Hunter of Immortals

Chapter 452: Seizing the Initiative

In the face of such a formidable foe, Adam was making sure to come into this battle with the utmost caution. Not only had he enquired May in advance about Masao Yamamoto's abilities, he had also asked Cowboy and Warlock about the observations that they had made during their battle against Masao Yamamoto.

Even so, he knew better than to rely solely on this information as he was certain that Masao Yamamoto definitely had some trump cards hidden up his sleeve.

The fact that Masao Yamamoto was attacking Adam in his own home was a serious crime, so it was clear that he was either convinced that he would be able to fool all of the Mechguard units present, or he had full confidence that he would be able to eradicate all of the Mechguard units here as well.

Hence, Adam definitely couldn't afford to take such an enemy lightly, and that was why from the very beginning, Adam had fused with Mummy as quickly as possible in an attempt to get on the offensive and seize the initiative, but Masao Yamamoto had beaten him to it.

As a seasoned psychic combatant, he had managed to strike even faster than Adam, and he did so with the intention of catching Adam off guard.

However, he failed to anticipate that Adam's reactions would be just as fast, and that he would possess such immense technomantic resistance in his Mummy form. Not only was he unable to bring down Adam in a single attack, he had given Adam the opportunity to cover two of his allies as they completed their transformations as well.

In the next instant, Masao Yamamoto let loose a silent roar toward Adam, and all of the eyes on the front of his body were locked onto Mummy. In that instant, his gaze released a burst of corruptive power that stained Mummy's bandages black.

At the very least, that was how things appeared. In reality, what had happened was that his sorcery had directly suppressed the runes on the bandages and caused countless eyes to appear on their surface.

As soon as the eyes appeared, they immediately began to devour Adam's psychic power while attempting to control his own bandages to attack him.

Adam was quite alarmed by the fact that even a level six Mummy was unable to withstand this strange ability of Masao Yamamoto's, and he knew that he had to react right away.

With that in mind, all of the corrupted bandages were torn into shreds at his behest, and they began to writhe in mid-air before turning around to attack him.

"Hellhound, I need fire!" Adam roared, and Hellhound immediately obliged, releasing a scorching fireball that incinerated all of the bandages into ashes before continuing onward, hurtling directly toward Masao Yamamoto.

"必死!"

Masao Yamamoto seemed to have uttered a Japanese term, and it was like an absolute, irrefutable order. As soon as the term was uttered, a series of rifts immediately appeared over Mummy's entire body, and a rift also appeared on one of Hellhound's three heads, following which an eye emerged within the rift.

As soon as this eye appeared, the head was rendered completely useless, and not only was it unable to unleash any further attacks, it began to attack the other two heads.

Despite this, Adam remained completely unfazed as he withdrew all of his remaining bandages, wrapping them around his entire body. At the same time, Hellhound let loose an Infernal Howl at Shae's behest, and both Adam and Shae instantly recovered from most of the damage sustained from Masao Yamamoto's attack.

Having unleashed two failed attacks in a row, Masao Yamamoto seemed to have become rather frustrated. Given his power, he was convinced that if he could catch Adam off guard, even if he couldn't defeat Adam outright, he would've at least been able to gain an advantage, but not only had he lost the clash of psychic power and was dragged into Adam's psychic world, his first wave of attacks had completely failed as well.

Could it be that the information provided to me was incorrect? This is absolutely unforgivable!

He let loose a loud roar as all of the eyes on the front side of his body released over 100 beams of light, which converged to form a pillar of light that crashed straight into Mummy's body, instantly creating a near-transparent hole.

At the same time, he circled two of his arms together to release another burst of light that struck Hellhound, inflicting severe injuries upon one of its heads.

Simultaneously, he raised his other two hands to the heavens, and all of the eyes on his back collectively released beams of light that struck Diana up above.

"Get down here!"

These beams of light were extraordinarily fast and powerful, and even with Mummy and Hellhound's technomantic resistance, they were completely unable to ward off the attacks, instantly sustaining injuries as a result.

Adam immediately invoked Sludge before fusing with it, leaving Mummy to bear the brunt of Masao Yamamoto's attack.

Meanwhile, a hole had been punched straight through Diana's wing, but her ability to fly didn't come from her wings. Even so, her draconic technomancy output was temporarily cut off as a result of the injury, and she hurriedly flapped her wings to distance herself further from Masao Yamamoto.

Masao Yamamoto pounced on this opportunity as he lurched back over 100 meters without any hesitation, springing to the other side of the pond in the massive estate, where he concealed half of his body behind a fake mountain.

He had executed this sequence with extraordinary speed and decisiveness, and by the time Hellhound let loose another Infernal Howl to heal everyone's injuries, Adam discovered that the first round of exchanges had already concluded, with neither side able to get the upper hand.

What an annoying opponent. He's way more problematic to deal with those reckless fools that only know how to attack like cavemen.

Adam observed Masao Yamamoto from afar as he discreetly invoked Ogress, which concealed itself before flying around the battlefield, quickly surveying the layout of the environment and the distribution of forces on both sides.

The results weren't very optimistic.

At the same time, Adam could sense tremors coming from the outside world, which meant that the trap that Masao Yamamoto had prepared in the real world had also been sprung.

It's a good thing that I had the foresight not to drag Thunderbird's trio into the psychic world as well. With those three assisting the Mechguard units in the real world, they should at least be able to hold on for some time.

Adam was actually decently confident that he would be able to take on Masao Yamamoto on his own, but he had still brought along Shae and Diana as allies as a safety precaution.

As it turned out, Masao Yamamoto was an extremely cunning old fox, having set an ambush in both the real world and the psychic world, and it was clear that he didn't intend to allow Adam to leave his estate alive.

Right at this moment, dark clouds converged from all directions, and in the blink of an eye, and the entire sky was completely concealed behind a blanket of darkness. The clouds were at such a low altitude that they were making contact with the branches of some of the taller trees in the area, and it was as if the entire sky were about to fall upon the battlefield.

Furthermore, the menacing hue of the clouds and the immense psychic pressure imbued within them struck the beholder with an involuntary sense of fear.

On top of that, there were all types of strange sounds ringing out from the clouds, as if there were countless demonic entities lurking within them. It was an extremely disorientating sound that confounded the senses, resembling a series of sharp spikes that were being viciously driven into one's body.

Adam quickly realized that this was another one of Masao Yamamoto's attacks. In the psychic world, even sound could be used as a substantial attack against one's target.

If someone who was lacking in mental fortitude were to hear this sound, they would completely lose their autonomy, and defeat would quickly follow.

Have these dark clouds been manifested by the power of his psychic domain?

Adam discovered that his connection to Diana had been severed, and that it was as if a barrier had appeared between himself and Shae. It was a very formidable ability, but not one that couldn't be countered. The biggest mistake that Masao Yamamoto had made was voluntarily distancing himself from Adam instead of continuing in his assault.

In response, Adam immediately invoked Horse Face without any hesitation, and it hid behind Sludge's enormous frame as it began to create an artwork on the ground with its brush.

Having invoked Horse Face on many previous occasions, Adam's control over the anomaly had improved significantly, and as a result, it was able to unleash its ability a lot more quickly. At this point, Horse Face only required a few seconds to conjure up its Lamenting Wall.

In the blink of an eye, the entire area pavilion was encompassed within its artwork, which was still rapidly expanding in all directions, spreading into the pond before quickly extending into the forest in the distance, all in a very brief span of time.

Masao Yamamoto was observing the battle from afar when he suddenly detected that something was amiss. His psychic domain only encompassed the sky above, so why was it that the ground had turned black as well? Furthermore, the pond was supposed to have been reflecting the dark clouds in the sky and amplifying their power, but all of a sudden, that was no longer the case.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the image of a modern city had appeared on the surface of the pond!