Chapter 864

Although her hand-to-hand combat skills had already reached the limit of human potential, the group before her was clearly no ordinary bunch.

Especially that... yellow giant octopus, which filled her with immense pressure.

Orihara Chiharu had no confidence at all in resolving this.

If Orihara Chiharu could have donned her mech right now, it would've been fine—but unfortunately, she couldn't complete the suit-up.

Xiao Zhizhi Shu also panicked at this moment.

What exactly was going on? Their dessert shop was located in the central area of the academy.

Had the invaders broken through so quickly and reached the center? After a brief silence, the dessert shop erupted in chaos.

"...... That... yellow giant octopus—what's going on? Aliens? Have aliens started invading Earth?"

"Wait! Does that mean the invaders mentioned on the broadcast were... these guys?"

"That... is... Orihara Chiharu? I didn't expect Teacher Orihara to be here, but... can Teacher really fight against these inhuman creatures?"

The dessert shop was filled with noise.

Xiao Zhizhi Shu let out a long sigh, spread her hands, and made a helpless gesture, "I knew it would be like this!"

Kill Teacher waved his tentacles, his academic robe fluttering, visibly agitated.

And a touch of helplessness.

"I can't help it! This is my current form—I can't appear in human shape until I complete gene optimization."

"If I'd known, I would've moved to an empty place the instant I landed!"

Kill Teacher sighed deeply and looked at Su Han.

"President, will this cause you trouble?"

"It's just a minor issue."

Su Han gave no reply, suddenly activating his Flower Wheel Eye, unleashing a genjutsu—within a blink, the noisy dessert shop fell silent once more.

Xiao Zhizhi Shu stared blankly at this.

She involuntarily swallowed hard.

"This is a mental hypnosis technique? How could it reach this level? Even hypnosis requires a lot of... preparation, right?"

Xiao Zhizhi Shu felt her mind in complete disarray.

She began to understand what was happening here... "...... That guy's eyes."

Orihara Chiharu furrowed her brow, her expression growing even more serious; she instantly sensed the source of Su Han's power.

"Don't be so tense! These guys are my friends."

After finishing her last bite of dessert, Xiao Zhizhi Shu set down the empty packaging, smiling contentedly, then stood up and patted Orihara Chiharu on the shoulder.

"They're not bad people at all!"

Orihara Chiharu fell silent, gazing deeply at Kill Teacher, then turned her head toward Xiao Zhizhi Shu.

Though she said nothing, her expression made it clear: Are you serious? You're not even worried, Shu?

Su Han slightly raised an eyebrow.

His Haki sense stretched outward, instantly detecting distant battles.

After a brief silence, Su Han's voice carried a low tone.

"Those... mech pilots are already fighting the bugs."

"I'm ready to leave anytime!"

Xiao Zhizhi Shu patted her rabbit ears and cooed, "No rush, no rush! It's just a small problem."

"...... Of course! Xiao Zhizhi Shu, I still can't get along with you at all."

Tony Stark glanced at Xiao Zhizhi Shu, his expression complex.

If a crisis like this happened in his world, he could never remain as calm as Xiao Zhizhi Shu—let alone have the leisure to take his sister and an old friend out for dessert.

This indirectly showed that Xiao Zhizhi Shu simply didn't care.

Or rather, even if several mech pilots died, Xiao Zhizhi Shu wouldn't give it a second thought.

"Since we're already here, let's head to the battlefield."

Su Han traced a magic array in the air before him, then stepped directly into it.

On the other side of the magic array lay a vast ocean.

The waves churned as countless war bugs roared, charging toward the girls in their mechs.

The mechs were powerful, but the enemy numbers were simply too, too many...

They surged like a tidal wave.

And if you paused for even an instant, the next moment you'd be completely swallowed by the bug sea—countless sharp mouthparts piercing through, dragging the entire mech into the vast ocean.

Su Han's toe lightly touched the ocean surface.

The next instant, frost surged upward, freezing a ten-meter radius around his landing point.

Su Han himself did not control ice-element power, but he possessed the Titan Body.

Even though Su Han didn't possess the truth of Titan Star like Lei Jiesi or Thanos did,

his Titan Body still granted him extremely strong elemental resistance and the ability to command simple elemental forces.

This was the Titan Body's instinct.

Perhaps this power couldn't be compared to the general-level ice-element power of Kurotsuchi...

but freezing the spot where he landed was effortless for Su Han.

Immediately after, Kill Teacher, Tony, Shi Qi Kuang San, and Xiao Zhizhi Shu stepped out of the magic array.

Orihara Chiharu and Xiao Zhizhi Shu lagged slightly, but eventually also emerged from the magic array.

Although Xiao Zhizhi Shu had assured them, they found it hard to fully trust Su Han and the others.

Zhi Ban Qiandong landed on the ice, scanning the boundless sea around her, her eyes filled with a flicker of dread and disbelief.

What kind of ability is this? In the span of a single breath, she had been transported from a dessert shop to the middle of the ocean—was it some kind of special technology? Zhi Ban Qiandong immediately dismissed the idea.

No! That brilliant magic array just now—clearly, it was magic.

But does magic truly exist in this world? Why, in all her years, had she never heard of anything like this? Her shock and disbelief lasted only until she saw her own students far off, along with the academy's top trainees, battling the insectoid race across the entire sea.

In that instant, even Zhi Ban Qiandong's composure shattered: "Kids... where on earth did they come from!"