Although there were slight changes to the group arrangements, it did not cause too much of a disruption.
Cale replaced Thalia in the group with Kai, while Freya was responsible for evacuating the production crew and contacting officials to restore the network.
The group soon dispersed, while Thalia, Shannon, and Benjamin remained standing in the center of the black smoke and forming a triangular formation.
Thalia announced, "I'll handle Scarlett."
Shannon responded, "I'll take care of the other two."
Benjamin glanced at her and offered, "And I'll assist you." Although he couldn't fight, he could provide support.
The system had returned at some point and now hovered above the three of them. It looked as if it was ready for action.
Benjamin took a glance at the tortoise and thought about it before reaching out to pat its shell. A trace of golden light seeped from his palm into the tortoise's body, and the floating system trembled before stretching its limbs.
Shannon watched as a faint golden glow emitted from the system to merge with the surrounding black smoke. Then, the energy of the black smoke seemed to change subtly.
Before she could dwell on the details of the transformation, the system suddenly sprang into motion as if pumped with adrenaline.
It spun in the air and shot toward Scarlett and her companions, screaming, "Don't stop me! I can take on ten of them!"
As it charged, the black smoke now infused with golden light condensed into a significantly larger tortoise tail.
With a single powerful swipe of its tail, two of Scarlett's companions were instantly sent flying. All three were separated.
After their initial shock, Shannon and Thalia quickly reacted by tossing out thunder talismans and channeling their supernatural energy.
Boom! Nine bolts of lightning rained from the talismans. Scarlett's two companions reacted swiftly by condensing the black smoke into shields to defend themselves.
Shannon willed her supernatural energy to guide the lightning. As if possessed by intelligence, the lightning changed direction upon hitting the ground and curved toward the black shadow clone.
Boom! The serpent-like supernatural lightning obliterated both black shadow clones and left behind nothing but charred black remains.
The struck man let out a final agonized scream before they were completely wiped from existence.
This display of power shocked the remaining man and stunned Maya, who'd been watching from the side.
Though Maya and Adeela were restrained, they were fully conscious and witnessed everything happening around them.
Maya was especially shocked as she stared at Shannon in utter disbelief. The current Shannon was far stronger than she'd been during the college tournament.
Recalling what she'd overheard about the awakening of Shannon's supernatural powers and the eerie supernatural lightning she'd just summoned… realization struck her that Shannon was a demon!
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