The force of the nuclear blast also reached Amon, but the instant it drew close, it vanished in an eerie manner.
It passed through an invisible door and surged out from another—flowing around Amon's body and continuing to spread behind him, like water around a reef.
Spirit Word: Gate.
This was Amon's unique Spirit Word, the manifestation of his Main Body's trait in the world of Dragon Raja.
"Gate" could not be produced out of thin air. It required a certain medium.
And in this vast sea, mediums were everywhere. Water was the best medium!
The relationship between water and Nibelungen was extremely subtle.
In Norse Mythology, the gold of Nibelungen was first hidden at the bottom of the Rhine, guarded by three water nymphs. Later, when the curse of the ring ended, the ring was also returned to the Rhine and sank into the water. Water was the source of power and also the final destination, symbolizing reincarnation and purification.
Norton's Bronze City had sunk underwater. When Chu Zihang entered Fenrir's high-speed rail station, mist would fill the air and puddles would appear on the ground. Odin's Nibelungen only manifested on days of torrential rain.
Water became a passage or gateway connecting the real world and Nibelungen. It was both an entrance and a boundary. In other words, water could be a kind of "gate."
Amon made use of this concept, using "Spirit Word: Gate" to open one door in each of the six directions around himself: front, back, left, right, above, and below. The shock wave struck from the front, passed through the first door, and surged directly out of the second door behind him, continuing to spread backward. The same went for above, below, left, and right.
Thus, he did not suffer even the slightest injury.
However,