"Force Field, activate!"
Seeing the flying sand being broken through, Apocalypse immediately gave up control of the sand and activated his defensive Force Field.
Five thousand Kamehameha energy beams struck Apocalypse's defensive Force Field, causing the previously unshakeable Force Field to tremble.
But in the end, the Force Field held, not being blasted apart.
However, because the power of the five thousand Kamehameha was too strong, even with his defensive Force Field activated, Apocalypse was blasted a great distance through the air.
"Rasengan: Five Thousand Consecutive Spheres!"
Just then, Adam's Shadow Clones had already flown up, and one by one, holding basketball-sized Rasengan, they continuously smashed them onto Apocalypse's defensive Force Field.
The basketball-sized Rasengan, carrying powerful spiral penetration, couldn't break Apocalypse's defensive Force Field, but it could send him spinning through the air.
Thus, in everyone's eyes, Apocalypse looked like a bouncing ball, being knocked around by Adam's Shadow Clones.
In truth, Adam knew that this wouldn't break Apocalypse's defensive Force Field, so he was merely trying to buy time.
Through the recent battle, he had already discovered some of Apocalypse's weaknesses.
Although Apocalypse possessed over a thousand Mutant abilities, only a few, like self-healing, immortality, strength, and speed, were passive abilities; most abilities had to be actively released.
Examples include his defensive Force Field, super reaction, sand control ability, psychic invasion, and the ability to enhance other Mutants.
And in most situations, he couldn't activate multiple abilities simultaneously.
Just like now, when he was using his incredibly powerful defensive Force Field, he couldn't continue to control sand for attack.
So, Adam used the Rasengan of his Shadow Clones to continuously attack Apocalypse, forcing him to maintain his Force Field defense, thereby buying time.
"It seems your Clones can't last forever either. Let's see how long you can drag this out!"
Apocalypse, being constantly knocked back, was furious to the extreme.
But he quickly discovered that Adam's Clones were constantly disappearing after attacking, their numbers dwindling one by one.
So, even if he didn't use a wormhole to escape, and just maintained his Force Field defense, it wouldn't be long before all those Clones were completely depleted.
"Not long. Just until the moon comes out!" Adam's main body murmured.
The Shadow Clone Ninjutsu, when it was first developed by the Second Hokage, was actually intended for espionage and intelligence gathering, not for combat.
This is because Shadow Clones evenly divide all the Chakra within the body.
While this offered more tactical options, it significantly reduced one's combat endurance.
Especially since Shadow Clones are very fragile; if one is unfortunately taken out, it's equivalent to instantly losing half of one's Chakra.
Therefore, most Ninja rarely split off many Shadow Clones to assist in battle; at most, it would be one or two, and only used at critical moments.
Even Kisame, known as the "Tailless Tailed Beast," wouldn't split off thousands of Shadow Clones at once during battle.
Only Naruto, due to his Uzumaki bloodline and Kyuubi Chakra, habitually used a large number of Shadow Clones to assist in battle, but apart from the first time he fought Mizuki, he rarely split off the maximum three thousand Shadow Clones at once.
Because if he was careless and the opponent used a wide-range attack Ninjutsu, they would all be wiped out.
Moreover, dividing Chakra evenly into three thousand parts meant that the Chakra within each Shadow Clone was pitifully small.
Adam was in the same situation now; although he split off five thousand Shadow Clones at once, the Chakra, magic, and Ki within each Shadow Clone were very, very small.
So, after using one extremely magic-consuming Curse of Slaying, one Ki-consuming Kamehameha, and one Chakra-consuming Rasengan, even if they weren't attacked, they would essentially disappear automatically due to energy depletion.
Thus, after more than half an hour of continuous fighting, all of the Shadow Clones had disappeared from the sky, except for Adam.
At this point, Apocalypse also retracted his Force Field defense.
"I can feel that you don't have much energy left in your body now, and you can't really threaten me.
I admire you greatly. If you are willing to submit to me, I can forgive your previous actions.
In the future, when I rule the entire Earth again, your status will be second only to me and Magneto."
"This Apocalypse really has some magnanimity."
Hearing Apocalypse's recruitment offer, Adam's face showed surprise.
He hadn't expected that after he had put Apocalypse in such a predicament earlier, Apocalypse would still be willing to recruit him because of his talent.
It seems this guy's ability to rule humanity five thousand years ago wasn't just based on power and strength.
Indeed, in the movie, the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse from five thousand years ago were willing to sacrifice their lives to save Apocalypse. Such loyalty couldn't be achieved by military force alone.
"Loud Voice."
Quietly casting a Sonorous Charm on himself, Adam floated opposite Apocalypse and righteously refused:
"Even if I die here today, I will not accept your offer!
I know that if I agree to you, in the future I will have endless wealth, endless power, and can do as I please.
However, that is not what I want. All I want is to use my abilities to help more people in need, to punish evil, to protect the weak, and to uphold justice.
I am an irreconcilable enemy of evil!"
Adam's words, amplified by the Sonorous Charm, instantly spread throughout Cairo and were also captured by the cameras live-streaming below.
Originally, everyone watched as Adam's Shadow Clones disappeared one by one, and finally Apocalypse stood opposite Adam, seemingly saying something to him, but due to the distance, it couldn't be recorded.
Only now did they realize that Apocalypse, seeing Mr. Flash's great strength, wanted to recruit Mr. Flash as his subordinate.
And the incredibly noble Mr. Flash resolutely refused Apocalypse's offer, even at the cost of his life, unwilling to stand shoulder to shoulder with evil, causing tears to well up in the eyes of the viewers in front of their televisions.
"Since you are so uncooperative, then die!"
Apocalypse, seeing Adam refuse so readily, became furious. His body rapidly expanded, transforming into a Giant over ten meters tall, and then he swatted at Adam with an open palm.
Changing body density and enlarging his physical body was also one of the abilities he had acquired.
Especially when combined with passive abilities like self-healing, super strength, and super speed, it could enhance his close-combat strength several times over.
"Load Goku template!"
The Harry Potter time template had ended, and Adam immediately loaded the Goku template. His previously empty body instantly became full.
Shadow Clones merely divided energy, but Adam's main body possessed a Bloodline, so even after dividing it, he could quickly recover.