Ch. 136 The Unscientific Symbiote

Although he didn't know how many years had passed, just thinking about the scene where he had been brutally beaten by Thor with his hammer left Knull in a terrible mood. 

A great god, once a formidable existence that clashed head-on with the Celestials, was defeated by an Asgardian.

Losing to Thor was already humiliating enough.

More importantly, he had lost his spiritual connection with other symbiotes and suffered the collective betrayal of the symbiotes.

The feeling of being "patricided" was beyond unbearable.

However, Knull quickly adjusted his mood.

Although losing to Thor was embarrassing, no matter what, he had now awakened once again.

As long as he returned to the planet Klyntar and allowed his soul to rejoin his physical body, he could regain his strength as a powerful god, rather than relying on the power of the symbiote dragon Grendel like he was now.

In just a few seconds, Knull had planned his next steps.

First, he would deal with Russell, who possessed symbiote abilities but wasn't a symbiote, and figure out what was going on with this peculiar Earthling.

Next, he would control Grendel's body to return to the planet Klyntar, reclaim his physical body, and have his soul formally return to it.

Finally, he would pay a visit to Asgard, kill the hammer-wielding God of Thunder, and seek revenge.

As Knull formulated his plan, the six second-generation symbiotes, who bore a resemblance to Venom, fell into the S.H.I.E.L.D. base like meteors.

Although Knull had lost his spiritual connection with other symbiotes, he wasn't powerless against these second-generation symbiotes.

Since he couldn't control them mentally, he decided to corrode their consciousness, inducing them directly into a frenzy.

These second-generation symbiotes had been separated from Grendel's body.

Corroding their consciousness posed no problem for Knull, who was currently inhabiting Grendel.

Under Knull's influence, the second-generation symbiotes that had fallen into the S.H.I.E.L.D. base began to howl like wild beasts.

Subsequently, these second-generation symbiotes, resembling symbiote agents, rushed toward Natasha, Barton, and others in the base, much like hunting predators.

Natasha, Barton, and the others didn't sit idly by. They used the method of reclaiming symbiote agents to deal with these second-generation symbiotes.

Once again, the S.H.I.E.L.D. base echoed with intense gunfire and explosions.

Hearing the sounds of gunfire and explosions from inside the base, Bakshi couldn't help but feel relieved.

Although it was Russell who had awakened the frozen symbiote dragon from its icy prison, Russell hadn't left them to die in the lab. He had promptly alerted them to leave the laboratory.

Just as they exited the gate of the base, Bakshi was about to ask Russell what to do next when Endosymbiotic Battle Armor, controlled by No. 3, arrived before Russell.

Russell paid no attention to Bakshi. He approached the logistics support team and tore off the three symbiotes imprisoned on his right hand. He tossed them into a specially made metal box prepared by Hydra.

These boxes were made of ultra-high-strength alloys.

To facilitate observation of the symbiotes inside the box, one side was made of high-strength hardened glass.

After tossing these three symbiotes into the same box and locking it, Russell turned to look at Bakshi.

"I'll deal with the big guy in the sky. As for the symbiotes in the lab, if you want them, figure it out yourself."

After saying that, Russell ignored Bakshi. He deactivated Captain America's transformation, returning to his original appearance.

Then, with a thought, Endosymbiotic Battle Armor transformed into clusters of silver and white "mercury" that swiftly assembled into armor.

After putting on the Endosymbiotic Battle Armor, Russell activated the flight engines. Blue and white flames erupted from his feet, propelling him into the sky like a missile.

Just as Knull was about to control Grendel to find Russell, he saw Russell, clad in the silver and white symbiote battle armor, fly up to him.

Although he couldn't see Russell's appearance, when he saw the silver and white figure, Knull immediately recognized it as Russell.

He had memorized Russell's aura.

Compared to the massive symbiote dragon Grendel, Russell now seemed incredibly small.

At this moment, he was even smaller than Grendel's head.

Although there was a huge size difference, Russell wasn't overly concerned about the upcoming battle.

After flying up to Knull, Russell beckoned with his finger.

Then, he sped off toward the direction of the North Pole.

Although Knull didn't understand Earth's culture, he could perceive the provocation in Russell's gesture. Without any hesitation, he manipulated Grendel to flap his enormous wings and pursued Russell.

From a scientific perspective, Grendel's wings were incapable of lifting his mountainous body into flight.

However, symbiotes were clearly not creatures bound by scientific principles.

Though Earth's gravity still had some influence on Grendel, its effects weren't very pronounced.

At first, Russell was worried that Grendel's massive size might hinder his flight speed, so he deliberately kept his flight speed below Mach 1.

However, he soon realized he had underestimated Grendel.

With just a few casual wing flaps, Grendel's flight speed surpassed Mach 1, hurtling rapidly toward him.

Indeed, extraterrestrial creatures were quite something; they had no respect for Earth's physical laws whatsoever!

Watching Grendel, with its massive size, unleash an inexplicable burst of speed, Russell also slightly increased the output power of his flight engines.

In the blink of an eye, the flight speed of Endosymbiotic Battle Armor surpassed Mach 1.

Seeing Russell accelerate, Knull also manipulated Grendel to accelerate once more.

Soon, Grendel's flight speed reached Mach 2.

Just as Knull believed he could catch up to Russell this time, Russell accelerated once again.

Mach 3!

Endosymbiotic Battle Armor's flight speed directly soared to Mach 3.

However, when Endosymbiotic Battle Armor's flight speed reached Mach 3, Knull tried to continue accelerating Grendel.

But no matter how Grendel flapped its wings, it couldn't surpass Mach 3 in flight speed.

As the distance between Grendel and himself grew, Russell reduced the flight speed of Endosymbiotic Battle Armor to 2.8 Mach, matching Grendel's speed.

2.8 Mach!

This was the maximum speed that the first-generation symbiote dragon Grendel could achieve.

Under Russell's intentional guidance, Knull manipulated Grendel to fly straight toward the North Pole.

Although there weren't many people near the S.H.I.E.L.D. base, Russell still had no intention of battling near the nearby mountains with Knull.

He didn't want any audience for this fight.

So, the North Pole became the chosen battleground.