A sharp wail no living creature could have made, formed from high-frequency vibrating energy, echoed over the Church.
Priest Moen was wrapped from head to toe in Pink Crystal. Aside from the faintly human outline of his body, almost nothing about him had anything to do with humanity anymore.
But from the agonized howl he was giving now, and the wound at his neck that was gushing blood, he clearly still possessed at least the most basic sense of pain, and his body had not been completely crystallized.
Xia Nan, who observed carefully and had always valued timing in battle, naturally could not let slip this chance while his opponent was locked in place by a severe injury.
Not to mention, he had already realized the special effect that Gravity Etching's Force Field Energy had against crystal people. Judging from that previous strike, as long as he landed one more, he would be able to sever the man's neck completely.
Amid the Wolf Howl, he raised his sword and stepped forward, just about to slash down.
And at that exact moment—
Buzz—
That piercing noise-frequency sound, which had already rung out many times in the battle and made Xia Nan instinctively feel something was wrong the moment he heard it, burst out before him.
With the gem at the very center of Moen's chest as its core, brilliant light flashed, and a translucent Pink Energy Barrier suddenly expanded outward!
"Boom—"
The incomparably sharp blade fell upon it, yet the sensation was even more nauseating than cutting into cotton. In an instant, all the force in his body was rapidly absorbed by the energy ripples rising across the surface of the barrier, leaving it with no power to speak of.
Even the body swinging the sword was shoved away by the