Teleportation

Eight fluid slashes enveloped the pale-faced male agent like a storm of blades.

However, just as the Masamune was about to pass through his body and tear him to pieces, the male agent vanished instantly, leaving behind a strange cloud of black mist.

Teleportation!

Like Richard, the pale-faced male agent possessed the ability of instant movement.

Not only that, his teleportation ability was even slightly superior to Richard's Flash.

The sharp Masamune only sliced through the strange black mist and did not harm the male agent at all.

Octaslash! It had missed! Richard's expression began to turn serious.

This was the first time since coming to this world that he had encountered Octaslash missing its target.

Moreover, the black mist the male agent left behind when teleporting reminded him of two people.

Azazel and Nightcrawler! When Azazel and Nightcrawler used Teleportation to move instantly, they also left behind strange smoke-like gases.

The only difference was that one left red gas behind, while the other left blue gas.

Could it really be Teleportation? Richard grumbled inwardly.

Though both were teleportation abilities, the Teleportation possessed by Azazel and Nightcrawler was not the same as his Flash.

To put it simply, Azazel's and Nightcrawler's Teleportation was much stronger than his Flash.

Even after being enhanced once, his Flash could only cover five hundred meters.

Azazel and Nightcrawler, on the other hand, could teleport much farther than that.

Even Nightcrawler, who had yet to fully master Teleportation and could only teleport within his line of sight, could easily travel two to three miles at a time.

After fully mastering it, Nightcrawler could teleport freely to any location at will.

As for Azazel, there was even less need to say anything.

He could easily travel three thousand miles within ten minutes, even while carrying other people.

In his previous battles, Richard had relied on Flash to move quickly and attack enemies by surprise.

But now, he had encountered an enemy whose teleportation ability surpassed his own.

If the pale-faced male agent could use teleportation to evade Octaslash, then Earth Shake, Zanshin, and Iai Slash would also have a hard time hitting him.

Great Lightning, Great Blizzard, and Great Fire were even less likely to work.

Could he only use Dimension Slash and Summoned Swords?

Although he had many other X-Gene Superpowers, none of them were likely to hit the other man.

Unless he could interrupt the other's teleportation! Damn it!

I hate enemies with teleportation abilities!

Richard cursed inwardly.

Though he disliked this kind of enemy immensely, he could only think of a way to deal with him now.

Otherwise, an elusive teleporter would leave him scrambling in the battle ahead.

Besides that, the female agent standing in place, seemingly without having activated any superpower, gave him a very bad feeling.

Using game classes as an analogy, the male agent who had transformed into a giant was undoubtedly the tank and warrior, while the male agent who seemingly possessed Teleportation was the assassin.

That meant the remaining female agent was probably a mage or support.

Whether the female agent's role in the capture squad was that of a mage responsible for long-range magical attacks or support responsible for protecting and assisting the other two male agents, it was bad news for Richard either way.

Her presence would make it harder for him to kill the two male agents.

Richard quickly devised a tactic.

One that would allow him to swiftly deal with the male agent who possessed teleportation.

He raised the Masamune and said to Phoenix and Wolverine, who were still hesitating over whether to intervene, "This is a personal grudge between me and the Department of Mutant Affairs. It has nothing to do with you. Stay out of my fight."

On the surface, Phoenix and Wolverine joining the battle could effectively relieve some of his pressure.

But he had no intention of letting them interfere.

Once they got involved, the tactic he had just devised would not be nearly as effective.

Just as he expected, after hearing him, Phoenix and Wolverine immediately led Clarice and the mutant children some distance away.

Once they had retreated, Richard spun the Masamune in his hand, his gaze settling on the female agent whose superpower he did not know whether she had activated.

Flash!

Without any hesitation, he used Flash again. His whole body vanished instantly, and he appeared behind the female agent in the next moment, the Masamune in his hand flashing toward her neck like lightning.

Although he did not know what superpower the female agent possessed, that did not stop Richard from treating her as his opening.

If he could kill her immediately, that would naturally be for the best.

If not, he could still use her to carry out the tactic he had just devised.

At the same time Richard swung the Masamune, the male agent with teleportation appeared instantly in front of him.

Rather than using the dagger in his hand to block Richard's Masamune, he thrust his dagger forward and attacked Richard's heart directly.

Though he could not read minds, Richard knew why the male agent had not tried to block the Masamune.

In idiomatic terms, it was besieging Wei to rescue Zhao!

He was using an attack aimed at Richard's heart to force him to abandon his attack on the female agent.

If Richard refused to abandon his attack on her, the male agent's dagger would pierce his heart.

In the male agent's view, Richard would most likely choose to use Flash and leave.

Otherwise, even if he killed the female agent, his own heart would be pierced by the dagger.

However, the male agent had underestimated Richard.

Or rather, he had no idea just how many superpowers Richard possessed.

Richard currently possessed four Alpha-level X-Gene Superpowers.

They were Plunder, Super Strength, Super Constitution, and Super Self-Healing! There was no need to mention Plunder and Super Strength.

Super Constitution and Super Self-Healing alone allowed Richard to ignore the dagger attack.

Richard's physical toughness had now reached the point where he could withstand bullets with his bare body.

To be precise, even armor-piercing rounds fired by large-caliber anti-materiel sniper rifles might not be able to penetrate his skin now.

Even if the dagger in the male agent's hand possessed greater penetrating power than an armor-piercing round, Richard did not need to worry about dying at his hands.

Because in addition to the astonishing defense granted by Super Constitution, he also possessed Super Self-Healing stronger than Sabretooth's and Wolverine's.

Even if his heart were pierced, he still would not die.

In an instant, the black dagger in the male agent's hand struck Richard's left chest.

The next second, the male agent's expression turned incomparably ugly.

It would not go in!

Although he had used all his strength, his dagger could not pierce Richard's skin at all, as though he had stabbed an incomparably hard alloy.

Upon realizing this, the male agent immediately thought of teleporting away.

However, Richard's counterattack arrived at that moment.

Mental Whip!

Richard did not use any other skill on the male agent. Instead, he used Mental Whip, the superpower he had plundered only last night.

The male agent, who had been about to teleport away, immediately felt an intense mental pain unlike anything he had ever experienced. His entire body trembled involuntarily as though shocked by a powerful electric current.

The sudden, agonizing pain interrupted the teleportation he had been about to use without question.

Got you!

After interrupting the male agent's teleportation with Mental Whip, Richard twisted his left wrist. The Masamune, which had originally been aimed at the female agent, slashed toward the male agent at tremendous speed.

Octaslash! Sephiroth's signature skill, Octaslash! Though it was still Octaslash, this time it did not miss. Lightning streaked across the male agent's body, tearing him to pieces and cutting him into wreckage of varying sizes.