Matthew Atkinson
Oxford, United Kingdom
In the blink of an eye, it was already six days later.
Six days ago, Matthew, Natalie, and others obtained an SSS-grade mission rating in the sixth layer of the supernatural realm.
Although it made the trending topics, its popularity was not as great as before.
This was because everyone was already used to it.
If they ever fail and get a bad result, it might cause a sensation again.
In the words of netizens, everyone was still paying attention to witness firsthand how far Natalie Russell could go.
Oh, right…
Another trending topic earlier was Marcus Kelly, a brilliant student at the University of Cambridge, who got into trouble on the sixth layer of the supernatural realm.
It was said that some members of the University of Cambridge's management were disciplined because of this incident.
November 7th. Matthew opened his eyes in the early morning.
A group of new notifications immediately popped up in his left eye:
[Your Constitution attribute has reached 2000, and the effect of your Steel Body innate skill has been increased.]
[Your Strength attribute has reached 2000, and the effect of your Super Strength innate skill has been increased.]
[Your Agility attribute reached 2000, and the innate skill of your Kryptonian Bloodline successfully activated: Flight.]
[Flight: Also known as "Anti-Gravity Flight," it is one of the innate abilities of the Kryptonian Bloodline. Once activated, it allows the body to generate anti-gravity power, breaking free of gravity's constraints and taking flight. In addition to flight, it also allows the user to float freely in the air.]
[Tip: Flight speed of this innate skill is affected by agility. The higher the agility, the faster the flight speed.]
At the sight of these prompts, Matthew was overjoyed and immediately rose from the sunbathing machine.
Then, he opened his attribute panel.
......
Race: Human
Trait: Ageless
Constitution: 2000 (↑60)
Mental: 584 (↑18)
Strength: 2000 (↑60)
Agility: 2000 (↑60)
Ability: Kryptonian Bloodline [Steel Body (4), Super Strength (4), Flight]
Skills: [Fist/Galaxy Impact], [Haki (Legend)], [Demon God's Descent]
Attribute Points: 745 (↑400)
......
In the ability section, he gained the skill of "flight". At the same time, the numbers after "steel body" and "super strength" have both increased from 3 to 4.
This meant that the boost from these two abilities to him has reached four times.
If he also took into account the boost from Haki and his Battle Suit, Matthew's Constitution attribute has theoretically reached 41,200, and his strength attribute has theoretically reached 28,400.
These were terrifying numbers.
He was still a freshman, and he had just passed through the sixth layer of the supernatural realm.
But with the power he currently possesses, he could easily be among the 100 most powerful people in the country.
All he could say was that Superman's physique was too incredible.
"Can I... fly now?"
Matthew vaguely sensed that his body had indeed undergone some indescribable change.
This must be because of the flight skill.
He was eager to test his flying ability immediately.
However, he was currently in his dorm room, and he feared that he might lose control and smash through the building.
To be on the safe side, Matthew decided to leave campus and head to an open, secluded field for testing.
...
Last time, the principal asked him to move back to the dormitory, but unlike Natalie, he was not entirely restricted in his freedom.
Matthew was allowed to leave the campus occasionally.
That was why he was willing to move back to the campus. Otherwise, he most likely wouldn't have accepted the principal's offer.
This also showed that the university and higher-ups still valued Natalie more. But this wasn't a problem for Matthew; in fact, he wanted them to put in even more effort to protect Natalie.
Leaving campus, Matthew hailed a taxi and headed to the city's suburbs.
This time, he changed locations. It was no longer the place where he had previously tested the damage of skills.
Mainly because the commotion he caused last time was quite significant, and Matthew was worried that someone might have installed surveillance cameras there.
A while later, at a secluded place, Matthew stood in the wilderness, preparing to test his flying ability.
He closed his eyes, felt the difference in his body, and began to break free of gravity's pull.
The next moment, Matthew's body slowly rose and floated in mid-air.
He looked like he was standing in thin air.
He was just a bit unstable, wobbling and swaying, as if he could fall over at any moment.
But… Flight…
It was absolutely one of humanity's ultimate dreams.
Who hadn't dreamed of flying?
Who wouldn't want to fly freely in the air, soaring through the sky?
So, when Matthew opened his eyes and found he was actually flying, he looked surprised and excited.
"This is so exciting." He said.
But because he was so excited, he immediately lost control of himself and fell from the sky.
-Thump
The ground was smashed, and a small crater was formed.
Matthew climbed out of the crater, still wearing an excited smile on his face.
With his current physique, falling from a height of tens of meters wouldn't be a problem for him.
He didn't even feel the slightest pain.
After that, Matthew continued his attempt to fly, slowly ascending into the air.
After dozens of attempts, he finally managed to control himself and stand steady in the air.
Then, Matthew returned to the ground.
All previous flights were slow attempts. Now he was going to try fast flight, just like the real Superman.
Matthew then knelt on one knee and placed his fist on the ground.
-Whoosh
A faint hurricane actually formed around his body and the next moment…
-Boom
The earth shattered, and Matthew shot into the sky like a bolt of lightning.
He took flight, and it was extremely fast.
Even more surprisingly, shock waves began to form around his body.
This phenomenon only occurred when the flight speed exceeded the speed of sound.
Looked like his current flight speed had already broken the sound barrier.
Flight skill, that was how awesome it was.
At this moment, Matthew was like a Raptor fighter jet, swiftly passing through the clouds.
With a Steel Body, he was extremely powerful, and the air resistance and atmospheric pressure of high-speed flight did not affect him at all.
He even had an urge to break through the atmosphere and go into space to see what it was like.
Fortunately, Matthew calmed down in time.
He had not yet activated Superman's one of the most essential innate skills, "Bio-Electric Aura," and was currently unable to survive in outer space.
In addition, Matthew had speculated that some terrifying entity was devouring the sun, and that once he broke through the atmosphere, he might attract its attention.
His strength was not yet strong enough.
Facing that unknown entity directly would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous.
So, Matthew released himself from control and let himself fall freely.
At this moment, he was already thousands of meters in the sky.
With his current eyesight, he could even see the outline of the ocean.
Thanks to this skill, the borders of cities and countries no longer meant anything to him.
He could fly wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted.
When he thought about it, Matthew's heart skipped a beat.
He was wondering whether he should go to Korea now and take care of that old guy.
But he rejected the idea as soon as it came to his mind.
Because there were also very powerful individuals in that area.
He was not strong enough to overwhelm those powerful figures right now, and if he went there and got discovered, he might be in danger.
In addition, Matthew had heard that the old man had been admitted to the ICU a few months ago due to a sudden illness and was still in a coma. Whether he would wake up was unknown.
If the other party hadn't come from a wealthy family, they probably would have been abandoned long ago.
Based on Matthew's deduction, the probability of the other party dying from the disease this time was very high, so there was no need for him to take a risk and dirty his hands.
If the other party were able to wake up again from the coma, he would think about it again.
Matthew knew that, with Natalie consistently achieving SSS-grade mission ratings, he, as a critical teammate, must already have attracted attention for his recent performance.
Therefore, he needed to be more careful than usual these days.
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