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Riot was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Ryan wanted to do.
To be honest, as the king of the Symbiote race, it didn't actually want to devour its own people to enhance itself unless absolutely necessary.
But now, being under someone else's roof, it had no choice but to bow its head.
"I can do it, but you must understand that an ordinary host simply cannot accommodate the simultaneous parasitism of multiple Symbiotes. It will indeed make us stronger, but it will also increase the pressure on your own body..."
Ryan said dismissively, "Do I look like an ordinary host to you?"
An ordinary person certainly couldn't handle the volume of multiple Symbiotes, but as a spider Totem, Ryan could handle a mere few Symbiotes!
Riot fell silent upon hearing this.
That seemed true... This human host's constitution was comparable to the cosmic behemoths it had once parasitized!
Why was it worrying for nothing...
So Riot said no more. After casting an apologetic glance at the three Symbiotes, it opened its bloody maw and bit toward one of the isolation tubes.
After being hosted by Ryan, Riot had fully recovered and even surpassed its peak state. The mere isolation tube was easily crushed in its mouth like a wafer biscuit.
Naturally, this included the Symbiote inside the isolation tube.
The first Symbiote devoured by Riot was the yellow one. Its name was 'Water Factor' (not 'Scream'). After being devoured by Riot, besides enhancing Ryan's basic stats, it also gave Ryan a brand new ability, just as Riot had.
And this ability, just like its name 'Water Factor', gave Ryan the ability to survive and fight freely in water.
This ability didn't sound strong, but it was actually very useful.
Because as long as one was human, no matter how strong you were—even if you were as strong as Thor or Hulk—your combat power in water would be weakened by at least 50%.
But Water Factor allowed your combat power to remain completely undiminished in water. Furthermore, if the enemy didn't have the ability to act in water, it was equivalent to your strength increasing by 50%!
Ryan was quite satisfied with this. Aquatic combat happened to be one of his weaknesses, and now it was covered!
It also made Ryan look forward even more to what kind of abilities the other two Symbiotes would bring him!
Amidst the terrified shrieks of the remaining two Symbiotes, Riot set its sights on the purple Symbiote and ruthlessly devoured it in one bite!
Chew, chew, chew—
Ding—Devouring successful!
This Symbiote's name was 'Agony'. Similarly, besides bringing an increase to Ryan's basic stats, it also brought Ryan a special ability.
That was... 'Speed Force'!
Okay, just kidding, it wasn't.
But it was close. The ability was to release bio-electricity to stimulate the activity of the host's body cells, thereby giving the host ultra-high-speed movement capabilities!
Compared to Water Factor's ability, this thing was even more practical. It would provide Ryan with immense help in combat regardless of the environment!
After all, a certain balding great man once said: in the world of martial arts, all is penetrable, only speed is unbreakable!
Finally, only the black Venom isolation tube remained in Ryan's hand.
Riot let out a burp, looked at the cowering Venom, hesitated for a moment, and shook its head. "Venom won't work. I can't devour it..."
Hearing this, Ryan narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Give me a reason."
Riot looked at the trembling Venom with a complex expression and slowly explained:
"Because it was the first Symbiote born amidst fire and clanging sounds. It was this bastard that gave our Symbiote race the weaknesses of high-frequency sonic waves and fire, but it was also because of this guy that the Symbiote race exists today..."
"Most importantly, its birth is related to a taboo existence of the Symbiote race. It carries His curse. I don't want to transfer that curse onto us..."
Hearing this, Ryan said thoughtfully, "Curse? Do you mean Knull?"
Riot:!!!
"Shh, shh, shh! You cannot speak that name! Otherwise, you will be noticed by Him!"
Riot didn't even care about the lodging agreement Ryan had just discussed with it; it hurriedly used its neck to tightly cover Ryan's mouth.
It was terrified that this guy would say that taboo name again!
Ryan frowned. Electricity appeared at his fingertips and poked Riot's neck, making it spring away with a 'yowl'!
"As the landlord, I'll say whatever the hell I want in my house. If you, as a tenant, dare to boss the landlord around again, I'll evict you. Understand?"
Riot shrunk its neck, not daring to say anything more.
Sure enough, it takes a wicked person to grind down a wicked person...
However, Ryan didn't mention Knull again.
After all, his current self was far from being a match for an existence of Knull's level, and he didn't want to bring this big trouble upon himself.
Precisely because of this, Venom escaped a disaster and wasn't devoured by Riot to become part of Ryan's power.
Furthermore, aside from being a bit special, Venom wasn't actually that strong in terms of actual ability and had no special powers, so Ryan didn't feel much regret about being unable to devour it.
He already had the power of three Symbiotes gathered in his body. One more Venom wouldn't be much, and one less wouldn't matter.
While he was fusing with Riot and letting Riot devour the other two Symbiotes, other people had arrived near the spaceship.
Ryan's keen hearing also picked up the sound of car engines in advance. Peering through the spaceship window, he saw several black jeeps printed with 'Life Foundation' driving up.
Oh, it's not the Police.
Then there was nothing more to say; just kill them... Ryan's right arm transformed into a meter-long blade again. With a forward thrust, the blade instantly elongated, piercing through the spaceship wall and into a jeep that had just come to a stop.
Then, before the people in the jeep understood what was happening, Ryan's arm inside the spaceship began to exert force, slashing horizontally!
Screeech—
Amidst a series of sharp metal-tearing sounds, Ryan's extended arm tore a large opening in the spaceship wall while the external blade slashed through the fuel tanks of several Life Foundation jeeps in succession, causing the people inside to die in the vehicle explosions before they even had time to get out!
Boom—
Retracting the blade and seeing the scene of a sea of fire outside through the torn opening, Ryan nodded in satisfaction.
As expected, choosing Riot was the right move. This weapon form made him much stronger in area-of-effect attacks compared to before.
Previously, he had to clear small fries one by one, but now he could clear a large group all at once!
Seeing the red and blue Police lights flashing in the distance, Ryan didn't plan to stay any longer. He easily pried open the slit he had just cut in the spaceship and climbed out.
Then, with purple lightning coiling around his legs, he bent his legs to build power and leaped, instantly turning into a bolt of lightning and disappearing into the horizon.