Gaining Other Spider-Men's Special Abilities?

But just as he was about to keep running toward the entrance to the gym on the first basement level, he discovered that his cousin was already waiting at the only exit on that level!

Peter was startled. "When did you...?"

The second basement level also had only one exit, so why had he not noticed at all when his cousin had come out?

The answer, naturally, was that compared to Peter, Toby was faster and more familiar with his abilities.

Peter had taken the floor, while Toby had taken the ceiling.

As Spider-Man, climbing walls was naturally faster than running!

After all, what proper spider walked on the ground? They all walked on walls, okay?!

Toby crossed his arms and looked at Peter with a half-smile.

"Running?"

"Ever since we were kids, whenever Ben and May told me to catch you, when have you ever escaped from my hands?"

"So just accept your fate. No matter how strong you get, your brother is still your brother. Be good and accept your big brother's special training!"

As he spoke, Toby tossed two metal bracelets at Peter.

Peter caught them instinctively, looking puzzled. "What are these?"

Toby explained blandly, "Web-shooters. You wear them on your wrists, and the firing button is underneath. They're tools to assist your movement and combat."

Peter immediately looked enlightened. "Those are what you used to clog the water pipes in my room this morning, right? I was wondering how you did it. So this was what you used!"

Toby raised a brow and wagged a finger at Peter. "No. That's something only little spiders like you need. I don't."

Although he could make web-shooters, he had never thought much of that kind of external technology.

The webbing his body produced by itself, for reasons unknown, was the most reliable thing!

Web-shooters could malfunction, but as long as he firmly believed in himself, the webbing his body produced would never fail!

After putting the two web-shooters on his wrists, Peter lowered his head with a sly smile. Then, without warning, he raised his hand and fired a strand of webbing at Toby by the exit!

It was Peter's first time using web-shooters, however, so his aim was obviously not that good.

He had meant to shoot Toby's feet, trap Toby with webbing, and take the chance to run away.

But the webbing he fired deviated just a tiny, tiny bit from what he had intended and shot straight toward Toby's head!

"Holy shit! I'm screwed!!" Realizing he was about to cause trouble, Peter immediately grabbed his head in dismay.

Fortunately, the web strand did not hit Toby in the head. Just before it could splatter across Toby's face, Toby casually tilted his head and dodged it.

But the bad news was that after dodging, Toby took out the hood that Peter feared and pulled it over his head!

Poison Spider had entered the scene!

"Not only are you not begging for mercy, you're actually taking the initiative to challenge me? Interesting!"

With the hood on, Toby's voice became several shades deeper, carrying a trace of excitement.

Ever since his debut, most of his opponents had been ordinary people. He had long since grown bored of that.

Now that Peter had finally become Spider-Man, he finally had a punching bag that could withstand his beating!

Toby slightly lowered his body, spread his hands to either side, curled his fingers, and assumed a fighting stance!

Before Peter could even deny that he was challenging him, Toby had already charged straight at him!

Although Peter had danger precognition through his spider-sense in his first fight, Toby was so fast that he failed to react in time. Before he could even take up a defensive stance, Toby struck his abdomen with an upward palm!

The blow was so heavy that Peter was sent flying upward, slamming into the ceiling several meters above!

In pain, Peter instinctively pressed both hands against his back to keep it from suffering a second impact.

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But then Peter discovered something incredible: after pressing both hands against the ceiling, he did not fall back down. Instead, his entire body stuck to the ceiling!

"Our powers don't come from some ancestral bloodline awakening. They come from spiders. We possess the super strength that lets spiders far surpass their own body size, their sharp perception of danger, and the bristles on their limbs that let them traverse any terrain as if it were level ground."

Toby stood upright on the floor, slightly raised his head, and explained the source of their abilities to Peter.

"So that's how it is... Ow!"

Peter had barely nodded when he looked down and saw a strand of webbing stuck to his chest!

Then, with a Tom-and-Jerry-like scream, Peter was yanked down by Toby and immediately kicked flying!

Peter lay on the ground, gasping for several breaths before recovering. Clutching his chest, he climbed to his feet and complained to Toby.

"Bro, you really are my biological brother! It's only training—did you have to hit that hard? You're definitely getting revenge for my mistake just now!"

Toby raised three fingers and replied blandly.

"First, if I had really hit hard, you wouldn't have been able to get up after the first blow."

"Second, you're far too easily distracted by outside interference. If you can't fix that, it'll become a fatal weakness for you in the future."

"Third, you're right. I am getting revenge, and I'm not done yet!"

"So, little spider, are you ready to take the next move?"

After hearing that, Peter hurriedly raised his hands and gave Toby a French military salute. "Of course I wasn't prepared—mmph mmph mmph..."

But before Peter could finish, another strand of web shot over and sealed the mouth he had been about to use to surrender!

Toby's mouth curled beneath his mask. "Just kidding. I don't care whether you're ready or not!"

When Toby smiled, life and death became uncertain!

The Parker family's basement gym was especially lively that day. Peter's screams continued without stopping for a full hour.

It wasn't until an hour later, when Peter lay sprawled on the floor and could not even crawl, that Toby finally ended Peter's special training, still wanting more.

Of course, Peter had not taken that beating for nothing.

Under Toby's high-intensity combat rhythm, Peter was forcibly made familiar with all of Spider-Man's abilities and could use them in basic combat.

And Peter was not the only one who gained something this time.

Toby had gained something as well, and his gains were no less significant than Peter obtaining spider abilities!

Because he had gained spider abilities too!

Some people might ask: wasn't that obvious?

Hadn't he obtained spider abilities long ago?

No, no, no. The spider abilities he already had were different from the spider abilities he had just gained!

What he had gained this time was not his own spider abilities, but Peter's spider abilities!

Hadn't he sensed, in that unknown premonition earlier, that after he completely knocked Peter down, he might obtain something from Peter?

Once he had completely beaten Peter down, that premonition came true!

And he had not merely gained something—he had gained all of Peter's spider abilities!

Peter's newly acquired super strength, reflexes, spider-sense, and wall-crawling ability had all received an equal boost on top of Toby's original abilities!

For example, his original strength had been roughly twice Peter's current strength. After gaining Peter's strength as well, his strength had risen to three times Peter's!

And it was not just strength. The same applied to his other abilities too, aside from the web-shooting ability Peter himself did not possess!

So, could he obtain other Spider-Men's abilities by defeating them?

What kind of spider-link was this?

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