Huanhong began a new round of attacks, still in her enhanced state.
In order to pin the Advanced Aberration in place, she pushed her speed to the limit this time, cracking the ground beneath her feet.
She dashed forward like a gust of wind, her speed now surpassing even that of the Advanced Aberration.
Accordingly, Huanhong couldn’t brake in time.
She took two more redirected multi-cannon blasts, fresh wounds appearing on her body, before slamming hard into the Advanced Aberration, and together they crashed into the massive Bearing Pillar of the underground drainage palace.
The pillar was dented in, and the Advanced Aberration became embedded within it.
Huanhong, fortunately, only suffered some superficial injuries from the collision.
The Advanced Aberration once again used that move to send people flying.
Even though Huanhong was the only one in close range, it still didn’t hesitate to waste magic power to push her away.
Huanhong was sent flying, but this time she adjusted her angle. Not far behind her was another gigantic Bearing Pillar.
She planted both legs against it, her whole body suspended in the air, as if defying gravity, standing at a 90° angle to the ground atop the Bearing Pillar.
With that push, the Advanced Aberration also broke the Bearing Pillar it was embedded in.
Stones rained down, as if a building were collapsing.
The Advanced Aberration tried to escape, but Huanhong, who had regained her mobility, kicked off hard from the Bearing Pillar and dove down, swinging her staff at the Advanced Aberration’s head.
The Advanced Aberration raised its hand to block, but the immense force still pressed it down, striking both its hand and head in one blow.
The residual force wasn’t too strong, only causing a mild ache, and its head wasn’t injured.
However, this time Huanhong’s attack had more to follow.
The Advanced Aberration seemed unable to use its knockback move consecutively in a short period—it needed a bit of time between uses, commonly known as a cooldown.
Once Huanhong landed, she unleashed a Sweeping Kick, knocking the burly Advanced Aberration to the ground.
A perfect opportunity—she had successfully pinned the Advanced Aberration in place.
She cast a quick glance into the distance at Jinluan, who was still charging up, the magic power around her steadily building.
Seeing this, Huanhong hurried to continue her assault, swinging her staff down on the Advanced Aberration.
The Advanced Aberration deployed a shield, bracing itself for dear life.
Then came an instant cannon blast at just a meter away, aimed at Huanhong. She reacted quickly, blocking with her arm at top speed. The blast struck her arm, tearing open another horrific wound.
“Hurry up, Jinluan! I can’t hold on much longer!” Huanhong shouted hoarsely, her voice already strained.
Her body could still endure, but with the Advanced Aberration’s shield up, she was quickly losing the ability to keep it pinned.
Shields were the thing Huanhong hated most—her efficiency at breaking them was just too low.
Even though the Advanced Aberration had hastily thrown up its shield and its strength wasn’t particularly high, Huanhong still needed quite some time to break it.
Suddenly, shouts came from above, and beams of light shone down.
The Human Alliance had arrived.
The first to descend were the Assault Squad on foot, more than twenty people, all heavily armed.
Liang Tai had actually come too, but he was blocked from going down.
He could only find a spot with a decent view to start streaming: “Family, I’m back on site again, ha.”
Liang Tai released his drone, livestreaming as he slowly approached below. He switched through several Night Vision modes—heat sensing Night Vision, low-light Night Vision—finally settling on low-light Night Vision.
Liang Tai: “Thank you to Mantian Fei Wu for the little loli donation, sending a heart.”
Liang Tai: “Thank you to Yin Feng for the little whip donation.”
Liang Tai: “Family, look quick—whoa, all three magical girls are here: Jinluan, Huanhong, and Yinlin. What’s that purple barrier? Never seen it before, can’t tell who put it up.”
Liang Tai: “This is too exciting—three versus one! That thing is an Advanced Aberration, folks, an Advanced Aberration! It’s the one that escaped a few days ago. You can see it’s already seriously injured, almost finished.”
Liang Tai: “Thanks to Bullet Screen for the donation.”
“But it’s still so fierce—even badly wounded, it’s still resisting this much. Huanhong’s fighting close-range, keeping it suppressed. Let me explain for those who don’t know, Jinluan is charging up her ultimate move.”
“She used that move before on Qianlong Island, if I remember right—it’s called Jue Wu Zhan. The charge time is long, but it’s absolutely brutal.”
“Huanhong is clearly creating an opening for Jinluan. You can see she’s struggling—even in her enhanced state, she can’t fully suppress the Advanced Aberration.”
“Thanks to Bullet Screen for the SC Message.”
“Huh? Check the Bullet Screen? What are they saying? Let me see. What’s Yinlin doing?”
“Alright, let’s see what Yinlin’s up to.”
The drone flew lower, catching sight of Yinlin zoning out in the distance.
“Uh, she’s AFK.”
“Let’s not talk about that now—the exciting part’s coming, the charge-up is done.”
“Thanks to Bullet Screen for the SC Message. Huh? Not this Bullet Screen? Another one? What’s it saying, let me check. Heat Sensing? What about heat sensing?”
Liang Tai switched the Night Vision mode to Heat Sensing.
At this moment, the battle below reached its climax.
Jinluan shouted for Huanhong to get out of the way.
The blade in her hand radiated a terrifying golden light, as if it were sheathed in a Gold Blade over ten meters long.
Huanhong quickly dodged, running more than ten meters away.
The Aberration also got up and started to flee—barely two meters before it moved.
Jinluan swung her blade with all her might. The over ten-meter-long golden Light Blade slashed down diagonally, just like the Light Blade of the Double Moon Knight Lei…na from Elden Ring.
In that instant, time seemed to freeze, and space itself appeared to be sliced apart.
Viewers watching the livestream saw a distorted scene—people and objects warped, as if looking at the ground on a hot day and seeing the shimmering heat haze.
But this was far more extreme.
The blade sliced clean through the Advanced Aberration, from its shoulder diagonally to the opposite thigh. Even for an Advanced Aberration, this blow left a deep, bone-exposing wound, blood gushing madly.
Amazingly, it wasn’t cut in two.
But that was a fatal wound—it wouldn’t last much longer.
After the slash, Jinluan, panting heavily, shouted to Yinlin in the distance: “Don’t move! Don’t drop your charge! Keep charging!”
Yinlin, upon hearing this, stopped what she was doing.
She understood why Jinluan said that—because both Huanhong and Jinluan had already played their trump cards.
They couldn’t possibly fight Lightning Man now; if Lightning Man saw their moves, he’d know how to counter them.
Here, only Yinlin could still threaten Lightning Man. Even if he knew her move, it wouldn’t be easy to deal with.
The Advanced Aberration, gravely wounded, collapsed to the ground and began crawling in one direction, muttering something.
A long trail of green blood was left behind.
Suddenly, Liang Tai’s voice blared from the drone outside the purple barrier: “There’s something there! In front of the Advanced Aberration! Heat sensing picked something up—invisible, humanoid creature!”
With Liang Tai’s warning, the thing stopped hiding, took a few steps, and revealed itself.
The invisibility wore off, showing its true form.
It looked like a male, or at least a male-like being, with a powerful, muscular build, two legs, two arms, but only a single eye.
About two and a half meters tall, which was considered short among Aberrations.
Its ears were long and pointed, like some hybrid of a goblin and a beastman often described in novels.
Its head was completely bald, not a single hair.
Unlike other Aberrations, this one wore neatly fitted clothes—or rather, it might not be clothing at all. More accurately, it resembled some kind of high-tech, skin-tight combat suit.
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