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Chapter 176 From Lex Luthor's Hunt (Please subscribe and vote)

While Atomic Girl and Raymond were locked in fierce combat, far away in the LexCorp CEO's office in Metropolis, Lex was sitting in front of his computer, his fingers flying across the keyboard, looking extremely busy.

Just yesterday, he received a message from a guy from Gotham City who was both an old acquaintance and an old rival, inviting him to hunt down an invader from another world.

Out of respect for a certain Kryptonian giant, and also because of Vandal Savage's earlier reminder, Lex ultimately chose to accept that guy's invitation and participate in this hunt.

What are you still doing in Star City? The Justice League has discovered you and you're on the run from them. You'd better get out of there quickly, or the Justice League might come after you!

Just as Atomic Girl was starting to think about running away, a message suddenly appeared on her goggles through an encrypted channel.

After reading the contents of the message, Atomic Girl's already slightly irritated mood due to Raymond's harassment worsened. She really didn't expect that the Grid had been discovered and was now being chased by the Justice League.

Just as Atomic Girl was distracted by this sudden news, Raymond seized the opportunity and delivered a powerful punch to her face.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly enough and, thanks to the jet propulsion device behind her, managed to create distance between herself and Raymond, thus avoiding his combo attacks.

Faced with the current situation, Atomic Girl really couldn't afford to be distracted to reply to the messages from the grid. After all, if she was even slightly distracted, Raymond would seize the opportunity to rush up.

[I'm going to call your communicator now. Answer it quickly, and then use that to shrink your body to electronic size and ride that electronic form to find me. If you continue to pester me, I can't save you!]

Just as Atomic Girl was still playing the atomic ray barrage battle with Raymond, another message appeared in the encrypted channel. Upon seeing this message, Atomic Girl's originally anxious mood was also tinged with a bit of fear.

After all, if she were to be caught by the Justice League, she would have to face Batman, a legendary figure whom even the Grid and outsiders would not want to confront.

Without the slightest hesitation, after creating distance between herself and Raymonda using the jet thrusters on her atomic suit, Atomic Girl moved towards the door while quickly pressing her belt, causing her figure to gradually grow larger.

But at that moment, Raymond, who was standing on the ground, suddenly jumped and pounced on Atomic Girl. His figure, like Atomic Girl's, began to grow larger.

Dick and his two companions, who were monitoring the situation inside the ward from outside, saw a figure gradually grow larger as it appeared, and then crashed through the door and flew out.

Without any communication, the three members of the Dick trio reacted almost simultaneously the moment they saw Atomic Girl appear. Dick launched the first attack, combining his two sticks into one long stick. As he pressed a switch, blue lightning rose from the stick, carrying boundless power as it thrust towards Atomic Girl's belt.

Meanwhile, the lightning battle axe in Rachel's hand, following her will, quickly switched from standby mode to a powerful axe shimmering with golden lightning, and swept directly towards Atomic Girl's right rib.

As for Cassandra, she swung her wrench sword at Atom's left rib. Although they hadn't communicated beforehand, they had developed a slight understanding after their training with Deathstroke.

The long staff and battle axe, crackling with electricity, and the wrench sword simultaneously struck Atomic Girl, who was slightly dazed from hitting her head. A powerful electric current instantly coursed through her body, and the intense pain from her broken ribs jolted her awake. Feeling the weapons pressing down on her ribs with increasing force, as if they were about to crush her to death, Atomic Girl didn't hesitate for a moment, raising her hand and firing an atomic ray at Dick.

While Dick dodged the atomic ray, causing his staff to loosen slightly, Atomic Girl quickly slapped her belt, shrinking rapidly once more. She then rode off at high speed on her electronic form, following the timely-sounding pager channel.

"Tsk, that guy still got away."

Watching Atomic Girl disappear rapidly before his eyes, Dick clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, feeling rather annoyed.

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On the other side, Atomic Girl, riding on electrons and speeding through the electronic world, endured the excruciating pain in her ribs and began to check her belt, after all, it was her lifeline.

"Damn it, those two guys' high-voltage electric attack really did cause problems with the belt!"

After a thorough inspection, Atomic Girl discovered that several components in her belt had been overloaded and damaged by the electrical surge. She was now starting to worry that she might die in this electronic world because of the belt malfunction.

But just as Atomic Girl was lost in thought, she suddenly felt the electrons around her begin to accelerate, and the electron she was riding carried her directly toward a gap.

"Oh, the fish has finally taken the bait."

Lex paused slightly as he typed on the keyboard, his eyebrows raised a little, and a playful smile crept onto his lips. After receiving a message from someone, he had been waiting for so long, and finally, he had made some progress.

Upon hearing Lex's seemingly soliloquy words, Mersey Graves, who had been standing beside him serving as both his secretary and bodyguard, couldn't help but look on with curiosity and doubt.

"This is a visitor from another universe, a fish that's neither too big nor too small."

As Lex pressed a key on the keyboard, he smiled and answered his secretary's questions. As he did so, his computer screen flickered a few times before turning into a garbled image.

As soon as Atomic Girl jumped out of the gap and her body swelled to about the size of a palm, a burst of electric sparks suddenly appeared on her belt. Under the protection mechanism she had set up, the Atomic Belt separated from her and was ejected.

Lying on the soft carpet, with her arms covering her forehead, Atomic Girl was feeling fortunate to have survived when she suddenly realized that, accompanied by the dull thud of leather shoes hitting the floor, a huge shadow instantly enveloped her.

(End of this chapter)