Phantom Sword Teleportation

Richard leaned back against the sofa backrest and leisurely browsed the descriptions of the seven new abilities.

Super Vision: Telescopic Vision and X-ray Vision

Attack Transfer: Can redirect attacks aimed at oneself in other directions, causing them to miss or deviate.

Air Bullet: Compresses air to create air bullets with power and speed no weaker than an assault rifle. Can be fired continuously.

Invisibility: Optical Invisibility

Illusion Creation: Uses Mind Power to make enemies experience illusions.

Mental Whip: Directly attacks the target's mind with Mind Power, making the target feel pain on a mental level while their body also feels as though it has been struck by a powerful electric current.

Hypnotic Suggestion: Uses Mind Power to hypnotize a target or leave behind undetectable Psychological Suggestion, causing the target to unknowingly follow one's arrangements.

As before, the system's descriptions were all very simple.

However, that was enough for Richard to understand the strengths and weaknesses of these seven new abilities.

First, all seven superpowers were Beta-level abilities, so their level was not low.

Second, all seven superpowers could produce good results under specific circumstances.

Lastly, and most unexpectedly, three of the seven superpowers he had Plundered this time were Mind Domain abilities.

Including the Mental Isolation and Mental Charm he already had, he now possessed five Mind Domain superpowers.

Judging by quantity alone, he did not have few mental superpowers.

But unfortunately, even all five combined could not compare to Professor X.

To be precise, forget Professor X—even compared with the Hellfire Club's White Queen, there was still quite a gap.

Though he could not compare to them yet, Richard firmly believed that as long as he continued to Plunder Mind Domain superpowers, he would one day become a Mind Ability User no weaker than Professor X.

Not only that, his intuition told him that if he Plundered a few more Mind Domain superpowers, abilities such as Mental Isolation, Mental Charm, Illusion Creation, and Hypnotic Suggestion would fuse into a more comprehensive and powerful Mind Ability.

Although it was only his intuition, he trusted it.

After reading the information on the new abilities, Richard began reviewing the System Task information.

Task "Son of the Devil (II)" completed!

Task reward: Summoned Swords issued!

Obtained new weapon: Summoned Swords!

Summoned Swords: A weapon originating from Vergil. Longswords condensed from magic power; both weapons and skills!

The system's description of the Summoned Swords was as brief as ever.

However, since Richard already knew what Summoned Swords were, even without any explanation from the system, he understood perfectly well what they could do and how to use them.

Unlike Dante, Vergil did not like using firearms.

Thus, Summoned Swords became Vergil's primary means of Long-range Attack.

Though they were swords, Vergil did not use Summoned Swords in close combat. Instead, he launched them like Flying Swords.

Besides being used to attack enemies from afar, Summoned Swords also had several additional special effects.

For example, Restrain Enemies, and Grab Object Teleport Self or Enemy.

There was no need to explain Restrain Enemies. It was simply used to limit an enemy's movement.

As for Grab Object Teleport Self or Enemy, it was a Teleportation Ability similar to Blink.

However, unlike Blink, Summoned Sword teleportation had certain restrictions.

For example, it required the Summoned Sword itself to serve as the medium.

After a Summoned Sword hit an enemy, he could choose to teleport himself in front of the enemy or teleport the enemy in front of himself.

From another perspective, Summoned Swords were somewhat like the Flying Thunder God Technique with a reverse teleportation function.

In the game, Summoned Swords could also be used as skills and had several Sword Arrays with different functions and effects.

But the system had not classified Summoned Swords as a skill. Instead, it had classified them as a weapon.

For Richard, that was not bad news at all. On the contrary, it was a good thing.

Because that meant he only needed to adjust the amount of Magic Power Output himself to make Summoned Swords display different speeds and power.

After recalling the various Sword Arrays of the Summoned Swords, Richard closed the Information Panel and immediately began summoning one.

Though both were weapons, Summoned Swords condensed from magic power were obviously very different from Masamune.

Masamune was a real Physical Long Blade. Whether it was being used or not, Masamune would not disappear.

Summoned Swords were different.

Because they were longswords condensed from magic power, they could not be maintained as long as Masamune.

Once the magic power condensing a Summoned Sword was exhausted, or once he fired it like a Flying Sword, he would need to condense a new Summoned Sword.

Although he had only just acquired Summoned Swords, the moment he obtained them, Richard had already mastered the method of condensing them.

With a thought, a portion of the magic power in his body was consumed, and a Summoned Sword over a meter long, radiating azure blue light, appeared in his hand.

Looking at the Summoned Sword that was exactly the same as in his memories, Richard stood up, held it in his right hand, and began swinging it around the living room.

Though Vergil only used Summoned Swords for ranged attacks, that did not mean Richard had to do the same.

No matter what, Summoned Swords were still swords. They could also be used for close combat.

Their sharpness could not compare to Masamune's, but they were no weaker than Metal Longswords.

With his skill in wielding Masamune, he handled the Summoned Sword in his right hand with smooth, practiced ease, without the slightest discomfort.

If there was any difference, it was that the Summoned Sword was much shorter than Masamune, so he needed to readjust to its attack distance.

However, that was not difficult for him.

After practicing in the living room for several minutes, he used Blink and left the living room with the Summoned Sword.

After blinking several times in succession, he arrived at a park only two or three kilometers from the house.

It was a very ordinary Small Park and not particularly large.

Because it was nighttime, there was no one in the park.

After blinking into the park, he looked toward a large tree seventy or eighty meters away.

Without any hesitation, he raised his right hand and flicked it lightly. The Summoned Sword shot toward the tree like a Flying Sword.

Whoosh! The Summoned Sword streaked through the air like a blue laser, leaving behind a fleeting blue line.

In an instant, the Summoned Sword precisely pierced through the tree.

Then, after passing through the trunk, it struck another large tree dozens of meters away, with more than half its blade embedded in the trunk.

Seeing this, Richard did not hesitate and immediately used the Summoned Sword's Teleportation Ability.

The next second, he teleported in front of the tree as though he had used Blink.

On the surface, Blink and Summoned Sword teleportation were identical, but he quickly discovered the difference between them.

Leaving aside their fundamental differences.

From the perspective of teleportation alone, Summoned Sword teleportation was slightly "faster" than Blink.

This speed did not mean the Summoned Sword's teleportation speed was greater. Rather, Summoned Sword teleportation had no so-called Skill Wind-up.

As long as the thought of teleporting appeared in his mind, he could teleport in front of the Summoned Sword immediately.

Blink, on the other hand, had an extremely brief activation period. It normally had little impact, but in high-speed combat, it could easily become a fatal weakness.

There would not be many enemies capable of catching that moment and dealing damage within that mere fraction of a second, but it was still Blink's weakness.

Inessa, whom he had killed with Octaslash in the Restaurant Parking Lot, was a perfect example.

After experiencing the difference between Summoned Sword teleportation and Blink, Richard did not immediately return to the unoccupied house that was for sale. Instead, he continued practicing with Summoned Swords in the park.

Being able to use them and being able to use them skillfully were two entirely different things.

To familiarize himself with using Summoned Swords under different circumstances as quickly as possible, he felt that he needed to practice properly.

Because, barring any surprises, starting tomorrow, he would become the second-most wanted criminal on the Department of Mutant Affairs' Wanted List, surpassed only by Magneto.

While he practiced Summoned Swords in the deserted Small Park, Cyclops and Storm were piloting the X-Men's iconic Blackbird toward Los Angeles at full speed.

At the same time, Mystique was also leading several members of the Brotherhood of Mutants toward Los Angeles.