Chapter 139: 139 Godspeed
The skill [G's Power] originates from Apollo. Unlike Godzilla's nuclear fission-based atomic breath, it is actually nuclear fusion. As for why Altair's body can generate nuclear fusion, even he isn't sure. It's just as inexplicable as how Godzilla's body can sustain nuclear fusion reactions.
The energy released by nuclear fusion is far more terrifying than nuclear fission, and it's also much cleaner.
After transforming into a dragon, Altair's Atomic Breath was already significantly enhanced. With the additional buffs, this full-powered Atomic Breath became even more devastating. Godzilla's atomic breath could pierce through the Earth's crust and reach the core. Altair's enhanced version could do even more.
This Atomic Breath, capable of piercing through the planet, possessed temperatures dozens of times higher than the surface of the sun. Such extreme heat is the deadliest counter to steel heroes.
Even Sun Wukong's indestructible body, couldn't withstand it.
The monkey, with his indestructible body, was instantly melted. When he broke free from Luo Hao's restraint, he sensed another Campione nearby and was about to summon his subordinate gods. In the original story, during his battle with Luo Hao, he summoned Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing—his mythological disciples who, in this world, served as his subordinate gods.
But Altair wasn't the type to take turns fighting or play cards one by one. If he could finish you off, he would do it immediately. Why wait for you to reveal your trump cards and drag out the fight?
This combo of "Freesia" and "Because We Have Plot Armor!", which Altair had considered back in the DanMachi world, was now perfectly executed in the Campione world.
And so, Altair once again passed out in a spectacular fashion.
Having already experienced becoming a Campione once, Altair's unconsciousness this time didn't last long. He woke up after a brief period of blacking out.
Upon waking, Altair felt stronger. His cursed energy had increased, and he had gained a new skill.
[Godspeed]
[Effect: Authority obtained from slaying Sun Wukong. Now added to your skill set.
Greatly enhances personal agility and dexterity, pushing your normal speed and reflexes into extraordinary levels. When activated, you can choose to summon a somersault cloud capable of carrying passengers at ultra-high speeds, or enter the Godspeed Domain. In the Godspeed Domain, your speed increases to the point where you can continuously evade attacks at the speed of light. However, this state cannot be maintained for too long, as the friction from moving at such speeds would cause you to burn up.]
A decent skill, but not particularly outstanding.
First, due to his passive skill [Tom's Body], Altair already possessed superhuman agility and dexterity, making him an agility-based player. As a result, the passive enhancement from this skill was somewhat limited for him.
However, the two active effects were quite useful. The first allowed him to summon a somersault cloud, which was far more convenient for carrying passengers than his current method of transforming into a dragon to fly. The second, the Godspeed Domain, while limited in duration, was a crucial skill that could be extremely useful in specific situations.
Overall, this skill was an upgrade for Altair, though not a massive one.
"This monkey is so stingy. He only gave me one skill? How cheap. Couldn't he have given me more?"
Altair knew that when a Campione slays a Heretic God, a rebirth ceremony takes place. The slain Heretic God would appear on the scene, chat with Pandora, and then, under Pandora's arrangement, bestow their blessings—essentially transferring their authorities.
But this monkey only gave him Godspeed. Tsk, so stingy.
If the monkey could hear this, he'd probably curse Altair out: "You shamelessly ambushed me with a sneak attack and blasted me to death in one shot! I didn't even curse you out, and you're complaining? Not to mention, you two ganged up on me! I didn't have to give you any authorities at all, and you're still whining!"
In any case, while Altair didn't get as many authorities as he had hoped, he still came out stronger and was quite pleased.
Luo Hao, on the other hand, was deeply intimidated by Altair's final attack. That strike was on a completely different level compared to when he had beaten her. If that had hit her, she would have died for sure!
Back then, Altair had only wanted to teach her a lesson, not actually kill her. He just wanted to beat some sense into her.
Thus, this attack completely changed Luo Hao's perception of Altair. In short: "As expected of my brother."
With Sun Wukong dealt with, there was nothing left in Japan that interested Altair and Luo Hao.
After Altair woke up, he immediately ordered Lu Yinghua to take some men and clean out the high-ranking members of the Tokyo branch of the History Compilation Committee. The four great families all had representatives in the committee's upper echelons, and they were all executed.
The four great families were furious but didn't dare to protest. Altair had made it clear: since they considered Tooma Amatsu qualified to receive two Kings, he was the highest authority. There could be no one above him.
But the four great families didn't resist because Altair had given them hope. He only killed those who held high-ranking positions in the History Compilation Committee. Many members of the four great families weren't in such positions, so while the losses were significant, they weren't fatal.
Just like before, by giving them despair alongside hope, they wouldn't rebel.
Compared to the possibility of their entire families being wiped out for defying a Campione, losing a few members to save the majority was the preferable choice. Truly, they were allies of justice!
After spending a few days cleaning out the high-ranking members of the History Compilation Committee and leaving a lasting impression on the four great families, Altair and his group left Japan and returned to his territory. On the way back, they took the Mariya sisters with them, because a family should stay together.
This trip had been quite fruitful for Altair. Luo Hao had also cleared her wish list. The History Compilation Committee suffered heavy losses, the four great families were severely weakened, and the former site of the Western Heavenly Palace was now marked by a circular crater over a kilometer deep.
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