BXBX NOVEL Chapter 173 - Damian's Pursuit Part 1
In the same way as with Wayde, after a few seconds, Adam was able to see through Angela\'s disguise illusion. Adam had underestimated how much focus and how draining and restricting it would be.
He would need to constantly focus on providing the Disguising Illusion Stone with Internal Energy and although it was only a small amount, it would use a few IESP every hour, which over many hours would be quite draining.
Not only would it weaken him and require his focus, but it also needed to keep constant contact with him.
Adam was able to easily adapt and was confident that he would be able to sustain the disguise illusion for as long as he needed to, but when he looked at Wayde and Angela he felt slightly dishearted and they didn\'t seem to be struggling in the slightest.
Angela previously had long golden-blonde hair that was silky and let out. Matched with her endlessly blue eyes, perfect skin and alluring figure, she was overall a top-tier beauty.
However, after changing her appearance by making her hair brown, changing her eye colour to brown and changing the pigment of her previously pale skin to one that was more tanned, she looked ordinary.
[Her beauty and attractiveness must have something to do with her elemental affinity and she must have a very high charisma] thought Adam to himself seeing the change in her appearance.
She was still pretty and didn\'t have any flaws, but she didn\'t have the same glow that she previously had, which made Adam desire to see her status even more.
"Angela, do you have something that is blocking others from observing your cultivation level and power?" asked Adam directly.
Adam was sure that she wouldn\'t react badly to his question and since they had become friends and were mutually benefitting each other, she wouldn\'t get angry. However, he still was unsure whether she would answer or not and whether him asking her would cause issues for their relationship.
Angela and Wayde were both surprised by him being able to notice that as for one to even be able to attempt to observe her body\'s power, they must at least be at the same cultivation level as her or higher.
"Yes, you are correct. It is because of a high-level charm that is given to most members of the Maxwell Family. It makes it appear to others that I am not a cultivator and only mid-level Advanced Cultivators or above can see through it, and yet you have managed to realise that there was something blocking your spiritual sense" answered Angela who was surprised by Adam\'s perceptivity.
"Well, I just felt like there was something blocking me and I asked, it is nothing special," said Adam, changing the subject.
Wayde had quite dark skin originally and was tall with very short hair and multiple scars on his face and hands, which were the only part of his body that Adam had seen. He didn\'t have a beard and had dull black eyes, that matched with his size and presence were very intimidating.
Since they had all changed their appearances, they were ready to leave and all headed out of the car park, leaving behind the van that they took to get there.
"We should probably get some rooms in a hotel that is in the centre of Staten Island and begin our scouting from there. In the rooms, we can remove our disguises and since the Maxwell Family doesn\'t know my face, if I move alone, Damian won\'t be able to recognise me" suggested Adam.
"Yes, I agree and we should probably split up. I will work with Wayde while you work alone to scout, then we share the information we gathered at the end of the day. After that, he can rest and prepare to act the next day" stated Angela as Wayde nodded his head in agreement.
Adam knew that he would be much safer with Wayde and Angela and knew that Wayde would never leave her side, but he knew that it would be better for him to move alone.
There would be fewer restrictions to his actions, he could use his abilities without fear of others finding out about it and most importantly, his identity was less likely to be found out.
They called for a taxi and although together, the 3 of them looked slightly out of place and weird since they all seemed to be of different ages and very different to each other, it would be very hard to recognise them as who they actually were.
Meanwhile, in a large penthouse in the centre of Brooklyn, Damian was sitting with Martha while shouting on the phone angrily.
"What do you mean you lost them? You said that you followed them to a car dealership, what care did they take?" exclaimed Damian down the phone.
He had sent 3 of his subordinates that although weren\'t the most capable or powerful, had no direct connection to him and couldn\'t be used to prove that he was the one tracking Angela.
"Sir, we didn\'t see as we didn\'t want to get close, but we didn\'t see any nice cars leave, so we are assuming that they are hiding there" answered the subordinate.
"Damned idiots, they are obviously not going to take an expensive car that will make it easier to find them. They must have caught onto you guys pursuing them" scolded Damian furiously as he threw his phone across the room, shattering it and leaving a large dent in the wall.
The amount of force needed to damage the wall with a fragile phone was unbelievable, which went to show just how powerful and capable Damian was.
"Calm down, we will sort this out there is no need to worry" reassured him Martha, who although was also angry, knew that it was best for them to stay calm.
"If I want something to get done properly, I will need to do it myself. Get ready, we are also going to leave for Staten Island" decided Damian, unwilling to allow Angela to gain the position of young family head.