Starting as a Class Five Mutant

Oh, wait—there was still the troublesome White Knight!

But once the White Knight was dealt with, Luan would undoubtedly become the strongest mutant in the world!

The thought made Luan's eyes sparkle with excitement.

On-site.

Casually slicing the military base in half, Syd moved his right hand slightly, preparing to strike again.

At that moment, Alessandro, the surviving commander of Base 23, cried out in terror, "Messiah, are you insane? Going against a superpower like this?"

Dr. Bolivar, standing nearby, was equally dumbfounded. "You—"

Hearing this, Syd raised an eyebrow. His response was to swing his hand.

Boom!

A massive blue beam streaked across the sky, accompanied by a piercing whistle.

The Soul Energy Pillar shot out like lightning, slashing through both Alessandro and Bolivar.

As ordinary humans, neither of them had any chance to react. They only felt a sharp pain in their waists before their vision flipped.

When they regained their senses, they realized they had been cut cleanly in half.

"Ahhh!"

Their screams of agony echoed. The two men, used to lives of comfort, had never experienced such pain. Their eyes bulged wide, faces twisted in unbearable torment.

"How dare you!" Alessandro howled in disbelief, his voice filled with venom and anguish. "Messiah, no! Project 37! You can't kill me!"

Feeling his body grow weaker and his mind cloudier, Alessandro could see the end coming.

"I regret it," he muttered through gritted teeth. "I should've killed you back then…"

Beside him, Bolivar murmured weakly, "Why did it come to this for me…"

Listening to their words, Syd smirked, glancing briefly at Bolivar before fixing his gaze on the venomous Alessandro.

"Does it hurt?"

"Those experimental subjects in your labs probably felt the same pain, didn't they? I bet you enjoyed watching them suffer," Syd said with a cold smile.

Memories of what he had endured at that facility flooded back.

If Alessandro loved experiments so much, Syd thought, he might as well let him experience the pain firsthand.

With that, Syd diminished the Soul Energy Pillar, leaving only a blade about a few dozen meters long.

In the next second, he swung it down repeatedly at Alessandro.

"Ahhh!"

With each slash, Alessandro's screams intensified. His hand was severed next.

"No, I don't want to die…"

In a mix of pain, terror, hatred, and despair, Alessandro finally passed out.

As for Bolivar, already gravely injured, the horrifying scene was too much for him. He fainted on the spot.

Seeing that both men were effectively as good as dead, Syd felt a wave of satisfaction.

The question of whether he dared to kill them didn't concern him in the slightest.

Unlike the Professor and others who hesitated to kill figures like Bolivar for fear of escalating matters, Syd had no such reservations.

For him, the Sentinel crisis that had plagued mutants wasn't even a challenge.

This scene burned itself into the eyes of all who watched.

The survivors on-site were paralyzed with fear, their expressions utterly horrified.

Syd cast them a brief glance but didn't bother with them further.

The next moment, massive Soul Energy Pillars descended from the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Ahhh!"

The entire military base was engulfed in blue energy beams.

The ground quaked violently, and despairing screams filled the air.

In less than a minute, the massive base was reduced to rubble.

Where the base once stood was now an immense, bottomless crater.

Syd glanced at the pit indifferently.

Even though he had unleashed multiple Tier 5 Soul Energy Pillars, his reserves of light energy were barely affected.

He did a quick calculation:

If he stuck to using standard Tier 5 abilities, he could still unleash over 1,800 attacks.

That was more than enough to obliterate this place countless times over.

While Syd remained indifferent, the vast crater he left behind sent waves of terror and awe through all who witnessed it.

Messiah seemed more terrifying than ever.

Now, with just a glance, he could summon devastating beams capable of wiping out an enormous military base.

As the world reeled from shock, Syd moved toward the former location of the White House.

Arriving there, he saw Youssef and others desperately trying to reattach Evan's soul to his body, pressing it against the corpse in vain.

It was a futile effort.

Unless they were soul magic specialists capable of purging the energy left by Soul Extraction, there was no way Evelyn could return to his body.

Seeing Syd descend, fear filled the eyes of everyone present, including Evan's soul.

"What do you want, Messiah?!"

A bald man in the crowd, named Warner, cried out in terror.

His words silenced the area. All eyes turned to Syd in horror.

Syd didn't say much. A Soul Energy Pillar materialized in his hand.

Blue light flashed.

Seeing this, Youssef and the others realized what Messiah intended.

"No, no, you can't kill us! If you do, you'll face endless pursuit!"

Youssef screamed, his voice trembling.

"Your power won't withstand it!"

"No one can withstand the full might of America, the world's greatest superpower!"

"Messiah, your strength isn't enough!"

"This is America!"

"I'm a congressman! As long as you leave me alive…"

Others in the group nodded fervently, their expressions filled with fear and self-reassurance.

Messiah wouldn't dare…

He wouldn't dare to defy America.

At that moment, not only those on-site but also viewers across America and the world shared the same thought.

Even Tony at Stark Tower thought the same.

Killing General Felid and others was one thing, but leaving Youssef alive might provide a chance for negotiations.

At the very least, sparing them could make America think twice before acting rashly.

(End of Chapter)

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