With a "puff," the Shadow Ninja exploded on the spot, and the rabbit talisman, carried by inertia, landed right next to Barry Allen.
"What's this? Were they all fighting over this?" Barry seemed to realize something, instinctively picking up the rabbit talisman. At the same time, another Shadow Ninja lunged at Barry.
Just then, a glow emitted from the rabbit talisman, and Barry's figure instantly vanished from the spot, dodging the Shadow Ninja's attack.
"Wow! This is so cool!" Barry, appearing on the other side, excitedly exclaimed, "Is this how you guys got your superpowers? Are they trying to snatch this?"
"Hey! Barry! That's mine!" Seeing Barry skillfully use the rabbit talisman to dodge the Shadow Ninja's attack, Pietro, who had just gotten up from the ground, shouted with some dissatisfaction.
"Oh, sorry!" Barry, feeling somewhat apologetic, was about to return the talisman to Pietro when he noticed another Shadow Ninja charging at him. Barry's figure flashed again, not only dodging the attack but also kicking the Ninja mid-flight with his incredible speed.
With a "puff," the Shadow Ninja, boosted by the immense speed, was kicked into oblivion by Barry, dissolving into a shadow that vanished.
"These guys aren't alive, right?" Barry, excited yet slightly hesitant, asked Robert and the others.
"No, they're not. Feel free to strike! I didn't expect you, looking so quiet and gentle, to use the rabbit talisman better than Pietro..." Robert commented with a hint of surprise and a smile.
"That's mine, my rabbit talisman." Pietro looked at Barry and Robert, shouting with a hint of sadness, "I bought that..."
"Thanks for the rabbit talisman, I must say, it's really useful!" Initially planning to return the talisman to Pietro, Barry, after experiencing its power, decided to keep using it for a bit longer, especially since Robert mentioned he performed better with it. He naturally wanted to continue showing off.
"Not... whoa!" Pietro, seeing Barry had no intention of returning the talisman, was about to say something when another Shadow Ninja targeted him. Pietro screamed, dodging the attack.
It seemed the Shadow Ninjas had received new orders. Since Robert wasn't using any large-scale group abilities and the talisman couldn't be snatched back immediately, they decided to target ordinary people without the power boost from a talisman.
Now, with Barry wielding the talisman, Pietro became the target for the Shadow Ninjas, who launched a brazen attack!
"Be careful!" Robert, seeing this, sighed helplessly, noting the battle was moving towards a more stable situation. They had slowly shifted the battlefield to an old urban area, where Robert planned to eliminate this wave of Shadow Ninjas altogether.
Regarding how many more Shadow Ninjas there might be, Robert wasn't sure, but he felt that as long as he killed them quickly enough, the Holy Master would eventually give up on this operation...
However, just as Robert was about to act, he paused, puzzled, looking towards Barry and then at Pietro.
"What's happening? Two rabbit talismans?" Robert muttered hesitantly after casually killing a Shadow Ninja that charged at him.
"What's going on? Why am I running so fast again?" Pietro was also confused. Dodging the Shadow Ninja's attack, he realized his speed was not much different from when he had the rabbit talisman. But Pietro quickly became excited, thinking, "Humph! Just now, didn't you say I didn't perform as well as Barry? Now, I'll prove myself with my own power! This must be my own power, right?" Feeling a power similar to the rabbit talisman's inside him, Pietro was thrilled and decided to prove himself.
Then, Pietro became a blur, overwhelming the Shadow Ninjas with his speed and eliminating countless of them in an instant. Running up to Barry, he challenged, "Hey, Barry, you thought you were performing better, right? Let's see who's faster and who can kill more?"
"Eh? Why are you running so fast again? Isn't the rabbit talisman with me?" Barry paused upon seeing Pietro, puzzled. Pietro should have lost his powers without the talisman, so what was happening now?
"Humph! This is my own power, not like you, relying on external forces!" Pietro, just awakening to his superpowers, said proudly, "You can have the rabbit talisman. How about it? Do you dare to compete with me?"
"Ha! Why wouldn't I?" Seeing Pietro displaying similar abilities, Barry was also eager to prove himself. After all, what sixteen or seventeen-year-old doesn't have a bit of pride or a second-wind syndrome?
"What's happening here?" Robert, seeing the situation stabilizing, didn't rush to intervene, instead analyzing Pietro, "Did he absorb the power of the rabbit talisman? Or did his body mutate after coming into contact with the talisman's power?"
In Robert's perception, Pietro was indeed different now. Even with the rabbit talisman, Pietro's aura was merely that of an ordinary person, his power coming from the talisman.
But now, Pietro's aura had changed, his overall level of qi had greatly improved, and a power similar to the rabbit talisman's, yet with a distinct aura, was concentrated within him.
Robert was unsure how this happened, but Pietro had indeed gained extraordinary abilities right before his eyes.
"So, I have another classmate with superpowers now?" Robert mused, then turned his attention to Lorna.
He wondered if Lorna, Pietro's twin sister who also received a talisman, had awakened her superpowers under the stimulus of the chicken talisman.
By now, Lorna's performance had drastically changed from before. Previously only dodging, after being saved by Kara, she seemed stimulated, aggressively controlling the Shadow Ninjas to collide with each other, eliminating countless ninjas without any intention of stopping...
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