"BOOM!!!"
Amid the booming roar, a corner of the tropical rainforest erupted with dust like a geyser, looking almost like a mushroom cloud.
The ground trembled violently, sending spiderweb-like cracks rapidly spreading in all directions.
"What!?"
Mashu, Ryougi Shiki, Ishtar, and the others were all startled. Seeing the dust storm sweeping toward them, they hurriedly increased their distance to avoid being caught in it.
Only Attila, who remained in spirit form, watched the scene. Her figure shifted slightly, as if she wanted to move forward, but she immediately forced herself to stop and continued observing in silence.
Quetzalcoatl's attack had caused such an enormous disturbance.
Luo Zhen's figure flew backward out of the erupting dust and landed on the ground. His feet scraped violently across the earth, and he was only able to stop after retreating a considerable distance.
"Ugh..."
Maintaining the stance of blocking with the raised holy sword, Luo Zhen squeezed out a muffled groan from his throat as he felt the arm holding the sword go numb, then gave a bitter laugh.
"Is her strength really only Rank B?"
Luo Zhen couldn't help but doubt it.
Just now, when Quetzalcoatl had descended from the sky and struck down, Luo Zhen had blocked the attack head-on with the holy sword. The result was this: not only had he been blasted backward, but his arm had gone numb as well.
"Even with the threefold increase in strength provided by the blessing, facing Rank B strength is still too much."
If Luo Zhen hadn't seen through the angle of Quetzalcoatl's attack with Mind's Eye and adjusted his stance and the direction in which the holy sword took the force, thereby deflecting most of its power, that blow would probably have shattered every bone in his body.
**"As expected, a war