"I'd like to see just how much punishment it can take!"
With a shrill roar, Changsun Mi suddenly transformed into a long shadow. Winding and coiling like a black dragon, he shot forth with thunderous force, blasting half the palace apart in a spray of earth and stone.
Just as the black dragon charged into the exploding palace, treasure-like radiance bloomed amid the flying rubble. A dazzling silver brilliance flared up like an ancient lamp suddenly kindled.
Clang! Changsun Mi, who had just rushed in to attack, flew backward with blood at the corners of his mouth. Having underestimated his foe for a moment, he had been caught completely off guard.
Amid the rain of flying earth and stone, a silver glow rose. Sacred Rakshasa, likewise bleeding from the corners of its mouth, ascended with its arms spread wide. Its demonic body shone with silver light, its eyes closed.
Granny Snow flashed forward in attack, her cane striking out with the force of thunder directly at Sacred Rakshasa's head.
Sacred Rakshasa's eyes snapped open, endless indifference shining from its fierce demonic gaze. Its five claws suddenly clenched around the incoming cane's tip, instantly halting the thunderous blow.
A cold smile appeared on Granny Snow's face. Blue light flashed across her cane and, in an instant, enveloped Sacred Rakshasa. A mass of deep-blue ice immediately froze Sacred Rakshasa within.
"Shatter!" Granny Snow swung her palm toward the mystical ice seal.
Suddenly, dazzling silver radiance burst from within the ice. Just as Granny Snow was about to strike the frozen mass with her palm, it exploded with a boom, shattering into countless pieces.
A pair of dazzling silver wings spread amid the flying shards of ice. It seemed that the very opening of those wings had burst apart the mystical ice seal.