Doomsday Revenge: Payback Time (Josie) novel Chapter 229

“No way I came all this way just for you.” Josie held our her right hand. Slowly, she pulled her greatsword out of her storage space. She gave it a clean spin and rested the blade against her left forearm. “Sorry to keep you waiting.”

“I want to see what a Tier–5 Alpha Undead can really do. I wonder if you’ll play along tonight?”

Behind her, Zane raised his hand, arcs of lightning dancing in his palm.

“You’re outmatched,” Cyrus said. “If you were both Tier–4, you might have stood a ghost of a chance.”

He was basically calling Zane out A Tier–3 Super like him wasn’t even worth his time.

Zane just shrugged “Doesn’t matter. I’m just here to participate, not to win. I don’t mind being the weak link.”

Josie smirked. “Exactly. I’m the one you should be worried about!”

The second the words left her mouth, she lunged, her greatsword leading the charge.

Cyrus gave a tired sigh and made a beckoning motion with his hand. The snow on the ground and the rooftops swirled toward him instantly. In a heartbeat, it clumped into dozens of hard–packed snowballs that went hurtling toward Josie’s head.

Josie flicked her wrist, sending a string of gold throwing knives whistling through the air.

Clang Clang! Clang! Clang!

The knives intercepted the projectiles, sending the shattered snowballs crashing to the ground.

Josie didn’t even flinch. She let the remaining snowballs slam into her body, swinging her greatsword with everything she had.

“Die!”

CLANG!

The heavy blade crashed against an invisible barrier.

No surprise there.

But then, things shifted.

Behind her, Zane slammed his palms onto the ground.

Two bolts of lightning tore through the snow, racing straight for Cyrus.

This was the moment.

Josie swapped weapons in a heartbeat.

The greatsword vanished, replaced by two massive wooden stakes. She lunged again, aiming right for Cyrus’s chest.

Metal conducts electricity. Snow and water do, too.

Wood? Not a chance.

Caught in a pincer move, Cyrus had no choice. He dropped the barrier and bolted back to get out of the kill zone.

His mental shield could block physical hits and psychic attacks, but it couldn’t stop a high–voltage current.

This was exactly why Lightning was the runner–up to Metallic as the ultimate combat

power.

On its own, a Lightning Super was tough. But pair them with an Aquatic, Mist, or Rain type? Their power didn’t just double–it hit a whole new level of lethality.

Zane was only Tier–3, but with the snow boosting his range and conductivity, he was hitting with the force of a Tier 4

I helped that Zane was a straight–up prodigy, too.

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He wasn’t on Josie’s level–she was a Tier SSS Freak–but his Tier–S talent was still top–tier

Plus. Zane was a veteran He had years of real combat under his belt.

Sure, fighting had changed since the world went to hell, but a pro was still a pro. Put the same power in the hands of a veteran versus a rookie, and the difference was night and day

If not for that. Cyrus wouldn’t have been forced to drop his shield and go toe–to–toe with Josie in a brutal slugfest

The moment the shield went down, Cyrus’s edge evaporated.

He grabbed a flagpole from the side of the road and swung, clashing with Josie head–on

Zane stepped back. He didn’t engage anymore, just guarded the intersection to make sure Cyrus didn’t bolt.

This next part? This was between Josie and Cyrus.

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