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As the tides of the future were starting to surge in an aggressive yet silent manner, the people responsible for this cause were not aware of it.
Shin continued to converse with the Head Priestess and asked for guidance in the path of Mentalism while Leonard was still in the middle of digesting all the knowledge and revelation that he received and consolidating his foundation.
David and his three other friends were still in the middle of fighting the four artificial mutants that the Black Serpent Mafia had released, without knowing that the entire process of their battle was being recorded.
And Nathan was still cautiously waiting for the final mutant left behind by the Black Serpent Mafia in front of the entrance of the underground laboratory.
And speaking of the Professor, who was backstabbed by his organization. He was now a huge headless artificial mutant with a bulky and tough-looking body.
After a long time of silence, he finally made his move. With yet another world-shaking roar, he ordered his underlings, the mutated subjects, to start charging out of the underground base and attack the combined forces of the military and the Magic Ace Academy waiting outside.
Rumble!
The intense and chaotic sounds coming from the depths of the underground base attracted the attention of the soldiers from the military and professors and elite students from the academy.
The rumbling and shaking of the ground quickly put them on high alert and swiftly went into battle formation.
Nathan, who was standing in front of everyone squinted his eyes as he looked deeper in the base. And what he saw was a huge swarm of mutated subjects in different forms and sizes charging toward the entrance.
He then raised his hand, signaling the soldiers to take aim at the entrance, while waiting for the opposing side to appear.
Rumble!
And when the chaotic footsteps turned louder, everyone saw the army of mutated subjects charging out of the entrance of the underground base in a very aggressive manner.
Seeing the hideous and eerie appearance of the large army of mutated subjects, the soldiers could not help but gulped a mouthful of saliva, feeling a little tense. But given their experience, they were still able to keep their composure while calmly taking their aim.
Compared to the soldiers, the elite students were feeling slightly uncomfortable while looking ahead of them. Fortunately, the military had already put this into consideration which was why the students were stationed at the rear of everyone, right behind the academy professors.
Despite the pressure that was pressing on everyone, no one dared to make a move yet because Nathan was still not giving his signal. He waited until the mutated subjects reached the ideal distance before strongly waving his hand down, signaling for the soldiers to start firing.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots quickly filled the air as the soldiers that were aiming their guns ahead finally pulled the trigger and started firing continuously at the humanoid monsters ahead of them.
The guns and bullets that the army possessed were the ones that were specifically designed to deal with Martial Artists and Mentalists criminals. And given the power that these guns had, even people with high attainment in both Martial Arts and Mentalism would have to be wary of them.
But despite that being the case, the mutated monsters seemed to have ignored the injuries that they were getting from those guns as they continued to charge ahead with the same level of aggression as earlier.
They seemed to be crazily charging at the opposing forces without caring about their lives. But what was more troubling about it was the fact that the modified and enhanced bullets were not producing any serious wounds on the mutated subject. They barely scratched the skins of these monsters while the ones that received serious damage were rapidly healing their wounds at a rate that was visible to the naked eye.
Seeing that the regenerative abilities of these mutated subjects were much more powerful than the report that he received, Nathan could not help but frown deeply. He found that the report was a little inaccurate.
That-… or their healing abilities got enhanced due to the unknown monster hidden within the underground laboratory.
He took a step forward and was about to make his move when a sudden dreadful feeling washed over his body. He could not help but pause in his tracks and looked deeper into the formation of the opposing army.
And that was when he saw the silhouette of a huge figure hiding in the shadows behind the swarm of mutated subjects.
He could tell that the moment he made his move, that strange-looking creature would obviously make its move. And the aftermath of their collision would definitely affect everyone.
He might be able to cut down a huge number of mutated subjects in the process, but he could tell that the opposing side would also be able to take down a few soldiers and professors at the same time. The elite students stationed at the rear of their formation would most likely be caught in the aftermath too.
With a quick calculation inside his head, Nathan understood that he would be at the losing end. After all, these mutated subjects were nothing but disposable pieces to the enemy while his forces were live people.
"Tsk!" He could not help but click his tongue as he understood that the other side was taking advantage of his current weakness. This was why he always liked to move alone. To prevent having some annoying baggage that would only drag him down.
At the same time, he was also quite surprised that this particular mutated subject was able to plot something like that.
"Is this the rumored Artificial Mutants of the Black Serpent Mafia?" he had already had the suspicion earlier, especially when Butcher had gotten involved, but it seemed like he had just gotten his confirmation right now.
Black Serpent Mafia might really be making their move after a few years of silence.
Shaking his head, he turned to the officer standing a couple of steps standing behind him and said. "I'll deal with the big one in the back, you take over the command."
"Make sure to leave a couple of them alive that we can bring to our base for research. And save a few for the academy for them to study," he added before disappearing. He did not even wait for the officer to respond.
The officer looked a little helpless when saw his commander disappear just like that. He could only sigh bitterly as he was already used to it.
After recollecting his thoughts, the officer turned to the soldiers behind him and commanded. "Team Alpha, increase your pace and slow them down! Team Bravo, get in position and ready yourselves for impact! Team Charlie and Team Delta, circle around and position yourselves for a three-way pincer attack!"
"Move!" he shouted as he switched the mugs of his rifle with the ones that were loaded with a more enhanced bullet before taking aim ahead.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
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At the same time, Nathan appeared in a much more deserted place within the mountain range where he could showcase his strength without worrying about anyone.
He had already taken care of the projection of the Thunder Lord earlier, yet he had to face a similarly powerful opponent, if not stronger.
A few distances away from Nathan stood a headless Artificial Mutant with a bulky and muscular body. And from the pressure that it was emitting, Nathan could tell that it was at least at the same level as him in the Domain Realm.
But what surprised him with this was not the strength of his Artificial Mutant, but it was its intelligence that made him quite wary of it.
Or to be more precise, he was getting wary of the technology and the progress of the Black Serpent Mafia when it came to producing their army of 'super soldiers'.
This was on the same level as the Unforgiven Ones that the Hextech Laboratory was making.
Nathan understood that the world was starting to get chaotic due to this. And the prophecy of a few years ago was already coming true.
"We still haven't discovered the real secret that he left behind in that set of programs, yet these guys are already breaking the balance of the world," he muttered as he took a step forward.
Swoosh!
He was about to move. But before he could even take that step, the artificial mutant in front of him had already made its move. It suddenly appeared right in front of him within an instant and swiftly swung its fist with a punch.
Bang!
A loud explosion erupted but neither Nathan nor the artificial mutant was affected. The latter seemed to have been taken aback while 'looking' at its opponent, who managed to block its punch by casually lifting his hand.
Roar!
With a deafening roar, this mutated monster unleashed a barrage of explosive punches with both of its fists, seemingly trying to pulverize Nathan with it.
Unfortunately, Nathan easily blocked each strike by tracing all the trajectories of the punches. He just used one of his hands to block each of the punches, without expending much effort.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
And when he finally found the opportunity, his hand was suddenly clenched into a fist as he swiftly swung it forward for a powerful punch.
Bang!
But the artificial mutant was fast enough to respond to him and quickly crossed its arms in front of its chest, accurately blocking the strike.
Bang!
Though, it was unfortunately that the punch carried a powerful force that even with its muscular body and heavy weight, the artificial mutant was still sent flying in the opposite direction.
A blazing aura enveloped Nathan as he stood on his spot. There were golden embers dissipating around him as the blazing Natural Force raged alongside the wind.
His eyes turned into vertical slits and resembled the eyes of a dragon as he stared ahead.
He knew that the opposing side would be most likely collecting data right now. But unfortunately for them, he was not kind enough to let them gather anything. He would be finishing this fight as soon as possible, capturing this artificial mutant and bringing it back with him.
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