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Chapter 20: CH-20. Mike is loosing his humanity



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Before this, it had been unable to sense the first symbiote, knowing it had been killed.

After being discovered by Mike, it kept switching parasitic hosts to evade capture, and in the process, it became increasingly aware of the power of Venom's host!

The gap was too great!

Alone, they could barely survive. But when they bonded with a suitable organism, they could unleash a range of abilities, like body hardening, transformation, super strength, and super speed. These abilities were closely linked to the host's physique!

However, after rotating through multiple human hosts, the second symbiote realized that the strength it could draw from them was far inferior to that of Venom's host!

How could it have known?

Mike's current state wasn't just the result of Venom's parasitism. Instead, it was a combination of his symbiotic relationship with Venom and then bonding with the Devourer, enhancing the symbiotic nature.

The result was far more powerful than simply combining the two.

"Symbiote boss, if you don't come save me, I'm done for! I'm going to die here!" The second symbiote grew frantic within the middle-aged man's body as Mike's tendrils extended closer, closing in on the host it currently occupied!

What could it do? What could it do? What could it do?

Death was imminent!

The second symbiote felt a wave of despair, but at that moment, it sensed something.

The parasitic middle-aged man turned his head and looked at two people in the crowd, seeming puzzled.

A woman in her early thirties held a boy of about ten years old. Although the woman looked terrified, she tried to comfort the child in a low voice, "Peter, it's okay, don't worry. Aunt May is here; she'll protect you."

Peter nodded, glancing fearfully at the menacing black kitten. But then, summoning his courage, he stood in front of Aunt May. Suddenly, his hair stood on end, and he found himself staring directly into the cold, vacant gaze of the middle-aged man.

It felt like he was being watched by something from an evil abyss. Peter's face turned pale, and he pointed with a trembling finger, blurting out, "The monster the black kitten's looking for... it's him!"

"Peter, what are you talking about?" Aunt May asked, startled.

"What are you saying? I'm no monster!" The middle-aged man protested, incredulous. But suddenly, his eyes widened in terror as a glob of gray-green, slimy liquid oozed from his mouth!

Half of the goo remained in the man's body, while the other half hung suspended in the air, wriggling like it was alive!

The surreal, mind-bending sight stunned everyone around; they stood frozen, paralyzed by shock.

"Found you!" The three-in-one Mike acted with cold precision. The moment the second symbiote revealed itself, his extended tentacles transformed into razor-sharp spikes and shot forward.

The hardened tentacles sliced through the air, pinning the gray-green symbiote to a tentacle railing behind it!

The second symbiote shrieked and seethed, violently detaching part of itself from the nailed section. Its remaining body jetted toward the woman nearby like a stream of water, or a gray-green net spreading to engulf her.

"Aunt May, watch out!"

Peter threw himself in front of Aunt May, shielding her. In an instant, the gray-green liquid seeped seamlessly into his body.

"Ahhhh!!!"

The boy's pained scream echoed through the night sky of New York City, reaching distant corners.

A second after the symbiote invaded his body, Peter clutched his head, his eyes clouding with a layer of gray-green as he knelt on the ground, writhing in pain.

"Get back!" Someone shouted in fear, and people fled in a panic. They retreated, forming a ten-meter radius around the suffering child and Aunt May.

"Peter, are you alright? Please, don't scare Aunt May like this..."

Aunt May, frightened and concerned, reached out to help him, but her strength wasn't enough to lift him.

Peter was kneeling, his hands pressed to the ground, his cries of agony growing quieter. A strange calmness began to settle over him, one that sent shivers down the spines of those watching.

Twenty meters away.

"A boy chosen as the new host?"

Seeing the second symbiote's desperate move, the three-in-one Mike felt a flicker of surprise but didn't hold back his merciless assault.

Whoosh!

The darkened, sharpened tentacles sliced through the air, aiming at Peter—the new host of the second symbiote.

Just then, Venom's voice echoed in Mike's mind, "Something's off. I can sense it... the boy's physique—it's different from normal humans!"

As if in response to Venom's words, just before the tentacle spike could strike, Peter's hand shot up, catching the high-speed tentacle in an iron grip!

The hardened tip of the tentacle froze, mere centimeters from Peter's chest.

"Hehehe!!"

A chilling, otherworldly laugh escaped from the boy's lips. Gray-green viscous liquid began to ooze from his skin, quickly expanding, twisting, and hardening to form a more complete and resilient gray-green exterior.

Peter's small frame transformed into a monstrous, nearly two-meter-tall figure, a gray-green alien beast with powerful, solid muscles that exuded strength.

Gray-green, towering, and radiating a palpable power...

It reminded Mike of abomination. But this form was sleeker and leaner, with tough, muscular limbs and the distinct white spider pattern on its chest and back.

"I never imagined there could be a human with such a strong body!" Looking down at his gray-green fists, the poisonous spider grinned, a long scarlet tongue snaking from its mouth as it exhaled a heated breath.

After bonding with the child Peter, the symbiote's power felt amplified beyond anything it had experienced before!

And this newfound power was undeniable.

The poisonous spider tested its strength, easily withstanding the tentacle strikes from Venom's host—a feat that had been impossible before!

It grew cockier.

"With this body as my host, I'm the true boss among symbiotes!" The poisonous spider sneered, licking its sharp fangs.

"Peter... Peter." Aunt May's trembling voice came from nearby.

"You're not Peter." Aunt May stared at the poisonous spider, tears streaming down her face. Despite her fear, she didn't retreat, "Monster, give Peter back to me."

"Hehehe! First, I'll kill you. Then I'll tear Venom and his host apart!" The poisonous spider cackled, raising its gray-green hand to strike Aunt May.

At that moment, a hoarse voice interrupted, "I Had enough?"

"Huh?!"

The poisonous spider stopped mid-motion, startled to find Mike's tentacles gripping its arm tightly.

The grip was far from friendly.

In an instant, a monstrous force surged from the tentacles, yanking the symbiote's enhanced body off the ground and flinging it high into the air before slamming it back to the ground with a thunderous impact!

BANG!

The ground shuddered, sending dust and debris flying and leaving a deep crater in the street.

"Damn it!!"

The poisonous spider, battered and dirt-covered, roared in fury as it clawed its way out of the hole. Flexing its wrists, it shot two gray-green strands of webbing to anchor itself to a nearby tentacle railing and launched itself, kicking toward Mike at high speed.

Unfazed, the black kitten remained motionless, still crouching with its hand embedded in the ground. Its tail flicked forward suddenly.

There was a sharp crack, and the poisonous spider was swatted away like a fly.

"This... this can't be!" Stunned, the poisonous spider couldn't comprehend why, despite its augmented strength, it still couldn't overpower Venom's host in strength, speed, or any other abilities!

Or perhaps...

With its newly empowered form, the second symbiote could truly understand the terrifying strength of the three-in-one Mike!

Who's the real monster here?

As fear crept in, the poisonous spider leaped desperately toward a distant building, casting its web to swing away. Escape was its only hope.

But the dark tentacles reached it first!

Wrapping around the poisonous spider's legs, the furious and relentless Mike flung it around like a rag doll, smashing it repeatedly against the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After countless slams, Mike released the symbiote, leaving a field of craters.

The dust settled.

The poisonous spider lay sprawled in one of the craters, most of its body melted, gray-green fluid leaking everywhere. It was broken, unable to maintain its form.

The scene could only be described with one word: brutal.

"Can the host still be saved?" Mike asked, trying to keep a trace of humanity in his voice.

Venom's sinister whisper replied, "It's hard to say. The boy's physique is unusual, but he's young. All we can do is wait and see if he can reclaim control of his body."

Venom chuckled darkly, "My advice? Don't waste time—just kill the host."

Mike said nothing as his tentacles transformed into a massive scythe, hovering above the poisonous spider.

Humanity slipping, the three-in-one Mike grew colder and more ruthless.

Like the embodiment of death, the black kitten's tentacle-scythe loomed over the poisoned spider's head.

Mike had demonstrated this level of force before, in his battle with the first symbiote.

Even though symbiotes can heal their hosts quickly, there's a limit. When the damage exceeds their capacity to repair, the symbiote is forced to leave, dooming the host.

"Please, don't kill him!" Aunt May crawled in front of the symbiote-possessed Peter, using her small body to shield him from the scythe.

At this moment, Mike, overwhelmed by rage, was beyond listening.

Then, at the crucial moment—

Boom!!

The tentacle railing shattered from two beams of laser light, and through the break, a red-and-gold figure descended from the sky.

Bang!

A metallic sound accompanied the superhero's landing as he knelt on one knee, his raised fist pressing into the ground. The white glow from his hand lit up the scene.

"It's lively here tonight." Iron Man remarked, his voice tinged with sarcasm.

"It's Iron Man!"

"We're saved!"

Hope reignited among the crowd.

Iron Man, standing with ease and confidence, instructed, "Ladies and gentlemen, please leave the area."

Inside his helmet, however, Tony Stark's expression was serious, "Jarvis, what kind of creature am I looking at?"

"I'm sorry, sir. We have no information on it. Our scans only confirm it's an alien organism."


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