*Boom!*
As McCulloch's voice fell, a loud thunderous sound exploded from the sky.
A dozen thick lightning bolts struck directly towards Wally's direction, but their target wasn't Wally himself.
Instead, it was the buildings on both sides of him.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The houses on both sides of this narrow alley collapsed under the attack of lightning. Without hesitation, Wally immediately entered his speed mode and darted into the surrounding buildings.
At that moment, his only thought was to quickly evacuate the residents around and move them to a safe location.
However, when Wally rushed into the buildings on both sides, he found that all the residents who should have been living there were gone.
Just like the case with Keystone City Police Department.
It turned out that Mirror Master had already evacuated all the residents around downtown, imprisoning both ordinary citizens and police officers inside the Mirrorverse.
Wally didn't expect McCulloch to be so "considerate," and he was momentarily stunned.
But it was precisely this brief moment that gave the Weather Wizard, hidden within the storm clouds, an opportunity.
A massive lightning bolt, even stronger than all the previous ones, struck down, shattering the roof of the building and about to hit the Flash.
Wally quickly snapped back to his senses and dodged to the side, but he was still a step too late.
His left calf grazed by the lightning, instantly causing paralysis to set in.
With one foot temporarily immobilized, Wally lost his balance and fell to the floor.
Immediately after, the building collapsed, trapping Wally under the rubble.
At the critical moment, Wally unleashed a hidden technique.
Kinetic absorption.
He drained the kinetic energy from the falling concrete floor, making the impact of these heavy objects feel as light as a feather.
At the same time, he inherited their falling speed, continuously boosting his own speed.
Two buildings completely collapsed, forming a pile of debris.
Wally pushed aside a heavy beam and crawled out from under the rubble. His clothes were tattered, and he looked extremely disheveled, but he hadn't sustained any significant injuries.
"I apologize for the extravagant greeting, Flash. I'm actually a low-profile person," a mature woman's voice came from above the rubble.
"But I need you to show proper respect towards me and my team."
"It's time to change your preconceived notion of the Rogues."
Wally looked up and saw seven individuals with various outfits appearing in front of him, most of whom he recognized.
Girder, Magenta, Weather Wizard, Trickster II, Murmur, Mirror Master II.
Only the woman with strange markings on her face, who led the group, was someone Wally hadn't seen before.
"Who are you?" Wally looked at Blacksmith, his face darkening as he asked.
"I am Blacksmith, a criminal. You should recognize the others," Blacksmith arrogantly introduced herself.
"I can't believe you used to hook up with this loser," Girder looked down at the disheveled Wally and said to Magenta, who was floating behind him.
Then he turned his head to glare at the Flash, fuming, "And I didn't even get a chance for a personal encounter!"
Girder raised his arms high and swung down with all his might towards Wally.
Magenta remained expressionless, silently assisting from the side, enveloping Girder's arms with a pink magnetic field, multiplying Girder's strength and attack speed several times over.
"Hah!"
Girder shouted loudly as tremendous force made contact with the rubble, causing intense vibrations.
Countless debris and steel bars were scattered in all directions from the impact.
As for Wally's figure, he had long since moved to the other end of the rubble.
The numbness in his left leg hadn't completely subsided, greatly affecting Wally's speed.
"Don't underestimate him just because he's the Kid Flash and not the Flash. Attack together, and eliminate him as quickly as possible!" Blacksmith ordered the other team members.
Weather Wizard took the lead, soaring into the air and raising his weather wand high. In an instant, countless lightning bolts, accompanied by fierce winds, descended upon Wally.
Wally struggled to accelerate and evade. He had to make sure his speed was faster than the lightning but not reaching the speed of light.
Under normal circumstances, he could easily control his speed within this range. However, the numbness in his leg severely disrupted Wally's movements.
Suddenly, the Weather Wizard manipulated the lightning to strike a spot on the ground in front of Wally. Just as the lightning exploded on the ground, Wally happened to step on that spot.
The other members of the New Rogues were amazed. The Weather Wizard could actually predict Wally's movements.
"After all the years I've fought with the Flash, if I can't even do this, I'm not worthy of staying in this city."
The Weather Wizard let out a cold snort.
This time, Wally was directly hit by lightning, and the electric current instantly surged through his entire body, causing his movements to become extremely stiff.
If the Weather Wizard followed up with seven or eight more lightning bolts or summoned a few tornadoes, Wally would be in a world of hurt, even if he didn't die.
However, strangely enough, after Wally was hit, the Weather Wizard didn't continue his attack. Instead, he turned towards an empty direction and revealed a smug smile.
At that moment, the second-generation Trickster, Axel, suddenly appeared above Wally, walking on air using his airwalking shoes. He swung a yo-yo that wrapped around Wally's right foot and gave it a strong tug.
Wally fell uncontrollably to the ground. Before he could get up, several dozen Mirror Masters suddenly appeared before his eyes.
"Don't move, Flash."
"Playing this old trick again, McCulloch!"
Wally, who had been repeatedly injured, was filled with anger. He knew that the Mirror Master's mirror duplicates needed mirrors to exist.
As for how to find that particular mirror, Wally was already an expert at it.
*Bang!*
Wally instantly shattered the mirror hidden within one of the duplicates.
What Wally didn't expect was that the material of this mirror was extraordinary. The flying shards actually cut through his uniform, leaving several wounds on his body.
Immediately afterward, a sensation of difficulty breathing struck Wally, and he felt his lungs burning uncontrollably.
The mirror was coated with the mad virus! And the dosage was even higher than what was used in Iron Heights Prison!
Wally's life was in danger!
Some time ago, in the best hospital in Central City.
Because Blacksmith cut off the city's power supply, all the hospital's equipment had stopped working.
Fortunately, there were backup power sources that could sustain them for a while, but not for long.
In one of the wards, a young blonde woman lay in bed, with only a white-haired man sitting beside her.
A strange chill permeated the ward, but the air conditioning had been turned off for a long time.
If someone could look directly into the eyes of the white-haired man, they would see a chilling gaze filled with immense fury...
On the other side, at Cole Cemetery.
Yuri tracked down the person suspected to be one of Blacksmith's subordinates and arrived near an oak tree, next to which stood three gravestones.
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