In that brief instant, as everyone tried at once to intercept the attack and get Jiang Yu away, Sheng An had already understood-
It was no use.
This shattered fragment ignored all their superpowers.
Superpower people and Otherkind both originated from the fragments, so it was hardly surprising that superpowers were useless against them. And as the Master of the Otherkind, Hao Jingye understood the fragments far better than humans did.
He wanted them to pay a "price." He had given up the damaged fragment he had stolen and damaged it even further instead... which meant this strike was certain to draw blood.
Otherwise, it would not be worth everything he had sacrificed.
Get Jiang Yu away?
Too late. She had failed to enter her space and fallen to the ground. With the fragment moving so fast, there was no way to get her away now.
If Long Tianyu were still awake, perhaps he could have done it.
But-
Hao Jingye had accounted for everything. Long Tianyu was unconscious and barely alive. This strike would not miss.
An almost instinctive thought surfaced: Jiang Yu must not die!
Hao Jingye had chosen someone to attack before leaving-or rather, the only damaged fragment could target just one person. There had to be a reason he had chosen Jiang Yu.
Even if they did not yet know that reason, Jiang Yu's space was humanity's last hope.
No matter what, she had to live.
Sheng An lunged forward with Mountain Blossom.
In that brief instant, she had already understood everything and worked out the calculations in her mind.
Her time superpower might be useless against the fragment.
But when it was not acting on the fragment, her superpower still worked. She activated her time superpower, and Mountain Blossom opened a loophole in her time.