Battle by the Persian Gulf!

Bahrain.

Manama City.

This place had a tropical desert climate. While other places were still suffering through the cold winter winds, the weather here was quite mild, with beautiful scenery.

Looking into the distance, one could also see the magnificent Persian Gulf.

The city was indeed rather prosperous, though a small part of it had clearly suffered devastating damage.

Even though several months had passed since reconstruction began after the disaster, it still had not been fully rebuilt.

Matt knew that was the destruction caused when Andrew had occupied this place.

Hovering in the sky, Matt looked down over the land below.

He quickly found the royal palace.

"Magnetic Field Detection!"

He immediately locked onto Andrew inside the palace!

Seeing Andrew again, Matt could not suppress the killing intent radiating from his entire body!

But he could not make a move here.

There were still hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in this city.

If they fought here, it would surely bring devastating destruction upon them!

He had reservations, but that did not mean others would as well!

—BOOM!

A figure instantly appeared before Matt. Only after the man threw his punch did the rumbling sonic boom behind him finally reach Matt's ears.

Bang!

In his urgency, Matt could only hastily throw a punch.

Though he had not been able to use his full strength, he believed that with his 50,000 Horsepower, along with three months of training—

It should have been enough to deal with Andrew!

Yet the instant their fists made contact, he felt a savage force rush toward him.

—Creak!

Matt's arm bones let out a teeth-gritting tremor!

His entire body plummeted from the sky.

Boom!

He blasted straight through a hotel. The residual currents of air surrounding him caused the entire building to collapse into ruins.

Wails constantly rang in his ears. Large numbers of innocent citizens did not even understand what had happened before they were crushed to death by the collapsing building.

Only a few lucky ones remained alive.

But they were pinned beneath shattered reinforced concrete, unable to escape, able only to let out miserable cries.

No! I can't fight here!

Before Matt could even get up and leave, Andrew's assault came again!

—BOOM!

He had no special moves, only simple punches and kicks.

What horrified Matt was that these simple punches and kicks contained power far beyond his expectations!

After only a few exchanges, every building along their path had been destroyed by the shockwaves.

Their strength far surpassed what it had been in Seattle, and so did the destruction they caused to their surroundings.

"Shit!!"

Matt had come brimming with confidence, only to suffer such a blow right from the start.

He could only dodge Andrew's attacks while searching for an opportunity to fly away from Manama City.

But Andrew gave him no such opportunity at all.

He continued throwing punches, launching a frenzied assault.

"Matt! Fight me! Why are you running away?!"

Boom!

As the two collided, the entire road was torn apart, and countless cars were blasted directly into the air.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

It was as if a rain of cars had fallen.

"Oh! I get it. You're worried about these civilians, aren't you?

You're afraid that fighting me will get them killed. You're still shackled by that pathetic sense of morality.

Look! Even your fists have become weak!"

Matt gritted his teeth. "Andrew, you inhuman bastard! I won't let you off!"

Andrew burst into laughter, but his offensive did not slacken in the slightest.

"I'm inhuman? Have you forgotten that back in Seattle, the number of people who died by your hand was no fewer than those who died by mine?!

What? After just a few months apart, have you turned back into that 'kind Matt' again?

I heard you were captured and experimented on, then escaped.

I thought that would make you understand something. But now it seems, Matt, I really overestimated you!"

Over the past three months, besides putting Matt through special training, Torres had naturally also instilled quite a few 'correct' ideas into him.

The more thoughts one had, the less pure one became.

But as he drove his Magnetic Field Rotation at full speed and continuously clashed with Andrew—

That feeling from their battle in Seattle gradually surged back up.

Andrew's verbal taunts might have worked on ordinary people.

But for Matt, they instead only strengthened his resolve.

"You're right. As long as I can kill you, some sacrifices along the way are necessary!"

With that, he suddenly threw a powerful punch!

"50,000 Horsepower! Evil Extermination Fist! Die!!"

If Torres had known that just a few words from Andrew had rendered his three months of ideological work useless—

Who knew how he would have felt.

—BANG!!

The explosive punch struck Andrew, making him feel excruciating pain erupt from his internal organs!

A mouthful of blood violently spewed out!

"Aaargh!!"

But it was not over yet.

"Bastard! Take my Judgment Slash!"

Matt turned his hand into a blade and slashed forward fiercely.

Andrew's heart jolted, but he had no way to dodge.

He could only do his best to block it with both arms!

—Splat!

A chill swept over him.

Both arms had nearly been severed clean through!

Deep wounds exposed bone as blood sprayed out and flesh turned inside out!

These two moves were combat techniques Matt had created during this period by gathering all the fighting skills of the base instructors.

They were named—Evil Extermination Fist and Judgment Slash!

"?!?! What terrifying power! Is this your true strength?

But if this is all you have, it still isn't enough to defeat me!!

—Magnetic Field Rotation, Cellular Recombination!!"

Andrew roared and activated his Magnetic Field Power. The wounds on his body visibly began to heal.

Matt did not care. Cellular Recombination was a technique anyone could master on their own after entering Magnetic Field Rotation and reaching 10,000 Horsepower.

After abandoning those chaotic and useless thoughts, he devoted himself entirely to eliminating Andrew.

His will and resolve had reached their peak.

He directly reversed the situation where his previous hesitation had left him suppressed.

He forced Andrew into a complete frenzy of attacks!

If not for Cellular Recombination, Andrew would already have been blasted into pulp!

Andrew's Magnetic Field Rotation Horsepower was no lower than Matt's, but his Complete Realm was inferior to Matt's.

For a time, he was beaten so badly that he could not fight back at all.

The battle continued for more than half an hour.

The streets and buildings along their path were all reduced to ruins.

Countless citizens were killed and injured.

It was a scene straight out of the apocalypse!

—Crash! Crash!

The sound of ocean waves rose.

The two had unknowingly fought all the way to the Persian Gulf docks.

Everyone there had long since fled after hearing the news, leaving only scattered cargo strewn across the pier.

Both men had fought themselves into madness, completely ignoring their surroundings and the innocent civilians!

"Andrew! You will die today! No one can save you—I said so!!"

—50,000 Horsepower: Evil Extermination Fist!!

Andrew drove his Magnetic Field Power at full speed, restoring the injuries on his body.

At the same time, he gritted his teeth inwardly. He had not expected Matt's strength to grow so much after just a few months apart.

Their Horsepower was clearly the same, yet he simply could not beat Matt.

This filled Andrew with extreme fury!

But there was nothing he could do.

Faced with this punch, he knew he absolutely could not meet it head-on!

He flashed aside to evade it!

The violent fist force continued surging forward, striking a cargo ship behind him.

It was a cargo ship with a fully loaded displacement of 100,000 tons, yet that single punch snapped it cleanly in half!

But it still was not over. As the force spread, both halves of the ship began to continuously break apart, eventually shattering into countless fragments.

They sprayed forward in a fan-shaped burst.

In the end, they densely scattered across the surface of the Persian Gulf!