It seemed the impressive combat exercise by Rhodes Island below was less captivating to her than the Mapo Tofu in front of her.
"How is that possible? There are only three attackers..." Hearing the girl's words, Hoshiguma once again scanned the battlefield, but couldn't find any trace of a fourth person.
"This chili is amazing. The fourth one is right under their noses, below that small slope on the right. This Originium Arts is quite good; none of those people have discovered her location."
The girl pointed with her chopsticks at the small slope in front of the opposing position, speaking with certainty.
Upon hearing her words, the others observed carefully, yet still found nothing. Swire, beside her, couldn't help but cast a suspicious glance.
"Tsk! Believe it or not, but Kanna looks like she's about to make her move. Once she acts, the opponents will naturally react. Then you'll know if I'm right or wrong..."
Noticing the little tiger's gaze, the girl didn't get angry. Instead, she looked up, gestured towards Kanna, and then sat down to observe Kanna closely.
She was quite curious about how this "young god" would fight.
Just as the spectators wondered why the attacking side had stopped after infiltrating close to the defenders, Kanna had already completed her consciousness overlay.
"Everyone, prepare. In ten seconds, Kanna will initiate a wide-area mental shock on the ACE position. Two seconds later, we will enter for the mop-up! Kanna, you are responsible for mentally suppressing all targets from the outermost perimeter. Our mission is to ensure not a single person leaves the battlefield standing."
Even for an exercise, Scavenger still equipped the SWEEP members according to live combat standards. All their weapons were coated with a special agent, but the lethal poison was replaced with a sedative to induce unconsciousness.
"Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one."
As Scavenger quietly counted down, a silver slit appeared in Kanna's pupils. This was the only ability Kanna could say she acquired without the system.
Utilizing the inherent oppressive power of a superior being and immense mental strength, she directly inflicted mental suppression on targets.
If an opponent's mind was too weak, they could be directly reduced to an idiot by a single wave of mental shock.
Even strong individuals, under the combined pressure of "Dragon's Might," "Divine Might," and "Predator," would fall into various negative states or even become incapacitated.
At this moment, the ACE Squad personally experienced Kanna's "original" spell.
In that instant, a gaze that made one feel like needles were pricking their back seemed to descend from the sky. Everyone felt as if they were food on a platter, with a gigantic beast sitting above it, as if they would be devoured by it the next second.
The ACE Squad did not disappoint. Even under such a sudden mental shock, relying on their strong willpower, everyone bravely held on without falling unconscious.
Without ACE even needing to speak, everyone understood who their opponent was in that instant.
Rhodes Island had many Operators with bizarre fighting styles, but only one could suppress them so thoroughly with mere mental power, without even showing her face: the hungry dragon, Kanna, whom Kal'tsit called Rhodes Island's trump card.
"No, there are still enemies, li— ah!" After Kanna's mental shock, before everyone could recover, a scream was heard. Enduring the inner fear and severe headache, they opened their eyes to see Bad Tom, who was responsible for the western defense, flying into the air. Seventeen, beside him, was also swept by a huge object, crashing to the ground and falling unconscious.
"East side, east side has..." Before the group could recover from the surprise attack from the west, Shaxi and Keguo on the east side collapsed before they could finish their sentence.
"Thud!" Accompanied by a dull thud, a red figure leaped out from the team.
It was ACE making his move. He had originally planned to wait for Kanna to appear before acting, but he hadn't expected Kanna's wide-area mental shock to be so seamlessly followed by the attacks of two SWEEP members. If he didn't intervene now, the team would likely collapse.
Even though he was suffering from a severe headache at the moment and was greatly troubled by Kanna's mental pressure, relying on his formidable strength, he quickly repelled Red, who had charged into their line.
Then, swinging his hammer, he leaped from left to right, and with a single sweep and bash of his shield, he caused Manticore to lose her balance, forcing her to jump out of the trench.
At this point, Cavity, Mechanist, and Hard Brick on the front line were being chased and beaten by Scavenger alone.
They wanted to fight back, but any moment of slack would be met with an even greater sense of oppression.
Finally, when teammates Yin Yin and Ziyan provided support, Scavenger noticed that Red and Manticore on both flanks had been repelled by ACE, and if she continued to charge, she would be surrounded, so she retreated.
However, after just one engagement, five members of ACE's team—Bad Tom, Seventeen, Shaxi, Keguo, and Cavity—were completely incapacitated, and the others were also seriously injured.
"Kanna and SWEEP..." Seeing the three individuals standing not far away, preparing for a second round of attacks, coupled with the always-absent Kanna, even without ACE speaking, the other team members felt their scalps tingle.
They had always thought this was just an ordinary competition, but who the hell were these monstrous opponents?
At this point, the team members no longer had any thoughts of winning. Given their current state, even if Kanna didn't act, it would be difficult not to lose against the attacks of the three SWEEP members.
"Everyone awake, defensive formation, hold your ground!" Seeing his teammates somewhat lost, ACE sighed internally. It seemed that, as Doctor said, while a squad led by an Elite Operator was strong under the captain's command, their combat power significantly decreased once the captain was gone.
Therefore, if the captain was held back by a strong enemy, the remaining team members could easily be defeated.
It was precisely for this reason that Doctor had arranged this exercise. Originally, he hadn't planned to speak, wanting his team members to personally experience facing a strong enemy. However, everyone was now in a state of confusion, and he felt that if he didn't speak, SWEEP's next charge would likely shatter his team.
Upon hearing ACE's words, everyone reacted. Muscle memory formed from years of training proved its worth at this moment. Even though they still felt some internal confusion, they still adopted the optimal defensive formation, protecting their unconscious teammates in the center to form a new protective circle.
However, ACE's command ended there. Of course, it wasn't that he didn't want to continue commanding, but before he could even speak, a purple light appeared before him.
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