Was he really planning to take them both down by using Explosion at a time like this, just as he had said?
The thought crossed Butterfly Bush's mind, but she did not alter her plan of action. In her view, a Spell Formula like Explosion, which needed to be extremely close to exert its power, was not worth guarding against at all. Unless the other party had some way to turn Explosion into a long-range attack...
At that thought, Butterfly Bush suddenly understood.
In the smoke earlier, she had seen how Xia Liang's Magic Armament worked. Her mirrors could swallow Butterfly Bush's poisonous smoke and transmit it elsewhere, so presumably, she could use that ability on the Explosion Spell Formula as well?
Sure enough, when she looked around again, she spotted the mirror Xia Liang had nested beyond her palm, as well as another mirror some distance away that was already aimed at her.
Too obvious.
That was how she judged this method of attack. She casually mobilized her remaining mana capacity and deployed several small Magic Barriers in the direction that mirror was facing.
Explosion was indeed a powerful Spell Formula. In battles between opponents of the same level, it was common for it to pierce several layers of Magic Barriers. But as long as barriers were set up in advance near the source of the explosion, after being weakened through layer upon layer, only a faint ripple of mana would reach her.
That was what Butterfly Bush thought, but out of habitual caution, she did not commit all her mana capacity. She used only around eighty percent, leaving twenty percent in reserve just in case.
Under Butterfly Bush's casual gaze, the Explosion Spell Formula in Xia Liang's hand activated.
Just as Butterfly Bush had anticipated, Explosion did not