Chapter: Chapter 348
Looking at the enemy’s position, which was completely engulfed in flames, Leticia’s expression was relaxed, as if her previous move was just a casual basic attack.
After dealing with those annoying little things, Leticia turned her gaze to the dark robot that was watching her. It was time to deal with this guy.
As if noticing that Leticia had changed her target to itself, after estimating the gap in their combat power, the robot turned and fled into the distance without hesitation.
Trying to escape when you can’t win? Leticia chuckled. It seemed this robot had some brains, or rather, the operator behind it had some brains. Knowing they couldn’t defeat her, they wanted to preserve this advanced weapon.
However… “Do you think you can really escape?”
Even without being able to use spatial magic, Leticia’s maneuverability in the air was not to be underestimated. She was indeed some distance away from the robot earlier, and the robot was fleeing in a direction away from her.
But this distance, which was not short, was less than a minute’s chase in Leticia’s eyes!
Watching the two bright lights chasing and fleeing in the sky at high speed, the heroes on the battlefield felt a sense of self-doubt. They wondered what their use was here.
They had worked hard to capture a few strongholds, and in less than a minute after the powerful individual arrived, all enemy positions were turned into a sea of fire. Is this the S-rank? Is this really not cheating?
And now, the powerful individual was chasing the dark robot again. They intended to capture all the enemies.
“Are S-rank heroes always this terrifying?” The young girl, whose shoulder was still dislocated from being punched by the robot in the previous battle, looked at the sky with envy. She thought she was not far from S-rank, but looking back, how ridiculous she was before.
To achieve such an effect, and to achieve it so easily, how many years would it take? No, it wasn’t a matter of a few years, it was a matter of her lifetime!
She truly didn’t think she could reach such a level.
“Don’t be disheartened. That person should be the legendary Guardian.” Just as the young girl was sinking into despair, the strong man who was knocked down by the robot at the beginning of the battle spoke. He looked very disheveled, and his eyes revealed a hint of fatigue. If it weren’t for his teammates supporting him, he probably wouldn’t even be able to stand up now. “Your strength is already close to S-rank, and as for that person, the reason she’s S-rank… is probably just because the pinnacle of heroes is S-rank.”
Above S-rank, there was only the Sword Saint, who was an army of one, capable of taking an enemy’s head from the midst of an army, an ultimate weapon.
That army was not an ordinary army, but an army formation composed of battle-hardened elite soldiers!
Within a single day, killing two of the three tribal leaders and severely injuring one, while remaining unscathed herself, this was the Sword Saint, this was invincibility!
And did the S-rank hero just now perform as invincibly?
No.
Although the momentum of her attacks was grand, the damage of each fireball was not very high. At least, the strong man felt that in his prime state, he could take about ten of them without any problem.
Of course, this power was not small. When dealing with a large number of weak units, this kind of move might be the most efficient.
“In any case, with that person here, our mission is considered complete.” The strong man sighed. He no longer had the ability to go further, but his teammates could. This girl who controlled lightning had that potential.
“Captain, look over there, it seems someone is running!” At this moment, the male teammate who was supporting the strong man suddenly shouted, pointing into the distance.
Someone is running?
The strong man raised his eyes to look. That direction was still burning with flames. It was impossible for anyone to be running in that place at this time, right?
But looking closely, he really saw a silver flash in the firelight.
It seemed to be a slender young girl, her clothes already had several large holes burned by flames, and her pale skin was exposed to the air. The flames licked her body, but she did not retreat. Instead, with a determined gaze, she ran towards the convoy formation of six armored vehicles.
“Quick, quick, stop her!” What does that girl want to do? The strong man didn’t know, but he knew that anyone appearing here at this time would definitely not be an ordinary person.
The girl’s target was the convoy, which meant she was definitely the enemy!
“Understood!” The two male members of the team immediately responded.
The strong man, no longer supported, sat back on the ground. He watched his two teammates run towards the girl, praying inwardly, “You must stop that person, and Guardian, come back quickly!”
As long as that person returns, there will be nothing to worry about.
So, what is our “Guardian” doing now?
The answer is, she’s smashing a turtle shell.
Boom! Several colorful lightning bolts struck the dark barrier, creating cracks in it, but these cracks disappeared in the next second, as if they had never appeared.
Leticia clicked her tongue in annoyance. She had indeed caught up to the robot, but after being caught up to, the robot didn’t seem to want to fight her. Instead, it wrapped itself in a black barrier.
This black barrier was hard, very hard. Leticia had used several types of magic, but could only leave cracks on the barrier, not to shatter it directly.
This barrier seemed to have a weakening effect on magic, which made Leticia feel extremely troublesome. She did have a way to destroy this robot in one move, but what she was thinking about now was whether she could preserve the robot as intact as possible.
After all, it was such a high-tech product. If she kept this thing, she might be able to research it and discover something good.
A robot with a complete structure was much more valuable than a pile of scrap metal.
The robot’s operator seemed to have guessed Leticia’s thoughts as well, so from the beginning, that person didn’t intend to control the robot to fight Leticia. After releasing the black barrier to block Leticia’s vision and attacks, he immediately activated the robot’s self-destruct sequence.
This required some time, and this was precisely why he released the barrier to delay Leticia.
However, the time delayed by this barrier seemed to be insufficient.
Holding a ball of bright yellow light in her hand, Leticia pressed it fiercely onto the black barrier. With a sharp, piercing cry, the barrier, which had seemed indestructible just moments ago, immediately showed a large number of spiderweb-like cracks, and then, with a bang, the barrier shattered into pieces.
“You think you can block me at close range and I have no way to deal with you?” Looking at the robot that appeared before her, Leticia unhesitatingly extended her other hand, which was wrapped in electric light, and grabbed the robot’s neck.
Hard and cold, this was Leticia’s first impression upon touching the robot’s body. Moreover, this robot did indeed have the ability to weaken her strength.
However, it was only weakening. Even a weakened Leticia was no match for it.
For an ordinary enemy, being grabbed by the neck like this would almost mean surrendering with hands raised. If they didn’t surrender, Leticia could either unleash the current in her hand or directly break its neck, both of which would result in a one-hit kill.
But the enemy Leticia was facing now was not an ordinary enemy, it wasn’t even human. The neck was not a vital point for a robot!
Even if its neck was grabbed, it only meant temporarily controlling the robot’s actions, but that didn’t mean it couldn’t break free from Leticia’s restraint!
It could ignore pain, but Leticia couldn’t.
With a flash of red light in its eyes, the robot suddenly raised its hand and thrust it towards Leticia’s chest. According to its calculations, when faced with such an attack, the opponent would definitely choose to avoid the direct confrontation.
“Tsk.” After the robot launched its counterattack, Leticia immediately wanted to break its neck, but she awkwardly found that her grip might not be strong enough to crush this neck made of unknown metal into scrap metal with one hand.
In desperation, she had to release the condensed lightning in her hand, then let go, and dodged the robot’s attack in an extremely dangerous posture.
After dodging the robot’s heart-ripping attack, Leticia did not hesitate. She used her dodging posture to deliver a fierce kick, directly kicking the robot that was temporarily unable to move due to the lightning attack.
As a competent mage, although Leticia’s close-combat ability could not be compared to warriors specializing in close combat like Bai Ling, it did not mean she couldn’t fight in close combat. In fact, her close-combat ability was quite good.
Magic could not only be released slowly from a distance!
A cyan blade of energy erupted from Leticia’s leg. The immobilized robot could only rely on its steel body to withstand this blow. Even though the metal on its body had the ability to weaken magic, this point-blank magic burst still caused numerous deep wounds on its body.
After heavily wounding the robot with one move, Leticia did not let her guard down. She no longer intended to keep the guy intact. It was enough to leave a few metal specimens.
With a faint cyan airflow wrapped around her body, Leticia shot up into the sky, temporarily creating distance between herself and the robot. Compared to close-quarters combat, she was more adept at mid-to-long-range magical bombardment.
First, she had to prevent this robot from escaping.
“Dungeon.” Pointing at the robot from a distance, Leticia uttered two words softly.
As these two words fell, the ground where the robot stood immediately began to sink. During this process, the robot tried to fly out of the sinking area, but no matter how hard it tried, it could not escape the ground.
An extremely terrifying pressure was applied to its body, making it unable to move freely.
This magic was naturally not called Dungeon. In the magic books, it had a more imposing name: Embrace of the Earth Mother.
However, Leticia was more accustomed to calling it Dungeon. Anyway, the effect was the same: trapping the target in a sinking area and applying terrifying pressure to it, making it unable to move, and turning it into a living target.
“Although it’s not very useful for agile targets, it’s completely enough to deal with you.” Leticia looked at the robot that had been captured in the dungeon, and a wicked smile formed on her lips. “Let me see how hard you really are.”
The battle was over. It was over when the robot was captured by the dungeon.
Leticia’s output capacity against a training dummy… could only be described as terrifying. Bai Ling might have a slight advantage over Leticia in terms of burst damage, but once the time dimension was extended, Leticia’s output advantage would immediately become apparent.
For example, now.
Looking at the dark clouds that seemed to have appeared in the sky in an instant, the red light in the robot’s eyes flickered.
“This experimental unit is scrapped.” A stubbled man in white clothes pressed the red button in front of him helplessly. “It seems our technology is still not powerful enough.”
The scene on the large screen in front of him had been swallowed by the magic’s glow. About ten seconds later, only snowy patterns were left on the large screen. Everyone in this laboratory knew what this meant.
The optical sensors on that robot were destroyed.
After another four or five seconds, the signals from other sensors also disappeared one by one. After the last signal disappeared, a pained expression appeared on everyone’s faces.
“That’s a prototype that we spent nearly ten years researching, and it’s been destroyed just like that.” Among them, the stubbled man’s expression was the most obvious. He slumped in his chair, muttering constantly, “We finally managed to get the God-forged metal approved, and it broke in one operation. We’re definitely going to be disciplined now.”
“Director, the combat data has been packaged. Shall we analyze it immediately?”
“Analyze it immediately. We cannot let the experimental unit’s sacrifice be in vain.” The stubbled man nodded and stood up from his seat. As the person in charge of this operation, now that the mission had failed, he had to report to his superiors. “I hope the punishment won’t be too severe.”
Thinking about how he had confidently accepted this mission a few days ago, stating that his self-disciplined legion had the capability to perfectly complete the mission, he felt a bit nauseous now. Boasting and then being unable to fulfill it was the most embarrassing thing.
“You don’t need to come over. I watched the entire battle just now. No one could have predicted encountering such an opponent. This is not your mistake.” Just as the man was about to walk out of the laboratory door, the laboratory door automatically opened, and a young girl appeared before him, nodding at him. “The Master is very satisfied with this battle. For our cause, this loss is acceptable.”
“As for what happens next, others will take over. You don’t need to worry.”
