Chapter 317 Lorna vs. Eddie

At three in the morning, on the deserted roads of New York, Venom-covered Eddie and the stance-displaying Lorna confronted each other across a broad lane.

If judged purely by appearance and physique, the sinister-looking and grotesque Eddie had the upper hand. However, at this moment, Lorna, the young and pretty-looking Western girl, showed no signs of inferiority in terms of momentum.

"Be careful, Eddie. This human woman... is no ordinary person," Venom solemnly reminded Eddie in his mind.

Eddie shrugged with an indifferent expression on his face and said in a low voice, "You described those three individuals the same way earlier."

"Believe me, it's not the same," Venom's tone was unusually serious, and its raspy, icy words echoed in Eddie's mind and heart. "This woman is much stronger than those humans from before."

"How strong? Is she stronger than that Symbiote called 'Beelzebub'?" Eddie, standing still as a statue, with his transformed big white eyes reflecting Lorna's delicate figure, regarded Beelzebub as the most powerful non-human opponent in his cognition.

"That's hard to say. Based on the feelings alone, her combat power is only higher than Symbiote, not lower." Venom didn't exaggerate or belittle itself this time as it objectively analyzed the facts based on its perceptions.

Unlike the previous hosts, it didn't forcibly seize control of Eddie's body but rather handed over much of the control to Eddie. After all, mutual acceptance between host and parasite allowed the Symbiote to unleash its true power.

"Alright, I know what to do now. Leave it to me!" Eddie nodded decisively before he clenched his fist, and stared directly at Lorna in front of him.

"What do you know?" Venom was a bit confused. It had originally planned to add comforting and guiding words, but now it seemed that this host had some potential to be nurtured into a strong individual.

"Is he getting ready?" Lorna also raised her hands secretly, the power's light effect on her palms subtly pulsating, preparing to engage in battle with her mutated ability at any time.

"Of course, it's a battle plan... to run away!" Before the words were finished, Eddie suddenly turned around, facing away from Lorna, stomped the ground, and immediately left a pit where the cement cracked. His somewhat bulky dark body rapidly crossed the road's greenery and headed towards the other end of the street.

This dramatic turn of events left not only Lorna, who was prepared for a confrontation, in shock but also Venom, integrated with Eddie, feeling a burning sensation in his heart.

"Why are we still running even with my transformation?" Venom's mentality exploded.

"You said, if we encounter opponents we can't beat, we should run, right?" Eddie responded matter-of-factly, his feet running fast without a hesitant pause.

"But we haven't even fought yet..." Venom was speechless as he witnessed its host being so cowardly for the first time.

Yet at this moment, Eddie had already taken off, and even if it regained control of the body, would it suddenly stop and explain to Lorna that the previous actions were just a warm-up?

"Just run if you want," Venom silently consented, not very resistant in its heart— its host's potential for being cunning and timid seemed to have been openly exposed by Eddie.

Having just escaped a hundred meters, Eddie's ears twitched as he heard the sound of breaking wind from behind. He reflexively made a quick judgment and slightly lowered his head and moved his body half a step to the left.

As soon as this movement was made, the metal pole of a street lamp passed over Eddie's shoulder, just like an extended spear, and nailed into the ground three meters away. The extremely strong penetrating force caused the tipless metal pole to plunge halfway into the ground, and the tail end vibrated slightly, emitting a faint sound.

"If that had hit, it might have been fatal," Eddie swallowed hard and was about to bypass the metal pole and continue running. However, in the next moment, Lorna's figure descended from the sky.

The end of the metal pole cooperatively curved into a loop, allowing Lorna to stand on it with one foot. The green light mist on her palms flourished, and from a high vantage point, she looked down at the repulsive Eddie.

Eddie wryly smiled and asked in a low voice, "Venom, can we fly too?"

"Stop daydreaming and prepare for a fight," Venom ruthlessly interrupted Eddie's thoughts of continuing to escape.

Lorna looked at Eddie and said coldly, "At first, I thought that Boss had returned. I didn't expect it to be an alien invader disguised as Boss."

Both Eddie and Kyle looked somewhat similar when they were covered by Venom and the only difference would be the surface patterns and eye color.

"Boss?" Eddie shook his hands, his big tongue wagging as he explained in a hoarse voice, "I think you are misunderstanding something here. I'm actually a... good person."

"A good person? So, it wasn't you who ignited the gas and blew up a residential floor tonight?" Lorna's beautiful eyes stared coldly at the figure in front of her as she spoke.

"Well, about that..." Eddie awkwardly scratched his head.

"And wasn't it you who severely injured those three people from our company just now?" Lorna continued to inquire.

"Uh... well..."

Eddie was sweating profusely as he was unable to utter complete words. Teaming up with Venom to commit evil deeds was too much, and now he truly felt like there was no way to wash away his sins.

"I told you to stop dreaming about being a hero. Being a good villain is also not bad," Venom consoled in a low voice.

"I am a socially responsible man. Why would I be a villain?" Eddie wanted to argue with Venom, but Lorna clearly wasn't going to give him a chance. Her hands rotated along a certain trajectory, and her ability manifested in reality with the surging green mist.

She had control over magnetic fields and the closest metal objects on the road were the roadside lamp posts. So within a radius of twenty meters around Lorna, three lamp posts hummed and vibrated before being forcefully pulled out from underground, dragging along dazzling electric wires as they flew toward Eddie.

Venom had been on high alert so he bounced out a black tendril that adhered to the ground ten meters away, pulling Eddie away from the attacking metal poles.

Lorna's hands flipped as she manipulated the three lamp posts in the air to adjust their positions.

One lamp post plunged from top to bottom into the ground, just cutting off the black tendril dragging Eddie. Eddie rolled on the ground after falling, and the second lamp post blocked his retreat, forcing him to stop between the two lamp posts.

Immediately after, the third lamp post, like a guided missile, carried a powerful impact straight toward Eddie's chest.

"Stop it!" Eddie roared as he raised his hand to create a shield-like structure in front of him, grabbing the front end of the metal pole just three centimeters from his chest.

"It's over!" Lorna waved slightly, and one of the lamp posts, hidden in the darkness, cut through the air, aiming directly at Eddie's unprotected neck.

The lamp posts she controlled were seemingly four, with three in plain sight and one hidden in the shadows, establishing a winning position with a simultaneous attack!

Grabbing the third metal pole, Eddie watched as the last metal pole approached with wide eyes. In a critical moment, he suddenly opened his blood-splattered mouth.

'Crack!'

With his uneven and residual teeth, Eddie fiercely bit onto the metal pole. With force, even the iron seemed fragile as it crumbled like sand.

Lorna was astonished as she had never seen teeth this hard.

"Now it's my turn!" Eddie spat out the iron debris, let out a monstrous roar, and advanced with the metal root arrow in hand. This was a complete departure from his previous act of cowardly fleeing.

Knowing that escape was impossible, he decided on a counterattack!

(End of this chapter)

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