Over the scorched earth, the deathly silence was shattered by Kukulkan's roar. It hovered in midair, its filthy wings beating violently and churning the searing air.
Those molten-gold vertical pupils locked tightly onto the sole patch of "pure land" below, its killing intent almost solidifying into something tangible.
From Finn and Arjun's perspective, everything that had just happened seemed like a miracle. The torrent of destructive light had surged toward them, only to be diverted to either side the instant it neared Mai Sakatoku, by an invisible, intangible, yet unbreakable Barrier.
They had not seen Lu Mingze. They had only seen the dazzling blaze split apart as though it had struck a transparent dome, perfectly protecting the small area that included them. And Mai Sakatoku, standing at the very front, looked as majestic and beautiful as a Valkyrie.
"Holy shit! Beautiful!" Finn patted his chest, still shaken, and stared at Mai Sakatoku with incredulous admiration in his eyes. "You were this badass all along? You can even withstand something like a nuclear blast head-on?!"
Arjun was equally stunned. His gaze swept back and forth between Mai Sakatoku and the scorched earth around them, while stormy waves rose in his heart:
Is this really power a human can possess? Could this Hunter lady who has traveled with us all this way... also be an Ancient Dragon wearing human skin?
Mai Sakatoku rolled her eyes irritably. "This time, I really have been drained dry. I don't have an ounce of strength left."
At last, she could no longer hold herself up and collapsed to the ground, wounded from forcibly enduring Thunder Pool.
Mai Sakatoku was filled with resentment toward Angers. The Feathered Serpent God had clearly been about to leave, but that old lunatic had insisted on jumping out and scraping its