Chapter 190: Adam and William's Confrontation

Cole called his father on the phone to come and watch their battle and Cole merely told his father that he was sparring with a friend, wanting to surprise him with who it was.

In that time, Adam and Cole had reached the warehouse and warmed up their bodies a bit with some running and exercises. The speed and rate at which they were doing the running and exercises for them were low and to merely warm-up, but it was multiple times greater than what even an athlete that wasn't a cultivator would be able to do.

Angela and Wayde were still trying to get some more information and even with the information and reassurance that Adam gave them, they still didn't relax and didn't completely believe in him.

Meanwhile, Damian and Martha were also around Staten Island and were also using all kinds of charms to disguise themselves and get around without being noticed, wanting to get in the way of Angela and her companions, while also seeking a chance to benefit from it.

They hadn't run into Angela or Wayde yet, but didn't want to directly run into them, and merely wanted to keep tabs on them and sabotage their chances of actually forming an alliance with the Epstein Family, which were already very low.

The Maxwell Family Head knew of their absence and could guess that Martha and Damian had headed to Staten Island, but he didn't really care about that. What the family head was worried about, was that if Damian, Martha and Angela were all to be killed somehow, there wouldn't be a worthy candidate for becoming the next family head.

However there was nothing he could do about it and it was a good learning experience for the youths of his family, and with it, they might actually be able to resolve the Maxwell Family's issues.

"Son I have arrived" announced William as he entered the large open warehouse.

The warehouse was where Cole had spent most of his time since his 18th birthday and in the few months that he had been cultivating, he had been progressing rapidly. 

However his cultivation level wasn't the most amazing thing, but it was the fact that he had done it without resources or somebody to guide him, while he had also acquired great mastery over his Wind Elemental Affinity.

He was also very skilled in combat, despite never actually experiencing a battle, and was able to gain mastery over many skills and techniques that used his Wind Elemental Affinity.

Meanwhile, Adam's progress didn't make sense even to cultivators and he could gain power and instant mastery over anything through the system and by hunting. 

Seeing that he had arrived, Adam and Cole headed over to him to greet him and upon seeing them, William was staring closely at Adam and recognised him slightly.

"Is that Adam?" asked William after staring closely at Adam's face that had become much more chiselled.

"Yes it is, I am surprised that you recognised him" affirmed Cole.

Adam greeted William respectfully and although he had never actually done any good to him, he also hadn't harmed him and seemed to be quite a caring father despite his distant and strict nature.

"So, where is the opponent that you spoke about?" asked William as he looked around the open warehouse that didn't have anybody else within it.

"I'm right in front of you" stated Adam with a slight smile.

"You mean to tell me that you want to fight Cole. Are you crazy?" exclaimed William who couldn't sense whether Adam was a cultivator or not after his cultivation was crippled from the poison.

"Yes uncle, please do not underestimate me," said Adam who was still patient and respectful with him since it was his friend's father.

Willliam still clearly didn't believe that Adam was a cultivator and he had always felt that Adam was a hindrance to Cole when they were younger. William didn't even think that Adam knew about cultivation and if he did, then he assumed that Cole told him and was planning to scold him later on.

However, when he looked at Adam's smile and glaring red eyes, he couldn't help but feel slightly intimidated for an unknown reason.

Suddenly he felt that he recognised his eyes and with it came a painful headache from the strong hangover that he had been experiencing.

"It was you last night, the one that I have memories of babbling to" exclaimed William in realisation as he starting to faintly recollect what he had done while he was drunk.

"You managed to recognise me despite the Disguise Illusion Stone that I was using at the time. You are quite perceptive for an old man" said Adam as Cole who stood beside Adam couldn't help but laugh remembering how Adam came to find out about everything to do with the Epstein Family.

William was annoyed with Adam and felt that he was being mocked, and since he never liked him in the first place and thought believed that he was holding Cole back, he wanted to teach him a lesson.

"Don't get arrogant, just because Cole might have told you about cultivation" bellowed William as he launched a fist towards Adam's face.

The fist was quite fast and powerful, making it so that an ordinary person, who wasn't trained in martial arts or fighting, would find it very difficult to evade or block.

However, for Adam who had peak level boxing mastery by buying 10% mastery over hand to hand combat and was much faster than William, the fist was moving towards him in slow motion and could easily be dealt with.

Adam even felt as though he could run a few laps around William before he was able to land the strike, but didn't want to embarrass him too much, so merely leaned to the side to slip the punch.

"Calm down old man. You are my friend's father, but I don't take kindly to those that try to hit me" warned Adam as he glared at him with his red eyes.