Noelle's battle with the Abyss Lector began.
Brute strength could work miracles, but even that had its limits.
Noelle had been able to kill the Abyss Mages instantly because the power of her strikes exceeded what their shields could withstand.
But facing an Abyss Lector was a different story.
In theory, as long as an elemental shield was not shattered in a single blow, its caster could keep channeling elements to replenish it until their stamina ran out.
Besides, the shield an Abyss Lector created in reality was different from the one in the game.
In the game, once an Abyss Lector raised its shield, a defense bar appeared beneath its health bar. Only after depleting that defense bar could you kill it.
Reality, however, was different.
Unlike Geo and Cryo, Electro could not solidify, so naturally, it could not form a shield that physically blocked attacks.
Thus, what the Abyss Lector had unleashed was less a shield and more a "thunderstorm domain."
The Abyss Lector channeled vast amounts of Electro power, forming a highly compressed thunderstorm field around itself.
That thunderstorm field surrounded it like a shield.
When Noelle's greatsword struck the field, the highly compressed lightning within the thunderstorm shield instantly annihilated the Geo power coating her blade.
Rather than blocking an enemy's attack, it neutralized the attack with greater power. That was how the Abyss Lector's Electro shield worked!
Noelle kept swinging her enormous Geo sword, attacking the Abyss Lector, but she simply could not shatter its shield in a single strike.
The instant her enormous Geo sword hit the Abyss Lector's shield, the destructive power of lightning devoured a huge chunk of it!
And the Abyss Lector's offensive power was every bit as terrifying as its formidable defenses.
With a lift of its hand, lightning rained