Kouji Kabuto's words, combined with the attacks it had endured before and its current severe injuries, seemed to have completely enraged the demon god. An indignant, soaring roar erupted from its head, whose features could no longer be made out, echoing through the entire underground space and in the ears of everyone present.
A red beam suddenly appeared in the void. Scarlet—redder than blood—it enveloped the demon god. Rings of strange power then emerged from its body and spread outward. The expanding force seemed to bind the entire space, to restrain everything, letting everyone clearly feel the immense restriction radiating from the red pillar of light. It was a vast power capable of holding them all down, a power that should not have existed at all—a law of strength that surpassed even gods.
Among all the living beings being restrained, the Angels were included as well. Apart from Xiao Ran, Ryoma Nagare, and Shinji Ikari, who could still move somewhat, Ange, Amuro, Setsuna, Kira, Athrun, Shinn, and the others found every movement slow and powerless, as though they were underwater. Those in even worse condition, like Hathaway, Tobia, and Banagher, felt completely unable to move.
"Damn it, it still has such powerful strength?!" Xiao Ran gritted his teeth and operated Dawn with all his might, charging straight at the demon god again. Dawn turned red at that moment. The Dual Guns merged into one and were tightly gripped in Dawn's right arm as a beam extending at least a thousand meters, mixed with countless green crystals, slashed horizontally toward the red beam.
He was absolutely certain that the red light was bringing some extraordinary change to the demon god. Xiao Ran would never allow it to continue running wild.
"Hayato, Benkei, let's go!" Ryoma Nagare possessed instincts nearly stronger than