Lightsaber First Revealed! A Gift from a Friend!

Connors said angrily, "Looks like you're no different from those people. You all want to stop me from ushering in humanity's great evolution!"

Thud, thud, thud—

At that moment, a police drone approached the rooftop and recorded the scene.

"Commissioner George Stacy said he'd called in support. This is it?"

"One drone?"

"There's chaos all over New York right now. It's normal for the police to be stretched thin."

"Be grateful. At least this drone is armed."

Officer A, watching the feed, asked, "Are they mating?"

Officer B said, "...No, they should be fighting."

Officer A said, "Are you sure? You know those two things are pretty similar."

"..."

Officer B suggested, "They seem to be fighting among themselves. I think this is a good opportunity. Have the drone open fire."

"Wait, something else has appeared!"

Peter wanted to shove Connors off the building.

But Connors, enraged, also exploded with strength. His muscles tensed, and he even began pushing Peter back.

And right then—

A pitch-black figure leaped fiercely from another building and pounced on Peter—

"Peter Parker!! So it really is you! Die!"

As Flash Thompson jumped over, black liquid spread across and enveloped his face, revealing a vicious visage.

"Hiss... Who are you?"

Peter flicked out his long, thin tongue and turned his head strangely, only to see someone even more bizarre than himself attacking him.

A pointed snout, sharp teeth, narrow pale eyes, a body packed with bulky muscles, skin black as ink and covered in slime.

It was truly disgusting.

"I am Venom..."

Flash's voice was now low and raspy, filled with an unsettling allure. "Peter Parker... today is the day you die."

Chapter 40: Lightsaber First Revealed! A Gift from a Friend!

"Heh?"

Peter sneered. The old him might have been frightened by this monster, but not anymore.

He twisted at the waist, borrowing the force of Connors, who had been struggling against him, and flung him at the incoming Venom.

Bang—!

Venom swung an arm and sent Connors crashing aside with a casual swipe, then continued charging at Peter.

The two quickly became entangled in battle.

But Peter gradually discovered that his opponent was actually stronger than him, and astonishingly faster as well!

"How is this possible?! You have strength comparable to Knightress's, yet I'm losing to a monster like you!"

Unwilling to accept it, Peter slashed Venom's chest with his claws. Yet the three claw marks rapidly healed.

"Heh heh... Aren't you a monster too?"

Venom grabbed Peter's arm as he tried to pull it back, twisted, and hurled him to the ground. The force was so great that cracks spread across the surface.

After only a few exchanges, Peter had fallen into a disadvantage and was pinned to the ground by Venom's blows.

And with Peter distracted, no one was keeping an eye on Connors.

Although Connors was furious that Peter had suddenly turned against him, he did not join the fight. Instead, he chose to return to tinkering with the launch device.

To him, this was what mattered most.

"It's really lively here!"

Jessica Jones finally arrived a little faster than Gwen Stacy this time. She spun in midair and landed stylishly, sliding across the ground for a short distance.

Her soles screeched against the rooftop, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Oh... my new shoes..."

She hopped twice and tested her footing, feeling that the soles had worn down badly. "I should've known better than to race Gwen here. I didn't even have time to brake."

"Jessica!"

Peter recognized Jessica's voice.

He immediately stretched out his green arm and grabbed Venom, who was pressing him down, by the throat,

forcing open its wide mouth, which had extended a spiked long tongue as though it wanted a kiss,

then shouted at Jessica.

"Stop Connors!

He wants to turn everyone in the city into lizards!

You don't want to see that happen, do you?!"

"Connors? Turn everyone in the city into lizards?"

Jessica looked toward Connors. "That Lizard Man is Dr. Connors? Everything my brother said was true?"

Then she looked at Peter, who was grappling with Venom, and asked, "And you know me? What's going on here?"

There was too much information. Jessica could not make sense of the situation at once and did not know whether she should trust this yellow-eyed Lizard Man.

And what was this black thing pinning the Lizard Man down? It did not look like one of the good guys either.

"I'm Peter!"

Peter gritted his teeth and revealed his identity. "Peter Parker, your classmate! Go stop Connors!"

"Peter? Oh my god..."

Jessica instinctively raised a hand to cover her mouth, utterly shocked despite wearing a mask.

Connors's identity had already been surprising enough. The other Lizard Man was actually her classmate Peter?

"Jessica, stop spacing out. Stop Connors first. Peter is probably telling the truth!"

Gwen, who had just arrived, had also heard the whole story. She used Silk to latch onto a spire on the rooftop and leaped toward Connors!

Whoosh—!

Connors had just assembled the launch device when a sharp rush of wind sounded beside his ear.

He turned his head—

and took a whip kick directly to the forehead!

After landing the blow, Gwen fired another strand of Silk and pulled herself into a new position.

Her nimble figure moved like a ballerina, constantly leaping through the air.

By the time Connors came to his senses, he could not touch Gwen at all. Instead, Silk she fired gradually engulfed his body.

"Why is everyone trying to stop me?!"

Connors roared and swung his claws, trying to tear apart the webbing around him.

But Ye Li's improved Silk adhesive formula was even stickier. Even with Connors's strength, he could not break free anytime soon.

"Nice work, Gwen... Ghost-Spider!

Now, destroy his device first!"

Jessica took the opportunity to run toward the launch device while reaching for the strap around her thigh—

The silver Knuckle Dusters spun around her index finger before she slipped them onto her hand.

She raised her fist and punched!

Clang~

A dent appeared in the launch device.

"It's pretty sturdy."

Jessica shook her wrist and prepared to throw another punch.

"Jessica, be careful."

Gwen slid down while holding onto Silk and warned her.

"Don't trigger the device by accident."

She removed a small black rod from her waist and handed it to Jessica. "Try this. Li gave it to me. He said never to hold it backward."