Clad in hemp clothes, he was bald. More precisely, he didnât have a single hair on his entire body, not even pores. His skin was extremely delicate and seemed to shimmer in the sunlight.
Seeing the person outside the door, he revealed a smile, exposing twelve teeth as fine and white as ivory. When he smiled, it was like the arrival of spring, with a hundred flowers blooming at once. It inexplicably brightened oneâs mood.
The members of the Miraculous Squad, including Frost Lady, all smiled as if infected. Even the Blind Warrior, who obviously couldnât see, wore an unusual smile.
Qin Luoli did not smile. She looked as if she had seen something terrifying, taking a step back to hide behind Lin Mu.
This man is so eerie.
Qin Luoli lowered her head, feeling as if another glance would burn her with its radiance.
"Perfect and flawless. This manâs body has reached the limit that the secular world can accommodate," Lin Mu said, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "I didnât expect to find someone of such accomplishment in this world. He must be the True God Adam that the Miraculous Squad speaks of. He is indeed worthy of the name. In ancient times, he would be a sage on par with a Buddha or an Emperor Zun."
Lin Mu felt a long-absent battlelust slowly rising within him.
BANG!
Adam took a step forward, and a member of the Miraculous Squad exploded into ash. The eerie part was that, even at the moment of death, the squad member still wore a smile.
The other members, as if they had seen nothing, continued to smile and gaze at Adam.
BANG!
BANG!
With every step Adam took, another member of the Miraculous Squad burst apart.
Lin Muâs brow furrowed slightly. His fighting spirit slowly subsided, ultimately replaced by a sigh. "What a pity."
"Adam, enough! Your mission is to kill Lin Wudi!" an old manâs voice crackled from a button-sized speaker on Adamâs hemp clothes. It was Doctor Fein, the scientist who had created Adam.
Hearing Doctor Feinâs voice, the radiant, sun-like smile on Adamâs face slowly receded. It was as if spring itself had vanished with his smile. The bizarre grins on the faces of the Miraculous Squad members also disappeared.
"Adam!"
"Adam, youâve awakened! Weâre relying on you completely this time."
"Adam, thatâs Lin Wudi. Crush him."
These Miraculous Squad members acted as if they hadnât noticed their teammatesâ deaths at all, behaving with extreme affection toward Adam. Even the Blind Warrior, who had just advanced to the Reaching the Divine realm, showed him a look of reverence.
"Husband, whatâs wrong with them? Arenât they afraid of death?" Qin Luoli whispered in Lin Muâs ear.
"Adamâs body is incredibly powerful. It forcibly influences the rules of reality, erasing the existence of those who died. For the remaining members of the Miraculous Squad, itâs as if their teammates never existed in the first place," Lin Mu explained softly.
Qin Luoli clutched Lin Muâs clothes tightly, her gaze on Adam filled with even greater astonishment.
To erase oneâs existence... what immense power.
"Then... what about us?" Qin Luoli fretted. She didnât want her existence to be erased. If her parents and loved ones no longer remembered that she had ever existed, how devastating would that be?
"Donât worry. Iâm here," Lin Mu assured her.
At his words, Qin Luoli miraculously calmed down. It was then she remembered: everyone in the Miraculous Squad had forgotten Adamâs killing spree, but she hadnât. This must be due to the protection of Lin Muâs own immense power.
"Husband, I want to become strong, too!" Qin Luoli said again, her expression more determined than ever.
"Iâll teach you a Cultivation Technique when we get back," Lin Mu replied with a smile.
"Are you Lin Wudi?" Adam asked, looking at Lin Mu with curiosity in his eyes.
So innocent and pure.
Despite having just witnessed Adam kill with a smile, this was Qin Luoliâs first thought upon seeing his eyes. She couldnât imagine how someone with such clean, pure eyes could kill so wantonly.
As he spoke, Adam took another step forward, and a ripple emanated from his body. Wherever the ripple passed, stone slabs shattered and steel melted. A silent shockwave swept toward Lin Mu.
The other members of the Miraculous Squad turned pale with horror and hastily retreated, yet they couldnât help but reveal looks of delighted surprise. This was True God Adam, the god of Ability Users. The residual energy uncontrollably emanating from his body alone was this powerful; Adamâs strength was terrifying.
Lin Mu didnât move an inch, only his robes fluttered. A golden light spread from them, composed of countless profound runes, each one possessing unimaginable energy.
CRACKLE.
The ripple collided with the runes, each trying to overwhelm the other. The ripple vibrated and the runes flickered. Eventually, both dissipated into nothingness, restoring the calm.
"Youâre not dead?" Adam seemed quite surprised. He then reached out and pointed a finger forward.
First, there was silence. Then, a brilliant white point of light formed at the tip of his finger. The air trembled violently. The point of light transformed into a beam, shooting toward Lin Mu like a laser.
This wasnât a laser. It was Adam using his formidable physical strength to instantly disrupt the structure of the air, creating an energy explosion. Adam, the god of Ability Users, possessed no supernatural abilities himselfâonly pure physical strength. But that simple physical strength was more powerful than any ability. The power of that single finger was no less than the laser beams fired from the eyes of Silver Ultra.
"It truly is a pity," Lin Mu lamented again.
Adamâs body is flawless, having reached the very limit the world can bear. If he practiced Cultivation, he would be a natural Dao Body with limitless potential. Let alone becoming a True Immortal or Golden Immortal, even achieving the status of Emperor Zun wouldnât be impossible. But he was led astray by those fools from America; his very nature had fallen to the Demonic Path. The Miraculous Squad calls him a god, so he considers himself one. In his eyes, everyone else is merely an ant. Thatâs why he smiles while killing them. To Adam, itâs no different from a human happening upon an ant and carelessly crushing it.
BOOM!
Lin Mu flicked his finger, and a similar beam of light shot toward Adam. Adamâs light was white. Lin Muâs was gold.
The gold and white light collided. A silent eruption of energy instantly swept across the mountains.
The Miraculous Squad Headquarters building behind Adam couldnât withstand the energy shock, turning to dust in an instant. But that wasnât all. The very valley where the Miraculous Squad was located shook and trembled as massive boulders were sent flying.
Several members of the Miraculous Squad who couldnât fly were unable to dodge in time. The aftershocks swept over them, turning them to ash. Only two or three managed to escape.
With that, the Miraculous Squad was nearly annihilated.
"Youâre very strong!" For the first time, a color other than purity appeared in Adamâs eyes: excitement.
BOOM!
Adamâs figure vanished.
WHOOSH!
Lin Muâs figure disappeared as well.
Energy surged, and thunder shook the heavens. The Miraculous Squad members who had just escaped didnât even have time to understand what was happening before their bodies exploded into a mist of blood.
Countless afterimages flickered in and out of existence in the sky. Adam and Lin Mu used no abilities or Dao Arts, only the collision of their physical bodies.
Fist met flesh.
The two were moving so fast that no one on the scene could make out their movements anymore. They could only hear the continuous roar of thunder.
The Blind Warrior, despite having advanced to the Reaching the Divine realm, was in a wretched state under such heavenly might. The aftershocks pulsed through him; he retreated rapidly, yet the force still made his muscles tremble as blood streamed from his body.