BOOM--!!!
Anlia stared at the flames rising more than ten meters high, her eyes widening involuntarily. She immediately opened her mouth and shouted:
"Lina! Molly!"
She had suddenly lost two teammates, and her heart seemed to stop. Tears uncontrollably spilled from her eyes.
However, before she could take a step toward the flames, she saw them suddenly surge violently!
Pffrrr...
The sound of slowly flowing water drifted over. A pale blue radiance suddenly appeared within the flames, piercing through their fiery glow!
"What...?"
Anlia stopped in her tracks. Looking at the radiance, she murmured to herself.
BOOM--!!!
The explosion and flames instantly swallowed the two girls' positions.
White light flashed through Lina's eyes. She resigned herself to her fate and closed her eyes, letting out a silent sigh.
It's over...
But after Lina waited for a moment, the flames and scorching pain she expected never came. Instead, she felt as though she had sunk into water.
What's going on?
Confused, Lina opened her eyes.
Several mischievous bubbles drifted past her eyes, blurring her vision for a moment, but she could see that she was floating in water!
Lina instinctively lifted her head. Her eyes widened as she stared at Moss below in shock.
Molly, you...!
Pffrrr...
Within the enormous semicircular sphere of water, the current slowly revolved and lifted Moss's hood. Her braid, nearly as long as she was tall, drifted gently through the water.
She stood firmly upon the earth, her right hand held upright before her and her left hand clenched at her waist. She had lowered herself into a horse stance, calmly watching the scene ahead.
Moss had activated her Ancestral Form. The animal ears atop her head had already appeared.
Pale blue waves and crescent-shaped patterns had also emerged across her skin and face.
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