Chapter 561 - 448: A Reprimand and Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkey
Chapter 561: Chapter 448: A Reprimand and Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkey
Flora Bloom had known Ethan Monroe long enough to know exactly what every one of his expressions meant.
His current look—conflicted, grinding his teeth in helpless frustration—told her that this punk who’d just ambushed her must have given them plenty of trouble in the past.
Flora Bloom looked at the old man before her, the one they called Uncle Graham. His hair and beard were completely white, and his eyes were sizing her up.
"So, you’re Flora Bloom? The woman who is to bear a daughter for our Cross family?" The old man stood with his hands clasped behind his back. His tone held none of the courtesy one would show a junior, nor the basic pleasantries exchanged between strangers.
Flora Bloom didn’t answer. Instead, she asked, "This... Uncle Graham, how do you plan on dealing with this person who just ambushed me?"
"How audacious! How dare you be so disrespectful to Uncle Graham! You’re dead!"
Flora Bloom grinned at Graham Cross as a ring of solidified water, shimmering like metal, tightened around the ambusher’s neck. "You’re so eager to die? Fine, I’ll oblige you!"
The water ring grew tighter and tighter, impossible for him to break no matter how much he struggled. He tried to gather the energy of his Ice Element to attack Flora Bloom, only to find that whatever power he mustered flowed straight toward her, where it was absorbed.
"Stop! He may have overstepped, but this isn’t a death sentence!"
"Pah! You damn old fool, if he’d succeeded, Flora Bloom would be dead right now! Not a death sentence? Have you gone senile?!"
Ethan Monroe’s words made Graham Cross’s expression darken. "Stop!" A bolt from his Thunder Ability descended upon Flora Bloom’s head, about to strike. Flora Bloom didn’t dodge or evade, all because of Faye’s words.
’Tch, just a Planet Level Thunder Element. What a joke.’
’It seems Faye’s battle suit isn’t afraid of the Thunder Element either.’
’With my battle suit, any attack below the Cosmic Level can’t harm you!’
’It’s that good?’
’Naturally.’
’How many of Lex Cross’s full-power attacks could it withstand?’
It was just a casual question in Flora Bloom’s mind, but it earned her a glare from Faye.
’Don’t even think about wasting my battle suit. Against my junior brother’s attacks, ten of these suits would be useless.’
"..." Flora Bloom was left speechless.
’However, if all your elements reach the Cosmic Level, you might be able to take one hit, with the help of my suit.’
Graham Cross had assumed that since he’d only used ten percent of his Thunder Ability’s power, this woman would easily dodge it. But to his surprise, she didn’t move an inch. She simply narrowed her eyes and watched him coolly.
"Oh no!"
"Watch out!"
The very instant Graham Cross’s lightning struck her, Flora Bloom’s water ring snapped shut, killing its captive.
The Ice Ability User who had ambushed her collapsed in an instant. At the same time, Graham Cross’s Thunder Ability struck Flora Bloom.
Before the astonished eyes of Graham Cross and Ethan Monroe, Flora Bloom stood completely unscathed, a look of utter indifference on her face. "Is that it? You really are senile. Well, the guy’s dead, so I’ll be leaving. Tell every last member of the Cross family who came to Earth that they’d better watch their step in Morhaven Base. Otherwise, they can all get the hell back to where they came from!"
Standing behind Flora Bloom, Ethan Monroe wanted to burst into applause. Still, he had to keep up appearances. After all, Flora Bloom could afford to be fearless because she was powerful. If this old geezer decided to make trouble for him, he’d be the one suffering the consequences.
Flora Bloom glanced at Ethan Monroe’s face, a mixture of smug satisfaction and cautious awareness, before walking straight out of Graham Cross’s villa. Graham Cross lived in Villa District Two, which was separated from Villa District Three by only a single road.
"You... you...!" Graham Cross watched the two of them leave, his anger surging and receding in waves until he felt dizzy.
’Is this a native? A native of this backwater planet, Earth? Unless I’m mistaken, that woman just took a direct hit from my Planet Level Thunder Ability and didn’t feel a thing?’
’I was afraid of seriously injuring the seemingly delicate girl, so I only used ten percent of my power. But it was still a Planet Level superpower! Unless one was a Cosmic Level expert, anyone below that tier should have at least sustained some injury.’
Utterly shocked, Graham Cross paced anxiously back and forth in his villa. Suddenly, his face went deathly pale.
’Damn it. I thought I could put this woman, who I deemed unworthy of our Young Master, in her place during our first meeting. But who would have thought? Not only did I fail to intimidate her, but she turned the tables and made an example out of us.’
’She killed a member of the Cross family right in front of my eyes.’
He looked down at the lifeless Ice Ability User at his feet, his heart aching with grief.
There were many types of superpowers, but the five most common were Water, Earth, Metal, Fire, and Plant.
Among these five common types, the Fire Element was considered supreme, boasting the strongest attack power. The Water Element was the weakest in terms of offense, but excelled at support.