Raven staggered back two steps, clutching her twisted wrist, her eyes filled with shock.
At that critical moment, the X-Gene inside her changed at tremendous speed, instantly replicating Darwin's Adaptive Evolution.
Her broken bones rapidly reconnected and healed, the gruesome injury recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Raven was deeply shaken, her heart full of confusion.
When she had replicated Pietro's genes earlier, she had not maximized her speed. She had deliberately reserved some attribute points to bolster her strength and defense, achieving a balanced state of level 4.3 speed, level 4 strength, and level 4 defense.
Normally, an attack with that much force should have easily shattered the defenses of ordinary reinforced diamond.
Yet in reality, not only had she failed to hurt her opponent in the slightest, but the backlash from her opponent's terrifying physical defenses had shattered her bones.
The White Queen's gaze was icy. Taking advantage of the brief opening as Raven recoiled and stiffened, she swung a fist straight out, the wind of her punch carrying tremendous force.
Raven tensed and immediately activated Super Speed to dodge, keeping her eyes fixed on the White Queen before her, not daring to relax for even a moment.
She had already made up her mind: the moment the White Queen released her diamond form, she would close in and attack, seizing her only chance to break the deadlock.
"Her strength and defense are ridiculous. Alex, it's your turn!"
Raven growled in a low voice.
At her words, Alex Summers took a deep breath, focused his power, and thrust his chest forward.
Blazing red energy gathered and compressed furiously inside his chest. The next instant, a thick, overpowering Plasma Shockwave erupted like a massive laser cannon piercing the clouds, blasting straight toward the White Queen amid