Mutant awakening: My evolution knows no bounds

Chapter 36: Without breaking a sweat

[A stronger opponent has been detected.]

[Defeat the stronger opponent to earn rewards.]

Silas's heart pounded with excitement. This was the moment he had been waiting for—the chance to test himself against a stronger foe and earn even greater rewards. He turned his attention back to Kenny, who was swaggering onto the platform, a smug look etched across his face.

The arena lights gleamed off the crystalline armor Kenny had formed around his body, a visible manifestation of his Grade 4 defensive mutation. Each step Kenny took seemed to echo throughout the silent arena, the crowd eagerly awaiting the unfolding spectacle.

Kenny stood opposite Silas, his expression filled with arrogance. His fists clenched tightly, ready to crush the supposed "weakling" standing before him.

The crowd, which had been buzzing with conversation before the match, now quieted down to whispers as they watched Kenny enter the platform. Confusion rippled through them, disbelief clear in their voices.

"I thought Ghost Ranger was just some guy with a low-level mutant ability?" one student muttered.

"No, he's not even that. The guy has no ability at all!" another replied, shaking his head in bewilderment.

"Then why on earth would they pit him against Kenny, a Grade 4?" someone else chimed in, disbelief dripping from their tone.

"It has to be a mistake, right? There's no way this match was set up properly."

"Yeah, well, if it isn't a mistake, Kenny might actually make Ghost Ranger live up to his name... turn him into a real ghost right here."

The murmurs of confusion turned into eager anticipation. Despite the oddity of the matchup, the crowd now smelled blood. They were looking forward to seeing Kenny demonstrate his power and crush the underdog. To them, this was no contest—just a slow, inevitable destruction.

Kenny, glaring at Silas with disdain, broke the tension. "I heard you were pretty strong... I'm only here to see for myself if it's true or just a rumor. No hard feelings, mate," he said, his voice dripping with mock sincerity.

Silas met Kenny's smug expression with a calm smirk of his own. "Hard feelings? Bro, I'm glad you came," he replied nonchalantly, cracking his knuckles as he loosened up and got into a fighting stance, completely ignoring the biting sarcasm in Kenny's voice.

But Silas remained unfazed, his sharp eyes taking note of the change. "The more he grows, the slower he becomes," Silas observed, noticing the trade-off in Kenny's transformation. "That's the drawback of his body enlargement mutation."

As Kenny closed the distance, he raised both of his gigantic fists high above his head, bringing them down in a hammer-like blow, intending to crush Silas with raw power. The force behind the descending fists could have caused an earthquake.

At the very last second, Silas swerved to the side, narrowly avoiding the devastating attack. Kenny's fists slammed into the platform, creating a deep crack in the stone floor beneath him. But before Kenny could pull back his arms, Silas had already launched himself into the air, his body twisting in a graceful leap that carried him several meters above the ground.

With precision, Silas swung his right fist toward Kenny's oversized head.

BAM!

The punch connected with a sickening thud, sending shockwaves through Kenny's skull and forcing him to stumble backward. Not wasting a second, Silas landed on his feet and leaped again, delivering another powerful blow to Kenny's head before he could recover.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Punch after punch, Silas rained down blows on the giant, not giving him a moment to breathe. Each strike was as precise as it was powerful, keeping Kenny off balance and reeling from the sheer speed of the assault. Silas's fists became a relentless storm, battering Kenny from all sides. The towering mutant had no chance to regain his footing.

Before long, the relentless barrage took its toll. Unable to withstand the onslaught, Kenny's massive frame wobbled before crashing to the ground with a thunderous thud. His enlarged body shrank back to normal size as his mutant ability faded, and he lay on the floor, bleeding and utterly defeated.

"Did I just lose to a guy with no mutant ability?" Kenny thought, his mind spiraling in disbelief. "I couldn't even land a single hit... Just who the hell is this guy?"

The entire arena fell into a stunned silence, the disbelief almost tangible in the air. No one moved. No one spoke. All eyes were glued to Silas, the unknown fighter who had just taken down a Grade 4 opponent with shocking ease.

Seated among the crowd was Kara, who watched the fight with a broad smile on her face, her eyes gleaming with admiration. Unlike the rest of the onlookers, she wasn't surprised at all. "It's been only a few hours, and he's already this strong," she mused to herself, her excitement growing with every passing second. "I wonder how powerful he'll become after a month or two.

Hell, he might even surpass entire countries of mutant awakeners."

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A/n: Vote with your Golden Tickets and Power stones for a mass release!