A hand caught Angelina's chin just in time, stopping her from biting down any further.
Alex wasn't afraid of her bite. What he was worried about was his "Steel Body" damaging the girl's teeth.
That was why he stopped her.
"Behave yourself, little wild cat," Alex said with a smile.
Unable to bite Alex, Angelina became extremely irritable. She let out meaningless hissing sounds from her throat, wrapping her arms and legs tightly around him like an octopus and thrashing wildly.
Alex stood still, letting her "rub" against him. At the same time, he noticed that Angelina's skin began to take on a layer of iron black.
This was exactly the same as those two bastards who had injected "holy blood" before.
Just as Alex was thinking about the chances of failure, he saw the black color on Angelina's skin fade rapidly.
Not only did her skin return to white, it became even fairer than before, snow white and tender, as if made of water itself, making one want to pinch it.
After her skin turned pale, Angelina's body continued to change.
Her eyes began to glow red, and moments later, the red became dazzling.
Her body was clearly growing stronger. Under her clothes, defined abs began to appear on her abdomen.
Alex could clearly feel that Angelina was becoming more powerful, and her body was also growing tougher.
He nodded slightly, 'As expected of something from the shop. Angelina's changes far exceed those of most superhumans.'
After a short while, the deep red in Angelina's eyes retreated into her pupils, and her gaze gradually regained clarity.
The sharp fangs in her mouth retracted, revealing a set of normal human teeth.
She was still clinging to Alex. When she finally realized she was holding Homelander, she let out a soft cry and suddenly sprang away.
With that jump, she leapt straight up to the roof of the warehouse and landed on a crossbeam.
The girl crouched there, staring at her hands in disbelief.
"Master, I…", Angelina looked at Alex, her eyes filled with expectation.
Alex gave a slight nod, "Congratulations. You've just become a superhuman."
As he spoke, Alex used "Insight" on Angelina.
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[Name: Angelina Caton]
[Life Level: Level 4 (Superhuman)]
[Status: Excited]
[Talents: Super Stamina, Super Speed, Super Senses, Super Regeneration, etc.]
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'Hmm... After upgrading, "Insight" really does provide more information.'
'But it's still not enough.'
'As far as I know, Angelina's talents are more than just these.'
Alex beckoned with his hand, signaling for the girl above to come down.
But Angelina looked at the ground, which was at least five or six meters below, and hesitated, feeling afraid.
Alex slapped his forehead.
"You're already a superhuman. Even if you fell from this height, you wouldn't die."
"Hurry up and come down."
Only then did Angelina steel herself and jump down. As she landed, her body instinctively adjusted itself, drifting down lightly like a leaf.
She widened her beautiful eyes and stared up at the crossbeam above, hardly believing that she had jumped down so easily.
"What I injected into you was good stuff."
"You're stronger than ordinary superhumans now."
"Oh right, you should awaken a special ability."
Alex reminded her.
"Feel it carefully and guide it out."
Angelina asked, "Like meditating and sensing it?"
'How would I know?'
Alex shrugged.
"Probably?"
Angelina had no choice but to figure it out herself.
While the girl was focusing on her ability, Alex didn't stay idle either.
He checked his items. Earlier, he had 93 [Dim Proficiency Essences].
Exchanging for the gene serum cost 50, leaving him with 43, which could raise proficiency by 86 points.
Alex opened the status panel and looked at the talents section.
His gaze first landed on [Steel Body +2: Proficiency 1/100]. This talent was still far from the next level. Even dumping all his essences into it wouldn't be enough to upgrade.
Laser Eyes, on the other hand, could be improved.
[Laser Eyes +2: Proficiency 27/100]
'Even though standing still gives the best output, right now it's obvious that putting proficiency essences into this talent gives the greatest return and shows results immediately.'
Alex made his decision and poured every single [Dim Proficiency Essence] into the "Laser Eyes" talent.
[Laser Eyes Proficiency +2]
[Laser Eyes Proficiency +2]
[Laser eyes...]
Lines of information kept appearing on his retina.
.
.
.
A moment later, after investing 37 proficiency essences, the "Laser Eyes" talent finally reached its peak.
[Your 'Laser Eyes +2' proficiency is full.]
[Now upgraded to 'Heat Vision'.]
[Heat Vision: Retains all effects of 'Laser Eyes +2'. In addition, you can now store solar energy and convert it into high-temperature rays. Temperature can be freely controlled, with a lower limit of microwave radiation and an upper limit reaching the surface temperature of the sun.]
[T/N: Sun Surface temp: 5525 °C or 9980 °F. Similar to movie version of Superman's heat vision but canonically it can go upto 3.5 Million °C with which, he can even evaporate planets. Sick!]
After reading the new talent description, Alex smiled slightly.
Heat Vision. Lower limit microwaves, upper limit the surface of the sun.
After upgrading, it not only retained the effects of Laser Eyes, but also added extreme heat and temperature.
Compared to Laser Eyes, Heat Vision was undoubtedly far more powerful.
He narrowed his eyes. With Heat Vision, he had taken another step closer to Big Blue.
However, Heat Vision required storing solar energy. To reach the upper temperature limit, he would probably need to store a massive amount of solar energy.
After calming down from the excitement, Alex glanced at the remaining proficiency essences.
Only six were left. That meant just twelve more proficiency points.
'Forget it. This is fine for now.'
'They might come in handy later.'
Only then did Alex look back at Angelina, and suddenly noticed that the shadow beneath her feet seemed to move.
At first, he thought he was seeing things. But right after, he saw that the shadow beneath Angelina's feet really was slowly moving.
The shadow slid on its own toward an abandoned tractor. It reached out with a hand and grabbed the tractor's surface. The machine immediately let out creaking noises, sparks jumping as metal panels were suddenly torn open, splitting apart.
Angelina suddenly opened her eyes, gasping for breath, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
"So your ability is shadow manipulation. Not bad. If used well, it can catch people off guard," Alex smiled, "From now on, besides work, you'll need to undergo combat training every day. You'll learn shooting too. In short, you're going to be very busy."
"Be mentally prepared."
Angelina lifted her head. A hint of crimson flashed deep within her pupils as she nodded hard.
"Please train me as hard as you want, Master!"
Alex smiled, "I will."
He waved his hand, "Come on. We've been out for a long time. It's time to head back."
Angelina obediently walked over, pressed herself against Alex, and wrapped her arms tightly around his waist.
Alex lifted the girl straight into his arms. With a whoosh, he flew out of the warehouse, paused briefly in midair, then headed toward the city.
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