Marvel: The Ultimate Superman-Chapter 155. Danger of Knull

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"KREEEEE!"

The shriek of feedback echoed through the lab like a banshee wail.

Tony grimaced. "What the hell are you doing?"

Across the lab, Nolan stood calmly, holding a sonic emitter in one hand its frequency tuned precisely to shred symbiotic bonds.

He didn't answer. He didn't need to.

The result spoke for itself.

Riot, the towering silver monstrosity once fused with Carlton Drake, stumbled back mid-charge. His grotesque face contorted with fear. Even Peter staggered, his black suit trembling violently.

The Venom symbiote recoiled, oozing like hot tar from Peter's skin.

"N-no...!" Riot roared. His bond with Drake had only just begun weak and unstable, and now, under sonic assault, it was unraveling fast.

Venom was faring slightly better, but even he was faltering. The once-fluid suit now pulsed erratically, patches peeling off and writhing like boiling oil.

"Get out of me!" Peter snarled, clawing at his own chest, ripping away the tendrils clinging to his skin.

Venom's voice rasped in his mind, desperate.

"I made you stronger! I can protect this planet!"

"You nearly made me kill my aunt!"

"You'll never get me back if you let him take me!"

The shriek intensified.

Venom screamed.

Across the room, Riot's form convulsed. The silver mass split apart, flinging Drake to the ground. His human form emerged gasping, his eyes wide with shock.

He glared at Nolan. "How do you know... their weakness is sound?"

Nolan gave a half-smile. "Because I do. It's not exactly a secret if you know where to look."

He flicked his fingers. A magnetic wave surged, yanking Riot's symbiote mass off the ground. The creature twisted midair, trying to flee but it was too late.

"Got you."

Riot's tendrils lunged for Nolan, hoping to latch onto his body.

But just before contact, a pale energy barrier shimmered into place Chi energy focused like a barrier of will.

The symbiote slammed against it and bounced back, writhing.

A container soared through the air like a magnetized snare, slamming over Riot and sealing him inside.

Containment: complete.

Drake gasped, slack-jawed.

"You... you don't understand... Riot—he's powerful! With him, I could've—!"

"Could've what?" Nolan cut him off. "Played god? Invited extinction?" freёnovelkiss.com

Drake clenched his fists. "He was my property. The Life Foundation has military backing! You're challenging the U.S. government!"

"Then tell them," Nolan said coldly. "But make sure they know who they're challenging. Dr. Nolan. And they should bring a lot more than paperwork."

Across the lab, Venom finally tore free from Peter and splattered to the floor.

Before the black ooze could lunge at anyone else, it sprang toward Tony—

Only to be caught mid-leap by Nolan's outstretched hand.

A field of glowing dragon-like Chi enveloped it instantly, neutralizing its attempt to bond.

"Venom," Nolan murmured. "So you're the infamous one."

He sealed it into a containment vessel without hesitation.

Peter hesitated, staring at the jar.

He could've said something. Should've said something.

Venom had saved his life. Helped him fight.

But this was his boss the same man who built Oscorp's miracle tech, who rewrote the laws of energy and biology.

This wasn't a man you argued with.

Especially not when he just ripped an alien parasite off your spine without breaking a sweat.

Peter swallowed his pride and said nothing.

Don't screw this up, Parker.

Meanwhile, Drake still hadn't accepted defeat. "That was government property!"

Nolan tilted his head. "You mean this?" He pointed to the remaining two symbiotes yellow and blue, still dormant in their containment tubes.

With a nod to A.E.L.R., they were secured and locked in specialized holding units.

"All data transferred?" Nolan asked.

"Complete," the AI confirmed.

Nolan looked back at Drake with mild contempt. "You unleashed something you didn't understand. Something you couldn't control. You're lucky it was me who showed up and not Knull."

Drake blinked. "Who?"

Nolan's expression darkened.

"Knull. The God of the Symbiotes. The one they've been trying to keep imprisoned. Riot and the others didn't come here for humanity. They came to feed. To keep the seal from breaking. And you? You almost undid that."

Drake staggered back, speechless.

Nolan turned away.

"Let's go."

He'd taken what he needed.

All of it.

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