An hour later, Alex walked out of the training room, satisfied, and closed the door behind him.
Ashley happened to be looking for him. Alex said, "Miss Angelina just finished exercising and needs to rest. Do not let anyone go in."
Ashley nodded and then said, "Homelander, 'Ice Princess,' 'Electro Man,' and 'Element Woman' have arrived."
"Good."
"Call Black Noir and Maeve as well. Have them go to Training Hall No. 3."
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A short while later—
Inside Training Hall No. 3, Alex met the three new members he had personally selected.
"Ice Princess" was a white woman, tall and slender, like a supermodel. Her hair was silver-white, her skin delicate. She wore a white one-piece short dress that was pleasing to the eye.
"Electro Man" was a white man, thin-built, with brown hair and hazel eyes. He looked a bit nervous, his gaze constantly shifting, with the occasional flicker of electricity appearing.
"Element Woman" came from Russia. This woman had brown-red hair and emerald-green eyes. But if one looked closely, they would notice that her eye color changed from time to time.
From emerald green to crimson red, then to silver-white, and then a pale yellow appeared.
After Maeve and Black Noir arrived, Alex led them in and clapped his hands, saying, "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen."
Hearing his voice, the three superhumans immediately looked over.
"Ice Princess" instantly revealed a charming smile. She lightly lifted the hem of her skirt, which could reach the roots of her thighs, and curtsied, just like a real princess.
"Electro Man" was already awkward to begin with. Now his hands did not know where to go at all. A stiff smile hung on his face, while sparks of electricity jumped over his body from time to time.
"Element Woman" reacted the most calmly. She lightly nodded and said, "Good afternoon, Homelander."
Alex put his hands on his hips and said with a sunny smile, "I have looked over your files and believe you are fully qualified to join our Seven and replace the members who have already withdrawn."
"However, you also know that the Seven face extremely vicious criminals, and even superhuman villains."
"Therefore, I need to know your strength."
"So next, my teammates and I will spar with the three of you, one on one."
"You do not have any objections, right?"
"Ice Princess" smiled brightly, "Of course not. If possible, Homelander, could you test me?"
Alex laughed heartily, "Of course there is no problem."
Soon, the personnel for the three tests were decided.
Black Noir was responsible for testing "Electro Man."
Maeve was responsible for "Element Woman."
Alex's opponent was "Ice Princess."
"Let us go to a separate training room," Alex suggested.
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"Ice Princess" happily agreed.
After entering a separate training room, the two of them pulled apart to create some distance. Alex beckoned with his hand and said, "Let me see what you can do."
"Then I will not hold back."
"Ice Princess" suddenly stepped forward. At the tip of her white knee-high leather boots, frost immediately spread.
The frost froze the ground and rapidly expanded toward Alex, about to seal him in.
But Alex had already floated up, his feet leaving the ground, instantly neutralizing this move.
With her supermodel-tall figure, "Ice Princess" immediately gathered frost in both hands, stretching it into two ice blades.
She shouted and charged forward. As she rushed, smooth ice formed beneath her feet. The ice extended into a small path pointing straight at Alex.
"Ice Princess" slid along this path at incredible speed, closing in on Alex in an instant. The two ice blades connected as they slashed repeatedly onto Alex.
Alex neither dodged nor evaded. Intentionally testing "Ice Princess's" strength, he allowed the two ice blades to carve streaks of white marks across his blue battle suit.
Although the ice blades could not break Alex's defense, he noticed that the frost left on his clothes began to spread on its own.
Then, at that moment, "Ice Princess" opened her mouth and breathed out a blast of cold air toward Alex.
This breath of cold air, carrying a fresh scent, struck Alex, and he quickly froze over. But Alex raised his hand and lightly flicked his finger, and the ice shattered and fell away.
He smiled and said, "Do you have anything stronger?"
"Ice Princess's" eyes suddenly turned silver-white, as if wind and snow were howling within her pupils.
She suddenly spread her arms. Cold winds rose inside the training room, blowing her short skirt upward. Then, one by one, small birds formed from frost flew toward Alex in flocks.
They kept striking Alex's body. Judging by the impact of these ice birds, Alex slightly nodded. Each of them carried an impact comparable to rifle bullets.
Moreover, after hitting the target, they would release cold air to freeze it.
In the blink of an eye, Alex was sealed inside a thick layer of ice.
"Ice Princess" raised one arm again and pointed with an ice blade.
At Alex's position, an ice pillar suddenly rose from the ground, instantly pulling Alex into it and sealing him inside.
At this moment, two points of light lit up within the ice pillar. Then two golden beams pierced through it. That sunlight-like brilliance caused cracks to rapidly spread through the pillar, which then exploded and melted.
Floating in midair, Alex retracted his heat vision, smiled faintly, and suddenly dove down.
"Ice Princess" only felt her vision blur. Homelander was already right in front of her. Then her lower abdomen took a violent hit, causing her whole body to bend like a shrimp.
From her neck to her face, she instantly turned bright red from holding her breath.
Before she could even scream, the spot where she was hit took another invisible impact, and she was immediately sent flying.
Just as she was about to crash into the wall, Alex had already flashed behind her, wrapping his arms around her slender waist and slowly descending.
Only then did "Ice Princess" start coughing violently, her body trembling nonstop.
After a moment, she finally caught her breath.
After setting "Ice Princess" down, Alex glanced at his hands. The frost that had just formed on his palms melted into water.
He looked at the woman and smiled, "Congratulations. You passed."
"Your ice abilities and physical strength are both good and meet my requirements."
"So from now on, you are a member of our Seven."
"Ice Princess's" eyes lit up, "Really?"
"Thank you so much, Homelander."
She lightly bit her lip. In her eyes, which had returned to their normal color, moisture shimmered, "I really do not know how to thank you."
Alex looked her over from head to toe without any restraint, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "There will be chances for you to thank me later."
After saying that, he smiled and turned around, walking out of the training room.
The other two tests also finished one after another.
"Electro Man" could release high-voltage electricity and could condense the current into spheres or long whips for attacks.
"Element Woman" had many moves. She could use four different Element Woman abilities, earth, wind, water, and fire, but their power was not especially strong.
Overall, the strength of these three newcomers was acceptable, at least stronger than trash like A-Train and The Deep.
Next, Ashley took the three newcomers to see their rooms and had the costume team custom-make battle suits for them.
Just as Alex finally had some free time and was about to head to the criminal analysis department, his phone rang.
On the caller ID, the name "Lin Aida" flashed.
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