Using the force pinning his hands, Shade twisted his waist and kicked forward with both legs, desperately recalling the scene from last time he had entered Divinity Overflow and used Moonlight Slash to cleave apart that Mermaid Giant Corpse.
It was not as though he had never studied how to improve and alter his Thaumaturgy, but both Moonlight Slash and Moonbeam Greatsword required a higher Ring Arcanist level and more Spirit Runes before they could undergo further elevation.
Yet in the state of Divinity Overflow, while experiencing power beyond the Thirteenth Ring, Shade could also sense new ways to wield his strength. Facing the oppression of darkness now, he suddenly recalled Miss Aurora writing shining words in the air with her finger at the Witch Council not long ago, followed by the flash of inspiration that had prompted his movement at the end of the Coldwater Port battle.
Behind him, the Silver Moon Core Ling Rune suddenly flared with light.
The silver glow around his body expanded violently. His right foot kicked out a slash of moonlight above the Demon's face, slanting from lower left to upper right. Then his left foot traced another slash above its face, from upper left to lower right.
The two beams formed a cross, but rather than flying out at once like ordinary Moonlight Slashes, they froze in the air.
"Heya!"
Shade drew his legs together and curled up, then kicked both feet forward fiercely while hanging in midair.
His feet struck the cross of moonlight floating in the air, and the Crossed Moonlight sliced toward the Demon's vertical pupil with the force of his kick.
The Crossed Moonlight was more dazzling than ever before, and its brilliant radiance gave the Demon a sense of danger. Left with no choice, it released Shade's right