[Starting as a Class 5 Mutant] Chapter 400/401 (Patreon)

As they reflected on Messiah's overwhelming power, his effortless destruction of the Sentinels, and the near-divine brilliance of his abilities, Storm, Ororo, and the others could only gasp in disbelief.

This monstrous Omega mutant… the child of Professor X and Magneto?

For a moment, they turned their conflicted gazes toward Charles and Erik, unsure of what to say.

Ororo's eyes drifted upward.

The radiant sunlight still bathed the battlefield, seemingly unaffected by the passage of time.

It was as if the world had been restored to a tranquil dawn, a reminder of days long gone.

"Maybe Messiah truly can save us… bring light back to our world," Ororo murmured.

Having distanced himself from the others, Syd prepared to unleash his full potential.

BOOM!

He accelerated, reaching a speed seventy-six times the speed of sound.

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from his previous location, reappearing far in the distance.

Had a satellite been observing from above, it would have captured a shadow streaking across the land at an unimaginable speed.

In just a few seconds, Syd had traversed hundreds of kilometers, reaching a new area three to four hundred kilometers away.

This display left the remaining humans watching from across the globe utterly astounded.

"That speed!"

"Is he even human?"

"How is this possible?!"

For many, it was as if they were witnessing a UFO streak across the sky. But unlike a cold, mechanical spacecraft, this was a living being.

Syd sensed the attention from above but dismissed it with a glance skyward.

Reaching his destination, he paused and began channeling the energy of the Space Stone in his palm.

Once ready, he activated Sunshine once more.

[Sunshine EXP +1]

Brilliant sunlight burst forth, expanding to encompass a radius of two hundred kilometers.

Within this glowing area, every Sentinel robot and transport pod was obliterated.

The platinum light erased them like dust blown away by the wind.

Without hesitation, Syd moved on to another location, his speed and precision allowing him to clear large swaths of territory rapidly.

Humanity's remnants watched in disbelief as region after region lit up, the encroaching darkness pushed back by the radiant sunlight.

"How is a mutant like this even possible?"

"This isn't normal… This isn't human…"

Among the shattered ruins of civilization, survivors—ordinary people scraping by amidst the destruction—looked up at the sky in awe.

In one such ruin, a ragged priest and two disheveled companions stared at the sky, their faces lit by the golden glow.

"Has God come to save us?" the priest whispered in awe.

Though the scene seemed divine, Syd paid little attention to the perceptions of the survivors. His focus remained on the task at hand: eradicating the Sentinels.

Even so, he couldn't ignore the whispered titles that reached his ears: "God," "Buddha," "Immortal."

The most common term, however, was simply "Deity."

Half an hour later, Syd had cleared countless kilometers of Sentinel-infested land.

At the same time, his Sunshine ability, already near its fifth tier, approached its critical threshold.

[Sunshine EXP +1]

The moment he activated the ability again, a notification sounded in his mind.

[Ability: Sunshine (Max/Max) Fifth Tier Achieved!]

"It's reached the fifth tier?" Syd paused, momentarily taken aback.

A surge of warm energy coursed through his body, flowing to every cell.

"Ahh…"

Venom, startled, shot out from Syd's hand.

"Syd!" Venom exclaimed, its voice filled with shock.

The alien symbiote trembled as it sensed the immense, almost incomprehensible energy flooding Syd's body.

This energy was beyond anything Venom had ever encountered.

Syd himself felt the transformation. Every cell in his body was undergoing profound changes, becoming more intricate and mysterious.

The radiant energy within him, already refined by divine light, grew even purer. His body demanded sunlight to fill the void left by his expanded energy capacity.

Testing his new limits, Syd extended his ability.

"Light!"

In an instant, sunlight illuminated a radius of 1,800 kilometers.

The sight was breathtaking, reminiscent of an aurora, and left observers mesmerized.

Syd marveled at the newfound range of his ability.

"The range increased this much?"

The amplification of his divine light had pushed his previous limit of 1,200 kilometers to an astounding 1,800 kilometers.

He couldn't help but smile.

(End of Chapter)

Although it hadn't been tested yet, Syd was very aware that his other abilities had likely been indirectly enhanced as well!

Of course, this time, the main improvement was in Sunshine. The others were secondary, and their enhancements weren't as significant.

As for Sunshine...

Syd extended his right hand.

The familiar platinum glow emanated from his hand, but this time, he sensed something different.

In addition to Sunshine's power being significantly amplified, Syd could feel the space around the glow subtly distorting, as if it was on the verge of shattering.

"Is this spatial manipulation?"
"Sunshine has gained spatial attributes?"

Syd's eyes widened in astonishment.

He could feel that, should he choose, Sunshine could fracture the surrounding space!

Just as he prepared to test breaking space, Syd noticed that his form seemed to be undergoing a transformation, startling him enough to stop immediately.

"This is…"

Syd immediately thought of Orochi's transformation.

Glancing up at the satellite in the sky, he hesitated for a moment before abandoning the idea of shattering space for now.

Instead, Syd turned his focus to the range of Sunshine.

Under the sunlight enhanced by his divine powers, he activated Sunshine with a thought.

In an instant, an intense platinum glow radiated from his body, illuminating an area of 2,300 kilometers.

Under the stunned gaze of the remaining humans, the light enveloped everything in sight.

A sea of light submerged everything within the 2,300-kilometer radius.

Syd could sense that if he wished, he could obliterate everything in this radius in an instant.

And if he transformed into Orochi...

Syd's thoughts flickered.

In the blink of an eye, the Sentinel robots within the region vanished as if they had never existed.

The entire process resembled darkness meeting light—the light simply overwhelmed and erased the darkness.

Under the power of Level 5 Sunshine, the Sentinels dissolved into nothingness instantly, without even leaving dust behind.

"The range is even larger..."

Syd murmured to himself.

Normally, the range of Level 4 Sunshine was about 90 kilometers. With the enhancement from the Space Stone, it could extend to a maximum of 200 kilometers.

But now, it had directly expanded to 2,300 kilometers?!

As for its destructive power, Syd felt it had multiplied countless times over, though he wasn't sure by how much.

After all, even against Level 4 Sunshine, the Sentinels had no resistance. While Level 5 was faster, the exact increase in power was uncertain.

As Syd tested the ability, the surviving humans were dumbfounded by the sudden burst of Sunshine.

Those who were being pursued by Sentinels were especially stunned.

Under the soft platinum glow, they clearly saw the Sentinels dissolve like snow under the sun.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared like foam, vanishing without a trace!

"What kind of power is this?"
"The Sentinels are gone?!"

The ordinary humans who had been hunted were in disbelief, while the remnants of human factions secretly observing the Sentinels were utterly shocked, their eyes wide in terror as if witnessing the Earth's destruction.

This massive range...

Soon, experts calculated the extent of the area.

Approximately 2,300 kilometers?!

They questioned whether their eyes were deceiving them.

A glow covering such a vast area, unleashed by a single individual?

And this glow could effortlessly erase Sentinels?

Was this still a mutant?!
They couldn't believe it.

While the surviving humans were in shock, Syd was contemplating the next ability to upgrade.

"Chaos Magic..."

His eyes gleamed with anticipation.

Compared to Level 5 Sunshine, he was even more eager for Level 5 Chaos Magic.

If upgraded, Chaos Magic would greatly increase the probability of altering and twisting reality!

Syd even speculated whether it could actively modify reality at will.
If Sunshine underwent a qualitative transformation, Chaos Magic, as an Omega ability, surely would as well, right?

The thought filled him with anticipation.

Having already obtained a complete Omega ability, if he gained another, even the Celestial Judicator Arishem wouldn't be a match for him.

And possibly...

Syd's gaze turned to Balder's progress panel.

(Unlock Progress: 81%)

As the progress increased, the Omega ability of Balder, the God of Light, would eventually manifest!

If he possessed three Omega abilities…

Syd's excitement surged.

After these thoughts, his attention returned to the Sentinel robots.

Now that Sunshine's range had increased to 2,300 kilometers, clearing out the Sentinels became significantly faster.

At this moment, Venom, who had been holding back for a while, couldn't resist asking, "Syd, have you gotten stronger again?"

Syd glanced at him, neither confirming nor denying, and simply said, "Alright, let's get back to clearing the Sentinels."

Reluctantly, Venom retreated back into Syd's right hand.

But in the next second, Venom was astonished.

He was already incredibly strong, but now, residing in Syd's hand, he found himself growing even stronger!

"My god..."

Exclaiming in a phrase often used by humans, Venom decided he didn't care about the outside world anymore. Staying in Syd's hand felt far better.

Once Venom returned to his hand, Syd made a move.

In the next moment, his figure vanished from where he stood.

Boom!
A terrifying sonic boom erupted.

During this process, Syd quietly estimated his speed and found that his flight speed hadn't increased significantly.

Eighty-nine times the speed of sound?
Syd felt slightly disappointed and murmured, "It might be because flying consumes very little photon energy…"

After flying for over ten seconds and realizing it was still too slow to cover 2,000 kilometers, he activated the Space Stone instead.

With a flash of blue light, he vanished from the spot.

Soon, a larger-scale radiance appeared.

Blue light flashed—Sunshine.

Blue light flashed—Sunshine.

One by one, the Sentinels disappeared.

Under Syd's relentless clearing, the Sentinels were being eliminated at an alarming rate.

This scene left the surviving humans in awe and sent shockwaves through the entities controlling the Sentinels.

Meanwhile...

"I wonder how Messiah is doing?"
"Do you think he's in trouble?"

Storm and others, filled with concern, pondered Messiah's situation.

To find out, Professor X and his team hacked into a satellite and saw the footage captured from above.

"???"

Seeing the glowing regions and the vanishing Sentinels, their mouths fell open in shock.

(End of Chapter)

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