A hundred meters away, inside a small courtyard.
A figure vaulted over the courtyard wall and landed in front of Max and Gwen, setting Ben down on the ground!
"What happened? Ethan."
Max looked steadily at Ethan's face and asked.
"A new very strong freak showed up." Ethan's expression was serious as he explained. "I don't have much transformation time left. We can only retreat for now."
Although he vaguely remembered that Diamondhead held no ill will toward them.
But when you're out in the world, how can you put your fate in someone else's hands.
"He really is very strong."
Ben rubbed his ribs, his expression pained.
Max took a deep breath, shifted his gaze from Ethan's face and let it fall to the ground nearby. "I already scouted the surrounding area. There's a mine one kilometer out. Let's hide there!"
"Let's go!!"
Ethan nodded sharply, immediately reached out, and hoisted Gwen, who had been hiding the furthest away, onto his back. "Gwen, I'll get you there first!"
"Ethan, I hate you!!!"
...
One kilometer away, at the entrance of a large mine.
After Ethan carried Max to the entrance, he cancelled his transformation, his expression relaxing. "This way, they won't be able to track us!"
"Ethan, once you can transform again, we'll take on the freaks together!"
Ben shook his fully cooled-down little worn-out watch and said seriously.
Then the four of them wasted no time, lifted their feet, and crossed the entrance into the mine tunnel.
Inside the pitch-black tunnel, rustling sounds could be heard all around, as if rats or some other creatures were squirming about.
"This is so scary..."
Gwen instinctively grabbed Ethan's arm, her face full of fear.
"It's fine, Gwen. I'm standing right next to you, and I'm much scarier than any rat." Ethan smiled gently and "reassured" Gwen.
Max walked at the front and let out a sigh. "If only I had brought one more lighter, none of this would be this much trouble!"
"Alright, I'll keep watch for you all!"
Ben walked at the back, eyes locked on the entrance behind them.
At the entrance, everything was still calm and undisturbed...
The four picked up their pace, moving through the tunnel.
Before long, an abandoned mine cart appeared in front of them. Max found some tools on the spot and, using the faint glow of the little worn-out watch, somehow managed to repair the mine cart.
The four of them climbed into the mine cart and let it carry them forward.
On the bumpy mine cart, Ethan stared at Max and said with admiration. "Grandpa, you really can fix anything. Do handymen actually need to know all this?"
He genuinely wanted to know.
If he unlocked a higher-level handyman skill, would he end up just as all-around capable as Grandpa!
Max turned his head away, a little guilty, and changed the subject. "Ethan, Grandpa will teach you all this later. Right now I need to keep an eye on the path."
The ride passed without another word.
After a while, the mine cart rolled out of the tunnel and arrived at an open-air mine enclosed on all sides by rock walls.
Ethan slowly stood up from the mine cart, his eyes narrowed slightly, his surroundings a blur.
His eyes slowly adjusted to the brightness outside.
As his eyes fully adapted to the light, he quickly found the mine entrance, and his expression turned grim. "This is bad."
The only entrance gate to the mine.
Was wrapped in terrifying crystals.
"Wait, these crystals... the one hunting us is Diamondhead!" Ben stared at the crystals and cried out in shock!
"It seems we've been caught like fish in a barrel."
Max also looked somewhat troubled.
Whoosh!!
With a sharp sound, Diamondhead stepped off his hoverboard and flew up above the entrance.
His tone was cold and arrogant, both hands spread open. "All you know how to do is hide? No matter how much you hide, you can't escape my grasp!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
One small robot after another suddenly flew out from the rock walls on all sides, locking onto Ethan and the others.
Boom!!
With an explosive crash, Kraab also burst violently up from the ground, sending the mine cart flying!!
"Mice, you have nowhere left to hide!!"
Kraab waved his massive claws and said in a muffled voice!
The entire mine was now completely surrounded by the bounty hunters and small robots!!
"Ethan, do you have any good ideas?"
Ben slowly backed up to Ethan's side and asked.
Ethan looked around, continuously cycling through the Error Watch screen. "Give me a few seconds. I need to think..."
Whoosh!
One small robot after another, along with Kraab.
They closed in step by step, deploying their laser cannons and aiming them at Ethan and Ben!
Diamondhead watched all of this and slowly flew in as well. "Only by pushing you into a corner can I see your true combat power!"
"Wait."
Ethan looked at his surroundings, and his eyes grew steady. "I have a way to take them all out, but the risk is very high! I need all of you to get far away!"
"Ethan, what do you need me to do?"
Ben clenched his fist and asked.
"I need all of you to trust me!"
Ethan said without hesitation and locked onto a specific alien, then reached out and slammed down!
In that instant.
Ben, Max, and the others all ran toward the far side, choosing to trust Ethan!
Kraab opened his claws, fired a terrifying laser wave, and blasted it directly at Ethan!
The small robots also prioritized Ethan and unleashed their laser waves at him!
Even Diamondhead reached out his hand and flung one crystal after another at Ethan!
Every enemy on the field, whether out of grudge, mission obligation, or other reasons, all chose to focus their fire on Ethan at the same time.
"You're the one!"
Ethan's heart pounded wildly. After locking onto that familiar alien, he slammed the Error Watch screen down!
A terrifying blood-red light burst out on the spot!
A figure slowly stepped out of the blood-red light.
It was a tall alien, entirely jet-black.
He had sharp pointed antennae on his head, and every fingertip was a plug-in pin, even the tip of his tail was a plug-in pin.
His face was blood-red all over, as if soaked in blood, and a mouth full of fangs made it look even more savage!
"What... is that thing!"
Diamondhead's heart gave a violent lurch at the sight of this terrifying creature!
"So then..."
Ethan bared his fangs and grinned savagely!
He raised both arms and aimed both palms at the incoming lasers closing in from all sides. "Let your energy become my nourishment."
Bang!!
As one energy blast after another suddenly struck his arms, a massive amount of terrifying energy wrapped around him obediently!!
"What is happening?"
"Increase the output! Increase the output!!"
Kraab's jaw nearly dropped to the floor, and his crab claws slammed hard against the ground!
One small robot after another kept pushing their output higher, but it was useless!
"Absorb!!"
With a low roar from Ethan, countless streams of energy scattered outward, then drilled into his body through his fingertips!
Bang!!
His chest instantly swelled up, and a terrifying electrical current erupted out from his body in an instant, burning continuously like a roaring blaze and lighting up his entire figure!
In this moment...
Ethan was like a god of thunder and lightning!!