1193 Surprise Attack 1 (1/2)

Before he even realized it, Garen suddenly stepped back. A black line flashed through where he was originally standing.

It was a surprise attack that came in the form of a silenced gunshot.

Garen's narrowed his eyes even more.

”Again!”

He sharply leaped forward.

”Wind Ahead.”

With a whooshing sound, a bright light shot out from the saber forming a white pillar crashing into the opponent. This saber was actually two sabers combined as one. Hence, its strength was twice as strong as the one in front of him.

Slayer had also started to take this a bit more seriously.

The dozens of guns floating around him all started to vibrate, gathering together to form one gigantic black metal shield.

Bam!

With a loud thud, the gun shield and the dual sabers crashed against each other.

Garen twisted his body, rapidly moving away like a swimming fish.

As a result, the two Undercurrent Attacks that Slayer used at the same instantly missed their target, leaving him frowning in his position as he looked at Garen's silhouette leaving the place.

”What is this supposed to be? Some test?”

He had already caught wind of Garen's challenge earlier on, so he had been waiting for him here. However, since his opponent had already retreated before they reached a resolution, this was obviously just a test and Garen had no intention to fight till the end.

Both parties knew that they both still had their strongest cards concealed up their sleeves. Thus, if the fight would have continued on, there would be no way of predetermining a clear winner.

”Sir?” A sliver diver swam over. ”Do we pursue him?”

”No need, there are too many pieces of trash surveilling the area,” Slayer raised his hand. ”We didn't find what we were looking for, so let's just retreat for now.”

”Understood.”

After his subordinates left the scene, the red light in Slayer's eyes started to light up once more. He turned around and glared at the black submarines slowly closing in underwater, his face revealed a slight mocking expression.

******

Garen climbed up onto the ship, helped up by two special service personnel onto the deck. Water naturally dripping off the surface of his completely drenched diving suit.

”Your Excellency, you're hurt!” One of the special service personnel said, covering her mouth in shock. She saw that Garen had a huge bloodstain on his back.

”I'm fine.” Garen pulled off his headgear, swiftly shaking off the water in his hair. ”Start making the preparations to go back, we are leaving as soon as possible. This small wound isn't a big deal.”

”Al… Alright.” The female personnel saw that Garen's wound had already started to visibly heal. She was so shocked that her eyeballs were about to pop out. After stutteringly answering Garen, she swiftly ran off.

Garen started thinking back to the battle he had with Slayer just now.

”How interesting.” A smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Originally, he planned to just take it easy as he thought that there would not be anything that could threaten him in this world. However, he never would have imagined that there would be someone like the unknown and mysterious Sea God and that Slayer's potential would exceed his expectations by so much.

”Should I just kill Slayer?” Garen thought to himself as he rubbed his chin. He had basically already grasped the foundation of his opponent's potential. Furthermore, he had yet to display his true powers as well. He could still use his Soul Energy Acceleration to forcibly increase his potential by another level. Once he used his full power, he could reach the levels of unnatural powers, having his potential countless times stronger than it was currently. It was definitely enough to annihilate Slayer in an instant.

”However, it seems like that guy still has some sort of trump card. The threshold of unnatural powers in this world was too high so it would still not make much of a difference. How troublesome.”

Back in the Mech World, Garen was at the level where he could annihilate an entire planet with an arm tied behind his back. He was a true Demon King Level and if not for the world's overly complicated rules, he might have already destroyed this planet out of impatience. After all, for a Demon King Level Soul Ring, just the Soul Energy itself would be strong enough to condense into a physical form. His potential growth rate could even be considered the most overpowered amongst the most overpowered. In addition to that, as his Soul Power increases, the speed of growth would also increase, and so would the intensity.

Although he was still being suppressed by this world's rules, Garen's average physical fitness had still reached the terrifying degree of an average five points.

The Mother Stream System's most terrifying part was demonstrated here.

They had extremely high adaptability no matter which world they were in. As shown in this situation, it could almost flawlessly fit into the new universe's rules and find the strength at the strongest level. Then, using that scale as a basis, it uses soul rings to forcibly increase levels, achieving even more.

That was the strongest part about the Mother Stream System.

Garen finally fully understood what it meant.

After changing his clothes, he went into one of the restaurants in the cabins to rest. In the cabin, food and beverages had already been prepared for him. The entire cruise ship started turning back because of special 'malfunctions'. Originally, this cruise ship was specifically allocated to Garen.

”You went to challenge Slayer?” A voice rang from the restaurant's entrance area.

Nine-Tailed Fox and Li Hua walked into the restaurant, glaring daggers straight at Garen.

”Didn't I tell you to keep watch back at the base and protect everyone? Do you know how much danger and risk your absence could have caused everyone!?” Nine-Tailed Fox walked up to Garen, angrily slamming the table.

”Nothing happened anyways, right?” Garen lazily replied.

”What if Slayer decided not to accept your challenge and went directly to our comrades back at the base? Who would take responsibility if something happened?!” Nine-Tailed Fox looked extremely angry. ”Ah Xue and the gang were all still back at the base. If something happened to them, can you even take the responsibility for it!?”

”No worries, it's fine. Didn't I already allocate people to protect them before I left?” Garen spoke carefreely. ”Slayer's target isn't us, his attention won't be focussed on us at all.”