140: Chapter 140: Bloodbath

Its entire body was transparent, with scales clearly visible, and its eyes were blue, like two glowing gemstones.

It opened its mouth to reveal teeth made of water, let out a silent roar, and charged toward Wang Lin.

Even if Wang Lin froze it, the momentum it carried would still crush him to pieces.

Wang Lin remained calm and unhurried as he pulled his right hand from his pocket, purple light swirling at his fingertips as he activated his [Lightning] Superpower.

Purple lightning instantly shot out from his palm—not just a single bolt, but a sheet of it, like a giant net, rushing toward the water dragon.

The lightning struck the water dragon without meeting any resistance.

Water is a conductor and lightning is electricity; the lightning traveled down the water dragon's body, reaching Zhao Xu without any obstruction.

Zhao Xu's body stiffened violently, his eyes rolled back, his hair stood on end, and smoke poured from him from head to toe.

The water dragon exploded, turning into countless splashes of water that fell to the ground like a rainstorm, or perhaps a funeral.

"Wh... why did this happen..."

Wang Lin explained with a smile, "Water conducts electricity, didn't you know that? Didn't your physics teacher teach you?"

"As the saying goes—master math, physics, and chemistry, and you can travel the world without fear."

"You don't fear an opponent as skilled as a god; you fear an opponent who has learned math, physics, and chemistry."

After hearing Wang Lin's explanation, Zhao Xu's body could no longer hold up, and he collapsed straight to the ground.

Zhou Ming watched Zhao Xu collapse and was stunned for quite a while.

"Brother Wang, you... you actually defeated an LV6?"

Wang Lin looked at his stunned expression and bragged, "It was alright. I only used thirty percent of my strength."

This was, of course, an exaggeration. He had used Fire Element, Ice Element, lightning, and Shadow Shapeshifting, and had almost even used his Tentacles. It took him quite a while to finally take Zhao Xu down, and he had exhausted more than half of his Mental Energy.

But who cared? Zhao Xu was down, and Zhou Ming believed him anyway.

"Thirty percent strength? Brother Wang, what level are you at now exactly?"

"LV4."

"LV4 fighting LV6, and you only used thirty percent strength? Brother Wang, are you bragging?"

"What do you think?"

Zhou Ming looked at the smoking body on the ground, swallowed hard, and said nothing more.

After a while, Zhou Ming asked, "Brother Wang, why do you have so many Superpowers?"

"Fire Element, Ice Element, Shadow Shapeshifting, lightning... You alone are worth an entire mercenary group."

"Given to me by someone else."

Zhou Ming was stunned, "Given? Can Superpowers be given?"

Wang Lin nodded, "Of course they can."

Zhou Ming leaned forward, "Then could you give me some?"

Wang Lin thought for a moment, then said, "I can. But there is a price."

"What price?"

"You must never betray me."

"That's it? It's that simple?"

"Is it simple?"

Zhou Ming said excitedly, "It's too simple for me..."

Wang Lin looked at him and asked with a smile, "Then what Superpower do you want?"

"We can just choose Superpowers? Isn't this just like a grocery market?"

Wang Lin nodded, "That's right, choose whatever you want."

"Fire Element, Water Element, Ice Element, Wind Element, Lightning Element, Petrification, Shadow Shapeshifting, Speed..."

Zhou Ming's eyes widened even further as he heard Wang Lin list so many, "Only children make choices, Brother Wang, I want them all first..."

Wang Lin laughed, "Are you trying to buy wholesale?"

Zhou Ming chuckled, "Brother Wang, the more the better..."

Wang Lin shook his head, "Your body can't handle that much. You are only LV2 right now, you can only handle one. Choose one."

Zhou Ming's face fell, but he knew his own limits. He thought for a while, "Then I'll take lightning."

Wang Lin nodded, "Lightning is good. Strong attack power, high Speed, and combined with your Calamity constitution, it should produce good results."

Zhou Ming shook his head, "No... no... no..."

"It's not because of the attack power, nor is it because of the fast Speed."

Wang Lin was stunned, "Then what is it for?"

Zhou Ming looked at Wang Lin, his eyes full of stars, "Because it's cool! Brother Wang, that move you just used was so cool!"

"The purple lightning shot out from your palm, like a giant net, instantly passing through that water dragon and hitting Zhao Xu directly."

"That scene, that aura, those special effects, it was just insanely cool!"

Zhou Ming was almost drooling.

Wang Lin laughed, "I didn't expect you to be an aestheticist."

Zhou Ming said, "Right! Good looks are justice, being cool is the truth. As a person, the most important thing is to be cool."

Wang Lin looked at him, was silent for a moment, then smiled, "Fine, whatever you say..."

Wang Lin had inherited the power of The Progenitor, and the ability of the Bestower had already merged into his bloodline.

As long as he was willing, he could let anyone possess power and let anyone become a powerhouse.

But Wang Lin would not do that; even if the other person was his childhood friend, his good friend, Wang Lin would not do it.

If he bestowed a Superpower upon Zhou Ming, then Zhou Ming would become his weak point.

Wang Lin had too many secrets that could not be known by others.

If any one of these secrets were leaked, what awaited him would be being sliced up, researched, and locked in a laboratory as a test subject for the rest of his life.

Therefore, he had to put an insurance policy on Zhou Ming, an insurance policy that would ensure he would never betray him.

Calamity: [Vampire].

This was an ability obtained from Liu Kun, which could turn the other person into his servant, ensuring they would never betray him and that their life and death were under his control.

He would not harm Zhou Ming, but he would not give Zhou Ming the chance to harm him either.

Wang Lin looked at Zhou Ming's neck, wondering if he should add some sense of ritual for his first time taking on a blood servant underling.

Bite his neck? That's how Vampires always do it in movies.

One bite, blood spills out, the person bitten rolls their eyes back, their body trembles, and finally, they kneel on the ground and respectfully call out "Master."

How exciting, how much of a sense of ritual.

But Wang Lin looked at Zhou Ming's greasy, shiny neck and couldn't bring himself to bite it no matter how he looked at it.

Plus, Wang Lin could smell the sweat on Zhou Ming.

If it were a woman, Wang Lin wouldn't mind a sense of ritual.

But the other party was a man, and a childhood friend at that; Wang Lin felt the urge to vomit.

Forget it, he would just use his hand.

Wang Lin placed his hand on Zhou Ming's chest, looked into Zhou Ming's eyes, and said seriously:

"Have you thought it through? If you inherit my Superpower, you must forever follow me, obey me, and never betray me."

Zhou Ming looked into his eyes, not dodging, not hesitating, just one thing: trust.

"I have thought it through."

"Brother Wang, I am willing to follow you, obey you, and never betray you."

Wang Lin looked at him and nodded.

Dark red light exploded from his palm, and that light traveled along Wang Lin's arm to Zhou Ming's chest.

Zhou Ming's body shuddered violently, his eyes widened, his fingers curled, but he did not cry out.

Because he knew that Wang Lin would not harm him.