Although the small sphere launched from Darkness Sky's palm was only the size of the mecha's hand, Athrun did not dare take a risk against such an inexplicable attack. He abruptly changed direction and retreated, while Kira, Athrun's closest comrade, fired a beam that struck the sphere released by Darkness Sky.
The instant Kira's beam collided with the sphere, an eerie field actually blocked the beam for a brief moment. A moment later, the beam hit the sphere and caused a small explosion. Though the blast was minor, dense GN Particles scattered with the sphere's explosion in an incomparably dazzling display.
Nearby, Graham hastily retreated from the suddenly flaring Beam Saber. A spin of his mecha—or perhaps Xiao Ran's deliberate restraint—allowed Graham to evade it unharmed. Yet both Graham and Xiao Ran noticed that the swung Beam Saber had stirred the surrounding GN Particles, drawing countless particles toward itself. It continued to expand slowly, as though receiving an energy replenishment.
Seeing this, Xiao Ran suddenly understood what the descriptions of the abilities under the Psychokinesis Bloodline truly meant. Whether it was the Psychokinesis Field, psychic amplification, or psychic control, all of them had gained descriptions regarding their influence over the Solar Furnace or GN Particles. Without any testing, Xiao Ran had only possessed a vague understanding, but after truly using this power, he suddenly realized just how terrifying the Psychokinetist Bloodline's influence over GN Particles had become after merging with the Innovator Bloodline.
First, after launching an attack, it could actually cause the GN Particles spread throughout the battlefield to gather toward that attack. It almost skipped the particle compression process entirely, simply supplementing and strengthening the attack. The continuous replenishment increased the attack's power, and this ability consumed almost nothing for Xiao Ran.
Second, psychic amplification was originally a