"Whoosh!"
A white light flashed, and Gon Freecss shifted his foot, avoiding the attack.
Ahmed, full of momentum, swung his sword-wielding right hand, creating streaks of afterimages. Flashes of blade light passed by like slides in a projector.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
But Gon Freecss's reactions were also incredibly terrifying. Tapping his toes on the ground, his body continuously weaved and dodged through the dense gaps of blade light.
"Hmph!"
Seeing this, Ahmed let out a cold snort. He paused his sword swing, and the Qi Blade in his hand dissipated. But the very next moment, it coalesced into a giant firearm: the Gauss Rifle, standard equipment for the Power Armor units.
"Try this!"
Under the cold helmet, a murderous glint flashed in Ahmed's eyes. He aimed the Gauss Rifle at the back-pedaling Gon Freecss and decisively pulled the trigger.
"Whoosh!"
A blinding white beam of light shot out from the muzzle, heading directly for Gon Freecss, who was airborne and unable to dodge.
"Hmph, you can't escape."
Ahmed sneered.
But at that very moment, Gon Freecss, with no escape route, curved his lips, revealing a hint of triumph.
"Thud!"
Suddenly, a crisp stepping sound jolted Ahmed's eyes.
He saw Gon Freecss, who was in mid-air and should have been unavoidable, step on the air, producing a clear footfall.
A floor tile inexplicably appeared beneath his foot. Gon Freecss stepped on the spontaneously appearing tile, and his body flashed sideways.
"Whoosh!"
The high-energy laser fired from the Gauss Rifle passed by his ear, leaving a finger-sized dark hole in the castle wall behind him.
Ahmed's expression hardened. He continuously pulled the trigger, and the Gauss Rifle relentlessly fired high-energy lasers with "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sounds.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Gon Freecss kept stepping on the floor tiles, rapidly weaving through the empty air, and not a single shot managed to hit him.
Below, the members of Alpha Squad saw their commander caught in a stalemate. They all raised their Gauss Rifles, aiming at Gon Freecess, who was constantly moving in mid-air.
"Whoosh!"
Just as the Alpha Squad members were about to open fire, a red-purple Nen Bullet, fifty centimeters in diameter, appeared in mid-air, obscuring their vision.
"Instead of watching other people's fights, you should pay attention to the battlefield beneath your feet."
Razor slightly bent his knees, leaped high into the air, raised his right arm, and slammed it down on the volleyball, delivering a powerful spike towards where Alpha Squad was located.
"Boom!"
The instant Razor's hardened palm made contact with the red-purple Nen Bullet, a faint grey ripple burst forth. The Nen Bullet roared like a cannonball, blasting towards Alpha Squad.
"All units, attention! Activate Origin Energy Shields!"
As Razor leaped and spiked the Nen Bullet, Alpha Squad also activated their Nen-powered shields. A circular energy shield appeared around each of the twelve Power Armors, protecting them.
At the same time, they pulled their triggers, firing twelve high-energy lasers that collided with Razor's Nen Bullet.
"Rumble!!!"
Instantly, centered on Alpha Squad and Razor, everything within a circular area of a hundred meters in diameter around them was crushed into dust under the immense pressure of the two powerful forces.
Massive amounts of earth shot up into the sky like a volcanic eruption, shrouding the entire battlefield center. No one could see the specific situation through the wall of dirt.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."
At the same time, a terrifying shockwave, accompanied by an earthquake, rapidly spread outwards. Its range was vast, and its tremors were so strong that even the towns down the mountain could feel it.
"An earthquake, is it...?"
"No way, does this game even have an earthquake setting?"
"Anyway, just in case, let's quickly find a flat area."
In the towns down the mountain, the NPC civilians were unfazed by the earthquake, but several players among them were thoroughly scared, each running towards the open areas outside the town.
At this moment, in Greed Island City.
Gon Freecss and Ahmed, who had been fiercely battling, temporarily separated due to the recent tremors, moving away from the epicenter of the shockwave.
"Phew~ That Razor, he always has trouble controlling the range of his attacks when he gets going."
Gon Freecss stood atop the castle, looking down at the battlefield shrouded in thick dust, and let out a deep breath.
"Alpha Squad, report your status."
Ahmed stood in front of the Night Raven Aircraft, gazing at the smoke-filled battlefield ahead, and contacted them via his communicator.
"Reporting, sir, no casualties."
"However, all Origin energy was depleted to block the enemy's attack. We are currently running on backup power packs, which will last for a maximum of one more hour."
A team member's voice sounded in the communication channel, reporting to Ahmed.
"What!?"
"That's enough energy to keep a Power Armor running at full power for 48 consecutive hours!"
Ahmed's expression beneath his helmet was grim. With just one attack, all the stored energy in the Power Armors was consumed. The power of that move was extraordinary.
"Whoosh!"
A large hand reached out and swung violently, a strong gust of wind blowing away the surrounding dust.
"Hmm, I overdid it a bit."
Razor emerged slowly from the dust, completely unharmed, his tone leisurely.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~!!!"
Suddenly, beams of high-energy lasers shot out from the dust, aimed directly at Razor.
"Swish, swish, swish~"
But Razor merely tapped his feet lightly on the ground, his body flashing left and right, deftly dodging each incoming high-energy laser.
"To survive that last move and still be able to attack me."
"You're not just a rabble."
Having dodged the entire first wave of high-energy lasers, Razor stomped his right foot hard on the ground, exerting force to charge into the dust-shrouded center of the battlefield.
At the same time, beams of high-energy lasers continuously shot out from the dust and smoke, firmly locking onto Razor's figure.
"Your weapons are indeed powerful, but this level isn't enough to threaten me."
Razor continuously dodged the high-energy lasers fired by Alpha Squad as he advanced, moving so fast that layers of afterimages appeared.
Razor's lips curved into a smile, his expression relaxed as he weaved through the hail of high-energy lasers.
Because Alpha Squad used concentrated attacks fueled by Nen, Razor could clearly sense the speed and angle of each incoming high-energy laser even without extending his En.
"That last blow should have caused you no small amount of damage."
While dodging, Razor gathered all his Nen into his right hand. A Nen Bullet, no smaller than the previous one, formed in his grasp. Just as he was about to charge into the smoke, he pushed off the ground with his right foot and leaped into the air.
"This attack will turn those things on you into scrap metal."
Razor's body arced over Alpha Squad's heads in mid-air. He executed a 180-degree flip, and the Nen Bullet in his hand plummeted downwards.
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