After Kyle finished showering in his private room at the Tower and had a Western meal under Raina's supervision, the entire afternoon had passed, and nightfall had arrived as scheduled.
In the evening, the city of New York is illuminated with dazzling lights, making the streets and buildings as bright as day. The futuristic and vibrant scene surpassed the daytime cityscape.
Of course, in the darkness, evil would be even more rampant than during the day.
Kyle had Venom transform into a dark trench coat, and with Raina, he headed straight to the area where Lorna was located, intending to personally confirm Eddie's and his symbiote's combat capabilities.
Without using any transportation, Kyle spread his dark wings, and Raina used her telekinetic abilities. The two of them turned into streaks of light, departing from the top-floor balcony of the Tower.
In mid-air, Kyle let Raina lead the way, while he sank into contemplation.
The previous topic couldn't be avoided. With the impending large-scale invasion war from outer space, having additional high-end combat power for the Carl Family or the New York headquarters was what Kyle wanted to see.
Otherwise, if he left Earth to look for someone in outer space and the Earth base was taken over by extraterrestrials in the meantime, it would be a problem.
Kyle had carefully considered it before.
Currently, in the face of an invading force that the ordinary military couldn't handle, the New York area had the newly established Avengers, consisting of Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Falcon, and Hawkeye.
Additionally, there was the underground force, much stronger than it appeared— the Carl Family. Its main members included the Black Queen Raina, Polaris Lorna, and the thirty-six Carl acolytes, numbered from Red One to Red Thirty-Six. (The Black Tier Carl acolytes were not stationed in New York City but distributed worldwide.)
Among them, excluding Kyle himself, there were already five high-end combatants.
To be honest, the Earth's combat strength now was at least twice as strong as during the original timeline. If Eddie could become the sixth high-end combatant, the potential strength of the prepared force would undoubtedly astonish any extraterrestrial race that came from afar.
In the first battle, aliens must be made aware that Earth is not the primitive land they perceived. Humans were definitely more formidable than they could imagine.
"Boss, we're almost there."
Raina's reminder brought Kyle back to reality from his contemplation. Looking down from three hundred meters in the night sky, they could see a large business building area of around ten thousand square meters, situated by the quiet riverside near the city's expressway.
In the area, not only were there large factories but also aerospace rockets and launch towers, all accommodated within.
However, at this moment, the office building had collapsed, with flames and thick smoke rising, bearing the signs of damage after an intense battle.
"It seems the fight has already begun."
Kyle said indifferently before he descended alongside Raina. Soon, their feet landed on the launch tower of the enterprise at a high elevation.
'Shua Shua Shua!'
As soon as they landed, more than a dozen figures flashed out of the shadows, and the acolytes approached Kyle uniformly, kneeling down and saluting, "Greetings, Master! Greetings, Guardian!"
"Good." Kyle nodded in acknowledgment, scanning them with a glance and asking, "Where did Lorna go?"
The acolytes looked at each other, and the leader, Red One, sighed and said, "We're not entirely sure. There have been significant changes in the battle here, so..."
Before he could finish, from an adjacent floor, accompanied by the violent sounds of demolition, two humanoid monsters, one large and one small, crashed through the outer wall of a modern skyscraper, violently falling to the ground below, creating a pit.
"What's that?"
At first glance, Kyle couldn't help but furrow his brow. The two humanoid monsters were the full-cover forms that symbiotes took when bonding with humans.
However, the larger humanoid monster was incredibly tall and robust, a four-meter-tall giant with a lifeless gray color. Its entire body was covered with tough, fierce scales and spikes. Its muscular arms were larger than Hulk's, making it a monster among monsters.
On the other hand, the smaller one, which bonded with Venom, had a form quite similar to Venom's full-cover form. In fact, in terms of size and appearance, it was remarkably similar to Venom's symbiotic form.
The two symbiotes before Kyle sparked his intense interest.
Red One explained on the side, "The larger one is called 'Riot.' It's one of the extraterrestrial symbiotes, currently bonded with the owner of this Life Foundation, Carlton Drake."
"Why is it so massive?" Raina asked in astonishment.
Red One replied with a solemn expression, "Because the symbiote Riot, attached to Carlton, recently devoured another extraterrestrial symbiote. This act not only increased its size but also boosted its strength by more than one level."
"The smaller one is Eddie, right?" Raina had seen Venom's full-cover form before.
"Exactly," Red One nodded.
As they spoke, Riot roared furiously before it grabbed Eddie by the neck, and accelerated at nearly the speed of sound, slamming him into the ground, and creating a deep trench on the cement surface.
Eddie desperately clung to Riot's wrist, exerting all his strength to break free. He struggled, kicking and tearing, shattering buildings and the ground like foam, yet still struggled to escape Riot's clutches.
There was a noticeable gap in their power.
"Venom, what do you think?" Kyle suddenly asked Venom within his body.
Venom remained silent for a moment before responding like an inner voice, "Of course, Riot is formidable, and he is even slightly stronger than me in pure combat ability. However, it achieved this enhanced state by devouring its own kind, which isn't a normal evolution but rather an extreme path. It even affects its own mental awareness."
"Even though I wasn't born in the same place as them, I still find the act of devouring one's own kind disgusting."
After Venom expressed its disdain for Riot, it inexplicably spoke in a low voice when talking about Venom itself, "The symbiote called Venom has good strength, definitely entering adulthood. However, defeating the current Riot is absolutely impossible for it. Also, for some reason, there's a very familiar feeling on Venom's body..."
"You've noticed it too?" Kyle squinted slightly, focusing his gaze on Eddie, observing the intricate patterns on Venom's full-cover form chest.
It resembled scars left by burning flames.
"Could it be... no way..." Venom murmured to itself, its voice filled with complex emotions.
In the midst of the battle.
Enduring Riot's relentless onslaught, Eddie anxiously shouted in his mind, "Venom, do you have anything? Anything that we can use. If you do then use them now!"
Before Venom could respond, Riot continued to laugh maniacally, throwing Eddie with incredible force, and launching him into a factory building. Eddie crashed through the building and flew out from the other side.
(End of this chapter)
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