Chapter 256 Breaking Out 1 (1/2)
Devin carefully probed his opponent with feints at the start of the battle. However, ever fighting for a while, he found out that 'Black Phantom' was not as overwhelmingly strong as he had been led to believe.
The legendary Black Phantom is nothing much. I was worried for nothing.
Devin got a confidence boost and started to attack without reserve.
The battle between the muscular giant and the armored mechanical suit caused a constant sound of clashing fists to be heard. The other Germinal executives that followed behind Devin started to realize that Devin was actually starting to gain the upper hand in the fight, and they were all surprised.
”When did the captain become this strong?”
”No, look! It's Black Phantom that grew weak!”
”Even someone as strong as him can't fight in his peak state after escaping for so long. He is at his weakest right now!”
The group of executives were then also bolstered and were no longer afraid. They stepped up one after another to gang up on Black Phantom.
Based on how much attention the leader paid Han Xiao, capturing him would definitely count as a great achievement!
Get him while he's weak!
The battle between this group of superhumans wreaked havoc on the surroundings, creating massive ditches everywhere. The troops were not just watching either as they open fired whenever Black Phantom showed an opening.
Hila was fighting for her life, and she was losing ground every second. She could only clench her teeth as she received blow after blow from all directions. If she was using her usual fighting style, she never would've let her enemies gang up on her like this. If not for Viper's defensive capabilities, she would've long since bit the dust.
The Germinal leader's eyes lit up. ”His condition is getting even worse. Now we definitely got him!”
The leader originally only wanted to use the five senior executives to stall Han Xiao. However, Han Xiao's strength was now deteriorating by the second. It must have been caused by the built-up pressure while escaping.
”Who is this executive? He's got potential,” said the leader.
The assistant hurriedly searched up the information and answered, ”His name is Devin, and uhh… no notable achievements so far.
The leader scoffed and replied, ”We are at war, and every single strong soldier is an important asset. Missing out on him would be a true misstep on our part!”
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When Hila had all the Germinal forces' attention, Han Xiao sneaked into the midst of the troops and was busy planting explosives underneath every single Germinal vehicle.
The ability gained from Dion's character card was extremely effective, and not a single soldier noticed what he was doing. It was as if he had disappeared off into thin air right in front of them, but Han Xiao was still being as careful as possible, as entering combat would immediately cancel the concealment effect.
This is such a suitable Esper ability for thieves. No wonder Dion was able to steal classified information with ease. He probably even went to some good places with this ability. Damn…
Han Xiao was a little envious. He had also coveted some sort of invisibility skill when he was young. It had even been one of his thirty-three life goals at one point. It had only been scratched off the list afterward when he had already gained a decent amount of experience.
Under the cloak of invisibility, Han Xiao's senses toward his surroundings were completely different. It was as if a thick cloud had covered everything around him, and it felt quite surreal. The feeling of being invisible reminded of an old film that he had watched. He remembered that it was called the Lord's Ring or something.
This surrounding troops had a limited number of vehicles, and Han Xiao quickly finished planting all the explosives. He only left a few cars to be used for escaping later.
There's still two minutes left on my invisibility. I just need to wait for the explosion and steal a car to escape.
Everything up till now had progressed as planned.
Han Xiao returned to the edge of the battle and saw that Hila was getting beaten up from all directions pitifully. The suit that she was unfamiliar with was not able to offer much help in holding out against all those executives.