The enormous face made of pure light looked down upon the void.
Its arrival twisted the surrounding Space Law. An Absolute Suppression born of a higher Life Hierarchy swept over Night Cherry Tangle and the other five like an invisible tide.
"Damn it, I can't move!" Water God gritted his teeth. Even lifting a finger had become almost impossible.
The Divine Might within him flowed as slowly as a frozen river.
Casting a spell was out of the question. Even staying afloat was becoming difficult.
The others fared no better.
Sword Master in the Snow gripped the Blade Hilt and tried to summon his Divinity of "severing," only to find that the concept of cutting, which had never failed him before, had struck an immovable wall of Divine Might.
Shrill alarms sounded throughout Season Star's mech as its readings plummeted.
This was no physical attack. A higher-dimensional law was overriding everything around them.
The imposing face ignored their struggles. Its gaze seemed to pierce endless space and settle on some unknown coordinates.
"Shadow Remnant, you have crossed the line."
The vast voice rang out again. This time, it was more than a warning.
As the words fell, light sprang into being throughout the void.
Not beams or spheres of light, but light that was everywhere, seeping into every crevice.
In that instant, the entire world seemed to become a pure Radiant Divine Kingdom.
Sizzle—
A harsh hiss of corrosion rose from the six suits of [Abyssal Barrier] armor.
Golden flecks appeared across the ink-black crystal, as though it had been doused in the fiercest acid. Wisps of black smoke curled upward.
Agony that seared the soul surged through the bond between armor and body, sweeping through all six of them.
"Aah!"
Water God was the first to scream. He felt