Dazzling light erupted within the narrow mine tunnel!
Centered on Octopus Lady Matilda, a spherical barrier expanded outward.
The barrier, imbued with the power of rules, continued to expand, violently shoving one of the Gold-Eating Rats that had yet to crawl out of the Rift away and forcibly pinning it against the rock wall.
Xu Xiao, whom Matilda had deemed her challenge target, was enveloped within the barrier.
However, due to the equipment effect vanishing and the other Gold-Eating Rat still refusing to let go, the woman's shoulder guard was bitten apart by Mighty Strength on the spot, along with a large chunk of flesh beneath it, which was pushed outside the barrier.
Though her injuries were far from light, she had ultimately escaped the predicament.
"Thank you... You really did have a way..."
Even as Xu Xiao sincerely thanked Matilda, she did not immediately inspect the wound on her shoulder. Instead, she turned to look at the Palu Rabbitfolk outside the barrier.
"The Authority of Tolerance can indeed revive the dead, but it has a strict time limit."
"If that limit is exceeded, then no matter how I mobilize the power of the authority, it will be useless."
"Am I not trying to figure something out..." Matilda curled her lips and shifted her gaze from Xu Xiao's injured shoulder to the black slime that had already spread across the ground outside the barrier.
"Just as I said before, these two Gold-Eating Rats carry powerful rule-based energy."
"If you act blindly before figuring out the situation, it's easy to get yourself into trouble."
"Even if you're one of God's Chosen Ones, you should still be mindful of that!"
"Otherwise, not only might you fail to save anyone, you could even get yourself killed!"
"Yes..." Xu Xiao endured the pain and