As the words fell, she whipped her thunder whip hard—
"Snap!"
The air was torn apart, emitting a shrill, explosive sound.
Lightning flashed, illuminating her face, which wore a dangerous smile.
Rex's gaze was locked firmly onto the woman holding the thunder whip, his eyes heavy with gravity.
Flee?
Running now would only expose his back to the opponent.
In a situation with such a disparity in strength, doing that would be no different from seeking death.
Therefore—
"Haaah—!!!"
He launched the attack first!
His massive two-meter-three frame shot toward the woman like a cannonball fired from its chamber!
Clenching his right fist, he unleashed the full force of his body, striking out fiercely!
The wind from his punch whistled, compressing the air into a shrill, explosive blast!
That violent momentum instantly forced back the oppressive aura surrounding the woman!
At the same time, the other three also moved quickly.
The coordination between them was a tacit understanding carved into their very bones.
One flanked from the left, one charged from the right, and one sought the timing for a ranged attack.
However, facing this near-perfect encirclement, a look of disdain appeared on the woman's face.
She whipped her thunder whip hard—
"Snap!"
Electricity raged!
The long whip, condensed from lightning, swept through the air, transforming into countless tiny arcs of electricity that lunged in all directions like swimming dragons!
The others hurriedly dodged.
Only Rex gritted his teeth, advancing instead of retreating!
He stomped heavily on the floor, causing the entire floor to tremble!
The hard concrete cracked beneath his feet!
He endured the violent thunderbolts and charged straight through!
Arcs of electricity struck his body, charring his skin instantly and causing his muscles to spasm, but he still did not stop!
He didn't know what other hidden cards this woman had, nor did he know when her teammates would arrive.
But he knew that the only thing he could do now was to give it his all—
Rush to her!
Stall her!
Create a chance for the captain and the others to escape!
One step! Two steps! Three steps!
He was less than two meters away from the woman!
Then—
He saw the woman's smile.
A mocking smile.
The thunder whip in her hand suddenly vanished.
The next moment, she stepped forward, clenched her right fist, and threw a punch of her own!
"Although physical combat isn't my strong suit—"
"It's not something a weakling like you can challenge!"
The two fists collided fiercely!
"Bang—!!!"
The muffled sound of the impact was like two small mountains colliding!
Rex felt an irresistible force surge from his fist, and his arm instantly went numb! His entire body flew backward like a cannonball!
"Boom—!"
His body slammed into the wall behind him, and that thick reinforced concrete wall shattered instantly, as if it were made of paper!
"Boom, boom, boom, boom—!"
He smashed through five walls in succession!
Each one crumbled into fragments before him; none could stop his backward trajectory!
Finally—
He flew right out from the other side of the building!
Falling from this hundred-meter height.
The office was deathly silent.
Blair watched everything, dumbfounded, the gun in her hand clattering to the floor.
What had she just seen?
That burly man, the burly man who had withstood bullets, was sent flying by a single punch from that woman?
Smashed through five walls?
Flew out of the building?
Is... is this still a human?!
The woman shook her numb arm and looked at the remaining few, the corners of her mouth curling slightly.
"Decent strength,"
She said indifferently.
"But that's all."
Her gaze swept over the three men and one woman.
"Next—"
"It's your turn."
As she spoke, she raised her hand, arcs of electricity dancing in her palm as a new thunder whip began to condense.
Ivy's expression was grave to the extreme.
Rex was the strongest combatant in their team; his powerful physique combined with his combat-type talent allowed him to even briefly trade blows with an S-Level Talent Hunter.
Yet even so, he was still sent flying by a single punch from the opponent!
This woman's strength was far beyond what an ordinary Hunter could handle!
There was no fear in the eyes of the remaining three, only a fearless determination, and just as they were about to charge—
At this critical moment!
"Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom—!!!"
A tremendous roaring sound suddenly came from outside the window!
A black armed helicopter descended from the high altitude and hovered in the air outside the building!
The propellers spun at high speed, kicking up violent air currents!
The weapon bay door in the front opened, and a six-barreled rotary cannon was aimed directly into the office!
In the pilot's seat, Lucas's gaze was locked firmly onto the woman!
His finger pressed the firing button!
"Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!"
Tongues of fire surged!
Countless large-caliber bullets poured down like a rainstorm!
The cannon ammunition, capable of piercing light armored vehicles, strafed the woman's position frantically!
The woman's expression finally changed!
She could ignore ordinary pistol bullets, but facing this kind of large-caliber cannon, she clearly dared not take it head-on!
She quickly retreated, looking for cover!
But those walls were as fragile as paper in front of the cannon!
"Rat-tat-tat—!"
The bullets easily tore through the concrete walls, leaving behind huge holes!
Debris flew everywhere, and smoke and dust filled the air!
The woman dodged in a sorry state amidst the hail of bullets; the thunder whip in her hand tried to counterattack several times, but was suppressed by the dense firepower each time!
"Quick!"
Leon leaned out from the co-pilot's seat and shouted at Ivy and the others in the office!
"The cannon can only suppress her for a moment! Jump over here, quickly!"
Ivy did not hesitate!
She turned and rushed toward the broken window!
Behind her, three team members followed closely!
Three meters from the window, two meters, one meter—
Jump!
One team member's body leaped into the air, jumping toward the helicopter hovering outside the building!
Shiki lay at the cabin door, reached out, grabbed his wrist, and pulled him into the cabin with force!
One! Two! Three!
In the blink of an eye, all three were pulled into the cabin!
Only Ivy remained!
She stood at the edge of the window, looked back at the woman, and then at the wall in the distance that had been collapsed by Rex—
"Hurry!"
Leon was sweating profusely from anxiety.
"There's no time! I can only block the military system for a few minutes! Once they react, we're done for!"
Ivy gritted her teeth and leaped!
Shiki grabbed her hand and pulled her into the cabin!
"Got her!"
He shouted.
"Retreat quickly!"
Just as Lucas was about to pull the control stick, the woman had already recovered from the hail of bullets!
She was covered in dust, her hair disheveled, clearly having been made extremely disheveled by this sudden suppression of firepower.
In those eyes, a cold, icy glint flickered!
"Want to leave?"
"It's not that easy!"
She raised her hand, the arcs of electricity in her palm dancing madly, condensing into a two-meter-long lightning spear!
The purple lightning illuminated the entire floor, crackling and popping!
She threw it with a violent motion!
The lightning spear tore through the air, shooting toward the helicopter!
A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Lucas's mouth.
"I've been waiting for you!"
His finger moved, pressing another button!
"Whoosh—!"
"Whoosh—!"
Two rockets were fired simultaneously from the pylons on both sides of the helicopter!
Trailing long plumes of fire, one to the left and one to the right, they precisely blocked all possible escape routes for the woman!
"Boom—!!!"
The rockets exploded inside the office!
Flames soared into the sky, and thick smoke billowed! The entire floor was swallowed by the explosion!
Just when everyone thought it was over, a bolt of purple lightning tore through the air from within the fireball!