"The arena. The arena, the arena is gone!!!"
The aura ended, the giant Buddha vanished, and the massive arena, pieced together from twenty-six smaller arenas covering tens of thousands of square meters, also completely disappeared, leaving only a dark, gaping hole.
"Is this his strength?!"
In the audience stands for the top twenty-six, Aquaman stared at Adam floating in the air, muttering.
Only now did he fully grasp the reality; let alone annihilating all of humanity, just Adam alone was an existence that their Atlantis could not defeat.
It seemed that for the safety of Atlantis, the second option had to be chosen.
Joining the League of Heroes, becoming Superheroes, gaining public recognition, and then with Adam leading the way, reaching an agreement with humanity to ultimately achieve peaceful coexistence between humans and Atlanteans.
Just as Aquaman made his decision, Adam's spirit suddenly jolted.
"Holy crap, how did my Justice Value increase so much all of a sudden?"
It turned out that his Justice Value on the panel had suddenly risen from one-tenth of the progress bar to seven-tenths. With just three-tenths more Justice Value, he could unlock a new protagonist template.
"Could it be..."
Adam suddenly thought of something, then turned his head to look at Aquaman.
"Legilimency."
A moment later, he withdrew his magic and turned back around.
"It really is like that."
It was because he had made Aquaman completely abandon the idea of leading Atlantis to war with humanity, which resulted in such a large influx of Justice Value.
War was a meat grinder, especially a war involving all of humanity and Atlantis. It would likely be even more tragic than the casualties of World War II, with countless humans and Atlanteans dying.
Being able to prevent this war from happening in advance naturally brought a lot of Justice Value.
"An unexpected gain."
His original purpose in taking Aquaman was for Vibranium and the technology of Atlantis; he hadn't thought much about Justice Value.
He was currently in a period of rapid power growth, with many things to learn that he hadn't finished yet, so he wasn't particularly eager for a new protagonist template.
But if he could unlock one along the way, that would certainly be a good thing.
"Ahem. I didn't expect your current strength to have reached such a level."
Black Captain Marvel slowly flew out of the bottomless pit, the light energy in her body noticeably dimmed.
And the expression on her face was filled with solemnity.
She remembered the first time she fought Adam; even when he transformed into his Giant Ape form, he was merely thick-skinned and more durable.
After returning to normal, he had to rely on some clever tricks, saving Magneto, to contend with her.
Three years later, meeting again in Cairo, Adam's strength had made great progress, but without transforming into his Giant Ape form, she believed he was definitely not her opponent.
Yet today, less than a year later, even without transforming, he was already able to fight her to this extent.
The key was that from beginning to end, she was the one being led by the nose and suppressed, unlike yesterday's fight with Thor. Adam, even now, still looked calm and composed, as if he hadn't used his full power.
This wasn't the most terrifying thing; the most terrifying thing was her realization of Adam's growth rate.
Adam was not like her, whose strength was already fixed. Instead, his strength made significant progress every so often, seemingly with no end in sight.
It no longer mattered whether Adam could transform into a Giant Ape; even Adam in his normal form was far beyond what S.H.I.E.L.D. could contend with.
After the match, she intended to strongly advise Nick Fury to abandon all plans targeting Adam, otherwise, only destruction awaited S.H.I.E.L.D..
"You're also very good. To take that blow and still look like you can fight.
Perfect, I still have many new moves I haven't used yet, we—"
Seeing that Black Captain Marvel still had some light energy left in her body and could continue fighting, Adam planned to try out the Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Triple Style he learned from the Fourth Hokage.
Also, Lord Voldemort's Black Magic, and the recently researched Death God Mode, which combines Shinigami power and Chakra.
However, his words were only half-spoken when Black Captain Marvel quickly raised her hand to stop him:
"No, no need, I surrender!"
Since she had already made her decision, she naturally wasn't willing to seek abuse again by continuing to fight Adam.
Especially hearing that Adam still had many new moves. Just that last move, if she hadn't fought with all her might, she would already be in critical condition.
"Huh?"
Adam was stunned by her words, then roughly guessed Black Captain Marvel's thoughts and sighed inwardly:
"I should have tried those less powerful moves first."
"Black Captain Marvel surrenders! The winner is—the strongest Superhero Saiyan Superman!"
Confirming that Black Captain Marvel had indeed surrendered, the host, Angel, flew above the arena and loudly announced the match results.
As Angel's voice fell, thunderous cheers immediately erupted throughout the venue.
The visual shock brought by the thousand-meter giant Buddha had once again made the audience present and those watching on television feel Adam's power.
For ordinary people, a thousand-meter giant Buddha was far more impressive than the dozen-meter tall Giant Ape Adam had once transformed into.
Because in their eyes, the giant Buddha was dozens of times larger than the Giant Ape; larger, naturally, meant stronger.
In reality, if he were to truly transform into his Giant Ape form, a single Mouth Cannon could shatter the thousand-meter giant Buddha.
At the same time, in a secret HYDRA Base.
Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Alexander Pierce looked at the live broadcast of the Ability Users Conference on TV and said with some regret:
"It seems to be quite a bit worse than we anticipated. Black Captain Marvel still seems to have some reserves, and Adam appears to have hardly expended any energy."
They had originally thought this final would be a fierce battle, and even if one side won in the end, it would certainly not be easy, with the other side inevitably severely injured or completely drained of energy.
In that scenario, the entire conference would suddenly lose two top-tier superhumans, making their operational plan more likely to succeed.
"Hmph, I told you long ago not to be so cautious. My Sentinel Robots, after this upgrade, have become the most perfect existence and can completely round up all these anomalies."
Standing next to Pierce was an old dwarf with white hair. He was Bolivar Trask, the founder of Trask Industries.
He was also the earliest scientist to begin researching Mutants. He was the one who imprisoned Mystique and captured and dissected the first generation of X-Men members.
And Colonel Stryker, the psychologically twisted man Adam had killed earlier, was his subordinate in his youth, deeply influenced by his ideology and receiving considerable technical support from him.
Stryker was merely a small fry compared to him.