I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

"However, there are always times when things defy common sense, aren't there?"

The moment he finished speaking, the person behind him immediately frowned.

The ground is trembling slightly?

Click—click—

Cracks spread continuously from the high-rise buildings surrounding the two people, and the originally flat ground also began to develop fissures. The increasingly intense tremors, which started as slight tremors and became barely perceptible, quickly developed into violent shaking like an earthquake.

Eric's body slowly floated into the air.

Amidst the deafening roar, the tall buildings were uprooted from the ground and, along with Eric, were suspended in mid-air amidst a continuous shower of falling debris.

Immediately following was the earth shattering open, and a black storm sweeping up from the land. All the metallic substances in the land were extracted and gathered, turning into a black tide that surged into the sky, swirling around Eric and completely obscuring the already dim sky.

"So that's how it is. This is the power to manipulate magnetic fields. No wonder you were called Magneto on that battlefield back then."

Looking up at Eric in the sky, Shui's expression remained calm. He raised the giant club in his hand towards the sky, pointing it directly at Eric, and spoke in a cold voice:

"Since that's the case, then I'll utterly crush you and make you clearly realize the gap between us!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the water suddenly shot into the air and rushed towards Eric in the sky. But the next moment, the suspended buildings twisted and shattered. Then, countless steel bars, iron sheets, computer components and all kinds of metal objects twisted into whips more than a hundred meters long and struck the water that shot into the sky.

Amidst a deafening roar, a torrent of metal exceeding a thousand tons collided with the soaring Transcendent. In the very first second, the water tore through the entire torrent before his eyes. But then, a torrent of metal, blasting in from the side, struck his body and propelled him away in one fell swoop, crashing through more than ten buildings and leaving a deep ravine in the earth.

"Impressive control. If it weren't for that law, you would never have been able to stay at A-level."

Within the building that had been completely torn apart, Shui, unharmed, rose from the rubble and looked at the three torrents of metal rushing towards him.

"Drink!"

Without flinching, Water raised the giant club in her hand and met the attack head-on. The impact of the two enormous forces created a violent blast, instantly shattering houses within a fifty-meter radius. The ground around Water sank five or six meters in an instant, forming a huge crater, while Eric's torrent of metal was completely shattered by Water.

"A remarkable power, but not enough!"

Eric gave Water no time to act again. He waved his hand once more, and more buildings rose from the ground with a roar, rushing directly towards Water in the middle of the ruins with a heavy whistling sound. Countless buildings crashed straight into Water like missiles, smashing one after another into the huge crater. Water was not afraid at all, and used brute force to resist each building that Eric controlled to crash into it.

Is that all there is to it?

The giant club, carrying astonishing pressure, blasted a huge crater in the middle of a building that had fallen from the sky. Shui leaped upwards, landing on the building before it hit the ground, then leaped upwards again, soaring high into the air, and coldly looked at Eric in the distance, saying...

"If your so-called 'progress' is only this level of power, then it has no reason to exist, no right to make so many people sacrifice for it, and no right to replace the power that has existed in this world until now!"

Faced with the question about water, Eric simply waved his hand calmly and said in a low voice:

"You will see it, right now."

what? !

A hand made of metal fragments grabbed Shui's ankle. The next moment, astonishing power erupted from those metal fragments, pulling Shui's body and flinging him far away. Shui flew at least a thousand meters, smashing through countless buildings, and finally crashing into an empty stadium, completely sinking the football field and blowing away the surrounding stands with the shockwave.

"Did you think your previous attacks were depleting my strength?"

Eric said coldly, flicking his wrist. From the countless houses previously shattered by the water, numerous metal fragments began to rise. Under the cover of night, these metal objects slowly decomposed, turning into tiny metal particles that formed patches of black clouds.

When the water rose from the ruins again, he saw Eric in the sky, and behind him, a black tide that had completely obscured the sky. It was trillions upon trillions of metal fragments, suspended and swirling behind Eric.

An enormous, all-metal tornado plummeted straight down to the ground, crashing violently towards the water.

As always, the water did not retreat in the slightest, but instead rose into the sky once again, facing the violent storm above.

The deafening roar of this collision destroyed all the buildings within a half-kilometer radius, reducing nearly one-thirtieth of Academy City to nothing.

"call--"

With a soft exhale, Shui swept away the dust with his giant club. Above him, Eric remained calmly suspended, and behind him, the sea of ​​metal had not diminished in the slightest; in fact, it had expanded even further.

Shui noticed that metal fragments were constantly rising from the ruins around him, disintegrating, and then merging into the black tide in the sky.

"I see. Although my attacks can shatter your metal, they cannot destroy the composition of the metal elements at the molecular level. So no matter how I attack, I cannot truly reduce the amount of metal you use. On the contrary, you can continuously expand the amount of metal you control, thus engaging in a war of attrition with me?"

Shui, with a knowing look on his face, looked up at Eric in the sky and plunged the giant club in his hand into the ground.

"If that's the case, then the initial strategy was inappropriate. What I need to do is defeat you, not waste time competing with you in terms of physical strength and energy."

"So you're going to use magic?"

Despite his tactics being seen through, Eric remained relaxed, casually looking at the water on the ground.

"exactly."

Gripping the giant staff tightly, Shui let out a soft shout, and a massive amount of magic power suddenly burst forth from his body. Then, countless streams of water shot into the sky, gathered around him, and swirled.

Within the barrier, all the water in the entire Academy City converged at this moment to the side of the water behind.

As the waters murmured behind him, they surged skyward, transforming into countless water blades, appearing from afar as if a torrential rain were falling from the ground. Simultaneously, the torrent of steel behind Eric responded, countless metal particles forming sharp blades that crashed down upon the water below.

The sharpness of water and metal collided and shattered in mid-air. This time, it was the solid metal blade that shattered the water flow, but Eric quickly realized something was wrong.

Those streams of water continued to rise even after they were broken up.

Piercing through the loosely structured metal blade, countless streams of water broke free from the storm of metal and continued their charge towards Eric behind them.

More torrents of metal surged forth in the next moment, forming an impenetrable, thick wall that blocked the soaring water. But then, with a deafening explosion, the water behind surged upwards on water blades, easily shattering the metal wall created by Eric.

"Checkmate!"

He announced the outcome of the battle in a deep voice, and the giant water staff slashed fiercely towards Eric.

boom!

The third loud bang of the night was when the iron ball enveloping Eric's entire body was blasted away, and when Rearwater was hit by a high-voltage electromagnetic cannon and was also sent flying far away.

"Cough-cough-cough-"

The large metal ball rolled nearly a hundred meters through the ruins before slowly dissipating and turning back into black metallic sand. Eric lay on the ground, coughing several times before shakily getting to his feet. His mouth and nostrils were already bleeding slightly.

The water on the other side flew even further, carving another deep crater in the ground before he stood up. His upper garments had been almost completely ripped apart in the previous attack, exposing his rock-hard body. Even so, however, he was completely unharmed, and his expression showed no sign of being hit or injured.

"I see. Manipulating magnetic fields allows one to artificially create electromagnetic force, thereby indirectly controlling electricity to create powerful attacks? That's indeed a terrifying technique."

His giant club wasn't in his hand; it had fallen to the ground halfway through his flight. Eric's sudden attack had caused the giant club to slip from the sailor's grasp for the first time.

"To achieve this level of power despite being confined to the A-level range, you are indeed an extraordinary person, and you have truly proven that this power is 'progressive'."

After retrieving the lost giant stick, the water was back in Eric's sight in the blink of an eye.

"However, this level of power is still no match for me, and there is no possibility of defeating me. Therefore, you still cannot stop me from accomplishing what I want to accomplish."

"That's not necessarily true."

Eric stared intently at the water standing in front of him, while the torrent of metal behind him gathered once more.

"Want to fight again? Then this time, I'll injure you to the point where you can't move."

Gripping the giant club tightly, Shui coldly pointed it at Eric in front of her, her imposing aura once again evident.

But then the situation changed. A strong energy tremor suddenly appeared high in the sky, at the top of the barrier surrounding Academy City, and a powerful wave emanated from it.

A hint of surprise flashed across Shui's face, followed by a furrowed brow, while Eric paused for a moment before a smile appeared on his lips.

He already knew who the person was.

Above the barrier in the sky, at the top, from a huge crack, the immense power of the transcendent slowly spread out.

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This chapter is 4.5k words long, a long-awaited bonus chapter, although it's only 500 words.

Section 347, Chapter Twenty-Six: The Central Tower

"What's going on outside? Why is it so lively?"

Walking through the underground passage, Li Cheng listened to the occasional faint rumbling sounds outside and the occasional vibrations around him, muttering to himself with some confusion.

"Hey sir, do you think this passageway might actually collapse soon?"

The boy, named Matou Shinji, with a strange seaweed-like hairstyle in Li Cheng's eyes, asked somewhat uneasily because of the tremor in the passage a few minutes earlier.

"With me here, you'll be fine even if it collapses. Hurry up and find that system library you mentioned."

Li Cheng replied irritably, then slapped Matou Shinji on the head, causing the latter to scream again and almost fall to the ground.

"Uncle, please stop patting my head! What if I don't grow taller if you keep doing this?"

Shinji Matou muttered a complaint under his breath, and Li Cheng immediately slapped him on the head again, making him almost cry.

"Stop talking nonsense and get your mess cleaned up!"

"Isn't the 'Waaah Action Group' a police agency that protects civilians? If you keep hitting me like this, I'm going to file a complaint! I really will!"

"Go ahead and do it if you dare! Haha, in the few years since the Sixth Group was established, the number of complaint letters we've received has always been several times, even more than ten times, that of other action groups. In the busiest month, we even received a full twenty-one times more complaint letters than the second-place group!"

"Why say something like this with such pride? Are all the people in your action team devils?"

The two walked through the dimly lit underground passage, bickering all the way. The loud noises outside gradually became more and more noticeable. The sharp-eyed Li Cheng quickly noticed a small crack slowly widening in the ceiling of the passage.

"It seems you were right about one thing, kid."

Stopping in his tracks, Li Cheng spoke seriously to Matou Shinji beside him. This left Matou Shinji, who was clutching his head, looking bewildered, unsure of what Li Cheng was trying to say.

"This passage is indeed about to collapse."

"Eeeeeeee!"

Grabbing Shinji Matou by the waist and trapping him in his right arm, Li Chengfei sprinted through the tunnel. The next second, as if timed perfectly, the tunnel began to collapse with a deafening roar.

"Aaaaaah, someone's going to die! Someone's going to die!"

"What are you yelling for? You're still alive!"

"If I die, I won't be able to scream anymore, okay?! Help, Mommy, I want to go home!!"

Accompanied by Shinji Matou's screams, Li Cheng ran wildly through the collapsing underground passage. Amidst a series of cracking noises, Li Cheng noticed that the metal pipes around the passage were shaking, one after another falling from their original positions with a bang, then hovering in the air and flying into the collapsing passage behind them.

Is someone manipulating the metal in this area?

A question flashed through Li Cheng's mind, but considering that the frail Matou Shinji couldn't withstand the pressure of the collapsing passage, he could only continue running with the frantically screaming boy. They ran until they reached the end of the passage, before a heavy, tightly closed door. Li Cheng took a sudden step forward, his demonic power silently gathering in his hand. With a powerful punch, he smashed the door and the adjacent wall together with a deafening roar, then quickly ducked into the room behind it.

The collapsed passage behind also stopped at this gate, suggesting that the building behind it was much stronger in terms of sturdiness and was therefore not affected by the collapse.

Who is that person manipulating the metal? Is someone fighting on it?