From the collapsed heap of brick walls emerged two massive hands, followed by a grotesque monster head with glowing white eyes, a muscular chest adorned with flame-like patterns, and sturdy, dark legs.
Eddie, panting heavily, sat half-upright on the debris, looking utterly disheveled, resembling a beaten-down dog.
“I can’t take it anymore, I quit!” Eddie groaned in pain while complaining through gritted teeth, “Are those Cardinals even human? I mean, I beat up one of their teams last time, and now they just watch me get beaten to death.”
“It’s coming!” Venom urgently warned.
However, Riot’s attack was even swifter than Venom’s warning.
Almost as soon as Venom spoke, a massive ten-ton cylinder plummeted from above, crashing into Eddie.
Wide-eyed, Eddie placed his palms on the ground beneath him, briefly gathered strength at his waist, bent his knees, and then explosively kicked toward the sky.
‘Boom!’
The cylinder, with a radius of two meters and a length of five meters, crumpled like a deflated ball, leaving two footprints on its surface. Eddie’s powerful kick sent it soaring back into the night sky in the opposite direction.
When the cylinder reached a height of about ten meters, Riot suddenly leaped onto it. With a dull sound, the cylinder’s upward trajectory abruptly stopped, and it rapidly descended once again.
“Who can withstand this!” Eddie exclaimed as he saw the growing shadow. He lifted his hands and feet, attempting to stop the rapidly falling cylinder.
‘Boom!’
As the super-heavy cylinder crashed to the ground, the surface beneath it cracked outward in a web-like pattern, creating a massive crater with a radius of about five meters.
Dust and debris filled the corner of the enterprise, and Eddie, seemingly flattened by the cylinder, disappeared completely.
“Now, let’s see how you can stop me!” The gray giant Riot stood triumphantly on top of the cylinder, emitting terrifying and triumphant laughter. But at this moment, the cylinder beneath its feet trembled slightly and then slowly and steadily lifted a few centimeters.
Directly beneath the cylinder, in the center of the pit, Eddie’s dark figure was buried in the concrete. However, he continued to resist, using his limbs to support the cylinder, showcasing his resilient muscles.
“You’re still not dead!” The triumphant laughter of Riot stiffened, replaced by intense anger and murderous intent.
“You haven’t died yet; how could I fall so quickly?” Despite being in a precarious situation and at a disadvantage, Eddie maintained his defiant tone.
“Good. Congratulations, you’ve made it this far!” Riot said before he leaped lightly, and then both feet stomped down on the cylinder with full force.
‘Bang!’
The cylinder couldn’t withstand the force, making a creaking sound. It began to sink, and the power transmitted through the layers of metal forced Eddie’s powerful limbs to bend.
“Watch as I completely crush you, grinding you into a puddle of mud!” Riot laughed loudly, repeating its actions and jumping higher and higher. With the gravitational force, it relentlessly stomped on the cylinder.
Cracks and collapses continued to spread around and beneath the Earth.
Eddie gritted his teeth, struggling to resist. The cylinder had long been flattened into a lump of scrap iron under the relentless assault.
Eddie, in a desperate and hoarse voice, said, “Venom, think of something fast. Without a chance to counterattack, we’ll really be flattened like this.”
“Hold on a little longer, let me think,” Venom spoke in a deep voice.
“I can’t hold on!” Eddie was on the brink of despair. His body was buried in the concrete below, and his limbs were trapped in the Iron Man above, resembling a double-layered sandwich, unable to move except for resisting.
“Don’t give up just yet.”
With victory seemingly assured, Riot let out a furious growl, eager to eliminate Eddie, the human, and the Symbiote traitor within him. The plan was to return to their home planet using the aerospace spaceship, leading thousands of Symbiotes to invade and conquer Earth.
However, just as Riot prepared for the final strike, the loudspeakers throughout the factory suddenly activated, emitting sharp and ear-piercing strange sounds. The sound, like a tide, expanded through the crisp air, covering the entire vast industrial area.
At first, the frequency of the horn sounded normal, but soon it was artificially raised, gradually approaching the range of ultrasonic.
“What’s this?” Riot’s face changed drastically, fear evident on his face as he instinctively covered his ears.
Despite this, the sound waves had a penetrating quality, shaking Riot’s tall and powerful body. The muscular masses that were full of strength gradually transformed from a solid to a more liquid form.
On the launch tower of the transmission tower, as soon as the sound waves from the loudspeakers rang out, Kyle, who had a similar reaction, staggered a bit. Raina quickly approached to support him, but he waved his hand, indicating that he was fine. However, Venom, having returned to its cloak-like form, shivered within Kyle’s body.
“After so many years, some habits are hard to change,” Kyle chuckled wryly.
“It seems Lorna went to do her thing,” Raina smiled slightly, referring to using the company’s loudspeakers to emit sonic waves.
“Yeah.” Kyle nodded, his eyes sparkling. He continued to overlook the battlefield below and muttered, “Let me see if it’s really as rumored.”
“Eddie, the tide has turned, now is the time!” Venom’s excited voice echoed in Eddie’s mind. The sonic attack was not only harmless but also an absolute blessing in the midst of the battle for Venom.
“No need to tell me; I know!” Eddie responded with effort, feeling the oppressive force above the cylinder weakening.
He took a deep breath, his chest ballooning like an air-filled ball, and with the utmost strength in his limbs, he pushed sideways.
‘Snap!’
Freed from Riot’s suppression, the cylinder instantly flipped over, rolling dozens of meters and exposing Eddie, who had been buried in the pit.
Eddie quickly stood up, looking to the side. The previously arrogant and powerful Riot, now faced with sonic attack intrusion, was curled up on the ground, emitting a miserable howl.
“Stop, please! Stop it!” Riot was both pained and frantic. The giant body, originally four meters tall, now seemed to melt at a visible speed, transitioning from a robust structure to a more fluid form.
“Sorry to disappoint you; I’m quite fine,” Eddie couldn’t help but laugh. Opening his blood-red mouth, he reached inside as if searching internally and quickly pulled out a plastic bottle.
Twisting off the cap with his fingers, Eddie approached Riot, who was on the verge of collapse. He tilted the bottle, pouring out the brown liquid it contained onto Riot’s true form.
The liquid soaked Riot’s essence, emitting an extremely unpleasant and pungent odor.
It was gasoline.
“What, what are you trying to do?” Riot was truly panicking now. Unable to maintain its all-encompassing combat state due to the intrusion of sound waves, its true form was also soft and unable to escape the scene.
“I’m not trying to do anything. Just burning you, that’s all. A funeral specially prepared for you,” Eddie shrugged. He opened his bloodied mouth, reached inside, and took out a metal lighter.
Who would pre-hide a bottle of gasoline and a lighter in their stomach? Perhaps only someone like him, a current monster.
Eddie sighed, and in the desperate gaze of Riot, he used the lighter to ignite a faint flame.
(End of this chapter)
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