Lanno was sent flying by an immense force and slammed heavily into the mountain wall, sending shattered stones tumbling down.
Her white robes had already been dyed red with blood. Her breathing came in ragged gasps, and her aura had weakened to the extreme.
The blond man walked toward her step by step, his blue-green eyes brimming with amusement.
"You resist like this every time, yet you have never succeeded. The gap between us cannot be erased even if you try ten times, a hundred times. You cannot escape my grasp!"
Lanno leaned against the mountain wall, her face pale as paper, but her gaze remained resolute.
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
The blond man's expression did not change in the slightest.
"Ah, you say that every time. Every time, you must be disciplined, and every time, I become intoxicated by the process. I have never been willing to give you up."
He raised a hand, and golden ripples of light condensed in the air. Destructive power churned within them, violently twisting the surrounding air.
Lanno gritted her teeth. She knew she could not withstand this attack.
But she would not surrender without a fight.
Her hands suddenly formed an extraordinarily complex seal. Her ten fingers danced as the Time Law around her body surged violently.
A silver-white radiance erupted from within her, enveloping her body.
That radiance transformed into a long corridor. Within it, the flow of time was utterly chaotic—time stood still in some places, flowed backward in others, and accelerated elsewhere.
Lanno stood in the center of the Time Corridor, trapping herself within it.
The blond man, meanwhile, was shut out of the Time Corridor.
This was her final trump card.
The Time Corridor was a Supernatural Power she had created after comprehending the Great