"Mm..."
When the sharp dagger pierced her throat, Index could only widen her eyes and stare blankly at Fang Li without moving an inch.
"Index!"
Kanzaki cried out in disbelief.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Stiyl merely let out a howl like a crazed beast.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOAR—!"
Innocentius, carrying a temperature of three thousand degrees Celsius, suddenly roared. It stomped on the ground and charged Fang Li amid rolling heat waves and surging flames, raising its enormous arm before bringing it down at him with all its might.
Gale-force winds, scorching winds, and chaotic air currents instantly tangled together, exploding across the rooftop beneath Innocentius's strike.
Its power was astonishing.
And there was only one person facing that power.
That person was Fang Li.
Yet Fang Li, who had not moved at all until now and had only used firearms, ammunition, and instruments to fight Stiyl, finally moved.
"Quit getting in my way!"
As soon as he spoke, starlight like sparks flickered across Fang Li's body.
Bang—!
Amid a heavy, muffled impact that made hearts seize up, the papal-class spell Innocentius was violently kicked away by a foot that had become an afterimage.
Whoosh—!
With a shrill tearing sound, the monster formed from three-thousand-degree flames became a cannonball, rubbing against the air as it flew straight off the rooftop, eventually vanishing into the distance.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
His greatest trump card had been dealt with effortlessly, yet Stiyl showed not the slightest shock. Still howling madly, he ignored the serious injuries inflicted by the Impact Warhead and charged hysterically at Fang Li.
It was not only Stiyl.
Even Kanzaki erupted with a terrifying aura.
"You... how dare you...!"
Gritting her teeth, Kanzaki lowered her head, unable to stop her voice from trembling. She slowly reached her equally trembling hand toward the hilt of her longsword and placed