Superhumans of the Dome City

Giant dragons.

This term did not refer to the fictitious creatures of fantasy tales, but to real behemoths of disaster. They were officially named the "Giant Dragon Phenomenon." The people of the Kingdom and the United States called them Evil Dragons, while those from Zero Island were accustomed to calling them the Calamity God. In the Yong Guang Empire, the dragons had an ancient and fitting moniker—Dragon Disaster.

Giant dragons were exceptionally powerful, impervious to common weapons. They always appeared without warning, wreaking havoc in the human world in an unpredictable manner, and after obliterating everything, they vanished just as suddenly as they had come. The appearance and power of these creatures had almost nothing in common. Some were merely the size of a building, while others were as vast as a mountain range; some resembled long serpents, capable of swallowing clouds and spewing fog, others had wings on their backs, able to summon wind and rain.

Wherever the giant dragons went, unimaginable disasters occurred, such as the reversal of gravity, the rise of Fire Wind, the toppling of seas, and even the distortion of space and time. This accompanying phenomenon, together with the dragon itself, constituted what ordinary people referred to as a "Dragon Disaster."

Since the establishment of the first human civilization two thousand years ago, the Dragon Disaster had always been humanity's greatest enemy. In the past ten years, there had been three occurrences of the Dragon Disaster. Ten years ago, the Sky Disaster reduced Ruoshui City in the Yong Guang Empire to ruins...

Three years earlier, the Dark Disaster and Colored Glaze Disaster completely destroyed the capital of Supibia in the Morton Kingdom.

The recollection of the Dragon Disaster stopped there, and Gongsun Ce's brain began to work. His wrists were shackled, and the chief perpetrator stood before him.

"I nearly broke out in a cold sweat when I saw the scene. Thank goodness there were no accidental casualties. That's great!" The blue-haired woman was cheerfully speaking to him about something, but it was irrelevant. He was certain this woman had previously uttered a term he could not ignore...

"Sorry, miss, what did you say?"

Frowning, Gongsun Ce inquired, "Dragon worshipers? People who worship the Dragon Disaster?"

The blue-haired woman looked at Gongsun Ce with slight surprise and flicked her handcuffs, "...I didn't expect you to ask about this first."

Gongsun Ce shook his head, attempting to return to his usual state as much as possible. But he knew he couldn't calm down immediately; his mind was anxious due to nightmares and associations, and that restlessness could only be suppressed, not dissipated on the spot.

Gongsun Ce sized up the new arrival. By his standards of beauty, there was no doubt that this foreign woman with a sylphlike figure was beautiful. She had brown eyes and long deep blue hair, dressed in black hunting attire, and wore fingerless leather gloves. Her slender fingers twirled a black short arrow, and her appearance was very much like that of a huntress from the forest.

"You are right, sorry for that, miss," the superpower user nodded, "I am Gongsun Ce, a superpower user. And you are?"

The blue-haired woman observed his expression carefully, speaking with undisguised astonishment.

"Wow... I originally wanted to compliment your amazing fighting ability, but you're incredibly composed for a student."

The blue-haired woman laughed as she shook her handcuffs, "I am Alice Adar, a member of the Wild Hunt under the Seventh Knight of the Morton Royal Knights, a Mage of the Impermanence Skill hunting dragon worshipers. I know you have many questions, but there's an emergency right now, could you please cooperate?"

A subordinate of the Seventh Knight? I hadn't seen her three years ago... She claims to be a member of the Wild Hunt, likewise an organization I've never heard of... Hunters were Impermanence Law Enforcers who operated in the grey areas, and in theory, shouldn't be associated with the Knight Order... either she's lying, or the situation of the kingdom had changed significantly in the last three years.

Gongsun Ce thought rapidly and spoke with an odd tone, "Miss Alice. Are you sure you're not deceiving me with a false name?"

"Ahahaha, who would give their real name to a stranger on a mission?" Miss Alice laughed heartily.

I quite honestly told you my real name though. During introductions, shouldn't there at least be basic respect for each other?

This unequal exchange vexed Gongsun Ce, but he told himself now was not the time to show temper. Holding back his anger, first to extract information, it was essential to understand the so-called "dragon worshipers" before deciding the next course of action.

Gongsun Ce continued attempting to negotiate, "Now that we know each other, I hope you can explain the basics to me—"

A short arrow gently touched Gongsun Ce's neck, the smile remained on Alice's face, but her eyes turned icy.

"Stop talking, and don't make any sudden moves. Young man, you are in danger."

Getting more audacious, huh?

From handcuffs to threatening with force, do I really look like some easy-to-bully college student?

Gongsun Ce twisted his neck, thinking that the overall situation was paramount. He suppressed the anger that was about to burst forth, making one last effort, "I assure you I will cooperate, but please first tell me about the dragon worshipers—"

Alice stood her ground, "Follow my instructions."

A fuse leading straight to a powder keg ignited in his heart, causing Gongsun Ce to abandon his effort to suppress the rage within. He lifted his right hand, together with the handcuffs.

"Well then, Miss Alice. You have five seconds to retract your challenge to a duel."

Click!

Telekinetic force, fueled by anger, bore down, and the handcuffs' casing twisted instantly, emitting a brittle crack of being overstrained!

"Hey hey, that was a special order of high-quality goods?!"

Miss Alice let out a shriek, incongruent with her mature appearance. She had specially restocked it from the Wild Hunt's headquarters before departure, a customized product that claimed to withstand three seconds even in the hands of a Desolate FormMage. But now, that costly equipment was being ravaged by an unseen force before her very eyes, not even lasting half a second. One side of the metal ring was flattened by extreme pressure, while the other developed innumerable minute holes. Then, the silver ring broke into two from the center, before shattering into several unequal fragments!