Chapter: Chapter 349
“It’s a shame only this much is left.” Stopping the magical bombardment, Leticia floated to the outside of the pit and peeked inside.
There was no longer any sign of the robot in the pit created by magic, only a few charred metal fragments remained. It seemed that even with good magic resistance, the robot couldn’t withstand Leticia’s saturation-level magic bombardment.
What’s the use of high resistance? It was still smashed to death with overwhelming power.
“I wonder if this remaining pile can get me new rewards.” Thinking this, Leticia, with a wicked smile, waved her hand and scooped out a piece of metal from the pit.
She’ll consider this her spoils of war. She believed no one would gossip about her small personal gain.
“Sigh, the mission is over. This mission was quite simple. That red alert was completely unnecessary.” Stuffing the metal piece she casually grabbed into her pocket, Leticia soared into the air again and flew towards the main battlefield, which had finally fallen silent.
Although these enemies looked a bit strange, their actual combat power wasn’t very strong. While the robot perfectly suppressed an A-class hero team, an A-class team was never the peak of the Hero Association’s combat power.
This A-class team had rushed to the scene and engaged in a frontal assault simply because they were closest to the ambush location.
In other directions, two other A-class teams were also advancing, just not as quickly as this five-person team.
And behind these A-class heroes, several S-class heroes were on their way. It was impossible for a single robot to deal with several S-class heroes.
Not every S-class hero was like “The Leader,” who was purely functional and lacked combat power. S-class heroes who could arrive at the scene in such a short time were definitely ability users specializing in combat, and their strength was far beyond what an A-class team could handle.
One S-class hero could likely contain the robot, two could suppress it, and three would likely dismantle it if it didn’t run.
“Thinking about it that way, issuing the alert wasn’t unreasonable.” S-class heroes aren’t like cabbage; there were only just over twenty S-class heroes in the entire Central City, and that included the three who had recently been promoted a few days ago, like “The Leader.”
A portion of them were support roles with no combat capabilities, such as “The Leader,” and a few couldn’t act due to various reasons, like “Blondie.”
The rest who could act were scattered throughout Central City, so the only way to quickly gather them was through a red alert.
In this world, it was normal for heroes to be faster than airplanes, and their flexibility made them exceptionally perfect as a mobile force.
“However, who was the one who triggered my space confinement earlier? Did they give up?” Although she had annihilated the mysterious forces surrounding the convoy, Leticia still had lingering doubts. Before the battle even began, someone tried to use spatial magic but was caught by her space confinement.
And during the subsequent battle, that person seemed to have vanished, with no further activity. Did they forfeit, or were they looking for another opportunity?
Leticia didn’t believe such a person would give up easily. There was a high probability that a pair of hostile eyes still existed in the darkness.
Since she had recognized that person, that person must have recognized her too. They had clashed a few days ago, and Leticia had suffered a slight loss then. This time, Leticia wouldn’t make such a mistake again.
Just as Leticia was thinking this, a portion of the magic power in her body suddenly disappeared.
Someone was using spatial magic, but not teleportation, rather a different type of spell?
“Where is it?!” And the place where the magical fluctuation originated was actually right next to the convoy whose barrier had not yet been removed!
Leticia’s head buzzed, and without time to think, she immediately released her space confinement and cast a teleportation spell.
Space confinement had strong restrictive effects on teleportation spells, but its restraint on other spatial spells was not as high. Since that person was already so close, maintaining space confinement was no longer useful.
The most important thing now was to quickly reach the battlefield and stop the user of that spatial spell.
“The confinement is gone?” The silver-haired girl immediately noticed that the space confinement that had been maintained had disappeared. She had originally planned to shatter the barrier with a spatial tremor, but now she had a better method.
At such close range, she could teleport with just a thought.
With a flash of silver light, she appeared inside the barrier.
None of the soldiers who were on high alert noticed her presence.
Space distorted around her, making her virtually undetectable. This ability wasn’t restrained by space confinement, but it had a significant flaw: she couldn’t use offensive moves while using this spell.
However, it was excellent for infiltration.
Just like now, the girl had reached the white truck and slowly raised her hand.
Locking onto the target in front of her, with a gentle pinch, she could completely destroy the truck. Even if her presence had been detected and people had already raised their guns and pulled the triggers, it was all over.
Time seemed to slow its pace. The girl could see the surprise on the faces of the people in military uniforms, and she could see the bullets being sprayed from the gun barrels. In the next second, these bullets would enter her body and extinguish the life force of this body. But before that, she would crush the truck and destroy everything within it.
This was how it was supposed to be.
Suddenly, an impact came from the front. The attack the girl had just completed was forcibly interrupted, followed by chaotic spatial fluctuations that deflected all the bullets aimed at both of them.
A black-haired girl appeared from the void and kicked the girl in the stomach, sending her flying about ten meters.
“Glad I made it,” Leticia muttered under her breath, her eyes fixed on the silver-haired girl who was slowly getting up, clutching her stomach. So, this was the girl she had dueled with earlier? It was truly a bit surprising.
The girl’s clothes were somewhat tattered; calling them clothes was a stretch. Leticia felt that from the start, these things weren’t clothes at all. Perhaps this young lady had just wrapped a large white bedsheet around herself.
Apart from this piece of cloth, the girl wore no other fabric. Her jade-white feet, which seemed to glow in the darkness, were placed on the gravelly ground. However, she seemed to have a special method of protecting her feet, otherwise, they should have been worn out long ago.
Leticia’s gaze lingered on the girl’s face for a moment. She had to admit that her enemy was slightly beautiful. The waist-length silver hair paired with vacant silver eyes made the girl look like an emotionless robot, but her slightly heaving chest indicated that she was a living person.
“I advise you to surrender with your hands up. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee that I’ll spare your life.” Leticia clapped her hands and reapplied her space confinement to prevent the girl from escaping after a single blow.
“If I’m not mistaken, your body is already on the verge of collapse. If we really fight, you’ll die from your body crumbling even without my intervention.”
Staring at the girl’s face, Leticia spoke slowly. She had already confirmed that this girl was the mysterious person she had discovered at the teahouse that afternoon, though she didn’t know why this person was here at this time. Oh, perhaps that wasn’t so important.
She must be interested in the contents of the truck, that’s why she’s here. After this is over, she’ll ask Bai Ling for information and probably figure out the cause of all this.
Speaking of which… where was Bai Ling?
With such a major event happening here, that guy hadn’t even shown his face. Where did he go?
Could her deduction be wrong? Was Bai Ling’s mission not to protect these instruments? Or was she hiding somewhere? No, that’s not right. Unless she had a more important mission, Bai Ling wouldn’t fail to appear in this situation.
She might truly not be here right now.
“There’s enough time, and besides, how can I know the result without trying?” Leticia’s words didn’t elicit any other expression from the silver-haired girl. Her gaze remained fixed on the truck in the distance. “Although I have many questions to ask you, I’m sorry, I don’t have much time, so could you please move aside?”
“Your single sentence can’t convince me. If you tell me the whole story, I might consider your request.” Leticia shrugged. She was a stranger to this girl, so why would she move aside just because of a sentence?
The girl shook her head. If she had that much time, she would definitely sit down and have a good talk with Leticia. After all, in her eyes, Leticia was actually someone she could win over. Although the girl in front of her wasn’t yet a true goddess, in her most fundamental direction, she had taken the most critical step towards the throne belonging to deities.
Given time, the girl believed the black-haired girl in front of her would eventually become a true goddess.
She wasn’t interested in how this girl embarked on this path. In the matter she was about to undertake, this girl and she should naturally be on the same side.
“If there’s a chance in the future, I’ll tell you.” Perhaps because the person in front of her wasn’t yet a true goddess, she couldn’t sense how important the contents of the truck were. The girl took a deep breath. This body was already at its limit, and breaking through the defense of the girl in front of her would be a bit challenging.
Leticia didn’t miss the change in the girl’s eyes. The increasingly heavy air made Leticia realize that this battle was unavoidable.
And in this battle, the people surrounding them were of no use; on the contrary, they would become her hindrance.
“You all leave this place. Having uninvolved people here will tie my hands.” Leticia waved at the soldiers holding guns. “The truck should have quite sufficient defense, right?”
Upon hearing Leticia’s words, the captain of the transport convoy showed a momentary expression of hesitation. He didn’t know whether he should obey Leticia’s words, but he quickly made his decision.
The person standing before them was an S-class hero from the Hero Association. Her judgment of the situation was definitely more accurate than theirs. And the enemy was also an elusive ability user. If this S-class hero hadn’t suddenly appeared just now, their escort mission might have already failed.
At this moment, it was best to follow this person’s arrangement.
“The truck can withstand direct hits from several S-class heroes, but don’t use too much force. I don’t know how sturdy the thing inside is,” the white-clothed technician, who had been hiding far away from the beginning, answered Leticia’s question.
After everyone else retreated to a distance, Leticia let out a soft sigh. Facing an enemy like the girl, she had to bring out her full strength.
“The extraneous personnel have all left. Now, you need to defeat me to achieve your goal.” Spreading her arms, Leticia floated into the air. “Come on, let me see how strong you really are.”
“Achieving my goal doesn’t require defeating you.” But the girl had no intention of engaging in a direct fight. She had never intended to defeat Leticia head-on from the beginning; it was impossible, at least for the body she was currently using.
If she got dragged into a war of attrition, she would lose.
Her only path to victory was to break through the girl’s defenses and destroy the truck she was protecting.
Because of the space confinement, using teleportation had become impossible for her. But she still had many spatial spells, and the girl in front of her couldn’t possibly surpass her in this regard.
In terms of combat power, she might be inferior, but in the realm of space, the girl was confident that she was the pinnacle of this world; no one could surpass her!
Moreover, she could cast spatial spells without any preliminary movements, just with a thought.
Space Lock, Dimensional Gale!
The former spell would seal Leticia’s actions, while the latter would directly attack the truck.
The air around them seemed to solidify. Leticia immediately understood the girl’s intention, but such a tricky idea wouldn’t work.
