Chapter 25 I Use the Sun to Kill Flies

"How is this possible?"

On the rooftop of a distant skyscraper, an elderly man's exclamation echoed. His face twisted with a storm of emotions, filled with shock, even to the point of doubting the world itself.

"That little guy is a monster, right? It was a War General Level Mutant! And he just cut it down?"

The old man's chest rose and fell rapidly, his breathing quickened. If it weren't for the transformation by the power of the Mechanical Abyss, allowing him to endure greater pressure, he might have already fainted.

A Level 30 War General Level Mutant would pose immense pressure even to the president of the Xia City Auto Association. In their stronghold in Xia City, it was considered the top combat power!

How could such a creature be so easily slain by a youngster who just awakened?

Even if Xu Gu was SS-Level, he wouldn't be capable of such a feat!

However, in reality, Xu Gu had done it! Not only did he do it, but he did it with ease, as if he were slicing through melons and vegetables!

Was he really not dreaming anymore?

The bandaged girl beside him shook her head slightly; she seemed to have foreseen this outcome and said,

"It's said that he was appreciated by the influential figure who quelled the Beast Tide. Doesn't it make sense he might have a few one-time-use life-saving gadgets?"

"Don't provoke him anymore. Choose a different target."

There were many kinds of gadgets.

Among them, there was a special type that was a one-time-use, capable of unleashing incredible power.

However, this kind of gadget was usually very valuable and didn't often appear in the ordinary sights of Auto Men.

Of course, in her view, Xu Gu being appreciated and receiving some one-time-use gadgets wasn't a big deal.

"Was it a one-time-use gadget?" The old man's mechanical eye, a result of his transformation, rotated as he muttered softly, "I don't think it felt like the power of a one-time-use gadget."

"Do you think it was the power of that newcomer Xu Gu? Don't kid yourself. Even at their level, the leaders couldn't do this."

The bandaged girl sneered, mocking him,

"You're getting more confused. I suggest you undergo a full transformation; otherwise, your brain will degenerate."

"Don't provoke me."

The elderly man, slightly angered, replied, "No way would I undergo a full transformation and become a mutant. Would I still be human? As for changing targets? Impossible!

"I want to see how many precious one-time-use life-saving gadgets he truly has!

"He must die! I said it! No one can save him!

"I, Li Xingjiang, have never failed a mission..."

However, just as his words landed, a huge sun rose in the distance.

"Why is there a sun at night?"

Li Xingjiang was surprised and quite puzzled.

Immediately, Li Xingjiang realized something, his pupils shrinking rapidly. His face changed dramatically, his mouth opened, and his entire body began to tremble.

"That's not a sun! It's an attack! Xu Gu's attack!"

"Damn it!"

Li Xingjiang's face was lifeless, his heart felt as if someone had gripped it tightly, halting its beat, with his blood no longer flowing as his entire body turned icy cold.

Watching as the rapidly expanding, blazing ball of fire reached his face.

In his eyes, there was only despair and deep regret.

He hadn't even killed Xu Gu yet.

How did Xu Gu manage to counter-kill him!

Killed by a kid who had just awakened as an Auto Man!

"No!"

A wretched scream erupted.

Li Xingjiang desperately resisted, but he had only partially accepted the power of the Mechanical Abyss for his transformation, remaining flesh and blood.

Xu Gu's Hell Divine Cannon was something even a War General couldn't withstand.

Not to mention a mere human like him.

Swoosh!

Light energy burst forth, waves roared, the heavens and earth twisted, and the air seemed to ignite. The terrifying radiance and heat spread far and wide, completely melting half of the skyscraper.

Li Xingjiang naturally turned to ash.

"What a fool! Causing trouble with someone he shouldn't have, and even dragged me along!"

A snarled, dismal scream echoed.

The girl wrapped in bandages, half of her body melted, with the bandages completely burned away. Beneath them was a hideous body made up of numerous steel gears, cracks, ridges, and wires.

She was a Steel Mutant.

Her initially hideous face, after half her body had melted from the horrendous high temperature, became even more terrifying.

At Star Sky Manor.

Wang Lanlan looked at Xu Gu, puzzled by why he suddenly fired his cannon at a distant building.

If she hadn't just witnessed Xu Gu effortlessly slaughtering a Mutant like a "God," she would have thought he'd gone mad!

In the city, gratuitous use of firepower would result in punishment from the association!

Moreover, witnessing its power, that building's corner evaporated entirely. If it had injured someone, well...

Xu Gu shook his head and said, "Don't worry, there's no one in that building.

"As for why I did it suddenly? There were two pesky flies there, so I shot them down."

As an SSS-Level individual, his senses were exceptionally sharp, his intuition accurate, and his radar already incredibly powerful, with the additional assistance of radar auxiliary gadgets.

Those two people were hiding so close by, making noises and gesturing wildly. How could he not notice?

Had they dared to send someone to kill him? Then they should be ready to be killed themselves!

"Shoot flies?"

Wang Lanlan shivered, finding it difficult to comprehend.

Using such a level of cannon to shoot flies?

In the next instant, her expression turned to shock.

Because Xu Gu had fired another shot at the building.

"Boom!"

Wang Lanlan watched as Xu Gu fired the cannon, feeling as if it hit her; her spirit trembled, and her body went weak.

The cannon's power was too great.

At least a C-Level gadget, right?

Embarrassingly, as a B-Level Auto Man, she had only a single C-Level gadget, and it wasn't even an offensive one, but a Power Core auxiliary gadget.

"Damn it!"

"Xu Gu! I've marked you! I won't let you go unpunished!"

The bandaged girl shouted angrily, her eyes filled with hostility as she glared at Xu Gu, intending to drag her broken body away in defeat.

But the next moment.

Another blazing sun rose in the sky.

Intense light and heat exploded, seemingly engulfing the heavens and earth.

"No!"

The bandaged girl screamed in agony.

Her eyes were full of terror.

Madman!

She never anticipated that Xu Gu would dare to fire at the steel skyscraper in the city not once, but twice!

This time, the protective energy on the bandaged girl was long depleted. Facing this strike, she had no power to resist.

Instantly, she melted into molten iron.

The massive steel skyscraper itself was also nearly half melted.

Witnessing this incredible destruction, Wang Lanlan's Power Core went into overdrive, her body trembling, losing all the arrogance she had upon arrival.

What shocked her even more? A moment later, the sound of two rapid swooshes came, and two blobs of Crystal Energy truly flew from the steel skyscraper.

"Is he really just a newly awakened freshman? How does it seem like he could already outmatch the president?"

Wang Lanlan was stunned.

Her team members were even worse off. Many sat helplessly on the ground, their legs weak, their faces filled with bitter smiles.

Who was protecting who?

Who was teaching who a lesson?

In response, Xu Gu, seeing this scene, merely shook his head and thought to himself,

"Too weak. Xia City is too weak."

Using only twenty percent of his power, he had shattered the spirits of Xia City's elite to such a degree.

However, he soon felt at ease.

As an 8-Level SSS-Level Auto Man, with two seven or eight-level S-Level gadgets, a seven-level A-Level gadget, and several other 8-Level gadgets, even using just twenty percent of his strength, he could crush Wang Lanlan and the others.