Chapter 1 Victory Belongs to the Black Bat King

Professor Charles, now controlled by his second personality, suddenly exuded a chilling and terrifying aura, making one feel as if they were facing a cold, mechanical computer! Jean watched all of this in disbelief as the kind and compassionate old man who seemed to be able to embrace everything vanished in an instant.

Only Magneto and Prince Dracula smiled, believing that only a Professor Charles like this was worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as them.

At this moment, Fang Senyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yes, for him, Professor Charles was arguably the most powerful person in their camp, but his personality made him potentially the weakest link. This uncertainty was, to be honest, the most unsettling thing. Now that Professor Charles had taken the initiative to mend this link, it was undoubtedly the greatest fortune.

With just a few words, Professor Charles had remedied the defensive loopholes that had arisen from his previous benevolence. Of course, the cost of doing so was also very clear; at least twenty people had lost their lives as a result.

And among these twenty people, perhaps only two or three were truly spies; the rest were all innocent victims. This was why the previously benevolent Professor Charles had been hesitant, but now, he had raised the butcher's knife without hesitation.

Better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go!

After everything was agreed upon, everyone naturally returned to their residences to rest. Sanzi suddenly ran over to Fang Senyan, excitedly saying:

"Brother Yan, the absorption is complete. Kurutguo should be able to successfully advance to a fifth-tier legendary creature."

Upon hearing this, Fang Senyan immediately felt invigorated and walked to the nearby rooftop with Sanzi.

There, Grimm had been released from all restraints and was standing on the rooftop, confronting the two-headed cyclops, Kurutguo.

Strictly speaking, Kurutguo had only been in this world for less than a month, but in combat form, he had already grown to be nearly three meters tall. He was a hunched, stooped giant with hands that reached past his knees. Without using his abilities,

his footsteps on the ground would create thumping vibrations, as if a giant heavy truck was running over it!

Kurutguo was currently engaged in close combat with Grimm. His method of attack was also very simple and straightforward: he pressed his left hand on the rooftop, and as his ability activated, he tore the rooftop apart into a chaotic mess, forming a thick rock club in his hand. He immediately shouted excitedly and smashed it down on Grimm's head.

Grimm seemed to have injured his legs and couldn't dodge. He could only grit his teeth and raise his hands to block Kurutguo's rock club, and the two sides immediately fell into a stalemate.

Grimm had to use his ability to control earth and stone to dissolve the rock club in order to survive. Kurutguo, on the other hand, could take this opportunity to figure out the enemy's ability operation mode and hone his own ability in the confrontation, completely using Grimm as a whetstone.

Even though Grimm clearly understood the other party's intentions, his life was his own. It would be foolish to stand idly by as a rock club weighing hundreds of kilograms smashed down and splattered his brains, so he could only grit his teeth and persevere!

Because Kurutguo lacked parental guidance in his abilities during his growth period, it was as if a child had a few million dollars but didn't know how to spend it. At this time, he was communicating directly with Grimm in terms of ability confrontation, and it could be said that he was growing extremely fast and benefiting greatly.

Just as Fang Senyan and the others came to watch, they saw numerous cracks appearing on the surface of the rock club held by Kurutguo. It was in a precarious state, and it looked like it was about to be dissolved by Grimm again.

However, Kurutguo suddenly roared excitedly, and in an instant, the cracks on the rock club in his hand quickly recovered. Even more astonishing was that not only that, but even the surface of the hand that Grimm used to grab the rock club began to be rapidly covered with rock! Grimm immediately cried out in pain.

This clearly showed that Kurutguo had surpassed Grimm in the application of his abilities. As more and more rock solidified on the surface of Grimm's body, Grimm's expression became more and more painful. Green lights also shot out from Kurutguo's two single eyes, illuminating his body.

Finally, Grimm opened his mouth wide and slowly fell down. His ability had been completely absorbed by Kurutguo, and he had completely become an ordinary person.

However, this would not endanger his life, because the origin of his ability was caused by human mutation after being irradiated by cosmic rays. Therefore, what Kurutguo did was equivalent to completely absorbing the ability in his body.

Given time, Grimm would still have the possibility of regenerating his ability, but after being drained and depleted like this by Kurutguo, it would take several months or even a year to recover, and he would not pose a substantial threat to Fang Senyan and the others.

Although Grimm was useless and they didn't plan to kill him, Fang Senyan and the others wouldn't let him go for nothing. After taking a few minutes of photos of him, they made them into a CD and mailed them to the Fantastic Four, hoping to use him to exchange for some rare elements, or at least make the Fantastic Four afraid to fully antagonize their group.

At this time, Kurutguo had transformed back into his non-combat form, and space disguised him as a simple-minded, chubby black teenager. He was lying stupidly on the floor, sleeping with his mouth open, drooling.

Sanzi had already listed the improvements he had gained:

His health points had been increased by 20%.

The critical strike chance of using his abilities had been increased by 10%.

He had gained a new ability, Dual Throw, which allowed him to throw two boulders at once. The boulders had a 50% chance to cause knockback and stun effects on the target, and also create area damage. The power of the area damage was equal to 50% of the direct damage.

He had gained a new ability, Area Stone Spikes, which summoned a large number of towering rock spikes within a range, severely damaging all enemies, and reducing the movement speed of enemies within the range by 80%.

He had gained a new ability, Flame Infusion, which allowed him to add flames to the boulders and lava to the area stone spikes at the cost of increased ability consumption.

Kurutguo's rapid increase in strength was undoubtedly good news. Fang Senyan returned to his bedroom, and after lying down for less than ten minutes, Old Charlie began to push the door open and enter, looking at Fang Senyan and saying:

"Master, I have something to discuss with you."

Fang Senyan sat up from the bed and nodded, saying:

"It's about Freddy, right."

Old Charlie said:

"That's right. Now Freddy's power is too weak. It's okay to deal with ordinary people, but once he encounters contractors or legendary figures, it's almost completely ineffective, because their mental power is too strong compared to Freddy. They can easily shatter Freddy's illusion in their dreams."

Fang Senyan closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said:

"Then, what are your thoughts on this?"

Old Charlie said:

"Freddy's power comes from people's psychological fear of him. Our previous discussion of publicly releasing Freddy's recordings on television is also not advisable, because the current government can easily cut off the relevant signals and interrupt the live broadcast... What's more, people can easily treat it as a movie or some novel entertainment program. It would be good if one out of a hundred people could generate a long-term fear psychology."

Because Old Charlie was Fang Senyan's servant, and Fang Senyan would die if his servant died, Fang Senyan still trusted him quite a bit, and impatiently said directly:

"Just say what you're thinking."

Old Charlie said seriously:

"If we can convince Professor X to help, then this matter will become extremely easy. If Professor X implants Freddy's power into the audience's minds using mental suggestion, then... things will become very simple. I've calculated that the effect will be surprisingly high, and Freddy will be our greatest trump card!"

Fang Senyan frowned and said:

"Be specific. How do we do it?"

Old Charlie said:

"We set off for a television station or radio station, and Professor X uses his brainwaves to control the person in charge to cooperate. He tells Freddy's story on the radio. Professor X had better use a brainwave amplifier to do this, so he can naturally affect everyone."

Fang Senyan carefully thought for a while and said:

"Judging from Professor X's personality, it will be difficult to persuade him to help with this matter."

Old Charlie was silent, seemingly agreeing with Fang Senyan's statement. Don't think that Professor X might be easier to talk to now that he has entered a secondary personality state. Such a mechanical person, only calculating success or failure, would require sufficient reason to get him to act. Especially since Professor X is currently burdened with the task of staying behind to defend, he cannot be easily distracted.

However, Fang Senyan then said:

"To be honest, it would be a pity to give up on Freddy just like that. If we can't get Professor X to help, then can we try the next best thing?"

Old Charlie frowned and said:

"The next best thing? Are you saying... Jean??"

Fang Senyan nodded and said:

"Not just Jean. In the Cullen family, there is another person with similar abilities, Jasper Whitlock Hale! This guy deeply loves Alice Cullen. Of course, if I had to choose between the two, then Jean would definitely be the priority. She has a second personality, Dark Phoenix, which is very powerful. She is a level five mutant. In terms of ability, there is absolutely no problem."