A massive electromagnetic storm exploded over the city. Since its lowest point was only a few hundred meters above the ground, the shock wave it generated whipped up a gale around everyone. Everything seemed to become electrically charged, with crackling sparks bursting into the air everywhere, while the ozone produced by ionization filled the surroundings with a pungent smell. But the invisible magnetic field was far more powerful than the discharges in the sky. It swept across the entire district, and within its area of effect, all the stone statues trembled to a halt before toppling to the ground one after another.
In the sky, a huge, transparent-jellyfish-like object was revealed under the electromagnetic storm's impact.
It looked like a mass of cotton candy floating high in the sky, with an unstable appearance and hazy boundaries. Countless faintly glowing lines extended from the bottom of the enormous transparent structure, each one connected to a stone statue guard on the ground below. After those guards were destroyed by the magnetic field and fell, the "tethers" connected to them were retracted, looking just like a jellyfish drawing in its tentacles.
The spectacular, mysterious structure made everyone let out involuntary cries of amazement—except Roll. The poor Cat Girl had been hurt and frightened, and was currently clutching Hao Ren's leg while meowing incessantly, completely unaware of what was happening in the sky.
Hao Ren finally saw clearly what the thing he had vaguely sensed earlier actually looked like. He guessed that it should have been completely invisible, and that even now what everyone saw was not its true appearance. It should have been something that did not interact with the material world. Vivian's powerful energy had merely struck its vital nodes, causing the regions where the "jellyfish" came into contact with the material