“What is that thing?!” The silver-haired girl, hidden in a remote, concealed spot, exclaimed in surprise as she watched the battlefield become completely one-sided with the addition of the dark robot.
She had never seen anything like it before!
“Is this the doing of those blasphemers?” The surprise lasted only for a moment before she quickly calmed down, knowing that surprise was useless now. The stronger the robot, the better, as long as it could draw everyone’s attention, she could use teleportation to enter the barrier directly and crush the white truck.
The men in black accompanying her didn’t have her keen eyesight. Only the blond man holding the binoculars could barely make out the situation on the battlefield.
The hero team, which had been steadily advancing, was caught off guard by the robot. The strong man holding the shield had fallen to the ground, his life or death unknown, while the others were still attacking the dark robot, or rather, being chased and beaten by the robot.
“Are A-class heroes this weak?” the blond man muttered under his breath. Although their Hero Association’s influence in their area was relatively weak, he was clear about the hero rankings within the Hero Association.
A-class heroes were considered the backbone of the Hero Association’s combat power. They didn’t possess the terrifying strength of S-class heroes, but their numbers were large, and if they swarmed together, it wouldn’t be difficult to overwhelm even an S-class hero.
A weaker S-class hero facing a well-coordinated A-class hero team might indeed not have as easy a time.
And the A-class team on the battlefield just now clearly belonged to the type of elite team with decent coordination.
In other words, that robot possessed the combat power of an S-class hero.
An S-class hero!
That was a rare existence, one that might not even appear in a million people!
If such robots could be mass-produced, the blond man truly couldn’t imagine what impact it would have on the world.
In the current world, there were few, if any, things that could completely disregard a sea of people.
The Star River Sword Saint might be one, and others… gods?
As of yet, no god had broken free from their seals. A sealed god, a god who could only use their abilities through a mortal body, would also find themselves at a loss when facing a sea of people.
“If there were many of these things, those blasphemers wouldn’t need to be so secretive. Who could withstand an army like this?” The silvery-haired girl’s eyes were somber. Even she, in the current situation, could at most deal with six to seven of these enemies simultaneously.
However, she was certain that such things could not be mass-produced.
This must be a creation of some of her own kind’s abilities; with the current level of mortal technology, it was impossible to create something like this.
“…You don’t need to follow me later.”
“?”
“My current body doesn’t have much time left. Instead of letting it linger on, it’s better to use the time effectively,” the girl explained in a low voice, her eyes shining with a determined light. Once she made a decision, she wouldn’t change her mind. “If I don’t have to worry about endurance, I have absolute confidence in destroying whatever is inside that truck.”
The price was the complete destruction of this body, but that wasn’t a high price, as this body was already on its last legs, only usable for a few more days.
She felt it was a good deal to exchange this body, which would be scrapped sooner or later, for the safety of the people behind her.
Bodies could be remade, but these people, if they died, couldn’t be replaced.
“Alright, I understand.” A strange light flickered in the blond man’s eyes. He nodded and made a gesture to the men in black behind him, “We’ll see each other at the base.”
“The base…” The girl had only spoken half of her sentence when the powerful aura rapidly approaching the battlefield from the sky forced her to abruptly change the latter half of her sentence. “You need to leave immediately!”
Before the blond man could react, the girl waved her hand at the people behind her. With a flash of silver light, they all disappeared.
After teleporting so many people to a distant location, the girl couldn’t help but cover her mouth and cough. A sweet, metallic taste surged from the depths of her throat, making her face even paler.
But her eyes were still fixed on the rapidly approaching aura in the distance. It was the person she had encountered in the East District that afternoon. Although they had only exchanged glances once, she still had a rough idea of the opponent’s strength.
They were slightly stronger than herself, who was controlling this body.
If she were present, that robot definitely wouldn’t last long.
And… the girl’s gaze quickly swept across several directions. Powerful auras also emanated from those directions. Those were the S-class heroes of Central City, and they were also about to arrive.
Once those people arrived, not only would those blasphemers fail, but she might not even be able to complete her mission.
Therefore, she had to act now!
With that thought, the girl immediately turned her attention to the turtle-shell-like armored vehicle formation. She chose a teleportation location on the open ground near the white truck. She channeled the divine power flowing within her body, and just as she thought she could easily teleport to that location, the space suddenly became as hard as steel.
“Spatial confinement!” The girl looked into the distance in disbelief. She had clearly restrained her aura and was still far from that girl, so why would that person unleash a spatial confinement with such a large influence range?
And the strength of this spatial confinement… The girl recalled the mysterious interferer she had encountered a few days ago while helping the organization called “Centipede Blade” steal something. She hadn’t been present at the scene at the time, only knowing that a very strong individual had interfered with her teleportation at the last moment.
In the end, she had increased her output power and reduced the teleportation range, only then breaking through the spatial confinement and teleporting out with those people and some of the valuables.
Now she knew who that interferer was.
It was that girl flying from the sky, the one who activated the field magic before even reaching the scene!
“Damn it.” The girl stood up from her hiding place. Given the current condition of this body, forced teleportation was no longer feasible. She could only travel to that place using the most ancient method.
She had to run there.
Fortunately, for the sake of convenience, she hadn’t worn any skirts and had chosen sportswear instead.
Shedding all unnecessary accessories, the girl broke into a run towards the vehicle formation. As long as she got within a certain distance, she still had a way to destroy whatever was inside that truck.
As the girl here began her long run, Leticia in the distance abruptly stopped in mid-air.
Because she also recognized her old rival.
Why Leticia would activate spatial confinement was a question that even Leticia herself didn’t know.
She was just about to arrive at the location when she suddenly felt that it would be good to cast a spatial confinement. In any case, this magic didn’t consume much in normal circumstances, and maintaining it wouldn’t affect Leticia’s combat.
As a result, as soon as the spatial confinement was activated, Leticia felt her feet go weak, and a large portion of the magic in her body instantly vanished.
What did this mean? It meant that her spatial confinement had once again clashed with a spatial teleportation, and the amount of magic consumed could only be from that mysterious individual who had forcefully broken through her spatial confinement and escaped during the bank robbery some time ago.
If it wasn’t that person, who else could it be?
Could it be that there were two such powerful spatial system users in this small Central City, and both of them happened to be on the opposite side of Central City’s authorities?
Was this a joke?
The clash of the two spatial spells only lasted for a moment. Just as Leticia drew her conclusion, the speed of magic consumption returned to normal, indicating that the opponent had not forcefully broken through like last time, meaning the opponent had chickened out.
“Qianqian, what’s wrong?” The commander, being held by Leticia around her waist, noticed Leticia suddenly stop. She looked at the battlefield, which had become completely lively, and felt a bit anxious. “We need to go and support them quickly.”
No, supporting them now wasn’t the most important thing anymore. Leticia’s gaze swept across the entire battlefield. She saw the armored vehicle formation surrounded in the very center and also recognized the true nature of the attackers.
They were all sorts of autonomous machines; there were no living beings among the attackers.
“Where did these things… pop out from?” she muttered, continuing to observe the battlefield from the sky.
As reinforcements continued to arrive, the situation was gradually becoming clearer. Most of the firing points had been suppressed by the heroes’ superpowers; even machines would be destroyed under the bombardment of superpowers.
However, those were all irrelevant directions. On the most frontal battlefield, the heroes had not gained a significant advantage.
The dark robot had completely suppressed the heroes, and behind it, a very sci-fi-looking beam cannon was frantically pouring energy towards the surrounded armored vehicle formation. Its target was clear: to protect that cannon and shatter the barrier released by the armored vehicles.
And looking at the violent fluctuations produced by the barrier under the beam’s irradiation, it was clear that the barrier could not last much longer, and might even shatter the next second.
“Commander, stay here and don’t move. I’ll go and deal with that cannon.” After placing the commander on a safe open ground, Leticia looked at the beam cannon and said in a deep voice.
“Qianqian, good luck!” The commander didn’t say anything else. She was quite aware of Leticia’s strength, and in her opinion, with Leticia now on the scene, this ambush had a predetermined outcome.
Leticia nodded and lightly tapped the ground with her toes, flying towards the cannon.
While maintaining spatial confinement, she couldn’t use teleportation spells. And once she released the spatial confinement, she might give that unknown spatial ability user an opportunity.
Therefore, Leticia could only fly over.
Fortunately, her flying speed wasn’t slow. Even without using her full power, she had already become a streak of light in the eyes of others.
The robot that was suppressing the heroes suddenly looked up. It saw Leticia’s target, but it had no way to stop it because Leticia’s speed was too fast. By the time it noticed Leticia, Leticia had already entered its optimal combat range.
The place where the beam cannon was located suddenly began to vibrate violently. A deep fissure appeared beneath the cannon, followed by a pillar of fire that engulfed the full-power outputting cannon.
With a deafening explosion, Leticia disdainfully clapped her hands. It was as easy as pie. Next, it would be that robot’s turn.
Being able to suppress an A-class squad in a head-on battle, its strength was considerable, but unfortunately, in her eyes, it was no different from scrap metal.
“That is…”
“S-class?”
“Too strong.”
All the heroes on the battlefield were stunned by Leticia’s appearance and the attack. Compared to the towering pillar of fire just now, their superpowers were like child’s play.
But the shock wasn’t over yet. The beam cannon had indeed been destroyed, but it wasn’t the only thing focusing fire on the barrier. There were still a large number of machine guns and cannons that hadn’t been destroyed.
If these things weren’t dealt with promptly, Leticia estimated that the barrier would only last for another half a minute at most.
Although she didn’t know what would happen after the barrier shattered, it was definitely better to prevent the barrier from shattering than to let it shatter. And the A-class squad was not in any life-threatening danger at the moment. Leticia had enough余裕 to deal with those things that were still spitting flames first.
“Stay away from the battlefield.” The clear, cold girl’s voice echoed in everyone’s ears.
The heroes looked at the girl hovering in the air in confusion, not knowing why she said that. Then, they understood.
One by one, crimson fireballs appeared behind the girl. She seemed to want to eliminate all the enemies on the field with one move!
And their being asked to stay away from the battlefield was probably to avoid friendly fire. After all, such a powerful attack would definitely have some flaws, such as the inability to perfectly control the landing points of all the fireballs. If they stayed on the battlefield, they might be affected by the randomly flying fireballs.
“Retreat!”
“Fall back!”
The heroes reacted immediately. They swiftly disengaged from combat and began to withdraw in an orderly manner.
Secing these heroes obey her command, Leticia nodded. Fortunately, there weren’t any defiant, stubborn individuals, otherwise, she might not have been able to hold back when throwing fireballs.
“Fire Rain.” Pointing into the distance, Leticia softly uttered two words.
This wasn’t because she needed to say the name of this magic to cast it, but simply because Leticia felt that doing so would make her look cool, giving off a vibe of casually destroying forces as if it were a minor matter.
And the result of this attack was exactly that.
When the randomly flying fireballs landed on the formation, all the heroes present held their breath. The rain of fire falling from the sky, was this the power of an S-class hero?
Gazing at the continuous blaze, everyone lost the ability to speak. Could such strength still be called human?
