There was an enormous difference between an "instantaneous severing" and a "severing with a process."
The former meant that the defense had served no purpose whatsoever, offering neither feedback nor reaction time.
The latter meant that the defense had worked to some extent. It could provide the main body with tactile feedback and buy a certain amount of reaction time.
The gap between Kings was an insurmountable chasm... but that did not mean they could not be reached.
In a world that nurtured billions of living beings, perhaps there were one or two lives that could not be defined by common sense. Perhaps their existence had been meant from the very beginning to shatter conventional definitions and lead the world toward a higher level.
Green combined the Mythical-level Shaya Insect Shield with the Madness Mystic Script stored within the Abyss Library.
As her left and right arms brought the insect shields together,
A faint Moon Seal appeared on Green's forehead, stimulating her inner potential to the fullest extent.
The Moon Maiden had completely integrated herself into Green's body.
She optimized, organized, and coordinated the flow of energy within Green, while appropriately supplying her own Otherworldly Demon energy, allowing Green to truly exert the strength of the Mythical Peak.
The defense constructed this way could be called absolute defense within the Mythic Domain.
Against a King whose offensive power was not particularly strong, it might truly have been able to block everything... Unfortunately, the one before her represented the Sin Realm, an existence that had devoted everything to "slashing" and reached the absolute pinnacle of offense.
However.
Green had never expected to block the Slash Emperor's attack head-on.
She only hoped that the "insect shield" formed this way could obstruct him rather than being severed instantly.
The facts proved that it