"That red armored troop is the strongest among the rebels. If we take her down, the others won't be a problem," Jason said, floating about fifty meters above the ground, staring at the red armored troop below with malicious eyes.

  He moved and dove down from mid-air, flying straight toward the red armored troop. Captain Guan noticed Jason flying toward Kallen and quickly said through the communicator: "Be careful, Kallen! Jason is coming toward you."

  "I see him," Kallen replied swiftly, turning toward Jason as he flew toward her. She used the five-finger steel claw on her right hand to grab at Jason. Jason moved quickly in the air, very nimbly avoiding Kallen's grabbing attack, circled around to Kallen's back, and swung his dagger to stab at Kallen's neck.

  Two "clang" sounds rang out as Jason's daggers struck Kallen's neck armor, creating sparks. The daggers bounced off the armor upon impact, leaving only shallow marks on the struck areas. The armor was extremely hard—Jason's daggers couldn't penetrate it to harm Kallen.

  "This thing is quite sturdy. My weapons can't harm her. It seems that to take her down, I'll need another approach," Jason thought to himself. He continued to move quickly around Kallen, sometimes stabbing at her with his daggers, sometimes attacking her head and legs with his feet to make her lose balance and fall to the ground. However, the armor's defensive capability was too strong, and no matter how Jason attacked, Kallen remained unharmed.

  Although Jason's attacks could hardly hurt Kallen, they effectively restricted her movements, preventing her from dealing with the Sanctuary's other armored troops. Once Kallen was unable to join the battle, the rebels' armored troops were immediately suppressed by the Sanctuary's armored troops, and rebel armored troops were continuously damaged by the silver short swords of the Sanctuary's armored troops.

  "Kallen, stop fighting with Jason. If this continues, we're going to lose," Captain Guan said anxiously. After ten to twenty minutes of battle, the rebels had already lost seven or eight armored troops, while the Sanctuary side had only lost three or four. If they continued fighting like this, the rebels would undoubtedly be defeated.

  "Give me a little more time. I'm starting to figure out his movement patterns," Kallen said. After fighting with Jason for a long time, she had gradually become familiar with his movement style and was beginning to keep up with his actions.

  Kallen extended her right arm's five-finger steel claw, grabbing at Jason in front of her. Jason moved quickly in the air, avoiding Kallen's attack and circling to her back. Without even looking behind her, Kallen immediately turned around and used her steel claw to grab backward.

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  Jason moved quickly backward, shifting six or seven meters away, avoiding Kallen's grabbing attack. Kallen fired two grappling hooks from her chest, shooting rapidly toward Jason. Jason moved upward to avoid the hooks. Just as Jason was moving, Kallen fired two more grappling hooks from her shoulders, shooting toward where Jason was heading to block his escape route.

  With a "snap" sound, Jason, moving upward, collided with one of the hooks. The hook entangled Jason's left arm, firmly attaching to his left arm.

  "Finally caught you!" Kallen was extremely delighted and quickly controlled the hook to retract. The hook tightly wrapped around Jason's left arm, pulling his body rapidly toward Kallen.

  Kallen suddenly extended her right arm, using the five-finger steel claw to grab at Jason again. With his movement restricted by the hook, Jason couldn't dodge and was grabbed around the waist by Kallen's five-finger steel claw. A red energy ball emitting electric light appeared in the center of the five-finger claw. Kallen showed no mercy, preparing to use this red energy ball to deliver a fatal blow to Jason.

  "Hehe, you fell for it..." Jason's lips curled into a smile. He quickly extended his right hand toward the red energy ball in the palm of Kallen's right claw, took the red energy ball from Kallen's five-finger steel claw, and held it in his hand.

  "This... how is this possible?!" Kallen was dumbfounded. This red energy ball had an extremely high temperature, capable of melting the toughest armor instantly. But now, this ball was like a toy balloon, grabbed by Jason's palm and held in his hand. Had she not seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it was real.

  Before Kallen could react, Jason pressed the red energy ball in his palm against Kallen's chest. The red energy ball seeped into Kallen's chest, melting her chest armor. Kallen let out a painful cry, and with a "boom," she fell backward onto the ground, motionless.

  "Kallen... Kallen, are you alright?! Someone go save her!" Captain Guan, seeing Kallen's condition from a distance, immediately shouted into the communicator. A nearby gray armored troop quickly rushed toward Kallen. The gray armored troop used a half-meter-long silver light sword projected from the front of its right forearm, thrusting it straight toward Jason who was floating beside Kallen.

  Jason neither dodged nor evaded. He opened his right palm and pushed it forward, using his palm to intercept the gray armored troop's silver light sword. The half-meter-long silver light sword silently made contact with Jason's right palm.

  At this moment, something strange happened. As soon as the silver light sword touched Jason's palm, it immediately bent, turning toward the gray armored troop's chest, as if Jason's palm was a mirror, reflecting the silver light sword back.

  Sparks flew as the silver light sword pierced the gray armored troop's chest, penetrating its armor and stabbing into the driver's body. The gray armored troop wobbled and then crashed to the ground with a thud.

  "Hehe, didn't expect that, did you? I can control and reflect energy. Your attacks are not only ineffective against me but can be turned back and used as my weapons," Jason said to himself. He hovered about one meter above the ground, looking down at the two armored troops lying beside him, a smile of satisfaction on his face.