90: Complete Defeat
"Hold back a bit later. You need to pretend that you two had a very hard time defeating these people." One-Eyed Dragon instructed through the voice channel. "Completely crushing three A-levels is no problem, but completely crushing S-levels is hard for us to explain."
There were quite a few villains who could match S-level heroes, but those who could completely crush S-level heroes were countable on one hand.
If two such big shots suddenly appeared, what would that lead to?
"Okay." Bai Ling moved her wrists. Pretending to have some difficulty dealing with them was quite a challenge for her.
"Although I'd like to advise you all to surrender, judging by this person's actions, you don't plan to give up?" The tall man standing at the front of the four heroes crossed his arms with an expression of having everything under control. In his view, with four S-level heroes on his side, there was no way they could fail.
"Slash!" Bai Ling didn't answer but used her hand as a sword, mobilizing stellar sword qi in a downward strike.
Bai Ling didn't talk nonsense when fighting—this was her habit.
Of course, she hadn't forgotten One-Eyed Dragon's warning, so she only used a very small amount of stellar sword qi.
But even this small amount made the four S-level heroes extremely vigilant.
Looking at the starry sky pressing down on them, the tall man immediately abandoned any trace of contempt. This black-clad person was definitely a formidable enemy.
Take it head-on? Only idiots would take it head-on when they could dodge.
The four heroes split into two groups and dodged the sword qi. Seeing this, Bai Ling didn't hesitate and directly engaged the group with the tall man, beginning to fight them.
Through that probe, Bai Ling had roughly figured out these four people's strength. How to put it—they were strong, but not particularly strong.
At least Bai Ling felt that if she got serious, these four people together couldn't last even one move.
Two heroes on Bai Ling's side were held back, but because Bai Ling deliberately controlled her strength, those two heroes didn't feel much pressure.
The other two heroes looked at the fighting Bai Ling and the other two, then at Leticia and Qila who were still pulling and tugging, and decided to first help where the fighting was happening.
But as soon as they turned around, a blazing red fire wall appeared in front of them, blocking their path.
Leticia looked helplessly at Qila, who was firmly gripping her right hand. Good thing she was a mage, otherwise her strength would be reduced by more than just a little.
"Magic? Demons?" S-level heroes could naturally judge that this fire wall wasn't created by superpowers, but was pure magic.
Only demons could cast magic.
That white-clad person was a demon?
"You two, please don't ignore me." Leticia raised her left hand and gently clenched it toward those two.
A giant flaming hand appeared out of nowhere, reaching toward the two heroes.
The two heroes felt a great threat. They hurriedly released their superpowers and worked together to shatter that hand.
"When did sister's magic become so fragile?" Qila was somewhat confused.
Leticia was the world's strongest mage. Her magic couldn't possibly be shattered so easily by these two people.
There was only one possibility—sister was holding back, and holding back a lot.
Thinking this, Qila cast her gaze toward the other battlefield.
Bai Ling had already suppressed those two heroes. It probably wouldn't be long before she could defeat them.
Since sister was holding back here, then Sister Bai Ling over there must be doing the same.
Bai Ling was someone who could make Qila feel a deadly threat. Her true strength definitely couldn't be just that little.
"Hero Association reinforcements are arriving. You need to disengage quickly." One-Eyed Dragon's voice entered Bai Ling's ears again.
Disengage quickly? Bai Ling immediately increased her output.
Instantly, the two heroes who had been barely holding on couldn't withstand it anymore. After each receiving a sword qi strike from Bai Ling, they fell to the ground in complete disarray.
"So strong. When did Central City get such a powerhouse?" The tall man with several broken bones lay on the ground, asking incoherently.
Who was he asking?
Probably asking his fellow sufferer lying beside him.
"How would I know? This person is way too strong—we're not even in the same league." The tall man's partner was also lying on the ground. He hadn't broken any bones but had his mobility temporarily sealed by Bai Ling's sword qi.
To defeat them so quickly, this black-clad person's strength was at least at the level of the top-ranked S-level heroes.
"Ah!"
"What is this thing?!"
Just as the two were puzzled, screams came from the other side.
They quickly looked over to see the other two being grasped by a giant snowman and slammed hard into the ground.
After two muffled thuds, the two S-level heroes blocked by Leticia also lost their fighting ability.
In just a few minutes, the four S-level heroes who had arrived first were already lying on the ground.
"Go go go, don't get surrounded." Leticia pulled Qila and ran toward their predetermined escape route.
Bai Ling looked at the four heroes lying on the ground with complex eyes, quietly said "sorry," then followed Leticia's steps.
Several minutes after the three left, reinforcements from the Hero Association finally arrived belatedly.
It was the familiar A-level squad. They hurried to the scene, and after seeing the four scattered hero seniors lying on the ground, their jaws dropped.
This scene was too shocking. The usually high-and-mighty S-level heroes were now lying on the ground like dogs with broken spines.
It was truly unbelievable.
"Senior, what happened here?" Blonde Youth quickly stepped forward to ask the still-conscious tall man.
The man blinked. He knew his current appearance was somewhat embarrassing, but there didn't seem to be any way to salvage it.
"We were defeated by those two mysterious people. One is human, one is demon. Their strength should be similar to the top-ranked seniors in the Association." After thinking it over, he could only reveal everything.
"We thought we'd catch them off guard, but didn't expect their strength to be so formidable."
"We'll pursue them immediately!" Blonde Youth said reflexively.
"Are you crazy?!" Xia Hongying quickly pulled back Blonde Youth. "If we pursue them, won't we just give ourselves away like last time?"
They were only A-level, while those two were on par with S-level elites. Pursuing them would definitely be suicide.
"Let's report to the Association first and let them decide." Lu Siyu also agreed with Xia Hongying's view. This matter really wasn't something three rookies like them could handle.