly at Tony Stark.

Ignoring the complacent Thor, Tony looked at Qin Yang and asked, "Qin, what do you think?"

After taking a look at the pattern on the back of the female corpse, Qin Yang took out his phone and said, "We don't recognize this strange pattern, but that doesn't mean no one knows it."

As he spoke, Qin Yang dialed a number.

A few minutes later.

When Stephen Strange walked out of the golden magic teleportation array, Tony Stark immediately said, "How could I forget about this magic trick?"

"It's occult magic!"

Listening to Tony addressing himself, Stephen Strange corrected him.

As he spoke, Strange examined the symbol on the back of the female corpse.

After staring at the symbol for a long time, Strange said, "If I remember correctly, that symbol should represent a sacrifice to Mephisto."

"It's just that the meaning of the symbol is to sacrifice the soul of the dead to Mephisto in order to obtain his salvation."

"save?"

After hearing Strange's explanation, Scott Lang asked curiously, "Are you sure you didn't gain powerful strength?"

"No, it's salvation!"

Facing Ant-Man's curiosity, Strange shook his head: "Different sacrificial rituals and symbols represent different meanings. This symbol is the sacrificer praying to Mephisto to save his family."

As he spoke, Strange looked at Qin Yang and said, "But in recent times, no lord-level strongmen have come to Earth."

"The only person related to Mephisto is his 'son' Blackheart. Of course, that's not his real son." "As for the lord-level strongman, it was Satanis who attacked the magic forbidden land in the last spider incident to save Dracula."

Hearing what Strange said, Qin Yang nodded.

He was about to let Scott Lang dispose of the female corpse, but then he realized that a very evil energy was rushing towards him.

"Everyone, get ready for battle, the enemy is attacking!"

Hearing what Qin Yang said, Tony and Thor subconsciously prepared for fighting.

Just a few seconds after he finished speaking, he heard a rustling sound coming from the half-man-high grass in front of him.

Then a smell of sulfur began to spread around.

"It's that damn smell again, it must be from hell!"

As he spoke, Strange cast a spell to release two magic shields in preparation for battle.

As noises continued to be heard in the grass, countless monsters soon jumped out from the weeds.

These monsters are only a few dozen centimeters in size and are dark brown all over.

Their shoulders are smooth, without even a neck or a head.

Seeing these monsters appear, Strange said to everyone: "Be careful, these are headless demons from hell. Once they entangle you, they will suck the blood out of your body like leeches."

"Only thunder and high temperature are their nemesis."

Hearing Strange's warning, Thor raised his hammer and summoned lightning: "Thunder, doesn't that mean today's battle is my home ground?"

Before Thor could finish his words, Qin Yang floated into the air in an instant, his eyes gradually turned red, and the next second, the powerful heat ray energy directly blasted thousands of headless demons into pieces!
"Damn it, Qin, did you learn this move from that Hyperion?"

Seeing that Qin Yang's eyes could actually release heat rays, Tony Stark asked curiously while controlling the armor to take off and spray flames at the headless demon.

"Tsk, I've been overtaken again!"

Watching Qin Yang and Tony take the lead in the attack, Thor raised Thor's hammer and summoned lightning to strike the headless demons.

In just a few seconds, thousands of headless demons died under the attack of three people.

On the side, Scott Lang saw Strange looking at him, so he spread his hands and said, "I don't have a flamethrower in my suit, and I can't summon lightning, so..."

"understand!"

Hearing Scott Lang say this, Stephen Strange nodded.

"Thank you, but I'm a little curious, Mr. Strange. You just said that these headless demons will suck people's blood like leeches?"

"Any questions?"

Use the magic shield to protect Ant-Man in the middle to prevent him from being attacked by the headless demon.

Strange asked as he used his secret skills to destroy the headless demon.

"They don't even have a head, so how do they absorb blood? Of course, I'm not questioning you, I'm just simply curious!"

Faced with Scott Lang's doubts, Strange shook his head and did not answer.

Just as the four people were fighting the headless demon, a large cloud of black fog suddenly appeared around them.

Then, a middle-aged man with a cane appeared in front of everyone.

With the appearance of this middle-aged man, the headless demons around him instantly knelt on the ground and trembled as if they had met their nemesis.

After feeling the strength of this middle-aged man, Qin Yang immediately locked his eyes on him.

"Don't do it, I don't mean any harm!"

He saw Qin Yang floating in the air with his eyes locked on him, as if he was ready to take action at any time.

The middle-aged man quickly raised his hand to indicate that he meant no harm.

"Mephisto!"

Seeing the middle-aged man holding a cane, Strange stepped forward and released a magic shield with both hands: "What is your purpose in invading the real dimension? Did you release these headless demons?"

Listening to Strange's questioning, Mephisto smiled.

Then with a wave of his hand, countless headless demons were sent directly back to the hell dimension.

See these headless demons disappear.

Qin Yang then dropped from the sky in front of Mephisto and asked: "Did you come to Earth because of the sacrifice of those thirteen corpses?"

"Of course not. Please don't get me wrong. I came to Earth this time mainly for two things. The first thing is to capture my "son" the Black Heart Monster."

"He came to Earth some time ago, which made me very angry, but as a father, I couldn't just ignore him."

"That's why I came to Earth very reluctantly to bring him back. Including those headless demons, they were actually brought to Earth by my son."

As he spoke, Mephisto's eyes fell on the golden self-gem on Qin Yang's golden gauntlet.

The moment he saw the Ego Gem, Mephisto's eyes suddenly lit up.

"The second thing is, for your sake, would you like me to make a deal with you?"

Taking a step forward, Mephisto looked at Qin Yang, his tone full of enthusiasm: "Great power, infinite life, or countless wealth, whatever you want."

"As long as you are willing to hand over this self-gem to me, I can give you everything you want!"

"Just think about it, as long as you are willing to trade with me, then everything will be at your fingertips!"

After hearing Mephisto's instigation, Qin Yang didn't even wait to speak.

Strange on the side stepped forward and stood beside Qin Yang: "Don't believe what he says, Qin."

"No matter what you gain from him, you will need to pay a hundred times, or even a thousand times more!"

Seeing Strange's evaluation of him, Mephisto spread his hands and said, "I am very fair. You can ask any lord about this."

Mephisto looked at Qin Yang and said, "You can't control this Ego Gem yet. Even in your hands, it is not as effective as the Power Gem."

"So you might as well give it to me in exchange for whatever you want."

"Well, if you feel that you are at a disadvantage, then I can fulfill your two wishes. How about that?"

Listening to Mephisto's instigation, Qin Yang sneered: "You can't give me what I want. Not only you, but even all the gods in the universe combined can't give it to me."

"But you just said that you were very reluctant to come to Earth. Why is that?"

"As a fellow lord of Hell, Satanish has come to Earth more than once!"

Hearing Qin Yang mention Satannish, Mephisto's eyes flashed with disdain: "Him? He is just a short-sighted guy."

"But it doesn't matter if I tell you. I'll just consider it as making friends with you. Maybe you'll be willing to trade your Ego Gem with me in the future!" (End of this chapter)