"Boom—!"
As that thunderous roar rang out from the skies above Taiger Forest, spreading through heaven and earth like invisible sound waves, Danas vanished from before Shien.
All anyone saw was Shien suddenly disappear. Then, as the deafening boom erupted, Shien appeared where Danas had originally been, while Danas himself had vanished without a trace.
It had all happened in less time than it took to blink.
The drastic change, which had occurred in perhaps one ten-millionth of a second, left everyone present unable even to react before they were blown away by the sound waves and the suddenly arriving shockwave.
The belated shockwave threw the entire battlefield into chaos.
Whether they were Goddesses, Elves, monsters, demonic constructs, undead, or Magic Lifeforms, all of them were sent reeling by the astonishing shockwave.
Cries of alarm, roars, and screams rang out without end.
Even Transcendent Class beings like Nadula only had time for their expressions to change before the impact sent them flying.
It had happened that suddenly.
It had been that shocking.
With what looked like nothing more than a light, casual palm strike, Shien had blasted Danas clean out of Taiger Forest.
Yes.
Danas had not vanished. The instant he was struck, an overwhelming and unimaginable force had blasted him all the way to a distant border beyond Taiger Forest's reach.
If anyone had been nearby, they would have felt a violent earthquake and seen dust and sand filling the sky above an exploded stretch of land.
A massive crater over ten kilometers wide, a circular pit like a meteor crater, had formed there.
Under such circumstances, Shien silently took a step in Taiger Forest and vanished from where he stood as well.
In the next instant, Shien reappeared.
Only, he had not returned alone.
At some point, he