"He's that strong? What are your chances against him?"
Peter, who was nearby, was a little curious.
He had briefly fought against Venom and experienced Venom's terrifying strength. This Riot was even stronger than Venom, so how powerful must he be?
Venom shook his head:
"Round it up. It's zero!"
"Venom, how dare you betray me!"
Riot raised his hand, and his right hand immediately transformed into a sharp blade five or six meters long, striking down at Venom.
Venom was so scared he quickly dodged.
While symbiotes cannot be killed by normal physical means, they still feel pain when attacked, and if the injury is too severe, it takes time to heal.
"He is indeed very strong!"
Hawking saw this and his figure flashed, appearing in front of Riot, delivering a full-force punch to Riot's chest.
Riot's previous strike had directly cut the entire office floor in half like tofu, demonstrating terrifying destructive power.
Whether it was Peter or Jessica, if they took that strike, they would likely die.
So, to be safe, it was best for him to act.
It also allowed Venom to understand that even without exploiting weaknesses like sound and fire, he could defeat Riot, whom Venom feared immensely. This would make Venom more honest and obedient in the team going forward.
At the same time, it was a good opportunity to test his moves on Riot; he rarely had such a good punching bag.
"Boom!"
Riot was sent crashing through four walls before finally stopping.
The humans on this Planet were nothing more than defenseless food in his eyes. He had focused all his attention on Venom just now and hadn't noticed Hawking's presence at all.
So when Hawking punched him, he was completely unprepared and undefended.
"Roar!"
Riot got up, let out an angry roar, then transformed his hands into blades and charged at Hawking.
Being knocked down by food was an absolute humiliation.
"Guard the surroundings, don't let him escape. I'll play with him."
Hawking took out an adamantium alloy staff the size of a toothpick, chanted a spell to remove the shrinking charm on it, and with a sense of ceremony, blew a breath into his palm, causing it to immediately return to its normal size.
Wielding the adamantium alloy staff, Hawking moved his feet and met the charge.
Without any protagonist template buffs, relying solely on his own strength, Hawking, with an adamantium alloy staff, fought Riot, the first warrior of the symbiotes, to a standstill.
As the first warrior of the symbiote race, Riot's strength surpassed Venom's. His entire body could mimic various deadly cold weapons, and his combat experience was extremely rich, with every move being lethal.
However, after half a year of training, under the pressure of Wanda's Chaos Magic, Hawking's combat power had also increased from 145 to 180, reaching the level of Goku and Tien Shinhan during their fight in dragon ball.
And the adamantium alloy staff in his hand was also an indestructible weapon; even the weapons Riot mimicked could not cut through it.
It was just that his physical body was not nearly immortal like Riot's, so he wasn't as reckless in battle.
But he also had his advantages.
"Take this!"
Hawking swung the adamantium alloy staff to parry Riot's attack, feigned a retreat to lure Riot into pursuit, then unexpectedly turned around and thrust the adamantium alloy staff directly into Riot's chest.
"It's useless. This kind of injury can't do anything to me."
Seeing the staff inserted into his chest, Riot remained completely unperturbed.
For him, such an injury would heal immediately once the staff was pulled out.
"That's not necessarily true."
Hawking's face showed a cold smile as he chanted a spell:
"Explosion Spell!"
The adamantium alloy staff inserted into Riot's body immediately glowed with blue magical light.
"Bang!"
A huge explosion erupted inside Riot's body, causing his entire body to immediately swell tenfold, partially revealing Dr. Drake, the host wrapped inside.
Dr. Drake had been blown to just a head, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.
Although he would be re-healed by Riot in a moment, the pain of his body being blown up was not lessened in the slightest.
"Now's your chance to remove his host, then I can eat him and kill him completely!"
Seeing Riot's current state, Venom, who was observing the fight, immediately wanted to go forward and help deal with Riot.
Once the host was removed, Riot, unable to parasitize a new host, would lose all combat power and, if swallowed by another symbiote, would be completely killed.
However, as he moved, Hawking stopped him.
"No rush. It's rare to have such a sparring partner. Let's play a little longer."
"Alright, alright."
Looking at the calm Hawking, Venom couldn't help but gulp. He felt that this human, Hawking, seemed even more terrifying than Riot.
Meanwhile, Peter and Jessica were relatively calm.
As long-term designated sparring partners, they knew Hawking quite well.
"I'm going to kill you!"
At this moment, Riot, who had already repaired his body, let out an angry roar and plunged his hands into the ground. Immediately, countless mimicked blades rapidly spread from the ground towards Hawking.
"Kienzan!"
Hawking condensed a circular energy vortex in his hand and shot it towards Riot. Riot immediately formed a shield on his chest to block it.
However, the solid mimicked shield met the energy vortex like tofu meeting a knife, offering no resistance whatsoever and being directly cut in half by the vortex.
Riot's body was also cut in half at the same time.
"How is that possible!"
Riot couldn't believe that his body had been so easily cut in half by that inconspicuous energy vortex.
Fortunately, his life force was tenacious. Both his upper and lower body simultaneously extended tendrils, then quickly reattached his severed body.
"It seems that pure cutting attacks are less effective than explosive damage against enemies with strong regenerative abilities like this."
Riot's recovery speed after being hit by the Kienzan was clearly much faster than after the Explosion Spell inside him earlier.
"Then let's try the effect of a high-power move again."
Hawking struck a pose and began to gather a large amount of internal energy:
"Ka... me... ha... me... ha!"
A dazzling energy beam erupted from Hawking's hands, directly hitting Riot, who had just finished repairing his body.
The powerful Kamehameha pushed Riot, smashing through wall after wall, and flew straight out of the building.
"It's not over yet!"
Hawking's figure flashed as he caught up to the flying Riot, appearing above him, and unleashed a secondary attack with both hands:
"Energy Blast Barrage!"
"Boom boom boom boom."
Dozens of energy blasts flew out consecutively from Hawking's hands, precisely hitting Riot, whose body had been pierced by the Kamehameha. Each energy blast had the power comparable to a high-explosive grenade.
By the time Riot fell onto the plaza below, he was a puddle of goo.
"He's still alive. This symbiote's life force is truly tenacious."
Landing next to Riot, Hawking discovered that Dr. Drake, Riot's host, had been completely killed by his barrage of attacks.
But Riot's main body was still alive, though heavily injured, and was struggling to writhe, wanting to escape and find a new host to parasitize and recover.
"Hawking, how terrifying!"
Peter, Venom, and Jessica, who had jumped down from the building, looked at Riot, who was beaten into a mess on the ground, and couldn't help but exclaim the same thought.
What they didn't know was that this was actually just Hawking's normal combat power.
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