Marvel: Randomly Load a Protagonist Template - Chapter 75

“That’s impressive. What are your odds of beating him?”

Peter, who was nearby, asked out of curiosity.

He had briefly clashed with Venom and experienced Venom’s terrifying strength. If Riot was even more potent than Venom, he must be incredibly formidable.

Venom shook his head:

“Round it off… it’s pretty much zero!”

“Venom, how dare you betray me!”

With a raise of his hand, Riot’s right hand instantly transformed into a sharp, six-meter-long blade, which he swung at Venom.

Venom quickly dodged in fright.

Although symbiotes can’t be killed by ordinary physical means, they still feel pain when attacked, and severe injuries require time to heal.

“He’s firm!”

Seeing this, Hawking flashed in front of Riot and landed a powerful punch on Riot’s chest.

Riot’s swing had split the office floor in half like cutting tofu, demonstrating his terrifying destructive power.

If that blade hit Peter or Jessica, they would likely die.

Thus, for safety, it was best that Hawking took action.

It was also an excellent opportunity to show Venom that he could defeat Riot, whom Venom greatly feared, even without exploiting sound and fire weaknesses. This way, Venom would be more compliant and obedient within the team.

It was also a perfect chance to test Riot’s capabilities as a meat shield.

“Boom!”

Riot was knocked back, smashing through four walls before he could finally stop.

To him, the humans on this planet were just powerless food. He had focused all his attention on Venom and had wholly ignored Hawking.

Thus, when Hawking’s punch came, Riot was unprepared and undefended.

“Roar!”

Riot got up, roaring in anger, and then his hands transformed into dual blades, and he charged at Hawking.

Being defeated by mere food was a huge humiliation.

“Stay around the perimeter, don’t let him escape. I’ll play with him.”

Hawking pulled out a toothpick-sized adamantium rod, recited a spell to remove the shrinking charm, and ceremoniously blew on it in his palm, restoring it to its average size.

Wielding the adamantium rod, Hawking moved to meet Riot head-on.

Even without relying on any protagonist’s script, Hawking, armed with an adamantium rod, they clashed fiercely with Riot, the most formidable warrior among the symbiotes.

As the top warrior of the symbiotes, Riot’s strength surpassed Venom’s; his body could mimic various lethal cold weapons, and his combat experience was vibrant, with every move lethal.

However, after six months of training under the pressure of Wanda’s chaos magic, Hawking had increased his combat strength from 145 to 180, reaching the level of Goku and Tien’s fight in Dragon Ball.

His adamantium rod was also an indestructible weapon, capable of withstanding any weapon mimicked by Riot.

However, his physical body wasn’t nearly indestructible like Riot’s, so he couldn’t be as reckless in combat.

But he had his advantages.

“Eat my strike!”

Hawking swung his adamantium rod to deflect Riot’s attack, feigned a retreat to lure Riot into chasing him, then unexpectedly turned around and thrust the rod directly into Riot’s chest.

“It’s useless. Such an injury can’t bother me.”

Riot wasn’t perturbed at all, looking at the rod impaled in his chest.

Such injuries were insignificant to him; the rod would be healed as soon as it was pulled out.

“That remains to be seen.”

A cold smile appeared on Hawking’s face as he chanted:

“Turn to dust!”

The adamantium rod inserted into Riot’s body immediately lit up with a magical blue glow.

“Boom!” A massive explosion erupted inside Riot, inflating his entire body tenfold, partially revealing the host, Dr. Drake, who was enveloped inside.

Dr. Drake, reduced to only a skull, emitted a heart-wrenching scream.

Although Riot would soon repair himself, the pain from the explosion was excruciating.

“Now’s our chance to remove his host and then devour him, ensuring his complete demise!”

Seeing Riot’s current condition, Venom immediately stepped forward to help take him down.

By removing the host, Riot, unable to find a new host quickly, would lose all combat capability. Once ingested by another symbiote, he would be killed entirely.

However, Hawking stops him as he starts to move.

“Hold on, not so fast. It’s rare to have such a training partner. Let’s play a little longer.”

“Alright then.”

Watching Hawking’s calm demeanor, Venom couldn’t help but swallow nervously, somehow feeling that Hawking seemed even more terrifying than Riot.

Meanwhile, Peter and Jessica were more composed.

As Hawking’s long-time sparring partners, they were familiar with him.

“I’m going to kill you!”

Having repaired his body, Riot roared and plunged his hands into the ground. Instantly, numerous mimetic blades rapidly spread toward Hawking from the ground.

“Ki Slash!”

Hawking conjured a circular air vortex in his hand and shot it at Riot, whose chest immediately formed a shield to block it.

However, when encountering the air vortex, the sturdy mimetic shield was like tofu meeting a knife, effortlessly sliced in half by the vortex.

Riot’s body was also split in two.

“How is that possible!”

Riot couldn’t believe that his body was so easily cut in half by the inconspicuous air vortex.

Fortunately, his vitality was strong. His upper and lower halves extended tendrils, quickly reattaching the bisected body.

“It seems that purely cutting attacks are less effective against enemies with strong regenerative abilities than explosive damage.”

Riot recovered much faster from the air vortex than the internal explosion he had suffered earlier.

“Let’s try the effects of a more powerful move then.”

Hawking assumed a stance and began to gather a large amount of energy:
“Turtle Kamehameha!”

A blinding beam of energy burst from Hawking’s hands, striking Riot, who had just repaired his body.

The powerful Kamehameha wave pushed Riot through several walls, flying out of the building.

“It’s not over yet!”

With a flash, Hawking chased after the flying Riot, positioned above him, and launched a second attack:

“Energy Bullet Barrage!”

“Boom, boom, boom, boom.”

Dozens of energy bullets flew out of Hawking’s hands, each hitting Riot, whom the Kamehameha wave had just penetrated. Each energy bullet exploded with the force of a powerful grenade.

When Riot crashed into the square below, he was a pile of mush.

“He’s still alive; these symbiotes do have incredible vitality.”

Landing next to Riot, Hawking discovered that his barrage of attacks killed Dr. Drake, Riot’s host.

But Riot himself was still alive, although severely injured and struggling to move, trying to escape and find a new host to parasitize and recover.

“Hawking, so terrifying!”

Peter, Venom, and Jessica, who had jumped down from the building, looked at the battered Riot on the ground and couldn’t help but express the exact sentiment of awe.

Unbeknownst to them, this was just an average level of combat power for Hawking.

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