Seeing what was happening right in front of him, Feng Ling didn’t dare hesitate. He immediately leaped aside, putting some distance between himself and Tisila.

After he landed, a man came up to him with a backflip.

The man had a square face and a crew cut. He was tall, with his upper body bare, a broad chest, and sturdy arms. His solid muscles were on full display, making him look immensely powerful. He wore a pair of ordinary, loose white pants on his lower half. After seeing all those muscles up top, it was easy to imagine what his legs looked like beneath the fabric.

Feng Ling turned to look at the man. “You guys took way too long to get here. If you’d been any later, you’d be attending my funeral.”

That was just the kind of person Feng Ling was. Even as an S-Rank Hero, he didn’t think it was embarrassing to get beaten. He’d just complain about it like he was doing now.

As he spoke, he turned to look at the buildings around them. Several other people, all dressed differently, were standing on the rooftops.

They were the other Heroes who’d set out with Feng Ling to provide backup.

The muscleman beside him was Hong Yao, an A-Rank Hero. The two people dressed like wandering swordsmen on the building to the left were the brothers Xuan Yue and Xuan Xing, both A-Rank Heroes.

There were three more on the other side, all B-Rank Heroes. One of them stood out: a man clad head to toe in silver-white armor who looked like Iron Man. He didn’t have a General Star physique, but a special drug had awakened his body’s potential, and with his high-tech armor, he’d risen to B-Rank with ease. Now he was pushing for A-Rank. His name was Alloy. The other two were women. The first was a heavyset, auntie-aged woman, whose appearance needs no further explanation. She called herself Auntie Cai. And the last one…

Just then, Feng Ling noticed the young woman standing off to one side. He stared at her and grinned.

“Well, well! There’s a beauty here too!”

The grin on his face made it seem as if he’d forgotten what kind of situation they were in.

When they first came over, there had only been six of them: Feng Ling, Hong Yao, Xuan Yue, Xuan Xing, Alloy, and Auntie Cai. Now there was one more—and she was a gorgeous woman, which naturally made Feng Ling curious.

Hong Yao glared at Feng Ling. “You’re an S-Rank Hero, and this is how you act? Have you no shame?”

Feng Ling grinned, looking a little lecherous, and nudged Hong Yao’s sturdy arm with his elbow.

“Come on, tell me who that beauty is. She’s a Hero too, right? I’ve never seen her before.”

Faced with Feng Ling acting like this, Hong Yao could only sigh helplessly.

“Honestly, I don’t know what to do with you.” He turned to glance at the beauty, then told Feng Ling, “That’s Lin Xinyan. She was recently promoted to B-Rank, and her points have been climbing pretty fast. She’s a rising Hero. Oh, come to think of it, do you never watch the news? Lin Xinyan was there when that Spirit Rank aberrant appeared. She’s been all over the news lately. We ran into her on the way here, so she came with us.”

Hong Yao was right. The beauty was indeed Lin Xinyan. When she heard that an aberrant had appeared, she first helped evacuate the civilians, then headed toward the source of the explosions. On the way, she ran into Hong Yao and the others.

After hearing Hong Yao’s introduction, Feng Ling smiled brightly and waved at Lin Xinyan.

“Hey, gorgeous! I’m Feng Ling! Once we’re done here, how about letting me take you out to dinner?”

Lin Xinyan glanced at Feng Ling, her expression serious. She couldn’t afford to relax like that. After all, Tisila, whom Hong Yao had just blasted to the ground, was back on her feet.

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