Chapter 499 - Fire Wheel Of Death

The Speed Powerhouse's martial arts wasn't unique or anything special, very similar to the Bombardment Style that Adam had fought against while facing a Grandmaster Cultivator, but nowhere near and difficult to handle.

He was enraged after being used by Adam as a human shield and also wanted to test his speed against that of Adam, who appeared to also focus on speed, so instantly began attacking him, without waiting for his comrades to fight him together.

The rapid punches and kicks that he would unleash in quick succession were far from being as powerful as Marco's, but had similar speed and the way he fought would rely on his speed to overwhelm his opponent.

While although he may not have the power to match, after being hit by hundreds of rapid punches, no matter how weak they were, most would begin to suffer damage and breakdown.

However, he couldn't help but be amazed, shocked and become even angrier when he realised that every single one of his attacks was being blocked by Adam. To add to that, not only had he blocked them all, but seemed to have done so with ease, and hadn't even been forced back one step.

He stood there while expertly blocking every single attack that came his way, and watching what was occurring, the Black Dragon Gang's powerhouses and members couldn't help but be in awe.

The Speed Powerhouse was attacking so quickly that they could barely see his attacks clearly, with only the other powerhouses being able to track most of the attacks with their eyes. While Adam was unfazed by them and blocking them all as if they were normal slow attacks that weren't even a threat to him.

However, retreating and letting Adam go wasn't an option, since if they did do so, they would be the laughing stock of not only the criminal world but also the world of cultivators. It was unheard of for one man to take on an entire gang with ease, unless they were some great cultivator. But the great cultivators would usually train in seclusion or lead much bigger factions, not bothering to take on a cultivator gang.

Along with all of that, they still had no idea who Adam was yet to display or reveal anything that would help them find out who he was.

All they could do was hope that their numbers would be enough to overwhelm and take him down, as they awaited instruction and the aid of their boss, who they were confident would be able to handle Adam.

Their boss was on the Top Cultivator Ranking and was a capable, famed and skilled cultivator that was respected for his combat prowess. However, he was also very cruel, ruthless and cold-hearted, which was why he wasn't respected or accepted by most to be a great cultivator.

After feeling shunned by the world of cultivators, he decided to build a new one himself by starting as a criminal and formed the Black Dragon Gang, taking over an entire region. He couldn't expand any further and knew he could be crushed with ease by the great cultivators of the country, but he was still working towards growing more powerful, one day wanting to take over the country.

His ambitions were crazy and impossible to be achieved, but it was those ambitions that allowed him to create quite a formidable gang that would be able to crush all of the great families in New York that Adam at one time used to be intimidated by and wary of.

Unfortunately for him, he had messed with the wrong person and had gotten too confident and unrestrained with his actions, doing as he pleased within his territory and abusing his power too much.

"Fire Wheel of Death" bellowed the Fire Powerhouse as he began waving his arms and creating a spiral of fire energy.

It was difficult to contain and control, as he streamed as much energy as he could handle into the spinning fire attack and launched it towards Adam, who was engaging with the Speed Powerhouse. 

Calling out his attack helped him to concentrate and focus his mind on the attack, but it also warned the Speed Powerhouse to get out of the way, and immediately after hearing it, the slim man that was attacking Adam jumped to the side.

Even using his full speed to get out of the way of the attack, he prepared himself to take on the shock wave of the Fire Wheel of Death that had the power of a bomb, but Adam stood there unfazed by the powerful fire attack heading his way.

He could have narrowly dodged it with his speed, and avoided it completely using his Step Skip Skill quite easily, but he felt no need to do so and switched his attributeless energy into Fire Energy.

By doing so, he began using his Fire Elemental Affinity and Fire Energy that he could use whenever he pleased, and his Fire Elemental Affinity was much stronger than that of the Fire Powerhouse.

It was to the point that he completely overpowered his control over the attack and just as the Fire Wheel of Death was about to land on Adam and cause a giant explosion, it suddenly stopped moving and hovered before him.

Adam then used both his hands to compress the fire energy that the Fire Powerhouse had poured into the attack even further, until he formed an extremely powerful fireball in the centre of his hands. 

Watching what was happening, they were all amazed and had never seen or heard about something like that before. Not only had he stopped the attack, but caught it and compressed it into an even more powerful attack of his own.

While the Fire Powerhouse was the most amazed by what had happened, knowing how difficult it was to control and compress explosive Fire Energy. Along with that, he also knew how powerful the fireball Adam had formed and immediately wanted to run away.

However, it was too late for that.