Opening Ceremony

"Boom... Boom... Boom..."

The massive sound caused tremors in the surroundings, making Jeanna furrow her brow. The noise sounded like the muffled footsteps of a giant walking on the ground.

Jeanna immediately called for a halt, signaling the others to leave first while she would proceed alone.

She summoned her battle vehicle and rushed to the center of the battlefield at a speed no less than before. As the distance closed, Jeanna's expression turned to shock, her pupils constricting when she saw the battle unfolding.

A hundred-meter-tall "human" giant casually waved its hand, stirring up a gale, and with a single step, made the earth quake...

Though Jeanna might be able to withstand the giant's attacks, the fear of tiny creatures towards colossal beings was ingrained in her genes.

What kind of superpower was this?

She could immediately discern the components of the giant "human" - it was an amalgamation of countless chunks of concrete, trees, rocks, and metals.

The giant casually lifted off a rooftop, as if acquiring a handy tool, and swung it through the air...

Under the powerful swings, the fragile weapon kept shattering, with rock fragments constantly falling. Large pieces of stone plummeting from high above kicked up clouds of dust as they hit the ground.

If ordinary people witnessed this, they would likely tremble in fear, their faces ashen, terrified of being carelessly crushed like ants, dying without value.

But as a protector who had seen her fair share of turbulent situations, Jeanna relied on her formidable physical prowess to locate the giant's target.

A masked figure floating in the air.

As the rooftop swung by the giant neared the figure's vicinity, a strange distortion appeared, and all matter began to converge and compress towards the center...

The moment she clearly saw the attack's target, Jeanna's expression turned peculiar. Though inappropriate, she couldn't help but think it resembled a human swatting at a mosquito with a flyswatter.

Shaking off the odd notion, Jeanna moved towards the center, not forgetting to search for survivors.

The battle vehicle allowed her to advance without worry, not needing to carefully avoid falling debris. The soldiers generated by her ability quickly helped her find many survivors.

She arrived at a triangular area formed by collapsed buildings and was taken aback.

The humans sheltering there were unharmed, huddled together in fear, avoiding the center of the triangular space. There stood a stone "person," shouldering the tilted floor slab, creating a safe zone for them.

The stone person didn't mind her approach, but when Jeanna neared the humans, they recoiled, wanting her to leave.

Jeanna stopped a few meters away, planning to first lower their guard and then catch them off guard to knock them unconscious and take them away. She didn't have much time to waste on rescue efforts.

If it weren't for her mission to protect the people of Duoheluo Country, she would have preferred to fight on the front lines.

The moment she stepped forward, her keen senses made her abruptly halt.

A chill ran down her spine, her skin breaking out in goosebumps all over. She could barely suppress a scream in her throat.

As she approached, countless eyes opened, and an air wall materialized between her and the survivors...

As if some kind of judgment had been made, the air wall composed of unknown creatures dispersed, clearing a path.

But Jeanna didn't advance a single step, her legs feeling as if they were filled with lead.

She had always hidden her fear of clusters well, but that was under the premise of mental preparation. This sudden shock short-circuited her for a few seconds.

Ordering the soldiers to bring the survivors, Jeanna hastily left the place, as if pursued by a terrible monster.

The rumbling continued incessantly. The survivors huddled in the battle vehicle covered their ears, their bodies trembling with each overwhelming sound.

Another giant rose from the ground, sweeping up all the surrounding earth and stone, joining the original giant in surrounding the masked figure.

The masked person seemed to grow impatient, expanding an invisible domain...

In an instant, the two giants were compressed by an unseen, violent force. They struggled to extend themselves but were pushed back relentlessly - hands, feet, head...

When distortion appeared in a certain part, the giants were like crushed cans, their bodies misaligned and twisted, before inevitably collapsing into dense spheres.

Centered on the giants, space visibly distorted...

The aftermath of the two sides' battle swept across the surrounding battlefield. Buildings were no longer just collapsing in large sections, but disappearing in vast swathes.

Jeanna's eyes flickered. This brief clash left a deep impression on her. She was certain that these two were holding back, not using their full strength.

Their battle seemed to return to a clash of superpowers, but it actually involved a collision of domains.

The masked person's domain expansion didn't affect their surroundings, and although the giants were influenced by the spatial domain, they weren't immediately enveloped, instead resisting for a period. This period was the struggle between domains.

That's why the giants collapsed immediately after showing distortion, rather than gradually disintegrating.

Partial domain manifestation, domain extension - was this the power of SSS-level Superhumans?

Jeanna snapped out of her contemplation, only to realize her breathing had become rapid and her hands were shaking uncontrollably.

At first, she thought it was her body warning her, but when her trembling hands overlapped, Jeanna realized with a start that this was her yearning for such immense power.

Unlike Qi Yuan's unfathomable strength, the power before her was visibly mighty, shockingly exhilarating.

The ultimate, overwhelming force - her body's instincts had grasped her inner desire faster than her conscious mind.

If Qi Yuan was a bottomless pool, then the power before her was a raging, stormy tsunami.

"Thump... Thump... Thump..."

She heard intense heartbeats and instinctively touched her chest.

Hmm...

The heartbeat didn't match her own heart's rhythm. This wasn't due to her excitement.

Jeanna listened carefully, seeking the source of the sound...

Her skin, ears, and eyes continuously transmitted terrifying messages. The information flooding in from all directions made her doubt her own judgment.

It was as if she was on the back of some enormous beast, or perhaps being squeezed by the soft belly of an invisible monster...

No, this wasn't an illusion!

An unseen giant beast roared in the air, the ground trembling as if responding to its cry.

Jeanna couldn't help but recall the scene that had chilled her to the bone - that wall of air.

The giants were composed of buildings, earth, and stone, so what about the ground and air...

This train of thought led Jeanna to wonder: was this power something humans could possess?

But her conjecture didn't come to fruition. The invisible beast twisted its body, and Jeanna estimated through the deforming buildings that the air monster was only a few hundred meters long.

Jeanna silently breathed a sigh of relief. If SSS-level Superhumans were truly that powerful, she couldn't imagine how she could ever reach that level.

Overwhelmed by the giant beast, Jeanna failed to notice several streams of supernatural power silently influencing her senses.