Space Attribute

Seeing Richard standing in the distance and swinging his blade, Benjamin had assumed Richard was about to unleash crescent-shaped Energy Blades against him and the Sentinel Robot.

But he soon realized that Richard was not releasing crescent-shaped Energy Blades.

Standing before the Sentinel Robot, he suddenly experienced a strange sensation unlike anything he had felt before. It was as though the space behind him had abruptly twisted, generating a powerful pull similar to that of a Black Hole.

His feeling was not wrong. The space behind him had indeed warped, producing a powerful attraction it had never possessed before.

However, Richard was not targeting him, but the Sentinel Robot behind him.

Centered on the Sentinel Robot, the space within several meters around it twisted eerily, and dark shadows appeared as though space itself had been torn apart.

At the same time, crescent moon Sword Qi with terrifying cutting power appeared out of nowhere and struck at the Sentinel Robot from different angles.

Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech! Screech...

Compared to flesh and blood, the Sentinel Robot did have decent defenses.

But before the Judgement Cut unleashed by Richard, the Sentinel Robot was as fragile as a cream cake.

In the blink of an eye, the Sentinel Robot was chopped into pieces of wreckage of various sizes by the crescent moon Sword Qi, which fell to the ground one after another under the pull of gravity.

Seeing Judgement Cut effortlessly destroy the System Crash Sentinel Robot, Richard revealed a satisfied expression.

Among the skills he had mastered so far, Judgement Cut was undoubtedly the most powerful in terms of attack.

Even the level 2 Octaslash was slightly inferior to Judgement Cut in raw power.

Although Octaslash did not exactly follow the laws of physics either, it was far more "normal" than Judgement Cut.

Octaslash's sharp cutting ability mainly came from magical enhancement.

To put it more vividly, it was like being enchanted with an "extreme sharpness" attribute.

Judgement Cut was different.

In addition to magical enhancement, the slash of Judgement Cut also involved the domain of space.

Or rather, it carried some Space Attribute.

That did not mean Judgement Cut could sever everything in the world, but its slashes could cut through the vast majority of objects.

The Sentinel Robot was indeed the Department of Mutant Affairs' Hole Cards.

But Judgement Cut was also Richard's Hole Cards.

Both were Hole Cards, but Richard's were clearly stronger than the Department of Mutant Affairs'.

Benjamin had not seen how Judgement Cut destroyed the Sentinel Robot, but he had heard the sounds of it cutting the Sentinel Robot apart and the wreckage hitting the ground.

Though he had no idea how Richard had done it, a strong sense of danger immediately rose within him.

In terms of defense, his Steel Body was much stronger than the Sentinel Robot.

But that did not mean his Steel Body could not be damaged.

Richard had already wounded him with Earth Shake, leaving four wounds dozens of centimeters long across his body.

Though those injuries were not fatal, they were enough to prove that Richard's attacks could break through the defenses of Steel Body.

If Richard could only use attacks capable of breaking Steel Body's defenses at close range, Benjamin would not have cared too much.

Because while Richard approached him, he could attack Richard as well.

But if Richard could launch attacks that broke through Steel Body's defenses without coming close, that would be an entirely different matter.

Benjamin did not play games, but he was not unfamiliar with the so-called Kiting Tactic.

This is troublesome! Realizing this, Benjamin's already grim expression became even uglier.

Though reluctant to admit it, he had to acknowledge that he most likely could not take down Richard on his own.

Not only that, without the help of other Mutant Agents, he would most likely die at Richard's hands.

Realizing this, he did not hesitate. He immediately looked toward a surveillance camera in the plaza and shouted, "Notify every agent in the Action Department. I don't care where they are or what they're doing—tell them to get back here as fast as possible!"

Though he could not see what was happening inside the Surveillance Room, Benjamin could be certain that the staff there were watching every move he and Richard made.

In other words, after hearing him, the staff in the Surveillance Room would contact the Action Department's Mutant Agents immediately.

Richard heard Benjamin's words as well, but he did not go over to interrupt him.

The reason was simple.

After killing several groups of guards from the Los Angeles Branch, he had noticed that the Los Angeles Branch's Mutant Agents appeared to have already gotten off work.

If the Action Department's Mutant Agents had not left work, they would have come out to stop him after he killed the first group of guards.

But as things stood, aside from Benjamin, he had not seen a single Mutant Agent.

As for whether there were mutant guards on the Second Underground Floor and Third Underground Floor, he was not sure yet.

However, even if there were, those mutant guards were Sabretooth's targets now.

Though he had not encountered any other Mutant Agents, Richard was not particularly surprised.

Or rather, he and Sabretooth had already taken this possibility into account when they decided to attack the Los Angeles Branch at night.

The Department of Mutant Affairs' agents were just employees too.

Although the United States was a capitalist country, its workers did not have it as bad as people imagined.

For one thing, 996-style schedules were rare in the United States.

Whether they were agents of the Department of Mutant Affairs or Los Angeles police officers, overtime was uncommon unless an emergency arose.

Simply put, they started work on time and got off work on time.

There were many mutants who disliked the Department of Mutant Affairs, but not many actually dared to attack it.

After all, not every mutant possessed formidable combat power.

Moreover, most mutants who opposed the Mutant Restriction Act and despised the Department of Mutant Affairs only dared to voice their dissatisfaction or show it through minor actions.

When it came to taking up arms and attacking the Department of Mutant Affairs, most mutants lacked that kind of courage.

That was also an important reason why the Mutant Restriction Act had been implemented so smoothly.

Fairness had to be fought for with fists!

If you didn't even dare to resist, then don't blame others for pushing their luck! After Benjamin finished shouting at the surveillance camera, Richard said to him, "You're the Action Department Director of the Los Angeles Branch?"

Benjamin did not answer. Instead, he assumed a defensive stance.

Seeing that Benjamin had no intention of answering, Richard did not intend to waste any more time on him.

Dimension Slash! Without any hesitation, he raised Masamune and swung it forcefully, unleashing Dimension Slash once again.

The moment Benjamin saw Richard raise Masamune, he did not stay where he was and wait to die. His legs exploded with force as he shot toward Richard.

His reaction was fast, and his speed was not slow either.

But Richard's Dimension Slash was not so easy to evade.

If simply leaving one's original position was enough to dodge Dimension Slash, then its weakness would have been far too obvious.

Benjamin had barely run a few meters when he realized that he had charged straight into Dimension Slash's attack range. The surrounding space warped in a bizarre way that science could not explain.

And he stood right at the center of that distorted space.

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