Huo Yuhao: She Was Acting as a Shield, Taking All the Divine Punishment for Kiana

"But wasn't Kiana's fire impossible to break down?" Chang Gongwei frowned.

"It used to be." Huo Yuhao said, "But the Binding Authority is different. What it breaks down isn't the energy itself, but the parts of the energy that can be defined. Kiana's fire is will. But once that will leaves her body, it becomes light, heat, direction. As long as it still exists in reality, some part of it can be taken apart. Otto can't break down her will, but he can break down the light produced when that will burns. So she can still be restrained. Because if her fire is going to strike out, it first has to exist in this world. And Otto is now the one who decides what can exist."

"How are they supposed to fight this..." Ji Dong's eyes looked ready to spit fire. "Those two girls fought with half their lives on the line, yet they couldn't even get close to him. He stood so high up, didn't even need to move, just stood there and watched them get dismantled. This isn't a god-level battle. This is straight-up divine punishment."

"But look at their eyes." Lie Yan suddenly said.

On the screen, Durandal's fist was still suspended in midair, blood droplets hanging beside it. Yet her gaze had not wavered. Kiana's fire had been broken apart, but her fist remained clenched, her knuckles white as though she wanted to crush something.

"They haven't surrendered." Tang San said slowly. "Because they already know that fighting Otto can't rely on brute strength alone, nor on ordinary willpower. They need to find something he cannot define, prohibit, or break down. Something even the Imaginary Tree cannot write into existence."

"What is it?" A'Dai asked.

"It's the reason they are still standing here." Tang San said.