An indescribable burst of ultimate light and heat erupted violently from its center.
It was as though a miniature sun had been ignited inside the factory. The shockwave spread like a tsunami, and the building proved as fragile as papier-mâché—its roof was completely blown away, its walls collapsing like building blocks.
In that instant, the glass factory was nearly razed to the ground, exposing its interior to Sam and Dean in the distance.
The sky flashed bright for an instant before plunging back into darkness.
"My turn."
Without the slightest hesitation, another angel stepped forward, glaring furiously at Lilith as unstable fluctuations began radiating from his body.
Lilith's expression instantly turned extremely grim.
During that self-destruction just now, the remaining demon guards around her had reacted with incredible speed, almost instinctively throwing themselves over her tiny body and using themselves as shields to withstand the first wave of impact.
That was the only reason she had escaped injury.
Those demons had not acted out of loyalty, but because they were bound by a contract centered around her—one they could not defy.
"These lunatics!" Lilith snarled through gritted teeth. "They would rather let their souls scatter than be captured by me. Compared to a demon's pragmatism, they possess a disgusting sort of stubbornness!"
Her earlier attempt to capture them had been forcibly interrupted by the explosion. Now, facing the second angel preparing to self-destruct, she once again summoned dark energy, turning it into a massive net that descended upon him.
The souls of those angels concerned her chance of survival. She could not afford to give up on them so easily.
However, capturing alive a powerful being determined to die and capable of self-destruction was more than ten times harder than simply killing them.
It was like subduing someone at the