Queen Himeko: If you don't get closer, how am I supposed to blast you to smithereens?! (Continued)

"Class Monitor... Auntie... Dad... Bronya... and Mei—"

After blasting the culprit into particles, Ji Anya finally had time to look back on the past and understand the sorrow of only knowing how to cherish something after losing it.

Tears trickled down her pale cheeks, drop by drop, landing on the steamroller.

That was right. Kiana was still kneeling atop the steamroller, overwhelmed with grief.

"Nana, you celebrated too soon—"

As Kiana looked up in disbelief and saw Die Fu gradually solidifying from her illusory state, the instant she released the time stop, the other girl's outstretched right hand seized her shoulder. The power within her seemed to turn into stagnant water in an instant, leaving her utterly unable to move.

"If Sister hadn't left a one-time 'rebirth effect' from 'The World: Over Heaven' on me, you probably would have killed me."

Watching Ji Anya grab her right wrist and desperately pull at it, Die Fu said coldly, "It's useless. Your power has already been suppressed by my 'The World: Over Heaven.' Right now, you're just a weak, pitiful, helpless girl—"

"That's right, there's nothing you can do!"

"Whether it's protecting your companions, avenging them, or even saving your own life, you're just a pitiful wretch about to die..."

"I... can't do anything..."

Feeling herself unable to breathe and her consciousness beginning to blur, Ji Anya was filled with unwillingness and self-reproach. In the end, she could only reach out, placing her hand on Die Fu's shoulder and weakly pounding against her. Of course, it did not even count as a massage.

Seeing Kiana still daring to hit her, Die Fu tightened her grip around the girl's neck. Ji Anya was on the verge of suffocating.

Suddenly—

"This world doesn't matter anymore!"

"Boom—"

Countless imaginary substances and strange dark objects burst