"Boom—!"
It was an impact like a peal of thunder.
The powerful shockwave exploded in midair, blasting the gale outward in a ring and shaking the air.
In City Z, the fleeing residents even thought the meteorite had already fallen, and cries of despair rose one after another.
Meanwhile, the Metal Robot became a cannonball, plummeting downward even faster than it had arrived.
"Tch...!"
A faint click of the tongue came from within the Metal Robot.
"Bang!"
Amid an explosive roar, the thrusters on the Metal Robot's back flared brightly, generating thrust that gradually slowed its fierce descent to a stop until it finally hovered in midair.
"Stopped, did you?"
That voice, carrying a hint of amusement, rang out once more.
"I really shouldn't have held back, but it couldn't be helped. If I had really let you fall and damage City Z, that would have caused me some trouble too."
As he said this, Fang Li slowly descended from above and came to a stop before the Metal Robot.
The Metal Robot recognized Fang Li at once.
"One-sided Rakshasa..."
A low voice emerged from it.
"What is the meaning of this?"
Faced with that question, Fang Li merely shrugged and replied.
"Nothing. I was just saying hello, Metal Knight."
—Metal Knight.
He was the current seventh-ranked S-Class hero, renowned for his overwhelming firepower and endless array of destructive weapons.
Of course, the Metal Robot before him was merely a robotic weapon remotely controlled by Metal Knight, not Metal Knight himself.
Metal Knight himself was a genius doctor of superhuman mechanical talent. In every incident he had resolved thus far, he had appeared through remotely controlled robots of varying forms and functions, while he himself remained hidden behind the scenes. No one had ever known where he was.
Yet within