"Guillermo, we need to get out of here now!" Channing shouted, panic lacing his voice.He truly regretted coming. If he'd known it would be like this… why risk himself? Why suffer like this?He had once been brave—bold enough to become the leader of a faction—but after Ray had utterly demolished his materials market, he had turned into a frightened bird, his courage shriveled to almost nothing. Every rustle of wind now set his mind racing toward escape.But Guillermo showed a different side."No! We can't leave. Now is the perfect time to make a killing!" His expression was hard, ruthless. "Opportunities like this—so many superpowered beings gathered in Senna City at once—don't come often. If we strike now, we'll eat until we burst!"Fortune favors the bold. He wasn't one to gamble without certainty, but now… he was overflowing with confidence. There were big fish to catch, and he was ready to reel them in.Channing broke into a cold sweat.Was he the only sane one here?If Mar

Why was everyone staring at Ray? Because he was the only one standing alone on what used to be the restaurant floor.Floating above the emptiness, proud and solitary, he looked like a god. He had used Exile on himself. Otherwise, he'd still have been dodging the rain of steel rods earlier.Uh… maybe he'd gone a little too far with the theatrics. Slight miscalculation.Ray scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.But to everyone else, he looked incredibly cool. Standing alone in midair without wings was an overwhelming sight—a massive deterrent to anyone who saw him.Who else could do that? No one.Naturally, no one was fighting anymore. First, hardly anyone was left alive. Second, with Ray revealed, they all had a common enemy.Meanwhile, Ray, still a little embarrassed, casually tossed chunks of ordinary stone from his otherworldly storage space, stacking them into a small pile under his feet. Then he withdrew Exile and descended gracefully.Technically, he could have ju

Ray almost gave Mary a thumbs-up. She was the first person ever to enter a spatial portal and survive. "Huff… huff…" Mary panted heavily, her face flushed with lingering fear.She had come so close to dying! And she wasn't the only one shaken—everyone else's scalp tingled in shock.A living human had vanished torso-first into thin air, only to pull herself back out. Who wouldn't be horrified watching that?"His ability! His ability!" Mary forced herself to calm down. "He can open… something like a portal, connecting to a huge, bizarre space. All those 300 million in resources are inside! And it's worse than that. Anyone else who goes through that portal… dies!"She hadn't died only because of her special ability, which could absorb all harm, even the deathly threat inside that space. Still, she had almost perished. One second longer, and she'd have been gone.Her words left everyone stunned.How could you dodge an invisible attack? Sure, they had crisis alerts, but if even on

Facing the barrage of supersonic steel rods, no one had the luxury to attack Ray. Each person had to rely on their own abilities—either dodging or tanking the hits head-on.Guillermo, for example, was impressive. He swung his claws directly at the incoming rods. In his beastified form, his strength, speed, and agility were unbelievably enhanced. Two of the steel rods were literally deflected away by his sheer force!It was no wonder he had risen to lead a faction—Guillermo truly had talent beyond relying on his pre-apocalypse status. Even so, his claws were badly worn, and blood dripped from the tips.The others weren't as lucky. Genevieve and the other three women could only endure the blows. Even with Genevieve's metallic body, she was struck hard enough that fragments of metal fell from her frame, her signature "millstone" shrinking slightly. The other three fared even worse, losing limbs or sustaining crippling injuries.Guillermo's two subordinates weren't spared either. They

Mary and Guillermo certainly didn't share any real bond. But right now, they were grasshoppers on the same string.If Guillermo died, could she, alone, even hope to kill Ray?Mary's brain went into overdrive.She thought… and thought… and thought. Nothing.Suddenly, a spark of inspiration hit. She grabbed a stone from the ground and hurled it at Ray.Despite not being a physical-combat type, her strength was astonishing—enhanced by countless absorbed abilities, her body had been passively reinforced again and again, making her physical power rival that of a fully-trained combat-type fighter.She wasn't trying to injure Ray with these throws. No—she needed to test a path, to find a route that would let her close the distance.Once she got close enough… she would swallow him whole. It didn't matter what abilities he had; anything that entered her stomach was destined to be digested alive.Bricks and stones flew, but each one vanished mysteriously midair.Mary froze, eyes wide.