Rumble!!
Jojo knitted her brows tightly, feeling like her soul was hit by a loaded truck... yet, she didn’t stop reciting the sutra, sacrificing her spiritual energy to reinforce the constellation.
Then, he struck the constellation and the squad’s combined spiritual barriers, breaking one or two before disappearing again!
Gamemaster Envy shouted passionately at the sight of Rain’s constant bombardment of the giant constellation... meanwhile, inwardly, he had already picked up that something was off about Rain, just like he did with Fang.
Though even if he wanted to be a perfect judge, the disposable clones were simply too perfect and operating under the system’s rules.
’Levi... his spiritual prowess is too fearsome.’ Jojo sent a telepathic warning with a hardened expression, ’I will try my best, but I doubt I can hold off for too long... I am already down to my last 30% of spiritual energy.’
Jojo had gone through perfect evolutions to the Warden rank like the rest of the squad... all of her mutations and power-ups were spiritual-based. This meant her spiritual prowess should only be weaker than Levi’s in this game.
’I have to eliminate him before he can break through...’
’The chameleon serves as the anchor for the technique... it holds Rain’s soul, and if I pose enough danger to it, Rain would be forced to retreat and save it.’
’Jasmine, kill him if you can or use whatever you have to hold the line until I get back.’
’Oki.’
’Correct decision, useless attempt...’
However, just as he was about to strike it again, he felt a slight shiver course through his misty form.
’Her spiritual prowess is decent, but nothing abnormal... is she using some kind of technique or mutation?’
When he saw that she had stepped beyond the perimeter of the Great Prayer Ward Constellation, Rain switched his attention to eliminating her right away. His misty form fractured into dozens of smaller hyenas that circled her like a pack of starving ghosts.
Jasmine didn’t flinch; she simply dipped her brush into a sphere of white ink and swept it in a wide, fluid circle around her body... A smooth spherical barrier of gleaming white ink emerged into existence, catching Rain by surprise.
Before he could question the mysterious material of the white sphere, the first hyenas to make contact vanished instantly.
In reality... Rain felt his soul being torn apart, putting him in enough pain to cripple anyone claiming to be tough!
Then, Rain’s form scrambled backward, his many shapes bleeding back into one large, twitching cloud of mist as he reformed at a safe distance away.
This time, even the expressionless chameleon showed a tint of emotion after sensing the erasure of part of Rain’s soul within it.
’How did his soul get erased with a single touch?’
Meanwhile, Bishop Na’thir, Bishop Va’ren, and many upper powerhouses were left confused at such power.
Even when she battled in front of the Pyramids, the news of her powers was buried due to Levi and Yanhuan’s unexpected ending to their battle that shook the network.
And yet... only a single entity seemed to know what Jasmine wielded.
Gamemaster Envy’s mouth hung open in a rare display of genuine disbelief. His composure, usually as sharp and calculated as the rules he enforced, fractured as his gaze shifted between two points on the rope.
’What exactly is this game? Who are these monstrous children, and how is it possible they were all born in the same region?!’
It was as if the universe had concentrated all its chaotic potential into a single generation, gathering these anomalies into a single coordinate to force a pivot in the history of the universe.
As he looked at Jasmine and Levi, the two ends of a strange spectrum, Envy felt deep within that something was off about these two.
He was a big believer in fated destinies.
For he had realized at once... Jasmine was approved to have her powers and Aspects hidden under Nocturn’s Authority!
Rain, who acted invincible in this game, was forced to respect the white-inked projectiles and evade them cleanly.
Even Rain forced himself out of his spiritual shell to seek answers, his lethargic voice resounding in the skies. As the viewers went silent, eagerly awaiting a response, Jasmine pointed her brush in his direction and continued her barrage.
Jasmine still kept up with her barrage, forcing Rain to keep scattering his form everywhere... He had no clue that her world was as silent as a grave, a void where his cold, resounding questions and taunts could never reach.
Abruptly, Rain’s voice turned deep and echoy as he manifested as a gigantic crimson hexagon above Jasmine and the others.
When it finally stretched open, its tongue rolled outside of its mouth until it exposed a lone haunting eye at the far back of its neck.
" Scarlet Noctem Arts: The Nightmare of the Id..."
Shatter!