#428 - Heroes for Hire vs Iliana (2)

“The first one.”

Illyana shouldered the greatsword, casually standing in front of the fallen Luke, and beckoned with her free left hand to the remaining two.

“Who's next?”

“Luke!” Jessica's eyes were bloodshot, seeing her boyfriend fall in front of her, his life unknown. The anger in her heart blazed up. Ignoring Iron Fist's advice, she flew towards Illyana at top speed.

At this moment, Jessica was like a cannonball, pushing herself with all her might towards the seemingly unprepared Illyana. She wanted to avenge her boyfriend.

But Jessica only flew halfway when openings, like those around Iron Fist earlier, appeared around her. Countless tentacles drilled out from them, besieging Jessica in the center.

Alarm bells rang in Jessica's mind. In a panic, she tried to find gaps in the tentacles, but Illyana showed no mercy. Openings appeared above, below, left, and right of her. The tentacles wrapped her up like a inescapable net.

With no room to dodge, Jessica couldn't even hold out for a second before her limbs were firmly locked by the tentacles. Her pride and joy, her strength, was useless against these twisted and winding limbs.

“Let… me go!” Jessica's face turned red as she could only gently shake her limbs. Her desperate resistance seemed to enrage the tentacles binding her. They exerted force together and slammed Jessica hard on the ground.

“Boom!”

The ground was smashed into a small pit. Jessica was firmly pinned to the ground, even looking up was a luxury.

Iron Fist certainly wouldn't stand idly by. He had just finished clearing the disgusting tentacles that had entangled him. Seeing that his two teammates had already given away their lives, he immediately took action to rescue them.

But unfortunately, the roles had been reversed.

“Clang!”

After a muffled sound, Iron Fist, who had been forced back, looked solemnly at Illyana, who had just retracted her greatsword. Unlike the former, who was facing a formidable enemy, the latter had a playful look on her face.

“I thought I had hit a piece of metal.” Illyana looked thoughtfully at Daniel's fists, the golden light looking extremely dazzling.

“Your power should come from something ancient.” Illyana held the sword with both hands. “I can feel it's strong, but it seems you haven't mastered it yet.”

“I am indeed just a beginner.” Iron Fist stretched out his arms and adopted a fighting stance. “But it's more than enough to deal with you.”

“Then show me!” As soon as Illyana finished speaking, she appeared in front of Iron Fist. The greatsword in her hand fell from above, about to separate the enemy's head from his body.

Iron Fist remained calm. He retracted his right fist and struck the sword's body fiercely. This blow changed the trajectory of the greatsword, causing it to strike the ground. The fist master performed two tasks at once. His right fist was fierce and unmatched, but his left hand was as soft as a boneless, just like a sinister poisonous snake opening its fangs and biting towards Illyana.

“Tear!”

A distorted scream rang out. Iron Fist quickly withdrew and retreated. His left hand was hooked with a piece of flesh, but its owner was not Illyana, but a twisted tentacle.

Illyana wiped her face, but there was still a lot of blood on her beautiful face. Looking at the tentacle that had been cut in two at her feet, Illyana praised.

“Nice defense and counterattack. If it weren't for the tentacles, the one bleeding profusely now might be me.” Illyana licked her lips subconsciously, but frowned because of the foul-smelling blood. “Your two teammates can't compare to you in terms of combat skills at all.”

“Everyone has their own strengths.” Iron Fist threw away the still wriggling flesh in his hand and took up his stance again. “I just know a little bit of boxing.”

“Useless humility.” Illyana curled her lips. “I hope you can still say nice things later.”

Iron Fist stopped talking, striding towards Illyana. The golden light blossoming from his fists was about to slay demons and eliminate evil, but at this moment, an unexpected change occurred. Iron Fist felt his feet empty in the process of running, and then his whole body began to fall uncontrollably.

“What?”

Before he could understand what had happened, he appeared in front of Illyana, who had already raised her greatsword high. At this time, he had not yet escaped from the falling state. In a panic, he could only gather energy in his hands, hoping to block Illyana's slash.

But just as he crossed his hands in front of his chest, he heard the sound of the wind breaking behind him. Iron Fist secretly said that it was not good, he had been tricked.

As he expected, the Illyana in front of him began to twist and finally turned into a wisp of fine sand and slipped away. Iron Fist's afterglow also saw the blade emitting a faint blue light appearing on his right shoulder at this time.

The blade slashed across Iron Fist's body. The unconscious fist master crashed to the ground. Illyana didn't even look at the other party, dispersed the greatsword in her hand, and then walked towards the abandoned factory.

“You have the guts… to kill… me too!”

Intermittent roars came. A trace of doubt appeared on Illyana's face. When she looked in the direction of the sound, she saw Jessica in a disheveled state, trying to raise her head and glare at her.

“Oh!” Illyana clapped her hands and exclaimed. “I forgot about you. After all, you were too easy to deal with.”

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“Bastard!” Jessica roared.

“Save your strength.” Illyana waved her hand. “You can't even break free from this low-level demon, and you still want to fight me. You're really asking for trouble. Besides, I didn't kill your teammates.”

“What did you say?” Jessica was stunned. She saw Illyana slashing Luke and Daniel with the greatsword, and then they both fell.

“My sword doesn't do much damage to ordinary people. Although being slashed will definitely be uncomfortable, it definitely won't kill you.” Illyana spread her hands.

“I spared your lives because you are all mutants. Don't let my kindness go to waste. When your friends wake up, go home quickly.”

After speaking, Illyana ignored Jessica, who was confused and inexplicably labeled as a mutant, stretched her waist, and continued to walk towards the abandoned factory. She only ate a piece of bread just now, which was not enough to fill her stomach.

“Da, da, da…”

Illyana, who had walked halfway, stopped, turned around helplessly, and looked at the sky and said: “Here again? Is there no end?”

Following Illyana's line of sight, you can see a man wearing a black jumpsuit. He has a huge golden belt around his waist, with a nuclear radiation symbol engraved on the front of the belt. There is also a golden cloak fluttering in the wind behind him.

With the man as the center, there are also several people wearing strange clothes floating around him, but Illyana knows that this is not all of them.

Sure enough, there are still a few people riding in a specially shaped car, driving towards this abandoned factory.