No one answered the major general's question. It wasn't that they didn't want to answer, but that there was no time, because Ye Lei had already given the perfect explanation through his actions.
With a flick of his hand and a slash of his blade, silver light flashed. The cold edge cleaved the shell cleanly in two! Everyone in the command room stood there with mouths agape, eyes wide, necks craned, as if
they were ducks.
Boom! The shell split in half and exploded instantly. Just as everyone waited for Ye Lei to be blasted to pieces, Ye Lei and Ye Meng shot through the explosion like lightning. The blast spread quickly, but Ye Lei was no slower. Before it could reach him, he had already sped away.
"How is that possible?" To outsiders, Ye Lei appeared to be chopping shell after shell apart before shooting out from endless flames. Yet only a handful of exceptionally intelligent, powerful, and observant officers realized that speed was the key reason Ye Lei could cut apart the shells without being harmed!
Otis was one of those few. His right hand involuntarily clenched into a fist!
At this moment, Ye Lei displayed sheer dominance. Countless blue and green energy beams rained toward him, only to ricochet away like raindrops. Hundreds upon thousands of solid shells exploded one after another around him, yet Ye Lei seemed like a demon charging out of the blasts. The flames only enhanced the grandeur of his entrance; they could not hurt him in the slightest.
"Bzzz... screeeech..." Suddenly, an unusual shell reached Ye Lei's side. Before he could blow it apart, it detonated on its own! The shattered bomb unleashed two shockwaves, one horizontal and one vertical, the shockwaves slicing across in circular arcs.
Ye Lei had not expected