Symphony of Death

After seeing Aiden’s decapitated corpse, Belden and the others all showed surprised expressions.

Although they had known from the start that Richard possessed the ability to teleport, teleportation did not mean invincibility.

Whether teleporting away or teleporting to attack an enemy, there would always be a certain reaction time.

Take Inessa, for example.

Inessa had already realized that Richard’s Octaslash was vastly different from an ordinary slash.

Yet she had still failed to teleport away from Octaslash’s attack.

This was not because she lacked proficiency with teleportation, but because she had missed the opportunity to teleport away.

As a result, before she could activate teleportation, Masamune had already struck her body.

If she had not underestimated Richard so much and had been fully alert from the start, Richard might not have killed her so easily.

After all, Richard had only crossed over a few hours earlier and did not even possess a single Level 2 skill.

It was precisely because they knew that teleporting away or teleporting to attack both required a certain reaction time.

That Belden and the others found it unbelievable after seeing Aiden instantly become a decapitated corpse.

Although Aiden did not possess teleportation, he had sparred with Inessa many times during internal training in the Action Department.

Simply put, Aiden knew very well how to deal with other people’s teleportation attacks.

Yet now, Richard had killed him in an instant.

Not only had he failed to block Richard’s attack, he had not even managed to launch the fireball in his hand.

Richard was not surprised that Belden and the others found it unbelievable.

After all, within a range of ten to twenty meters, Iai Slash was indeed much faster than teleportation.

In gaming terms, Iai Slash had no casting windup.

Even with Aiden’s extensive experience, he would never have imagined that Richard had not teleported when he vanished in an instant, but had used Iai Slash instead.

After killing Aiden with Iai Slash, Richard swung Masamune toward Clarice and Sabretooth.

Slash! Slash! A silver line flashed through the air, and the Inhibitor Collars around Clarice’s and Sabretooth’s necks were severed, falling to the ground.

Without the Inhibitor Collar, Sabretooth’s Super Self-Healing immediately took effect, rapidly repairing the burns on his body.

After cutting off the Inhibitor Collars around Clarice’s and Sabretooth’s necks, Richard did not waste any more time and raised his right hand.

Great Lightning! Boom! With a casual wave of his raised right hand, dozens of Silver-White Lightning bolts of varying sizes descended from the sky and streaked toward Belden and the others.

Although he had upgraded Great Lightning to Level 2, he had not expected it to easily take Belden and the others’ lives.

He had used Great Lightning only to divide their attention.

After Aiden and the burly white man with Rock Body died, ten Mutant Agents remained at the scene.

Although Richard had no idea what superpowers the others besides Belden possessed, he would not give them an easy opportunity to unleash their superpowers against him.

Just as he had expected, under Great Lightning’s barrage, Belden and the others immediately became flustered.

Some activated their superpowers to protect themselves, while others began dodging in every direction, attempting to evade the descending lightning strikes with agile footwork.

Although Belden and the others used different methods to respond, it did not matter to Richard which methods they chose. His goal had been achieved.

While continuously supplying magic power to maintain Great Lightning, he teleported once again and instantly vanished.

The next second, he appeared before two Mutant Agents like a ghost.

Earth Shake!

Without any hesitation, Masamune flashed from his hand. A dazzling Four Consecutive Slashes, swift as lightning, erupted instantly and rushed toward the two Mutant Agents.

Slash! The sharp Masamune effortlessly passed through their bodies, cutting the two Mutant Agents into uneven chunks of flesh.

After killing the two Mutant Agents, Richard vanished once more.

Silver-White Lightning bolts of varying thickness continued to fall from the endless clear sky.

The successive thunderclaps soon echoed throughout the entire RV Camp.

Amid the unceasing thunder were miserable screams.

Thunder, screams, footsteps, the tearing of flesh and bone…

The utterly different sounds combined to form a symphony called death.

Richard was like the conductor of an orchestra, while the incomparably sharp Masamune was his baton, controlling the tempo and performance of the Symphony of Death.

Spraying blood, the thick stench of blood, severed limbs scattered across the ground…

The Symphony of Death, personally performed by Richard and controlled by his rhythm, abruptly came to an end after barely more than ten seconds.

When every sound disappeared, the Mutant Agents sent to capture him had all become corpses on the ground, their lives ending in resentment, terror, and regret.

Richard ignored the corpses on the ground and the stunned Clarice and Sabretooth, calmly activating Plunder.

New abilities acquired: Fire Manipulation, Freezing, Rock Body, Energy Absorption, Ion Blast, Super Strength, Super Constitution, Super Self-Healing, Beast Instinct, Super Five Senses, Telekinesis!

Same-type abilities acquired. Ability Fusion!

Super Strength, Super Constitution, and Super Self-Healing have been enhanced!

Fire Manipulation can be converted into the skill "Great Fire." Convert?

Freezing can enhance the skill "Great Blizzard." Enhance?

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Looking at the System Message before him, Richard chose "Yes" without any hesitation.

Skill Great Fire awakened!

Skill Great Blizzard enhanced. Level increased!

Great Blizzard (Level 3, 1/2000)

X-Gene Superpower information updated!

X-Gene Superpower: Plunder, Super Strength, Super Constitution, Super Self-Healing, Teleportation, Mental Isolation, Mental Charm, Repulsion, Rock Body, Energy Absorption, Ion Blast, Beast Instinct, Super Five Senses, Telekinesis

Although he had killed twelve Mutant Agents, Richard had only Plundered eleven types of superpowers this time.

Several of the Mutant Agents possessed duplicate abilities: Super Strength, Super Constitution, and Super Self-Healing.

Excluding the same-type abilities strengthened through fusion and Fire Manipulation, which had been converted into the skill Great Fire, he had ultimately gained only six new abilities.

Richard did not care much about these six new abilities.

Right now, he only cared about when the system would reward him with Dimension Slash.

The instant this thought surfaced in his mind, information announcing the mission’s completion appeared in his vision.

Mission "Son of the Devil (I)" completed!

Task reward: Dimension Slash has been issued!

Skill Dimension Slash awakened!

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Without hesitation, Richard immediately opened the Attribute Panel and looked toward the skills section.

Dimension Slash: Level 1 (1/100)

When his gaze fell on Dimension Slash, the system immediately provided its description.

Dimension Slash: A skill derived from Yamato. It distorts the space around the target and continuously attacks enemies with powerful slashes that seem capable of tearing space apart.