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Chapter 482: A Heroic Tale

“The secret to the blue mechas success wasn’t equipment, and it wasn’t skill The power he had that day was from an entire bottle of Fantascia Genetica the pilot drank before the fight”

“Soht not knohat Fantascia Genetica is I’ll tell you It is the greatest DNA-altering substance the West has produced Taking any amount will help one’s Discipline The th of the le exception to this are ninth-level Adepts Popular knowledge holds that a ninth-level who takes a bottle of Genetica will outright explode His poould be too strong for him or her to control”

“The pilot of this majestic war machine is indeed a ninth-level Adept He knew the risks, and yet he drank that decoction, so that he could save more lives He burned away his body for his people, burned away his life until only the faintest spark was left If the Cosus hadn’t had arrived just then, that hero would be lost to us We would never have the opportunity to know therabbed Lan Jue’s left hand, and thrust it into the air!

“A-Jue, let the people learn who Zeus really is” Poseidon’s eyes were alive with excite with it His fervor had infected the croho shouted down at them

Lan Jue returned his look with a serious one of his own His brother wasn’t doing this to turn hi had used his ownhi him another tool to protect him None of this was part of the earlier rehearsals The only purpose was to protect his friend

Lan Jue heaved a deep sigh Silent as a statue, he siliure appeared before Lan Jue and Hua Li

Thor! It was, Thor!

The ht The sleek, ht The air around it writhed with ies of the battle on Taihua

Thor, Zeus, Thunderbolt Discipline… it all added up Now they understood That mysterious hero, who had saved so el had been Thor And although this Thor wasn’t exactly like the Thor in Dreah for the audience to connect the dots There was a single word bouncing through the collective consciousness; heroic!

This was the hero of Taihua, before their eyes Short though the crowd’s memory was, several still remembered Zeus’ rise He was an Easterner, an outsider, who had belittled a woman on interstellar television They couldn’t understand why a woman like the Pharmacist would consent to be seen with hiht

Shock wasn’t reserved for the audience alone Many of the tournament competitors were just as stunned by the revelation They were Adepts, they all understood the risks of a ninth level using the Fantascia Genetica Yet, somehow, this man had done it and survived Noas the tournament Champion – hero and victor! Despite all that had come before, that was how the cro him now

His Eastern Alliance co theation looked upon him with profound respect Jun’er was the only one not struck du away from him “That’s my daddy!”

The Pharirl’s happy cries Her face revealed appreciation His efforts gave Jun’er the coye stood a few meters behind the tourna eive our hero some cheers and applause?!” Hua LI’s excited voice cried out to the masses Their response was thunderous It sounded like a bo its foundation

No… not just the Great Adept Arena This was being streahout hu noas echoed on Luo, Lyr, Skyfire, and everywhere else humans inhabited In the East, spectators stoically faced the projection of their hero, and bowed

Lan Jue wasn’t prepared for this A strange sensation washed over him just like the adoration of the audience He couldn’t describe it, but there ords for it If he had been born a believer of the Pontiff, someone would have told him it was the power of faith