Upon the ice field, Hoshino repeatedly drew her sword, performed iaijutsu, and sheathed it. Captured by a high-speed camera, it looked as though the blade remained planted in the ground while the light had already struck the enemy in the face. Her movements flowed freely, without the slightest trace of effort.
A divine technique.
The fierce battle had created a forbidden zone spanning several kilometers. The only thing capable of approaching was Heavy Bunny's chassis. Forged from superalloy, it could operate reliably in temperatures nearing minus two hundred degrees, yet even so, the camera malfunctioned.
As the wind and snow swept about, the image warped and shifted in color, as if invisible hands were twisting everything.
"Bronya?"
"It's normal. Yae Sakura is recovering her strength." Bronya seemed to have expected it. "Under the effects of cold, light is gradually slowing down. This power will eventually affect spacetime itself. This is the ultimate limit swordsmanship can reach."
"The ultimate limit of swordsmanship?"
It was too strange. Could swordsmanship really achieve something like this?
"Yes. She can freeze the air, freeze light, and freeze time within a certain range."
"Mm, mm, mm."
Princess Wen Yue watched the tense battle with no desire to learn more. Though she was personally quite interested in such things, she had come to assess the situation. Whether Lungmen needed to evacuate urgently depended entirely on this battle taking place on the wasteland.
"Don't worry."
"According to the analysis, Yae Sakura's chance of victory is 100%." Bronya reassured them. "Put another way, the moment she decided to reclaim her power, this battle was already over. What we are seeing is merely the aftermath of that decision."
"I... see."
Princess Wen Yue did not find that very reassuring. She had never experienced anything like this before. No politician had