Although Su Mu knew perfectly well that there was something wrong with a burly man carrying a dwarf on his back, the Space Blade was simply too fast. Even the Six Eyes' dynamic vision couldn't track it.
Despite doing everything he could to dodge, Su Mu was still gravely wounded, nearly cut in half at the waist.
He immediately reached forward and used Azure to create an attractive force behind the burly man.
The immense pull dragged the burly man toward it. The already crumbling wall could no longer withstand the pressure and collapsed.
The burly man was sent flying into the shop behind him, drawing screams from the customers inside.
The attack hadn't been charged up, so it couldn't harm the burly man at all. Even the dwarf clinging to him had been well protected and remained completely unharmed.
The burly man got to his feet and brushed the dust off himself. Ignoring the civilians around him, he looked at Su Mu, whose chest and abdomen were pouring blood, and grinned cruelly.
"Fool. Let's see how you deal with a slash from space!"
With that, he started toward Su Mu, intending to make good on his promise to break all of Su Mu's limbs and then deliver him to Colonel Stryker.
As for whether Colonel Stryker would blame him if Su Mu died, that was out of the question.
Colonel Stryker hated Mutants. Why would he be angry over the death of a mere tool?
On a nearby rooftop, two groups faced off.
One side consisted of Cyclops and Storm of the X-Men; the other, Juggernaut and Mystique of the Brotherhood of Mutants.
They had run into each other while searching for Su Mu, and an argument had broken out.
Cyclops rested a hand on his glasses, ready to take them off at any moment and attack Juggernaut and Mystique with laser beams from another dimension.
He said coldly,
"Su Mu is fresh blood for the Mutants. We can't let you brainwash him!"
Mystique stood behind Juggernaut, keeping out of the path of any beams that might come their way.
Hearing Cyclops, she retorted,
"Mutants are a superior species. Humans are nothing but ants. A gifted Mutant like Su Mu belongs in the Brotherhood. We'll guide him down the right path!"
"The right path? You mean going around wrecking things like terrorists?"
Just as tensions were rising, Storm suddenly broke the standoff.
"Look! Su Mu doesn't seem to be doing too well!"
Everyone turned at Storm's words. Their purpose here was to recruit Su Mu; if something happened to him, their mission would end in failure.
They looked down and saw Su Mu, almost cut in half by the Space Blade.
"What?!"
During their brief argument, their target had nearly been killed by one of Stryker's men!
Su Mu might not have lived up to their expectations, but none of them could stand by and watch a Mutant they hoped to recruit get killed.
Cyclops was ready to remove his glasses. Storm's hair began to rise, her pupils gradually turning white, while Juggernaut took up a charging stance.
They had to save Su Mu before the burly man could kill him.
The wound was serious, but some Mutants had healing abilities. With the help of technology, Su Mu could still recover if they got him treatment in time.
But what happened next made them stop in their tracks. They stared in shock at the gravely wounded Su Mu.
He had another Mutant ability!
The burly man wore a mocking expression as he slowly approached Su Mu.
He planned to break all of Su Mu's limbs, then take him to Colonel Stryker.
Colonel Stryker held many Mutants captive, including some with healing abilities. As long as Su Mu was still breathing, they could bring him back from the brink.
If he died along the way, then so be it. Colonel Stryker wanted Mutants stronger than himself. A Mutant he had defeated was worthless!
But after taking only a few steps, he stopped. In utter shock, he pointed at Su Mu.
"Y-you... How is this possible? Why have your injuries already healed?!"
He'd been some distance away, and the dust kicked up by the collapsing wall had blocked his view to some extent. He hadn't seen Su Mu's condition clearly.
Now, as he emerged from the dust and came within a short distance of Su Mu, he saw the wound at Su Mu's waist—the one that had nearly cut him in half—healing at an incredible speed.
By the time he realized what was happening and stopped, the last trace of the injury had healed completely.
He stared in disbelief at the white-haired man before him. His terrifying Spatial Defense, his attack that inspired the same dread as a black hole, his impressive physical abilities—and now, an astonishing capacity for self-healing...
Was this really a Mutant?
Even Magneto and Professor X weren't this powerful!
Could he be the legendary Level 5 Mutant?
The situation had suddenly turned around. As the Mutants, the soldiers, and the burly man looked on with excitement, fear, and terror, respectively, Su Mu grinned again.
"I've changed my mind. Even if you apologize in tears now, I still won't spare your life!"
"You..."
The burly man stared at Su Mu, too afraid to approach.
His trump card was the dwarf on his back, whose spatial attack was the only ability that could pierce 9527's defenses.
If that ability no longer worked, he couldn't hope to beat 9527.
He immediately grabbed the dwarf by one arm and held him up in front of himself, shouting at him,
"Use the Space Blade again! Kill him!"
The Space Blade clearly took a heavy toll on the dwarf. After releasing one just now, his whole body had begun to tremble and his face had gone pale.
But under the burly man's pressure, the dwarf still fired another Space Blade at Su Mu.
The dwarf's Space Blade took a tremendous amount of energy, but it was just as powerful—and blindingly fast.
Su Mu was ready for it this time, but it still hit him, nearly severing one arm along with his shoulder.
But with Reverse Cursed Technique, his wound began healing at incredible speed!
This time, the burly man saw the whole process. Watching Su Mu heal a wound that should have been fatal in just a few seconds, he lost all will to fight.
He immediately hurled the dwarf at Su Mu and fled, ordering the soldiers around him,
"Stop him!"
The burly man no longer had the courage to face Su Mu. He chose to run.
Though failure would earn him a severe punishment from Colonel Stryker, it would still leave him a chance to survive—better than facing the monster in front of him!
Watching the dwarf fly toward him, Su Mu examined him with the Six Eyes. He couldn't release another Space Blade.
So he stretched out both hands. As the dwarf looked on in despair, a terrifying pressure tore his body apart. Blood sprayed everywhere and splattered on the ground. He couldn't even scream.
Not a drop of blood touched Su Mu. The blood headed toward him floated in midair, just like the bullets around him, unable to get anywhere near.
Su Mu then looked toward the burly man. A large number of fully armed soldiers were firing at him as fast as they could, while the burly man had already run a long way.
If Su Mu did nothing, the burly man would surely escape. So he made a decision.
He raised his index finger, aimed it at the burly man, and said calmly,
"Reverse Cursed Technique 'He'!"
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