Sound seemed to have been completely absorbed, without the slightest release. Violent, blood-red ripples filled their vision, as though climbing one slope after another before finally culminating in a silent explosion.
Even out on the perimeter, Kallen had the Barrier before him eaten away completely by the red light. If the relatively basic Purification Spell Art erased all impurities, this Spell Art devoured everything unlike itself.
An enormous crater appeared on the beach, with Miqi lying in utter disarray at its center.
Black blood stained her entire body. The Bloodthirsty Otherworldly Demon's toxins had fully entered her body, restraining its functions while suppressing her soul.
She was now an ordinary person, a crab... stripped of its shell, with only its tenderest flesh remaining.
In fact, the reason she had not yet become a cracked, dried-out puddle of minced flesh was not that she was particularly lucky, but that Neo had chosen to hold back at the last moment.
The blood-red Halo contracted, coalescing into Neo's figure. His arms hung limp and his head drooped, his whole body seeming to hang suspended in the air.
"Ah..."
A hoarse roar escaped Neo's throat. He abruptly raised his head and turned his palms upward, veins bulging all over him.
He tilted his head slightly toward where Kallen stood.
The sound of grinding teeth came, like a countdown.
Kallen understood and began to move.
Immediately afterward, Neo plummeted toward Miqi.
Whoom!
Miqi had already given up hope. She could not even stand now, let alone defend herself.
Just then, a Greatsword appeared before her.
The Diamans Sword blocked Neo's nails.
Immediately afterward, thick Chains of Order appeared around the crater and swarmed toward Neo.
"Heh."
Neo gave a cold chuckle and rapidly retreated. Kallen did not pursue, allowing him to leave.
With even the