Almost as Zhang Lie gave his command, two streets away, situated in a tall building, a sniper team launched the first shot of this skirmish.

None of the seven hunters of Team Zenith reacted, but the sniper bullet somehow dropped to the ground, sapped of all momentum, three meters away from the group. As though it had experienced some tremendous pressure, the bullet made from S-gold alloy was squashed into a thin disk.

"Did someone just fire a bullet?!"

"A terrorist!"

"Summon the guards, the guards!"

Commotion erupted in the nearby streets, and the pedestrians and hovercars in Odinstadt rushed away in panic. However, Zhang Lie and the other members of the Team Zenith continued walking forward slowly, inexorably, as if they were impervious to the attack.

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