"How... how did this happen?"
"What... what is this?"
At that moment, it was not only Amakusa Shirou Tokisada—Fang Li himself showed a shocked expression. Almost reflexively, he stomped the ground and abruptly pulled away.
On the other side, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada seemed to sense that something was wrong as well and hurriedly tried to retreat.
Unfortunately, by the time he tried to retreat, it was already too late.
"Boom—!"
Silver flames abruptly swelled outward from Reiji Maigo, directly engulfing Amakusa Shirou Tokisada within them.
"Guh... guuuuuuuuuuuuuuh...!"
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's pained cry immediately rang out from within the silver flames.
Fang Li did not know whether the silver flames would inflict any actual damage.
But Amakusa Shirou Tokisada had been rendered completely unable to move.
As though he had fallen into a swamp, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada remained in the pose of striking Reiji Maigo, unable to budge even the slightest bit.
Under such circumstances, the silver flames blazing from Reiji Maigo began to sway and gradually change.
Watching this happen with his own eyes, Fang Li's expression suddenly jolted.
That was right.
At that instant, even Fang Li could not help but be shocked.
"Hum—!"
Within the blazing silver flames, from inside the glowing Reiji Maigo, formations resembling totems slowly rotated out like bands of light around a satellite. They spread in all directions, surrounding the silver flames.
"Those are... Inherent Formulas...?!"
Fang Li was truly astonished.
Inherent Formulas that existed only in the world of "Shakugan no Shana," much like Magic Circles used to construct sorcery, were used to construct Inherent Skills. Centered on the silver flames, they crisscrossed and spiraled around one another like satellite light bands orbiting a planet.
Then, surrounded by the Inherent Formulas, the silver flames began to change shape, gradually becoming a figure.
It