"Hey, hey, hey... Don't tell me you got bitten by a spider too?"
Spider-Gwen hung upside down in midair, staring uncertainly at Xi Nian, who possessed the Super Spider Ability. For the moment, she had even forgotten that Xi Nian had suddenly kissed her.
Xi Nian spread his hands. "This is one of the abilities I've been hiding. Through contact with you just now, I temporarily gained your abilities."
He paused before continuing, "Do you remember the person you met on the rooftop a week ago? That was me."
"You were that pervert?!"
Spider-Woman blurted out in shock, then seemed to realize what she had said. She quickly covered her small mouth, her face flushing red as she asked, "So as long as you kiss a girl, you can obtain her powers?"
"Uh... how should I put this? That's more or less how it works..."
Xi Nian felt a little guilty. Naturally, he could not tell her the truth—that physical contact and an exchange of bodily fluids were all that was actually required.
Of course.
Through the direct route of kissing, coupled with enough medium, the abilities Xi Nian acquired were more complete, stable, and long-lasting!
That had been proven on Themyscira.
Spider-Woman suddenly frowned. "Then whose abilities did you acquire last time?"
"Uh..." Xi Nian's eyes widened. He felt that he and Spider-Woman were focused on entirely different things.
Just then, the ground abruptly began shaking violently. Thunder and rumbling echoed continuously through the sky, indirectly rescuing Xi Nian from the awkward situation.
"What was that?"
Xi Nian and Spider-Woman instinctively looked up, both turning their eyes toward the sky beyond the alley. Ten kilometers away, a blue pillar of light pierced the heavens, and the torn abyss was now three times larger than before!
Within the enormous rift