Ince spat out a venomous word, and Edward felt his heart clench as though it would explode the next second.
Crack!
He hurriedly Disapparated, arriving on the opposite rooftop. Pressing his left hand against his chest, he gasped for breath. "I came, I saw, I recorded."
The notebook confiscated from Christine floated before him, its pages flipping rapidly as it unleashed one Beyonder ability after another-although they were all low- and mid-Sequence abilities, what he needed now was sheer firepower!
After releasing every ability in one go, Edward swung his wand again. "Confringo!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
This spell consumed almost all his spirituality, compressing the explosion to an extreme degree and confining it to the room Ince occupied. Yet the violent blast inevitably spread outward. Several nearby houses collapsed with a crash, while the small building Ince was in vanished entirely in the explosion, scattering debris across the sky.
Amid the ruins, countless undead crowded together in layer upon layer, shielding Ince Zangwill at their center.
"Hah... hah... hah... Is it a Sequence 5 that's hard to kill, or a Sequence 5 holding a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact?"
Edward panted heavily.
"So it's come to this after all. In that case, let me show you the might of technology!"
Several Walkmans suddenly appeared in his hands. His figure flickered rapidly several times as he placed them in a circle around Ince. Then, watching the undead gradually disperse, he looked up at the sky and traced the Goddess's symbol counterclockwise over his chest.
"May the Goddess bless me, conceal my presence, and conceal the residents nearby."
Crack!
His figure distorted and vanished.
Ince Zangwill had just emerged from the layers of undead protecting him when he saw Edward Disapparate. Frowning, he ordered the undead to continue guarding him while he hurriedly