The Pursuers Arrive

As Space Teleportation rose to level two, Su Yao discovered that the quality of the energy within his body had improved considerably. Perhaps it was just an illusion.

His body even began hungrily absorbing sunlight, clearly indicating that his upper limit had increased again.

As the energy within him became abundant, he could now use Black Particle twenty-seven or twenty-eight times in a row! Although that was still very little, it was enough to support one or two minutes of all-out combat!

Su Yao could not help thinking.

He just had not expected that raising an ability's level would also increase his energy. But it made sense. With an additional level-two ability, how could the energy in his body not increase? His energy had increased whenever he gained a new ability before, so this was naturally no exception! Having figured it out, he looked forward even more to Black Particle's improvement that evening. After glancing around and finding nowhere suitable to practice Black Particle, he forced himself downstairs.

On the way, he looked down at his left hand and found a circle of white bandages wrapped around it. Clearly, Chris had already treated the gunshot wound.

After silently thanking Chris and giving him a good guy card, he went downstairs.

Chris, who was sitting on the sofa watching television, turned around in confusion and asked, "Kid, what are you doing downstairs? It's not mealtime yet. Aren't your injuries still not healed?"

Su Yao thought for a moment. Considering that Chris really was a decent person, he told the truth. "Nothing. I'm going to use this time to practice my abilities. You know I'm being hunted, so I have to make every second count."

Chris seemed to understand, not noticing anything strange. He stood up and walked forward as he said, "Come on, I'll take you to the Basement."

Facing Su Yao's surprised expression, he smiled and explained, "Don't look at me like that. You should understand. As a mutant, I need to train too."

Very soon, he led Su Yao to the Basement.

Su Yao looked around and found that the Basement was quite spacious. It had every kind of training equipment, even Dummy Targets.

After briefly introducing the place and telling him to make himself at home, Chris casually returned upstairs.

Once he saw him leave, Su Yao walked into a corner. After hesitating for a moment, he pointed a finger from his right hand at the ground.

Black Particle Experience +1

Black Particle Experience +1

In an instant, streaks of Black Particle shot into the ground, leaving behind deep holes.

As he used Black Particle again and again, its experience bar rapidly rose.

Once more than half the energy in his body had been depleted, he used Space Teleportation to silently teleport into the upstairs room and absorb sunlight to restore his energy.

Then, he teleported back to the Basement.

Again and again...

Ability: Black Particle (81/100) Level 1

Time passed.

Since the Basement did not let in light, he could not absorb sunlight while practicing. Before he knew it, it was already six in the evening.

Only then did the Black Particle data change.

Looking at Black Particle, now level two on the panel, and sensing the changes in the energy within his body, a smile appeared on his face.

Unable to resist, he began testing it.

Black Particle Experience +1

A black wave slightly larger than an egg appeared, then shot toward the ground with a swish.

Matter was continuously devoured along the way! Soon, a hole fifteen meters deep appeared! "Black Particle's attack range and area have improved quite a bit."

Though it was still somewhat weak, he was already very satisfied. He knew that level one and two Mutant Abilities were inherently weak; only levels three, four, and five would bring a qualitative transformation.

Glancing at the experience bar, which had reached five hundred points, he could not help thinking.

"Space Teleportation and Black Particle are both level two now. There's no way they'll improve again within the next day or two, and there's no need to raise Reflection Shield and God Finger for now..."

As he thought, he turned his attention to Unlock Progress.

(Unlock Progress 39%)

"I should be getting my next ability soon. I wonder if it'll be at 45% or 50%..."

Su Yao's heart filled with anticipation.

"I wonder what the next ability will be. Will it be Soul Extraction, which extracts souls, Spiritual Light Beam, or perhaps the most terrifying move, Sunshine Pervades?"

The first two would be fine. At most, they would expand his attack options and help him avoid being countered. But if it was the latter...

The previous abilities could only be considered minor moves. Only Sunshine Pervades was a true ultimate move! And it was a full-screen area attack! If he used it in reality, what would happen? It would probably be terrifying, right?

At that moment, Su Yao had to admit that he was looking forward to it.

Besides those, he was also looking forward to the possible Levitation Flight ability and psychic abilities.

There was no need to mention flight. Since ancient times, people had dreamed of freely soaring through the sky. As for psychic abilities...

Thinking of the various psychic mutants in Marvel, he became somewhat wary.

Not to mention someone like Professor X, who could freely read minds, browse through other people's memories, and even cause brain death. Even other abilities, such as memory modification, were enough to make one defenseless! From that perspective, psychic abilities were truly necessary. Otherwise, he might be set up someday and have his secrets exposed without even realizing it! "With psychic abilities, I could at least resist or detect psychic attacks and abnormalities. Without them..."

At that moment, he looked forward to obtaining psychic abilities later on.

No matter what it was, he basically needed it! "Soon. I'm not far from getting my next ability!"

For now, he did not need to practice his abilities, so his Energy Points naturally grew quickly...

After thinking through all that, he looked at the hole-riddled ground, his expression turning troubled.

"How am I supposed to explain this to Chris?"

"Should I say a giant earthworm plowed through the floor?"

"I really hope Chris doesn't see it. Otherwise, if he asks..." After worrying for a moment, he sighed. "Forget it. No point thinking about it. I should go back and rest first."

The next second, his figure vanished from the Basement and appeared in the upstairs bedroom.

He opened the door and called downstairs, asking whether there was any food.

The moment he finished shouting, his expression froze as he remembered something.

He had apparently been careless. He was so used to Space Teleportation that he had forgotten he was upstairs! He had been in the Basement before, so how had he suddenly appeared upstairs?!

Sure enough, the next second, he saw Chris coming up from downstairs.

Chris's eyes were filled with confusion.

"When did you come upstairs?" he asked doubtfully.

Su Yao barely managed to answer, "While you were using the bathroom."

Chris stroked the beard on his chin. Though he still felt something was strange, he did not think too much about it and chose to believe him.

After all, if the kid had not gone upstairs while he was using the bathroom, was he supposed to have flown up there? Chris thought with amusement.

After that, Su Yao went downstairs with him to eat.

After they finished eating, Su Yao fell silent for a moment before saying, "It's time for me to leave."

Chris froze, his expression becoming serious. "Kid, are you sure? So many people are looking for you outside. You..."

Su Yao nodded. "It's because people are looking for me that I have to leave."

He did not want anyone to be dragged down by him, nor did he want to drag anyone else down.

If he were exposed in this house, Chris would definitely be in serious trouble! At the very least, he would be charged with harboring a fugitive. At worst, his identity as a mutant could be exposed, leading to his arrest! Having said that, he believed this tough middle-aged man understood what he meant.

Then he added, "Besides, I've already troubled you for a long time. We aren't related, so I can't keep freeloading off you forever."

"So I'm definitely leaving. Thank you for taking care of me during this time."

Chris frowned and asked, "What about your injuries?"

"I'm fine. I can still run away." As he spoke, he turned and walked toward the small door he had noticed during this time.

Not far away, Chris watched him, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Naturally, he knew the kid was right, but...

Watching Su Yao's retreating figure disappear, Chris fell into thought, considering whether he should tell Magneto about this and have him save the kid...

The kid's strength was fairly decent, at least stronger than an ordinary person. And no matter what, he was Magneto's child. It would be perfectly reasonable for Magneto to step in and save him.

After a long while, he shook his head and decided to clean up the Basement first.

He had no idea whether the kid had made a complete mess of the Basement.

The moment he reached the Basement, he was startled by what he saw inside.

The rest was fine, but in the right corner, an incomparably deep hole was especially conspicuous—so conspicuous that he could not possibly overlook it! "What is this?" His face filled with shock and confusion.

The more he observed it, the more puzzled he became. He could not understand what had caused such a thing.

Unconsciously, a figure appeared in his mind.

What exactly had that kid done? How had he done it?...

After leaving Chris's house, Su Yao cautiously poked his head out and surveyed the surroundings.

Only after confirming that no one was there did he run into the distance.

As he ran, he thought, Those people should have narrowed down my general location by now, right?

He did not believe the FBI and the people from the other departments could be so stupid that they could not even find his approximate location! In fact, just as he had expected, if not for the fact that he had fled into the slums, where there were very few surveillance Cameras, his whereabouts might have been exposed long ago! Even so, those people had already narrowed down the area and marked several possible hiding places! Among them was Chris's house! If he had not left early, he might have soon been surrounded together with Chris.

But it was nearly too late anyway. He had only been running for a short while when a patrolling drone in the sky captured him! "Attention, attention! Suspected mutant criminal located!"

"Teams, move into position!"

As the surveillance personnel notified the teams waiting on standby, the drone moved closer to confirm his identity. Su Yao noticed it too.

His expression immediately changed.

At such a sensitive time, he did not care whether the thing belonged to uninvolved people or not. He immediately raised his finger and fired a Black Particle.

Black Particle Experience +1

Boom! The drone failed to dodge in time and immediately fell from the sky! Su Yao turned and ran toward a dark corner.

As he fled, armed squads of ten were also closing in on his position.

Four hundred meters away, Captain George, a tall, muscular man dressed in black with a stern expression, held a file in one hand while using his headset to brief the other team members.

"I'll repeat the information on that mutant criminal once more. Remember it well."

"Besides possessing the mutant ability to absorb sunlight, the target also has Teleportation and can fire a type of black energy mass..."

"Remember, the target can apparently move freely within two meters, and the black energy mass has a range of about six meters. Do not get too close to the target. Use long-range attacks whenever possible..."

Listening to him ramble on, the team members felt somewhat helpless.

"Captain, you've explained it so clearly. How could we still lose?" a dark-skinned man covered in thick body hair said with a grin.

"Yeah. We even brought a Sniper to deal with that little brat. With all these preparations aimed at him, how could he possibly escape?"

"That little brat only escaped from the base because we underestimated him. Otherwise, with abilities as weak as his, we would have turned him into a sieve long ago!"

The many members laughed lightly, all agreeing with that point, including Captain George.

With so much heavy firepower, how could a teenager like that possibly escape? As long as they fired a few shots from afar, the kid might die on the spot before he could even use his abilities! Thinking that, Captain George gave one last reminder to be careful before following the surveillance personnel's directions through his headset and heading toward the target.

As they began moving, police cars were also speeding toward the area from a kilometer away. Clearly, they had received the news and were coming to provide support.

Besides them, Chris, who had only recently emerged from the Basement with a face full of confusion, suddenly changed expression as well, his face becoming extremely ugly.

"Damn it!"

Naturally, he noticed the situation in the distance. From where he stood, he could even see the armed personnel in black running, seemingly rushing toward a certain direction.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to follow and take a look. If he could help the kid, he would.

I hope that kid doesn't die too quickly. Sigh... Chris thought pessimistically.

He truly could not imagine how a kid who only possessed sunlight absorption and another not particularly powerful ability could escape this crisis. One mistake and he would surely lose his life! With that pessimistic thought in mind, he followed behind the armed men in black with his long strides.

Several hundred meters away, Su Yao gradually frowned.

Using the cover around him, he spotted the rapidly approaching squad.

He knew that with his current weakened body, he definitely could not outrun them. He could only use continuous Space Teleportation to evade them for a while, but...

As he thought, a cold glint flashed through his eyes.

Rather than run, he might as well kill these people! "Since you want to die so badly, I'll grant your wish," he muttered.

Two-in-one