Initial Venom Symbiote

His luck had exploded!

The moment Kyle drew the purple card, his mind went blank, and the overwhelming joy left him a little dizzy.

This happiness had come so suddenly, catching him completely off guard. He had not been mentally prepared at all!

After a moment of daze, Kyle's mind-avatar quickly grabbed the purple card and examined its information.

Giant Ancient Dragon Turtle: A gigantic marine beast from ancient times, resembling a snapping turtle in appearance. Purple Creature Card.

Its natural lifespan reached tens of thousands of years, and its defensive capabilities were astonishing, allowing it to easily withstand bombardment from heavy weaponry. Gentle by nature, it possessed relatively low combat ability, moved extremely slowly on land, and traveled across water at the downwind speed of an ordinary speedboat.

Its greatest characteristic was its colossal size. Both its width and length exceeded two thousand meters, and there were few creatures in the Milky Way Galaxy larger than it.

Precisely because it was so enormous, the Ancient Dragon Turtle only ate a large meal once every hundred years. It maintained its vitality through constant hibernation, feeding continuously on marine microorganisms. Sometimes it slept for months at a time, causing its shell to accumulate layers of sediment over the years and become a reef foundation, forming vast tropical forest islands.

Current status: Can only be summoned in areas with abundant water resources.

"This isn't a Creature Card at all. It's clearly a mobile fortress island." Kyle marveled. Purple cards truly far surpassed blue-quality cards.

The only flaw was that it was merely a creature-type card. If it had been a purple ability-type card, it was hard to imagine just how much it could have enhanced his strength.

Though he could continue drawing cards in the future, Germany's energy Factory Base had basically been overrun and destroyed. There would be far fewer future spoils capable of reaching blue quality.

"Perhaps for a long time to come, this will be the only purple card in Card Space." Kyle sighed with mixed feelings and placed the Giant Ancient Dragon Turtle at the top of the Creature Card section.

His gaze naturally fell onto the other newly acquired blue rare-quality card. The instant he saw its name, he froze.

Initial Venom Symbiote: A sentient extraterrestrial organic lifeform symbiote that generally appeared in liquid form.

Venom required bonding with a host in order to survive. It usually transformed into clothing that wrapped around the host's body, enhancing the host's strength and abilities. It was extremely afraid of ultrasonic waves and high temperatures.

Its learning ability was exceptionally strong. It would continuously learn its host's language, personality, abilities, and more, rapidly growing stronger alongside its host.

Current status: Rapid learning, can transform into clothing it has seen, can defend against ordinary bullets, strong adaptability, liquid repair.

Number of hosts it has symbiotically bonded with: 0 (the higher the number, the stronger Venom becomes)

His mind withdrew from Card Space.

Kyle leaned against the headboard, took the Initial Venom Symbiote out of Card Space, and held it in his hand as he stared at it blankly, unsure what to do with it.

"Venom?"

Kyle muttered to himself. He knew about this thing. In Spider-Man films independent of the Marvel universe, Spider-Man had once been possessed by a symbiote like Venom, which influenced his thoughts and temperament and turned him into Black Spider-Man.

It was difficult to say whether Venom harmed its host. The nature of a symbiote placed it somewhere between good and evil, righteousness and wickedness. Initial Venom in particular was like a dry sponge, absorbing similar thoughts and abilities from the hosts it attached itself to.

If the host was righteous, Venom would be righteous. If the host was evil, Venom would be evil.

If the host was strong, the host took the initiative. If Venom was strong, Venom took the initiative.

That was what a symbiote was. Neither slave nor master, but a liquid creature that had signed an equal coexistence treaty with its host.

That was why Kyle felt concerned. Venom was unlike Blue Eagle and the Ancient Dragon Turtle; its potential ceiling was far too high. Once it grew powerful, it might affect his temperament and thoughts.

"Still, there's no reason for me to fear a mere card creature." Kyle clenched the card tightly, his eyes filled with resolute confidence.

While he might be Venom's host, he was also Venom's cardholder!

Under the Card Draw System, every creature from a Creature Card had to obey its cardholder's commands. At worst, even if a creature from a Creature Card somehow disobeyed its cardholder's orders, the cardholder still had one final method—Forced Card Draw!

Kyle could forcibly turn any creature summoned from a Creature Card back into a card within a certain distance, restoring it to card form.

"You are merely a product of my Sacrifice Draw. You will always remain beneath me and never have a day when you become the master." Having made his decision, Kyle no longer hesitated and directly summoned the card in his hand into a physical creature.

The next moment, a blob of highly elastic black liquid appeared in his palm.

Gurgle, gurgle—

Like a newborn creature, Initial Venom seemed to regard Kyle as its Mother Body. Cool black liquid covered both his palms, rolling back and forth to express its delight.

It transformed part of its liquid body into strands of black lines, affectionately touching Kyle's chest, abdomen, and face. More strands extended beyond the bed, touching his military boots, blanket, chair, mirror, and the Combat Suit hanging on the rack.

Like a baby, Venom was full of curiosity about everything in this world.

"From now on, you'll be called 'Venom,' understand?" Kyle tried asking. The liquid creature in his hand immediately secreted more liquid and happily extended up his arm, covering it.

Kyle had no desire to be wrapped into a black, gooey mass. Pointing at the Combat Suit on the rack, he ordered, "Try transforming into that."

Gurgle, gurgle—

Venom seemed to understand Kyle's words. One extended black strand wrapped around the Combat Suit, and after the main body paused for several seconds, its liquid form swiftly covered all of Kyle's body below the neck.

Under Kyle's gaze, Venom then transformed at a speed visible to the naked eye into the black Combat Uniform designed by Howard. From the outside, there was no discernible difference.

"This feeling..." Kyle abruptly rose from the bed and stretched his arms as he began testing his movements. The Combat Uniform transformed by Venom was not only more snug and comfortable, but also filled him with an exhilarating sensation of enhanced strength.

His strength had increased by nearly one-fifth.

Kyle thought to himself, tightly clenching the fist covered by Venom's glove. He could clearly feel the obvious increase in his strength.

And this was only Initial Venom. After following him onto the battlefield and continuously adapting to his body as its host, Venom would grow even stronger.

"From now on, when we're outside, you need to maintain the transformation into the Combat Suit. You can't reveal your liquid form in front of others, understand?" Kyle cautioned. He tugged at the cross insignia on his chest, and the Venom Combat Uniform, seemingly made of highly elastic fiber, playfully snapped back.

The original Combat Uniform's material had been fairly good as well, but every time he returned, it had to be washed of bloodstains and grime. Moreover, Kyle was accustomed to using the Vibranium Bracer on his right arm to block energy lasers, which often meant that after battles, Howard had to repair the right sleeve of his Combat Suit.

In a sense, Venom—with its learning intelligence, self-repair, and ability enhancement—was the best Combat Uniform in the world.