"Screech!"
The incredibly sharp Zanpakuto left a white mark on The Judge's thick neck.
"This defense..."
Adam was speechless at the sight. His Zanpakuto not only inflicted strong damage on souls but was also incredibly sharp, capable of cutting through Vibranium.
Yet, a full-power strike to The Judge's neck couldn't even break through his defense.
It could only be said that the disparity in strength was still too great.
Even with The Judge severely wounded, he wasn't easy to deal with, especially in his current Shadow Clone state, which couldn't exert the full power of his main body.
Of course, if The Judge stood still and let him strike, continuously hacking at him a few hundred or even a thousand times, there would still be a chance to break through his defense.
And with his attack speed, hacking a few hundred times wouldn't actually take much time.
However, The Judge was clearly not foolish enough to stand there and let him strike. After taking one hit, his palm, which was even larger than Adam's Susanoo, had already swung over.
Despite The Judge's massive size, his speed was not slow at all, forcing Adam to use Apparition to successfully dodge.
"Space ability?"
Seeing this, The Judge's body immediately emitted special energy fluctuations, and the space around him instantly solidified.
Adam also found that he could no longer use spatial abilities like Apparition and Flying Thunder God.
However, he wasn't entirely surprised by this.
It was well known that both Mutants and Eternals were created by the Celestials, so it stood to reason that the Celestials should be able to use all of their abilities.
Therefore, the ability to confine space wasn't really all that surprising.
Even the Mirror Dimension, currently empowered by the Space Stone, couldn't fully trap The Judge. Its main purpose was to isolate him from the real World, preventing the upcoming battle from affecting the real World.
Without the ability to teleport, Adam could only rely on his flying speed to dodge The Judge's attacks, buying time for him to leave the Mirror Dimension.
Unfortunately, he only lasted a few seconds before The Judge smacked him, directly obliterating his Susanoo on the spot.
"Ki Blade!"
However, the moment his Susanoo was destroyed, Adam also fired an enormous Ki Blade towards The Judge's palm.
In his Great Ape form, he had three million battle power, so the super-large Ki Blade had thirty million battle power. The thirty million battle power Ki Blade struck The Judge's palm, finally leaving a small crack on it.
This, in turn, stunned The Judge on the spot.
He looked at the crack cut into his hand and couldn't help but murmur:
"A mere Earthling can actually injure me."
The wound on his hand was nothing to him; he could even heal it instantly if he wished.
But this signified that the intelligent life form that had grown on Earth before him had reached a level that greatly surprised him, touching the threshold of becoming the highest-tier life form in the Universe.
And this made him recall Ajak's plea.
Humans could evolve to this level, which indicated that their potential was indeed rare in the Universe. In that case, wouldn't it truly be a waste to use them for the Emergence?
However, this thought only flashed in his mind before disappearing again.
The average potential of Earthlings was not high, far inferior to most races in the Universe. Both their intelligence and bodies were at the bottom tier. This had already been tested when the celestial embryo was first planted, so there was no mistake.
Over ninety-nine percent of Earth's energy had already been absorbed by the earliest ancient Celestials, and the remaining less than one percent of energy had evolved into low-quality intelligent beings like humans.
Instead of letting it go to waste as a Universal resource, it was better to use it to incubate the celestial embryo, contributing to the Universe.
This human before him should just be an anomaly and a minority, not a normal phenomenon.
Having understood this, he no longer hesitated and struck at Adam again.
Because the palm was too fast, Adam had no time to dodge and could only use all sorts of methods to meet it head-on.
Ki Blade in his left hand, Fiendfyre Curse in his right, Mouth Cannon in the middle, and his tail chomping away.
However, the result was that Adam's entire Shadow Clone was directly blown apart, and The Judge merely shook his hand, returning to normal.
It could only be said that when the disparity in strength is too great, no matter how powerful many methods are, they can hardly produce much effect.
Just as the fake Moody described the Curse of Slaying, if hit by a Dark Wizard's Curse of Slaying, no magic could stop it; one would be killed on the spot, beyond saving, a certain death spell.
However, if a young Wizard in class used the Curse of Slaying on him, he would at most get a nosebleed.
Adam now was like the young Wizard in class, while The Judge was not the fake Moody, but an existence on the level of Dumbledore, merely temporarily wounded by Grindelwald, who was of similar strength.
"Finally, it's done!"
Adam, deep within Earth's core, showed no panic after receiving the memories from his Shadow Clone; instead, his eyes lit up.
Because the dormant celestial embryo had finally been drained of all its life energy by the God Tree, producing a crystal-clear fruit. Although this fruit was only the size of a grape, far smaller than a fruit condensed from the life of an entire Planet.
Without the slightest hesitation, he lightning-fast plucked the fruit, threw it into his mouth, and like Oolong eating a ginseng fruit, he swallowed it without even tasting it.
Once the god tree fruit entered his belly, it immediately transformed into immense life force, beginning to improve his Bloodline.
Instantly, a feeling akin to soaking in a hot spring in the dead of winter surged through him. He could clearly feel his life level improving further.
This was different from the increase in battle power he gained from training in the Gravity Chamber. No matter how high his battle power, even if he could transform into a Super Saiyan, his fundamental life essence hadn't changed much.
At most, his descendants would find it easier to achieve Super Saiyan transformations, with more monstrous initial talents.
He wouldn't become Sage or eternally youthful.
But the god tree fruit brought about an improvement in his very life essence. If he ate enough, perhaps he could truly become an existence similar to Eternity, a true Universal Celestial.
Even transcending this dimension, becoming a multi-dimensional or higher-level Celestial.
Thinking of this, Adam couldn't help but feel a little regret. If Galactus's body hadn't been blown apart and scattered throughout the Universe, growing a god tree fruit from Galactus's body would definitely yield a top-quality fruit.
"It opened, but not completely."
After fully absorbing the power brought by the god tree fruit, Adam couldn't help but touch his brow.
A crack seemed to have opened there, faintly revealing the Nine Tomoe Rinne Sharingan hidden within.
Unfortunately, it seemed it hadn't fully opened, perhaps due to insufficient power.