Let's Go, Brothers

Hearing Du Mu call him a birdman, Gabriel was not angry in the slightest.

At least it proved that "ugly bastard" earlier had not been referring to him.

He held the Spear of Longinus horizontally and swung it through the air in Du Mu's direction.

The spearhead sliced through space, unleashing several crescent-shaped blades of light. They spilled forth along the blade, spreading out layer upon layer and covering a vast stretch of sky in the blink of an eye. The entire screen was filled with blinding white light—the light pollution was maxed out.

Du Mu advanced instead of retreating, charging headlong into the net of light blades.

His body freely stretched and warped in midair as he twisted through the nearly airtight gaps between the light blades. His speed broke the sound barrier, trailing layers of afterimages behind him.

In no more than an instant, he broke through the encirclement of light blades and rushed straight before Gabriel, clenching his fist and throwing a direct punch.

Gabriel reacted swiftly, raising the Spear of Longinus to block it head-on.

Boom—!!

The instant the fist struck the shaft of the spear, a deafening sonic boom exploded.

Violent air currents swept out from the point of impact in every direction. The clouds around them were instantly torn apart, clearing a ring-shaped void several kilometers across.

Gabriel drifted back a hundred meters using the recoil. With a gentle beat of his six wings, he dispersed all the force and hovered steadily in the air.

He raised his left hand and drew upon the moisture in the air. Gaseous water molecules within several kilometers rapidly condensed, hanging evenly around him like suspended raindrops.

The number of droplets surged from several hundred to several thousand, eventually spreading into a transparent curtain of water that covered