At the edge of the horizon, a violent current of air was rapidly approaching.
The current compressed the air as it swept over the skyscrapers below Chicago; wherever it passed, glass shuddered, greenery snapped, and the alarms of cars parked along the streets wailed frantically.
It was as if some terrifying existence was tearing through the sky, hurtling toward this place.
"Boom—!!!"
In the next instant, a silver-white figure charged directly into downtown Chicago!
Those hundred-and-sixty-meter dragon wings suddenly unfurled, carrying a violent airflow capable of overturning everything, forcibly bringing the hurtling body to a hover high in the air!
And then—
That massive body descended with the momentum, like a meteorite, slamming heavily onto the top of a skyscraper!
"Thump—!!!"
Rubbles flew! Dust rose everywhere!
A massive crater was smashed directly into the top floor of that building, and the entire structure vibrated violently!
The shockwave turned into a visible ring of air, spreading frantically in all directions, flipping vehicles on the surrounding streets, shattering glass curtain walls, and blowing the sky-high dust until it blotted out the sun!
And that silver-white figure stood there atop the building, looking down at the City below that had already been occupied by giant beasts.
Four crimson vertical pupils flickered with a cold, chilling light amidst the dust.
In the distance, the pupils of several people standing on another high-rise suddenly contracted!
The Lightning Whip in Lei Ying's hand almost slipped out, the Twins instinctively took a step back, and even the elderly man, who had always been calm and composed, saw his expression instantly turn solemn.
This aura...
It was completely undisguised.
Carrying a sense of ferocity and dominance!
How is this possible?!
How could this Hunter be so powerful?!
"Crackle—!!!"
A streak of crimson lightning suddenly leaped within the dust!
That lightning was eerie and lethal, revealing a soul-stirring crimson glow that reflected the entire dust-shrouded area in deep red!
It surged from the tip of Lilith's tail, traveling all the way up her spine like an awakening crimson serpent, slithering and leaping across the silver-white exoskeleton!
In an instant, Lilith's entire body was enveloped by dense, crimson lightning!
The lightning wove into a net, crackling loudly, making the surrounding air seem to warp.
A heart-palpitating aura was gathering, coalescing, and compressing there!
The composure on the face of the youth atop the giant python finally vanished completely.
He never expected the opponent to unleash a finishing move as soon as they arrived!
That gathering lightning energy and that terrifying sense of pressure were things that even Lei Ying, the lightning specialist in his team, could not compare to!
"Hiss—!!!!"
The giant python beneath the youth's feet suddenly let out a terrified hiss!
Its hundred-meter-long massive body actually slipped right off the building!
Its thick Torso no longer had the strength to coil, falling from the high-rise like a startled loach and slamming onto the ground with a loud bang, kicking up clouds of dust!
The surrounding giant beasts fared even worse.
Some lay flat on the ground, limbs trembling and heads bowed low.
Some curled into a ball, shivering uncontrollably.
Some even collapsed directly, foaming at the mouth, completely crushed by that terrifying pressure originating from the top of the food chain.
Every giant beast felt that irresistible suppression.
It was the absolute dominion from the top of the food chain.
It was the instinct of submission carved deep into their genes.
The youth's face instantly flushed red!
Humiliation!
Anger!
Resentment!
He had set up such a grand display, gathered dozens of giant beasts, and summoned a hundred-meter python, all to greet this Hunter in the most dominant manner.
To admire her expression of fear, and enjoy her desperate struggle!
But now?
Those giant beasts didn't even dare to lift their heads!
Those war beasts he was so proud of were like clay chickens and pottery dogs before that Hunter!
He felt like a clown!
A ridiculous, overconfident clown!
"All of you—get up!!!"
He roared, his voice filled with intense resentment and anger!
Powerful Dragon Might frantically poured out from him, attempting to force those giant beasts to stand up, trying to reclaim the last shred of his dignity!
But—
It was useless.
Compared to the absolute dominance of the top of the food chain, his so-called Dragon Might was like child's play.
Those giant beasts remained prone on the ground, trembling all over, motionless.
They didn't even dare to run, didn't dare to move, didn't dare to make any extra motions.
They only hoped their submission would make that terrifying existence spare them.
Just then—
That suffocating energy finished coalescing within that cloud of crimson dust!
Four crimson vertical pupils locked onto the youth who had been standing atop the python's head with a composed face just moments ago, peering through the billowing dust!
The youth felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar!
Without a second thought, a pair of massive dragon wings suddenly extended from his back, and then—
He fled frantically to the side!
The moment he left his original position!
"Boom—!!!"
A thick beam of crimson lightning shot out from Lilith's direction!
The beam was several meters thick, condensing terrifying energy that could destroy everything, and it directly pierced through the hundred-meter-tall skyscraper behind the youth!
The reinforced concrete structure of the building was as fragile as tofu before that lightning beam!
Crimson currents leaped frantically across the entire building; wherever they passed, glass instantly shattered, steel bars melted and deformed, and concrete turned to powder!
A few seconds later—
"Rumble—!!!"
That skyscraper collapsed with a roar!
Lei Ying was stunned.
The Twins were stunned.
The elderly man was also stunned.
They hadn't even had time to react before that Hunter had already launched an attack!
That terrifying power of lightning was like a heavenly tribulation, seemingly capable of destroying everything!
And that crimson lightning beam did not stop!
It followed the trajectory of the youth's flight and began to swing!
Like a crimson light-sword wielded by a giant god, it swept and sliced through those skyscrapers!
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
One skyscraper after another was cut in half by that lightning beam!
Concrete crumbled, glass flew, and steel bars twisted!
The entire downtown Chicago area was turning into ruins at a visible rate under the rampage of that crimson light!
The youth fled frantically, his dragon wings flapping desperately as he pushed his Speed to the limit!
But that lightning beam followed him like a shadow!
It blocked all his escape routes, forcing him to flee toward Lei Ying and the others!
Finally—
"Squelch—!"
A dull sound of flesh being torn!
The crimson lightning beam swept past, grazing the youth's dragon wings!
Those massive dragon wings were sliced clean off from the base!
"Ah—!!!"
The youth let out a shrill scream of agony as his body, losing its balance, fell from the air and slammed hard onto the roof of a low building!
Only then did that terrifying crimson lightning beam finally dissipate.
Leaving behind only residual electric arcs leaping in the air, and...
A living hell.
The once prosperous skyscrapers of downtown Chicago had already turned into a field of ruins.
Collapsed buildings intersected, broken glass covered the streets, and twisted steel bars pointed toward the sky.
Residual crimson arcs leaped among the ruins, making faint crackling sounds, as if still recounting the terrifying destruction from moments ago.
And above those ruins, that massive silver-white figure still stood there.
Four crimson vertical pupils looked down at the remaining Invaders below.
Like a deity looking down upon ants.
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