Chapter 226: As the Saying Goes, Hitting is Affection, Scolding is Love

“?!”

Although [Radiant Protection] was only a 6th-tier magic, Miss Vilyric didn’t expect it to truly block the attack of Miss Xiao Kong, the former deity. She certainly didn’t anticipate the defense would be cleverly breached in such a manner.

Caught off guard, she quickly raised her [Eternal Staff · Heart of the World], blocking the cat claw that was almost within reach.

The light flickered, and the sharp claw became ethereal once more, but for some reason, this time it couldn’t penetrate the body of the staff, instead crashing together with a crisp “ding” sound.

“Tsk!”

After failing her first attack, Xiao Kong immediately pulled back with a displeased click of her tongue, glancing at the slender holy staff held by the priestess, which was glowing faintly due to the fierce collision yet remained entirely unharmed. She casually remarked,

“Your weapon is indeed extraordinary; that wasn’t something achieved just by being tough.”

“You startled me instead…”

After her initial surprise, Miss Vilyric, having a wealth of experience, quickly regained her composure.

Xiao Kong’s ability was indeed related to [Space], but she had previously admitted it wasn’t purely that kind of force. Vilyric had always been curious about what it truly was, but remained in the dark until now, having just gained a vague understanding after their recent clash.

If she were to use a descriptor, the priestess would lean towards calling it [Traversal] or [Jumping].

To be precise, it’s the power to open space, reaching from one [point] to another [point].

Tearing through space to connect to subspaces or traversing and teleporting within the world essentially showcases various manifestations of the concept of [Traversal]. The distinctions only lie in the objects traversed and the direction taken.

Xiao Kong’s sudden movement through [Radiant Protection], directly attacking from within, highlighted this point even more significantly.

Although Vilyric didn’t quite understand why she could not pass through the defense of [Eternal Staff · Heart of the World], it wasn’t crucial for the moment.

In front of a crowd, it wasn’t appropriate for Vilyric to make too many comments on their secrets, so she raised her staff once again, smiling at the cat daughter.

“It looks like it’s my turn; shall we say this is turn-based?”

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!!!!!”

With her artifact’s assistance, over a dozen luminous light spears, each several meters long, almost instantaneously converged behind the black-haired girl and shot towards the cat daughter, who had just retreated to a distance!

“Hmph, such soft attacks aren’t a threat to me!”

Xiao Kong raised her cat paw, and a silver light curtain instantly appeared in front of her, initially floating just at her forearm that quickly expanded to several meters wide, transforming into a massive mouth of void that effortlessly devoured all the light spears, which then vanished.

Hmm… Looks like I was right.

Seeing this scene, Vilyric, who only approached with a testing attitude, suddenly understood.

It seems that the essence of such defense is to connect two places, directly transferring the enemy’s attacks to unrelated areas. So theoretically, no matter the form of attack, it can inflict no harm, and in some sense, calling it “absolute defense” isn’t an overstatement; it’s indeed quite insidious.

However, it’s not unbreakable.

Having warmed up enough, it’s time to begin because I promised to make this exciting…

The black-haired girl spread her arms, closed her eyes, and murmured softly.

“I say, let there be light.”

Light gathered, and the golden shadow raised its holy and radiant wings, gripping the long spear in its palm, evoking a tumult of gasps from the audience above!

“What, what is that? So cool! By the way, isn’t Baihong a martial artist? Why does this battle feel completely different from before?”

“If you ask me, who can I ask? But it definitely feels like that legendary body of law and all; honestly, this Miss Baihong is indeed cool too!”

As expected, the appearance of the Avatar of Light instantly elevated the atmosphere in the arena to another peak. Although it wasn’t quite clear why high-tier magic in the Ancient Spirit Realm didn’t cause information pollution, it conveniently allowed Vilyric to unleash her abilities.

Undistracted by the noisy crowd, the priestess had completely calmed her mind, like a deep well.

Battle is still battle, even against Xiao Kong, even in such a friendly spar. She wouldn’t show the slightest carelessness or contempt.

Speaking of which, it’s been a long time since she fought pure magic against a strong enemy. She felt a sense of nostalgia…

Surrounded by the Avatar of Light, the girl reopened her silver-blue eyes, showing a smile as pure white wings blossomed from her back, then raised her hand to snap her fingers.

   

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