After firing a shot, Yuliu hurriedly pulled out a smoke grenade, bit off the pin with his teeth, and threw it in front of him.
Sizzle--
Incredibly dense smoke billowed from the smoke grenades, enveloping the entire rooftop.
Yuliu pulled a portable thermal imaging camera from the lining of his coat and put it on his glasses.
As the switch was pressed, the surrounding heat appeared in his eyes through the thermal imaging.
But as he looked at everything before him, his pupils suddenly contracted.
Within the thick smoke, there was no trace of the boy's warmth, nor even a drop of blood splattered on the ground.
"Did it suddenly run away, or did it simply lack heat in the first place?"
Yuliu quickly assessed the situation in her mind, and suddenly spotted something radiating heat in the thermal imager... a heart?
Although it felt bizarre, Yuliu didn't hesitate and went straight up and fired a shot at the heart-shaped object.
Bang--!!!
The bullet, like a shooting star, smashed through the smoke in its path, creating a vacuum zone.
Just as the bullet was about to hit the heart, it miraculously dodged the attack.
In the next instant, three straight white laser beams pierced through the smoke and hurtled towards the Yuliu.
Yuliu was startled. He quickly pulled off his coat and swung it forward to shield himself.
Three white laser beams struck the light, flowing coat, the powerful and swift attack being partially blocked.
The white laser paused for a moment, and Yuliu took advantage of that instant to dodge.
The next moment, the laser pierced through the coat and struck the spot where Yuliu Yuliu had been standing, destroying most of his right hand before he could even withdraw.
Looking at his right hand, which had suddenly lost its ability to move, Yuliu his teeth, and a thick layer of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
My defense from just now should be able to withstand even an attack from someone of the same cultivation level.
However, it only managed to block the opponent's laser attack for less than a second before being destroyed.
Those who can do this are either at the limit of human combat power, or they possess superpowers focused on destructive force.
The limits of human combat power...
Suddenly.
The boy's appearance, along with everything that had just happened, flashed rapidly through Yuliu's mind and connected together.
A blood-red scarf, Human Limit combat power.
Could he be...?
"[ Blood Scarf ]..."
Yuliu's back was immediately soaked with sweat.
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately pulled out a grenade and a smoke grenade and threw them simultaneously at the laser beam.
He then pushed off with both legs in the opposite direction, dashing out at his fastest speed.
boom--!!!
Sizzle--
A burst of flames and smoke erupted simultaneously, the powerful force causing the entire floor to tremble.
Inside the venue where people were having a wild and exciting dance party, the lights were shaking violently, and many people even lost their balance and fell to the ground.
The dull thuds of things falling and the cracking of glasses echoed throughout the room.
"What's going on...?"
"Didn't you know there was an earthquake?"
"Won't it be dangerous...?"
This scene caused a disturbance in the crowd.
Hela, as steady as a mountain, sat on the table, glanced at her constantly shaking surroundings, and continued eating her dessert.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
Several rounds of applause rang out from the center of the stage, instantly quieting the restless crowd.
The crisp sound of wooden planks and high heels slowly emerged on the stage.
A woman in a suit and wearing glasses slowly walked up, her right hand made of a mechanical arm.
Upon seeing this, several female celebrities nearby quickly stepped back.
"Everyone, please be quiet."
Holding the microphone, her calm tone sounded like an unyielding command, instantly silencing the last remaining noise from the audience.
Seeing that the surroundings were completely quiet, the woman in the suit smiled faintly, and her authoritative tone began to soften.
"Here, on behalf of the Fallen God Group, I, Liu Ruqing, would like to first thank everyone for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this banquet."
I hope everyone has a great time tonight.
"Good--!!!"
"Yay--!"
Everyone cheered again, and every now and then a few people flattered Liu Ruqing.
"But..."
Liu Ruqing suddenly changed the subject, her tone turning icy again, and even the temperature around her seemed to drop a few degrees.
"Throughout the entire banquet, my real purpose was simply to invite one person."
The crowd was stunned upon hearing this, and their disbelief turned into confusion and shock.
The fact that the chairman of Atan Country's most powerful conglomerate could host such a grand banquet to invite just one person made everyone present, from the poor and lowly to the high-ranking officials, curious about who that person was.
Just then, all the surrounding lights went out in an instant, plunging the scene into complete darkness.
Then a dazzling beam of light, like a gaze pointing to the murderer, enveloped a beautiful white-haired girl sitting on a table.
Everyone turned their heads and focused their attention on the doll-like girl under the beam of light.
"This is the guest of honor I have invited to this banquet."
"And also... the enemy I've been searching for for five years!"
As soon as Liu Ruqing finished speaking, everyone present gasped in surprise and began whispering among themselves as they looked at Hela.
"Offended the chairman of the Fallen God Group? What did she do?"
"She's so pretty, could she have been a performer here before, and then broke her contract and ran away?"
"That doesn't warrant going to such lengths!"
"..."
Everyone was talking about it, but they all agreed that the girl was doomed.
Hela, who was the target of everyone's criticism, remained extremely calm and reached out to eat the last piece of mousse cake on the table.
She jumped off the table and walked step by step toward the stage, toward Liu Ruqing.
As she moved, the beams of light shining on Hela followed closely behind.
The surrounding crowd pushed aside to clear a path for Hela to reach the stage.
Hela finally stopped below the stage, her peach-pink eyes staring emotionlessly at the humans who dared to look down at her.
"This must be your clone, or something else; your original self isn't here."
Sensing what her other self was seeing and hearing, Hela was certain that the woman before her was not her original self.
On stage, Liu Ruqing simply gazed at Hela silently, without saying a word.
Meanwhile, in the basement embedded beneath the building.
Hela and Liu Ruqing's true forms are in a completely opposite state to those above.
Hela's petite figure seemed like a giant looking down on everyone else, coldly gazing at Liu Ruqing sitting in front of her.
Around the two women were scattered limbs and the remains of a robot still glowing with fire.
Are you scared?
Both Hela in the meeting room and Hela in the basement simultaneously asked Liu Ruqing a question.