Ex-Machina in Dimensional Travel

Achilles immediately tightened the reins in his hands. As his words fell, the three divine horses ahead let out piercing neighs.

Ignoring Xiu Er's obstruction, they broke the sound barrier in an instant, leaving a long trail of green stream behind them.

Pulling the chariot and Achilles atop it along, they became a green meteor streaking across the sky.

The green meteor carried the golden "sphere" ahead of it, carving several arcs through the heavens.

In the end, just as the golden meteor had flown into the sky—

After leaving the sky filled with streaming light, the green meteor descended vertically with the "golden ball" before it, plunging straight toward the ground below.

Achilles's Discovery

3:33 AM

In just a few minutes, the situation between Achilles and Xiu Er had reversed countless times.

Each thrilling clash was mixed with their respective understanding of the current situation, displaying the countermeasures each had prepared.

And at this moment, the one at a disadvantage was Xiu Er, pinned before the other party's Noble Phantasm. Faced with speed that had broken the sound barrier, Xiu Er's body was not rendered immobile as Achilles had been when she had dragged him into the sky.

But in order to gather the most direct data on the Noble Phantasm, faced with the prospect of smashing into the earth under the acceleration of gravity from ten thousand meters in the sky—

She had never considered the option of "dodging."

She calmly observed the divine horses beyond the barrier. Her leisurely appearance made it seem as though the person about to crash into the earth was not her at all.

"Analyzing..."

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Slender black Chains extended along Xiu Er's left arm, concealed within the night. They passed through the barrier, circled around the horses, and