Chapter 45: One Against Three

Her heart tightened—a space ability user with unpredictable movements! He reached out toward Ye Mi, and within a ten-meter radius, gravity instantly tripled.

So that's it, he can control gravity!

Because of the gravity field, his movements were unaffected, and after being enhanced, his speed was so fast that it left only shadows, making him seem erratic.

"Nice job!"

The brawny man, encased in rock armor, laughed wildly and charged forward, his right fist covered with heavy stone, smashing toward Ye Mi with immense force.

A deafening crash of metal rang out.

Ye Mi barely managed to raise her arms in defense, but she was still sent flying, crashing heavily into a concrete wall.

She looked down to see a shocking dent in her chest; the corroded metal clearly suffered severe damage. It failed to repair itself immediately, instead rebounding slowly.

"Gh..."

Pressing her hand to her chest, Ye Mi felt an intense pain, as if every bone in her body had shifted. Though Gina's defensive shield provided an extra layer of protection behind the corroded metal, Gina's human body still sustained considerable injury beneath all the defenses.

This showed just how frightening the attack power of this C-class brute was. With a perfectly charged punch like that, even a C+ class ability user would hesitate to take it head-on.

But Ye Mi had withstood it.

Inside the Defense Bureau's branch monitoring room, Marcus watched the scene unfold through the action recorders of the three C-class ability users in the armed squad. After Ye Mi was sent flying, his flushed face finally calmed somewhat.

Alive or dead, catching the culprit mattered most; his own life might be spared.

Dust billowed as the three approached the wall where Ye Mi had crashed. There, a shadow slowly emerged.

"Huh? Still alive?"

The three and Marcus, far away in the monitoring room, exclaimed in unison.

"This monster actually survived a full-force punch from Giant Boulder...?"

The space ability user spoke in disbelief. As Giant Boulder’s perfect partner, he knew best how powerful Giant Boulder’s attacks could be with his assistance.

Almost no one below B-class could withstand them!

"But no matter, one more punch will do."

Even though Ye Mi could still move, in their eyes, she was just a dying prey struggling in vain.

"Hahaha, watch me smash you into a metal pancake!"

Giant Boulder laughed, his muscles trembling. Gravity around Ye Mi suddenly intensified again as the space ability user concentrated on maintaining the gravity field. Giant Boulder pressed his advantage, gathering strength for another charge.

The lightning ability user stood aside, impotent with rage, releasing useless sparks.

All three faced Ye Mi head-on.

Now!

Ye Mi slowly stood, the dent in her chest screeching with metallic friction. Just as Giant Boulder’s second punch was about to land, her face began to rapidly reorganize—the black metal receded, revealing what lay beneath.

A bronze mask with a single eye and a fierce expression appeared.

Mask of Wrath.

A formless wave spread outward from Ye Mi, a mysterious psychic assault instantly stabbing into the minds of the three ability users.

The gravity manipulator screamed first; the gravity field around Ye Mi vanished at once. Giant Boulder’s fist stopped abruptly just ten centimeters from Ye Mi’s face, his whole body frozen as if spellbound.

Even the lightning ability user standing farthest away couldn’t escape; his arcs sputtered and faded as if drained.

"Now, it’s my turn."

Ye Mi’s voice became raspy and distorted through the mask.

Her right hand turned into a sharp metal blade, first piercing Giant Boulder’s throat. Then, using enhanced tendons, she swiftly reached the space ability user, smashing him into a real meat patty with a gorilla fist.

"I have my own iron fist of justice."

Ye Mi’s lips curled into a smile beneath the mask, amused by her own little joke.

If she hadn’t worried about wasting time on Giant Boulder’s formidable defenses, she would have used the gorilla fist to let him taste being blasted away by brute force as well.

Of course, having his teammate bear the brunt was also a fine option.

The perfect partners who had just displayed their heated combination technique were now two cold corpses.

The lightning ability user, standing farthest away, witnessed it all, but the mask’s effect lingered. His mind screamed to flee, but he could only watch Ye Mi approach like a reaper.

She had single-handedly defeated three C-class ability users, but this monster didn’t even bother with stylish theatrics, simply closing the distance with swift efficiency.

In the final second before Ye Mi’s metal blade severed his head, the lightning ability user thought in despair.

Not a moment wasted, not even a second given for backup squads to arrive.

His skull rolled to the ground, eyes fixed on Ye Mi, who decisively left the factory district’s pipes, her retreat as efficient as ever.

From start to finish, his vaunted lightning ability had been utterly useless.

"Three idiots!!!"

Marcus watched helplessly, roaring hoarsely, "Issue a district-wide manhunt, at any cost!"

After enduring two swings between elation and despair, his voice was crazed as never before.

"I want this bastard torn to shreds!"

Before the incident at the supply station was reported, perhaps there was still a chance for a turnaround.

Marcus tried to comfort himself in his hopelessness.

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Not long after, the chaos in the factory drew reinforcements from other armed squads, as well as the remaining two teammates of the three C-class ability users. Among them was the one with team acceleration powers, the reason the trio had caught up with Ye Mi.

He led the other squads over.

Engines roared, and the corpses of the three appeared before the squad members, each dead in a more miserable state than the last.

Their identities were well known to all—renowned rock ability user nicknamed Giant Boulder, his partner the gravity ability user called En, and...the strongest lightning ability user, their captain, Thunder.

"So fast, killed all three?"

One squad captain looked shocked; they’d arrived within ten minutes of receiving the location!

That meant the monster had cleanly dealt with three C-class ability users—each considered strong within the Defense Bureau’s armed forces—in less than ten minutes?

Just how terrifying was this monster’s strength?!

He quickly assessed the situation, his expression grave. "Listen up, orders from above: find it at any cost."

"You’d better stay alert. The enemy’s strength is beyond imagination; we must be ready for battle!"