“Hmph, the power is quite good. If it were someone else, they might have already been reduced to nothing,” Leticia said coldly, waving away the shield that had enveloped her and looking at the camera not far away.
This time, she had completely fallen into the opponent’s trap. If her strength were not sufficient, she might have been trapped here forever.
“Bai, let’s go back. Since the other party has set up a trap here, we probably won’t get any more rewards by staying here,” Leticia said, shaking her head and turning to call out to Bai Ling.
Bai Ling’s brows were tightly furrowed. She hadn’t noticed this ambush at all. It was only at the last moment that she realized something was wrong, but it was already too late. If Leticia hadn’t activated her shield in time, she would have undoubtedly been severely injured given her poor defensive capabilities.
It was even possible to die here due to bad luck!
“Should we take those people back too?” Bai Ling asked, pointing at the pathetic figures still tied to their chairs.
“Of course. I guess these people are also enemies of Hundred-Footed Blade, otherwise, they wouldn’t be tied here,” Leticia nodded. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Hundred-Footed Blade wants them dead, so I’ll let them live and cause some trouble for Hundred-Footed Blade. It’s quite good.”
After saying this, Leticia glanced at the surveillance camera again. The person in charge behind the scenes was probably still locked in a battle of wits with her illusion.
As the explosion’s flames dissipated, Leticia had already cast an enhanced disguise magic around herself and Bai Ling. This magic not only altered their numbers but also their appearances.
In the eyes of those people, the figure standing in the ruins was likely an eighteen-year-old girl with black hair, a slender figure, a cute face, and a white coat. Her image was a blend of Bai Ling and Leticia, leaning more towards Leticia, with about a five-point resemblance.
At this moment, her illusion should be acting extravagantly, putting psychological pressure on the mastermind.
Conveniently, Leticia and Bai Ling could take this opportunity to transfer the people.
In a surveillance room located somewhere unknown, the atmosphere was deathly silent. The people who had been about to celebrate loudly just moments ago now had pale faces, with large beads of sweat dripping from their foreheads.
Not only did the black-haired girl survive the explosion, but not a speck of dust had landed on her, as if the explosion had merely been a fireworks display.
However, the commotion just now was enough to prove that the bombs provided by the blonde man were genuine deadly weapons!
To be able to remain unharmed in such an environment… this strength completely exceeded the imagination of everyone present.
“White Reaper, it’s that White Reaper!” Someone unknown shouted.
Like a stone dropped into a calm lake, the name White Reaper was discussed by everyone in the surveillance room except for the higher-ups.
In fact, none of them had ever seen the White Reaper. Those who had seen the White Reaper’s appearance were not sitting here. It was said that he had only recently joined the Hero Association, and his work efficiency and success rate were ridiculously high. He also particularly enjoyed causing trouble for underground organizations like theirs.
Several strongholds of Hundred-Footed Blade had also been taken down by the White Reaper. Before they were taken down, no alarms had been reported from those strongholds, which could only mean that the battles had ended in an extremely short time.
“Why, why is it a hero from the Hero Association? Shouldn’t it be someone from the Silver Moon Society?” The black-haired man, who had been excited just moments ago, slumped onto his chair. He had almost lost all his fighting spirit. Seeing the black-haired girl walk out of the flames unharmed, his hard-won courage vanished in an instant.
How could such a monster be dealt with?
Should they use the organization’s psychics against her?
Are you kidding me!
Could such a monster be dealt with by the psychics in their organization? They would likely be instantly killed in one move.
Moreover, their ambush was not originally targeted at the Hero Association, but now… what they would face next was likely the full counterattack of the Hero Association, which was different from the support-based attack they were currently facing.
Although the Hero Association had joined the battle that morning, they had only been clearing outer strongholds, and the main battlefield still saw two forces clashing head-on.
But now, the situation was different again.
Hundred-Footed Blade had launched an attack on a high-ranking hero of the Hero Association, an attack that could absolutely cost an S-class hero their life.
Although the target of the attack had survived, anyone with a brain would know that this matter could not be so easily dismissed.
If you claim it’s self-defense, the Hero Association will not believe such nonsense. Heroes carrying out missions for the good of justice have legal backing. Underground organizations like yours can only surrender obediently, and even resistance is not allowed, let alone attempting a counter-kill.
For Hundred-Footed Blade to do such a thing, in Central City, it undoubtedly no longer had any place to hide.
“Heh, hehe, I didn’t expect there to be such a strong person here.” The blonde man’s expression was not as despairing as the black-haired man’s. He stared at the black-haired girl on the surveillance screen and suddenly let out a few cold laughs. “That’s just an illusion. Her main body has already left!”
“What?”
“We have detection methods that you don’t. Just now, our personnel detected spatial fluctuations emanating from that location, meaning those people have already left.” The blonde man looked at the scene on the screen and sneered, “Perhaps she did survive, but her condition must not be very good, otherwise, she wouldn’t use such a method to intimidate us. You can send someone to check the scene, and I guarantee that no one will be there anymore.”
Seeing the blonde man’s confident expression, the black-haired man quickly took out his phone, dialed a number, and whispered a few words.
Soon, his brows relaxed.
Just as the blonde man had said, there was no one left in the warehouse that had turned into ruins, and at this time, the surveillance still showed the girl’s figure.
This was definitely bluffing, trying to make them scared.
That person’s condition must not be very good. If he had been calmer just now and sent someone to check the scene, he would surely have discovered something was wrong.
This way, they might have been able to capture a high-ranking hero from the Hero Association. With such a hostage in hand, the Hero Association would surely be hindered, and they could usher in a turning point!
What a pity, the difference of one thought.
The black-haired man angrily hit the table.
“…
“You mean our intelligence was wrong, and that place was actually a trap. Is that it?” After hearing about Leticia and Bai Ling’s encounter today, Xiao Lu lightly tapped her forehead, looking puzzled. “But this intelligence has been verified by multiple parties, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”
“It’s just that it’s better to say ‘impossible’ less often. The other party clearly prepared for this trap for a very, very long time, and the information circulating outside might have been intentionally released by them, just to lure us to take the bait… Oh, of course, there’s another possibility: this trap might not have been aimed at the Hero Association.” Leticia spread her hands. “Their original target was probably the organization belonging to Yue Xiaoyin’s father.”
“That makes sense. This information was given to us by Yue Xiaoyin’s father as a sign of sincerity. I didn’t expect it to be a trap in the end.” Xiao Lu rubbed her temples, looking troubled. “It’s a good thing you weren’t injured, otherwise I’d get a severe scolding.”
Let alone Bai Ling, the recently rising star Leticia was undoubtedly a hot commodity in the eyes of the Hero Association’s high-level officials. If such a promising talent were accidentally injured or even killed in such an incident, she, Xiao Lu, as the direct supervisor, could not escape punishment.
“There’s nothing that can be done about that. The time we had to prepare was too short. We can’t expect you to discover the abnormality of this matter within a day.” Leticia showed an understanding expression. The Hero Association is not God; it is also an organization composed of people, and most of them are ordinary people.
We can’t force too much. Besides, in most cases, they are still very reliable.
Even if it were Leticia’s subordinates, it would be difficult to figure out that there was no conspiracy behind this matter within a day, let alone these Hero Association support staff.
However, one point in this matter made Leticia curious, and that was the bomb used as the killer move, and the obstruction she encountered when she wanted to escape the warehouse using spatial magic.
The bomb’s power was immense, several times that of normal explosives. If it were like that, it would be fine; agile heroes could escape the kill zone before the bomb exploded, but the solidified space that blocked Leticia from leaving before the explosion was truly terrifying. Even she couldn’t break through the spatial lockdown immediately. Whose work was this?
Was it some high-level spatial ability user? Or perhaps… a god hidden in the dark?
It’s not that Leticia has god PTSD and immediately looks towards gods whenever something happens, but because only a god-level being could block space and prevent her from using teleportation magic.
“High-level spatial ability user? At least S-class? And possessing the ability to seal space?” Hearing the limiting terms Leticia mentioned, Xiao Lu shook her head without thinking. “No, at least I can confirm that there are no such psychics in Central City.”
Spatial ability users are already very rare. Most spatial ability users’ skill points are generally invested in movement or cutting. As for ability users who can seal space, Xiao Lu has never heard of them.
Human psychic abilities are very magical, but also completely unpredictable. However, most psychic ability users are specialized, which is a consensus among everyone.
Defensive psychic ability users have almost no offensive power, and offensive psychic ability users have almost no defensive power. This is very different from the extraordinary beings of other races.
Besides specialization, psychic ability users also have a characteristic: their growth rate is extremely fast. Generally, psychic ability users already possess mature combat power when they first awaken, while extraordinary beings of other races need to cultivate step by step.
How to describe it? Perhaps like a hastily assembled war machine. Their upper limit is almost fixed, and they have fatal weaknesses, but their sheer numbers and the lack of long-term training and cultivation make up for it. This was also why humans could withstand attacks from other races back then.
It’s funny to say that during wartime, the probability of psychics appearing among children was very high, but as the war ended, the probability of psychics appearing became much lower, as if an invisible hand was controlling the appearance of psychics.
“There are no such ability users? Then this matter is troublesome.” Leticia sighed and looked at Bai Ling, who was eating a biscuit beside her. “I think we can have a talk with Sang Zhitong about that issue.”
“Mm?” Bai Ling, who had completely zoned out, looked up at Leticia with a confused expression.
She originally intended to stretch her muscles by fighting a battle, but she didn’t see the enemy and almost got blown up. After returning to the Hero Association, Leticia started discussing a headache-inducing topic with Xiao Lu.
So, she started eating to pass the time. She didn’t hear any of the conversation between Leticia and Xiao Lu, which led to her current completely oblivious state. She had no idea why Leticia wanted to find Sang Zhitong.
“I suspect there’s a god behind Hundred-Footed Blade.” Leticia said helplessly and leaned closer to Bai Ling’s ear, whispering.
Not many people knew about gods, and she didn’t know if Xiao Lu knew, but she assumed not.
Since Sang Zhitong hadn’t told Xiao Lu these things, Leticia couldn’t brazenly say to Bai Ling in front of Xiao Lu, “I think this matter is related to gods, let’s prepare to kill gods!”
Leticia felt that if she really said that, Xiao Lu would likely diagnose her as mentally ill or that she had suffered a head injury in the previous explosion.
“Is that so? I understand. I’ll mention it to Senior Sang,” Bai Ling’s expression became a bit more serious. When it involved gods, she couldn’t maintain a relaxed expression either.
When fighting against gods, she always felt restricted, which was not a good feeling. Fortunately, Leticia was by her side.
If the two of them cooperated closely, they would definitely be able to defeat the gods and thwart their schemes!
Just like the dream god they encountered before, it ended up with not even a speck of dust left!
With their combined efforts, they even killed a god, so what else was there to be afraid of?
“This time, the only thing we can rely on is our own strength,” Leticia murmured to herself. This time, she didn’t plan to mention anything about the God Throne. She refused to believe that without the God Throne’s help, she wouldn’t be able to deal with a god!
