Although Sean knew there was definitely something suspicious about the brute carrying a dwarf, the spatial blade was too fast, and even the Six Eyes' dynamic vision couldn't fully track it.
Despite his best effort to evade, Sean was critically injured, nearly cut in half at the waist.
He immediately reached forward and pressed his hand out, using "Blue" to create an attractive force behind the brute.
The massive pull drew the brute backward. The already shattered wall could no longer withstand the immense pressure and exploded into pieces.
The brute was flung into the store behind him, causing screams from the customers inside.
This attack, unleashed without charging, caused no harm to the brute. Even the dwarf clinging to his back was perfectly protected, completely unharmed.
The brute scrambled to his feet, brushed the dust off himself, ignored the surrounding civilians, and looked at Sean, who was bleeding profusely from his abdomen and chest. He smiled cruelly:
"Foolish man! A slash from space. Let's see how you deal with that!"
With that, he started walking toward Sean, ready to fulfill his earlier promise to break Sean's limbs before delivering him to Colonel Stryker.
As for whether Colonel Stryker would be angry if Sean died, that was impossible.
Colonel Stryker utterly hated mutants. Why would he be upset over the death of a tool?
...
On a nearby rooftop, two groups were facing off.
One group was Cyclops and Storm from the X-Men, and the other was Juggernaut and Mystique from the Brotherhood of Mutants.
They had encountered each other while searching for Sean and had gotten into a dispute.
Cyclops held his hand over his visor, ready to remove his glasses and attack Juggernaut and Mystique with the laser beams from another dimension.
He said coldly:
"Sean is fresh mutant blood and absolutely cannot be brainwashed by you!"
Mystique stood behind Juggernaut, dodging the beams that could come at any moment.
Hearing Cyclops's words, she retorted:
"Mutants are a superior race, and humans are merely ants. An excellent mutant like Sean should join the Brotherhood. We will guide him to the correct path!"
"The correct path? Is that to destroy everything like terrorists?"
Just as the tension escalated, Storm suddenly broke the deadlock,
"Look, Sean's situation doesn't look good!"
Everyone present was drawn in by Storm's words. Their purpose for coming was to recruit Sean. If anything happened to him, the mission would end in failure.
They looked down and saw the sight of Sean being almost cut in half by the spatial blade.
"What?!"
They hadn't expected their target to be nearly killed by Stryker's subordinate while they were arguing!
Even if Sean's performance hadn't met their expectations, they could not tolerate a mutant they wanted to recruit being killed.
Cyclops was ready to remove his visor, Storm's hair began to float, and her pupils were gradually turning white. Juggernaut adopted a charging stance.
They first needed to save Sean before the brute could kill him.
While the injury was severe, there were mutants with healing abilities, and with the aid of technology, he could be healed if rescued in time.
However, the scene that followed stopped them in their tracks. They stared in shock at the heavily injured Sean!
He actually had another mutant ability!
...
The brute, wearing a mocking expression, walked slowly toward Sean.
He planned to break Sean's four limbs and then deliver him to Colonel Stryker.
Colonel Stryker had imprisoned numerous mutants, including some with healing powers. As long as Sean still had a breath left, he could be revived.
As for dying midway, so be it. Colonel Stryker wanted a mutant stronger than him, and a mutant defeated by him held no value!
However, he only walked a few steps before stopping. He pointed at Sean with utter shock:
"You... you... How is this possible?! How have your injuries already healed?!"
The brute had been slightly distant, and the dust kicked up by the collapsing wall had somewhat obstructed his view, so he hadn't seen Sean's exact condition.
Now that he walked out of the smoke and stood close to Sean, he clearly saw the grievous wound at Sean's waist—the one that had nearly cut him in half—healing at an extremely rapid pace.
By the time the brute stopped in his tracks, the last trace of the wound had completely healed.
He looked at the white-haired man in disbelief. The terrifying spatial defense, the frightening attack ability like a black hole, the impressive physical strength, and now the demonstrated extremely powerful self-healing capability...
Was this truly a mutant?
Even Magneto or Professor X weren't this powerful!
Could it be—he was the legendary Level 5 Mutant!
The situation suddenly reversed. Amidst the excited gazes of Cyclops and the other mutants, the fearful looks of the many military soldiers, and the terror in the brute's eyes, Sean grinned again:
"I've changed my mind. Even if you cry and apologize now, I won't spare your life!"
"You..."
The brute stared at Sean, suddenly afraid to advance.
His ace in the hole was the spatial attack from the dwarf on his back, the only ability that could penetrate 9527's defense.
And if that ability failed, he would no longer be a match for 9527.
He immediately grabbed the dwarf by one arm and lifted him in front of him, shouting at him:
"Hurry up and unleash the spatial blade again! Kill him for me!"
The spatial blade clearly cost the dwarf a lot of energy. After using one attack, he was already trembling all over and his face was pale.
But forced by the brute's pressure, the dwarf released the spatial blade toward Sean once more.
The dwarf's spatial blade was extremely draining, but its power was equally massive, and its speed was astonishing.
Sean was prepared this time, but he was still hit, and his entire arm, along with his shoulder, was nearly severed.
Yet, with the help of the Reverse Cursed Technique, his injury healed at an incredibly fast rate!
This time, the brute saw the entire process of Sean's wound recovery. Watching Sean heal a fatal injury in just over ten seconds, all fighting spirit left his eyes.
He immediately flung the dwarf in his hand toward Sean, while he himself turned and ran away, ordering the surrounding soldiers:
"Stop him for me!"
The brute had lost all courage to face Sean. He chose to flee.
Although failure would incur heavy punishment from Colonel Stryker, there was still a chance of survival in that. That was better than facing this monster!
Looking at the dwarf flying toward him, Sean observed with the Six Eyes that he couldn't release the spatial blade again.
So he extended both hands. Under the dwarf's despairing gaze, terrifying pressure completely tore his body apart. A massive amount of blood splattered everywhere, landing on the ground. The dwarf couldn't even let out a scream.
Yet, not a drop of blood landed on Sean. The blood that flew toward him floated in the air, just like the surrounding suspended bullets, unable to get even a tiny bit closer.
Sean then looked in the direction of the brute. A large contingent of fully armed soldiers was frantically shooting at him, and the brute had already run quite far.
If he ignored him, the brute would surely escape, so Sean made a decision.
He extended his index finger, pointing it solely in the brute's direction, and then said faintly:
"Cursed Technique Reversal: 'Red'!"
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