"Spatial abilities are difficult to deal with."
Several Energy Shields of different sizes appeared around Su Xiao. Their chaotic arrangement created a light-refracting effect that obstructed his vision. Although he had an ability that countered spatial abilities, its cooldown was too long, so he had no intention of using it for now. In Academy City, spatial ability users were the last thing in short supply.
"This guy..."
Shirai Kuroko was stunned. After only one exchange, her opponent had already thought of a way to counter her ability. With his line of sight obstructed, calculating the enemy's position became difficult. The translucent energy panels' refraction of light was manageable; the real problem was that they misled her judgment of distance. This was troublesome. It could cause her spatial movements to deviate, or even make her accidentally kill the enemy—for example, by teleporting a metal rod into his brain.
In fact, Shirai Kuroko was overthinking it. If Su Xiao hadn't encountered her ability for the first time, and if the attack hadn't struck a nonfatal location, weakening his sense of danger, then his instincts—sharper than those of a beast—would never have let her injure him, much less accidentally kill him.
"With this level of combat experience, he's a monster that seems to have been born for battle. No, I have to get this girl out of here. She's badly injured."
Shirai Kuroko glanced at Kinuhata Saiai in her arms. Kinuhata Saiai coughed up blood from time to time, looking as though she could kick the bucket at any moment.
Boom!
An explosion rang out, and Su Xiao charged straight toward Shirai Kuroko. He didn't know why she had appeared, but compared with Kinuhata Saiai, Shirai Kuroko was more suitable as leverage in negotiations with someone—and a more "sincere" bargaining chip.
Hearing the