"Na Nali..." Dark Hummingbird steadied himself, forcing the words through gritted teeth, his voice thick with almost absurd disbelief.
"You're not dead? And you even have Four-Word Battle Armor?!"
"Hee-hee, that's right. Surprised? Didn't see that coming?" Na Nali smiled sweetly as she pointed at Dark Hummingbird with her right hand.
The bell behind her spun at high speed, swelling in midair as it flew toward him. Its keening sound waves shook the mind.
Dark Hummingbird's heart lurched. They had once been two of the Holy Spirit Cult's Four Heavenly Kings, and he knew Na Nali's abilities all too well.
Back then, Na Nali had been sent to kill Xiling. She had vanished afterward without a trace, and as far as he knew, she was dead.
Yet here she stood before him, having even forged Four-Word Battle Armor. The change drove his wariness to its peak.
His pair of Bee Tail Stingers drew inward. A pair of transparent wings appeared on his back and began to vibrate, producing a low hum.
In the next instant, a cold glint flashed through Dark Hummingbird's eyes. A burst of sound waves erupted around him, its buzzing scattering the bell's keening waves.
Dark Hummingbird flashed past like a meteor. In the blink of an eye, he swept around the bell's attack and drove both Bee Tail Stingers toward Na Nali's chest.
He was simply too fast. Without warning, an ordinary person would have struggled to react.
This was Dark Hummingbird's fifth Soul Skill, Gale Cannon, which could instantly propel him to tremendous speed.
It was devastatingly effective for either escape or attack.
The smile faded from Na Nali's eyes, and the black light across her Four-Word Battle Armor suddenly hardened.
Faced with Bee Tail Stingers that were upon her in an instant, she neither