On the outskirts of Chicago, in a hidden corner.
Lucas and his group were preparing to make their move, but they were completely shocked by the scene before them.
They stood frozen on the spot, staring at the distant City center that was turning into ruins, feeling the pervasive, violent aura, their minds blank.
That City occupied by giant beasts.
Those Invaders they had regarded as invincible.
That Hundred-meter Giant Serpent, those dozens of mutated giant beasts, those five terrifying existences comparable to top-tier Hunters...
At this moment, before that silver-white figure, they were like clay chickens and pottery dogs.
Collapsing at the first touch.
Utterly powerless.
So...
A Hunter had already become powerful to such an extent.
So...
The strength they had always believed in was nothing more than the delusions of a frog at the bottom of a well.
Lucas turned around, looking towards the burning City center, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
In that smile, there was relief, self-deprecation, and a deep sense of awe.
The person they were desperately trying to save—
Didn't need their saving at all.
Those Invaders they were desperately trying to contend with—
Before that person, didn't even have the qualification to fight back.
Leon pushed up his glasses, the scarlet light from the distance reflected on the lenses, as he remained speechless for a long time.
Shiki stared at the ruins, the light in his eyes that had been dim for so long suddenly reignited.
So, in this world, someone really could be powerful to such an extent.
So, he hadn't given up yet.
So—
There was still hope.
In the distance, above the ruins of the City center, the silver-white giant beast slowly descended, landing on the top of a broken building.
Its gaze swept over the trembling giant beasts below, over the Hundred-meter Giant Serpent slumped on the ground, and over those pale-faced Invaders.
Finally, it landed on the youth struggling to stand up on the roof of the low building.
Within its four scarlet vertical pupils, a flash of cold mockery appeared.
"Is that it?"
A youthful voice, just three words.
Yet it was like a brand of shame, ruthlessly pressed into the heart of every Invader.
The voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of everyone present, carrying a high-and-mighty indifference, a contempt like looking down at ants.
The youth who had just been so high-and-mighty was now slumped in the ruins, blood gushing from his severed wings.
He looked up, his face filled with ferocity and humiliation.
"Roar—!!!"
He let out a sky-shaking roar!
His originally human body suddenly expanded, like a constantly enlarging tumor!
The tumor writhed and shaped itself frantically, tearing through skin and bursting through muscle, rapidly expanding amidst screams of pain!
Thirty meters.
Fifty meters.
Seventy meters!
A Purple Giant Dragon over seventy meters long appeared within Lilith's sight!
His body was covered in thick purple scales, each one shimmering with a metallic cold light.
On the ferocious dragon head, spiral dragon horns curved backward, and angry flames burned within his dark-gold vertical pupils.
Dragon Might, like a physical shockwave, expanded frantically in all directions!
But when that Dragon Might touched Lilith's surroundings, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean, vanishing without a trace.
Lilith didn't even lift an eyelid.
Dragon Might?
Bloodline Suppression?
To an absolute overlord like her, standing at the top of the food chain, these were nothing more than a joke.
She didn't need to use pressure to prove anything.
She only needed to ensure her strength always remained at the very peak.
Complex magic circle patterns suddenly lit up around the Purple Giant Dragon!
The patterns rotated and expanded, emitting a blinding light—he was making his final deathbed struggle!
Then—
Snap!
A crisp sound!
Lilith's Bone Tail, like a silver-white whip, instantly cracked the air!
The Speed was so fast that the naked eye couldn't capture it at all!
The Purple Giant Dragon didn't even have time to react before that sharp tail blade sliced through space and lashed out violently at him!
Pfft—!
Flesh was torn!
Scales shattered!
Bones snapped!
That thick tail blade left a massive wound deep enough to see bone directly on his body! Blood gushed out like a fountain!
The Purple Giant Dragon's seventy-meter body, like an uncontrolled cannonball, was sent flying backward!
Boom—!!!
He crashed through a half-collapsed skyscraper behind him, and countless concrete fragments and twisted steel bars rained down like raindrops!
He skidded for hundreds of meters on the ground, destroying all the low buildings, streetlights, and vehicles along the way, plowing a deep trench in the ground before finally stopping!
A single strike.
It directly paralyzed him.
Lilith retracted her Bone Tail, not a single trace of blood clinging to the tail blade.
Her four scarlet vertical pupils indifferently swept over the pile of mud-like Purple Giant Dragon in the distance, her eyes devoid of any emotion.
"Too weak."
She said softly.
The remaining few people finally regained their senses.
Lei Ying's face was as pale as paper.
The Twins, those two men, were trembling all over, their legs turning to jelly.
The old man's eyes were filled with despair.
They finally understood.
Their boss, who had transformed into his true form—their boss, a noble dragon—actually couldn't block a casual strike from the opponent!
That tail whip hadn't even used any skills; it was just a normal physical attack!
The strength of this Hunter was simply not something they could contend with!
Run!
They had to run!
They no longer cared about dignity or the mission, turning and fleeing frantically in different directions!
Then—
Dozens of scarlet lights suddenly erupted from around Lilith!
It was blood.
It was the blood flowing out of the Purple Giant Dragon's body.
That blood rapidly condensed in the air, transforming into dozens of sharp, scarlet Blood Blades!
Swoosh—!
Swoosh—!
Swoosh—!
The Blood Blades tore through the air, shooting towards those fleeing figures at Speeds exceeding the Speed of sound!
Lei Ying had only run a hundred meters when a Blood Blade pierced through her heart from behind!
The Twins tried to join forces for defense back-to-back, but three Blood Blades simultaneously pierced through their skulls!
The old man had just begun to unfold the prototype of a teleportation array when he was sliced into several segments by five Blood Blades!
Pfft pfft pfft—!
Blood flowers bloomed!
The screams came to an abrupt halt!
The Blood Blades slashed into the ruins, and the four corpses also fell into the ruins.
At this point, of the five Invaders, only that dying Purple Giant Dragon remained.
Lilith flapped her massive dragon wings and took to the sky.
In the next moment, she descended again, arriving on the ruins where the Purple Giant Dragon was buried.
The 160-meter wingspan slowly folded, and her nearly hundred-meter massive body landed on the top of the ruins, rubble clattering down.
With that tail whip just now, Lilith hadn't used her full strength.
Otherwise, the Purple Giant Dragon wouldn't have been sent flying, but would have been directly blown apart.
She wanted to leave one alive.
Because there were some things she wanted to ask clearly.