The moment he sensed the lightning, ACE brought his shield to his chest, then squatted down, sinking his weight and immediately adopting a shock-absorbing stance.
However, he clearly hadn't considered the disparity in strength between them. Utilizing the Thunderbolt Wedge of Star Shift, Kanna had already arrived before him the moment ACE instinctively reacted. If she had immediately unleashed a Thunder Punishment Evil Star Eye at that moment, ACE's team would have been instantly wiped out.
But this was, after all, an exercise, a training, and a test. Moreover, the two sides were not mortal enemies, so Kanna naturally wouldn't choose to unleash a big move in a crowd.
Kanna performed a front roll, and halfway through, her body fully extended into a move from King of Fighters' Andy, the 'Rising Dragon Kick' (Kuuhadan), kicking ACE in the chest.
To the horror of the onlookers, Kanna's kick sent ACE flying nearly ten meters.
However, despite how exaggerated it looked, ACE, who took the full force of Kanna's attack, knew that Kanna had completely held back.
It seemed like this kick sent him flying far away, but he wasn't seriously injured.
In fact, this kick had no effect other than sending him out of the main battlefield.
This was, of course, because Kanna had pulled her leg back just as she was about to kick the shield, then pressed her entire foot against the shield, squatted down, and only then kicked with force.
Due to the close proximity, this strike had no lethality, but against opponents with less strength, it could completely send them flying far away.
The ACE Squad, whose vision was obscured by Kanna's crackling lightning, naturally didn't notice this movement. They only knew that ACE had been forcibly removed from the battlefield by Kanna.
Fortunately, the next second, Kanna pursued ACE and charged out, leaving only the three SWEEP members to confront them. Otherwise, facing Kanna in such a situation, everyone would probably only have the thought of surrendering.
"Lightning! But the technique is a bit rusty. However, using lightning as a divine authority, tsk, wouldn't that old man surnamed Bai go crazy if he saw this?" The girl from Rhodes Island's eyes lit up when she saw the lightning emanating from Kanna. Lightning arts, as the most supreme Daoist magic, were also the specialty of Grandmaster Bai of Tianshi Mansion. Thinking of this, the girl couldn't help but look up. Not far above, Lin Qingyan of Yan's Dali Temple Inspection Department was looking at Kanna in the battle with surprise.
She had come to Rhodes Island for two reasons this time. First, she learned that someone on Rhodes Island was connected to an old case in Yan, and to clarify the case, she had to come to Rhodes Island. Second, when she was assisting the Refugees, she discovered that someone on Rhodes Island could cause her lightning to subtly become somewhat uncontrollable.
This was the first time she had felt this way since she began cultivating lightning arts with Grandmaster Bai. She wanted to see what kind of person her opponent truly was.
This wish unexpectedly came true on her second day on Rhodes Island. However, she hadn't anticipated that the other party's use of Thunder Originium Arts would be so unrefined. At first, she found it interesting when Kanna used lightning for rapid movement. But later, when Kanna enveloped herself in lightning and used its powerful threat to restrict opponents, it left her, a master of Thunder Originium Arts, with a dark expression. Nevertheless, in terms of quality, the thunder power emanating from Kanna was arguably the highest quality she had ever seen.
She didn't know what kind of Originium Arts guidance Kanna had received, to actually use lightning, an uncontrollable double-edged sword, in close combat. Watching Kanna, who was overflowing with lightning, she was afraid that if Kanna failed to control the Originium Arts, she would explode on the spot.
Seeing this situation, she decided to find Kal'tsit and, through Kal'tsit, persuade Kanna to abandon this dangerous method of using lightning.
At this moment, Kanna was unaware of the thoughts of that "Mama"-like girl on Rhodes Island. Even if she knew, she would only say, "If you want to teach lightning control, go teach the pink pigs, why teach me?"
On the battlefield, after being kicked out of the team by Kanna, ACE actually felt relieved. Because when he was in the team, due to long-standing habits, everyone subconsciously waited for his commands.
Although unified command could gather everyone's strength to work as one in general combat, it also led to everyone developing the bad habit of not reading the battlefield.
Doctor also realized this during this battle, which is why he strongly pushed for this match. He wanted the Operators of Rhodes Island to realize the huge hidden dangers in the combat mode they had grown accustomed to over such a long time.
And ACE did not disappoint him, quickly understanding his intentions.
So, after being sent out of the battlefield by Kanna, he did not choose to return, but instead played a "fixed match" with her.
Of course, while it was a fixed match, it was just Kanna, who had reined in her strength, pummeling him.
Kanna was also very satisfied with ACE as a punching bag. Although she couldn't use full force, he reacted quickly and was experienced. Even if his speed couldn't keep up with hers at all, he could still "block" her attacks every time with his long-standing combat experience.
With such an excellent punching bag, Kanna's Thunderbolt Wedges constantly changed positions with her throws, and she also continuously adjusted her position with the flight of the Thunderbolt Wedges.
That's right, Kanna was using ACE to practice the "Flying Thunder God" technique, a show-off move exclusive to the Eternal Sister.
As Kanna's attacks became more unconventional, ACE's pressure grew. Although Kanna always stopped short of full force, the impact of each strike at high speed was not completely withdrawn by her, so the attacks he endured were not weak, and under the wind, thunder, and rising dust, they even looked quite imposing.
On the other side of the main battlefield, after Hard Brick struggled to withstand an attack from Scavenger with his shield, he nudged the nearby Mu Shao with his shoulder, saying, "Have Guard, Miyu, and Qing Dou take the injured westward; there's a river there. The rest of you form a defensive formation with me to hold them off!"
After ACE's command was absent, the squad experienced a brief moment of chaos, but relying on their long-standing tacit understanding, the ACE Squad steadily blocked the three members of SWEEP.
And it just so happened that neither Scavenger, Red, nor Manticore were assault specialists skilled in frontal combat. So, after the ACE team regrouped, both sides entered a stalemate.
Although the ACE side had more people, they had been affected by Kanna's mental shock, and most of them still hadn't fully recovered. Coupled with their unwillingness to abandon their teammates, this meant they couldn't fight at full strength.
The three members of Scavenger's team, on the other hand, suffered from being outnumbered and not being skilled in Originium Arts. If there had been a Caster Operator or a Sniper Operator at that moment, she was confident that even if Kanna hadn't intervened to take out ACE, she could have easily defeated all of them.
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