Golden sword light frantically carved into the third Shadow Maw. The terrifying blast waves tore Lin Qiye's body open, blood streaming over him and turning him into a man drenched in crimson in an instant.
After enduring three meteors in succession, Lin Qiye was badly injured as well. Yet his figure did not pause in the slightest. He charged straight through the shockwaves into the clouds, a streak of sword light slashing plainly at the river of stars!
Clang—!!
The deafening crash of metal nearly shattered everyone's eardrums. Divine light and starlight scattered beneath the edge of Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, and a gap was forcibly carved into the silver ring.
Nyx frowned as the silver ring began to whirl rapidly. Endless starlight concealed the gap, while the divine power and force of vibration infused by the descending sword light were amplified again and again within the ring. After a brief half-second, they were all rebounded outward!
A golden ripple swept across the sky, making Lin Qiye cough up a mouthful of blood as he staggered back several hundred meters.
That silver bracelet divine artifact seemed capable of absorbing every attack that landed on it, then returning it with doubled force in the form of a rebound. Lin Qiye felt as if he had slashed himself two or three times in a row, his entire skeleton nearly shaken apart.
With that bracelet divine artifact protecting her, breaking Nyx's defenses was almost impossible... unless Lin Qiye kept hacking at it with Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi until it shattered into pieces. But before that happened, he would probably be crippled by the rebounds first.
Of course, that only applied to ordinary enemies... Lin Qiye had already found a way to break it.
A dazzling Magic Array unfolded beneath Lin Qiye's feet, and his figure gradually vanished within its