Volume Three: The Academy Runs Wild-Chapter 208: Black Wings' Slayer (5)

Just as Black Crystal personally took to the field, another battle was taking place a kilometer away.

"It's on, sis!"

"A pincer attack, little sister!"

"Sisters, love, love, lightning!!!"

"What kind of weird name is that?!"

Even in this perilous situation, Xiao Wu couldn't help but complain. Golden lightning bolts struck her one after the other, and she, suspended in mid-air, was unable to move freely—

"Form Three - Blank line!"

Driven by astonishing explosive power, Xiao Wu's legs slammed into the air, and with a soft popping sound, she leaped up as if she were stepping on the ground! She moved through the air by kicking!

"My goodness, sister! She can't fly, yet she moves freely in the air!"

"You can tell from her expression that this isn't easy for her, so—Isaac!"

"Learn!"

The young Black man with curly hair, standing directly below Xiao Wu, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his arms, and an invisible wave emanated from him—

"--Why!?"

Xiao Wu's movements faltered, and she suddenly lost her balance, plummeting towards—the sky! The direction of gravity completely changed, and at that moment, Xiao Wu completely lost her sense of direction, unable to even distinguish where the sky was or where the ground was!

"She's trapped, sister!"

"Use electromagnetic levitation to stabilize yourself, then attack from both sides!"

"Yes!"

The two sisters with golden curly hair followed closely behind, their hands flashing with dazzling lightning balls, which exploded towards her in a barrage! Xiao Wu immediately drew her gun and fired rapidly, destroying the lightning balls one by one. However, the exploding lightning balls did not disappear as she expected, but instead disintegrated into countless tiny sparks of electricity, which coalesced into a net of lightning that pressed down on her!

"Lightning is nothing to fear, the key is gravity... reverse the gravitational field—no, it should be reversed with that guy himself as the center!"

Xiao Wu quickly adapted. Compared to the usual downward-pointing gravitational field, she could now simply treat a sphere of arbitrary radius centered on that guy as the ground!

"Kai Xing, speed up!"

The bayonets of her dual pistols cleaved through the electric fence. Having adapted to the gravitational field, Xiao Wu through the air towards the young black man. The Lightning Sisters were astonished, while the young man remained completely unfazed.

"Checkmate!"

The two guns fired simultaneously, large-caliber bullets formed from condensed spiritual energy raining down on his joints, striking him at the very moment—

"Mirror Symmetry!"

The space in front of Xiao Wu swayed like the surface of water, and the rooftops and Black Crow executives below became blurred because a huge, semi-transparent plane blocked her view.

"This is a mirror!?"

The mirror reflected her firing bullets. As she pulled the trigger, her reflection also fired simultaneously. Both waves of bullets reached the mirror at the same time, and then—collided and disappeared!

Whatever action a person takes, the mirror will also reflect that action; both attacks are symmetrical. When an attack in reality reaches the mirror, the corresponding image in the mirror world will also reach the mirror without the slightest deviation! As a result, the two collide, and the attacks from both sides are canceled out.

Xiao Wu's brows furrowed, but her speed did not decrease.

"Collapse!"

A powerful punch, imbued with shattering force, collided with the mirror—or more accurately, with her reflection in the mirror! The two, one real and one illusory, with identical appearances, expressions, and moves, clashed head-on, fist against fist, inch against inch! Haoyue's hand trembled violently, and she was sent flying. Her finger bones shattered, and a large gash appeared in her thumb. Her entire arm was numb and tingling. This was the first time Xiao Wu had experienced her own move!

"Even its power can be mirrored; what a troublesome defense mechanism..."

This is practically absolute defense; it has to be said that Black Crystal is truly skilled at selecting talent.

"What a pity, Scavengers! You know, that Gold Silver Grass guy grouped us together specifically to deal with you!"

The Lightning Sisters laughed and unleashed dazzling sparks of electricity at Xiao Wu, constantly disrupting Xiao Wu. Enraged, Saki raised her hand and fired two shots, hitting the two sisters squarely in the abdomen, and then—the bullets passed right through them.

The two sisters swayed in the air, making crackling sounds, and transformed from two clear "people" into two human figures made of lightning.

"A clone formed from lightning... isn't the real body here?"

"That's right, that's right~"

"Although it's a clone, it still has a soul integrated into it~"

"So the combat strength is still one--"

Boom!!!

The dazzling light transformed into a torrent, bursting from the muzzle of Bai Ye Black Star's gun and engulfing both clones.

"If point attacks don't work, then use area attacks—and this 'mirror'!"

White Night, Blade Array Part Four --

"Leisure Collapse!"

The bayonet, emitting a dazzling white light, stabbed fiercely into the mirror. The bayonets inside and outside the mirror approached each other at lightning speed, but this time they did not collide as before. The moment the bayonet touched the mirror, spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spread, and the absolutely defensive mirror vanished into crystal dust!

"Idiots..." Xiao Wu coldly looked down at the black crows standing on the rooftop below, "My 'Leisure Collapse' is designed to cause the object it touches to crumble. It's more effective on objects or abilities that manifest as objects. Whether you reflect it or not, it always attacks the 'mirror itself'!"

Form 270 - Sky Fall!

Xiao Wu, having shattered the mirror, plummeted like a meteorite. Isaac, who was directly below her controlling the direction of the gravity field, was terrified and quickly rolled over to avoid her.

"Too late!"

The violent shockwave sent him flying, shattering most of his leg into a mangled mess. Yet, in the instant he collapsed, severely injured, a barely perceptible smugness flickered in his eyes—

Click!!!

"How--!?"

The instant Xiao Wu's foot touched the concrete floor of the rooftop, a spiral-shaped black spike suddenly emerged from the spot where she landed, piercing her calf!

It's important to understand that, given Xiao Wu's physical strength, attacks that could so cleanly and decisively pierce her calf are extremely rare. The sharpness of these spiral spikes is comparable to Ye's Blood Crystal Spike! What's even more troublesome is the spiral shape, which makes it difficult for her to break free directly!

With her extraordinary self-healing abilities, Xiao Wu immediately thought of the "severing her leg" method, but she immediately rejected it—even if she broke free, where could she escape to? The spiral spikes appeared the instant she stepped onto the ground, meaning it was something like a trap, ready to be triggered at any moment! There was no foothold left on this rooftop!

Just as she stopped moving, a chill ran down her spine, and a large, transparent, jelly-like substance suddenly enveloped her upper body—mainly her head. The jelly-like substance covered her mouth and nose, cutting off her oxygen supply, and also wrapped around her wrists, preventing her from pulling the trigger.

Through the transparent material, Xiao Wu saw six people dressed in black standing triumphantly in front of her, looking at her.

"What 'strongest Scavengers'? I think that's about it."

"Even the strongest person will suffocate if their mouth and nose are covered by my 'Sol Gel'."

"Don't try to steal the credit. If it weren't for my 'Trap Creation' that stopped her movements..."

Don't forget my mirror!

"And my gravity field manipulation."

"Your mirrors and gravitational fields have done nothing but stall for time, haven't they?"

"If we're talking about useless attacks, then those annoying sisters' lightning is the real problem; it doesn't do any damage at all."

"Tch, tch, tch! It's not that we're useless, it's just that her health regenerates too quickly!"

"..."

Xiao Wu sighed inwardly.

These guys think they're hopeless, so they've let their guard down?

What method should we use to escape...?

Should we use our internal energy to shatter this jelly-like thing? Or kick the entire rooftop down? Or simply transform into a ghost? Or feign death using 'turtle breathing' and wait for them to completely relax before taking action? There are simply too many ways to counterattack.

However, regardless of which method is used, time consumption is unavoidable, and it is necessary to resolve this as soon as possible and then stop the Black Crystal.

Then activate your demon transformation to 15%, wipe them out in one fell swoop, and then get there as fast as you can!

Just as Xiao Wu was preparing to transform into a demon--

A crisp, cracking sound.

Then, the heads of two members of the Black Crow flew off; they appeared to be the two who made the traps and mirrors.

Amidst the gushing blood, the other black crows were stunned; even Xiao Wu, whose dynamic vision was off the charts, didn't react immediately.

What brought blood and death was a simple, black-handled, white-bladed knife.

There was also a black-haired young man who suddenly appeared.

"Don't you think it's too much to make my beloved waste so much of her time?"

"Gravity--"

Isaac screamed and activated his powers, however,

"Flash Sheath - One Wind".

With a flash of light, Ling Ye reappeared ten meters away.

On Isaac's body, a deep gash stretched from his shoulder to his waist, passing through his heart, and he collapsed amidst gushing blood.

"Three."

Ling Ye gently toyed with the blood-stained knife. Crimson drops of blood stained his pale skin, making his handsome face appear extremely eerie. Coupled with that faint smile that was hard to tell whether it was relaxed or sadistic, he looked like a death god who took pleasure in killing.

"Sol Gel!"

The jelly-like substance quickly wrapped around Ling Ye's body, but Ling Ye didn't dodge; he simply flicked his finger lightly—

Pfft!

The man collapsed instantly. Just moments before, a thin beam of silver light had pierced his neck, leaving a small, bloody hole right in his vital spot.

That was a small dagger that Ling Ye used to throw.

"Four, who's left?"

The deaths of the four people did not affect him in the slightest. His gaze, a mixture of indifference and mockery, swept across the battlefield and locked onto the Lightning Sisters.

Perhaps stunned by the tragedy before them, the two sisters' eyes were filled with fear. They clung to each other tightly, trembling as they looked at Ling Ye who was slowly approaching.

What are you afraid of?

""Babble--!""

As soon as they opened their mouths, the two sisters shrank back even more.

Why are people always afraid of death?

He fiddled with the small knife in his hand.

"It's just a moment of pain, and then there's nothing to worry about anymore. Isn't that great?"

His tone was very gentle, and his steps were light; he was just like a friendly older brother next door taking a walk.

"Or perhaps... she still has a lingering attachment to this world?"

The knife twirled back and forth in his hand.

"It's okay, as long as you don't look, don't listen, don't think, and surrender yourself to the darkness—"

A strong hand gripped Ling Ye's right hand, which was holding a knife.

Xiao Wu glared at him.

"Haven't you gone this far enough? What do you want? Why do you have to be so ruthless?"

You're asking me what I want?

Ling Ye's tone held a hint of pleasure as he turned his slightly wicked blue eyes to look at Xiao Wu's fair wrist, which was tightly gripping his right hand.

"My goal has been achieved."

"...!"

Xiao Wu let go of his hand as if shaking off something dirty, took several steps back, and glared at him with disgust.

"You did this on purpose so I would take your hand first..."

"Bingo~ This is the first time we've held hands, and it's also the first time you've taken the initiative to hold my hand. Today is truly a world-class anniversary."

"Nausea!"

"Well, if you find it disgusting, I won't mention holding hands again." Ling Ye said immediately. As before, as long as Xiao Wu clearly expressed her disgust, he would immediately give in.

What should we do with these two girls?

"The Enforcement Team will come back later to collect their... huh?"

"--how!?"

Xiao Wu was startled.

Ling Ye frowned.

They looked into the distance together.

Boom!!!!!!!!!!!!

A fireball suddenly fell from the sky, crashing into the ground like a meteor! The surrounding skyscrapers collapsed instantly, the ground shook violently, and the shockwave swept away all obstacles!

What's going on? A meteorite hitting Earth!?

"No... could it be Black Crystal?"

"Huh? Black Crystal? She can summon meteorites?"

However, even before the earthquake stopped—

Several kilometers away, in the direction of the fountain square.

A violent and ferocious aura of bloodshed suddenly erupted.