Mugino Shizuri stood there in a daze. There was not a single wound on her body, and even her clothes were completely undamaged. Yet what struck fear into people's hearts was that the facilities and buildings around her had been crushed into flat ground by some unknown force. Only the room where Frenda and the others had been staying remained intact.
Luo Yifang was already gone. He had gone after Takitsubo Rikou, who had escaped, but Mugino Shizuri had not stopped him—or rather, she had tried, but her means of stopping him had likely been completely destroyed.
"What... kind of power was that...?"
Mugino Shizuri desperately tried to control her body, but she could not stop trembling. Her ability was far too difficult to control; using it at full force would cause her body to break down under the strain. However, it had been her final trump card against Luo Yifang. She had believed that if she removed every restriction and unleashed Atom Collapse at full power, then even the No. 1, even the strongest, would surely be left in a miserable state.
She had not even dared to imagine that she could kill that monster. Even injuring him had seemed like a stretch. Perhaps making him look disheveled was the absolute limit of what she could accomplish...
But reality still taught her a lesson—a lesson she would never forget for the rest of her life.
The white-haired boy, who was not much taller than her, had simply walked up to her and held out one hand. Just one hand had effortlessly suppressed the energy that had nearly torn her apart. There was no need to describe what happened next; the flat expanse around them, not even worthy of being called ruins, was the result.
When that person left, he