<h4>Chapter 431: Adjudication of Justice</h4>


    A massive bowl-shaped crater that was over 10 meters deep had been sted into the ground at the epicenter of the explosion. Magma was flowing down the sides of the crater, and at the very bottom, Jason was shielding Subus Beth with his own body, preventing thetter from being directly struck by the explosion.


    However, this hade at a cost. His body had shrunk down from five meters to only two meters in height, giving him the stature of an ordinary person. If it were to be assumed that his stature was a direct indication of hisbat prowess, then he had to have been extremely feeble right now, and his machete had also shortened significantly.


    However, what hade as quite a surprise to Adam was that the machete was currently plunged into Subus Beth''s chest.


    "Why?" Subus Beth asked in an incredulous voice, and her voice had be extremely shrill and unpleasantly high-pitched from shock.


    He pushed Jason away in a furious manner, doing so with such immense power that Jason''s body exploded into pieces in mid-air, but before those pieces had even fallen onto the ground, they came together again to form a smaller Jason, while his machete had shrunk down to only half a meter in length.


    Jason descended onto the edge of the crater, then removed his mask as he glowered at Subus Beth with a furious expression. "I hate it when people deceive me!"


    Adam invoked Ogress, and through its perspective, he was able to see the exchange taking ce between Jason and Subus Beth.


    Jason''s psychic body was one that was severely mutated, much like the people suffering from radiation sickness. He would''ve undoubtedly been ostracized and mocked in the real world, perhaps even bullied and abused, so it was no surprise that he had be a psychic deviant.


    Even though he had received a new body from the director, his soul still remained his own, so his personality was still as extreme as ever. It seemed that in his eyes, being cast under Subus Beth''s spell was a form of deception, and that was uneptable to him.


    Subus Beth didn''t know much about her subordinates at all. In his eyes, they were all just pawns that could be discarded at any time, and never had he anticipated that they would turn on him someday.


    His continued sess had inted his confidence to the point that he was blinded to the fact that he wasn''t actually invincible, and now, his arrogance wasing back to bite him.


    In a way, Jason was like a child who had never grown up, and his mind waspletely taken over by the urge to kill this person who had deceived him.


    He paid no heed to the fact that he was currently in an extremely feeble state as he raised his machete from afar before shing it through the air with all his might. A faint mark appeared on Subus Beth''s face, and not even her skin had been split open by the attack, but she let loose another furious screech.


    This puppet of his, this piece of lowly trash that he had always hadplete control over was no daring to attack him!


    This was unforgivable!


    Subus Beth raised her whip, and with just a single strike, she was able to split Jason''s body into pieces. Those pieces reformed, only to be destroyed again, and the process was repeated several times.


    At this point, Jason had been reduced to no more than a foot in height, and the machete in his hand was resembling a toothpick, presenting a ratherical sight to behold.


    Subus Beth was panting heavily, more so from fury than exertion, causing her voluptuous chest to heave violently.


    "Let''s end this."


    Adam had no interest in watching any longer, and he called upon Shae and Diana before rushing over to the edge of the crater.


    Looking at Subus Beth up close, he was able to notice some extremely faint red lines on his seemingly wless face, immediately tipping him off to the fact that Subus Beth had previously undergone cosmetic surgery.


    No wonder Doctor Edwards had stated so bluntly that he wasn''t perfect. Thanks to his intuition as a top-tier surgeon, he had seen right through Subus Beth''s wless facade.


    Shae and Diana possessed outstanding eyesight too, and they quickly noticed this detail as well.


    Following the process of disenchantment, all of the mystique surrounding Subus Beth had faded, and in the face of the scrutiny from Adam''s trio, horrific memories of Subus Beth''s past instantly flooded into his mind.


    "Why are you all looking at me like that? Get away from me!" Subus Beth screeched.


    In her previous life, Subus Beth had been a woman. In order to seek out the fame and fortune that she so desired, she was willing to do anything, stooping to the lowest of lows.


    However, she discovered that there were countless other women in the industry also willing to do the same thing, so she had no advantage. All of those bastards who had coaxed her into giving up her body, her pride, and her aspirations had lied to her.


    That was why she sought out revenge against them and this twisted society. She underwent cosmetic surgery, using her looks as a weapon to lure in those who had wronged her before putting an end to their lives.


    She was blinded by bloodlust, intoxicated by desire, twisted by the joy of exacting vengeance, and driven insane by the destructive path she had gone down. In the end, she became a fugitive and was forced to flee to Shadow City for refuge.


    The director had given her a new life and a new purpose.


    She became even more powerful and deranged, reveling in the process of sowing chaos in the world, and everything was supposed to have continued to progress in an upward trajectory, but unfortunately for her, it was time to wake up from this dream.


    She didn''t want to relinquish this dream, and she screeched in desperation and defiance,shing out with her whip with all her might, but she wasn''t able tond the final blow on Jason.


    Instead, it was Mummy that stomped Jason into the ground, putting an end to his life. It then grabbed onto Subus Beth''s whip before ensnaring her body in its runed bandages and plunging its carving knife into her lower abdomen without any mercy.


    Subus Beth struggled and writhed frantically as her face began to morph and shift, as if she were trying to find an appearance that would make Adam take pity on her and show mercy so she could buy herself the time to escape, but it was all to no avail.


    Adam pulled out his carving knife before plunging it into Subus Beth''s body over and over again, slicing her into pieces, but those pieces were held tightly together by his bandages.


    In the end, Diana and Shae each sted a burst of mes out of their mouths in unison, incinerating Subus Beth and the bandages into ashes.


    ck anomalic power rose up into the air like smoke and mist, and Adam allowed Mummy to have the first serving before invoking Camera to join in as well. In the end, the anomalic power was jointly consumed by Mummy, Camera, and Hellhound, it wasn''t enough to trigger an evolution in any of them.


    The anomalic power released by Subus Beth was far inferior to that of the Angel of Death, so this was no surprise. With that, the battle was over, and the entire process had been recorded forter use.


    Doctor Edwards reappeared, and his expression remained as cold and aloof as ever, as if none of this had anything to do with him.


    "I know who you are. I thought you were no different from those chatans that call themselves politicians."


    His voice was as sharp and scathing as a de.


    "What do you think of me now?" Adam asked.


    Doctor Edwards offered no response, instead offering a box that resembled a hard drive to Adam.


    "At the very least, you''re doing the right thing. These are the secrets that Congressman Johnson has been hiding, I''ve already procured them for you."


    Adam epted the box, and it only took a brief nce at its contents for Adam to determine that this was the real deal.


    "Where''s your part? I vowed to unearth all of the darkness and filth in this world, and that includes everything you''ve done as well."


    "All in due time," Doctor Edwards replied as he turned and departed, abruptly vanishing from the spot.


    Both Shae and Diana were quite startled by this.


    "How does he keep doing that? You''re the one who established this psychic connection!"


    Adam paid no heed to them as he looked at the box in his hand while a twisted smile appeared on his face.


    "Don''t forget that we''re in his clinic. There''s no way that someone as cautious and meticulous as him wouldn''t have made preparations for something like this."