How could this be...
Rachel, already stunned by the sight, clearly had a weaker mental fortitude than Li Min.
Even so, the ferocious blow before her nearly sent her hard-earned clarity of mind into a tailspin.
Though unable to comprehend, she still desperately pulled Rachel back while a frigid frost rapidly gathered in front of them to form a shield.
She did not believe she could create a defense stronger than the cliff itself, but something had to be done—
The crisp sound of shattering ice struck Li Min hard as she realized that sharp spikes were wildly sprouting from the freshly formed ice shield, spreading forward all the way down to the water below the cliff.
No...
Despite being well aware that the powers within the Sea of Ashes were unstable, she never anticipated a problem at this moment.
Instead of avoiding detection, her actions had inadvertently become an attack on the Divine Being—despair rose within Li Min for a moment.
