Eddie Brock

"Who's there?!"

The heavy metal door silently crumbled to dust.

Xiao Han walked in slowly, his black cape billowing without a breeze. Diana's Sword of Hephaestus burned with sacred flames at his side.

"Nice to meet you."

Xiao Han's gaze swept over the imprisoned Eddie before finally settling on Riot.

"Hello, Riot."

Riot's silver body visibly stiffened for an instant, then he let out a piercing shriek.

"It's you? How did you get in?!"

"Shh."

Xiao Han gently raised his index finger. Riot's roar stopped abruptly, as though an invisible force had seized his throat.

"Don't rush the plot along. We have plenty of time to talk."

Eddie's eyes widened, and Venom's black head popped excitedly out of his other shoulder.

"Eddie! My symbiote senses tell me this man is powerful!"

Diana's Sword of Hephaestus suddenly blazed with red light. "Xiao, behind you!"

The white walls surrounding the chamber suddenly came alive.

Countless silver-white Symbiote Warriors peeled away from the walls, surrounding the entire room in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Han tilted his head with interest, aided by his Super-Dynamic Vision.

To his eyes, the swarming Symbiote Warriors moved as though in slow motion.

His pupils contracted slightly. His gaze penetrated to the molecular level, and he began analyzing the symbiotes' genetic structure.

"So that's how it works!"

Xiao Han murmured to himself, but soon curled his lip in disappointment.

"Just simple protein recombination and energy conversion. Not even basic entanglement."

These symbiotes looked powerful, but the enhancement they provided was too small.

Diana had already struck like lightning. The Sword of Hephaestus traced an arc of light, instantly cutting the foremost Symbiote Warrior in two.

But the next second, a wave of telekinetic power spread outward.

Every charging symbiote suddenly froze in place, as though someone had