Chris murmured in disbelief, Lin Yu's confident expression from earlier still seeming to linger in her mind. In her turmoil, she actually forgot to immediately slip back into the shadow realm.
At the same time, a feeling called regret began spreading through her heart. If she had known, she would have fought head-on herself. Though she was not particularly skilled at frontal combat, she was at least a true Domain-level fighter!
"Eh?"
Steve and the Yin-Yang Emperor also stopped what they were doing and looked at each other.
This turn of events had come far too suddenly, hadn't it? They had perished together just like that?
Both men wore bewildered expressions. Even with the formation's support, they knew they could not have withstood Sima Hao's terrifying strike. After all, Goddess's Protection was not primarily meant to enhance their strength. Raising them to the Domain level was already its limit; raising them to level 97 was practically impossible.
In other words, they did not believe Lin Yu could emerge unscathed from that attack either. They had watched the terrifying black light pierce through Lin Yu's body before continuing, undiminished, toward the barrier.
"Boom...!"
A thunderous roar like a nuclear explosion instantly echoed within the barrier. Where the barrier collided with the black light, a brilliant radiance erupted, and ripples spread across its surface again and again.
As time passed, the black light gradually lost its power, slowly weakening and thinning.
"Pfft!!"
This was followed by continuous sounds of people vomiting blood. Aside from the five red-robed figures leading the formation, the weaker members had already turned pale. Clearly, blocking Sima Hao's attack had not been nearly as easy as it seemed for the formation.
However, the Yin-Yang Emperor and Steve did not pay much attention to that. As long as the