Superhumans of the Dome City
Chapter 146 - 146 47 In a Hurry

146: Chapter 47: In a Hurry 146: Chapter 47: In a Hurry “Dust Explosion!

The last lone ranger, and the pride of our city…

the newest member of the Catastrophe Club.”

Relax, Milais.

There’s no such organization in real life, the top superpower users don’t gather underground for a monthly drink fest—it’s just a little metaphor to help you chill out.

(A bout of good-hearted laughter.)

Back to the main topic.

Dust Explosion is a new superpower user who made her name two years ago.

A laboratory at Vireta Polytechnic University took interest in her abilities, and the white coats prepared a contract to entice her.

The contract was of no use because the white coats didn’t anticipate this rookie’s temper was explosive…

just like her powers.

Dust Explosion single-handedly destroyed that lab, including all the test subjects within.

Had it not been for the official authorities stepping in, she almost blew up the university in her rage.

Hence, she got her nickname, and it’s said that she later connected with another batch of white coats.

You can tell what kind of person she is, right?

Without a doubt, she’s one of the most dangerous class.

Dust Explosion is arrogant, lawless.

I hear she looks down on us ordinary superpower users, believing that only the very top few are her peers.

(A louder bout of laughter.)

Hey, guys!

Don’t ruin my show; I’m educating the junior here!

Yes, yes, she’s a newbie… I know, I’m getting to it, don’t rush…

Where were we?

Oh right, she’s new here.

Listen up, Milais.

To you, to most people in this city, Dust Explosion is scarier than the other catastrophes.

Because she came too late.

She arrived in Sky City after Demon fought the three big organizations alone, do you know what that means?

She didn’t experience the city’s craziest times, she didn’t even see a hero with her own eyes.

So, of course—this woman thinks she’s invincible, fearlessly explosive, blowing up anyone she doesn’t like the look of.

I think she’s the only catastrophe right now who’ll attack just because “she doesn’t like your face,” dangerously deadly, stay away from her.

Her dress is quite noticeable.

Purple hair, a baseball cap, and a white coat thrown over her shoulders.

As for her ability…

An exploding purple smoke.

Endless.

Omnipresent.

Never stopping.

·

Milais had just gone over the senior’s advice in his head and was unsurprised to find very little useful information in it.

If he had a choice, he would already have run far, far away from the battleground of catastrophes… Unfortunately for him, he was already ensnared.

A middle-schooler who couldn’t escape the whirlpool and couldn’t influence the situation had no choice but to watch the fighting superpower users as if he were just an audience member.

He earnestly pondered the two’s performance since the battle began, muttering to himself, “How does that purple smoke appear?”

Qiluo found this question odd.

“Why do you say that?

Purple Smoke is automatically created, just like Sun Ce’s telekinesis.”

“That’s not it.

I saw it, Dust Explosion fires her gun every time before she attacks!”

Qiluo retorted, unconvinced.

“But when she uses the explosion to move, she doesn’t fire her gun!”

Milais was momentarily at a loss for words.

In his memory, that pistol never seemed to shoot any bullets…

Was Dust Explosion’s gun just a ruse to confuse her opponents?

He couldn’t figure out the key point and looked towards the battlefield with a look of worry.

He could see that Demon was dominating the scene, but that didn’t necessarily mean he held the advantage.

Because until now, Dust Explosion hadn’t taken a single hit.

·

The middle-schooler’s view wasn’t far off.

The actual situation for Sun Ce was far worse than it seemed.

The white osmium armor could protect his body from being blown apart, and the telekinetic force attached to his body’s exterior further enhanced his resistance.

But even so…

A superpower user who suffers an explosion at close range cannot completely block the “shockwave” from the blast.

To imagine Sun Ce’s feeling at the moment, one could come up with an inappropriate but vivid example.

Suppose there was a Knight wearing invincible armor, standing in front of a high-speed train.

The armor was so solid that it could remain unscathed from the impact of the train’s front.

Thanks to the armor’s protection, the Knight wasn’t pulverized, just knocked flying.

Thank goodness, not being turned to dust was surely a relief!

But what happened to the Knight after being knocked flying…

was he unscathed?

Probably not.

If the Knight were merely flesh and bones, he could have been smashed into pulp within the invincible armor, becoming a true “tin can.” And if he had a sturdy body, the moment he was struck and sent flying, it would be very, very, very…

Painful.

The shockwave from a hand grenade’s explosion is not the same as the collision of a large mass at high speed.

But Sun Ce, who had just been blasted by Purple Smoke, and the tin can hit by the train, would probably have a lot in common.

“It seems my little cunning is somewhat useful after all.”

The young man, appearing collected and at ease on the surface, thought to himself:

—It hurts like hell.

It was lucky that he had made a helmet to cover his face in time.

If Dust Explosion saw his expression now, there would be trouble.

Gongsun Ce’s original plan was to disperse the Purple Smoke, but the dust created by the Dust Explosion ability possessed an odd quality: even with a vigorous tornado passing through, the purple smoke seemed to mushroom rather than diminish.

The scale of the explosion far exceeded his expectations, forcing Gongsun Ce to resort to the emergency measure of deploying his white matter armor.

And after seeing her enemy “easily neutralize” her assault, Dust Explosion’s response was…

“BOOM!”

Explosion!

Explosion!

Explosion!

The purple-haired woman didn’t even feel like talking back this time.

Purple flashes sparked continuously as she shot wildly.

If one explosion wouldn’t kill, then use ten explosions; if ten explosions weren’t enough, then detonate a hundred times with the Purple Smoke!

No Superpower User in the world had infinite stamina, not even the top-tier “Catastrophes.” As a Superpower User capable of energy release, Dust Explosion had ample confidence in her own physical energy.

She wanted to turn the battle into a contest of pure energy consumption, to take down Demon with the largest possible yield!

The white figure was engulfed in the blast dust.

Dust Explosion turned the brim of her baseball cap to the front with great satisfaction.

“Yah, yah, yah.

No sound anymore?

Could it be, could it be that the illustrious Mr.

Demon can’t even crack a witty remark now?

It seems your variant Telekinesis is all bark and no bite!”

When the deafening explosions finally ceased, the purple dust on the streets was even more abundant than before.

How outrageous!

It meant that when Dust Explosion pulled the trigger again, a new round of more violent, more powerful blasts would occur!

“Yah, yah, yah.

After all, Mr.

Gongsun, I’m only wearing glasses, not a mask.

It would be quite troublesome if I choked on the dust.”

The deliberate imitation of the gray-haired young man furrowed her brow.

Dust Explosion twirled her white revolver single-handedly without hastily firing toward the direction of his voice.

“Besides, I’m not accustomed to talking too much on such occasions.

To rave and rant without achieving anything, then be smugly provocative—it’s just…”

The young man spread his hands in the midst of the purple smoke.

“Behaves just like a weakling.”

In an instant, Dust Explosion pulled the trigger, and a second round of purple explosions roared.

A bright path was blasted open through the engulfing dust by an Invisible Power, revealing a white shadow sprinting through it.

She laughed proudly.

True to Demon’s character, he was hot-tempered; the fight had only just started, and the man had already charged in, seeking to engage in close combat.

She fired downward, propelling herself into the air with the force of the explosion!

The spot where the purple-haired woman had stood was engulfed in a flash, and Dust Explosion’s shrill laughter rang out from above.

“You’re too rash, Demon!”

“Rushed?

Who’s rushed?

Me?

Or you?”

The young man’s cool voice arose behind her, and Dust Explosion felt as though she had plunged into an abyss!

The flash dissipated to reveal the shocking truth below: the “figure” that had burst through the dust was merely a shell made of white matter!

In a normal combat scenario, such a shoddy decoy would never fool the enemy…

However, Dust Explosion’s large-scale explosion obstructed her own vision as well, and a mere fleeting glimpse through the dust was insufficient to identify the true form of this figure!

At that moment, Dust Explosion had no more strength to speak.

Purple Smoke rose inexplicably from behind her, and a blinding flash exploded out of the dust—using the purple blasts, her real body shot through the air!

“Why no response?

It seems you’re the one in a rush after all.

It’s rare to meet someone with a worse temper than mine.”

Dust Explosion was a step too slow in reacting; Gongsun Ce had already launched his attack.

Dust Explosion barely managed to break free from the Telekinesis, but invisible spears and white giant fists still smashed toward her location.

She strained to look up in the air, as Purple Smoke rose again with a resurgence of explosions!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Using the blast waves, Dust Explosion changed directions three times in mid-air and finally landed on the roof of a high school building.

Her nimble moves and astonishing reactions allowed her to escape the battlefield with nothing worse than a pierced right arm.

…But was that truly the case?

A glance at Dust Explosion in her current state revealed the harsh reality.

The purple-haired woman clutched her right arm, her expression grim.

Something that should have been in her hands had vanished!

Gongsun Ce stood at the edge of the rooftop, holding a white object in his hands—the revolver belonging to Dust Explosion that he had taken during the recent assault.

Gongsun Ce flaunted the pistol in his right hand, rotating it time and again as if to provoke his opponent.

“So, Miss Dust Explosion,” he aimed the barrel at the purple-haired woman, “what will happen if I pull the trigger on this revolver?”

Dust Explosion shook her arm, unashamedly displaying a hypocritical smile.

“Why not give it a try and see for yourself?

Maybe you’ll also shoot out a purple explosion, or perhaps the revolver will backfire?”

“This kind of multiple-choice question without many hints is quite hard to deal with.

What shall I do…”

Gongsun Ce toyed with the gun in his hand without making any attack.

“It’s a bother, I’ve never fired a gun.”

Dust Explosion narrowed her eyes, readying herself.

“Show some courage of a veteran and try it for the first time.”

“Let’s forget it; guns really aren’t my thing.

I’d rather—”

The white revolver in Gongsun Ce’s hand exploded instantaneously, accompanied by a harsh screeching friction as Telekinesis forcibly twisted the gun into a pile of scrap metal!

“Like I usually do, I’ll finish you off with my fists!”

Dust Explosion flashed a radiant smile, pointing her index finger at the gray-haired young man.

There should have been nothing beside him, yet the purple smoke mysteriously coiled around him without warning!

“BOOM.”

In a flash, Gongsun Ce’s body was engulfed by the explosion!