The Symbiote itself was much the same; its innate growth potential was essentially non-existent, and it could only evolve and grow stronger by continuously absorbing the traits of its hosts.
The aesir were different. They were one of the few special races in the Marvel Universe that could grow stronger through practice, or even naturally with the passage of time!
Starting today, Ryan and Riot also possessed the aesir trait of 'growing stronger with time'!
Feeling the joy of 'evolution' in his body's cells and Riot's excitement, the smile on Ryan's face became increasingly thrilled.
This was great. Originally, training had no practical effect on him anymore, which had caused him to become increasingly lazy lately. But after absorbing Thor's bloodline today, he could once again enjoy the pleasure of continuously growing stronger through training and time!
His future was looking bright!
If Ryan wasn't wearing his mask right now, the people around him would probably be frightened by his wicked, Green Goblin-like smile, thinking they had encountered a supervillain!
"Mr. Venom, is he alright?"
Hearing Coulson's voice, Ryan snapped out of the pleasure of 'evolution.' When he looked up, he had already regained his cold demeanor: "He's fine now. He's just unconscious. A physical wake-up call will do."
"A physical wake-up call?" Coulson was taken aback.
Before Coulson could react, Ryan had already raised his hand and slapped Thor across the face!
Coulson's eyes widened: So that's what he meant by a physical wake-up call!
Slap! ——————
With a crisp slapping sound, Thor, who was being held in Ryan's hand like a dead dog, instantly woke up. He bared his teeth and flailed his arms, looking very much like a Siberian Husky that had its tail stepped on.
Ryan let go of the 'frenzied' Thor.
Thor clutched his chest while shouting at the surrounding crowd: "You despicable mortals! You dare to ambush the great Son of Odin, Thor, the God of Thunder? Prepare to face my lightning-like wrath!"
"And where is that damned arrow that was stuck in my chest?!"
Ryan held up the arrow he had just pulled out and waved it at Thor: "Tsk tsk tsk, hey, look here, God of Hammers. Here's the bone you wanted~"
"Huh?!" Seeing the arrow that had been stuck in him, still stained with his blood, in Ryan's hand, Thor couldn't help but lift his shirt, revealing his perfect upper body. After seeing his chest was intact, he asked in surprise:
"Didn't it pierce my chest before? How did you restore me to normal?"
Ryan glanced at Thor and said cryptically: "You really want to know?"
Thor nodded like a little chick pecking grain.
And then... Puchi!
Ryan stabbed the arrowhead into Thor's kidney again, then pulled it out amidst Thor's howls, using the Symbiote to heal him once more.
The others nearby couldn't help but twitch their mouths at the sight. Are you just playing with this fool?
However, surprisingly, after Ryan pulled out the arrowhead and Thor felt his intact kidney, not only did he not blame Ryan, but he instead gave Ryan a very enthusiastic bear hug.
He said excitedly: "Oh ho ho! With such great power, you must be a god staying in Midgard. Which pantheon are you from? What god are you?"
Ryan pressed against Thor's shoulders, pushing away the man who was about the same height and build as him. He wasn't from Chengdu; he didn't like being so close to a man.
Ryan gave Thor a slight smile: "What pantheon, what god? I am the Eldest Brother of the Spider Family. You can think of me as the Spider God. These are my other brothers from the Spider Family."
As he spoke, Ryan pointed to Peter and the others.
Thor also enthusiastically waved and greeted them.
Ryan glanced at the surrounding S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents and then said to Thor: "As a Prince who has come from afar from Asgard, these ignorant mortals have offended you. So, please come to my territory to rest for a while."
Hearing this, Thor almost burst into tears. He had been on Earth for so many days, and finally, someone believed he was a god instead of treating him like some mental patient!
This restored Thor's confidence. He held his head high and said: "Yes, these ignorant mortals are truly too impolite. I would be very happy to be a guest at the Spider God's palace. But before that, I need to get my hammer back first!"
With that, Thor strode toward Mjolnir, which stood in the center of the temporary Base!
Just as Coulson was about to say something, a tall figure blocked his path.
Compared to his polite attitude toward Thor, Ryan showed a completely different face to Coulson, saying coldly:
"This man, and the hammer, are now under the jurisdiction of our Spider Family to prevent you from making any more stupid mistakes. Now, take your people and get lost!"
Only when facing Ryan directly could one feel how immense the pressure was, especially with Ryan wearing the Symbiote suit!
It made Coulson feel as if the being standing before him wasn't a person at all, but a terrifying prehistoric predatory spider emitting a dangerous aura!
But Coulson didn't dare to just leave. Otherwise, even if he escaped being hunted by this prehistoric spider, Ryan, he would still have to face an enraged one-eyed gorilla!
Just as Coulson was in a dilemma, the phone in his pocket rang. Coulson took it out and saw it was the gorilla... no, it was Director Nick Fury himself calling!
Seeing this, Coulson quickly answered. After saying a few words, Coulson looked up at Ryan again and squeezed out a smile:
"Mr. Venom, His Highness Thor and the hammer can be handed over to you, but the Director hopes you will help S.H.I.E.L.D. express our apologies to His Highness Thor. S.H.I.E.L.D. absolutely has no intention of becoming an enemy of Asgard..."
"Oh." Ryan remained unmoved.
Seeing Ryan's attitude, Coulson didn't know if the other party had agreed, but he couldn't care about that much right now. He just wanted to escape this venomous spider that made his scalp tingle as quickly as possible. After passing on Nick Fury's words, he waved to the surrounding Agents.
"Retreat!"
With that, Coulson quickly led Hawkeye and the rest of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents out.
However, before these Agents retreated, Ryan noticed that while the others didn't dare make much eye contact with him, a White bald Agent kept staring at him from time to time.
Ryan had a fairly deep impression of the various colored bald heads in Marvel, so he also had an impression of this White bald man.
He remembered he was called something like Sitwell, a high-level Agent of HYDRA lurking within S.H.I.E.L.D., and a fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy classmate of Coulson's.
It seemed he had been targeted by HYDRA... If it were before, Ryan might have cared quite a bit, or even found it somewhat troublesome.
But as his strength grew and his influence expanded, he didn't care about HYDRA that much anymore.
With his current influence, even HYDRA wouldn't dare to move against him lightly; otherwise, a desperate struggle wouldn't be good for anyone.
So Ryan just took note of it, but only for a brief moment.