Sizzle!
Heat Vision instantly struck the gang members between Eric and Ashley.
Blood splattered, and the underlings protecting the gang boss instantly fell dead.
Just by using Heat Vision, he had eliminated all his bodyguards, leaving Ashley wide-eyed!
With an expression of disbelief in his eyes, he took a step back.
How is that possible?!
He had thought that Alicia, with her teleportation superpower, was already a unique individual in the world.
He never expected that the being he was now seeing was far more brutal and powerful than the teleporting woman!
The bodies cut through by Heat Vision fell heavily to the ground.
The strong smell of blood permeating the entire room made him feel an uncontrollable urge to vomit.
Suppressing the urge to throw up, Ashley swallowed hard and said to Eric, "No! Don't kill me! I can give you anything you want!"
As Ashley, who was used to living a life on the edge, he still tried to negotiate with Eric at this moment.
"I can help you! As long as we cooperate, anything, money, power, and women, can be yours."
"Anything?"
Eric did not immediately attack the other party but withdrew the Heat Vision from his eyes.
"Yes, anything you desire!"
Ashley saw Eric standing still and thought he was tempted, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot, saying, "Look at this world, it is controlled by those with power. Resources and wealth are things that people like us will eventually control!"
"There's some truth to that, but you've got one thing wrong: you and I are not, and never have been, the same kind of people!"
Eric shook his head, instantly activated his Super Speed, lunged forward, grabbed the other party's neck, and lifted him up.
Gripped by the throat and held suspended in mid-air, Ashley immediately felt a sharp pain, his breathing suppressed, and every breath was excruciatingly difficult.
Before the other party could speak, a beam of Heat Vision shot out from Eric's eyes.
The wide-set gaze impacted Ashley's eye sockets, instantly melting half of the other party's head.
The head, scorched by the Heat Vision, instantly turned into shriveled hollows where the eyes had been.
Ashley didn't make a sound and died instantly.
After using Heat Vision to kill Ashley, Eric released the body.
Thud!
Ashley's body hit the ground heavily, splattering the blood that had flowed out.
Eric glanced at the thoroughly dead man, then turned and walked out.
Standing on the street outside the bar, looking at the luxurious and extravagant bar in front of him, the crimson light in his eyes grew even more intense.
Sizzle!
The next second, Heat Vision shot out from his eyes, aimed at the bar in front of him.
As the Heat Vision hit the building, flames immediately ignited and rapidly spread throughout the entire bar.
Areas struck by the Heat Vision collapsed as if tofu had been cut by a hot knife!
The sound of burning flames and collapsing buildings echoed throughout the street.
The once magnificent bar instantly turned into ruins engulfed by a sea of fire.
Eric watched the towering flames rise from the bar, then turned and looked at the approaching fire trucks and police cars in the distance.
After activating his Super Speed, he vanished from the street in an instant.
In the distance.
On the rooftop of a tall building, Clark let out a soft sigh, having witnessed Eric's disappearance.
He had seen Eric's massacre of the "Blood Gang" members in the bar but had not intervened.
Clark reached out and touched the ring Alicia had given him earlier, gazing at the city's nightscape, lost in thought. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Perhaps,
the reason he didn't stop it was because he wanted revenge!
The flames of revenge were invading his heart; if he couldn't release the flames within, they might consume him.
Perhaps Eric had seen through his heart, which was why he carried out his revenge plan before Clark could act!
Clark looked at the burning flames in the distance and clenched his fist.
Taking a deep breath, he activated his flying ability and shot straight into the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As he continuously accelerated, his speed broke the sound barrier, and sonic booms constantly rang out.
His acceleration reached its peak, and he instantly flew out of the atmosphere.
Beyond the atmosphere, he continued to fly towards the sun.
Bathed in sunlight, he felt his body constantly being tempered.
It was as if the sunlight not only healed all the wounds in his heart but also made his body stronger.
Closing his eyes, he spread his arms, embracing the sun.
He felt as if all pain would be healed.
The next day.
Sunlight streamed down, casting warmth into the room.
The patient in the ward, lying on the bed, embraced by the sun, did not feel his pain being healed; instead, his body ached more from the sunlight.
The location was the Metropolis Medical Center.
Betty awoke from her slumber to find herself completely bandaged, like a zongzi, and every movement brought excruciating pain.
She raised her hand to block the intense sunlight streaming through the window.
After blocking the sun and allowing her eyes to adjust to the indoor environment, Betty looked to her side.
She saw Hanna, the president of the "Eric Kent Fan Club," sitting by her bedside, watching her.
Just as she tried to shift her body, a sharp pain shot through her arm.
"Be careful, you have a fractured arm. Be careful of secondary injuries."
Hanna immediately came over to support her and said.
"W-what happened to me?"
Betty endured the waves of dizziness and pain in her head and asked Hanna.
"You really don't remember?"
Hanna asked her with a strange expression.
"I... I only remember some general things."
Betty wiped her forehead and said, "It was like another person was controlling my body, and I was just an observer, watching everything happen from another perspective, but I couldn't do anything."
Hanna nodded, adjusted the black-rimmed glasses she had started wearing at some point, and said, "Just as I suspected, it's like what we often say in our Heavenly Dynasty, 'ghost possession.' Betty, you were possessed by a soul."
"A soul?"
Betty slowly lowered her arm, took a few breaths, and said, "I do remember using a fire axe to break through a wall and discovering a female corpse hidden inside. Perhaps that's when I was possessed!"
"And what else do you remember from when you were possessed?"
"My... my memory is a bit blurry, but I remember the identity of that woman, and I know how she died. The scene of her Death played out in my mind, and I know the murderer who killed her."
"Is that so?"
Hanna showed a surprised expression, "Then who is the murderer!"
"Her landlord, a dark, cold-blooded pervert! Now I don't dare to live in the house I rented anymore. Can you call my roommate? If—"
Because she had spoken too much at once, Betty's stamina was now failing her, and the pain throughout her body constantly assaulted her, making her extremely uncomfortable.
"Hanna, can you contact my roommate and call the police immediately?"
"I... I'm afraid my roommate might encounter misfortune!"
Betty pleaded with Hanna.
"Okay."
Hanna replied to her, then took out her phone to call the police and contacted Betty's roommate.
Putting down her phone, Hanna asked Betty, who had closed her eyes and was breathing softly, "Do you know how the soul that was attached to you disappeared?"
Betty thought for a moment and said, "I saw a beam of light, like sunlight, illuminating me. I was originally in a constantly sinking black vortex, and suddenly a beam of sunlight illuminated me. I... I saw the way!"
"Sunlight?"
Hanna looked at the bright sunlight outside the window, "Was it Eric who did it?"
She had originally thought Eric was a Lord of Destruction fallen into darkness, but she never expected him to also be a ray of salvation.
"I'm not entirely sure, but I could feel a trace of Eric's presence in the light beam."
Betty opened her eyes, looked at the sun outside the window, and whispered:
"Is he an angel or a devil?"
Hanna, however, didn't dwell on whether Eric was an angel or a devil. She was now the president of the Eric Kent Fan Club, and after yesterday's "Lex Assassination" incident, no suspicion or rebellious thoughts against Eric could arise in her heart.
Instead, her curiosity and pursuit of Eric grew even more fervent.
"No need to think so much."
Hanna shrugged and said to Betty, "Aren't you known as the 'Queen of Deduction'? You're now a member of the Eric Kent Fan Club, and you'll have plenty of time to study Eric in the future."
"Alright."
Betty gave a wry smile.
She felt like she had dug a big hole and buried herself in it.
"How long is 'plenty of time'?!"
She whispered to herself.
One year later.
Metropolis University.
Eric was listening to a professor's lecture in his American Literature class.
"So, who can explain some aspects of cosmopolitanism?"
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