Eternal Master: Path to Godlike Status-Chapter 6: ENDLESS PART

The three survivors backed away.

"Resistance is a waste. Unless your combined competence exceeds your leader’s, the math does not favor you."

"He’s bluffing!" one of them spat, though his voice wavered. "He took Maxwell with a fluke. Kill him."

The Fire user’s palms ignited. Wind spiraled around the flames, feeding them into a roaring vortex that filled the tunnel mouth.

"Why do you all always resort to violence?" Rain shook his head and charged straight into it.

The heat boiled the moisture in the air. His skin bubbled, split, and charred.

Through the wall of fire, a shadow forced its way in, snatched Maxwell and the girl, then vanished.

Seizing the moment, the other two fled as well.

Rain stood alone, his burned skin already regenerating.

Instead of anger, his expression showed extreme excitement. He smiled. Wide enough to split his healing face.

"Time to get a little bit more serious."

Zero to sixty in a heartbeat. No buildup, no acceleration curve—just an explosion of motion that left cracks in the concrete where he had stood.

The tunnel blurred. A support beam flashed past.

He planted one foot on the wall and pushed, redirecting his momentum around a corner without slowing, his joints rotating at angles that would shatter normal bone.

Hearing him coming, the wind user sent a gale.

It wasn’t enough to seriously hurt him, but it managed to slow him slightly—until they hit the hangar. The vast, open space left them exposed and at a clear disadvantage.

Rain weaved through the attacks, turning chunks of scattered debris into deadly projectiles with a flick of his foot.

Each piece shot out like bullets, forcing the Wind user to constantly redirect them midair.

"Damn it, who the hell is that guy?" the Wind user growled. "We didn’t get any intel about a monster like him being in this facility."

"I don’t know," the Fire user gritted his teeth, "but one thing’s for sure—if he gets close, we’re dead."

Soon, they made it to the tunnels, where dozens of figures in black robes stood ready.

Behind them lay countless dead soldiers and destroyed trucks.

’So much for state-of-the-art security,’

He stopped, counting nearly twenty more intruders.

A woman stepped forward—sword at her hip, face hidden behind a wolf mask that left only her mouth visible.

His instincts, honed over decades, screamed danger louder than they had for anyone else today.

Not because of her weapon. Because of the confidence in her stance. She got absolute certainty in her posture that said she could end him if she wanted to.

"Are you in charge?" he questioned.

"I don’t answer to dogs of the government." Her accent was slight, Mandarin underneath the English. "How much did they pay you to murder people like us?"

Rain glanced at the dead soldiers. "Looks like I’m not the one doing the murdering."

"They shot first!" she shouted.

"You broke into a top-secret federal facility," he tilted his head. "Were they supposed to roll out a red carpet and applaud?"

"These scumbags kidnapped and experimented on people like us because they couldn’t understand our gift,"

Rain didn’t engage and change the topic. "What’s your group’s purpose in all of this?"

"We’re liberating them." She stepped forward, hand moving to her sword. "Taking them somewhere safe."

"And where’s that? Your own private compound? Your own island? Let me guess—you’ll train them, organize them, build your perfect society of superior beings while the rest of humanity watches nervously." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"We’re not like your government," she shoots back.

"No. You’re worse," He replied calmly. "You’re a group of immature brats who stumbled into power and immediately started fantasizing."

She planted one foot forward. "And you’re fine with the government exploiting people like us?"

"Exploitation isn’t new. Humans do it. Animals do it. Even plants and bacteria do it. That’s how the world works."

Her hand tightened on the sword hilt. "Big talk from someone who—"

One of her people leaned in, whispering urgently. She looked frustrated and released her grip on the hilt.

"You’re lucky we ran out of time." She stepped back. "Next time I’ll take your head."

"Please do." Rain nodded,

She took his words the wrong way and clicked her tongue in annoyance. He had meant it exactly as said.

Suddenly, mist filled the tunnel, swallowing the group before fading as mysteriously as it had appeared.

’Things are getting more complicated,’

Individuals with superpowers were one thing, but a group using them to commit acts of terror was something else entirely.