Outside the venue.
Dozens of buses slowly started their engines.
Every bus was packed to the brim.
Even around the buses, crowds of people were still pushing, shouting, and pleading desperately to get on.
If not for the military soldiers maintaining order, those buses probably wouldn't have been able to move at all.
Soon, the buses lined up and began pulling onto the highway, evacuating toward the rear city.
Vincent Fox, Autumn Summer, and their classmates were sitting on one of those buses.
As students, they had priority and were among the first to be evacuated.
Coincidentally, Lucia Blair and her group were also on the same bus.
But at the moment, everyone was too worried about their teachers and mentors to bother chatting.
Vincent, bored in his seat, finally couldn't resist opening the small box.
Inside was a vial of blue liquid and a metallic injector.
The blue liquid was clearly the Super Soldier Serum!
Sitting right next to him, Autumn Summer immediately lowered her voice and warned, "Vincent, put that away quickly. There are too many people around."
The value of the Super Soldier Serum was no joke.
Every single one was enough to drive people mad, to the point where they'd kill to obtain it.
Vincent clearly remembered that back when he first arrived at Martial Saint Academy, he had witnessed a criminal attempting to steal a Super Soldier Serum, only to be defeated on the spot by someone using the Flowing Rock Fist.
Hearing Autumn's reminder, Vincent smiled and didn't argue. He casually closed the box.
He had already sensed a few malicious gazes locked onto him.
Of course.
He wasn't concerned about being stared at.
But if anyone actually dared to make a move.
He would teach them a proper lesson.
"Autumn, tell me, what exactly does this thing do after you use it?" Vincent asked casually.
Autumn frowned slightly and said, "I've only heard some rumors, but supposedly, using it boosts all four of your attributes by about fifty points each, and it has no side effects."
"Well, not exactly… it does slightly alter the user's appearance. You might get taller, or bulk up a little."
"Oh?" Vincent was a bit surprised.
So the Super Soldier Serum he had wasn't as exaggerated as the ones in Marvel movies.
In those movies, the serum could instantly turn a scrawny kid into a muscle-bound superhuman with strength at least ten times greater.
Vincent thought for a moment, then suddenly handed the box to Autumn.
"What are you doing?" Autumn blinked in confusion.
"I don't need it. You can have it instead," Vincent said with a smile.
He didn't really mean that he couldn't use it.
But the truth was, he didn't think much of this thing.
With his Saitama Physique, he could easily gain more attributes through regular training in just half a month.
Autumn froze again.
Then.
She stared deeply at Vincent, her eyes brimming with emotion. "Vincent, are you serious? Do you know how much this is worth? Ten billion!"
"Super Soldier Serum once appeared on the black market, and someone bought it for ten billion. It was a huge sensation!"
"Even now, it's priceless!"
"And you're still giving it to me?"
Without hesitation, Vincent nodded. "Of course, take it."
Seeing that Vincent wasn't joking, Autumn's heart suddenly melted. Her eyes sparkled with tears.
Women tend to overthink.
Especially a woman who's already fallen for someone.
Autumn firmly believed Vincent couldn't bear to use it himself and wanted her to have the best.
The more she thought about it, the more touched she became!
In reality.
Vincent just didn't care for it at all…
Autumn, her eyes red, suddenly laughed and gently pushed the box back. "You dummy, I don't want it. What, do you want me to turn into a muscle-bound warrior?"
Hearing that, Vincent immediately pictured Autumn as a hulking bodybuilder with bulging muscles… Good grief.
The mental image was a little terrifying.
Seeing Vincent's horrified expression, Autumn couldn't help but burst into laughter, her smile as bright as the sun.
"You should keep it for yourself! I heard this serum has another benefit it improves cellular regeneration. I've noticed you've been losing hair lately. Maybe this can help with your hair loss."
At those words.
Vincent's eyes immediately lit up.
His hair loss had indeed been getting worse.
Almost every morning, he'd find a noticeable amount of hair on his pillow.
This was a minor side effect of the Saitama Physique, and there wasn't much he could do to stop it.
He hadn't expected Autumn to notice such a subtle detail.
It showed how much Autumn genuinely cared about him.
If the Super Soldier Serum really had the effect Autumn mentioned, Vincent would definitely take it seriously.
After all, nobody wanted to go bald.
Of course Vincent didn't want to go bald either.
Thinking of this, Vincent reopened the box and took out both the serum and the injector.
"Vincent, what are you doing?" Autumn asked.
"I'm going to use it now. No point carrying it around like a burden."
Vincent casually scanned the instruction manual, loaded the serum into the injector, and without hesitation, jabbed it directly into his wrist.
"Wait"
Autumn had just opened her mouth to stop him, but it was already too late.
She hadn't expected Vincent to act so decisively.
"You… you idiot!" Autumn's beautiful eyes widened in shock as she stared blankly at Vincent. "Injecting that serum is extremely painful! It's safer to use it under a doctor's supervision. You..."
Vincent grinned. "A little pain? I can handle that."
But as soon as he said that, his expression changed drastically.
He could feel his body undergoing an intense transformation.
It felt like thousands of ants were biting into his flesh and gnawing at his bones.
The searing, tearing pain immediately drenched Vincent in cold sweat.
He had definitely underestimated this…
But Vincent didn't regret his decision.
Carrying the Super Soldier Serum around would always attract attention.
There's a saying: it's not the thief you fear, but the thief who keeps thinking about you.
Even Vincent couldn't guarantee he wouldn't let his guard down one day.
If someone stole it, the loss would be huge.
That's why he decided to use it immediately.
He just hadn't expected the pain to be this brutal.
"Urgh…"
Vincent groaned, struggling to suppress the pain.
Very soon, his entire body was drenched in sweat.
"Vincent! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Autumn anxiously asked.
"I can still hang on!" Vincent gritted his teeth.
About five minutes later.
The searing pain throughout his body finally began to subside and slowly disappeared.
Vincent gasped for breath, panting heavily.
Throughout the entire ordeal, he hadn't made a single sound, relying solely on his willpower to endure it.
Finally, it was over.
"Vincent, you…" Autumn stared at him in amazement.
"What's wrong?"
Before he finished speaking, Vincent immediately noticed something was off.
The first thing he realized.
Was that his clothes had suddenly become too small!
He quickly looked down at himself.
His arms were longer, his legs were longer, and his shoulders were noticeably broader.
In just a few minutes, it was as if his entire skeletal frame had undergone a second growth spurt.
Vincent instinctively stood up from his seat.
In that instant.
He realized his perspective had changed.
He used to be an average height, but now he was at least 1.85 meters tall.
He had just reached the golden standard for male height!
The second change was his hairline.
Before, his hairline had been creeping dangerously high toward baldness.
Now, his hairline was perfectly restored, thick and full, with a healthy shine that would make anyone jealous.
The third change was his facial features they became more balanced and harmonious. His eyes now had a striking intensity.
Simply put, he had gotten way more handsome.
Vincent had once been an average-looking guy with decent features.
But now.
He had become drop-dead handsome.
Give him a nice outfit, and he could probably walk the runway.
Autumn laughed, "Vincent, if you claim to be our school's most handsome guy now, I don't think anyone would dare to disagree!"
His muscles, however, hadn't changed much. He was still lean and perfectly proportioned, with a six-pack as before.
When Autumn pulled out a small mirror to show Vincent his reflection, he was stunned.
"I… I changed this much?"
"This is great news!" Autumn grinned.
Any guy would be thrilled to become better looking.
Vincent was happy too.
But what really concerned him was whether the Super Soldier Serum would interfere with his Saitama Physique.
With that in mind, he immediately activated his Attribute Panel.
(Personal Attribute Panel: Only visible to the user.)
Name: Vincent Fox
Race: Human
Physique: 723
Spirit: 439
Strength: 717
Agility: 692
Bloodline: Saitama Physique (Awakened)
Talent: Flames
Skill: Demon God's Descent (Upgradeable)
This was Vincent's status after using the Super Soldier Serum.
When he saw that his Saitama Physique was still intact, Vincent finally let out a deep sigh of relief.
At the same time.
He noticed that his "Demon God's Descent" skill was actually upgradeable?
'If I upgrade it, will it deal more damage? Or will it have a wider range? But how do I upgrade it? There's no hint…'
Just as Autumn was about to call their classmates over to see Vincent's new transformation.
The bus they were riding suddenly slammed on the brakes and screeched to an emergency stop…
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