Moments later, an utterly harrowing scream burst from Xiao Wu's mouth.
"Aah!"
Her piercing screams rang out without end, filling the entire Papal Palace and chilling everyone who heard them to the bone.
Listening to those agonized cries, everyone felt a flicker of pity. They could not bear to look at Xiao Wu's ghastly condition.
Xiao Wu was in terrible shape. Gunshot wounds covered her from head to toe, packed as densely as the holes in black hornets' nests.
"How does that feel? Your Third Brother is about to experience a thousand times that agony."
Kurumi Tokisaki stood right before Xiao Wu, watching her wretched state. The corners of her mouth curled upward slightly in satisfaction.
"I won't let you hurt Third Brother. Anyone who hurts Third Brother, I, Xiao Wu, won't either."
Xiao Wu struggled to get those few words out, then fainted from the severity of her injuries.
"You really couldn't withstand even a gust of wind."
Seeing Xiao Wu pass out, Kurumi Tokisaki shook her head and slowly walked toward the Clear Sky Hammer suspended in midair.
By now, the Clear Sky Hammer had shifted considerably downward and looked ready to crash into the ground.
Kurumi Tokisaki's Time Slowdown was not a time stop. Even slowed to one-thirtieth of its speed, the Clear Sky Hammer would still gradually smash into the ground.
Bang!
Looking at the black Clear Sky Hammer, Kurumi Tokisaki snapped her fingers lightly, then slammed the Antique Rifle in her hand against it.
Boom!
The tremendous force struck the Clear Sky Hammer, driving it straight into the ground.
A closer look would have revealed a moderately sized crack slowly spreading across the Clear Sky Hammer.
"Pfft!"
A Tool Spirit Avatar was intimately linked to its tool Soul Master. With the Clear Sky Hammer cracked