Iron Man VS Tri-Symbiote

The terrifyingly invincible kitten, like an embodiment of death, held a black scythe above the Venom Spider's head.

Xi Nian had already proven this point clearly during his previous encounter with the first symbiote.

Even though symbiotes could quickly heal their hosts' injuries, there were still limits. If the damage the host sustained in a short period far exceeded the healing rate, the symbiote couldn't maintain the host's life state and would be forced to leave.

But in doing so, it was obvious that the host it was attached to would also die.

"Please, don't kill him!" Aunt May scrambled forward, throwing herself in front of the Venom Spider, spreading her arms to shield the black scythe with her frail body!

At this moment, the three-in-one Xi Nian, whose rationality was collapsing, could no longer hear her words. He would only resolutely carry out what he believed to be the right thing to do!

Even if everything he was doing now seemed like villainous behavior.

In the nick of time.

Boom!!

One side of the tentacle railing was pierced and exploded by two beams of laser. Under the astonished gazes of the trapped people, a figure clad in a golden-red Iron Suit descended from the sky.

Clang!

His left knee and right fist simultaneously hit the ground, emitting a dull metallic sound. The being, like a man-made steel deity, stood up, his raised palm precisely at the center of the engine port, accumulating a blinding white light that intimidated the scene.

"You're quite lively here tonight," Iron Man quipped in a cheerful tone, ignoring the atmosphere.

"It's Iron Man!"

"Iron Man is here, we're saved!"

"That's great!"

The fear and despair that had enveloped them were immediately dispelled, and he became the backbone of the trapped crowd.

In the city of New York, perhaps only Iron Man could achieve this.

"This isn't a fan meet-and-greet," Iron Man continued his teasing. "Ladies and gentlemen, could I ask you to leave for now?"

At his words, the people immediately reacted and left through the tentacle railing that Iron Man had broken open.

From his appearance until now, Iron Man had appeared relaxed and natural, as if he had grasped the entire situation.

However, no one knew that.

Inside the Iron Suit at this moment, Stark's face was solemn and tense. He stared intently at the seemingly harmless black kitten on the field and whispered, "Jarvis, can you identify what kind of creature that is?"

"Apologies, sir. The database has no information on it. Scans cannot penetrate its interior. We can only preliminarily determine it to be an extraterrestrial organism."

"Two unknown alien creatures, fighting each other?" Stark maintained his defensive stance, glancing at the Venom Spider lying behind the woman. He easily deduced the situation from the traces at the scene.

Just then, the black kitten's claws, which were stuck in the ground, moved.

Iron Man's heart leaped. Mistaking the creature for intending to kill the evacuating civilians, he couldn't help but fire a laser cannon!

The laser, as bright as daylight, illuminated the street instantly. In the blink of an eye, it struck the black kitten's head!

Boom!

Scorching energy and flames washed over the small body. Xi Nian retracted his claws from the ground. Since the symbiote had been found, the tentacle railing was no longer necessary.

However, being blasted in the forehead without a word by Iron Man made him a little heated!

If it were the usual Xi Nian with his normal thought process, he might have just considered it a misunderstanding.

But this was the three-in-one Xi Nian.

This was Xi Nian with almost no human rationality left.

This was the Xi Nian who was violent, bloodthirsty, wild, extreme, and inclined towards evil actions!

Thus, as the destructive laser energy ripples washed along his dark body, Xi Nian, in his black kitten form, turned into a black streak of light, breaking the sound barrier, and slammed hard into Iron Man's lower abdomen!

Bang!

Iron Man felt as if he had been hit by a miniature truck at full speed. The artificial intelligence Jarvis immediately issued a "component damaged" warning. The metallic body, subjected to immense impact, was slammed into the outer wall of a tall building behind him.

"Fire at will!" With the Iron Suit embedded deep in the wall, Stark also became angry, roaring.

Instantly, the strategic weapon systems hidden in the Iron Suit's shoulders activated. Four micro-missiles, trailing flames, flew towards the black kitten.

Xi Nian hovered in the air, watching the incoming micro-missiles. Suddenly, he ferociously opened his mouth to three to four times its body size, like a gaping maw, and bit down on the oncoming micro-missiles!

He held them in his mouth like candy!

The micro-missiles detonated simultaneously inside his mouth. It only caused Xi Nian's facial skin to bulge a few times before quickly relaxing!

He let out a burp, spitting out several rings of thick, gunpowder-scented smoke!

"..." Stark's expression was one of disbelief. He finally understood why Dr. Banner had urgently wanted to transform into the Hulk just now.

This cat—

was a truly unbelievable, unscientific monster!

Stark gritted his teeth and used the Iron Suit's engines to fly up, unleashing missiles and engine lasers at full power and output!

In that instant, it was like the most brilliant fireworks display.

Hovering dozens of meters above the ground, Iron Man had completely transformed into a humanoid turret. Every part of him glowed. With the artificial intelligence instantly completing commands, micro-missiles and laser beams densely intertwined, enveloping Xi Nian below!

Xi Nian grinned like a demon, his hardened black claws and tail, transformed into slender tentacles, striking out in a rapid, continuous barrage!

He swatted at the small missiles like he was swatting flies!

Boom, boom, boom!!!

The targeted explosions of missiles and lasers ripped through the air, the terrifying shockwaves sweeping out, shattering all the glass windows on both sides of the street!

Suddenly, one of the small missiles veered off course, flying directly towards Aunt May, who was still at the scene!

"No!" Iron Man cried out, seeing this, but it was too late to stop it.

Aunt May's eyes widened in terror. Just as the small missile was about to land on her, the Venom Spider, which had been lying on the ground, suddenly flipped over! The Venom Spider pinned Aunt May down, its grotesque, grayish-green body acting as a human shield, blocking the blast impact of the small missile!

In the raging inferno.

The Venom Spider's head, half-melted by its own armed liquid, revealed a sliver of Peter's young, unblemished face. A tear, which could be called human, dripped onto Aunt May's face.

"What is this..." Xi Nian, encased in black outer skin, stood unharmed at the epicenter of an explosion capable of leveling a skyscraper. He still had the presence of mind to observe the state of the Venom Spider below.

Venom let out a surprised squawk, "That human boy, he actually regained some control! But it's probably only temporary; soon, the symbiote within him will take complete control!"

"You mean he can still be saved?" Xi Nian's eyes regained a sliver of clarity, his previously snapped threads of rationality reconnected.

Venom responded, "Now, as long as there's a way to separate him from the symbiote, he can survive."

"I understand."

Xi Nian glanced at the Venom Spider below, then looked up at Iron Man. A sudden flash of inspiration struck him.

His two claws suddenly extended and shot out, coiling around Iron Man's limbs respectively!

"?" A question mark appeared in Iron Man's mind, and then he was violently yanked downwards, until—his body disappeared into a dark, gaping hole!

Xi Nian closed his mouth and landed lightly back on the ground.

On the street, smoke billowed, Iron Man had completely vanished.

This was the optimal suggestion from the Essence Devourer Beast it was parasitizing!