--BOOM!!

"Damn it! Die, all of you!!"

The one who appeared was Steve!

Earlier, under Andrew's ferocious assault, Steve had already been gravely wounded and on the verge of death.

Yet in this short time, he had somehow risen to his feet again.

At the same time, his power had also increased.

Though he had not reached Andrew and Matt's 300,000 Volts, he now possessed the astonishing power of Two Hundred Thousand Volts!

Yet at this moment, he seemed utterly insane.

The instant he appeared, he unleashed his full strength and attacked both of them at once!

"Overestimating yourself!"

"Steve! Snap out of it!"

The two voices rang out simultaneously, but their responses were completely different.

Matt merely blocked Steve's attack.

But Andrew would never be so polite!

High in the sky, Gu Qing looked down upon everything.

Once again, disappointment filled his heart.

Not only disappointment in Steve.

But disappointment in all three of them!

Steve lacked potential, and even more so, he lacked willpower and conviction.

Gu Qing had seen that long ago.

But Andrew and Matt's hesitation and sentimentality made him even angrier!

For one's beliefs and goals, one should stop at nothing and crush everything standing in one's way. That was what it meant to be a Magnetic Field Master!

And they were about to pay the price for their sentimentality!

Gu Qing turned his gaze into the distance.

A Fighter Jet was speeding toward them.

He could sense that the Fighter Jet contained a power that even he would not dare confront head-on!

Below.

Andrew's hatred for Steve had reached its peak.

Back then, it was Steve's appearance that had stopped him from doing what he had wanted most—stopped him from crushing the fear that had haunted him since childhood!

Although he now possessed terrifying power, that fear had not been completely erased.

He could vaguely sense that this was precisely why his progress had stalled, why he could not surpass Matt's power.

Those two obstructive bastards before him deserved to die!

Current Propulsion, 300,000 Volts!

Die!!

There were many factors that could make a Magnetic Field Warrior powerful.

Unwavering belief, unbreakable will, desire intense beyond measure...

Yet among them, there was one thing that absolutely did not belong.

And that was fucking confusion!

After suffering several upheavals in such a short period, Steve had completely lost his direction in life and plunged himself into total bewilderment.

He hated his parents, hated Andrew, hated Matt, hated Gu Qing.

He hated even more the source of everything that had happened—the power they possessed, the power that had caused everything to derail and plunge into an endless abyss!

Even if it was an immensely powerful, invincible force.

That was simply the truth.

It had gone out of control!

When a person could not control power, they would be controlled by power instead.

Steve could no longer distinguish what he wanted from what he hated.

He only wanted to destroy everything, then pretend that none of it had ever happened.

And the first things he wanted to destroy were the two people destroying Seattle.

Andrew and Matt!

The madness born of his confusion once again drove him beyond his limits.

From One Hundred Fifty Thousand Volts, he forcefully pushed himself up to Two Hundred Thousand Volts.

But that was all he could manage.

Against either Andrew or Matt alone, he would have been no match.

Let alone both of them.

Matt blocked Steve's attack, but Andrew met it head-on!

"—No!!!"

Boom!

Half a second too late.

In that half-second.

Andrew's fist had already utterly shattered Steve's assault and crashed into his chest.

Splat!

It was the sound of a heart bursting into pulp.

The heart was the source of a Magnetic Field Warrior's power!

Even in the Magnetic Field Rotation realm, having one's heart destroyed meant near-certain death!

Much less Steve, who could only wield Two Hundred Thousand Volts of power?

"Urgh!!"

Steve was sent flying backward, blood gushing from his mouth along with large chunks of internal organs.

He hit the ground.

His breath ceased.

He died!

Matt had thought he was prepared enough.

So long as he could stop Andrew, no matter the cost, no matter the sacrifice, it would be worth it!

But now, he felt that heart-wrenching pain again.

A pain as though his heart were being carved apart!

So painful he could barely breathe!

"Waaah!! Why?!"

"Hm?!!"

High in the sky.

Gu Qing's expression abruptly shifted!

"This power! It's... Magnetic Field Rotation!!"

Below, distortion rippled across Matt's body.

"Magnetic Field Rotation, break through for me! 20,000 Horsepower!!"

After witnessing Steve's death, Matt had finally awakened the true power of the strong under that immense stimulus.

—Magnetic Field Rotation!

"What!... This power... how can this be!"

Andrew's expression turned to shock. He could feel that it was a power entirely different from Current Propulsion.

Even Gu Qing had never expected that, among the three of them, the first to reach this realm would not be Andrew, whom he had thought most highly of.

But Matt instead!

Suddenly.

He recalled what Matt had once said.

He loved Andrew.

It was the love of cousins bound by blood, a love that would last for a lifetime!

Sure enough!

Was love truly the greatest force driving Magnetic Field Power?!

And now, after Andrew had struck down Steve.

Matt's love for him had turned into hatred!

He no longer held back for Andrew's sake. He now had only one goal.

It was no longer to stop Andrew.

It was to kill Andrew!

Although Magnetic Field Rotation originated from Current Propulsion, it was an entirely different kind of power.

Stronger! More domineering! More forceful!

With just one strike, Andrew was blasted into coughing up blood, his bones creaking and trembling as if they were about to shatter!

Yet Andrew showed no fear at all. His eyes only burned with fervor.

"This power! This power...! Could this be the... Magnetic Field Rotation Erik spoke of?!"

Matt no longer hesitated.

He raised his fist, ready to deliver the final blow.

A blow that would decide the victor.

A blow that would utterly kill Andrew!

Unfortunately.

The evil consequence of his earlier hesitation had already borne fruit.

It was too late!

A roar came from the sky.

That was...

A Fighter Jet!

Yet it did not attack the two below.

It merely dropped an enormous warhead.

Could it be... a nuclear warhead?!

Having awakened the power of Magnetic Field Rotation, Matt could sense through the magnetic field the energy contained within that warhead.

Energy sufficient to destroy him and burn him to ashes!

It instantly made every hair on his body stand on end!

No!

He could not let it explode!

"Magnetic Field Rotation! Turn for me!!"

However, having only just awakened Magnetic Field Rotation and possessing merely 20,000 Horsepower, he was still incapable of such precise control, nor could he affect something so far away.

He had noticed it too late, and reacted too slowly!

--BOOM!!!

A massive fireball blossomed in the city's night sky.

It seemed to illuminate all of Seattle.