Chapter 47 Recognition and Growth

Chapter 47 Recognition and Growth

"Agh... Agh... Agh..."

Adam was breathing heavily, his strength was running low, however, his opponent was in the same position. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Brass Puppet's flames became a bit weaker, and his engine slowed down because otherwise he would simply burn up, even his body couldn't withstand the pressure for so long.

Obviously, in such situations, the fighters only had two options - continue beating each other up, gradually, attack after attack to bring someone to exhaustion and win, or...

"Do it all in one attack... right?" Adam muttered, looking at his needle.

Even in Resonance states, he wasn't invincible. He just used all his resources to the max, but that didn't mean the resources were infinite. Regardless of power, every flame would extinguish at some point, and it was going to happen to them soon. Whoever faded first would never flame again.

"I don't know... Whether you understand me, but I at least hope so." Adam said with a bitter smile on his face.

Then, he pointed the needle at Brass Puppet.

"I think we've cut each other up enough... It's time to call it a day, isn't it?" Brass Puppet didn't reply anything, but instead of his usual dash, he just took a few short steps forward.

'Adam... Good luck.' Silvana said quietly, hoping with all her heart that Adam would win. "Good. Then, it's time to begin!" Adam exclaimed with an excited smile before rushing forward. Brass Puppet immediately responded in kind. Adam already had nothing, he used Nexus, entered Resonance and his left arm was unusable. One last attack was all he had left.

Dozens or even hundreds of gazes were watching him fight. It was important, not just to him, but to every military man, Phantom, or Harvester.

Using the last drops of his power, Adam reached out with an open palm. Faint particles of white energy turned into a tiny vortex, but it was enough to gather the Brass Puppet gene.

A brightly shining rune emerged from Brass Puppet like a crucial star amidst the vast cosmos, only to disappear into Adam's Revolve. Brass Puppet's gene entered Lock, causing it to glow vividly and release all the energy gathered from 1001 genes.

Adam lost consciousness, and the thick chains shattered into small shards, simultaneously.

All the energy traveled up the Evolution Tree and towards the Initial Gene, making them shake and the Evolution Tree grow.

An energy pillar came out from Adam's body, rushing upwards for more than ten meters. The air trembled, and rings were created around the pillar, running from the bottom to the top, gradually gaining speed and concentrating all the power into one point.

"What the fuck...?" Gauter muttered in disbelief, "Why is his pillar so high? Hah, damn, Douglas, you've found a real treasure... You may not have superpowers like the Phantoms, but your intuition is already a superpower in itself!"

Douglas didn't answer anything, for he was just as surprised. He stared wide-eyed at the ghostly silhouette of Adam's Evolution Tree, which soon disappeared along with the pillar.

[You've unlocked your Lock!]

[Collect the first Key to advance further!]

The Evolution Tree continued to grow, and with it came new messages that Adam couldn't see, but its threads trembled, ready to evolve.

Hi, hope you enjoy the story as much as the fight against Brass Puppet!

Arlemit