"Whoosh—!"
A dazzling beam shot up from the ground, blasting toward the heavens. As though it intended to slice the entire space in two, it tore through the air and swept across the Chains of Discipline binding Yaya...
"Snap—!"
Before the element of annihilation, which contained the truths of the universe and could erase all material existence, even the Chains of Discipline could not resist. The sections struck by the beam melted like candy licked into syrup, flowing like lava before snapping apart.
Freed from the Chains of Discipline that had bound and suspended her in midair, Yaya fell to the ground.
Yet the beam continued flashing forward, reaching Natsuki in the blink of an eye.
The brilliance on the surface of the approaching beam reflected in Natsuki's azure eyes, turning them golden. Her entire vision was swallowed by its light, leaving her unable to see anything but radiance.
Even so, there was not the slightest change in Natsuki's delicate face, which seemed as though it would remain calm even before the destruction of heaven and earth. She did not even intend to dodge, counterattack, resist, or clash with it. She simply floated there without moving.
Seeing that, Charlotte cried out in alarm.
"Get out of the way!"
Unfortunately, Natsuki still showed no intention of evading it, allowing the beam capable of destroying everything to strike her directly.
The next moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded...
The beam that struck Natsuki passed directly through her petite body as though it had hit an illusion. Without losing any momentum, it shot into the sky, becoming a streak of light that vanished beyond the distant horizon.
Charlotte, Sigmund, and the others froze on the spot before noticing something.
In front of Natsuki, a small spatial ripple was fluctuating.
No, it was not merely