"You can't leave."
An icy voice came from afar. By the time its last syllable reached their ears, [Earthshaker] had already arrived.
"Too late."
The instant Mu Bingge caught sight of [Earthshaker] out of the corner of her eye, the Mark on her forehead flared. A vast power erupted, and water materialized out of thin air to block [Earthshaker]'s path.
"You... aren't getting past me."
[Earthshaker] was astonished. "[Abyssal Erosion]'s power?"
It looked at Mu Bingge. Her aqua-blue eyes deepened in color, like a dark, icy abyss, as she stared at it.
The sound of tearing muscles rang out incessantly, but she was still unleashing that power.
[Earthshaker] stepped forward, and rocks abruptly rose to seize and imprison Mu Bingge, only to be shattered by the surging torrent. The heavy waters lunged savagely at it.
She squandered that power without regard for the cost.
"If you keep this up, your body will burst and you'll die. Or do you want [Abyssal Erosion]'s power to batter you into insanity and turn you into a complete Calamity?"
Under cover of the water, the Dark Shadow Lotus abruptly enveloped [Earthshaker].
Kou Ying used shadows to pull the others into the Water Mirror. "Mu Bingge, go!"
Unfortunately, the shadows only held it back for an instant. The next second, [Earthshaker] appeared again, turning its gaze toward Kou Ying.
"Interesting. You even carry the aura of a Man-Made Calamity."
It reached out, only for the water to lock its hand in place. [Earthshaker] lowered its gaze to Mu Bingge, who was already dazed from the power battering her.
"You really do want to die."
Just as [Earthshaker] was about to strike to kill, a golden flame burst into view. That peculiar flame made it sense an aura from the same source.
It looked at Su