Time had stopped.
Not just for one person—the entire stretch of space-time had frozen in place! That near-miraculous sight shocked all the companions around the Insect Amber Master! Everyone only knew that this seemingly ordinary, silent, and despondent old man was a preservationist invited by Iver. They had heard that he could release shields with extraordinary defensive power and even resurrect the dead... But no one had known his power was actually this overwhelming! Wasn't he supposed to be support?!
"—What are you waiting for?!"
Ligeia shouted and gave Yulia a light, measured slap on the butt.
Yulia instantly snapped out of it. Ashamed that she had let her mind wander in battle, she reached up with a resolute gaze and grabbed the black-and-red bow on her head.
The instant the bow was removed, it burst into flames. The black-and-red fire gathered between her fingers, as though condensing into a tiny reactor.
"—Lia!"
Yulia shouted and suddenly hurled the sphere in her palm upward! The black-and-red flames expanded into a huge vortex in midair, transforming into four red-and-black gradient butterfly wings.
Then the Paradox Flame Butterfly emerged from within!
With wings of ash upon her back and a dress of raging flames, the creature slowly opened her dark-red irises, which resembled the eyes of an insect, and gazed at the Fly Demons frozen motionless in the sky.
She raised both hands high, forming a triangle with her index fingers and thumbs. The triangle was then completely filled with flames.
Golden-red flames gathered within it, compressed into a beam before the triangle, and thundered into the sky! The air was pierced by the flaming beam, sending out waves of air like rings.
A violent storm spread in all directions. Yulia's silvery-white hair billowed and danced wildly within it.
Unquenchable flames burned