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In the movie, Apocalypse was an ancient mutant who played roles like God, Apollo, and Ares in human history. During these days, Apocalypse constantly shifted his soul, acquiring many superpowers and gradually considering himself a true deity.
In his seemingly endless life, he only encountered betrayal once, being buried underground for thousands of years. After suffering this setback, Apocalypse thought that emerging once again would surely bring him worldwide dominion. He had learned everything about humanity through radio and felt this time was secure.
Who would have thought he would encounter such a giant while looking for allies?
As the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza, he was very knowledgeable about Ancient Egypt, but he had never seen a mummy this gigantic. Not even in myths was there a mummy Giant like this!
Just moments ago, Apocalypse intended to enhance the superpowers of a subordinate to make this chosen follower kneel willingly.
Who would have thought that the gesture would turn toward Tang Lin, who was lying down, upgrading?
Enhancing others' superpowers required consuming Apocalypse's own power. Usually, Apocalypse could easily enhance other mutants, but this time, the enhancement effect landed on Tang Lin, a two-hundred-meter Giant, draining him entirely.
Not only was his energy depleted, but activating this enhancement ability couldn't be stopped midway, extracting a significant portion of Apocalypse's Life Force merely to complete the enhancement. If not for Apocalypse's extraordinary self-healing ability, he would've been reduced to a mummy.
Even more infuriating was that, after being strengthened, this Giant actually opposed him. No wonder most Giants in myth were portrayed as evil; they inherently lacked conscience!
In fact, Tang Lin didn't originally intend to fight Apocalypse; he was thinking of fleeing. But Storm Goddess and Angel saw Apocalypse in a weakened state, thinking he was ambushed by the mummy Giant, and they attacked out of loyalty, only to be instantly obliterated.
It was only then that Tang Lin discovered Apocalypse was weakened, and he gave him a kick.
In the face of crisis, Apocalypse had to use the last of his strength to erect a shield, only managing to protect himself. The beautiful Ling Die next to him couldn't be saved. Ling Die could only condense her Spiritual Weapon into a Light Shield, but she was still deeply stomped into the ground.
Luckily, the ground was soil and not reinforced concrete, so at first, the two were just buried underground. But when Tang Lin's kick fully unleashed its force and collided with the earth, it caused a massive tremor. Ling Die soon couldn't withstand it, losing consciousness, and in such a violent clash, her body was crushed into an unspeakable mass mixed with dirt.
Apocalypse's energy defense shield was surprisingly durable. Even after being stomped underground by Tang Lin and crushed several times, it didn't break. But what should have been an absolute defense couldn't fully disperse the shock of Tang Lin's kick, causing more blood to spill from Apocalypse's withered face.
Self-healing continued to work doggedly, and he wasn't going to die just yet. As long as he had a little time, even just a few minutes, he could rely on his self-healing to return to peak condition. And Apocalypse had the ability to teleport across vast distances. Given a moment to breathe, he could teleport away and make a comeback.
Now all he had to do was wait for Tang Lin to lift his foot, and Apocalypse would instantly activate his teleportation skill to leave this dangerous place.
After satisfying himself with a kick, Tang Lin lifted his foot to check his handiwork.
However, both Apocalypse and Ling Die were far too small in size, completely buried underground. He couldn't see clearly if they were dead or not.
Breathing a sigh of relief in the dirt, Apocalypse felt the Giant finally loosened his foot, and he could teleport away. Once he regained his strength, he would avenge this kick and show what happens when one angers a deity.
Just as he was about to teleport, he felt dizzy; someone invaded his mind at this critical moment. The one taking action, of course, was Professor X. This telepath used the Brain Wave Enhancer to greatly amplify his spiritual power, and he launched a psychic invasion on Apocalypse.
If Apocalypse were in his prime, Professor X wouldn't stand a chance. But in this severely weakened state, Apocalypse's psychic strength was significantly reduced, allowing Professor X to control his thoughts.
Throughout the fierce battle, Professor X never stopped observing. With Apocalypse and Tang Lin's spiritual power being strong, Professor X couldn't quietly read their memories, but Angel, Storm Goddess, and Ling Die couldn't resist his invasion.
From these three mutants' memories, Professor X discovered Apocalypse's ambition to rule Earth, as well as his vast array of formidable superpowers. He saw that this would be a terrifying opponent, one against whom there was absolutely no chance of winning.
Yet the sudden appearance of a weakness in Apocalypse presented an opportunity. With Tang Lin's heavy blow to Apocalypse, Professor X seized the chance to control his mind. At this moment, Professor X could empathize with Apocalypse, clearly sensing his physical weakness and recognizing this as the best opportunity to kill him.
Therefore, Professor X, controlling Apocalypse's body, crawled out from underground, preparing to provoke Tang Lin further, hoping Apocalypse would die at the hands of this mummy Giant. But Apocalypse wasn't going to sit idly by; he launched a full-scale mental counterattack, contending with Professor X for control of his body. The internal struggle was fierce, causing Apocalypse's body to move in all sorts of bizarre, stiff actions.
Tang Lin saw Apocalypse climbing from the ground and felt that this boss was truly resilient, not dead yet. Tang Lin now faced two choices: either run immediately, resolving this special state and returning, or continue attacking Apocalypse to see if he could completely finish off this nearly dead opponent.
Tang Lin spent half a second thinking, then arrived at a conclusion: only children make choices, while adults want it all!
Tang Lin raised his foot again, ready to stomp on Apocalypse. If one stomp wouldn't kill him, then two, or rather dozens!
Raise the foot, stomp down, raise the foot, stomp down, Tang Lin repeated the action, causing cracks to spread across the ground like an earthquake.
Meanwhile, Tang Lin silently recited in his mind, "System, open my Skill interface!"
The unfeeling system, with no delay, displayed the details of the mutated Stone-man's Heart skill before Tang Lin.
[Silver Skill: Stone-man's Heart Lv1;]
[Skill Origin: Magic Ring Plane, Stone Giant;]
[Skill Effect: Receive the favor of the Earth; when standing on the ground, gain increased strength and regeneration.]
[Remark: Stone Giant is a special elemental being that can continuously gather Earth Power to strengthen itself. As long as it stands on the ground, it has an endless supply of strength and can continuously regenerate.]
[Special State: The Stone-man's Heart skill has undergone special changes due to Different Plane energy influence. You may choose one of the following three mutation effects.]
[Option 1: Raise the Silver Skill "Stone-man's Heart" from Lv1 to Lv5; the original boost effect will be proportionate to the level increase.]
[Option 2: Evolve the Silver Skill "Stone-man's Heart" into a Gold Skill "Child of the Earth"; skill level remains unchanged. This choice requires the consumption of 1000 Wish Power points. "Child of the Earth" effect: receive the blessing of Earth Power, greatly increasing strength and recovery ability while being able to reshape terrain.]
[Option 3: Evolve the Silver Skill "Stone-man's Heart" into a Gold Skill "Desert Sovereign"; skill level remains unchanged. This choice requires the consumption of 1000 Wish Power points. "Desert Sovereign" effect: deprive the surrounding area of Earth Power, making the land barren and causing plants to wither, while greatly strengthening oneself.]
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