Chapter 148: Sudden Change, Kiss and Bite
"Alright, we should head back. They'll worry if we're out too long," Xi Nian suggested.
"Okay," Gwen nodded.
But at that moment, her Spider-Sense seemed to detect something. Every tiny hair on her body stood on end.
"What is that?" Gwen shivered, eyes wide, and turned sharply to look out the museum's floor-to-ceiling window.
"What's wrong?" Xi Nian noticed Gwen's sudden change and looked out the window with her. What he saw was the endless ocean, but the sunlight reflected on the waves was obscured, as if something blocked it.
"What is that?" Xi Nian lifted his gaze in alarm. He finally saw the white crests of enormous waves, their peaks curling and tossing, with faint shadows of ships hidden within—the waves were massive.
But these were no ordinary waves. They were dozens of times larger, surging from the endless deep sea, moving toward the shore in a terrifying wall of water!
As everyone on site caught sight of the super tsunami, the building itself began to tremble slightly.
The speed of the waves was staggering! At first, they were at the edge of sight, but in the blink of an eye, they surged forward with violent force!
"Xi Nian!"
Gwen's Spider-Sense was far beyond that of ordinary people, prompting the most instinctive reaction.
She placed her hands on Xi Nian's shoulders, rose onto the tips of her boots, and pressed her chest gently against his, rushing forward without hesitation.
Xi Nian's eyes widened.
This moment felt like racing against death itself; a near-death kiss was thrilling and wild! Both felt a chill on their skin, yet sensed each other's warmth. Outside, the roar of the tsunami mixed with the rushing water in a chaotic symphony.
At the same time, from Xi Nian's backpack, the zipper opened, and Xiao Huang leapt out, sinking her teeth into the exposed skin at the back of his neck. Her sharp fangs pierced his skin, and a drop of blood welled quickly.
At that instant, the reactions of both human and beast were eerily synchronized.
Buff activated!
Xi Nian gasped, unsure if Gwen had kissed too hard or if Xiao Huang's bite was too deep. Out of the corner of his eye, the tsunami was already upon them.
Screams from students, parents, teachers, and staff in the exhibition hall were instantly drowned out by a deafening roar.
Boom!
The twenty-meter-high wave crashed into the museum, tearing through walls and windows like paper. Xi Nian and Gwen, standing at the second-floor window, were nearly swept away by the water's force.
"Gwen, lend me your body!" Xi Nian shouted.
He felt his body start to change. Instantly, his form melted into a black liquid in the water. The sentient black liquid didn't enter Xiao Huang's body as usual, but surged forward into Gwen's reinforced body.
Parasitism successful!
In the churning, murky waters, Gwen's eyes widened. A dark glow appeared in her pupils, her aura parting the water around her like a tangible force.
On the first floor of the museum, water rushed in with no warning, making it feel as if the building had sunk beneath the sea. Mary Jane and Felicia, stunned, were nearly swept off their feet.
The feeling of being trapped lasted less than half a second.
Soon, both felt their waists tightly bound by rope-like restraints. Felicia's eyes widened as she saw, not far off, a goddess in armor standing amidst the waves, her black hair flowing in the water, one hand gripping a glowing golden rope.
"Hold on!" Wonder Woman fought through the swirling waters, rescuing more students and parents with her Lasso of Truth.
Boom!
Above the giant wave, beneath a darkened sky, a shadowy, agile figure burst through the blue-and-white museum dome, splashing water everywhere. Gwen leapt into the air, holding Xiao Huang. The wave had already engulfed the three-story-high museum, and only at twenty meters above the shore did they escape its reach.
She wore a version of her Spider costume, but this time it was dark-themed, with a white lightning-like pattern on the chest. Eight spider-leg-shaped dark appendages extended from her back, the whole suit shimmering with a metallic, eerie glow under the sun.
This was no ordinary Spider suit—it was the bio-exoskeleton formed by Xi Nian's symbiote on Gwen's body.
The black Spider exoskeleton wrapped perfectly around the young girl's body, water sliding along her flexible curves, wild and graceful.
This was Gwen—or rather, Xi Nian. The body was now under Xi Nian's consciousness.
Earlier, Gwen's kiss and Xiao Huang's bite had granted Xi Nian Gwen's Spider abilities, Xiao Huang's consuming species abilities, and the Venom symbiote's powers simultaneously.
It was the first time he experienced three abilities stacking together.
Based on experience, having both the consuming species and Venom abilities usually made Xi Nian's personality shift, acting wildly and unpredictably, often treated as a villain.
But now, with Gwen's Spider abilities added, the Spider powers served as a stabilizer and adhesive, as seen in the previous battle with the Steppenwolf, successfully combining powers from Kryptonian and demigod sources.
This time, with Spider powers supporting him, the consuming and symbiote abilities fused perfectly within Xi Nian, without negative effects. Using the symbiote mode, he parasitized Gwen as the host.
The result: a consuming symbiote spider form.
Spider-Warrior Xi Nian, dual form!
"W-what's happening?" Gwen's mind screamed in Xi Nian's consciousness.
"No time to explain. Save people first!"
Xi Nian squinted, scanning the surroundings. Using Gwen's reinforced body, his hands radiated black webbing with residual motion, shooting strands toward the town's skyscrapers.
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