Along the way, Kurumi had imagined dozens of ways the Spirit King might die, but she had never expected him to die at Kanon's hands.
And by an ultra-long-range "divine punishment" at that...
Mo Xiao comforted Kanon where she stood, while the soul power Kurumi had split off returned to her main body.
In fact, Kurumi had never even seen what the Spirit King looked like.
When Kurumi opened her eyes, the wind and sand crushed by violent energy were still raging endlessly, and visibility in the air was almost zero. The once peaceful Spirit King's capital had become a dead zone.
A pale green circular barrier tightly enveloped the area within three meters around Kurumi. Seen through the wind and sand, it resembled a small boat caught in a raging storm at sea, flickering between bright and dim as though it could go out at any moment.
Yet the pale green barrier remained firm, while Kurumi within it lowered her head in thought.
When Kanon had cast her magic, Kurumi had not expected her to accidentally throw it over here, so the "Spirit King" account had not been given any protection.
The pale green barrier blocking the violent energy around her was actually a layer of spellwork along the hem of her skirt.
At the edge of her long dress, green halos split into two layers like a sandwich, trapping strange characters between them. The upper and lower layers rotated slowly apart from each other, and the energy emitted from them formed the barrier, protecting the "Spirit King" account from attack.
(Life Goddess's Protection) First-layer defense mechanism.
Kurumi lowered her head to look at the intricate patterns on her dress. Even she could not tell how many layers this protection had.
If the violent energy were allowed to continue